09-21-2022, 12:34 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-21-2022, 12:35 AM by Jay Carpenter.)
Energy and the promise that this might be over soon fueled their limbs to action. Both men were soon throwing themselves back to the darkness, illuminated only by the flames of their own fires. The scene was hellish and both were reaching their limits. There was no choice to continue; push on or sit down and die, and at least for Jay, his ass was too stubborn to die today.
Sweat slicked both of their bodies. Jay had to signal more and more often to stop for water. That was when he realized that the fight wasn’t growing more intense, it was the air that grew hotter. The tunnels were long ago tunnel-shaped. They were fighting through caves now. That was the only reason he knew they hadn’t reached the surface on the other side of the planet. But what made the air want to boil?
The horde had retreated through a wedge in the cave. It was large enough that they could stuff themselves through if they turned side-ways and proceeded one at a time. But it was scary as shit. Like a horror movie. The cragged slit may as well been a portal to hell. With the heat and blackness, the howls of the horde retreating through the other side, Jay was more than happy to let Nox go first. Besides, Nox was able to push the horde through so they could safely follow.
When Jay climbed out the other side, the effects of the heat slammed them both. A cavern was lit with a fiery glow from a stream of lava (the fuck?!) and it was so hot Jay had flashbacks of the Sahara. Except he wished for someplace as normal as the Sahara..
That was when he saw it. The last of the horde in all their fucking glory. They hissed and howled, trapped between their hunters and something on the other side. It looked like a giant iguana but its scales were black as obsidian. It swallowed some of the smaller creatures in a single bite, but the larger creatures were too distracted by their imminent demise to fight back.
“Do it,” Jay fought around Nox, protecting him from any charging creatures while he drove the bastards into the lava.
Sweat slicked both of their bodies. Jay had to signal more and more often to stop for water. That was when he realized that the fight wasn’t growing more intense, it was the air that grew hotter. The tunnels were long ago tunnel-shaped. They were fighting through caves now. That was the only reason he knew they hadn’t reached the surface on the other side of the planet. But what made the air want to boil?
The horde had retreated through a wedge in the cave. It was large enough that they could stuff themselves through if they turned side-ways and proceeded one at a time. But it was scary as shit. Like a horror movie. The cragged slit may as well been a portal to hell. With the heat and blackness, the howls of the horde retreating through the other side, Jay was more than happy to let Nox go first. Besides, Nox was able to push the horde through so they could safely follow.
When Jay climbed out the other side, the effects of the heat slammed them both. A cavern was lit with a fiery glow from a stream of lava (the fuck?!) and it was so hot Jay had flashbacks of the Sahara. Except he wished for someplace as normal as the Sahara..
That was when he saw it. The last of the horde in all their fucking glory. They hissed and howled, trapped between their hunters and something on the other side. It looked like a giant iguana but its scales were black as obsidian. It swallowed some of the smaller creatures in a single bite, but the larger creatures were too distracted by their imminent demise to fight back.
“Do it,” Jay fought around Nox, protecting him from any charging creatures while he drove the bastards into the lava.
Only darkness shows you the light.