The Triple Hybrid

Chapter 19 - Stuck Again

        I was at a disadvantage because, I was the only one who was very slow there. But I made my journey as I could, while my friends were running, and I could never see them.

        I passed under a tree lying down. The mounds of foliage bound my feet. Red high heels were definitely not the best choice to walk in the woods.

        I saw a huge and awful spider that made ​​me stay really uncomfortable, always thinking that another one could appear, even bigger and uglier on top of my head or something like that.

        I continued to walk slowly. “Niamith!” I called. Nothing, not a sound was emitted. But something else. Someone's eyes resting on me. Before, I had drunk tea, but I took it from my stomach.

        In front of me was a body of a werewolf, I thought. I screamed the names of my friends. They suddenly appeared by my side. The werewolf's head was impaled on a tree trunk and was separated from the rest of the body. His eyes lay lifeless, but it could be seen that they were gold before he die.

        I tried to look away but could not. It was too horrible to forget and too horrible to divert me. I knew him.

        Meridith grabbed my forearm and pulled me toward her, looked me in the eyes.

        “It will be okay.” I looked away again, for the horrid scene, and she pulled her hand to my face, making me just focus on her. “Let's go. They treat the body.”

        “Wait. I...” stammered “I know him.”

        “What?” Lilith was surprised. “You know him?”

        “Yes, he was...” I closed my eyes to concentrate on what I was doing. “He was the guy at the gas pump. He was there with a little boy, maybe three years. I suppose it was his son. “

        Lilith whispered something to Joanne, and the last one spoke to me. “We'll keep looking, but now you're with me.”

        “I do not need protection.”

        “No, but you need company.” Joanne added.

        She grabbed my hand and continue walking. We walked slowly, as I could, without great conversations. It wasn’t because we didn’t trust each other but by the sight of the dead man in my mind. We walked for hours, which to me seemed never ending.

        Joanne grabbed the phone, had received a message.

        “What is it saying?” I asked her.

        “I'll be honest, they foundmore people killed, if you want to stay here and I’ll get you later.”

        “No. I'll go with you, just don’t leave me alone.” I said.

        She grabbed me and ran to where our friends were. Before looking, I deeply breathed to calm myself down.

        It didn’t work. When I looked at the five bodies, field in earth, blood, and broken with a disgusting stench, it felt like I wanted screaming. But I didn’t.

        “This one here is still alive.” Meridith said. She knelt beside him. He wasn’t any kind of supernatural being. He was human. She extended her arm and gave him her blood. “What happened here?” She asked, quietly.

        He was shaken, but answered. “I do not know. It was all strange.” He was nervous. “I was camping with my girlfriend and found a guy. Liam was his name.”