A/N: still continuing that sort of horror stuff, sorta long chapter cuz i didn't wanna stop
I made sure that the revolver in my hand was just a lever away from firing, which definitely would have warned the shadow that it was a loaded gun. The figure leaped at me and I pulled the lever, the shock making me fall back a little because I wasn't exactly used to firing guns. It shot right at the creature's chest, and it shrieked as the bullet hit.
I quickly gathered myself as it fell to the ground, retaking the form of Indie Burton. I signalled to Dani and Slash to start hitting her with their bats, as her eyes still glowed red. They hesitated but knew it had to be done, or else she would escape and most likely hunt us down. They took slow steps towards the kneeling figure with a bullet wound next to where a human's heart would be, then started beating it with their weapons.
Dani stopped after a few hits and broke into tears, clearly not handling the fact that we had to kill our own friend. Lots of blood spilled, and Indie groaned at each hit. I shot her again, aiming for the neck.
"Dani, get away from here. It's going to get real messy, and I know you can't handle this." I say to the shaking figure of Dani. Poor girl, she even had her hands over her ears. She obeyed and quickly got up, unlocking and running into the furthest room, slamming the door behind her.
Slash stops for a second, looking at me with an incredibly sad expression. I wince a little, I just met him yet I can't bear to see him in pain. He nods, silently saying 'lets finish this'. I nod back and we turn away from each other, facing Indie for the last time.
I kneel down next to the body. "We'll all miss you, Indie." I whisper. "Hope it's better up there."
I look at Slash for final confirmation, knowing that we couldn't go back from this. He nods once again and I take in a deep breath. My hands are shaking, but I manage to aim the revolver directly at Indie's heart. Slash softly places his hands on my hands, steadying them and I blush a little. You're about to kill one of your closest friends, why are you blushing? I think, scrunching up my nose in disgust at myself.
I shut my eyes and brace myself. Still holding onto me, Slash shifts a little behind my back and I imagine he doesn't want to see Indie's body, which is understandable. Through her eyelids, Indie's eyes were still glowing red, clearly meaning that whatever possessed her was still inside of her body. I take in a deep breath and lightly place my finger on the trigger.
It'll be ok, I think to myself. Everyone will be safe now.
I pull the trigger, handling the shock better than before. Bang! I open my eyes and fall the the ground, not believing that I just killed Indie, my own friend. Indie's eyes are slightly opened, and the red glow is slowly fading away. Slash crouches down with me and buries his head into my neck, sniffling as though he was crying. Never seen a guy cry before, but I can understand why. I think sadly, in tears myself. He must've really loved her, poor Slash. I hold him close and we cry into each other.
After a good four minutes of emotion, we finally stand up. We have a proper hug for a few moments, then release from each other. As though reading my mind, Slash grabs three garbage bags from under the kitchen sink. Slash holds open one bag and turns his head away, his eyes tightly closed. I put on gloves and drag Indie, lifting her up and dropping her lifeless body into the black bag.
He quickly ties the top of the bag, and I grab another bag to put the body bag in that bag. We do so, and do it again with the third bag. We run outside, quickly disposing of the body bags in the outside rubbish bins. We both take deep breaths, hug each other for a moment and walk back inside to fetch Dani.
"You did alright, Slash." I say softly, rubbing his shoulder. "I'm really sorry about that, I don't know how it happened."
"That's alright, I guess." Slash sniffles. "Wasn't any of our faults. Yet that's really strange how it happened and I hope to god that it never happens again."
"Yeah." I say. We walk to the room that Dani was in, and open the door. She was sitting down in a corner of the room, facing the wall. She slowly turned her head towards us and cackled.
"Shit, no, not Dani!" My eyes go wide.
"Fuuuuuck!" Slash tries to hide himself behind me, so cute.
"Ha, pussy." I whisper to myself. Then I remember Dani.
She turns herself towards us and laughs wildly. I realise that her eyes aren't even red, but she does look like she's been crying heaps.
"Oh, Dani, you can't do that to us!" I pout, crossing my arms. Dani laughs even more, and eventually Slash realises too. We all laugh at Dani's act for a little while before getting ourselves together and calming down.
"Thanks for doing that, guys." Dani finally says with a sad smile. "About Indie, I mean. I can't believe that happened, but I'm sorry that I pussied out an left yous to deal with her."
"Dani, hey, it's ok." Slash goes to hug Dani. "We understand that it was really hard for you."
Dani sniffs a little. "Thanks, Saul. Love you man."
Slash smiles in response, and opens up the hug. "Come on in, Lil. You're the reason why we're alive." He says.
I accept the invitation to the hug and we squeeze each other for a long minute. A plane flies over and I realise that Cliff probably wants an update. "Alright guys, we better head off. Slash's friends are probably worried about him, and we know that Tony would be out of his mind looking for you." I say, taking a slow breath. "Let's go, I'll drive."
Locking up the house, we get into Cliff's Misfits van and drive off, headed home. "First stop, Anthony's apartment." I announce. Dani and Slash are already asleep somehow. I smile to myself and keep on driving, remembering the way to Anthony's place.
About half an hour later, I pull up outside of his apartment building. I look down at the clock, which read 11:28pm. I shake Dani a little to wake her up and she groans tiredly.
"Come on, Daniel. This is your stop." I say, making sure Dani hears me. She slowly opens her eyes and groans again. "Up, Tony will be worried sick about you."
"Fineee." Dani grumbles, opening the side door and climbing out. "Bye." She mumbles, closing the door behind her. I watch as she wobbles to the front, and gets greeted by the guy at the front desk. Still watching, the guy helps Dani walk to where I assume Anthony's apartment would be, because I know Dani has been here plenty of times for the workers to know her.
I smile to myself and glance down at a snoring Slash. Cutie. I chuckle and drive off to where Slash said he lived. Surprisingly, his place isn't too far from Anthony's apartment. I pull up at the address, and it definitely looks like a place where a wild Slash would live.
I get out of the car, locking in Slash to let him sleep a little more. I walk up to the front door and knock on it. No response. I knock again and this time I get a groan. Doesn't sound like they worried too much about Slash being missing.
The door opens and I get greeted by a very high-looking blondie. "Hello there, beautiful! I'm Steven, what can I do for you at this hour?" He says. Definitely high.
"Hey Steven, I'm Harley. I have a wild Slash in my van, do you want to keep him?" I say, matching his vibe.
"Oh you must be his lil' date! You can keep him, we aren't looking for any wild Slash's, but thanks for the offer!" He winks and I laugh, he laughs too.
"Who is it, Popcorn?" A voice says from behind Steven.
"It's a zookeeper, she asked us if she wants a wild Slash!" Stevens calls.
"Huh. Yeah, they can keep him." The voice replies.
"She sure will, Iz!" Steven turns his attention back to me. "We'll be open to accept him sometime tomorrow though, beautiful! Have a good day, miss!" Steven laughs to himself.
"I'll be sure to drop him off then, thanks Steven!" I say happily, as though I didn't just kill my friend. "See ya tomorrow!"
He smiles and shuts the door. "Fuck, Slash's date is a real hottie!" Steven says from inside. I laugh to myself and walk back to the van. I get in and make sure Slash is still sleeping, then drive off back to my place. Home sweet home, I think to myself as I pull up outside of the house.