The Awakening
Chapter 10
I couldn’t sleep that night. I was awake worrying, (I could assume that Emma was the same as me).
Sally had been asleep for over an hour but I just couldn’t forget about my worries and drift off to sleep.
I got up from my bed and wandered to the window.
I gazed out as I could see the Doctor’s house, the lights were off, I assumed that Emma had managed to sleep after all.
But little did I know that Emma was wide awake. Just like me, she couldn’t sleep for worrying, (however, Emma doesn’t just worry, she’d nearly had a panic attack these past few days).
Emma laid in her bed, eye’s wide open. Thinking and worrying about Annie.
I can understand why Emma worries so much. Annie’s never acted this way before, and Emma knows Annie better then me. (But I still know her as much to know how much she’s changed).
But then, there was screaming coming from the lab. Smashing along with angry cries from Anastasia.
Emma raced up to the lab to see what was going on. The door burst open and she stumbled in the room.
“Annie!” She cried.
The door to her little room had been forced open. The lab was wrecked.
And Anastasia stood upon the high table with the window behind her.
“Annie.” Emma muttered.
Annie then spoke in a duo voice of her own, and the voice of something else.
“Stop me if you can…” She whispered.
Anastasia then leaped back…and just as lightening was about to strike…she crashed through the window.
From my own window I witnessed what had just happened. I saw the window smash and Annie falling from it.
This is what the Doctor feared might happen. Anastasia had escaped.
I had to hurry, my Town was now in danger…
Emma rushed down the ramp, encountering Benjamin, Benny Bear and the Doctor on the way.
“What on earth has happened!?” He questioned urgently.
“Annie’s escaped!”
“Annie’s gone?” Said Benjamin.
“Oh dear! What will we do?” Benny Bear panicked.
“You two stay here!” Said Emma “I’ll go after her!”
“Emma, wait! There’s nothing you can do!” The Doctor called.
“I have to do SOMETHING!” Emma ran out of the door and straight into the town after Annie.
Annie was already in the town square.
As Emma opened the gate into the town, she hear her scream.
The scream was full of fear and yet Anastasia screamed in anger.
With Annie this awake and this psychotic, the whole town was in danger.
At first Emma didn’t know what to do. She did nothing but watch in fear and the people in the town who were still awake were shocked at what they heard and saw. They had no idea what had been happening to Annie.
The Mayor dared to approach her.
“Annie? What’s wrong? What are you doing up?” He questioned, (You could tell he was scared because his head was turned to his unhappy face.
Annie just yelled something no-one couldn’t understand. She pushed the Mayor out of the way of his car.
Annie then, Emma saw Annie attempting to lift the car.
A nine-year-old couldn’t lift a car, but Annie was strong enough broken free from all her restrains Emma wasn’t sure if she was really gonna do it.
“Annie!” She called as she ran after her. “Annie, no!”
Emma grabbed hold of her by the arms and tried to stop her from doing what she was attempting to do.
“Stay away from me!!!” Annie screamed.
She battled with Emma to try to get free. She ended up twisting Emma’s wrist, dinting her aluminium skin.
“Ahh! Annie!!!” Emma cried.
Annie screamed. Then, grabbing hold of Emma by the wrists, Annie threw her into the car.
Emma smashed through the window in the side of the car and both her and the car toppled over.
The town was shocked and stunned at what they saw. Some of them even questioned them selves ‘Is this really Annie?’.
Annie was about to attack Emma again when help arrived on the scene. Help from me!
Sally followed me as I crashed through the gate and raced into the town.
“Annie!” I yelled.
“Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!” Came a blood curdling scream.
Annie grabbed hold of the front of the car, (Emma was still stuck inside from where she crashed).
Then, with all her might, she force fully threw the car over!
It bashed and crashed and the skidded along the stone sidewalk.
It finely stopped when it crashed into a lamp post and nearly bent it in half!
“Emma!” Sally rushed to the car to help Emma. So did the Mayor and the Vampires.
