01-20-2021, 12:15 AM
The monsters showed themselves. Eyes glowed from bodies cloaked in darkness. The eyes moved as if some prowled, others slithered and some scampered. But they moved like a construct of one entity. Something intelligent yet feral. Wild yet intentional. Nikolai encountered nothing like this ever in his life. Not even in his dreams did such a thing reveal itself. Yet here he was, heart pounding from sudden repulsion. The slaughter would be merciless.
Before he could strike, Nox bolted with sudden purpose. Nikolai knew people lived beneath the city, but he did not truly anticipate encountering any. He glanced at Marcus, Allan and Jay, all of whom seemed to be left behind by their undeclared leader. He wanted to stay and begin the eradication, but a wall of Ether imprisoned the creatures behind an invisible barrier.
“Follow Nox. You heard him, if someone is bit, they can turn. I do not desire to cut down my own people,” he said, “but I will not let someone suffer a fate of living death,” he promised.
Then he hurried after Nox, suit coat flapping as he ran. Maybe the suit was a poor decision, he thought as the distance covered. But he had every intention of making sure the poor wretches down here knew exactly was saving them.
Before he could strike, Nox bolted with sudden purpose. Nikolai knew people lived beneath the city, but he did not truly anticipate encountering any. He glanced at Marcus, Allan and Jay, all of whom seemed to be left behind by their undeclared leader. He wanted to stay and begin the eradication, but a wall of Ether imprisoned the creatures behind an invisible barrier.
“Follow Nox. You heard him, if someone is bit, they can turn. I do not desire to cut down my own people,” he said, “but I will not let someone suffer a fate of living death,” he promised.
Then he hurried after Nox, suit coat flapping as he ran. Maybe the suit was a poor decision, he thought as the distance covered. But he had every intention of making sure the poor wretches down here knew exactly was saving them.