Psycho

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Flames

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"Oh look at they girls skipping with two ropes!" He exclaimed, "It reminds me of Nightmare On Elm Street" James laughed ━ I hated that movie.

"And guess who's playing Freddy." That familiar deep Aussie accent spoke from behind James and I.

Both of our breaths hitched, slowly turning to look at each other, our eyes were wide, James faced paled, mine probably did too.

We turned around, seeing Luke sitting in the back seat of my car, with a sickly smirk on his face, one that'll be burned into my mind for the rest of my life.

I felt James' hand grab mine, squeezing it tightly.

"L-Luke, w...what-"

"YOU TOLD ME HE WENT TO PRISON SCAR!" James yell, causing both Luke and I to flinch.

"I-I thought he was" I choked, more tears brimming my eyes.

As James continued to yell and me, I turned to Luke again, his arms crossed behind his head and he laid back, making himself comfortable ━ enjoying the show.

"James!" I interrupted his rant, him stopping immediately. "Shouting at me isn't going to solve this freak sitting in the back of my car!" Now it was my turn to yell.

"Freak? Wow, that's a new one." Luke scoffed.

"Shut the fuck up!" James yelled at him. "How'd you get in here anyway?"

"You left the car unlocked." He shrugged.

I glared at James, "You idiot."

"How am I an idiot? You're lucky I was fucking fit enough to drive the car, you were gonna pass out because of a little bad smell in the hospital." James snapped.

"You know fine well why hospitals make me feel uneasy! Don't you dare turn this on me."

"You know what━ what the fuck?!" James exclaimed.

I looked to where he was looking at, Luke was gone. Footsteps were heard on the roof of the car, making both our heads snap up into that direction.

All of a sudden, a thick yellow liquid poured down the windscreen, then covered all the other windows.

"What the fuck is that? Is he pissing on the car?" James yelled.

"James," I whispered, "That's not piss, it's gasoline."

Luke jumped down from the roof and walked towards the front of the car, staring at James and I intently. His hand rummaged around in his pocket before pulling out a black zippo lighter, making both James' and my eyes widen in fear.

"James get out the car!" I yelled, both of us reaching for the door handles, but they were locked.

"Son of a bitch!" James shouted.

The sound of the flicker of the lighter got my attention, Luke had the lighter in his hand, raised up high, his thumb pressed down onto the flick, a big yellow flame evaporating from the zippo.

"Luke no!" I screamed as he dropped the lighter down onto the car, that devious smirk planted on his face as usual.

The whole car lit up with the bright orange and yellow flames, covering the whole car in seconds. Immediate heat was felt due to the fire.

"Scarlet, we need out of here before this thing bursts into flames!" I heard James over the cackling sounds of the fire.

"I know!" I yelled back.

I could slightly make out Luke's figure out the window, the smoke and flames giving him more to his psychotic look than normal. The strong smell filled my lungs, making me cough hard and finding it hard to breathe.

Sliding around in my seat, I started to kick hard at the window with all my strength, hoping it'd break. It surely would as it was a piece of crap.

"Fuck!" I yelled before finally kicking hard at the window as James was too to his window, I think ━ and watched as the window broke into little shards of glass. A low curse under

breath came from Luke.

Un-doing my seat belt, I grabbed James' arm and pulled him towards me, "C'mon James, this way, quick!" I yelled as I carefully crawled out the window without cutting myself, which resulted badly when I grazed my knee along a sharp shard of the window.

I was covered in black from the smoke. My vision was blurry from the tears. I was literally having a hard time breathing. But that wasn't what affected me the most.

James didn't come out.

"James!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

I was on the ground, holding my neck and taking deep breaths, shaking and burning at the same time. "J-James," I choked through a sob.

A warm hand was pressed onto my bare shoulder, I looked up seeing the devil himself. Luke.

"I see you got out, well done baby girl" He sickly smiled.

"Fuck you!" I screamed before standing up and running towards the burning car James was in, only to be pulled back and dragged further away. "Luke, what are you doing, let me go!" I tried to wriggle from his grip.

"Duck!" Luke yelled.

"What? No I━"

The loud, deafening sound of the car, with one of my best friends inside, blowing up rung through my ears. Bits of the car, fire, and a body, flying everywhere. Childrens screams echoed throughout the area, clashing of metal and glass falling to the ground.

I was in a hunching position on the ground, covering my ears with my forearms and eyes closed as I sobbed loudly.

"I'm planning on destroying everything you love."