Echos Of Clara

Clara and the Weird Something

Clara screamed. She ran down an empty hallway as something exploded behind her.

"Why does something have to explode every time I turn a corner!?" Clara yelled in frustration. Clara did one of those duck-and-rolls when something lunged for her.

She slid down a stair rail to save time from running. 'Yes finally' She thought when she saw to does that could possibly save her life. She jumped off the stair rail and out stretched her hands. Her palms hit the glass door and pushed it out of her way. The cool night air hit her face as she breathed a sigh of relief. The building exploded behind her but she was out of range. She kept running until she came to a small hill and watched it go up in flames.

"Typical," She said as if this was her daily routine. "What next New York got anymore tricks to throw at me?"

"Clara are you alright?" Her niece, Lily asked when she reached the top of the hill. Lily was small for her age of 10. Lily was always concerned about Clara and always met Clara at this hill when something went wrong in the city.

"Yeah I'm fine. This is pretty much normal for me. I guess". Clara said. Lily hugged Clara and Clara hugged her back while still deep in her thoughts. "Let's go home." Clara said while trying to be comforting. Clara started heading down the hill and something followed. Clara's head snapped around to see a green goo monster. 'Just great a goo monster' Clara thought as it started to take shape. It wasn't just a goo monster it was a shape shifting goo monster.

"Lily RUN!" Clara screamed as she let go of the small child. Lily obeyed Clara's order and didn't look back. Clara picked up a sharp stick to try to defend herself and Lily. The goo monster shape shifted into something that was supposed to represent her fear. "Is that it New York? Is that all you got?" Clara said. The goo monster shape shifted into something big. Nobody could really tell what it was because it was a mix of all of the things that is considered "scary" stuck to what seemed to be tar. "OH dang." Clara said in awe. She dropped the stick she was holding and took a few steps back beofre she turned around and ran. (ERMAHGUR 400 WORDS ITS LIKE A RECORD). "Why must this happen to me!?!" She screamed while running. 

Someone of not much importance to this story (not yet anyway) saw Clara running out of her window. She chuckled and said to herself "Now is a good time to jump in.". She closed the curtains and readied for a battle.

                                                                        (to be continued)

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Did you like it? Do you hate cliff hangers? Well suggest which short story I should continue in the next chapter. I don't think this book will end anytime soon.