Essay About A Short Story

His knee dropped right on top of the broken glass, cutting deep into it, and when his knee hit the hard tiled floor, a bone tore through, busting his skin open. Blood gushed out and a loud bellowing howl followed.

And that's when it happened. It felt like someone took a hot knife, and started carving it into his flesh. He couldn't resist letting out a pained moan - the kind that Dean would forever tease him for -, and dropping his book with a soft thud. People in the rows around him glance at him, looking at the weirdo they consider him to be. He doesn't currently care, because the pain shooting up his arm is the worst he's ever felt.

A cry of pain proceeded the third shot. Trey could see movement , then the raider erupted into the open, fighting to gain his feet. The bloody figure cursed once before the thief's bullets thudded into its back. As though suddenly very tired, the prey dropped into a sitting position before stretching out on the grass. The felon emerged from the trees, rifle up to approach the dead man.

It saw my face as I looked out from behind the corner and started to scuttle towards me.

The heat from the walls melted his flesh, a searing pain that went to his bone. Jonus bit back a scream. Screaming would scare River. At least the voices quieted to a muffled buzz in the back of the head. He fell to his knees and put River on the floor.

very skinny. By all means, this thing had no right to be alive. He saw the long, razor-like claws that

The largest of the bunch let out a bellow, dropped the bloody hunk of meat he’d been

I fought through the burning pain and lunged forwards as I bashed a heavy, mossy rock into his abdomen. The blonde haired warrior squealed in pain as he clutched a fresh gushing wound and collapsed against an old tree.

to twitch up and down, and, as they came into the edge of the grass, he made a coughing grunt and charged.

A burning sensation engulfed his ear as he heard a gut-churning tear and then a final, painful twist as his ear came away in Andrei’s mouth. With a surge of strength, he pushed away the crazed guard.

To my horror, it stands up and stalks towards us. This is when Piper whines with worry. She hunkers down a little at my feet, but at least she doesn’t run away. Both Thomas and I make eye contact, an unspoken understanding not to run. If this thing decided to chase us, we would not make it even ten steps. I see Thomas his knuckles turning turning white gripping the spear, suddenly aware I am doing the same thing. Then I look down at my own hands and I realize that I’m doing the same thing. I look at Thomas and see that he is tensing up, ready to spring, and I do the same. Better to strike first and startle it, then to let it get the

“Hey,” he said, ”what are you-” Edward heard a dull thud and was knocked backward. The last things he could remember were feeling a sharp, stinging pain in the front of his skull and slowly losing consciousness.

An explosion of energy surged through his muscles and all of a sudden, his hand hit something that was both soft and hard.

He staggered back. The hunter was preparing for another strike. He formed the buckler of light and scolded himself for not doing it before. This time, he caught both of the blades. He leapt backward and slashed his sword upward. The hunter flipped backward to avoid the blow.

I already shot one, so there were only three of them left. I peeked around the corner only to see a blue and orange dart flying straight for me, so I quickly pulled my head back behind the wall. At the opposite end of the hall I could hear