21 June 2012
Continued from @sjw and @smellyfingers
Chapter 6......It Begins
Huddled on the floor on the strange sign, Derek and Mikey have their backs to one another. Derek could feel the shuddering of Mikey's body that was trembling uncontrollably now.
"Mikey....listen it's going to be ok...just close your eyes" Derek spoke softly but in a shaky voice, he felt an uncontrollable pang of guilt, it was his fault that they wondered off, it was his fault they went into the wood, it was his fault that they went through the 'Do Not Enter' sign...and it was his fault they were here.
The towns folk were chanting and doing so in a trance like state, Derek was trying to understand what they were chanting but the fear had distorted his hearing, for the now deafening humming sound that had hypnotically pulled them here in the first place was getting louder and louder. Derek studied their unhuman like faces and tried to lip read.
AZAZEL..LAMIA..AZAZEL ..LAMIA..AZAZEL ..LAMIA..AZAZEL ..LAMIA..AZAZEL ..LAMIA
The chant was a quick rhythmic drone, they just kept repeating it over and over and over.
The air became oppressive and heavy, Derek and Mikey felt their ears pop and there was an indescribable smell that hit their nostrils and went to the back of their throat, it was making it hard to swallow.
The humming was painfully loud, the chanting delirious, and then the ground began to shake not violently almost a vibration.
That's when they felt it...there was something in the air, all around them, they were breathing it in, it was in their pores, it was everywhere and there was no escape. An invisible malevolent entity was there, they could feel it and taste it.
Derek just watched and Mikey was sobbing quietly and it was then that Derek felt a warm, wet sensation by his bottom, he looked down and that's when he realised that Mikey had wet himself and the urine was trickling into a puddle all around them.
"Mikey...have you still got your eyes closed?" "Mmm...y..yeeees" Mikey weakly answered He was too scared to be ashamed about wetting himself, he knew he wanted to scream like a girl but the bile and fear in his throat prevented him from doing so.
All of a sudden there was a sound, a different sound. "Mooooooooooooo.........Mooooooooooooo" Derek and Mikey both could hear a cow, it was getting nearer and nearer. Mikey opened his eyes and Derek was looking too. Mr Jenkins was bringing a cow in, they were stood at the far end of the building, the chanting continued, the humming noise also, then Mr Jessop stepped forward he was holding in his hand a sword. Without a word he took the sword and placed it near the cows throat and in a split second he slit the cow right across the throat, the cow let out a low gurgling "moooooo" and collapsed onto the floor with a thud. It's big body was twitching and Derek and Mikey watched as the cow took its last breath.
As the last breath was taken of the cow, the presence disappeared and the vile odour disappeared with it. There was no humming noise, the air was fresh once again, the floor had stopped vibrating and there was no chanting. There was just this deadly silence.
Derek said to Mikey " Are you ok?" Mikey replied "I think so" Then Derek felt a hand on his shoulder, he looked up and saw the firm but kind face of his father as he knew him. "Son...are you ok?....we had to put you in here for protection" looking down at the strange sign on the floor. "What is going on Dad, I don't understand?" Derek had a pleading look in his eyes as he protectively put his arm around Mikey
Derek's dad put his arm on him and said "It's a long story son, one that began decades ago".
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