Mrs. Epatha's: Chapter Three, Page Thirteen
Olivia screamed, or at least thought she screamed; it was impossible to hear over the strange, groaning sound coming from the thing in the mirror. She tried to jerk free, only to look up and see Alexandria had grabbed her.
Alexandria's face was so white it looked pale next to the off-white tile of the walls and floor. Tears were pouring out of her, and she was biting her lip to keep from screaming. A drip of blood slid from where her teeth sunk into her skin, and she was trembling all over.
"Alexandria?" Olivia asked. It was so frustrating to be unable to hear herself!
Pulling on Olivia's arm, Alexandria crawled back towards Amber on all fours, urging Olivia to come with to relative safety. Shaking her head, Olivia pulled away and pointed to the door. "We have to get out of here!"
Olivia turned even as Alexandria was shaking her head and waving her arms. She pushed on the door, only to feel as though her hands had touched a lit stove.
Alexandria grabbed her around the middle and pulled her away from the door, screaming and jerking in pain. But that pain was nothing to the feeling of the thing in the mirror wrapping around her ankle and making its way up her leg.
If the door was hot, this thing was ice-cold, making Olivia feel she'd dipped her foot into an icy lake. She was frozen down to her bones, and in so much pain she could no longer move. But it did, crawling its way up her leg, and somehow Olivia felt she was being, not attacked, but invaded, entered and corrupted from the inside...
Alexandria's face was so white it looked pale next to the off-white tile of the walls and floor. Tears were pouring out of her, and she was biting her lip to keep from screaming. A drip of blood slid from where her teeth sunk into her skin, and she was trembling all over.
"Alexandria?" Olivia asked. It was so frustrating to be unable to hear herself!
Pulling on Olivia's arm, Alexandria crawled back towards Amber on all fours, urging Olivia to come with to relative safety. Shaking her head, Olivia pulled away and pointed to the door. "We have to get out of here!"
Olivia turned even as Alexandria was shaking her head and waving her arms. She pushed on the door, only to feel as though her hands had touched a lit stove.
Alexandria grabbed her around the middle and pulled her away from the door, screaming and jerking in pain. But that pain was nothing to the feeling of the thing in the mirror wrapping around her ankle and making its way up her leg.
If the door was hot, this thing was ice-cold, making Olivia feel she'd dipped her foot into an icy lake. She was frozen down to her bones, and in so much pain she could no longer move. But it did, crawling its way up her leg, and somehow Olivia felt she was being, not attacked, but invaded, entered and corrupted from the inside...