9 Chapter Eight.

Jake Suddenly realised that he left Hailey in his room all by herself. He rushed out his mother’s room in panic. Unexpectedly, the lights switched off as soon as he walked into the passage. Jake froze and nothing, but panic and fear ran through his mind. Breathing heavily and walking ever so slowly as he tried to see what was ahead of him and not trip at the same time. Diane on the other hand got under her blankets and turned her laptop on to get some kind of light.

“Hailey” he whispered as he crept closer and closer to his room.

He called out her name once more but got no kind of response from her. He entered his room, and a strange sound was coming from his closet, he took a peep and could slightly see Hailey standing there, staring at the wall, almost as if she could even see what she was looking at in the dark.

“Hailey” Jake whispered once more as he tried to get closer to her.

Suddenly, she made a weird yet horrifying sound, almost as if it were one of those zombie sounds that one would hear from a video game or a zombie movie. Jake tried to get closer to her and just before he could, he felt a hand grab his ankle from beneath the bed, He almost Jumped up and started yelling but he heard Hailey’s voice call out his name.

“Jake, it’s me, Hailey. Get under the bed now” she whispered to him.

Jake was muddled for a few seconds but was quick to lay flat on his stomach and make his way under the bed with Hailey.

“Hailey? How, who’s that and why are you –”

Hailey put her hand over Jakes mouth to stop him from uttering another word, she slowly reached for her back pocket and pulled out her phone. Clinching her teeth tighter as she tried to be as quiet as she possibly could. She switched on her phone with it facing down so the lighting from it would not reveal their hiding spot. She quickly turned the brightness down and swung her phone in Jakes face and whispered to him.

“Pull out your phone.”

Jake Reached for his phone in his pocket and slid it out ever so slowly, really trying not to make any sound whatsoever. He looked at Hailey and wondered what he should do with his phone. She unlocked hers and went to her messenger app and started texting Jake.

Hailey: Jake I’m scared, where were you?

Jake: I’m so sorry I rushed off like that, but I’m here now, you do not have to be scared any more.

Hailey: Don’t have to be scared? Jake do not tell me you did not see what was standing in front of your closet. And what is she doing, who is she? or it.

Jake: I do not know but what I do know is that we have to get out here Hailey. It is only a matter of time before she figures out where we are okay.

Jake slowly moved forward as he made an attempt to get out of their hiding spot, but Hailey quickly grabbed his arm before he could even stick his head out.

“What do you think you’re doing Jake, you’re going to get us killed. This isn’t one of your stupid video games, that thing over there is just a real as the both of us, and I’m pretty sure it’s not trying to make new friends right now.” Hailey whispered to him in a serious tone as her grip around his wrist got even tighter.

“Ouch.” He said as he flung his hand back to free his wrist from Hailey’s painful grip.

His hand Slammed on the bottom of the bed letting out a loud noise and the both of them froze. It was almost as if their hearts had sunk at that very moment. Instantly the long-haired figure standing at the closet stopped banging her head on the closet door.

Suddenly the room was filled with nothing but silence. It was so quiet that the both of them could almost hear the sound of their hearts thumping on their chests. Still under the bed, with fear flourishing inside of them by the second, they slowly looked towards the closet to see if she was still standing there, but there was nothing. They scoped the entire room to see is they could see a pair of feet on the ground, but it seemed to be clear. Almost as if the sound of Jake slamming his hand against the bed scared her away instead of attracting her to them.

“Okay I think we can get out now.” Jake whispered to Hailey. “I’ll go out first to check the coast.”

“Jake” She grabbed his hand once more as he turned around to look at her “Be careful.”

He gave Hailey a slight nod before he slowly crawled out from under the bed. With half his body out in the open and the other half under the bed, he looked around the room once more, just to be sure. His heart slowed down, and he took a deep breath of relief as the room seemed to be empty.

“Okay, you can come out now.” He said to her as he reached out for her hand.

Suddenly he could hear some kind of growling sound, almost as if it were an angry dog but it was slightly softer than that. He put his hand in front of Hailey’s face, indicating to her that she should not come out yet. And what seemed to be blood or possibly slime started to drip on the back of Jakes shoulder.

