Page 36 of The Asylum
“Run, you stupid idiot!” Sunny yelled.
I didn’t bother arguing; Magic had a fucking weapon! My fear propelled me as I raced to the door. I couldn’t tell if the skull scared me more or Magic. No, it was definitely Magic, judging by that maniacal look in his eye.
Phil stood motionless, and I wished him the best, because I wasn’t hanging around to be beaten up by accident!
“Oh my God!” Callie shrieked over the radio. I guessed they were watching us.
You said it, sister! Your friends are freaking insane!I turned as I neared the entrance and noticed the frozen tableau. Bunny stood wide-eyed as Phil remained unable to move.
“I said fuckin’ move!” Sunny roared.
Bunny jumped and saw me at the end of the hallway. I beckoned to her, and she began running, calling to Phil to run too.
I decided Phil was a much braver man than I as the floating skull came closer to the three of them. Bunny reached me and spun around to watch.
Sunny tried to grab Magic, but the idiot stepped away. What the hell was he doing? His version of the Hulk, or what?
Magic rounded his shoulders and roared and then beat his chest. Jesus Christ! He was a rampaging lunatic.
“Nobody is a problem, dude. Magic is contained. Pyro and Bunny have everything in hand,” Sunny mocked out loud. “Just you fuckin’ wait, Pres. When it’s your turn, I’m gonna make sure we pick the scariest fuckin’ place on earth!”
Phil chuckled, and I wondered at their sanity. I’d witnessed some batshit crazy stuff, but Magic was beyond anything I’d seen.
“Come on, you bodiless prick!” Magic roared. “I dare ya!” Magic taunted as the skull stopped moving and hovered in mid-air. It almost seemed bewildered. I didn’t have to wonder why. Hell, I’d be damn confused too!
Magic waggled his fingers, taunting it to come closer. He dropped his bat, yanked his backpack off, and started pulling items out of it. Horrified, I watched as he began fitting a rocket launcher together.A goddamn rocket launcher.Bunny’s gasp matched my own as Magic deftly fitted it together.
“Where did he get that!” Callie screeched as Pyro started laughing over the radio.
“Holy shit!” Phil squealed in a high-pitched voice.
“Ya want a piece of me? Come on then, fuckface. Nobody messes with me, skull head!”
“Where’d he get a rocket launcher?” Freddie yelled over the airwaves. That was a damn good question.
“I’ll blow you into tiny pieces, asswipe!” Magic promised. “You’ll be picking your teeth out of the walls!”
“Magic!” Sunny bellowed and grabbed the irate man and began yanking him behind me.
“Let me the hell go, Sunny. I ain’t afraid of no freaking skull!”
“It has friends!” Sunny yelled.
Magic dropped the rocket launcher. A missile was fired. I hit the floor, taking Bunny with me, and hoped it went in the opposite direction.
Phil screamed, and I closed my eyes and prayed frantically.
“It flew out of the morgue’s window!” Bunny shrieked.
“He should be locked up!” I yelled as Magic fought off Sunny and went straight back after the skull, whose own jaw had dropped.
“Yeah! Fucker! Never faced anyone like me!” Magic roared, and I stared in stunned belief as Magic started chasing the skull. The skull floated backwards, as did the several other skulls now surrounding it. Magic grabbed his baseball bat and whacked the nearest one as Sunny ran towards me carrying Magic’s backpack. He dropped it at our feet as Bunny and I sat up.
“I’ve no idea what else that asshole has in this!” Sunny cried.
A roar came from Magic as he fought the skulls, and we shook our heads in disbelief.
“That crazy fuck!” Sunny yelled and stared between us. I knew he was torn about whom to save.
