Death's Little Angels by Sylver Belle Garcia Page A

at Drew.
    Drew shrugged his
shoulders and knelt down to see if he could feel a heart beat on
Lakely. The rhythm that Drew felt through Lakely’s chest was there
but very faint as if it were threatening to die out at any minute.
A loud commotion startled everyone in the classroom. It was coming
from outside of the door. Drew stood up and observed that the few
waving hands of the Eaters that stuck out through the makeshift barricade
disappeared one by one. The sounds that came next were not those of
the Eaters , which
were horrid moans and gurgles. This sound was sweet like music to
Drew’s ears. It was the voice of the unaffected. Humans. His
peers.

Chapter 4
     
     
    Ring around the rosy
    A pocket full of posies
    Ashes, ashes, we all fall dead
    Lets make the streets flow full of red
     
     
    “ Anybody in there?” A male
geeky voice yelled from behind the door.
    Drew moved closer to the blockade careful
not to get close to Josefina. The closer he got to her the more
violently she flailed her arms. The blood that drooled out of her
mouth looked like prune juice but only thicker.
    “ Who is it?” Drew
shouted.
    “ It’s Beetle. Brandon
Beasley! Hurry up, let us in quick!”
    Just great the school
nerd, Drew thought mindlessly. Brandon had
acquired the name Beetle in elementary school. He was extremely
intelligent and resembled a bug with his deep bowl hair cut,
braces, and wide eyeglass frames. He spoke with a lisp and graced
the air or anything else that got in the way with
spittle.
    “ How do we know your not
one of those Eaters out there?”
    “ Do you think someone with
a brain that is fried like a scrambled egg could hold a
conversation? Now let us in! Please! We are sitting platyrhynchos out here!”
Beetle’s squeaky voice shrieked.
    Drew rushed to the barricade and pulled the
desk from the door. Sue Ellen and Mater joined in slinging desk
towards the side of the classroom. They were all careful not touch
the tiny barrier that held Josefina pinned in. Once all of the
desks were cleared a group of students rushed in led by Brandon
Beasley also known as Beetle.
    “ Thanks!” Beetle said as
he pushed up his glasses. “You might want to secure that,” he
directed at Drew pointing to the door.
    Beetle was in a group of seven students,
which consisted of Billy Duncan, a black boy who ran track for
Stoney Central Middle School, Steven Blane, who led the group of
gothic kids at the school, and Ashley Chandler, the captain of the
middle school cheerleading squad. Two other cheerleaders, Jenny
Carson and Claire Reed, accompanied the group. The one that freaked
Drew out the most was Kaleb Caine. Kaleb also played on the
football team but never started at any of the games. Drew never
understood the relationship Kaleb had with pretty boy Royal Carter.
Those two did not mix. They were like oil and water. Kaleb narrowed
his eyes at Drew.
    Drew noticed that the
group was covered in bloodstains and other foreign matter. Ashley
had makeup smeared all over her face. Black teardrops stained her
cheeks. The cheerleaders had backpacks in their possession that was
covered in dark stains. Drew figured they must have used those to
protect themselves from the Eaters.
    Billy Duncan was known to be the fastest kid
in the school. The all American track star. He was a huge flirt
with all of the girls and well liked. He had pretty dark skin that
was as smooth and velvety as cocoa. Drew observed a blood coated
fire extinguisher in Billy’s hand. But what really caught Drew’s
attention was what Kaleb was carrying…. A broom handle that had
been sharpened on both ends. He carried it like a spear. Kaleb
reminded Drew of a savage hunter.
    After the door was blocked again, the
students stared at each other for what seemed like eternity.
Ashley, the blonde cheerleader, noticed Royal in the corner and
immediately ran to him plastering kisses on his cheek. Tarynn shook
her head out of disgust.
    “ Please, do not fear them
which can kill the