In The Last Days

Chapter 5: This Can’t be Real

“f**k…. This is a fuckin Nightmare!” He muttered with tears in eyes, dearly wishing to wake up from this hellish and bizarre reality he found himself in.

Huh-Huh-Huh-Huh!!!

He panted heavily for breath, forcing his legs to continue his escape from the Hells-pawn, which kept chasing him, abandoning the Sanguineous fog which it conjured.

! Roar!

Finn who had a created considerable gap between himself and the monster, clearly heard it’s indistinct roar, this causing him to panic in fright.

In his state of distress and confusion, he found a wrecked and abandoned vehicle which had obviously been badly damaged thanks to various reasons.

The vehicle was presently flipped on its head, creating a miniature cave-like opening underneath which was capable of physical concealing someone’s presence.

Without thinking twice, Finn quickly fell to his knees, crawling into the ‘Cave’, hurdling up his body, taking the initiative to properly hide himself from his demonic pursuer.

Huh-Huh-Huh…..Huh-Huh….Huh!

Gradually, he instinctively controlled his heavy breathing, freezing up as he saw the crooked hind limbs of the Hells-pawn casually walk by, seemingly unable to notice his presence.

Obviously delighted, Finn froze up completely just to make sure he had successfully hidden from the Otherworld Beast.

Few seconds passed, nothing happened.. Everything seemed to be going as plan, bringing utmost delight to Finn, as he prepped himself to carefully observe his environment.

Huh-Huh-Huh!!

Unconsciously, his breath rapidly sped up due to his extreme nervousness.

Slowly carefully, he extruded out his head from his hiding spot for surveillance.

! Thud!

Simultaneously, something slightly heavy landed on top of the messed up vehicle, giving it a vigorous shake and resonating sound which promptly drew Finn’s attention.

“What the…hell?” He internally cursed as his eyes met what caused the loud thud on top of his hiding spot.

It’s crimson eyes glared menacingly at the young lad who frightfully looked back at it, unable to do anything, not even scream for help.

It was definitely the Hells-pawn that had been chasing the heck out of his life.

“No…No freaking way!!” He internally yelled, as the buried fright within his psyche, suddenly erupted, wickedly jolting him back to reality.

Fuck!

He cursed, forcefully pulling himself backwards, using the artificial vehicle cave exterior exit.

Huh!

He hurriedly got back to his feet, racing for his life while the Hells-pawn quickly reacted, tailing after it’s ever agile prey.

And once again, the dire race restarted.

! Roar!

The Hells-pawn violently released a wicked and ominous supersonic sound wave, which completely blasted and inflicted damaged on everything in it’s path, including Finn, blasting him few meters away from his original point.

Thud!

His obviously fragile body wickedly smacked into a flat but heavy piece of rubble, delivering multiple internal injuries.

! Cough! Cough!

He instantly began choking on his blood, causing him to vigorously and literally cough out his lungs, thus, bringing an excruciating amount of pain.

Currently unable to move, he laid helplessly on the ground, struggling to gasp for air.

Glaring at it’s prey who kept struggling to crawl away, the Hells-pawn revealed a wicked and taunting grin as it proceeded to make its final kill.

! Growl!

The Beast snared with excitement, grabbing Finn by his injured ankle, further inflicting damaged to it, obviously increasing the amount pain he incurred.

Ahhh-ahhh!!!

He screamed in pain as it casually lifted him off the ground, placing the lad in an awkward upsidedown position, thus, causing the blood which flowed throughout his body to accumulate at his head.

! Roar!

Suddenly, the Hells-pawn mentally snapped as released a massive roar, at the same time, vigorously launching the defenseless Finn into a nearby vehicle.

! Crash!

His body wickedly slammed into the already damaged vehicle, further causing it to break down at the cost of his back. Instantly he groaned and grabed his head, tightly blocking his eyes and ears due to the pulsating effects of the Beast’s inhuman roar.

Briefly after, the Hells-pawn mind shattering roar, it casually ceased as it ominously glared at Finn who was still huddled up, while blood slowly oozed out of his left nostril and ears.

Trying to ease the pain, he soon released that the turbid, bloodshot eyes of the Hells-pawn fell on him, thus, causing him to further panic.

“s**t…. This is it for me”

“ I’m gonna f*****g die!!”

“Someone please…. Someone please… Help!”

Finn’s thought swiftly ran wild as hr felt death knocking casually at the door.

Absolutely taking it’s time to savour the utter fright exuding out of it’s prey, the Hells-pawn gradually made it way towards the lad, with it’s eyes brightly glowing crimson.

Step by step, it got closer and closer, further shattering Finn’s remaining stamina and willpower to live.

! Growl!

Out of the blue, it once again went berserk as it casually lunged at Finn, pointing it’s razor sharp claws towards the lad’s chest, in order to deliver the finishing blow.

! Boom!

All of sudden, the earth shook vigorously, sending everything flying upward and collapsing instantly, as if it were hit by a massive earth tremor.

