ACT III - Chapter III
The demon lunged at them, tentacle-like stingers jabbing at the boys. Eric grabbed Aaron, and pulled him to the ground. The demon flew overhead, and Aaron grabbed a sharp piece of firewood. He threw the piece of wood, but the creature simply caught it with one of the tentacles.
One of the stingers buried itself in the stick, and Aaron saw it pulse as it injected poison.
The stick disintegrated.
Sarai felt here heart beating against her chest, like a rabid animal, trying to escape captivity. Her feet nimbly weaved around protruding roots and fallen logs, her mind buzzing, wondering what had attacked the boys.
She tripped, and was sent sprawling through the air.
"Ahh!" she screamed, and when she looked down, she saw that a sharp branch had pierced her navel. Blood was seeping out quickly, but she couldn't stop now.
She stood up, and braced her self as she yanked the branch out of her body.
She knew that she should clean the wound, and go to hospital, but there was no time.
She ran on, one hand now over the painful hole in her body.
The demon swooped down, all three stingers pointed at the boys. Aaron rolled, to the right, and he saw Eric roll to the left.
Aaron crashed into a tree trunk and used it to hoist himself up.
The demon was hovering over Eric, who was lying on the ground, a look of sheer terror on his face.
"Oi!" yelled Aaron, "Come on ya slimy piece of shit! Come get me!" the demon whirled around, obviously realising it had beein insulted.
Aaron turned, and climbed into the low branches of the tree. The beast hovering next to him. It recoiled, and brandished its stingers.
Sarai was limbing, and losing blood fast. She looked behind her to find a trail of blood leading to a large pool. She coughed, and was shocked to see blood splatter out of her mouth as well.
She started to sprint, abandoning holding the wound. Blood poured out freely, and Sarai felt her strength sap out of her.
She kept tripping on the roots, and her fingers had started to go numb. Colours had started to swim in from of her eyes, and soon her surroundings were blurred. She relaxed, and let the darkness take over.
She collapsed, and the last sound she heard was a loud thunderclap overhead.
Aaron looked up, hearing a thunderclap, and saw lightning, streaking across a perfectly blue sky. It was sunny, not a cloud in sight, and yet there was lightning.
He remembered the monster.
Aaron lauched himself from the tree, his foot sticking out, and striking the demon square in the torso. The beast fell, and Aaron landed standing on top of it. There was a sickening crunch, and green liquid poured from the monsters mouth. The beast roared, a terrifying sound, and its tentacles wrapped around Aaron's ankles. Aaron struggled, but it was no use, the beast had too strong a grip.
Aaron was flung through the air, and he landed on his left arm, which snapped. Aaron cried out in pain, and looked down to see his arm bent sompletely out of shape.
The beast was hovering again, and it glided over to Aaron. It raised its stingers, but there was a loud WHANK! as the beast was hit with a large stick. It fell back, and Aaron saw Eric standing there, holding a long, thick branch, the end of it covered in the green liquid. Eric saw the green poison eat through the branch. He smiled, and dived on top of the beast lying hon the ground. He thrust the sharp stick into the beast's torso, and it let out a deafening squeal, as it shook violently.
The beast gave one last spasm of pain, before lying still.
Aaron stood up, his arm hanging loose, useless, by his side.
"Come on." said Eric, "let's get back to camp."
They walked back, Aaron wincing with pain. Eric was proud of himself, for defeating the demon.
They had only been walking for a few minutes when they saw her.
Sarai lay amongst the leaves, her blood having stained thr ground around her. Aaron saw his Harness Of Blades, and Eric's staff a few feet behind her.
"SARAI!" screamed Eric, running over to her body. He placed his hand on her neck ,a nd a look of sheer sadness swam across his face.
"She's dead."
~End Of Chapter III~