Souls - Chapter One - Subway Slaughter
Posted by Jim Toledo on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Joe, Frank and Claudia find themselves with a rare thing, a night off. After convincing Joe to leave his bar for one night, the trio head out to famed Coney Island to relive the old haunts from their high school years.
After a night of fun and games, the trio finally decide to head home around 2am. The slip into the subway and like the rest of the city, find there are other still awake and still off to some unknown destination and plans. Settling down for a long ride, they notice the other riders. A trio of African American band members, performing even at this late hour for change and sympathy. A pair of candy ravers, a couple, still intoxoicated and still all over each other. A police officer on his way home, and an old woman with her very upset cat in a cat carrier.
Talking amongst themselves and winding down, their trip home is interrupted as the subway cars comes to a screeching halt. As the power flickers off, they settle in for what the conductor announces could be a significant delay. As they wait, the subway fills with noise of the band enjoying themselves, the couple's giggling, and the cat's horrible meow.
Again, the lights go out. A few moments pass before the lights come back on, and the heroes find that all is the same, except that the old woman is gone. Frank, worried, notices that the door between cars just closed. He gets up and begins to search for the old woman, thinking she has either gone to another car or maybe even off the train. As he does this, the others notice that static noise begins to randomly appear not only over the loudspeaker, but over the band's boom box. Even the candy raver girl's phone appears to give her trouble. Claudia, focused in on the cat's frantic hissing and meowing, has enough and places her coat over the cat carrier, hoping to shut the cat up.
As Frank returns to the others, the lights once again go out. This time, silence comes with the darkness. The boombox, loudspeaker, even the cat, they all go silent. A couple moments pass by, and the lights come back on. Once again, someone is missing. This time, the drummer is nowhere to be found, the door near him has recently closed shut, and his drumsticks were found, neatly placed on the bucket he was playing. Frank and the others begin to worry something is going on. As Frank goes out to see if he could find what happened to the drummer, the other begin to move closer to one another. Unable to find the drummer, Frank and the police officer, get everyone together, away from any doors and windows.
A scream breaks the silence as the candy raver girl points at a nearby blood as a thick trickle of blood is seen slowly moving down. The police officer begins to call for backup, but find he is unable to reach anyone. Meanwhile, fear and anxiety begin to overtake the others. Joe notices that the attacks only happen in darkness and he asks for the officer's flashlight, in hopes of keeping everyone safe by keeping them in the light.
The officer, needing to get in touch with his precinct, tell the others he is gonna try and use the conductor's booth to radio for help. Meanwhile, Claudia grabs the fire extinguisher and holds it tight, the only weapon she feels is available to her. The others watch as the police officer heads for the booth, Joe keeping the light on him. The lights go out again, but the police officer is safe. He opens the booth door and begins to try and contact someone, Joe keeping him as lite as possible.
The raver girl screams "Monster!" Everyone turns to see, and in that instant, the lights come back on, and the door to the conductor's booth shuts close. Fear has pushed the girl to the edge as she cries uncontrollably now. Frank and Joe decide to find out what happened to the cop. Claudia however, realizes the cat has been quiet too long. The boys find the cop dead, his body practically thrown through the subway wall into the surrounding tunnel wall. They quickly pick up his gun, a couple more flashlights and return to the others. Claudia shows them her grizzly find, the cat is mauled inside it's own cage, a puddle of blood lines the bottom.
The group, fed up with being sitting ducks decide they need to make a run for it. Armed with flashlights, several dozen glowsticks from the raver couple, they gather together and begin to move. They quickly cross into the next car, heading for the front of the train. As they move, they find themselves surrounded by the sounds of the beasts moving about them, and their breaths fogging up the windows. Over the loudspeakers, the voices of the missing and dead were heard, repeating things they had said in life.
The lights go out again, and the group hunkers down around each other. Almost 40 minutes go buy, as the various survivors get to know one another. Realizing they had to make a choice, they decide to make a run for it, instead of waiting for death to find them. As they get ready to move, the raver guy, Michael, is dragged through the shadows, despite the flashlights lighting him up. His body disappears into shadows, leaving only a trail a blood.
Ready to give up, the heroes are given a glimmer of hope as the lights come back up and train once again begins to move. Thankful that the whole ordeal is over, the singer of the band is suddenly grabbed through the window, his body being dragged out of the moving train. The others rush to help, trying to drag him back in as massive flesh like claws rip at his flesh. The train speeds up more and more, until his head is taken cleanly off as it's hit by a underground light in the tunnel.
The heroes are thrown to the ground as the train stops, the lights disappearing again. The only illumination coming from what appears to be an abandoned or shut down station. The station is in dark, save for very small bits of red emergency lights illuminating less than 5 feet around it. The last remaining members of the band, scared to his wits end, decides to make a run for it. He makes it half way through the station, before his body disappears from underneath an emergency light by several creatures.
The heroes, armed with a gun, and more flashlights, know they have no more choices. As they ready themselves to run to the hoped exit to the surface, the raver girl DeDe's sanity finally breaks, as she runs into the darkness of the train. The heroes only see the glowsticks on her body as it's thrust several times against a door, breaking through the glass and laying there limply.
The heroes break into a run, weaving between the various lit up areas. The rush past where the band member died, shooting a hound as it jumps into the light, hoping to catch them. They can hear the sounds of countless of these creatures running in the shadow alongside them.
Suddenly, they hear a voice call out a warning as bright flares light up the station like pure daylight. They briefly see the several dozen monsters that had been hunting them. Joe, the only one not stunned by the light, grabs his friends and urges them after the girl who is creating a pathway of light.
