Carl cleared the landing as Kate slammed shut one of the nearest doors. A faint scratching behind it sounded as she slid some piece of furniture against it--probably the short table beside the door. The man briefly considered ramming the door, but instead proceeded down the hall to the next door--the adjoining rooms were connected.
He pushed open the door, revealing a long-unused bedroom. Outside he could hear his companion reach the top of the stairs and pause, while he went into hunter mode.
He followed carefully into the adjoining room, which was similar, if even more cluttered with decades past than the first. If the light was better, he'd have tracked Kate's tiny footsteps in the dust. As it was, he slowly trekked around the room, she'd been here--and likely still was. Gradually his eyes settled on the closet set opposite the bed. It was a natural hiding spot, and he approached it eagerly.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are..." he taunted, reaching a hand towards the door. It was shaking with adrenaline--he was excited by the chase, the girl's defiance, and increasingly his mind was preoccupied by his ideas for how to punish the girl. And then she lunged out from her true hiding spot--behind the bed, where she'd crouched with a broomstick in hand. Her face was a mask of steely determination and anger as she swung it directly at hiss face.
It was an precise, powerful blow--from a larger person, it would surely have incapacitated the man. But her small frame could carry only so much force. The man was staggered, but conscious, as the teenager raced past him. Kate was fast, and faster still in her desperation. The man's head swam from the force of her blow--she was a tough girl. If she had been less of a slender waif, he'd have been down for the count! But his blood was up now, too. The excitement and anticipation of the chase, the anger at her defiance, the rush of action; he pivoted and pursued the teen as she went fleeing from the room.
They tore through the adjoining bedroom, Kate throwing the hall door shut behind her. He slammed into it fully, blasting past with a second angry groan. She darted into the opposite doorway, barely with time to push it shut before he was there. He'd have had her in his grasp, if only the room hadn't been so cluttered with old lamps and furniture. The tiny girl ducked her way under a stack of shelves that his broad, portly torso couldn't fit through, and she gained several seconds on him as he pushed around them.
He barely reacted as a porcelain vase arced though the air towards him. Kate wasn't merely running, but fighting! The lamp struck him on the shoulder, and for a moment he staggered--inviting a second wave of old books, a brass clock, and whatever else the girl could seize, to follow the lamp. She kept trying to throw items at the man not knowing that his rather large friend Frank was making his way behind her. There was another doorway in the back left side that connected both rooms. She was too busy fending off one man that she let her guard down behind her. After a couple more items thrown at Carl, Frank was right behind her and made the hush noise with his finger to his accomplice.
Frank quickly wrapped his arms around Kate's upper body, pinning her arms to her chest in a bear hug fashion. She let out a loud squeal of shock that Frank came up right behind her. He was able to lift her off the ground and easily started to carry her out of the room. While being carried slowly out of the cluttered room and down the hallway, she did the best she could to kick her legs and squirm out of his tight grasp. "Let me go you freak!' She exclaimed. "Haha you wish sweety, you need to be punished for what you did to my friend" Frank replied back to her.
"Take her downstairs" Carl replied while following the two down the steps. Kate at this point gave up struggling, her body was limp and a look of disgust and utter disappointment ran across her face, but maybe there is one more act of defiance to break free from his grasp and make a run out of here?
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
