Sarah jumped to her
feet, the springs in the recliner helping to propel her upward. She
noted that her fingers had acquired the hilt of the knife during her
leap upward. The harrowing shriek still echoed through her head as
she searched for the source of the cry. In her confused state she,
wondered if the scream had been some horrific nightmare, but she saw
Roger and Buck startled awake looking just as confused as she felt.
“Shirley Sue?!”
Buck questioned as he raced to his feet.
His query was
answered by the sound of footsteps thundering from above. The trio
scrambled to the stairway and looked up in time to see a figure
clinging to the railing stumble down the last couple of steps.
Through the darkness Sarah could make out Shirley Sue's face, twisted
into an expression of horror. The sound of her panting sobs chilled
Sarah to the bone. Sarah felt herself let out a gasp as a figure
wrapped in darkness appeared at the top of the stairs and began
pursuing Shirley Sue down the stairs.
Sarah grabbed
Shirley Sue's arm and helped guide her down the remaining stairs.
When she reached the bottom, Shirley Sue began to nurse her shoulder.
Her voice was frantic and her words were hard to make out. However,
Sarah's blood ran cold at the mention of one word in particular,
'Aura.'
The second figure
paused in the middle of the stairway. Sarah looked up at the figure
cloaked in shadows. She saw two familiar yellow orbs hanging in the
darkness.
“Graaa!” Aura
shouted as she leapt toward the four friends.
Sarah shielded
herself, placing her arms in front of her as she saw Aura’s
silhouette flying toward her. She fell backward and hit the floor
with a thud. She gasped for breath as her diaphragm ached from the
force of the impact. Aura wore a cruel smile as she looked into
Sarah's eyes, as though she was enjoying watching Sarah struggle to
breathe. Then the smile melted away into confusion. She opened her
mouth as if to speak, but no words ever came and the yellow flame in
her her eyes faded to black.
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