He thought Carlos was kidding.
Stephen thought he was seeing things.
But the thud on the car window made him believe otherwise.
It was a mere instinct reaction to jump out of the car and make a sword appear, or a spell, or anything to fight it.
But nothing happened, and he was baffled, then frightened. With quick
wits, he grappled the monster off of the hood. and against the wall of
Big Rico’s Pizza. “Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!” The strange man exclaimed as
he was now performing Tai Chi to ward the monster away since
apparently, his own magic had no effect in the town of Nightvale. He had
to play by their rules to survive and use their magical power to
thrive.“CARLOS! GET INSIDE! YOU CAN’T FIGHT THIS!” He punched the monster in
the face to try to knock him out cold before getting inside behind the
scientist.
Carlos had managed to yank his keys out of the car as he ran
to the door and got it open. He shut and locked the door behind them, jumping
in shock from the scratching and snarling he heard once it was closed.
“God damn!” he gasped. “Dammit… it came out of nowhere.” He
looked at the Doctor. “Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?”
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