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The Vampire Anoushka
here it is now(i don't quite like my diction in the last para tho...cld be a li'l more descriptive...)
She crouched low, holding onto the wall for support, and tried her best to blend in with the night’s shadows. Her shirt was drenched with perspiration, and her clothes were slashed open in numerous places. Angry red gashes could be seen in these openings, and they were still fresh. The bite on the arm throbbed with pain. She tried to breathe as softly as she could, but she was pretty sure they could sniff her out with their acute sense of smell anyway.
They – the cats. She had been stuck with them in that nuclear plant for three whole, agonising days. The radiation from the plant had done something to them over the years – they had mutated, somehow. These cats were not like the adorable ones in her neighbourhood. They were vicious, with yellow eyes and razor sharp teeth. Most of their fur had dropped off then, making the girl shudder with repulsion whenever she saw them.
She knew that the cats would come for her sooner or later. There was an exit in the next room, leading out if the plant, out of the cats’ sanctuary. For some reason, they could not get out of the plant and stay alive – she figured it must have had something to do with the air.
She crawled her way to the door leading to that room, taking cover behind a desk. Then, she saw them. They prowled stealthily out from the shadows, like a pack of lionesses closing in on their prey. Their yellow eyes where gleaming menacingly, and their lips were pulled back in sneers, revealing their jagged teeth. She was trapped.
Her first instinct was to run away from the door. The sane, calm part of her told her that it would be of no use, that was what the cats where banking on. For that way, she would be back to square one – and the cats would have won once again. She was no match to these cats in terms of weapons – they had their claws and teeth, she, nothing. These cats had to be outwitted, they had to be taken by surprise. There was only one thing to do. She grit her teeth with grim determination and stood up slowly, deliberately, facing the door.
The cats stood at attention, muscles tense, backs arched, ready to drive her away from the door. Then, simultaneously, they charged. And the girl sprinted –right towards the cats.
The element of surprise was on her side –the cats staggered back, hesitating for just a few moments, giving her the opening she so desperately needed. She bolted for the door.
Some cats regained their senses and attacked her, tearing at every inch of the skin on her legs, mauling her ferociously. She kept going. The door to freedom was but a few meters away. She put on a final spurt of speed, shaking a cat off her arm. And with that final surge of energy, she flew all the way towards the door – and through it.
She was free!!! Exhilaration took over terror and determination, and she slumped heavily onto the floor with exhaustion. The cats were yowling and shrieking with indignation at their prey’s escape. The looked absolutely helpless from the other side if the door. They could not harm her in anyway anymore. She was free!!!!!