Blur - February 14, 2012

[note: this was written during a writing exercise: we had 20 minutes to write something inspired by the word "Blur". This is the result, unedited, exactly as it appeared when time ran out. You can read all of them in the waves category]]

Blur - Squiddy Geiger - February 14, 2012

Harry blinked. Great, now he was seeing things. He shook his head and went back to his book, reading the last paragraph over again before he continued. He blinked again; something had definitely moved.

He got up and put his book down on the coffee table. He looked around carefully, but saw nothing. He stood still, waiting. Something was there, and he was going to find it. One minute passed, then five more.

A blur, out of the corner of his eye, but when he turned, again, nothing. It was like a hint of movement, indistinct. A memory. Like when his cat had passed away - he'd seen Fester's big black butterball self everywhere, and nowhere, for weeks afterwards. But this was different because it was not Fester's memory, he knew that. Something was there, it just wasn't there when he looked at it.

A movement from the other side caught him off guard, only this time it preceded a searing pain in his leg as he collapsed onto his left side. he grabbed his leg, which now ended just below the knee. He gaped at it in disbelief, then fumbled for his belt, realizing he needed to do something to stop the blood. What blood? it stopped just below the knee and was perfectly cauterized.

Another movement, and pain took his right arm at the shoulder. He looked as it too was gone, the wound cauterized as well, but this time not perfectly, and a small amount of blood seeped through. His head started to get woozy, and his body was cold. He recognized shock, but couldn't move, paralyzed by the fear and shock.

The next blur took his right leg, above the knee, then his left at the hip. His screams of course were unheard. He was alone in the house, the nearest neighbor almost a mile away. At the end, as his eyes started to glaze over, they saw the blur as it coalesced into fangs and a gaping mouth, that paused, then moved again quickly and his life stopped abruptly.

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