Jeepers Creepers 3 1/2: End Game

Part Two

The trip is silent save for the soft music and Erica giving directions. However, Samantha is finally overcome by her curiosity. “Why are you playing the radio on a classical station?”

“Because it’s the easiest way to tell when the creature gets close. Jeepers Creepers will start suddenly, it’s like a warning or something. Anyway, other than a twenty-four hour talk show, classical music works the best in discerning whether it’s the actual song or a coincidental playing of it.”

“Oh,” Samantha says softly, “That’s how you know to get your ass moving?”

“Or that your ass is screwed,” Daniel responds, “Usually, if you hear the music it’s basically telling you that you’re shit out of luck.”

“That’s great,” Samantha murmurs.

“Look, I don’t think it really noticed you two so the next time, it might decide to check you out. I can’t say with certainty that it won’t try to kill you so be careful. It’s a vindictive bastard. It killed thirty people in order to eat certain parts of them or just to kill them.”

“I’ll remember that,” Samantha responds pulling her jacket more tightly to her. Her hazel-brown eyes stare out into the darkness fearfully. She hadn’t thought THIS would be the outcome of her friend’s actions.

Twenty minutes later, they pull into the empty landfill. “Where should we start looking?” Daniel asks.

“There are only two areas for books and such,” Samantha tells him, “So it shouldn’t take us too long to find it. However, none of us have flashlights.”

“I do. We were going on a field trip when we came here. It was an overnighter so I figured I need one. I actually brought two of them so we should be fine.”

“We’re not splitting up…are we?” Erica asks.

“No, but two of us with flashlights means we have a broader beam of light…or a quicker way of looking.”

“Are you leaving your boyfriend in here?” Samantha asks.

“I don’t have a choice…however, I am going to put the tarp over the car. Maybe that will keep the aggravating bastard away,” Daniel responds as he pops open the trunk. He gets out and walks around the car before pushing the trunk open and pulling out the tarp first and dropping it on the ground at his feet. Next, he opens his bag and finds his two flashlights. He tosses one to Samantha deciding that she was the more intelligent of the two girls. With that done, he closes the trunk and unfolds the tarp.

“Let me help you,” Samantha remarks before sliding the flashlight into her pocket as far as it will go. Nodding, Daniel lets her have one side and takes the other before pulling it over the car. With that done, the three of them, head into a large building.

“If it’s not in here…where will it be?”

“Well, if it’s not in here, it’ll be in one of the large pits out there,” Samantha answers, “I am hoping it’s in here.”

Daniel sighs and shines his flashlight around. “What does it look like?” he asks.
“It’s black with red letters,” Erica responds, “You can’t miss it. It looks old and like, well, a spell book.”

The blond nods and starts walking looking at all the stacks of discarded books. He only pays attention to the ones that are large, old-looking and black. That narrows down his searching quite a bit. However, as he walks he’s still thinking about the expression on the creature’s face before it left. ‘Damned thing,’ he thinks angrily, ‘It’s fucking mocking me now!’ If there was anyway to kill it, Daniel would be more than happy to see it done.

“I found it!” Samantha exclaims pulling him from his rage. He turns to watch her pull a large black book from the ground.

“Good, let’s get out of here,” Erica tells her, “This place is creeping me out.”

“Lets get back to the car and read it under the tarp, you can’t see anything through it,” Daniel responds. Nodding, both girls follow him back out. Luckily, the tarp is undisturbed and the car still locked. Daniel unlocks it and both girls slip into their seats while he slides into his. He shuts the door and lets the tarp fall back down. Reaching up, he turns on the light in the back with bathes the entire car in a soft light. “Where was the spell?” he asks.

“I just opened it at random and said the spell…I think it was near the middle going back towards the front of the book,” Erica tells him. Daniel opens the book and opens it to the middle before turning the pages backwards. He hopes that there is a way to undo what the redhead did or they were in serious trouble. As he’s flipping he realizes that each page had a spell on one side and the explanation, uses, and counterspells on the other.

“Well, at least it’s thorough,” Samantha murmurs.

“Yeah,” Daniel answers, “It shouldn’t take us long to find some answers about the spell.”

“Let’s hope the answers are positive.”

“Yes…for everyone’s sakes.”

“That’s the one,” Erica says suddenly as Daniel turns a page.

Daniel looks at it. “A summoning spell,” he reads aloud, “primarily used to summon forth demons, this spell should not be used lightly as there is no known way to undo it…save for the death of the summoner.”

“That can’t be right!” Erica exclaims.

“That’s what it says,” Daniel responds.

“There’s more,” Samantha says taking the book, “It says also that if the demon who is summoned is the one who kills the summoner any other curse put upon it will become null and void.”

“Meaning?” Erica asks.

Quietly, Daniel says, “Meaning that it won’t go back to sleep…ever.”

“Oh that’s not good,” Erica comments.

