Rise of the Dead

6

The demon pounced onto Austin, knocking his weapons out of his hands, knocking him down onto the ground. He was on the ground, on his back, his hands on the top and bottom of the monster's jaws. The hellhound was barking loudly, snapping its powerful jaws shut just a inch away from his face. Austin placed his feet underneath the demon and he kicked the hellhound off of him. He got up and Austin grabbed his sword then he spun around just as another hellhound grabbed him by the right leg, digging its sharp fangs into his flesh.

He screamed in pain, he could feel the pain creeping up his leg as the demon's fangs dug deeper into his flesh. Gripping the handle of the sword with both of his hands, Austin pointed the blade of the sword at the top of the demon's head then he shoved the sword into the hellhound's head. The blade went straight through its head, coming out from beneath the chin. Austin yanked his sword free then he yanked his right leg out of the dead demon's mouth. He screamed again as he put pressure on his right leg.

Thunderstorm clouds crawled across the afternoon sky, blocking out the sun. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, as rain came pouring down. Another hellhound launched itself at Austin, knocking him down again to one side. He was soaking wet, his Rag and Bone quilted leather bomber jacket sticking to him.

As Austin was laying on the wet grass, fighting the demon that knocked him down the second time, the three hellhounds that sat in the trees, they now jumped out of the safety of the shadows in the trees. The three demons joined the others as all of the thirteen hellhounds joined the hellhound that had Austin pinned to the ground as the demons attacked the teen. Again, he screamed out in pain, as the demons started to grab him by his jacket, jeans, and shoes. Austin felt the sharp fangs ripping the leather of his jacket. He struggled to break free, but in the process, he lost his right Nike black & green Hyper Dunk high top.

Suddenly, the fourteen hellhounds stopped attacking him, and the demons backed away, once again forming a circle around the injured teenager. Austin slowly sat up then he looked around, looking at all fourteen hellhounds, as they stood there, on all fours, staring back at him. He then realized why the demons stopped attacking him. He heard rustling up in the tree above him so he looked up into the branches of the tree then Austin let out a scream.

Staring down at him, hidden in the shadows of the leaves, were the eyes of Death, himself. Austin kept screaming as Death reached his arms out to grab him, his razor-sharp clawlike fingers just an inch away from Austin's shoulders. His scream was cut off as he was yanked up into the tree. There were crunching & slurping sounds as Death ate away at Austin. His leather jacket slipped off of him as Austin's bloody, dead body fell down onto the ground. He landed on his back.

His dead, cold dark green eyes stared up at the darkened sky. Austin had a deep scar all the way down his left eye. A big chunk of his throat was ripped out, warm blood oozing onto the wet grass. His blue T-shirt was almost ripped to shreds. Death jumped onto the ground, grabbed Austin's dead body by his feet, and he started to pull his body across the wet grass. The fourteen hellhounds surrounded their master, as he dragged his dead body deeper into the depths of the forest. The demons were jumping up & down, barking and howling in victory, as all of them disappeared into the depths of the forest after Death and Austin's dead body. Complete silence fell over the entire forest. All that was left of Austin was his quilted leather bomber jacket & his right Nike Hyper Dunk high top.

Rain pounded on the glass window of the hotel as Anthony watched the undead roam the streets of San Francisco. He turned away from the window and his eyes scanned the room. Tom and his girlfriend, Jessie, were sleeping on the floor, his left arm wrapped around her left shoulder. Anthony & his girlfriend, Brooke, have been best friends with Tom and Jessie for fourteen years. He and Tom look so much alike that other people often mistaken them to be brothers. Both of them stand at 5 feet and 10 inches & they are both twenty years old.