Take Me to Church by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban
Amazon: B015528MWA
Publisher: Dark Season Books
Published: 2015-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

Seven

“Let me back up there!” I scream, trying to get free. “I'm not done with that damn thing!”

“No,” Donald mutters as they drag me through the doorway and into the church, “but he's almost done with you.”

“How much blood has she lost?” Marnie stammers.

They set me down against the floor, and I feel Donald tear my shirt open so he can see my damaged shoulder.

“Oh God!” Marnie shouts.

“Go to Tammy!” Donald tells her. “Make sure she doesn't see this!”

“I have to go back out there,” I mutter, trying to get up from the floor before feeling a sense of extreme dizziness rush through my body. For a moment I look at the open doorway and feel as if the whole world is spinning around me, as if the sky is heavy and attached to me with invisible ropes. After a few seconds I'm able to focus and I see the vast storm raging outside. When I look up, I see through the thin cracks in the roof that the bone snatcher is directly above us, most likely waiting for me to emerge from the church again so it can finish me off. “Bring me anything I can use as a weapon,” I sneer, trying to fight through the pain even as Donald examines my wounds. “I'm going to finish that thing off, even if it's the last thing I do!”

“Which it most certainly will be if you don't let me help you,” Donald replies. Moving behind me, he reaches under my right shoulder and starts dragging me through to the side-room. “I'm sorry about the pain,” he continues, “but right now I can't do anything about it. Please try not to scream too much, though. You'll upset Tammy.”

“Tammy's a child,” I say firmly as he sets me down on the floor again. “She shouldn't be here. That's all your fault.”

“Be that as it may,” he replies, hurrying to his medicine box and taking out a saw and a pair of shears before coming back to me, “she is here, and I'd really prefer it if she doesn't hear your blood-curdling screams any more than is strictly necessary. We already heard you fighting that thing up there, whatever it is.”

I take a deep breath, trying in vain to force the pain from my mind. My whole body is trembling uncontrollably now, and all I can think about is the fact that I have to get right back out there and -

Suddenly I scream as I feel something slicing through my shoulder. I turn to push Donald away, but he obviously anticipated that move and he pushes my head down against the floor, holding me firmly in place as I feel the slicing sensation again.

“What are you doing?” I gasp.

“Saving your life!”

Still screaming, I struggle with every ounce of strength left in my body, but I can't get free. I never knew Donald was so strong, but for the next few minutes he holds me down firmly with just one hand while he works with the other to patch up the damage.

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