“Uhg, what is this.” He reached to the back of his shoulder and touched it but he could not make out what it was, it was too dark to see its colour, he could only feel it’s warm yet slimy texture.

He looked up above him but there was nothing. Suddenly he could see a shadow on the ceiling of his room. With the wind howling outside and rain drops tapping on the rooftop, it made Jake even more uncomfortable, it added to his anxiety. He looked back up again to still find the awkwardly shaped shadow still there.

Unexpectedly, a bright electric discharge from the lightning outside lit up the entire room, followed by a loud crashing sound from the thunder, and for those few seconds of light produced by the coming storm outside, Jake saw it. This thing was hanging from the ceiling above him. Long black hair and a white bloody gown with both hands and feet on the ceiling. Besides seeing a demonic girl on your bedroom ceiling another thing seemed just as terrifying, her head was fully turned and facing the opposite side of her body.

Jake froze as she stared at him. She unhinged herself from the ceiling and landed onto the bed creeping ever so slowly towards him. She got even more closer and sniffed him out. With blood from her mouth dripping all over him. Jake Kept as still as he possibly could, of course he was scared but he had no idea what to do. So naturally, he stayed as still ss he possibly could. It’s like all his muscles just Locked up and he couldn’t move anymore. Jake was breathing heavily, and his heart was pounding against his chest, he could almost feel it throbbing in his throat.

She opened her mouth as wide as she could, now pressing herself against Jake, he tried to distance himself slowly, but it made her restless. Her tongue, long and fork shaped like a snake, slid on the side of jakes face, he closed his eyes and after a while she stopped. Jake opened one of his eyes to see her mouth wide open, with the skin on the side of her cheeks tearing, almost as if her jaws were unhinged from their joints.

Jake Suddenly remembered that Hailey was under the bed. He looked towards her and quickly looked at the demon once more. The girl stopped and looked at Jake. She realised what he was looking at and she grabbed the bed with one hand and flipped it over with pure strength and aggression. Hailey scared as ever covered herself trying to keep out of sight, but it was no use. The Demon Grabbed her by her throat and lifted her into the air. Her Long Sharp nails slightly piercing through her skin as drops of blood started dripping from Hailey’s neck. Struggling and franticly kicking her legs around in the air, Hailey was finding it extremely difficult to breathe. The demon looked at her and Grinned as she spoke to her.

“Quæ habitat in medio vestrum. Non possum non sentire ea in conspectu eius industria feeds vestrum. Emerge in tenebris et non statim iterum terras et sanguis meus tuum imple melius est enim mori sumptu.” (She lives inside of you. I can feel her presence within you, her energy feeds off of you. In darkness she shall emerge once again, and blood will fill your lands for death is a small expense for the greater good.)

The demon slowly spoke to her in Latin, with the same demonic voice that Jake had heard earlier on, and while she was distracted, Jake slowly crawled towards the closest corner of the room where there was a wooden baseball bat. He grabbed it quietly and slowly got to his feet. He swung the bat and slammed it against the demons skull, but it was like trying to crush a giant rock with a little hammer, the bat broke into a million pieces and the demon did not even flinch. In fact, it just made her even more livid than she was before. She turned around and dropped Hailey to the ground. Hailey gasped and coughed a few times, desperate to get her breath back.

Jake took a few steps back as she slowly walked towards him. Eventually he found himself cornered and she stood in front of him. She grabbed him by the neck as well and slammed him against the wall.

“Jake!” Hailey yelled.

The demon looked at her and suddenly Hailey went flying across the room. She slammed into the wall and laid flat on the ground as she had passed out from the impact.

“Hailey!” Jake yelled while trying to catch his breathe.

The demon glanced at him and grinned. She strangled him even tighter, crushing his windpipes. His face turned purple as he struggled to get some air into his lungs. Pulling and tugging, he struggled to get free and soon his punches and kicks started to fade. Jake was dying and he could feel it. the demon looked at him.

“tvoja vrsta je slaba.” (Your kind is weak)

The Demon smiled at Jake once more. She grabbed him and bit into his neck, ripping his flesh off. Blood oozing out his neck, his lungs quickly filled with his own blood which suffocated him to his death as he stared at Hailey before he took his last breath.