“What was that?” Seaon asked, and I could feel the tension in her speech.
“I dunno.” I said, and glanced at the driver. He seemed not to be seeing anything.
“It was nothing.” I reassured Seaon. I didn’t exactly sound convincing.
“It was something.” Seaon said, pushing me back and peering out of the right window.
“What are you guys talking about?” The driver asked us, his annoyance very pronounced in his voice. “What thing? There’s nothing out there except for those damnable cars, in case you haven’t noticed.”
We both ignored him and rolled down the window. I stuck my head out. There was nothing indeed, nothing but accelerating vehicles. I turned my head to the other side, and there was nothing there either.
“Nothing.” I told Seaon, and for a moment, she seemed relieved. “Really. I looked everywhere, but...” My last sentence was drowned by Seaon’s screaming. I turned back, and a skeletal figure, at least seven feet long, was gliding with us, its mangled hand grabbing my shoulder. I screamed, too, as I saw its face and surface; there were no eyes in the sockets, and the skin was rotting, empty in some parts.
“The window!” Seaon screamed. “Roll up the window!” I lunged for the side of the taxi, to press the button that would close the window, but the creature seemed to understand English. It pushed itself into the back seat, and inclined its head toward me. Its glistening teeth were visible as it opened its mouth to consume me, there and then.
The window was half shut, and the creature had almost pushed its whole body in when the blade of the glass of the window cut through its midsection. It let out a sound, a wail that threatened to make my ears explode. The window closed over its stomach, severing it in two equal pieces. The top half of the thing fell into the taxi; the bottom half fell back outside, and I could hear it hit another car.
“What was that show all about?” Seaon yelled, and I pulled out the Machete-Statadium. In one, fluent motion I had cut the creature’s head open, spilling hundreds of worms and beetles in. The creature slumped down, let go of my shoulder and dissolved into thin air.
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