what goes bump in the night

[topslug]

Who: Anyone out in the Darkness!
When: November 27-December 9th, during the Darkness.
Where: Out and about the city streets.
Summary: New monsters in Siren's Port, and of the particularly nasty variety.
Warnings/Notes: Monster attacks and probably gore aplenty abound.

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December 4th | Closed to Danny/Daniel | Sector 4

[venus_idol]

"Get back here

Re: December 4th | Closed to Danny/Daniel | Sector 4

[rhythminmysoul]

"MINAKO! MINAKO?! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Daniel came barreling down the street, his mind frantic. Some sort of monster was out here after his new girlfriend and he wasn't about to let her die. Not before they even had a first date! He couldn't let her go. He had his gun in his vest and some ammo. He wasn't that great at using it yet but he could at least shoot a bit. Plus he had his powers which he really knew how to use. But first he had to find her. He was in section four but this place was huge. How was he going to find her? He kept running, calling her name at the top of his lungs. Darkness monsters be damned.

[venus_idol]

And Minako wasn't able to stay in one place, either. That thing... it could ooze in to places smaller than she could ever hope to fit, and with the chained up criminal having to be in tow behind her, they were sitting ducks for the creature. He couldn't climb, she couldn't fight...

She could only keep moving, stopping long enough for them to catch their breath, but avoiding alleyways and corners were they could potentially be trapped. The boy may have been a petty thief, and was basically a liability now, but she wasn't about to leave him to die.

Eventually could hear Daniel calling for her, but it was distant, and she knew that damn thing was still behind her.

"... DANIEL!"

Screw it. She couldn't deal with this thing alone.

[rhythminmysoul]

Daniel heard her voice, his ears easily telling him which direction she was in. But he wasn't running fast enough. He had to go faster. And he knew how. He aimed his hands downward and began to sing as fast as he could.

"Marryhadalittlelamp littlelamp littlelamp. Marryhadalittlelamp whosefleecewaswhiteassnow!" The energy burst from his hands, sending him flying through the air and towards the sound of her voice. He landed on his feet, having caught a glimpse of her up ahead. He did it again, rocketing through the air. Once once he reached a certain distance his powers cut out, sending him falling to the ground. He landed fine, luckily, but had to run the rest of the way.

"MINAKO! OVER HERE!"

[venus_idol]

"Daniel!" Minako cried out, sounding relieved at hearing his voice. As soon as he landed, she started running towards him, pulling the hapless teen along with her.

"We have to get somewhere--!"

All at once she skidded to a halt, though, as the blob-like creature slithered along the ground and stopped in between where they stood. Minako stumbled away, but kept her balance despite her obvious fear. Her charge, however, was much less graceful and landed right on his ass.

"I-I can't keep runnin' from this thing like this!" he cried out, turning a pleading look on his captor. "You put me in this! You gotta get me out of it!"

Minako didn't bother arguing the point and bent down to try to wrestle with the chains again. The creature was more focused on her right then, but there was a chance it could be easily distracted.

[rhythminmysoul]

"Hey blob! Look over here!" Daniel rubbed his hands together and tried to sing but as the lyrics came out he felt nothing and there wasn't even the faintest glow on his hands.

"W-What the hell?! Why aren't my powers working?! Damn it!" He pulled out his gun and aimed at the monster. He squared himself and fired, the bullets flying inside the monster but they didn't seem to do much other than draw it's attention.

"Son of a bitch..."

[venus_idol]

It wasn't just her then. That... thing was responsible for her transformation failing, and was doing the same to Daniel's powers. And not even guns were working on it. But it's attention was on Daniel for the moment and that was enough for Minako to start working at the chain again

[rhythminmysoul]

"No!" Daniel ran around the blob and grabbed a garbage can. He threw it at the monster, hoping to get it to eat it for a moment. He ran for Minako and grabbed her hand.

"Come on! Don't let his sacrifice be in vain! GET UP!"

[venus_idol]

Unfortunately the creature wasn't interested in the can, but it did, at least, get struck by it enough to slow it down.

Minako was dragged to her feet and pulled along, but she couldn't stop her panic. She had never seen some one die before, let alone get devoured in front of her. The feel of blood on her skin... it was still warm, sticky, wrong.

"No no no no no..." she was chanting under her breath as Daniel tried to get her out of there.

[rhythminmysoul]

"Come on! If we don't run it will eat us too!" He had to get her moving. He knew that had to be horrifying for her. It was for him too but right now survival was more important to him. The kid was dead, end of story. But they were still alive and they had to move faster.

[venus_idol]

Stumbling, Minako was dragged along by him. She was moving, though, and that was enough to get them away. The thing was going to keep after them, but if Danny could get them to a decent hiding place, or a darkness proofed building, they might have a chance of surviving the night.

[rhythminmysoul]

There had to be a building with darkness proofing they could get into somewhere around here. Danny looked out into the distance, his legs burning. He knew the couldn't stop now. They needed to escape, needed to find a safe place. And then he saw it in the distance. The Tower Apartments! It would be open and it had darkness proofing! It was perfect!

"We're almost there! Keep running!"

[venus_idol]

She still didn't speak, only following with Daniel pulling her along. She was obviously in shock, mind still replaying the scene of the teen's death over and over again in her head.

She had started sobbing at some point, but it didn't stop her from moving. Tears rolled down her cheeks rapidly, vision blurring. She tightened her grip on Daniel's hand since it was the only way to keep from losing him.

[rhythminmysoul]

Daniel ran with all his might. He ran up the stairs to the front of the Tower, yanking the door open and pulling Minako in behind him. He slammed the door shut and scurried back. His back hit the wall and he slid down, his ass resting on the cold linoleum floor. Oh please don't let that thing get inside. That was the last thing they needed. For it to somehow be able to get through the darkness proofing. That would be the last fucking thing they needed. He held Minako close to him, green eyes trained on that door. If it got through they'd have to run up the stairs. But he was so tired. So exhausted.

He caught sight of it moving outside the door, the silhouette of that horrible monster. How could something like that go unnoticed for so long? And why was it here now? It moved outside, ducking and dodging before seeming to give up and slink away into the night. Oh damn it all. That...that was terrifying.

[venus_idol]

Minako could only curl up next to Daniel where they wound up sitting in the lobby, with no where else to go since neither of them lived there anymore. She clung to him tightly, blood-stained face buried in his arm.

She wouldn't sleep, even though she was exhausted. She couldn't stop crying, even though her eyes burned and her head ached. She could only wait with him until the sun rose again, and hope that the creature would vanish with the light...