Thump thump thud. Thump thump thud. Thud thump thud. Thump thud thud. As loud as his heart beat in his ears, the man couldn't hear whatever he strained his ears to hear. As if he could hear a thing. Pressing a hand into the mouth of the woman with him, he attempts to calm his breathing and such; craning his senses in the darkness. His eyes searched high and low for the being that haunted them; what it was, he didn't know.
He failed. The fear within him left him on the edge, the roar of the blood rushing into his mind crippling his senses badly. The lady in his arms trembled terribly, tears streaking down her cheeks as she worried for her life.
There was no need to worry.
Within seconds his head was rammed back against the brick wall he hid behind, each hit resounding loudly into the woman's ears. She screamed! But his grip didn't loosen on her, he tried to fight back against the attack...but what was he to fight against? There was nothing in sight and yet his head was smacked against the wall as if it was nothing but a toy ball.
Thump thump thud. Thump thump thud. Thud thump thud. Thump thud thud. Even as his heartbeat slowed to nothing, the motion of his head never once stopped. It wasn't until bits of brain matter covered the lady that it stopped. Drenched in blood, the woman was too frightened to make any move. That was her mistake.
An hour later, police sirens were heard ringing into the night, a strange frenzy enveloping the city's air. 'What a gruesome murder!' Many thought that as they held back the urge to throw up at the sight. The lady's head rested on the body of the man while the half smashed head of the male rested in her lap. Their intestines were tied in a bow around them and on the wall above them were words scrawled in bloody letters. "Happily ever after.."