Enduring The Darkness

Chapter 5: The Risk

  I know few restaurants that are close to the town hall but to know which one they meant I followed them but they had a car so I couldn't catch up for long so I went to town hall and saw many of them are there, they were at least thirteen out of the building surrounding the town hall not to mention the cars are rotating around the town hall. So I started searching for restaurants close to it and saw one of the restaurants it was guarded by two armed outside of the restaurant, their eyes seem to be red as if they are smelling blood there must be some people inside whether they are alive or dead not sure. I hesitate is it worth going in and risk it all... having some allies will be useful. They might be helpful that's what I thought but they could also be dead weight. The street in front of the restaurant was empty but  I didn't want to get spotted so I crossed it from the end of the street crawling. My plan was to get into the restaurant from the back door so I used my flashlight to make sure nothing is there before going into the ally that has the back door of the restaurant. I checked my bag it had no more knives in it I barely have few shells to reload my shotgun. I  put my bag on my back again.

  I opened the door slowly as it made some cracking noises but luckily not too loud to bring attention.  I could hear some noises and scream from inside. I peeked inside and saw a guy with a butcher knife with a book on a table next to his right side the opposite of the door, it must be a black magic book. I opened it slowly as he was reading from the book. I noticed another guy in front of me he was preparing something with dead animals bones, saw a man laying on the table as he was chained screaming they were talking to each other speaking about their supplies from humans. '' How long do you think we will be able to eat these guys.'' the other guy replied '' Does it matter let's enjoy it while we can, God I missed their meat-eating them and practicing the ritual was the best thing that happened to me since all that shit went on''. I started crawling to get behind the man with the butcher knife steal one of the knives on the table. ''Yeah I know what you mean'' said the guy with the butcher knife, the other guy said ''I mean all this amazing power we have now, we can'' as he was speaking I stabbed the guy with the butcher knife in his throat as his friend continued talking ''survive better than any human. I really can't wait to wish I can eat that girl out there right now she would be so delicious too bad the last one who eat before the ritual became our next meal.'' The guy struggled a bit putting his hands on his throat trying to stop the bleeding as he was leaking blood all over the table but I grabbed him from behind didn't want him to cause more noise that is louder than the chained guy screaming. 

  I lay his dead body on the floor as he started leaking on the floor took the butcher knife, slowly approached the other guy as he was talking... he talks too much. The guy was about to turn so I moved faster not caring if he would notice and chop the butcher knife right into the side of his head he turns around swing a little as he slowly falls down on his back and leak on the ground. The guy on the table was badly wounded he has no hope to live unfortunately I can't end his misery because they might notice he stopped screaming. His feet were cut off partly and the wound was closed to make sure he doesn't bleed and die before they eat him. His stomach had drawing of marks or symbols on it with a knife, the nerves in his hands were cut to make sure he doesn't struggle when they eat him alive. They call this surviving, by gaining powers to have a better chance. If I was here a bit earlier I might have been able to save him. He has no chance to survive now and the fault is my own... no time for self-blame now there might be others to be saved I took another knife from the table but made sure not to step in any blood it might cause me trouble later if I did. I looked into the mirror of the kitchen door saw there were seven of them armed with guns, saw one restrained with clothes into a chair as their eyes and mouth are covered by clothes too it seems they want them to be quiet.