The sudden development promptly shook Finn who was on the brink of collapse sue to fear, back to reality.

“What…. The hell?” He blurted out in shock.

Looking left and right trying to figure out the source of the sudden and brief Tremor, his eyes promptly landed on the Hells-pawn which was about to devour him whole.

Presently, it’s attention wasn’t fixated on Finn but on the source of the sudden tremor. It quickly took a defensive pose, prepping itself for the incoming entity.

! Boom!

! Boom!

! Boom!

! Boom!

! Boom!

! Boom!

One after the other, similar abnormally brief tremors shook the Earth, gradually instilling fear in the hearts of both Finn and the Hells-pawn in front of him.

The Closer it was the more louder and stronger the Tremor got, making Finn realize they weren’t just random but was actually a systematic array of… Footsteps.

Something big was heading towards him, thus causing the Lad to nervously gulp down saliva.

There it was, basking u see the dreary moonlight, A High Class Hells-pawn, A quadrupedal-type beast.

It stood at least Five feet’s high, about the height of an average car. It’s body was as dark as night with it’s red crimson eyes glowing as bright as stars, inducing fear into anything it saw. It’s head was top with two mighty horns, adding a total of one feet to the beast’s height.

It’s Horns resembled that of mountain goat, the difference was just the height and texture. It’s overall face was completely unreal, ravenous and disturbing. In it’s mouth were two dashing rows of razor sharp teeth which showed a hint of blood, obviously from it’s previous meal.

The beast’s snake like tail had multiple protuding quills and attached to them were several internal organs and blood splatter.

Staring at complete monstrosity which slowly made it’s way towards him and the Low Class Hells-pawn, Fin couldn’t help but blurt out,

“This can’t be real?”… As he slowly struggles back to his feet’s, quickly planning his next course of action.

Obviously, he couldn’t just stand still while the Beast devours neither could he put up a fight with the High-class Hells-pawn… His only plan was to run as fast as he could.

! ROAR!

The Beast released a massive supersonic roar which was twice stronger than that of the Low-class, blasting apart everything which was in plain sight.

Due to the tremendous power behind the roar, Finn on his way of escape which wickedly sent crashing into a nearly collapsed brick wall, finally sending it tumbling to the ground.

! Cough! Cough!

The wicked impact quickly caused Finn to choke on his blood, forcing it out through his nostrils.

“ Damnit!” He cursed as pain wrecked his entire body.

However, he couldn’t continue to wallow in pain if he really wanted to live. Cementing his resolve, he forcefully pushed himself back to his feet’s , swiftly fleeing the area.

The Low-class on the other hand, couldn’t do anything but collapse as the High-class suddenly pounced on it, completely ripping apart it’s body, sending it’s blood and internals scattered all over the entire area.

! Growl!

It’s dark Crimson’s quickly perked up as it watched Finn stagger away from the vicinity. Obviously wanting to devour the young lad, it assumed a hunting position as it entered Killer mode.

! ROAR!

After covering a considerable distance, he slowly reduced his pace due to his accumulated fatigue.

Huh-Huh-Huh-Huh!!

! Boom!

! Boom!

! Boom!

! Boom!

“I.. I… I… I think… I lost it??” He said as he felt the systematic and tremor like Footsteps of the High-class Hells-pawn.

After further deduction, he discovered the beast was actually heading towards and wasn’t far from his current location, thus, sending spiraling into despair, confusion and frustration.

“ f**k it!” He loudly cursed, quickly taking to his heels.

He wore a tired, weary, yet frightened expression as he continued his flee despite stumbling on a piece of scattered blocks, while he crashed first onto the charred soil.

Slowly he began to have various taunting flashbacks of his parents death in the gruesome car accident.

Soon as the Car exploded, he jolted out of his awful, self induced trance. He shook his head in grief, while sulking on the ground, soiling it with it’s saltiness.

! Boom!

A giant footstep echoed behind him, causing his senses to quickly jolt back to him. He had almost forgotten that he was actually on the run.

Trying to get back on his feet’s, the lad unlucky slipped, crashing chest first to the ground.

This unfortunate mishap allowed the Hells-pawn that was chasing after the lad to finally catch up, revealing itself under the weak and dreary moonlight.

! Whoosh! Whoosh!

It wiped it’s tail in midair, trying to rid it self of the filthy clotted blood that clung to it’s sharp quills. Releasing a taunting and frightening roar, the Lad hurriedly leaped off the ground, resuming his cowardly run through the rubbles of the City.

Tears ran down his eyes as he desperately ran away from the beast. Taking slow but mighty strides, it eventually caught up the young Lad.

Feeling that death was extremely close, Finn’s legs suddenly gave out, causing him to collapse, roughly rolling and eventually ramming into a nearby wall, which also seem to be a DEAD END for him.

“No…… Please… Please……..I don’t want to die!” He earnestly pleaded, as tears and sweat rolled down his eyes and face.

His body began to shiver uncontrollably as goosebumps rapidly appeared on it.

! ROAR!

