If I Die By Sunrise

Run Ed Run

Ed ran as fast as his legs would carry him. The wind stung his face and the air burned his heaving lungs but still he couldn't stop. There was no way he could.

His ears perked in anticipation of the sound of his pursuer's footsteps but the only footfalls he heard were his own as he advanced on the paved terrain.

He had to get something, something important, that's why he snuck out of their safe haven to his now impending doom. That same something seemed of the least significance now.

Houses whizzed by him and as the scenery became less familiar the feeling of hitting a dead ends was almost inescapable, but the chase was over as soon as it started because just then a cold, strong hand grasped his leg and sent him toppling to the ground subsequently breaking his glasses in the fall.

There was a chuckle then a throaty growl " I have you now"

Ed felt the pain as his body seemed to be torn to shreds. He cried out in agony but the savage beast wouldn't stop. Finally when it was breaching unbearable the predator peeled himself off him. Through the glare of the lamp posts Ed could see the creature's menacing jaws and each row of razor sharp teeth. It took him only a second as the creature's morphed into a human doppelgänger for Ed to know who or what it was.

Jerry.

Ed screams but no one hears.