The Demon of Devilgate Drive (Skeleton Cove Horror Book 1) by Colin Garrow

Author:Colin Garrow [Garrow, Colin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-21T18:30:00+00:00

Ten

Whatever this man wanted, I wasn't interested. Grabbing Suzi's hand, I ran, dragging her along behind me. We hit the main path and pelted towards one of the narrower paths that crossed it. Veering right, I could see the wall in front of me. If we could get there before whoever was after us, we might have a chance.

'I...can...hear...him,' hissed Suzi in my ear, her voice a series of grunts. 'He's...'

'I know!' Reaching the wall, I grabbed hold of her waist, hoisting her upwards like a rag doll and pushing her onto and over the wall. A second later, I was astride the top, the rough stone digging into my thighs. Peering through the gloom, I caught sight of our pursuer. He was still a few yards behind and struggling to keep up. Swinging my leg over, I dropped down onto the other side, where Suzi was waiting, eyes wide and panting.

'Quick,' she yelled. I needed no encouragement and we ran across the street and into Lonely Walk Road, where at least some of the streetlights were working.

Halfway along, we stopped and looked back. There was no sign of the man, or anyone else for that matter.

'Think we lost him.' I straightened up, still breathing hard.

Suzi grabbed my arm. 'Wait - what's that?' She was staring down the lane, her head inclined to one side, listening.

There was a grinding of gears and the twin headlights of a car came tearing around the corner. The vehicle accelerated rapidly, veering towards the pavement as if the driver was drunk - or trying to mow us down.

'In here,' I said, pulling Suzi into the nearest garden. We hurtled up the path and were almost at the front door before I realised it was Jimmy Brick's house. 'Oh, cripes.'

'This way,' said Suzi, running around the corner of the house. I pelted after her, across the back garden and up the slope to the railway line. At the top we scrambled through the weeds and up onto the tracks.

I pointed to the right. 'The bridge.' Suzi nodded and we ran along the edge of the line towards the railway bridge. I could feel a pain in my side but knew we had to keep going. If we could get to the bridge, we could climb down onto the wooden joists that extended along the floor right through the insides of the structure. No grown-up in their right mind would follow us.

Feeling in my pocket for the torch, I realised with horror that it was gone. I skidded to a halt and frantically searched my pockets, but it was useless.

'Come on,' shouted Suzi. I caught up after her, cursing my stupidity.

Ahead, I could see the black outline of the railway bridge against the sky. Once we made it onto the bridge itself, it was only twenty yards or so to the hatch that led to the interior. Course, I'd only ever done this in daytime before, and without my torch we might easily miss our footing and fall straight down into the river below.

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