Oh my apocalypse [YiZhanFF]

Part 11. Escape

Zhan and Yibo had both been lying on the sofa, kissing, for over an hour with no end in sight. It was more like they were both thinking of continuing and they were ready to do it. But then something hit the roof of the building with a loud bang. Immediately, Zhan and Yibo jumped up from the sofa, put everything into the backpack and listened.

Both of them were standing in the bedroom by the window that leads to the forest. From here, they could jump right out the window without hurting themselves. Not only because the apartment they were in, was on the 2nd floor, but also because there was still a high pile of gravel at the back of the building. They could, if necessary, just jump out the window onto this pile of gravel and escape into the woods, where they could wait until nightfall and then run to the car.

Yibo listened strained upwards, but heard nothing else. Very slowly, mindful of each step, they walked back into the living room. They went to the window and looked out. At first there was nothing to see, but then something huge black fell from above and it was followed by two more black shadows.

Zhan stared out into the parking lot and couldn't believe what he was seeing. The two creatures were greedily pouncing on the other creature lying on the ground. It whimpered and tried to protect its body with its wings. Only when the creature spread its wings to fight them off did Zhan realize that this creature, like the dead one, was dark gray instead of black.

The dark gray creature fought back as best it could, shrieking and flailing. And just a few minutes later, more shadows appeared. More Dark Gray creatures, helping their mate or whatever they are to each other.

They beat the two pitch-black shadows until they lay motionless. Then the other dark grays helped their companion to his feet. Shortly after, they flew so close to the living room window that Zhan and Yibo jumped away, startled. And although the creatures definitely saw the two men, the creatures did not attack them.

One of the dark gray creatures even paused fluttering for a moment in front of the living room window, staring wide-eyed at the two men. But then it simply flew away. "There are definitely two species. The black and the dark gray. Whereas the dark grays seem to have compassion for their fellows and seem to be less aggressive." Murmured Zhan.

"Zhan, what does it matter now? They've seen us, and we should make sure we get out of here. And I mean as fast as possible." Replied Yibo, dragging Zhan with him back into the bedroom to the window.

Both were standing at the open window, ready to jump, when a dark gray creature appeared. It fluttered just outside the window. Its flapping was so powerful that Zhan and Yibo could feel the wind the wings were generating.

Zhan and Yibo stood frozen, unable to move. The creature came closer and crawled in through the open bedroom window. It stood up in front of the two and sniffed at them. As it did so, it made clicking noises and puffed.

When it noticed the backpack, the creature looked at it curiously and pulled on it. Yibo let go of the backpack and the creature held it in its clawed hands and sniffed it thoroughly. Then, to the astonishment of Zhan and Yibo, it pushed the backpack back into Yibo's arms.

Zhan stretched out his arm and the creature took a step back, then stopped and came sniffing closer again. It licked Zhan's hand and Zhan even managed to touch the creature. Yibo stared at him in horror, but said nothing.

Very carefully, Zhan approached the creature and stroked its head. The creature tilted its head to the side and into Zhan's hand, which Zhan thought looked silly, because his hand was barely visible under the creature's large head. Still, he was fascinated by this creature and its cold smooth skin.

When another creature appeared at the window, it made a short shrill sound and the creature that was with Zhan and Yibo went back to the window and crawled out awkwardly. As it looked around one more time before finally flying away, Zhan could almost see something loving in its gaze.