Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #16 July 2015 | Page 21

stone broke and released energy into the night skythat
flew towards the school. “Your doom, you slut,” Jacob
managed to whisper through his crushed windpipe.
Camille used her telekinesis to begin slowly killing
him, as she angrily called the others of the scouting
party.

*The Prep’s Headquarters*

Brick and Freddy reached Fire-Bird, taking
in the body on the ground and the alien girl sitting
against a wall. “You boys gonna help me up?” she
asked. The poison hadn’t fully left her system yet so
Freddy helped Camile up. “I got you Cami.” Fire-Bird
smiled at him as he returned the smile. “He released
some energy from that gem,” she said.
“Run her back to the school, and I’ll follow,”
Brick told Freddy.

*Out front of the Library*

A group of Preps sat out front of the library
talking about the secret entrance to the Old Dorms.
The group laughed before one of them phoned their
the leader. Their laughter stopped when the energy
went by and knocked them on their asses. “What the
fuck was that Tito?” One of the Preps asked another
as Tito noticed one of the dog statues was missing
from its post. Tito frantically looked at his crew before
he saw a shadow in front of the entrance archway.
Growling and snarling, the black hound that emerged
had bloodshot red eyes with green irises. It was about
the size of a Smart car, and its most prominent feature
was the horns on its head, which were emanating a
red mist. The Preps screamed for only a minute as it
charged them and killed each in an oddly personal
manner, almost as if it knew them. Tito, being the
last, asked “What are you?” before he was devoured
whole. The beast’s terrifying howl echoed through the
night before vanishing with the dawning sunshine of
morning. “I am hunger, and the rest of your cliques
will know me.” The hound took a human form as it
vanished with the coming dawn.

Drake stood with the other Preps, his brow
furrowed, as what remained of their scouting teamwere brought into the TV room. As the Prep’s mourned their losses, Drake noticed the runes on the walls
vanishing. “I guess that idiot in The Nerds is dead,” he
said. The Mortician of the Preps looked at Drake while
he examined the bodies, visibly terrified. “These bites
look nothing like something one of them could do,” he
said as he examined the torso. “Look, we overheard
them talking about their powers growing, maybe they
grew stronger.” Drake told their mortician as mortician
looked over the bodies more. “We’re going to attack
them during the morning. I want everyone to man up
now!” Drake left them and entered his own room to
see Rin, the leader of The Goths sitting on his bed.
“So…are you somehow a Powered?” Drake asked
as Rin shook her head. “My old ex let me out after
he ‘forgave’ me,” she said. Drake rolled his eyes and
pulled a gun on her, but she had already vanished.

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