a small group of people were playing hookey. most of us either chilled in a car in the dusty, dirty, old-western style road of a parking lot, or wandered the streets around it.
i had to go into photography class for some reason , and a girl approached me. she asked if i knew where Torrie was. she was in my group, but continued to wander so as to not draw suspicion to herself and the rest of the group. however, i told her i knew where she was, not wanting to lie, and the girl took that as she was absent so as to keep us out of trouble.
afterward, i wandered into the Bio room. it looked as if it were a combination of how Ms. Kennedy's room and Mark's room was laid out. they were disecting things, and had big, electric contraptions set up to test things. i stole a scalpel like device (maybe looking like a pen or fan shape though) whose blade was about as long as my hand. and then i also stole a serrated knife with a slight curve near the tip about 3 inches longer then my hand. i walked out with them without a hitch.
we proceeded as a group to walk into the Gym. old steel catwalks loomed overhead, but the ony entrance was thruogh a door which was padlocked from the inside. we stood on the bottom level where years of physical education ground the earth into a hard surface that gently crunched beneath yuor feet and was as hard as a rock. \
i passed out the scalpel to a girl, and then a knife that i had on my belt to Alex. i kept the serrated knife. we spread out across the room, in waiting.
suddenly, a big bull came out. eyes wld with horror, big shaggy black coat with a brown spot on the neck. he charged through the room, sending a cloud of smoke up behind him as he ran off. he turned and headed for me and another bloke. i dodged out of the way, not noticing the scrapes along my arms. Alex followed on his heeels as if he was aided the speed of the spirit of the panther. he slahed the bull's foreleg. the beast growled and shouted with agony. the guy next to me stabbed the beast in the back, and i got him in the neck. the serrated blade dug in deep, and i could see the knife's contours through the tough flesh.
Adrenaline pounded through my veins as i pulled out the bloodied knife and walked away for a moment. when i came back, Alex cut a hole into the beast.
"a piece of the most prized meat to the killer?" he offered.
i stooped over the dead animal and smelled the fresh blood. i reached into the cavity, with knife in hand and cut off a piece of the heart. i tried to down it right off, but it was so squishy and weird that i needed water to help me get it down. i drank from an abandoned water bottle, ate the meat and then chased it down with more of the beverage. blood clung to my finger tips. i knelt down and grabbed the scalpel in my let hand, holding the serrated blade with my right.
and then the doors busted open. through the central door of the facility, walked the king. he was tall and muscular, but his strength was concealed under a mountain of black furs and behind a shiny, golden crown.
someone placed a big black umbrella in my hand. i immediately braced. with a clatter and a clang, i felt the crown hit my shield and clang against the floor.
i tried to run out, but gaurding each doorway was a man dressed in similar, althugh lesser quality furs. there were 8 other men besides the king, and each one of them herded us towards the center of the room. the king, glowering angrily at the biggest man of our bunch, gripped his short sword and flung it at Alex's chest.
an agonising cry escaped my lips, and i woke up, feeling fear all over my body and in my fingertips as i left my bed.