I'm Not a Hero Anymore

Chapter 1 Life... Encounter. Cont. 8

It is as if the alley was stretching before my eyes. The tension I feel right now from the alley is so terrifying. It was pretty dark in there to see anything.I don't think I'm straining my eyes enough to see if I can find what caused the clutter. My heart is beating so fast that my head is ringing. I can feel every vein in my body as blood is pumped from by my pounding heart.

What was in there? Was it the culprit for all the murders? Am I safe just standing here? My breathing is becoming shorter and shorter and fast that it feels like it's already synced with my heartbeat.

—CLUTTER—

I hear it again this time closer… so so close. I don't want wanna die I don't wanna die I don't want to die. I can't move. Why can't I move? My legs feel like they've been electrified. I'm sweating really bad that my dress is clinging on to me. I feel… I feel like my eyes are going to pop out. For some reason, even though I can't see it due to the fear it feels like everything, the whole world had gotten slower. What says the time now? Has it been twenty minutes now already? What seems to be a few seconds is stretching out longer…

Suddenly black cat dashes out of the alley with a hiss.

"Whew. It was just a cat."

I feel an instant calm when it came out. I felt like my head was about to explode along with my lungs. My heart would have ripped out clean through my ribcage, popping a few veins in the process. It was so terrifying. I do believe there is a wet patch in my pant my now. The cat probably was the one that knocked over some can coming out. That pussy scared the shit out of me—pun not intended.

!!…

Suddenly my eyes shoot wide open in realization.

Wait, wasn't there a movie in which a cat came running out like that—giving a sense of calm, only for a moment—as if it were running away from something. Then… then… I felt goosebumps building with every shiver I felt as the series of chill runs through my spin. This is bad! This is really bad. The tension I had felt which only cooled down for mere seconds is now overflowing. There's an ominous feeling erupting from the depths of the alley, so eerie and bone chilling. The alley's stretching further than before. I still can't move my legs. It doesn't only feel like they were being electrified but also feels like gravity is trying to weigh my whole body down.

—CHOMP CHTEW CHA, CLUTTER—

Suddenly a series of sound resonates reaching into my ear. What the hell is going on in there? What's that sound? Suddenly I hear another unfamiliar sound—UUAARGH—it sounded like a snarl, very soft(Low). I can't make a single move, my body is stuck in place. I try to focus my energy into my free right hand… after a couple of seconds I feel the life coming back to it. My fingers twitched and then my arm started to move. Slowly, with much effort I start to move it towards my pocket. Earlier after I had left Eye Candy I had removed my phone from my bag to send a text to Orino that I was on my way home before placing it in my pocket.

I reach for the phone… and manage to get it out without dropping it. I lift it up to my face flipping the top and turn on the light. My eyes shot open even wider at what I see:

The flashlight had reached into the alley way of for my to see some sort of a creature gnawing down on what seems to be a person, a male, corpse!!! The body was oddly dressed.

Immediately the light reached it, it looked at me and bared its fangs and snarled at me and I fell to the floor hard on my butt still holding on the to phone. The chill I was feeling running up my spine turned into an instant freeze just looking at it. I know my day was bad but this is just too much.

"~~This can't be real.~~"

The creature itself has the three pairs of eyes—which glowed green from the light's glare—I had seen in the repeated news. it's the same one: it's even sharper and boring straight into my soul like daggers—, it's head that of a deformed female human, lips stretch ear to ear with long row of teeth peeking out and it didn't have much hear on it's head, I can see the scalp. It definitely was a female and it wasn't wearing any clothing so I can see her mountains—which was average compared to a human's—dangling. It hands and legs where bent in a way you'd think it moved like a spider, but unlike the spider which had 8 legs to move it had only one pair each of arms and legs. It definitely was something you'd see in a horror movie.

Without any hesitation it launches at me. I still have no control of my limbs.

[This isn't real this isn't real this isn't real!! I'm just imagining it. Yea, it's just my imagination because I'm scared being alone]

That's right! That's what's happening to me now!

