Unholy

7

It's nearing closer to midnight as the day goes by, but not fast enough. I just want to get this over with. At 11, Cheryl and Toni come into my room to get me ready. I am surprised to see Cheryl in a red cape/jacket thing with the hood pulled up over her head, just leaving room for the slits of her eyes to see. Her black leather pants and a black shirt make her look like some sort of dark Red Riding Hood. Toni has stuck to basic jeans, a shirt, and her serpent jacket. Her hair is tied up in a ponytail, but Cheryl's remains down and perfect as usual. I am wearing some black leggings, a fitted black long sleeve with the Guns n Roses logo on the back, and vans. My hair is in a ponytail like Toni's. Sweet Pea's knife is tucked into the waistband of my leggings. I touch it for comfort. 

"We should go. Reggie and the other football players are on their way." Cheryl informs us. I follow her and TT out to the car and climb in. At ten till midnight, we pull into the deserted parking lot of something that looks more like a prison than a school. The dark and grey building is covered in profanities and drawings graffitied on its walls. The place feels wrong, just being in it's presence.

"You don't listen, do you?" A voice comes from behind me and I whip around, admittedly frightened, to see Sweet Pea standing with his arms crossed over his chest. 

"Leave her be, Sweets. We've looked all around the building and no one is here so he must be inside." Jughead tells us and I nod. I follow them inside when the bulldogs arrive. The group of us is pretty large so I feel confident in my safety.

"Noise is coming from the gym." Fangs comes up to us and pulls Jug and the rest of us to the large double doors. The window has been spray-painted over, so we can't see inside. Loud laughter floats out of the gym, but it sounds so broken and malicious. A shiver tears through me and I touch the switchblade again.

"I'll go first," Jughead says and opens the door enough for his body to slip through. "Guys!" He yells and we bust through the doors.

"What do ya know? Ghoulies." Sweet Pea cracks his knuckles and a dark smirk comes across his face. 

"Ghoulies?' I whisper to Toni.

"Serpent enemies. They don't have honor like us. They just want to destroy." She grits her teeth.

"Jughead. Long-time no see." A blond woman comes to the front of the Ghoulies. There has to be twenty or more.

"Penny, what the hell?" He asks.

"You think I would turn down an opportunity to fuck up some serpents?" She laughs at the idea. "Not after you took out a chunk of my wrist for your precious tattoo." I frown at her words.

"Who sent you?" I call out.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" Penny approaches me and circles me like prey. 

"Leave her alone!" Reggie growls from his spot and another bulldog holds him back.

"Got another serpent bitch? Where's her skin, Juggy?" Penny points a knife at my throat and I gulp. When she's looking at Jug, I take out the switchblade.

"Here, bitch!" I yell, gritting my teeth and plunging the knife into her thigh. She lets out an animalistic cry and the battle begins. Sweet Pea catches the glimmer of his knife for only a second before he is attacked by two Ghoulies. Arrows from Cheryl's bow fly past my head and directly into the chest of a guy. 

"Curts, take her down!" Penny demands from the ground. A boy looks at me with bloodlust in his eyes. He licks his teeth like a vampire before running at me directly, knocking me off my feet. The knife grips tightly in my fist and he sees it. He lists my arm up from the ground and slams it back onto the concrete and I shout but don't let go of it.