“AAAAAAHHHHHHH!” Annie raced to them. Whatever her intentions were, they were going to be violent.
“Annie, no!” I immediately tried to stop her and restrain her.
I grabbed hold of her as best I could and attempted to wrestle her to the ground.
She continued to scream some unknown words whilst trying to get free.
“Ich hasas zie!” She yelled. “Bleb mier from libe!!!”
I was struggling, she was way too strong. But help soon came when Wolfman and the Second Oldest Vampire came to help me restrain Annie.
The other three vampires, the Mayor and Sally had been able to rescue Emma from the smashed up car. But as she was being helped out, Emma noticed something disturbingly dangerous.
“Oh my god! Look!” Emma pointed to a liquid that had leaked out of the car and had spread across the floor. It had spread all over the town square.
“The gasoline’s leaked! It’s everywhere!” Emma then saw something else to add to the panic.
The bulb bent lamp post was sparking. Sending hot sparks over the gasoline.
“We’ve gotta stop it!” Emma crawled on top of the car and reached for the light of the bent-over lamp.
But as for me, I was struggling, even with the help of Wolfman and the Vampire.
“Let go of me!!! Ess kass ey!” Annie screamed.
“Hold her down!” Called a voice from the lab entryway. It was the Doctor.
He was carrying a really big needle filled with some sort of black liquid.
“I thought you said you were out of sedative!” I called.
“It’s Deadly Nightshade! But there’s no way were going to get her to eat it. It’ll have to got directly into her stomach!”
“AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!” Annie screamed, burning with anger.
Emma couldn’t reach the lamp light.
“Someone help!” She cried.
But then, she bulb blew out and exploded.
Red hot sparks of electricity flew from the explosion.
The was no time for Emma to move, or even scream.
It took less than a second…and then…
#BANG#!!!!!!!!
The car blew up.
The fuel was ignited.
And Emma, Sally, the Mayor and the three Vampire were blown back!
The distraction of the explosion gave Annie the time she needed.
She pulled free of my hand and punched me in the face.
With me down, Annie tried to kick herself free from the others.
But the gasoline was right underneath us! And with in seconds…the fuel was lit and unless we wanted to be burned alive, we all had to run for it!
I leaped away from the gush of flames and landed flat on my face.
I then looked up.
I was surrounded by fire.
The thick black smoke didn’t make it and easier to see.
But worst of all, I realized I was alone.
“Sally!!!” I called out. “SALLY!!!”
“JACK!”
I ran to where I heard my love call my name.
I rushed through the wall of flames.
“Sally!” I saw Sally helpless on the floor.
She was badly singed. Her soft, fabric skin was covered with burn marks.
“I’ve got to get you out of here!” I picked her up from the floor.
I looked around me. There was no where to go.
But then, I heard a voice from behind me.
“Jack!” Benjamin ran through the fire, (he WAS invincible).
“Benjamin!”
“Jack, what’s happened?”
“Benjamin, I need you to get help!” I tried to instruct him.
But Benjamin looked as Sally and noticed that she was injured.
“I can help you.” He said, taking hold of Sally’s hand.
Benjamin suddenly started to glow. The glowing then travelled to Sally and she started glowing.
Sally’s injuries than began to disappear!
“Benjamin? How did you…?”
“That’s something else you can do.” Said Sally.
I placed Sally on the ground once Benjamin’s healing had finished.
“Sally, are you alright?”
“Yes…I…I think…”
“AAAAAAHHHHH!”
We could hear Annie’s screams.
“Oh no. Annie!” Sally cried.
“Where’s Emma?” Benjamin asked.
I began to hear more cries from the citizens of the town.
Benjamin ran back through the fire to try and help who ever he could.
And then, there was a louder, more thundering noise.
It was thunder itself.
There was a rumbling thunder sound from the skies, followed by a flash of lightening. And then, the pitter-patter of rain drops falling from the sky.
This was perfect. What better to put out the fire.
The rain plummeted down and soon enough, the fire began to shrink and fade away.
