The Perfect Hybrid

CHAPTER X

Ella

He was like a candle in the middle of the darkness when we saw him. He was bathe under the moonlight in the middle of the woods.

"Mr. Tyler!" I called as we got closer. I thought he didn't hear us because for a minute, there was no movement from him that indicated somehow. But then, his face suddenly turned towards our direction.

I stopped. And what made me froze was the pure whiteness of his eyes. They were white as the moonlight as he stared at me. He briefly looked at the person beside me before returning his attention on me. He tilted his head as if to ask a question.

"Mr. Tyler, are you okay? I―" I started to approach him when he suddenly did something that made me too paralyzed to move.

He smiled.

And it was not the usual smile he puts on his face whenever he's in school, nor was it the sincere smile that was rarely seen on him.

No.

The smile he directed at me was sinister.

When he took a step towards me, my mind screamed at me to move and run in the opposite direction. But I was rooted on my spot, too stunned to move or even blink. I just stood there with my eyes wide as I watched my teacher took another step. And another and another until he was stalking towards me with a maniacal grin on his face.

I was only able to snap out of it when my view of him was blocked by a person. I was finally able to move.

"Mr. Tyler, what are you doing?" Skylar asked in front of me. I took a peek over her shoulder and saw that he is still walking towards our direction.

When he didn't respond, I took a step back and Skylar did the same, her eyes still locked on the possessed figure of our teacher.

"Mr. Tyler, what's happening? What are you going to do?" Skylar tried asking again, but still he didn't answer. He just kept on walking to us.

I tensed as I felt a tree hit my back.

Skylar must have felt it because this time, she didn't ask.

She gave a command, "Stop!" the strength in Skylar's voice compelled me and Mr. Tyler to stop moving.

I watched as Mr. Tyler tilted his head at me again and Skylar turned her head to look at me. We stared at each other in surprise for a few seconds before looking at Mr. Tyler again. I was expecting him to have moved closer to us, instead he was looking up.

Skylar and I did the same and looked at the sky. The full moon was being covered by the clouds. And there were only a few stars that weren't covered them.

When I felt the wind pick up, I realized our mistake.

It was a trick!

When I looked back down, I froze. Mr. Tyler is now only an inch away from my face.

"It was you!" he said, his eyes still as white as before with a voice full of accusation. "It was you," he said again before I felt his hands close around my neck.

"Stop it! Stop it! Let her go!" I heard Skylar's screams behind him as I felt my throat closing up, and started gasping for breath. Dark spots started to appear in my vision as my teacher didn't let up his hold around my neck and Skylar continued to plead and scream behind him.

The last thing I saw was my teacher's possessed eyes and a bright light behind him before I finally succumbed to the darkness.

***

"I saw her move. The witch moved."

I heard someone say as I was slowly coming back to my senses. There were voices around me but none of them are familiar. Before I could open my eyes, a bucket of cold water was splashed on my face.