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OC-Tober Day 25: Encountering A Ghost
OC-Tober Day 25: Encountering a ghost
Prompt: Encountering a ghost
I used the OC-tober list made by @icannotreadcursive
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OCs: Len and Jake
Jake sighed as he sat down on the metal bench. His fists ached as he flexed his fingers. Maybe he should stop like Len wants. He slowly unwrapped his hands while the sounds of the crowd yelled outside the locker room. Once his hands were unwrapped, Jake tossed the wraps into his bag as he stood up and grabbed his towel. He moved for the communal showers, glad he chose to use the locker room everyone avoided.
Something, something, a ghost of a dead fighter.
Jake rolled his eyes before stifling a yawn. He didn’t care. He was tired of the stinkeyes he got when he used the communal showers in the other locker room. Reaching out, he turned the squeaky knob for the showers on as he walked by. Tossing the towel over the half wall, he tugged off his shorts and underwear in one go to throw them over the same wall. Jake just wanted to rinse off before heading home to Len.
Walking over to the shower, he ducked his head under the spray. The warm water washed over his skin, and he started to rub the dried blood out of the cracks of his skin. He was so focused on his task that the sound of a locker being slammed shut had him jolting in surprise. He looked over his shoulder with a frown. When nothing else happened, he turned back to his hands and started scratching at the dried blood again.
There was another sound closer to the showers, and he looked over his shoulder. Turning away from the shower spray, he called out, “Len?”
When he didn’t get an answer, he sighed as he turned the water off.
“Len?” Jake was not going to be happy if Len was messing with him. With a frown on his face, he walked over to grab his towel. As Jake was wrapping it around his waist, he heard the squeaky knob turn back on. Jake stared at the locker area as he listened to the showers run behind him. He sucked in a breath before slowly letting it out.
Len may be a dragon, but he wasn’t capable of turning on water from another room.
Jake slowly looked over his shoulder only to find the showers empty. Walking back over, he turned the water off and made sure it couldn’t twist on because of a loose bolt or something. He had turned back to the locker area and hurried out while grabbing his clothes.
Stuffing the dirty clothes into his bag, he pulled out clean underwear, tugging it on under his towel. As he was pulling his pants on, he heard the sound of the showers turning on again. Then, the locker room door swung open. He stared at the empty doorway with wide eyes. A bang from behind him had him knocking everything into his bag and rushing out of the locker room with a shout. “I’m leaving!”
As soon as he was out in the hallway, the door swung shut, and Jake clutched his bag against his chest. He took a few steps back from the door when the sound of the lockers rattling and slamming echoed out of the room. After this, he would believe anything about the locker room ghost.
“Jake?”
He let out a scream and threw his bag at the voice.
Len caught the bag as he stared at a paler than normal Jake in surprise. “Is everything okay?”
Jake heard a loud sound from the locker room, and he stumbled away and up against Len. He started to shove at Len. “We’re leaving!”
“What’s wrong?”
“I’ll tell you later!”
Len stumbled down the hall, as he let the spooked Jake herd him out of the hallway into the entrance area. “At least put a shirt on.”
“Outside.” Jake looked over his shoulder back down the hall.
Len cupped the back of Jake’s head to get him to look at him. “Are you okay?”
“I…” He shivered as the cool air ran over his damp skin. “I will be. I want to go home.”
“Okay.” Len pulled a shirt out of the bag. “Put it on. You’re shivering.”
Jake snagged it and yanked it on as he headed for the door. “Home!”
“Okay. Okay.” Len looked down the hallway towards the locker room Jake came out of. He caught sight of a shadow darting along the hall, and his eyes narrowed. A low growl slipped out of him, causing the shadow to dart back down the hall. With one last growl directed at the hallway, he turned and followed after Jake. No spirit will harass his human.
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