[I'm going to die!!]

Move! Are you just going to stand there!? Move! I don't want to die! Move! Damn it! You're going to die! Move! Move!

It leaps a few ways at me, mouth wide open.

[Move!!]

By luck and force of will, I suddenly regain my body immediately shifting my body, it's head misses me by a few inches. but unfortunately its claw digs straight into my dress and cuts a into my skin. I fall to the floor.

The sharp pain tells me I'm alive and I have a chance to survive. A sudden jolt of energy fills me and I managed to get my feet moving to stand as it bumps into the trash bin and spilling it over.

I pick myself off the ground and dashed as fast as I could… I hear a growling sound tailing me… I take a look behind and I see the thing chasing after me.

I take a turn and bump into a trash bin, tumbling and my bag slips a couple of feet. The thing is on top of me if I delay just a second I will end up dead, no time to pick it up. I want to live. Immediately, pick my self up and dash like crazy. A take a sneak peek and I see it jump over the trash bin to the wall propelling itself to the ground and chasing after me.

I hold my phone up and dial 110. After a dial tone a manly voice speaks.

"This is 110. How may we assist you?"

"Hello, p-police… Saw a body… I'm being chased… by something… some creature… It's going to kill me."

I say finding my words even though I'm panting like hell, running, not to mention absolutely terrified.

"Calm down and tell me where are?"

Are you kidding me? How does he expect me to calm down when I'm about to be turned into minced meat for some creature?

"Seriously… how do you… expect me to do that!! I'm been chase by something that wants to kill!"

I yell back at him.

"Just tr——"

"Hello hello. Hello!"

Shit!! What the hell? Why now!? This can't be happening to me. I look at the phone… My battery died!!? My day couldn't have been any worse. It's as if the universe is against me!! Of all the time, today is the day I forgot to charge my phone. My short life has clearly turned into a horrorflix.

...

The further I run the longer the road seems. I take the turns so that can put distance between us but it's locked onto my tail and I can't seem to lose it. I've taken so many turns that I ended up going through yards, ignoring the barking dogs and the very places I didn't want to: alleys.

I've run so far that I can't tell exactly where I am anymore. But I'm sure I'm still in the neighborhood.

Tired! I'm so tired! My legs are hurting, they hurt so bad!

Everything is turning blur. I can't seem to see properly.

I feel like I want to throw up, I want to pass out.

If I dare stop I'd end up falling cold before meeting my end.

I can't… stop… running. If I do… I'll die… I don't want to… I'm to young to die…

Turn left here…

Right, there…

And left into that alley…

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No no no no no no Noooo!!

This can't be happening right now!

"~~You can't be serious! A dead end~~"

I turn into the alley and it was a dead end! The wall is far too high to jump.

The waver and panic in my voice is even far more depressing.

"Uuaargh"

I hear the snarl of the creature a ways back. I turn and saw it peek into the alley. It's glowing eyes peering through the darkness and making me fall into greater despair.

I stumble back falling to my butt when it enters through the mouth of the alley moving closer at it's own pace.

"No stay away from me. Don't come any closer."

I'm going to die. I'm going to die. I'm going to die. How pathetic am I? All I do is grab my head and cower whiles awaiting my death. And I can't do anything about it. I'm so weak. So pathetic. There nothing I can do… but…

"~~I don't want to die. Someone please save me.~~"

I hushed with tears.

It's only a few of meters away from me. Is it just me or I can see a creepy smile pasted on it's face. Along with it's eyes peering at me… I feel sick. I feel like my insides want out but are stuck in my throat somewhere.

My dress is wet and I'm covered in scratches. My everywhere hurt. It hurts so bad.

I halts for a second… then runs at me.

My part in this trope is about ending… Am I really going to die?

Isn't this the part where some hero is suppose to arrive and save me…? No I don't think anyone is coming to my rescue… This… this is where I die.

I opens it mouth and leaps at me… I don't want the last thing I see before I die to be it's grotesque face! I raise my hands before my face closing my eyes———