Finn’s childish and incessant plee only annoyed the beast even further, causing it to roar wickedly at the weak human in front of it.

It casually opened it’s huge mouth ready to take savouring bite out of Finn, revealing his massive two rows of Razor sharp teeth’s. Drool as well as a crimson liquid, oozed out of the beast’s mouth, further frightening the young lad.

“f**k!” He cursed in frustration

“s**t……Shit….Shit!” He thought, smacking his fists on the charred ground.

Unable to control his emotions, as well as his tear gland, an overflow of his salty water ran down his eyes. Right before he finally gave up, he noticed a steel pipe lying few meters away from him.

Not wanting to relent, he desperately crawled towards the pipe, rolling in the dust and powdered charcoal, further messing up his already messed up, bloody clothes.

Before his hands could even touch the pipe, the Hells-pawn tremor-like footstep adversely caused the pipe to further roll away, living Finn rather perplexed.

“No…No…No…… Damnit!” He exclaimed in frustration and anguish, angrily smacking his fist on the hard, charred Earth, trying his best to release his emotions.

Smacking his fist continuously on the ground, it soon incurred multiple cuts, causing him to slightly bleed from his knuckles.

Feeling an enormously large breathe on top of him, he moved his eyes upwards and was greeted by the horrific sight of the Hells-pawn that about to eat him for dinner.

Crimson blood dripped from it’s mouth onto his face, increasing his level of fear, paralyzing him in place. He was finally unable to do anything but stare and quiver, anticipating how gruesome his death was going to be.

“ This is it!”

“I’m gonna die”

“ I’m sorry Dad… I tried my best but… I couldn’t keep my promise” He thought to himself, closing his eyes and accepting his fated death.

! Peu!

Right before the Hells-pawn could even get one bite out of the Lad, something spectacular appeared right out of the blues, viciously striking the beast lower jaw, utterly tearing into pieces of roasted meat, while causing it to stagger backwards trying to pinpoint what just happened.

Blood and whitish body matter fell onto Finn’s body, waking him back to reality. Noting the sudden development, Finn was obviously disgusted as he frantically wiped off the bloody elements on his body.

“Huh?”He blurted, staring at the grotesque scene beside him.

He quickly took note of an azure glowing energy arrow construct which pierced the ground and attached to was the Hells-pawn lower jaw.

Shocked, he shifted his attention towards the beast that was nearly about to devour him. Immediately, he noticed it was bleeding profusely and had lost it’s lower jaw.

“What the hell is going on?” He confusedly exclaim in surprise and delight, staring right into sky.

He then noticed a bright azure glow originating from the top of a nearby building. After further inspection, he noticed that the actual source of was really an Energy construct bow which was in the hand of a female human.

She had long wavy brown hair which fluttered brillantly in the oddly cool breeze, while glowing due to her strange bow and arrow.

Due to the distance between them, he couldn’t clearly see her face.

Obviously he wasn’t the only one to discover the origin of the sudden attack earlier, the injured Hells-pawn

Meanwhile,

On top the building, three young individuals obviously in their eighteens or nineteens, were casually looking down at the scenes below them.

The young group was made up of two rather busty females and one guy.

Apparently, one of the females was the person who attacked and gravely injured the Hells-pawn that was about to chow down on Finn.

Her name was known as “Zoey”.

“Nice shot Quincy” The Other Female casually cursed, trying to mock and incite her teammate.

“I told you not to call me that, you Tattooed Gorilla” Zoey swiftly retaliated, angering her teammate.

“What the f**k did you call me?” She furiously replied, pounding her fist’s while flaunting her spiraling dragon tattoos which spanned all round her arms.

Currently, She was wearing a gray, armless, V necked, shirt, alongside a black pair of jeans and high ankle boots.

“Jenna… Zoey.. Cool it” The Guy who appeared to be the leader quickly interrupted their pointless quarrel. His name was known as Zander.

“Whatever” Both girls answered, shifting their attention towards the Beast which angrily roared at the them.

Don’t worry guys… I’ll finish this!” Jenna casually said, as her tattoos rapidly began to glow, emit a strange lemon-green glow.

This bright burst of energy and color promptly attracted Finn’s attention, as he watched Jenna casually leap off the building, while soaring brightly bin the dreary night sky.

“Prepare to freaking die b***h!! She excitedly yelled, feeling the raw adrenaline pumping through her veins.

“Is she crazy?” Finn thought internally, while he secretly admired her beauty.

He then realized that her target was actually the Hells-pawn, which incredulously stared at her.

! Boom!

In a sudden instant, she crashed her fist wickedly on the Hells-pawn face, causing it’s face and entire body to completely implode and adversely explode, shattering buts of flesh, blood and bones.

And just like that, she killed a Type-3 Hells-pawn with just a single blow.

“Who…. Who the f**k are you?” Finn frightfully inquired, staring at the utter monstrosity standing in front of him.

Hearing his question, she quickly moved her gaze towards him, while cleaning off her body,

“I’m Jenna Martinez” She quickly replied.

“This can’t be real”