The Fog

Chapter 9

With the fog I couldn't see what was out there but I could hear footsteps and they were all around us. I look at Michael, still holding his hand, and he grabs a throwing knife from his belt. I grab my pistol in my thigh holster and look back at Michael and nod. We then get ready to attack and quietly counts down. I quickly jump on the log we were hiding behind and I'm face to face with a giant wolf-bird hybrid animal, it had the face, tail, body and back legs of a wolf but the front legs were bird like and it had wings. I quickly notice that there were people on the creature with weapons. I then hear a howl and turn around to see one of the creatures fall over dead as Michael threw one of his knives at its heart. Michael continued to attack so I decided to attack to. I shot at the closest wolf-bird and killed it and aimed at the next one. Next I feel myself being tackled to the ground, one of the riders was attacking me. They looked like regular people but their eyes were black , they were being controlled. I quickly grab a rock and hit the rider in the head distracting them for a moment allowing myself to flip us over and allowing me to grab a knife, which I plunge into their heart. I get up and look at Michael and saw his talking down another creature and rider. I turned around and was slammed to the ground, I look up to see a wolf-bird looking at me. It quickly wraps its talons around me and starts to take off. The force from its talons was squeezing me and making it hard to breathe. I try to reach for one of my weapons but they're out of reach. I feel the creatures talons slowly close it's talons more. I hear a crunch and scream in pain and a couple of my ribs just broke. I try harder to reach for anything I can grab but it's no use. I hear Michael screaming my name and I think this is it this creature is gonna kill me. Suddenly the creature falls to the ground and relases me from its talons, I see a knife in it's chest. Michael killed it. As I was plunging toward the ground I rush of pain hit me and I was knocked unconscious.

I slowly open my eyes, my body was in all sorts of pain. As I opened my eyes I saw I was in another cave, I heard a fire and saw Michael leaning over me putting something on me. He looked over at me and saw me awake.

"That was quite a fight you put up. You're mostly ok, you have a few broken ribs, several cuts, and a few bruises but this healing cream should have your ribs fixed by the morning." As he looked at me I saw the relief in his eyes that I was awake.

"Thanks." I said as I tried to sit up but I was met with a wave of pain and winced.

"Hold on lemme help you," he said as he helped me sit up, "you may be healed soon but you still have to take it easy."

I nodded and he handed me a can of soup he heated up. I thanked him and he sat next to me. I was still pretty exhausted so I laid my head on his shoulder. He looked at me and smiled at me. We finished eating and laid back down and closed my eyes. As I was about to fall asleep I felt Michael kiss my forhead.

"I thought I almost lost you today, I promise I'll never let anything harm you." And with that he wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him, resting his head on my shoulder. I blushed as I realized how much he really cared for me, and I realized I cared for him too.