1. In_Darkness_Dwells


    Date: 3/11/2024, Categories: Fiction Horror, Non-Erotic, Author: Sage_of_the_Forlorn_Path

    ... and again, he hacked away at its torso until his own chest bled from his stitches tearing. Then, when he was about to collapse from pain and exhaustion, help arrived. Sorine ran over, wielding a pitchfork, and buried it in the side of the monster's chest, and she and Sam worked together to pull it off Volker. But, unfortunately, it wasn't giving in without a fight and swatted at them with its claws.
    
    "Keep it pinned!" Volker shouted as he reloaded his shotgun.
    
    They forced the monster to the ground, listening to its furious squeals. When it opened its mandibles, Volker aimed at the mass of tentacles and again fired both rounds, eviscerating the quivering flesh and finally silencing the beast. The three gasped for air and stared at each other. They were doomed if this was what it took to kill just one of these monsters.
    
    "Come on, we're taking shelter in the church!" said Sorine. They ran through the town as people were being slaughtered all around them. "To the church! The church!" Sorine shouted, trying to guide others to safety.
    
    They arrived at the church, and she led them inside and to a back room, where she brought them down into the basement. Down below, a dozen men, women, and children huddled around candles, all paralyzed by terror or openly weeping.
    
    "Is this all that's left?" Sam asked.
    
    "There was no warning. They came so fast, attacking the town from all sides. All the farmhouses farther out were raided first. There may be others who are managing to ...
    ... hide like us."
    
    "They're coming out of the caves," said Volker. "There is an entire labyrinth under our feet, and it's infested with these things."
    
    "You must know what these are," said Sorine.
    
    "I can only theorize that they are some kind of progeny born from Rathodor."
    
    "So not only did we fail to kill him, but now we have to deal with his fucking spawn," said Sam.
    
    "So what do we do?" Sorine asked.
    
    "We wait until daybreak. Rathodor seemed afraid of the sunlight, so hopefully these bastards will follow that pattern. Once they're gone, we'll flee these lands. This is no longer something that we can fight on our own. All of Europe needs to know what's happening here."
    
    "So we're just going to let Runa fall to these monsters?" a man cursed.
    
    "It has already fallen," Sorine whispered.
    
    "You got those pages, right?" Sam asked.
    
    Volker reached into his coat and pulled out several handfuls of crumbled and singed sheets of paper. "Maybe there is something in here we can use."
    
    Everyone huddled together beneath the church for hours, praying for a fast-approaching sunrise. Outside, they continued hearing screams of both man and beast, punctuated by the occasional gunshot. Even underground, they could smell the smoke of the burning town. Over and over, Sam checked his revolver, unable to take his eyes off those two bullets. One of the demons entered the church and sniffed around every now and then. They used church pews to barricade the entrance, and once or ...
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