Joseph Stephens and Jaye Williams ran down into the subway, the air was cool and the small lights built into the ceiling didn’t provide much light. They were drenched with rain and wind blew into the subway entrance from outside. A mysterious storm was brewing in the city of Ales and the two friends were on the hunt for a 5 foot tall mouse woman with sharp claws and fangs. The Mouse lady ate humans and lived in the subway, she was quiet about her business though and a few disappearances a year never alerted the larger population.
Joseph pulled the Serpents dagger from
his gray coat, Jaye was pulling candies from the pockets of his hoodie. The two
friends walked down the stairs slowly as they listened for any unusual noises.
The normal buzzing of people talking all at once while they waited for their train.
The subway trains screeched and rattled as they zoomed by. Joseph realized he
wouldn’t get anyone by listening for the Mouse lady, they had to hurry and find
her. She was a giant mouse and would stand out in a crowd.
Joseph took off running through the
subway corridors as his eyes scanned through the crowds of people for anything
unusual. A shriek was heard and Joseph went running to find the source. A woman
was screaming and a man was quaking in fear. “what happened?” Asked Joseph. The
woman pointed at the train doors as they were closing. Jaye pulled out a
crowbar and wedge it into the doors while Joseph squeezed onto the train. Jaye
went to enter the train but the doors snapped shut and the subway train took
off without him. “Ya lousy subway! You’ll hear from my lawyer!” Shouted Jaye,
who then threw his claw hammer at the train as it took off. The hammer dented
the back subway car and then fell into the tracks.
Joseph readied his weapon as he walked
through the subway car. All the seats were empty and everything was quiet
except for the screeching of the metal wheels as they zoomed along the tracks.
As Joseph walked closer to the driver’s car the screeching grew louder. This
was the loudest subway train Joseph had ever been on and the emptiest one too. The driver’s door flung open as Joseph
approached it. The driver was dead in his chair and the mouse lady was covered
in blood. She was screeching as she chewed on the severed arm of the driver.
The train was making normal noises but the loudest noise was not the subway
cars wheels but the mouse monster as it fed on human flesh.
Joseph sprung forward with his serpent
dagger. The mouse lady charged forward as well. When the two collided the mouse
lady easily trampled over Joseph. The mouse monster wasn’t larger than Joseph
but her strength and speed were super human.
Joseph was knocked to the ground but
held his dagger tightly. The mouse lady let out a blood curdling shriek, her
yellow eyes flashed with a murderous glare, her fangs dripped with human blood
and her claws were raised up ready to strike. Joseph had to moved quickly but
the mouse lady was faster than he was.
Joseph charged at the mouse with his
shoulder out, keeping his dagger low so she couldn’t spot it. Joseph tackled
into the mouse lady and the creature bit down onto Josephs shoulder. Blood
spilled out over Joseph’s shirt and down his neck. Pain shot through him and he
wanted to collapse from shock. He tried to bear the pain and gripped his dagger
tightly. The mouse creature’s fangs sunk so deeply into Joseph’s shoulder that
he could feel the fangs scratch his shoulder bone. His vision went dark and he
began to tremble. He used all of his strength to push his dagger forward into
the mouse monster.
Joseph stabbed the mouse lady with the
serpent dagger using both hands. The poison of the dagger entered the mouse
lady’s veins immediately. Joseph was released from the deathly bite and he
collapsed to the ground. He dropped the dagger and tried to stop the bleeding
by ripping his shirt to make a bandage.
The poisoned mouse lady twitched and
fell to the floor. Joseph slowly stood up and stumbled over to the drivers seat
and pulled the emergency break. The train screeched to a halt and Joseph was
thrown forward and hit his head on the console.
Joseph woke up to the gentle voice of
his friend Jaye Williams “You have all of the grace and finesse of a dead cow”
He laughed. Joseph rubbed his head and slowly stood up. “How did you find me?”
Joseph asked feeling woozy. “Your subway car was on a track, I followed the
track. Also I had to get my claw hammer” Jaye replied.
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