Jeepers Creepers 3; The Curse

Chapter 7

"Maggie! Thank goodness, you're alive!"

Maggie looked up from her locker as her best friend pulled her into a tight hug, "Yeah Jen, I'm fine except for a few broken ribs from being squeezed to death," Maggie said as her friend finally let go of her.

"We heard your car was found out by that old church where all those bodies were found and someone's body or at least parts of it were in the basement and one of the police officers said he saw the monster take off with a woman," Jen told.

"Well I'm fine," Maggie reassured her.

"Then why was your car there and what about Rob? They said they found his cell phone and the mangled body was near it," Jen asked.

"My car was there because Rob called me, he had dropped his cell phone when we were there earlier and I went to help him, but it was too late, I didn't get there in time," Maggie told her trying to force the images out of her head.

"Then why didn't you go to the police and do you know who the Creeper carry off?" Jen asked.

"I didn't go to the police because I was the one he carried off, he was using me to keep the police from shooting him, but apparently he didn't want to eat me," Maggie told her.

"How did you es-"

"Maggie you're alive!"

Maggie barely had time to bring her arms up in front of her chest before two strong arms wrapped around her, pulling her back against the man's chest," Brad get off of me," Maggie said as she shoved his arms away and quickly stepped away from him.

"What? I thought you were dead, aren't I allowed to be happy to see you?" Brad asked.

"It looked more like you were trying to 'accidentally' grab her chest to me," Jen said.

Ignoring her, Brad asked, "How about we go out to dinner to celebrate you still being alive?"

"I think I'd rather spend the evening with Wil- with the Creeper than with you. I've told you before I'm not going out with you no matter how many times you ask, so just quit asking," Maggie said as she grabbed her books and she and Jen walked away.

"Do you think he'll ever give up?" Jen asked.

"I don't know, but if he tries grabbing me like that again I think I'll feed him to the Creeper," Maggie replied.

"Don't you think that's being a little harsh?" Jen asked.

"Maybe, but I'm sure he's more deserving of an end like that than some of the people the Creeper eats are. I mean you've heard the rumors; he's never dated the same woman more than a month and he's slept with about half the women here. It's like some type of game to him. Rob told me he's always bragging to other guys about how many different women he's slept with. I think the only reason he's interested in me is because I'm more of a challenge since I've turned down every guy who's asked me out since I started collage," Maggie told her.

"You're probably right. I'll see you later," Jen said glancing at her watch before running off to her class.

When Maggie got to her first class the teacher stopped her and said, "Thank goodness you're alright, there was a rumor going around that the Creeper had gotten you and Rob. That was such a stupid thing to assign you to research this year. It's just been one of the subjects on the list of legendary creatures for the students to do reports on since I started teaching here seventeen years ago. Have you heard from Rob? No one has been able to get a hold of him."

"The part about him was true; he went back to the church looking for his cell phone that he had dropped when we were there earlier. He called me before he called the police, but by the time I got there it was too late, he was already dead," Maggie told him, praying he'd be the last one to ask so she wouldn't have to keep thinking about it.

"So you were there when the police got there?"

"Yes, but the Creeper grabbed me and used me as a shield to keep the police from shooting him, then he just let me go, I guess he didn't feel like eating me," Maggie told him.

"I've heard that it doesn't always kill all the people it comes in contact with, I guess you're one of the lucky ones," He said.

"Yeah, I guess I am," Maggie replied, hoping she really was.

"About the report, just forget about it, I can assign you something else or just let you skip the assignment, considering what you've been through."

"Thank you Mr. Kocher, but I found some stuff in the basement of the church that the police missed and I'd really like to finish the report, people deserve to know what's going on," Maggie told him.

"If you have information about this thing that might help people find a way to kill it you should take it to the police right away," Mr. Kocher told her.

"It's nothing like that, just information about where the Creeper came from," Maggie told him.

"Well I can't wait to see what you've found then, since no one else seems to know anything about it."