Mk & The Strange Town of Rock Hill

Chapter 3: Yellow Eyes Slows Time

I slowly open my eyes, facing the bright fluorescent lights across the ceiling. Squinting, I put my hand over my eyes and notice my normal skin color has returned to my hand but my nails are now coated in bright yellow nail polish.

How is this possible? What in the hell did she do to me? 

I can hear my heavy breathing and my neck is still throbbing. It's then I realized, the noise of everyone around me is gone. An eerie silence lays across the room.

Snapping my head up, I rest on my elbows to search the crowd. People are frozen. Time has completely stopped in its tracks.

I pinch my arm in disbelief, only to jump at the sensation.

From across the room, there she was. She sat in the middle of the room, legs crossed. She waves her fingers in a flirty style. She then stands up and makes her way towards me.

My head was telling my body to move but I was frozen in my spot. So, I did what everyone tells you not to do in the horror movies; I waited for her next move. It's not as easy as it sounds to run let me tell you.

She stood a few feet away from me, looking at me as if she's reading my every thought. Adjusting my posture, I lift my chin up attempting to seem more intimidating than how I feel. This seems to amuse her as I see her quartz eyes sparkle and her lips quirk up in a smirk.

I could feel my heartbeat throbbing in my ears now. The tension in the room was thick causing sweat to trickle down my back. I always knew these witches were up to no good. Lindsey is definitely going to hear an I told you so from me when or if she ever becomes unfrozen.

My thoughts are interrupted by her silk voice "So Madalyn, I have an offer to give you". Ignoring her, I roll my eyes because I don't play games. She then taps a single finger on her chin in a thoughtful manner.

"I know you lost that little boy toy of yours in the massacre last year".

My breath caught in my throat. I start feeling myself shake and try to take steady breaths. I push my nails into my inner palms. I then glared back up at her in disgust. Boy toy. Who does this lady think she is and why does she think she knows me? I continue my hard stare into her golden eyes. I refuse to give in, so I continue to ignore her. Her black clothing matched her heart, that's for damn sure.

"Joseph Johnson... your best friend but a secret lover? I saw your pictures together.. it's a shame. Maybe if he survived you guys would've eventually become an item. Madalyn and Joseph kissing in a tree-".

I interrupt her, not wanting to hear her ridiculous singing and insults any longer. "What do you want so I can get the hell away from you".

Her smile stretches across her entire face, displaying her teeth which are now bright white and radiant. "I can bring him back".  Everything about this chick's appearance is bright yet she's not very pleasant, how ironic but yet continues to be the story of my life in Rock hill. 

I felt all the color drain from my face at the thought but then shake it off as it's my turn to be amused. I laughed at her unworldly ideas, throwing her a thumbs up. "And I can plant money trees. Nice try, again, get me out of this situation and this polish off my nails, it's not my color".

"Sorry, no can do. Your nail polish is important with our deal. All you have to do is place your hands on the school's front doors by one o'clock tomorrow morning. You know you did your part when the nail polish sheds off and onto the doors. Once that's done, I'll find you, and JJ will rise to see the world once again". She explains this to me but hasn't looked away from her manicured nails since she started talking. She's acting like this conversation is small talk, what a psycho. 

I shake my head, chuckling under my breath. "If you think I'm really going to do that, you're insane. You and your witch friends need to find other people to try out your stupid spells".

She then frowned, causing her yellow eyes and yellow nails to turn black as night, matching her outfit. Before I can even react she snaps her fingers, causing a sharp pain down the back of my neck. Here we go again. 

I fall back onto the ground and begin to scream in pain, begging her to stop. She stopped but I couldn't move from my position. She then is suddenly levitating over my lifeless body, completely sparkly yellow again, grinning at my helplessness. "If you don't do it by one am tomorrow morning like I said, I won't stop next time." Shaking her head she points to the ground beneath me "JJ won't be happy to know you ended up with him down there instead of up here". She then waves her pathetic flirtatious wave with one hand and another quick snap of the fingers in the other causing my world to go black once again.