the nightmare behind the glass

I looked at Juniper

"you ready?" I asked

"always" she smiled devilishly back at me.

We both gazed at the foggy glass cage before us. In there concieled a deamon, a monster evil beyond comprehension. Juniper leaned towards me "hey Sarah?"

"ya"

"why do you think they keep it here? Like, this is a middle school for Christ's sake"

"well it is abandoned" I said "this was probably the only place they could keep it. Besides almost nobody ever comes here" I continued.

"True" she admitted, then shot me a sideways glance "exept for us" she added smiling dangerously. She paused admiring our new found obsticle.

"you ready?" she asked eagerly giving me yet another one of her badass grins.

"in a minute" I say " i wanna watch for it"

"Sarah my buzz is facing LETS GO!" Juniper tugged on my wrist, but i jerked back

"dont you have a whole nother pack of smokes?"

"naw man the chick at the counter knows me and i dont wanna risk her calling the cops. That was my last one"

"oh"

"ya, so lets GO!" she grabbed my hand opened the door and ran.

I ran as fast as my lags could carry me through the black trees and bush, knowing that i couldnt turn back to the door. Juniper had a head start and was still a few feet ahead of me. The air was moist, making everything it touched damp. Creating fog, light enough that you can see the person beside you but not very far in either direction. I worriedly glanced around. My focus evenly divided between my pace and my surroundings.

Something, out of the corner of my eye, caught my attention. I looked to my right squinting through the fog. A small crack of light shone odly bright in the distance. I focused on it, curiosity growing. Then i realised what caught my attention in the first place. Something was moving towards us! My heartbeat quickened even more and the world slowed down from adrenaline and my sight zeroed in on the darker section of fog growing bigger as it got closer

The deamon exploded out of the fog aproaching the beam of light at an alarming speed snarling menacingly.

I heard Juniper let out a terrified shriek but i couldnt focus on her. The thing leaped through the beam giving me my first good look at the beast.

Impossibly large claws were immediatly followed by even larger paws, then the legs. The chest wouldve followed if i hadent noticed the creatures head. First came the large muzzle, mouth wide open exposing the fangs as big as daggers and probably twice as sharp coating the entire top of its mouth, smaller teeth coated the roof of its mouth. Only the edge of the bottom jaw  was coated with teeth, giving the thick forked toungue a place to rest. Its big eyes were red with rage as it charged towards me and Juniper.

Juniper had just then opened one of the the other doors, and fresh air flowed through through the door like a busted dam. She called to me, hen the world sped up to its regular speed and i saw how fast the deamon was actually moving. Its legs moved like lightning, so fast that it was just a blurr at times. I bolted to the door and, thankful that it was just far eough away.

I grabbed Junipers wrist as i went top speed through the door, but my speed knocked us bothe on our stomachs. I looked over my shoulder at the beast, gaining on the open door, snarling even louder now. Juniper rolled onto her back and kicked the door shut with a loud SLAM! Halting th ebeast immediatly infront of the door. Its deminoc eyes locked dead on mine. The hint of redness in its eyes dimmed slightly as it backed into the fog and trotted away.