Finally crossing the bit of darkness, the heroes break through to the street, into the light of day.
After a night of fun and games, the trio finally decide to head home around 2am. The slip into the subway and like the rest of the city, find there are other still awake and still off to some unknown destination and plans. Settling down for a long ride, they notice the other riders. A trio of African American band members, performing even at this late hour for change and sympathy. A pair of candy ravers, a couple, still intoxoicated and still all over each other. A police officer on his way home, and an old woman with her very upset cat in a cat carrier.
Talking amongst themselves and winding down, their trip home is interrupted as the subway cars comes to a screeching halt. As the power flickers off, they settle in for what the conductor announces could be a significant delay. As they wait, the subway fills with noise of the band enjoying themselves, the couple's giggling, and the cat's horrible meow.
Again, the lights go out. A few moments pass before the lights come back on, and the heroes find that all is the same, except that the old woman is gone. Frank, worried, notices that the door between cars just closed. He gets up and begins to search for the old woman, thinking she has either gone to another car or maybe even off the train. As he does this, the others notice that static noise begins to randomly appear not only over the loudspeaker, but over the band's boom box. Even the candy raver girl's phone appears to give her trouble. Claudia, focused in on the cat's frantic hissing and meowing, has enough and places her coat over the cat carrier, hoping to shut the cat up.
As Frank returns to the others, the lights once again go out. This time, silence comes with the darkness. The boombox, loudspeaker, even the cat, they all go silent. A couple moments pass by, and the lights come back on. Once again, someone is missing. This time, the drummer is nowhere to be found, the door near him has recently closed shut, and his drumsticks were found, neatly placed on the bucket he was playing. Frank and the others begin to worry something is going on. As Frank goes out to see if he could find what happened to the drummer, the other begin to move closer to one another. Unable to find the drummer, Frank and the police officer, get everyone together, away from any doors and windows.
A scream breaks the silence as the candy raver girl points at a nearby blood as a thick trickle of blood is seen slowly moving down. The police officer begins to call for backup, but find he is unable to reach anyone. Meanwhile, fear and anxiety begin to overtake the others. Joe notices that the attacks only happen in darkness and he asks for the officer's flashlight, in hopes of keeping everyone safe by keeping them in the light.
The officer, needing to get in touch with his precinct, tell the others he is gonna try and use the conductor's booth to radio for help. Meanwhile, Claudia grabs the fire extinguisher and holds it tight, the only weapon she feels is available to her. The others watch as the police officer heads for the booth, Joe keeping the light on him. The lights go out again, but the police officer is safe. He opens the booth door and begins to try and contact someone, Joe keeping him as lite as possible.
The raver girl screams "Monster!" Everyone turns to see, and in that instant, the lights come back on, and the door to the conductor's booth shuts close. Fear has pushed the girl to the edge as she cries uncontrollably now. Frank and Joe decide to find out what happened to the cop. Claudia however, realizes the cat has been quiet too long. The boys find the cop dead, his body practically thrown through the subway wall into the surrounding tunnel wall. They quickly pick up his gun, a couple more flashlights and return to the others. Claudia shows them her grizzly find, the cat is mauled inside it's own cage, a puddle of blood lines the bottom.
The group, fed up with being sitting ducks decide they need to make a run for it. Armed with flashlights, several dozen glowsticks from the raver couple, they gather together and begin to move. They quickly cross into the next car, heading for the front of the train. As they move, they find themselves surrounded by the sounds of the beasts moving about them, and their breaths fogging up the windows. Over the loudspeakers, the voices of the missing and dead were heard, repeating things they had said in life.
The lights go out again, and the group hunkers down around each other. Almost 40 minutes go buy, as the various survivors get to know one another. Realizing they had to make a choice, they decide to make a run for it, instead of waiting for death to find them. As they get ready to move, the raver guy, Michael, is dragged through the shadows, despite the flashlights lighting him up. His body disappears into shadows, leaving only a trail a blood.
Ready to give up, the heroes are given a glimmer of hope as the lights come back up and train once again begins to move. Thankful that the whole ordeal is over, the singer of the band is suddenly grabbed through the window, his body being dragged out of the moving train. The others rush to help, trying to drag him back in as massive flesh like claws rip at his flesh. The train speeds up more and more, until his head is taken cleanly off as it's hit by a underground light in the tunnel.
The heroes are thrown to the ground as the train stops, the lights disappearing again. The only illumination coming from what appears to be an abandoned or shut down station. The station is in dark, save for very small bits of red emergency lights illuminating less than 5 feet around it. The last remaining members of the band, scared to his wits end, decides to make a run for it. He makes it half way through the station, before his body disappears from underneath an emergency light by several creatures.
The heroes, armed with a gun, and more flashlights, know they have no more choices. As they ready themselves to run to the hoped exit to the surface, the raver girl DeDe's sanity finally breaks, as she runs into the darkness of the train. The heroes only see the glowsticks on her body as it's thrust several times against a door, breaking through the glass and laying there limply.
The heroes break into a run, weaving between the various lit up areas. The rush past where the band member died, shooting a hound as it jumps into the light, hoping to catch them. They can hear the sounds of countless of these creatures running in the shadow alongside them.
Suddenly, they hear a voice call out a warning as bright flares light up the station like pure daylight. They briefly see the several dozen monsters that had been hunting them. Joe, the only one not stunned by the light, grabs his friends and urges them after the girl who is creating a pathway of light.
Finally crossing the bit of darkness, the heroes break through to the street, into the light of day.
