Welcome to the Warehouse

Chapter 3: 1956

Ricky and Jo were walking through the woods, quiet as they listened to the birds chirp. The pair held each others pinky fingers, intertwined as a symbol of love.

And she couldn't stand it.

She slipped through the undergrowth as the lovers kept walking. Her skirt catching on twigs and sticks and the like; but she didn't care if anyone heard her now. Their fear was delicious, and she wasn't about to give it up.

"Ricky, do you hear that," Jo asked, grabbing the boys upper arm.

"It's nothing," Ricky replied, but he also grabbed Jo's arm for comfort. "Probably a deer or something."

The two cast anxious looks around towards the trees, where she was hiding. The bright blue of her skirt caught Jo's eyes, and Jo pulled Ricky over to get a better look.

She attacked, lunging out of the brush, aiming for the boy's legs. Ricky screamed as his leg snapped in two. 

"JO, RUN," he shouted. Not even thinking twice, Jo took off. The girl in the blue skirt, satisfied that Ricky wouldn't be doing anything on his broken leg, charged after the scared girl, growling and panting like a dog. Jo screamed and ran faster, the girl behind her also picking up speed.

The girl had just clawed her way out if the grave and she was not about to lose her first meal. A howl tore through the air as she pursued the blonde girl. As she ran her skirt caught on branches, tearing off into tinier and tinier pieces. "Oh for fucks sake."

Jo heard the girl curse and stopped in her tracks. She slowly turned around and looked at the girl, who had also stopped and was staring at Jo.

"Do I know you," Jo asked, shyly stepping forward. The girl cocked her head and nodded. "Who are you?"

For the first time, the girl opened her mouth in a toothy grin. Jo gasped and backed away. The girl's mouth was filled with shark-like teeth. She walked towards Jo, smile growing wider.

"Yes, you should know me," she laughed. "I'm the person who's going to kill you."

Jo turned and ran for her life, trying to outrun the monster behind her. Unfortunately, she had stopped for too long and the girl was able to grab Jo's hair and yank her down.

"Well, you were hard to catch," the girl laughed. "But if you really want to know what my name is, then here. I will never reveal my real name to nor anyone ever again. From now on, I am the Cannibal of Changeling Woods. Huh. It sounds stupid, but that's who I am."

Ricky, who had managed to crawl after the two girls, had heard everything. Now, he was struggling to his feet, stick in hand, ready to run the bitch who had broken his leg through.  As he crept up upon the two girls, he gasped and almost dropped his weapon. Standing there was the corpse of-

The girl whipped around and lunged at Ricky. He didn't bring up his stick until it was too late. The girl bit through his jugular and Ricky collapsed as the life left his veins. Jo screamed as he weakly motioned for her to go, grasping at the girl's throat in a desperate attempt to get her off him. Jo took one last look at her former boyfriend before sprinting out of the woods.

Cannibal tore Ricky's throat out, swallowing the blood and flesh.

"Damn," she mumbled, straightening up and brush specks of dirt off her skirt. "I let her get away. But that will NEVER happen again."