Juric's classes expanded through the day like normal, he kept to the back row of desks to avoid finding chewed up paper in his hair and when it was time for lunch he ate in a bathroom cubical to avoid losing his lunch to some stupid 'prank'. Before he knew it he was shifting back down the second floor hall towards his class room, he was late coming back to class, this too was usual in his black and white existence. Suddenly Juric was jolted by the sound of breaking glass and brick, what followed was a series of harrowing screams resonating from Juric's classroom.
"Wh-what..." Juric whispered to himself as he charged to his classroom door. Sliding it's wooden frame into the wall a grisly scene was met by Juric's eyes, a large hole sat gaping open on the
2nd floor classroom's wall. Wood and brick dust covered the floor as broken desks and chairs melded with flesh, a small pool of blood and entrails gathered at
it's feet as it chewed and munched on one of Juric's classmates.
It's rock brown skin looked like cracked earth and hung on his body unnaturally, as if it were new. Juric looked around the classroom, shocked. He wondered, he hoped that there was something, anything to indicate this was all some elaborate trick. Several students and the classroom teacher all gathered to one side of the room opposite the door where Juric stood. The creatures attention was on them,
"I... I have to run..." Juric whispered still shocked at the scene before him. Suddenly another harrowing scream pierced Juric's ears as the creature grabbed a female student, it started to squeeze her as it did her scream quickly became laboured and hoarse. She looked as if she was going to pop when the creatures grip visibly loosened, dropping the girl limp to the ground. It was unclear if she was still alive but she wasn't bleeding.
"Run... I should r-" Juric's whispers came to a sudden dead stop as the creatures gaze drifted then locked on Juric. It's yellow glowing beady eyes silent and intimidating, peered at Juric intently. It was enough to make Juric completely freeze with fear.
'RUN! RUN! RUN MORON! RUN! I'LL DIE! RUN!' Juric's internal monologue shouted and pleaded. He knew he had to run, but he couldn't the only movement found in his body was in Juric's legs which started to shake with fear.
"RUN JURIC!" His teacher shouted from his position on the other side of the classroom. But it was too late, the large creature had wrapped his large long fingers around Juric's abdomen, hoisting the 6'1" young man a foot or two from the ground with ease. The creature continued to stare and peer at Juric, it's actions seemed to hint at curiosity. Juric found himself and started swinging his arms at the creature, his punches and kicks didn't phase the creature in the least. Squeezing tightly, the creature shook Juric harshly, the sudden thrashing sent Juric dizzy as his limbs ached from being swung around so abruptly and unnaturally.
Still concious Juric went limp, a thousand thoughts echoed through his mind but somewhere in there, a stoic monologue echoed his solemn last message.
'This feeling, it's as if there is concrete in my veins. Why is it my body becomes so heavy at the worst times of my life? I guess it wont matter soon. That's right! When I'm dead nothing will matter any more... everything will be black and that'll be that.' Juric hung limply as the creature opened it's mouth wide and lifted Juric horizontally over his mouth. Slowly, Juric's glasses slid of his face, falling into the creature's gullet with a squishy splash. Opening his eyes the blurry image of a pool of crimson filled Juric's vision as he peering into the creature from above.
. . .In an instant Juric swelled with emotion; desperation, anger, sorrow, hatred and fear swirled within Juric. As if reacting to this new surge of emotion swelling up within him, Juric threw a punch at the creature. An unfamiliar sensation surged through Juric as his fist connected with the creature. Juric's fist bounced off the creature's large lower jaw with a loud thud as a round crease caved into the creatures jaw, the creature howled a terrible shriek before throwing Juric into a concrete wall. Managing to somewhat catch himself after the impact Juric hit the pool of blood that gathered on the floor with a light splatter as he landed on his hands and knees. That unfamiliar sensation still surged through him, it was dark, it felt sickly sweet, it felt...
powerful. Juric's left arm started to feel wet as the sensation intensified, with the increased intensity so did unfamiliar faint echoes of mysterious voices in Juric's inner monologue grow.
While the creature still held it's jaw in pain Juric shifted his gaze to his left shirt sleeve, it was entirely trenched in blood. Alarmed he pulled back his left sleeve, his old scars had opened once more but they weren't bleeding, instead they were taking in the blood that pooled the ground. This was too much! Juric wanted to faint but the growing shouts in his head wouldn't let him. More blood seemed to defy gravity as it flowed up into Juric's arm, as it did the voices got louder.
'Kill! Destroy! Revenge! Consume! Kill! Hate! Mutilate! Torture! Kill! Revenge!' The new voices shouted in Juric's head. Their shouts grew into shrilled screams whenever Juric locked his vision on the creature.
The creature stopped howling then turned it's gaze onto the kneeling young man. Growling it charged at him with it's mouth wide open, having no time to think with the screaming voices in his head Juric acted on instinct, picking himself up and taking a crude wide stance. As the creature drew near Juric braced himself and brought his left arm back, then stepping forward into the creatures oncoming presence, with a thundering bang he sent his left fist and arm into the creature, piercing it's chest as he dodged the creatures gaping jaw, the impact of the punch sent his hand out the other side. For a moment the creature went limp collapsing on Juric who struggled to hold it's weight with his arm stuck in it's chest, then as quickly as it had went limp the creature stiffened and began to spasm violently as it was physically absorbed into Juric's open scars on his left arm, grotesque hunks of flesh and bone contorted and twisted, getting drawn into the open marks that covered Juric's arm the process pausing momentarily as large chunks appeared to clog the open marks before tearing to shreds with a squishy sloppy noise. The voices in Juric's head grew with a deafening intensity as he absorbed the creature, suddenly he started to feel fatigued and weak, slowly his vision faded to black as he passed out.
