Redcoats

Chapter 12

Simon and Mike ran towards the waiting room to find the girls. As they rounded the corner they saw Sarah and Jasmine disappear into the elevator. They ran to the elevators and watched what floor it stopped on.

Mike pressed the button to call the elevator back but it continued up instead. It stopped on the fourth floor and sat there for several minutes. They waited impatiently for the elevator to slowly move to the 3rd floor and stop again before finally continuing down.

Mike stepped out onto the second floor and looked at both directions of the hall. He paused for a second and then pointed towards the patient's room.

"Sammy you and Barbara go check that way, Me and Simon will check down here."

They split up and Mike and Simon went through the doors onto the surgery hallway. The entire hallway was empty and dark with nothing that would suggest the girls might be down here. Mike was just about to turn around and leave when he heard thumping coming from the end of the hall.

"You hear that man?" he said tapping Simon on the shoulder.

Simon nodded, "it's coming from down the hall."

Suddenly they could hear screaming coming from the same direction.

"That's Sarah!" Mike exclaimed as he began running down the hall.

He stopped at the door at the end of the hall only to see the girls on the other side struggling to get out. He backed up to the other side of the hall then ran at the door jumping at the last second to throw all of his weight into his strike. His shoulder slammed into the door throwing it opened, Sammy grabbed Jasmine and Sarah pulling them and Tiff out. Mike scrambled to his feet and dove back out the door as the sparks reached the gas and flames erupted inside the room.

The sprinkler system quickly activated and controlled the flames as the alarm blared throughout the hallway. Mike grabbed Sarah's hand and pulled her with him as they headed back towards the elevators. Sammy Jasmine and Tiff followed closely behind them.

Simon and Barb were already halfway to them when they pushed through the doors into the elevator area. They stood startled at first as they all ran past then followed them towards the elevators. Mike slammed his hand into the button repeatedly, nervously looking around.

"What the hells going on?" Simon asked nervously.

Sammy shook his head, "They almost got killed, whatever is causing this followed us, we gotta go now."

The doors opened to the empty shaft Tiff looked into the darkness confused then back at her friends. A sudden force gripped Tiff's ankle and pulled her down, dragging her into the shaft. Mike and Simon quickly grabbed her arms and tried to keep her from falling, while Sammy and Jasmine were trying to pull the rest of her up.

A glance into the shaft showed the grisly form that had been pursuing them pulling on Tiff's leg. Jasmine screamed in fear releasing her grip. Barbara grabbed the nearest thing she could find a fire axe and shoved her upper body into the shaft. She swung the head at the ghostly attacker and a single pass broke its grip on Tiff.

The others pulled Tiff up as Barbara watched the ghost slowly lower itself down the shaft, slowly its face formed a sick and twisted grin. Barbara began to pull herself up when the elevator car came down on top of her torso, crushing her between it and the second floor. The others screamed as they watched her being cut in half her feet kicking wildly and blood spreading out onto the floor in front of them.

"Holy Fuck!" Mike screamed at the ghastly scene before him.

"Jesus Christ" was all that Simon could get out before he began to vomit from the disturbing sight.

Tiff burst into tears, "They're gonna kill all of us there's nothing we can do."

She collapsed to the ground next to Sarah whose mouth hung open in shock. Sammy grabbed Mike and spun him around away from the scene. He looked back towards the door they'd ran from and to the stairwell nearby.

"Mike we have to go now, if we don't fix this we're dead." He said trying to remain composed as everyone else fell apart.

"Okay grab Tiff and let's take the stairs, we gotta move fast."

Sammy and Jasmine grabbed Tiff off the floor and helped her up. Mike grabbed Sarah and started pulling her away from the scene. Simon composed himself enough to follow after them.

The six of them threw open the stairway door and ran down at full speed. Mike hit the emergency exit door hard enough he was sure he'd bruised his shoulder. He ignored the pain and pulled Sarah with him towards the car. He jumped in the driver seat while everyone else piled in, Tiff sitting on Simon's lap.

He began turning the key and the engine sputtered and stalled. He turned the key again and still nothing. Everyone in the car was beginning to panic when he turned it a third time and the engine roared to life. Mike slammed the car in drive and ran over the curb across the sidewalk and onto the street back towards Sammy's house.

They pulled up in front of Sammy's house a few moments later. They each began looking to see if the figures they had been seeing were around. Satisfied the coast was clear Mike got out first and made his way to the front door. He checked around the porch then went back to signal the others.

They began piling out of the vehicle and cautiously making their way into the house. Once Tiff was off his lap Simon was the last to exit the vehicle. He was almost to the door that led to the front porch when the ghastly figure emerged from around the building. Mike stumbled back falling onto the stairs as he watched the figure pass within inches of him. It slowly stalked towards Simon who was backing away towards the car.

He turned to find his path blocked by a second figure that came from the back of the house. They slowly closed on from either side forcing him to run across the street. A third and then a fourth figure emerged, slowly creeping towards him.

Mike came running from the house with a metal pipe in each hand. He yelled at Simon and threw one towards him before swinging as one of the figures. The pipes passed through the apparition causing it to disperse instantly. Simon grabbed the pipe from the ground and began to stalk towards the closest figure to him swinging as hard as he could.

The pipe passed through the figure just as the one Mike had swung at. He put so much force into his swing that he lost his balance and his body followed the ark of the pipe towards the ground. As he tried to get up the power line above the street began to spark and fell free of the pole directly on top of him.

Simon spasmed on the ground as electricity coursed through his body. Mike stood and watched in horror as Simon's skin began to darken and smoke. Simon's mouth was open in a silent scream as flames began to form from his fingers. His eyes began to bleed and seemed to almost melt. The last two figures in the street watched with Mike the slowly grinned and retreated from the street having collected yet another life.