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Chapter 4 - THE STRANGER

Jacob had parked the car by the side of the road. He was tired and wounded. He glance d over to his side and looked at Samantha. She was asleep and had a cut on her forehead probably from being thrown into a wall twice.

He needed rest but sleep wasn't ana option so he decided to park the car and regain his strength. He had cuts and bruised all over his body but luckily they weren't that deep though they had a nasty look. He tried to relax but before he even realized it he was asleep.

Jacob woke up to the screams of Samantha. She was screaming so loud he thought his ears were gonna burst. The car was rolling and came to an abrupt stop by crashing into a tree. It was his side of the car so he couldn't open his door. He kicked the windshield till it shattered and scrambled out. He went to Samantha's side opened the door and helped her out.

It had found them and Jacob cursed himself for it. He had fallen asleep without even realizing it and it had cost them greatly. Their only hope was to run since the car was wrecked and run they did. They couldn't run forever that much he knew. He needed a way to stop it but that would be temporary solution what he needed was to kill it.

He was so weak he wasn't even sure he could do that. Just as they were crossing the street Jacob was pulled back and Samantha's feet buckled under her. She was so tired she couldn't do anything but lay there.

She lifted her head up slowly towards Jacob's direction and froze. She could see it now whatever it was that was chasing them. It was humanoid in shape but twice as tall. It was covered in red and a color so dark it would put black to shame.

It stood before Jacob and slowly reached down and closed it's hand around his neck. It started choking him whilst lifting him into the air. Samantha couldn't even begin to fathom what was in front of her. She was so frozen she even forgot to be scared. That's when she noticed that Jacob was slowly being choked to death.

She knew she had to help him for what was to stop it from coming after her once it was done with him. She slowly stood up and looked around for something, anything that she could hit it with. She found a rock by the sidewalk picked it up and ran towards the creature. She threw it with all her strength which was barely anything given her exhaustion.

The rock struck it by the back of its head. It slowly turned it's head towards her. Jacob was already limo in it's grasp so it dropped him to the ground. If it wasn't going to go after her she succeeded in making herself it's target.

It walked at a leisurely pace towards her. It knew it was in control that it had the upper hand. It knew she couldn't even do a thing. So it took it's time walking towards her.

Samantha was seriously starting to regret what she had just done. She wanted to run wanted to hide but she was frozen in place. It was even more scarier from the back than it was from the front. It's front and face was littered with scars some of which hadn't even healed and was oozing something so thick she wasn't even sure if it was blood.

It towered above and looked at her with it's glowing yellow eyes. It gave a snarl which sounded something between a lion or a wolf she wasn't quite sure which but she knew she didn't like either. It grabbed her hand and she let out a cry. It had claws for fingernails that dug deep into her skin. She was lifted into the air so that she dangled like doll. It opened it's mouth to reveal fangs instead of teeth and started drawing her closer.

It was planning on eating her probably biting her either way she didn't want that , but took a bite it did and it was the most painful thing she had ever felt in her life. The bite was so painful it was like a her soul was being ripped apart into pieces. The saliva even made it worse as it felt like boiling lava on her skin burning her. It was so painful she couldn't even scream.

After taking a bite from her arm it looked at her again enjoying it's seeing it's pain in agony. It dropped her and went back to Jacob who still lay on the ground unconscious. It grabbed him by the waist and lifted him up as one would do a child. It then opened it's mouth wide and started bringing Jacob's head towards it. It was pretty clear what was about to happen.

It was going to bite Jacob's head of then once it was done it was going to come back and devour her too. That much she was pretty certain of.

Again she tried to get up for she knew if that if she was to survive this night she needed Jacob's help and if he does she would surely follow. The pain was so intense she started seeing dark spots in her vision. She glanced at her hand and her heart dropped.

Her arm was practically hanging by a thread to her body. A huge chunk of flesh had been torn off and what had remained was just bits and pieces of flesh holding her arm together. She could practically see her bones now, but that wasn't the worst of things.

What was worse was the black colour of the substance that came from the creature and the small black veins that had started to pop up and we're slowly progressing through her body.

She decided to ignore it for a moment and focus on the task at hand. She saw a metal rod a few feet from her and went to grab it. Luckily for her but mostly Jacob in this situation it was surely taking its time savouring the moment. She tried grabbing it with both hands but her injured hand was useless it just lay there paralyzed so she grabbed it with her other hand.

She then rushed towards  it and then jabbed the rod through the creature. It went through were she supposed the heart would be. The creature snarled surprised by what had just happened. It had been wounded something that wasn't supposed to be possible especially by a mere girl. It dropped Jacob to the ground and looked at the rod sticking out of its chest. Thick black blood oozed from the wound.

It's eyes were glowing more intensely now which Samantha realized was anger. It wasn't angry before but by the glow and the intense look it had on its face she was sure of it. This time she knew it was the end and there was nothing she could do. Jacob was still unconscious and now had blood oozing from his head. Who knows he might have a concussion.

Samantha closed her eyes just as it lunged at her. She expected to feel excruciating pain not that she wasn't already feeling any she just expected something more seeing that she was about to be killed. ' So this is how death is like ' she thought 'I don't feel anything. I thought death would be painful '.

Samantha then slowly opened her eyes to find a tall man in Black standing above her. The creature was now further away than it was when she had closed her eyes. At first she thought it was Jacob but this guy was fully dressed and Jacob was still unconscious a few feet away from her.

The man had an air of confidence around him. She wasn't sure who he was but she knew he was going to die just like the rest of them.

The creature and the man started circling each other trying to figure each other out, so before it even could the man stroke first. It was so fast Samantha wasn't even sure she saw it happen. The man had hand punched his fist through it's chest and had ripped out it's heart. He then grabbed it by the head and ripped it off.

He stood there with it's heart in one hand and its head in the other. She could see his face now that he was turned towards her. He handsome to begin with and he looked Asian, Arabic probably. He wore dark glasses though it was in the middle of the night. He piled the head and heart on top of the creatures body and set it on fire. Samantha didn't see him use a lighter though and she was amazed by the stream of fire that projected from his index finger.

He grabbed a handkerchief from his coat and started wiping the blood of his hands. He threw the handkerchief into the fire and moved towards Samantha. He squatted to her level as she was sitting on the ground. When he was eye level with her he took of his glasses. Instead of eyes flames danced in his sockets. He looked at her and gave her a smile.

"Now then what do we have here?"