Scorched

River followed the sound of the faint ring, it didn't sound too far from her since she can hear it through the rain. It made no sense though, how was Mark's phone all the way out here?

The sound was calling from right above her, River slowly tilted her head up. She was quite scared of what she would find. Mark's ghost holding his phone? Was it all her imagination that a phone was even ringing?

The sky lit up as a lightning strike flashed making it very clear to see the long, skinny monster standing in the tree River was leaning against. Mark's phone was ringing inside the creature!

River gasped in shock and stumbled back. The creature's good eye immediately caught her when she moved. It began to crouch and sprung at her, it's claws outstretched.

River fell and before the claws could snatch her Alex rammed into the creature's side. One of the few quills on the beast's back slashed at Alex as her ran into it.

The creature tumbled across the soaked soil. Kids screamed and ran Alex ignored the cut and picked River up as fast as he could.

"Is there anything good in the first aid?!" Alex cried as he ran after the other kids.

Jade holds up the first aid and yelled "there's a flare gun for if we get lost on the horse trails!" Alex sets River down quick and ran to Jade.

The creature got up quickly and hid in the tall grass. Alex's blood seeped into it's fur, the scent filled it's nose. The grin on the monster's face grew wide as it crept closer to the group of delicious kids.

Alex grabs the flare gun quick, River stood up from where Alex set her down. She knew there was no way a flare gun could kill that thing. It even survived from being ran over by a car.

Alex cried "Ella! There's a shot gun in my car! Grab it and get the kids out of here!" Without hesitation he fired the gun at the tall grass and trees.

Flames grew and fire broke out on the pastures, Alex looked around frantically for the beast.

The wet grass made the fire die out quick. But there was a huge roar from the grass and the burning creature leaped our and landed onto Alex.

Kids gasped and ran to the barn again. Alex yelled but was soon caught off by his own blood in his throat. As the creature frantically dug it's claws into his skin and tore at his innards.

River didn't dare look back and hobbled as fast as she could. Alex was gone...

But the beast wasn't done yet, the fire burned at it's fur but it had a thick enough coat and wasn't harmed as much as feel overheated. It roared, it's tooth grin still present but it's eyes were pure fury. It wasn't done. It didn't take it long to start chasing after the kids again.

Ella couldn't look back, tears filled her eyes. 'He's not dead! He's not dead! He's not dead!' She repeated in her mind, she wanted to sit down and cry and want to just disappear. First Scott...and now Alex. She shouldn't have ever gone through with the plan.

Ella ran with the other kids to Alex's truck. Ella grabbed the shot gun in the passenger seat and slammed the door shut. The kids followed Jade to the barn and hid in an empty stall.

The creature ran across the pasture, it was swift and fast. The fire died out, bits of fur messing across it. Leaving bare skin showing. When it saw everyone split up the creature went after the kids instead.

Wait! Ella thought as she saw the creature stalk into the barn. Ella honked her horn loudly the creature's head lifted.

It looked out from the barn and saw Ella in the truck. But it was smarter than that. It remembered when it was ran over by the vehicle. It stooped low in the grass so Ella couldn't see it creeping away from the front of the car and along the side.

Ella frantically honked again, she didn't see it come out of the barn. She knew it would smell the kids in the stable, she was debating on getting out and chasing after it.

The monster leaped up from the grass and snarled at Elle's car window. It clawed at her window, breaking the glass.

Elle screamed in horror and crawled to the passenger seat quickly, clenching the shot gun to her chest. The creature's huge smile snapped at Elle as it squeezes it's head through the window. It's long rat tail banging against the car.

Elle aimed the shot gun at it while trying to dodge the long teeth. She soon realized that the truck was tipping from the monster leaning pushing so much weight on one side.

Tears filled her eyes thinking back to all the people she loved. But then she saw it! A furless area from the fire. The bare skin was a perfect place to shoot the bullet in the head. She aimed and shot at the beast. The bullet was shot in it's big ear.

The creature roared and stuck a huge claw into the window, it snatched at her leg and she screamed. She tried aiming again, this time when she fired the bullet went right into the head. It stumbled back and fell.

Elle waited a while before she dared get close to the broken window the beast crept out of. When Elle finally peered our the window It was laying on the wet grass, dead.

The monster she worked so hard on making she finally killed. The thousands of dollars she spent for the formula. Her sweet little black cat corrupted and turned into a monster. Little old Grimlin has finally gone into forever sleep. Elle couldn't help but sigh with relief and slumped back in the car seat.