“I told you, not once , but twice, I did see it. It leapt, jumped, I don’t know what it did , but it flew across my yard, taking him with it”
Sara Cloud heaved a heavy sigh as she recounted the event for the hundredth time. Again, they stared at her with eyes that called her crazy. Each time she told the story it got a bit different, not from context, but how she was describing it. Trying to find the words, the description that aptly described what she had seen. It’s not every day you see a monster swoop, or what ever, out of the sky and grab your next door neighbor.
“One more time” one of the two men in black suits asked slowly. This was his fifth cup of coffee and eighth donut. She wondered how he stayed so lean.
She brushed her hair back in frustration and shook her head “You are not listening at all, are you?”
“Of course, we just want the facts, which you keep changing”
“I am not” her voice raised.
She could see the tension build as both men stepped closer to her.
“Look, again. A giant monster, with eyes all over it’s body with massive black wings, swooped “She made the hand gesture and then stopped to see if they were fallowing along “Grabbed Mr.Jameson with it’s massive sharp talons “her hands went out in claws, making a raking motion in the air, again stopping to confirm their place. “Okay, yeah? Then took him away into the air, to the east, to Falkmir mountain. You know that place? Creepy looming mountain range? Mmhm” Sara nodded vigorously until they also nodded with her.
“That’s it. That’s what I saw, once again”
The man opened his mouth and she could see the words forming
“No! Last time, that’s what I saw”
He closed it shut.
The other man who had only two cups and two donuts pursed his lips and motioned something towards the window.
“Okay mam, you’re free to go, just be careful around the area where the incident happened. This mons-animal could come back, if it does “ he produced a card “call us”
She slipped the card from his hand and stormed out of the room. Sheriff Mckinsley, one of her old high school friends stood in the hallway. As soon as he saw her, he tried to b-line it for his office, but Sara was quicker.
“You” she pointed at him and ushered him in and slammed the door behind him”You, you, you , youuuu” she wagged her finger at him and scowled.
“I-I” he put up his hands up as shield.
“No, you said don’t worry these guys are pros, they will take care of it, you can trust them. What?! These men in black coming from Washington asking me for five hours the same question? Give me a brick wall next time, it will respond better to me bashing my head into it” Sara started to pace back and forth huffing and puffing, scowling and grinding her teeth as her eyes shot darts and Sheriff Mckinsley.
“I thought they could help, I know weird stuff goes on around here, but nothing like a giant monster snagging a townsfolk, I’m not trained for that”
Sara moved around to his desk and plopped down in his giant leather chair. Her head went straight to the desk with a bang.
“So what do we do?” Her muffled question came.
“We? Nothing, we let them handle it”
Sara rolled her head to the side and squinted at him “They are going to blow up this town if we do not do something, you’ve seen the movies. You and I, we know this place, better then anyone” she perked up “Yeah, like the movies” a smile lit up her face she beamed at him.
“Oh no, no no I know that look Sara, last time I saw it we were lost in the woods for almost a week looking for some ancient ruins”
“Which we found” she added.
“Yes..not so ancient as we hoped”
“You know what we must do.” Sara’s face was deadly serious.
“Nothi-“
“Monster hunters” she stated. “You and I, Sara Cloud and Mathew Mckinsley, hunt the monsters to save their little ideal mountain town” Her eyes gained their shine back and she nodded slowly towards him “Grab your shotgun”
“Oh boy..”
I came up with the title thinking about a women telling a story, in this case she has told the story many times, of an event that can’t be believed. I just let this play out in my head. I let the characters talk as they showed up in the scene, I gave them names and let it run. The town would remind me of something like twin peaks with a sense of wayward pines the mountains in the background,looming the monster, sorta thinking of a Gravity Falls vibe. Serious, but a bit silly with Sara determining that they will be come monster hunters.
We will see if we pick back up with these characters another time. I like them so far.
cheers!