Nikki Drake (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=145695.msg6568989#msg6568989)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Bleachers, Football Stadium<br/><strong>Tag:</strong>Hideo Saitou, anyone else.<br/><br/>Sneakers squelched loudly in protest as the redhead came to an abrupt stop.  Profanity slipped from her mouth as the two gray colored, ape-like monsters blocked her escape.  Hunched over and standing on their knuckles she knew instantly that they'd likely be able to outrun and overcome her if she tried to run.  Though what other choice did she have?<br/><br/>An apologetic look was given to the tall Asian boy, whose name she hadn't learned and likely never would.<br/><br/>Then like a world class sprinter out of the starting gate, Nikki bolted in the opposite direction.  If she couldn't outrun the monsters, she'd have to try and outrun Hideo.  His longer stride would likely make it difficult, but her head start might make all the difference.  He'd been talking as well, so maybe he was out of breath.<br/><br/>Guilt tinged her heart nearly as quickly as the thought had entered her mind.  She knew she shouldn't but she wasted the breath anyway with a shout over her shoulder.<br/><br/>"C'mon."<br/><br/>Where she was running, she wasn't certain now.  Two exits hadn't been enough though it was possible she could find another, if she was lucky.<br/><br/>Fortune hadn't been kind to the redhead lately.  She'd always known there was something else in the darkness.  She'd held an unhealthy terror of the dark as a child to the point where she needed three night lights in order to sleep.  She knew the monster in the closet had eaten her kitty, it hadn't run away like her parents had claimed.  At Prep school she left her computer screen or television on throughout the night.  She'd always known.  She couldn't remember what she'd seen four months ago which finally verified her fears.  It wasn't what was going on around her now, not to the extent at least.  It was something though.  Minor, possibly.  A glimpse of shadow her mind noticed when everyone else's simply filtered it out.<br/><br/>A lot of good always knowing had done her.  Here, now, running for her life in what was likely the beginning of the end.  She could only hope that one of the students who had summoned one of those soul weapons would intervene and possibly buy her and the Asian kid enough time to escape.