Hand in a Valentine, Melissa: Chapter 4

Hand in a Valentine, Melissa

Chapter Four (of 5): "Slip, Shriek, Squeal, No Appeal"

"No!!" Akiko yelled as she came out of an elevator.

"Don't try to stop me, Akiko," I shouted back. "Jimmy has this coming to him for what he did to Jenny!"

"Well… if you insist…" Akiko said as she rolled her eyes for the third time today. I've always hated it when she rolled her eyes like that!

"You ain't got the guts to do nothin' to me, Me-LOSER!" scoffed Jimmy.

Hospital security cameras caught this image right before Melissa (center) gave Jimmy (right) what he deservedOoh, that did it! THAT DID IT!! I was going to wipe that smug look off of Jimmy Hampton's face once and for all! I lined him up in my sights and let him have it. He never knew what hit him. Upon impact, he made a disgusting gurgling sound followed by a loud thump as he fell awkwardly to the floor. Not convinced that he was
through, I let him have it over and over again. Not until the fire extinguisher was completely empty did I stop spraying him with foam. The floor was so slippery beneath him that he couldn't get to his feet.

"Killer! Killer! Somebody arrest this filthy killer!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I ran up and down the hallway waving my hands frantically.

"What on Earth is going on out here?!" asked a nurse as a bunch of doctors, other nurses, firemen, and patients came swarming into the hospital hallway.

"That awful boy," I shrieked pointing to Jimmy. "He hacked-up the girl in that room over there. Look on the floor! See?! It's a human hand! My friend Jenny`s hand!"

Suddenly the fire alarm stopped ringing. I felt a great sense of relief as a large crowd of people gathered around me. Poor Jenny Park might have traded in her flute for a heavenly harp, but at least Jimmy Hampton was gonna pay for all of his crimes.

I was about to make my way through the crowd when I heard a girl's familiar voice coming from somewhere up ahead of me.

"What's all the commotion out here?"

As she made her way towards me, I recognized her face. It was Jenny! She was alive! And her hand… her hand was still attached to her arm. The only thing different about it was that it was wrapped in a bandage.

"Jenny!" I squealed. "You're alive!"

"Of course I'm alive, Melissa," Jenny said with a look of confusion. "What's wrong with you?"

Who would give Melissa a shot in the arm?Before I could say anything else, I felt a sharp needle penetrate the skin of my right arm. All of a sudden I felt very dizzy and disoriented. I twisted my head around and saw Akiko shaking her head at me in slow motion. As I turned to look at my injured arm, I caught a glimpse of Jimmy, foam dripping from his hair, staring at me with a very wicked grin. In that short span of time, I could've sworn that I saw horns growing out from the top of his head.

Then it hit me. He did this to me. He must have taken a syringe and pumped me full of deadly poison. It was his way of paying me back for humiliating him. Unfortunately, it didn't look like I was going to have any more chances to retaliate.

"I'm… too young… to die…" I gasped before total darkness enveloped me.

-End of Chapter Four-

Well, that's the end. May Melissa rest in peace...

...Oh, wait! I guess there are still a few things that need to be explained. But since it appears that Melissa has bought the farm, I guess I'll have to get Jimmy Hampton to explain it all in Chapter Five: "The Bland Blend of Bad Boys and Bubble Gum."


Previous chapters:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three

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Akiko, Melissa, Jimmy Hampton, and the town of Middleton were created by Mark Crilley