points to a nearby office. “It don’t look in too bad a shape.”
The car begins to rock back and forth. They hear gurgling from the bloodthirsty monsters outside.
“What about the bombs?” asks Daniel.
A corpse-like head pushes through the canvas and hisses terribly. Charlie ’s gun fires. A brown mess explodes in the car. Ears ring from the deafening blast. “No time! Let’s go!” He jumps out of the jeep, shooting into the crowd of draugr.
Smalls follows suit. “These guys are pansies!” he shouts over the rifles. “Won’t even need the grenades!”
“ I’ll ask for scarier monsters next time. That okay?” Charlie answers. They both fire madly into the hoard. The building is up ahead. Zeke thinned out enough monsters that they can reach it easily. Jae-Ho and Daniel leap out of the jeep, landing in the small clearing cut by the other men.
Felling monsters, like demon lumberjacks.
The two big men begin advancing toward safety. The others stay back and pick off draugr at a more relaxed pace. Just enough to keep them at bay.
But it ’s not enough.
More and more draugr crawl out of the rubble. Charlie nears the building, Smalls close behind him. Daniel is a short distance away.
But Jae-Ho falls behind.
More and more draugr pop out at him. A large, quick one darts out in front of him. It grabs his throat. Its hands are clawless, but strong. It has long, human hair, but a grotesque, monstrous face. One eye, the other swollen closed. No nose to speak of, and teeth that seem to leap out of its mouth. Jae-Ho looks into the dead face. He panics and fires his gun below him. It knocks out the beast ’s lower torso.
Unhindered by the injury, the monster grabs his boot, tripping him as he tries to dash to safety. He lands hard. A heavy weight pushes into him.
Another draugr. Large. Slow.
It claws at him. The first bites into his legs. Jae-Ho screams.
A bullet explodes and the weight is lifted from his back. Another shot crashes into the monster near his feet.
He doesn ’t feel anything this time.
Daniel stands over him. “Can you walk?” He keeps his attention on the encroaching monsters.
He glances down at his bleeding legs. No pain. “I’m no doctor,” he says trying to be calm. Instead he sounds terrified. “But I’d have to say, oh . . . not at all.”
“ Then let’s get a second opinion.” Daniel shoots a quick burst to scare away nearby draugr, then quickly bends down to give Jae-Ho some support.
They begin to limp towards the building. Charlie and Smalls defend the doorway to buy some time. “Damn! There’s no end to these smelly jerks!” calls one.
“ Hurry up!” calls the other.
Progress is slow. Demons attack from all angles. Daniel struggles.
Click .
The bullets stop coming out. He flicks a small switch on the rifle.
Charlie and Smalls see nothing more than the ball of fire exploding in the road.
A short distance away, Zeke struggles. The pursuing hoard increases. He’s running out of places to run, and getting tired fast. He has to stop soon. Any further and he’ll be running up the mountain slope. In the other direction, lies the ocean.
The sun hangs low. He squints. Can draugr swim? He wonders. But there is no time to learn, and too much to risk. He isn’t strong in the water.
He spins, whipping his sword around. The sudden change causes one of the draugr to impale itself on his blade. He pulls the sword out of the corpse and attacks.
Stepping swiftly, he evades their blows, but they’re fast. The sword moves with him, and after a few minutes there is a mess of demon parts littering the ground.
He tires quickly, but doesn ’t stop.
There is a deafening roar. The draugr tone down their attack. A small, strong-looking beast steps forward. The others form a ring, as if to
The car begins to rock back and forth. They hear gurgling from the bloodthirsty monsters outside.
“What about the bombs?” asks Daniel.
A corpse-like head pushes through the canvas and hisses terribly. Charlie ’s gun fires. A brown mess explodes in the car. Ears ring from the deafening blast. “No time! Let’s go!” He jumps out of the jeep, shooting into the crowd of draugr.
Smalls follows suit. “These guys are pansies!” he shouts over the rifles. “Won’t even need the grenades!”
“ I’ll ask for scarier monsters next time. That okay?” Charlie answers. They both fire madly into the hoard. The building is up ahead. Zeke thinned out enough monsters that they can reach it easily. Jae-Ho and Daniel leap out of the jeep, landing in the small clearing cut by the other men.
Felling monsters, like demon lumberjacks.
The two big men begin advancing toward safety. The others stay back and pick off draugr at a more relaxed pace. Just enough to keep them at bay.
But it ’s not enough.
More and more draugr crawl out of the rubble. Charlie nears the building, Smalls close behind him. Daniel is a short distance away.
But Jae-Ho falls behind.
More and more draugr pop out at him. A large, quick one darts out in front of him. It grabs his throat. Its hands are clawless, but strong. It has long, human hair, but a grotesque, monstrous face. One eye, the other swollen closed. No nose to speak of, and teeth that seem to leap out of its mouth. Jae-Ho looks into the dead face. He panics and fires his gun below him. It knocks out the beast ’s lower torso.
Unhindered by the injury, the monster grabs his boot, tripping him as he tries to dash to safety. He lands hard. A heavy weight pushes into him.
Another draugr. Large. Slow.
It claws at him. The first bites into his legs. Jae-Ho screams.
A bullet explodes and the weight is lifted from his back. Another shot crashes into the monster near his feet.
He doesn ’t feel anything this time.
Daniel stands over him. “Can you walk?” He keeps his attention on the encroaching monsters.
He glances down at his bleeding legs. No pain. “I’m no doctor,” he says trying to be calm. Instead he sounds terrified. “But I’d have to say, oh . . . not at all.”
“ Then let’s get a second opinion.” Daniel shoots a quick burst to scare away nearby draugr, then quickly bends down to give Jae-Ho some support.
They begin to limp towards the building. Charlie and Smalls defend the doorway to buy some time. “Damn! There’s no end to these smelly jerks!” calls one.
“ Hurry up!” calls the other.
Progress is slow. Demons attack from all angles. Daniel struggles.
Click .
The bullets stop coming out. He flicks a small switch on the rifle.
Charlie and Smalls see nothing more than the ball of fire exploding in the road.
A short distance away, Zeke struggles. The pursuing hoard increases. He’s running out of places to run, and getting tired fast. He has to stop soon. Any further and he’ll be running up the mountain slope. In the other direction, lies the ocean.
The sun hangs low. He squints. Can draugr swim? He wonders. But there is no time to learn, and too much to risk. He isn’t strong in the water.
He spins, whipping his sword around. The sudden change causes one of the draugr to impale itself on his blade. He pulls the sword out of the corpse and attacks.
Stepping swiftly, he evades their blows, but they’re fast. The sword moves with him, and after a few minutes there is a mess of demon parts littering the ground.
He tires quickly, but doesn ’t stop.
There is a deafening roar. The draugr tone down their attack. A small, strong-looking beast steps forward. The others form a ring, as if to
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