The Curse of 1977 (Book 2)

With the slightest of ease Lynnette pushed open a door and let herself inside another vacant apartment. She then shut the door as gently as she could behind her before limping over to the first window that she could spot within the room.Outside it was pitch black. Only the bright full moon could provide the adequate lighting she required in order to see. Lynnette could tell that they were facing west because Downtown always led out of the city.

She could still hear the beast rummage and growl about the apartment they had just escaped. What furniture and appliances that were still left inside the room were by then being destroyed by the thing's blind and furious attempts to search for its nourishment.Still, Lynnette made sure to not only keep Isaiah's mouth covered but also her own in the hopes that the beast would somehow, someway move on. But even she at that point in their madness knew better.

With her face pointed outside the window, Lynnette thought to herself, "I wonder what time it is. We couldn't have been inside this place that long."She then gazed down at the dark ground. "If that really was the fuzz that showed up, then where in fuck is their backup?" She asked herself while grinding her teeth back and forth.

Lynnette pulled away from the window and inhaled more thick smoke that seemed to be seeping its way down onto their floor. She then took Isaiah, looked the boy deep in his eyes and grunted softly, "If your fucking father isn't in hell already, I'm gonna make sure he will be when I see his black ass next time."

Isaiah only smiled back at his mother while wiping his bleary eyes. Lynnette did all she could to keep from crying out loud for the boy's well-being. He was tired and in the beginning stages of becoming fussy, something that neither of them really could afford right then.

"Just hang on, sweetie, God will get us out of here." She whispered into his ear.

All of the sudden, the loudest crashing noise erupted from outside the door. For a moment it sounded as if the ceiling were caving in. Just before Lynnette could take one step forward the roars of the beast from out in the hallway blared out.

"Doggy," Isaiah shouted. "Shh, boy," Lynnette covered his mouth.

Lynnette stood, shook and listened as the creature stomped about outside. But soon she realized that something was off kilter. First off, it possessed a keen sense of smell, it knew exactly where they were, which was exactly why it sounded as though it were outside the door. And second, there was smoke filtering in through the bottom of the door; thick, black smoke that was filling the room rapidly.

Lynnette placed Isaiah down onto the floor and carefully crept towards the door. She just had to examine with her own misty eyes just what was taking place on the other side. With her right hand she touched the knob to notice it scolding hot. Quickly she withdrew and stood back for a minute.

"If I remember correctly, all three of these buildings had elevators." She thought. "I probably missed this floor's altogether."

Covering her mouth and nose from the smoke Lynnette once more grabbed the knob and twisted before flinging the door wide open to find not only a wall of flames before her, but also half of the ceiling lying on the floor and the beast lurking about beyond the flames.

paused and looked. Between both her

and roared while

"Fire, mommy," Isaiah squealed

louder at the sound of the child, but it was

"Now I can scream as loud as I want to, motherfucker!" Lynnette bawled

the window Lynnette peered outside and looked down. It was a long way to the ground, jumping from

searching all over the living room, the kitchen and eventually the one bedroom to find a dingy, white blanket lying on the floor right next to a

She swiped the thing from off the floor and made her way into the tiny bathroom where she opened the toilet seat and reached inside. The second her hand connected with scant traces of something wet she quickly dipped the blanket inside in an attempt to dampen the cloth as

the floor before she gathered the boy and

such intensity that for all she knew the entire floor could have been swallowed up

hold on to me and don't let go." Lynnette said into Isaiah's ear. "We're gonna have to be brave and make a run for it. It may hurt...but at least we'll be one

covered in the filthy blanket, but she could definitely feel him gripping her t-shirt which let her know that he was

to the front of them Lynnette twisted the scorching hot knob and opened the door to see even more flames in front of her. She tried her best to see just where the beast was, but with all the

darted past the fire.

Just before she reached the steps Lynnette took the steaming blanket and tossed it to the floor before looking back at the fire. A great portion of the sixth floor had succumbed to the blaze. The elevator shaft that she needed was partially blocked by portions of the collapsed ceiling. Isaiah

here soon!" Lynnette panicked before hearing something from behind her scratch and

was the other part of the ceiling about to give way, but as she looked back there

had seen enough. Without hesitation Lynnette took off in the opposite direction

parts of ceiling and crumbled walls in an effort to at least get inside the shaft. She managed to wedge her way in