Red Blood

The night came by fast. it was a peaceful night, nothing happened and everybody slept well. it was now 7:00 in the morning, the students were eating the leftover food left from their lunch the other day. they needed to ration their own food because it was impossible to go outside yesterday.

"Okay, everyone gets ready. we are about to kill this mother fuckers"

Nathan was getting ready. he picked up a hollow tube. it was black in color, it was also made from metal. originally it was the leg of the chairs they use in their school. they easily disassembled the chairs because it wasn't welded but only screwed.

some of his classmates took the armrests and will be using it as a makeshift shield. although it was just made from plastic, it was thick enough to withstand two to three blows from a red man. some even stacked two armrests for better protection.

there are twenty-five of them inside the classroom. only fifteen of them was holding weapons and shield, including Nathan, John, Annie, Ren, and Joshua. Nathan only held to weapons without a shield, the others both have weapons and shields. the remaining ten weren't able to participate not because they were afraid but because there was a lack of resources.

"May, what's the situation?"

Nathan asked May. May has contact with one of the students who is still trapped in the first classroom on the second floor. luckily the red man didn't try to break in, either because it doesn't know that there are still people there or the red man only targeted the ones who try to escape just like the girl the other day.

the first classroom had a good sight of the red man standing just beside the stairs leading to the second floor. the red man has a bald head, its eyes were deep like it hadn't slept for a whole week. its eyes were bloody red. its ears were pointy like the elves seen in movies and games. its nose was flat. its body was like a body builder's body with veins bulging on its neck, arms, and hands.

the most eye-catching thing was its hands. it is abnormally big and thicker than normal. it looks as though he can grab a grown man's face with one hand and then crush it without any effort.

Nathan heard the description of the red man from May. he frowns and knitted his eyebrows.

"huh? that's weird"

"hmm? what is?"

Annie asked curiously

"that monster, it is different from what I saw the other day. it had long hands, long pointy fingernails and it was not bald"

"well there's more than one of them here inside the building"

"yeah, I think its better this way. I don't want to deal with that 'long hands' guy yet, he's really scary"

Nathan shuddered while thinking about what he had witnessed and the looks of the long-handed red man.

"Okay, tell your contacts to be ready. remind them of the plan"

when they were forming a plan, they realized that their numbers were not enough. then someone suggested contacting the students in the other classrooms on the third floor. luckily two of his classmates, May and Marie have contacts. May's contact was currently in the first classroom while Marie's contact in the fourth classroom. Nathan's classroom was on the far end, the eight classrooms.

the plan was Nathan, Ren and Joshua were going to lure the red man to the far side of the third floor once it was at the end, the students will come out of their classrooms with their weapons blocking the back of the red man. it was basically a pincer attack, and with their great number, they can absolutely win.

after the students were informed, Nathan looked at Ren and Joshua and the two nodded signaling that they're ready. with this confirmation Nathan unlocked the door then he stepped out. then they ran at the very end of the third floor. there was no stone wall, but a wall of iron bars. one can actually take a look outside through the gaps of iron bars.

CLINK

CLINK

the sound of two metal hitting each other echoed through the hallway. the red bulky man saw three men. as if he has been waiting for them to come out, it quickly ran towards them. he was pretty slow because of his big body. but just the sound of its foot hitting the tiled floor gave creeps to the three men.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

it sounded like a giant was stomping. they can even feel slight vibrations under their feet. but they did not let the fear control them, they clenched their weapons tighter.

finally, the red bulky man reached the three men. he was about to punch Nathan who is at the front of the two with his big fist. now looking at it closely, it was bigger than his face. Nathan was about to block the punch by crossing the two hollow tubes but quickly changed his mind. he stepped to his right, lightly grazing him on his cheek he realized he just made the right move. if he blocked it directly, he might have already sustained a major injury. the skin was rough enough to cause bleeding on his cheeks by just grazing him. Ren pushed the red man with his shield. causing it to fell on his side. that was just because he already lost balance after missing the punch.

"NOW!"

Nathan screamed then about ten people came out from different classrooms plus the remaining twelve people from Nathan's class. they all held weapons. the hallway was wide enough to accommodate six people to walk side by side. they quickly surrounded the red man.

while still on its side-lying on the floor, Ren, quickly took the chance and swing his weapon at it but he failed. before he can land a hit, the red man grabbed the hollow tube with his big hand then looked at Ren with fierce eyes. this shocked Ren. the red man formed a fist on his other hand and punched at Ren.

Ren saw this and quickly brought up his shield to his face.

SMASH!

Ren's shield broke along with his right arm that he used to carry the shield. he fell on his back and cried out in pain.

the red man got up then rushed to the people behind him. it was the twenty-two students. they raised their shields and readied their weapons. the red man rammed the students with his giant bulky left shoulder. even though they raised their shields it didn't do anything to stop the red man. three students came flying as they were hit by the giant shoulder. they rolled a few times before stopping. the students quickly evaded the three rolling students. the students looked at the three, two were passed out while the other one was holding his right arm and screaming from pain.

GROWL!

the red man stood after he rammed the students and then let out a loud growl while clenching his fist tightly as if he's saying that he did that and he's very proud of it and he's stronger than anyone here. the students were petrified and just stood motionlessly unable to do anything.

'shit'

Nathan rushed to the back of the red man facing him. the red man was still growling. Nathan's two hollow tubes pierce each side of the still growling red man. when Nathan felt that the tube definitely pierce the skin, he pushed the tubes deeper. he can now feel hitting the organs. red blood gushed out of the other end of the tubes. the stench was unbearable, he almost vomited but he controlled the urge.

Nathan let go of the two tubes still sticking on sides. the growl became a shriek from pain. the red man grabbed the two hollow tubes sticking out of his sides then pulled it out. he faced Nathan then said something

"Y-YOU!"

the red man's voice was loud and it sounded distorted. red blood started flowing out of its mouth then rushed towards Nathan.

'What!?'

everyone who heard the red man talk was shocked. furthermore its a human language it spoke. the red man reached Nathan then grabbed him by the neck. the red man smirked, he was feeling satisfied.

Nathan saw this and shuddered. he tried prying the fingers off of his neck but it was no use. the hand became tighter.

"ack"

Annie saw what was happening and rushed she was facing the back of the red man. he pushed them back with her shield. the red man stepped forward a bit. because of this. then she pierced the armpit of the arm that was holding Nathan. she let go of the shield and held the tube with her both hands and with all her force she pushed the tube deeper until it came out of the red man's shoulder.

"AHHH"

the red man let out a distorted scream. he lost the power on his arm and let go, Nathan. his arm became limp. without giving the red man any chance to retaliate, Joshua swung his tube on the red man's head with all his force

WHACK!

the red man fell to his knees. one of the students didn't miss this chance, he kicked the red man on his face with a roundhouse kick.

BLAM!

the recoil made the red man fell on his back. all of the students rushed to the lying red man on the floor. two students on each limb made the red man unable to move. although they are still struggling to hold the red man's limbs it was still manageable because it already lost a lot of its strength from blood loss.

one by one each of the students pierced their weapons on the chest, abdomen, eyes, and shoulders. there were at least twenty hollow tubes sticking out of its body, it looked like a human pincushion, no, a monster pincushion. the red man stopped struggling it's finally dead.

"sigh"

"haha"

the students let out a deep sigh and long breaths. they were finally relieved because there are no more monsters on the third floor.

Nathan got up while holding his sore neck then said

"let's dump the body out of here"