Issue #6-Chapter 11, Part 2

Then her eyes wandered around for a hiding place as quickly as she could, but failed to find anything in sight. Nothing at all. She was desperate to find it as best as she could before the larger one rose back up from unconsciousness, yet the results were still the same.

The moment she and the old man heard a couple of screeches from the lycans behind them, they turned around and just saw the fog standing in their way. Aleke gasped as she assumed that Silverus was still alive and managed to stun the regular lycans.

"C'mon, let's get moving! He should be alive! He had to be!" Aleke exclaimed as she moved the old man in her direction as fast as she could.

The old man turned to Aleke and raised his confused eyebrow at her. "Um, who is 'he' you're referring to, young lady?"

Aleke turned back to the old man. "A friend of mine, the one who saved your life."

"Oh, I see."

Once the lycan's roar echoed behind them, they turned their heads to that direction and saw the larger one arose from its unconsciousness. It growled at them and pulled out an arrow from its shoulder, roaring at them with its claws ready. Its saliva escaped from its baring fangs.

Aleke and the old man widened their eyes out of shock, opening their mouths. Aleke hoped Silverus came to save them from that lycan's wrath.

She returned her attention to the front out of search for Silverus, yet he was nowhere to be found. The fog blocking her eyes from seeing Silverus in sight didn't really help calm her heart any better.

Hearing the lycan's roar behind her and the old man, the old man turned around and gasped when its shadow was casted upon them. "The monster's about to attack us!"

Aleke looked back and widened her eyes and mouth when she saw the lycan raise its claws up in the air, getting ready to attack her and the old man. "You can't be serious!"

Her sweat was forming all over her neck and her heart beated harder and faster. She wondered what was taking Silverus so long and when he was coming to the rescue. He just finished stunning his enemies, so he should come in their direction by now. The reason why he didn't arrive was beyond her.

Aleke swallowed her saliva as she was getting ready to prepare for death. She wished she would move a bit faster than she currently was, but the old man's injury and heaviness made it nearly impossible to do so. She also wanted to hope the lycans in Silverus' direction didn't rise up from unconsciousness, yet she was unsure of that possibility. The old man turned to Silverus' direction and the lycan behind him back and forth. He opened his bare, gritted teeth as he realized it was too late to be saved from this lycan, this monster.

By the time the lycan swung its claws against the old man and Aleke, Silverus' voice echoed from behind them, shouting, "Eat this, you sack of shit!"

A large rock slammed itself against the monster's face and caused it to screech in agony and stopped moving, collapsing to the ground. The rock bounced to the side a bit and bumped into the building wall. Panting, the old man and Aleke stopped moving and gazed at the unconscious lycan for a little while, smiling out of relief.

Aleke turned back around and opened her mouth with her continuous smile written on her face when she saw Silverus emerging from the fog unharmed. She shouted his name out of joy and dashed her way to hug him tightly. Silverus widened his eyes and spreaded out his arms a little, looking all confused as he wasn't used to being given hugs in his whole life.

"I'm glad you came here to rescue us. You had me worried there for a second," Aleke cried, moving her head sideways while she leaned her head against his chest.

Then Silverus closed his eyes and hugged her softly. "Yeah, I'm glad you two are safe too."

"Okay, our reunion is over." Breaking up their hug, Silverus aimed his eyes at Aleke and the old man. "Alright, we better get going and find a place for us to hide. Those monsters could arrive here in any minute. Plus, I'm out of arrows and wouldn't be able to defend you guys the next time we encountered another one."

Aleke returned her eyes to Silverus and nodded a little. "Right." She then turned back to the old man and carried him towards Silverus. She then looked up at Silverus right after the lycan's roar echoed behind Silverus. "They're coming! Let's go!"

Silverus led Aleke and the old man away from that lycan's roar behind him, running past the larger one who was still unconscious from Silverus' attack. He stopped moving and turned around, waiting for her and the old man to catch up with him. He was also on a lookout for the incoming lycan, relieved to not see its silhouette in the fog as of yet.

While he led them away from those monsters as fast as he could, he searched for the safe place and failed to find one so far. He looked back and forth to see not only Aleke struggling to catch up, but also the black silhouettes of four lycan's including the larger one approaching after them. Although they were fortunate enough to be a bit farther away from them, it was only a matter of time for those monsters to catch up to them.

Dammit! Those things are about to catch up to us. Silverus scanned for a hiding place and still struggled to find it. I couldn't go any farther. They're faster than us! We better break one of those doors if they're locked tight. But how?

He then searched around for anything to burst his way through the door, anything that would force it open, while Aleke and the old man caught up with him. No matter how desperate he was, those lycans continued to chase after them at lightning speed.

Whenever he turned his eyes to those monsters, his eyes were broadened, his sweat was forming on and sliding down from his forehead, and his heart pounded harder and faster on his chest, like a hammer banging on something. He wanted to continue searching for anything to help him break into the house, but decided not to and continued searching for a building to open the door, until he finally spotted a door with a blood stain on it creaked open a little. Smiling at it, he turned to Aleke and the old man and grabbed them towards that door just in time to prevent the lycans' claws from laying on them.

He dragged them towards that building with a creaked door opened and slammed it shut, panting and leaning his back against the door. When he looked at Aleke and the old man, he just saw them walking forward away from the moonlight a little. Darkness dominated the room and there was barely any moonlight in there. The moment Aleke searched for anything to light up the room, the monsters began to bang on the door and caused Silverus to back away from it.