CANDYGORE: Shattered | Book Three

Chapter 9

  "I need more of that paint!"

"Here."

"Thanks girlie!"

  I watch Candygore skillfully create a satanic circle in the middle of the bedroom and when he is complete, he shows it to me, "I am quite artistic", he says and I smile.

"I guess so but don't we need...."

"A sacrifice? Yes!", Candygore finishes my sentence and lifts up a baby kitten out of nowhere. I gasp at him when he takes out a switch blade, holding it against the throat of the kitten, "no!", I cry out and grab the kitten away from Candygore. Candygore is not happy with me and holds out his hand, "give it here, blood!", he growls but I refuse to give him the kitten. That was when Candygore glowered at me which sent a shiver down my spine. One thing that we other cursed candies did not have was Candygore's dark mean look which could make almost anyone obey him. I could feel myself surrendering the kitten over to him but struggled to hold it against my chest as tight as I could but I must have held it too tight because I ended up crushing the poor thing to death. Candygore shook his head, a smile still on his face. "Now look what you have done", he whispers to me and I gasp at the sight of the dead kitten.

"I did not mean to..."

"Gimme that thing!"

  Candygore grabs the limp body of the dead kitten and bites his teeth into the stomach of it then spills its blood and insides onto the satanic circle. I gag and shake my head, "why does it have to be a baby cat?", I ask softly and Candygore narrows his eyes at me, saying nothing. He tosses the kittens body aside and wipes the blood that's all over his mouth. "You have gone soft", he sneers at me and grabs both of my hands, "let's do this." We hear the front door downstairs burst open and without hesitation, Candygore started chanting in latin and I reluctantly started chanting as well but my focus was not strong enough because I was being distracted by the sound of the zombies making their way up the stairs to us. Candygore yells at me to focus or he'd have to use his chainsaw on me because I was not paying attention. I nod, my body shaking with fear. Was this my fear or Alex's fear? And why was Candygore so on edge all of a sudden? We hear the zombies at the door and Candygore rushes over to the door to shut it and keep it shut.

"Candyblood!", he shouts, "continue the ritual! We need to send this witch to hell or she will doom us both!" I fold my hands together and close my eyes, continuing the ritual causing the satanic circle to glow up a deep red color. A sign that it was working. One of the zombies suddenly pushes past Candygore and I sit there on the ground, frozen. I was going to be zombie food for sure now! At that split second, someone else rushed on in. It was Candylust! I hate to say it but I was relieved to see her as she put herself between me and the zombie, hacking it's head off with her black chainsaw that had red hearts tattooed all over it. With blood all over her face, she looked down at me with a wink and I rolled my eyes. "Blood! Come on already!", Candygore cried out and I quickly finished up the dark satanic spell and sealed it up. There was a sudden explosion that went through the small room we were in and it somehow made the zombies forget all about attacking us and they all stumbled back down the stairs to go back outside.

"What just happened?", Candylust said to Candygore who looked at her with a sneer and shook his head. He left the room without saying anything, leaving Lust and I a bit confused. "What is eating him lately?" she asked me and I shrugged. It was becoming a bit strange of how mad Gore was. We'd expect him to crack at least one or two dark humored jokes but all he was doing was snapping at us and making ugly mean faces. "Come on.", I muttered after I retrieved the boxer puppy who was hiding under the bed and carried him in my arms, "we better go after him before he yells at us again."  

  Candylust nodded and put away her chainsaw and followed me down the stairs but we didn't get far because Candygore was standing on the middle step, staring intently at a picture frame on the wall. I let out an annoyed sigh, "oh my god! Now what is it?", I walk down a few steps to look at the picture. It was the one I had seen earlier with the couple and the baby. I look at the photo then to Candygore. He is barely blinking and keeps staring at it. "Uh, hello? Earth to Candygore! Are you in there??", I wave my hand in front of him and he grabs my wrist fast which startles me. His head snaps and turns to me in an unnatural way. Candygore's eyes roll back into his head and blood oozes from his mouth as though he is losing himself but it was far different than when he would become weak. It scared me to see him like this and I scream when he falls backwards still holding my wrist with a tight grasp, bringing me down with him down the stairs.