“So basically we kill her and he should go back to sleep,” Daniel states, “Well, that’s going to be a bit unethical…but if it stops that thing…”

“NO! You are NOT going to kill me! There MUST be anther way!” Erica snaps.

“Erica’s right, Daniel. We have to find another option. There is no reason for us to kill another human being.”

“Did you NOT just hear me? There is NO known way to undo it! And in any event, if that creature gets her first…well, it’s going to be around for longer than twenty-three days.”

“We have to find another way, Daniel. Cold-blooded murder makes us no better than that creature. We should call Madison and see if there is anything that can help us stop it that we haven’t thought of.”

“C-call Madison?” Erica asks, “But then she’ll know I took her book.”

“It’ll beat you being dead, so stop complaining!” Samantha admonishes.

“Fine, call your witch and find out what it is we haven’t thought of, but make it fast. I am going to turn off the lights and turn the car back on in order to listen to the radio.”

“If you are going to do that then just take the tarp off. If that music starts we need to get out of here,” Erica tells him, “And I don’t think you’ll be able to see anything with that tarp still over the car.”

“Wh-huh?” a sleepy voice asks. Daniel turns to watch Adrian’s blue-gray eyes flutter open.

“Welcome back, babe,” Daniel greets.

“Wh-who are they?” Adrian asks seeing Samantha and Erica.

“I’m Samantha and this is Erica,” the brunette cuts in softly, “I apologize for what has happened to you but my friend decided it would be funny to open a spell book and read from it.”

“She summoned the demon,” Daniel tells him, “So now the only known way to get rid of it is to kill her but as that’s murder, we’re going to try and see if we have another option by calling the girl the spell book belonged to.”

“Great,” Adrian sighs.

“Oh it gets better. If that thing manages to kill Erica, it won’t ever have to go back to sleep.”

Adrian stares at his boyfriend. “Please tell me you are kidding.”

“Nope.”

“Oh wonderful,” Adrian mutters before looking at Samantha, “Let’s just hope that your classmate can help us out.”

Samantha nods and dials Madison’s number. She only hopes the other girl won’t be too infuriated about the loss of her spell book. She holds the phone against her ear and crosses her fingers. It rings twice before being picked up. “Hello?” Madison says.

“Hello, Madison, this is Samantha from school.”

“And to what do I owe THIS unheard of call?”

“Well, it’s not good, actually. Erica took one of your books.”

“So she’s the one who has it?”

“Yes.”

“That’s great. I should have known it would be her.”

“Well, that’s not the problem.”

“Okay, so what is?”

“She read a summoning spell for a demon. THAT’S the problem.”

“Why?”

“Because she actually DID summon a demon. Do you know of any other way to get rid of the spell or the demon that doesn’t involve killing her?”

For a moment, there is silence and Samantha begins to believe that Madison has hanged up on her. Then, the girl’s voice comes back on. “Come to my house. We need to meet face-to-face so that you can explain this more fully.”

“Alright, we’ll be there shortly.”

Samantha gives Daniel directions to Madison’s house and they head there post-haste. A black haired girl is sitting on the doorsteps when they pull up. She hurries to the car and gets in the back. “I’m guessing you aren’t going to stop here?”

“No,” Daniel responds, “I don’t want that thing coming out of no where.”

“Tell me about this demon.”

“All I know is that every twenty three years it wakes up for twenty three days to feed on the organs and parts of people and then it goes back to sleep. It had recently gone back to sleep when Erica summoned it with a spell from your book. I need to know how to put the damn thing back down wherever it sleeps so that my boyfriend and I can get on with our lives.”

Madison is quiet for a moment and then she murmurs, “Creeper.”

“What?” Daniel asks.

“That’s what they called it…the last survivors from twenty three years ago. It’s what most of the survivors call it on account of the damn song that plays every time it gets close.”

“I don’t care if its name is Charlie! I want it to stay away from Adrian!”

“It’s chasing your boyfriend around?” Madison asks.

“Yes,” Adrian says softly.

Madison looks around Samantha at him. “What does it want from you?”

“My semen.”

“What?” she asks.

“Seriously, this thing…Creeper, is chasing him around to eat his semen. We’ve seen it,” Erica responds, “It’s sort of funny.”

“It’s NOT funny!” Adrian fumes, “It’s driving me crazy!”

“I can imagine,” Madison responds, “Well, if there isn’t a spell to undo it that doesn’t involve Erica dying than we’re going to have to go to the library.”

“Why?” Adrian asks.

“Because the only thing that will get rid of that demon is something else that is immortal.”

“Umm, but why can’t you use your book?”

“Because that’s darker magic. What we need is a book on summoning a whole OTHER sort of immortal being.”

“Meaning?”

“We are going to try to summon the demon’s lighter counterpart.”

“We’re going to summon an angel?” Daniel asks.

“Yep,” Madison responds, “It’s the only other alternative.”