Adventure With the Demons

Chapter 1

December 2nd(Thursday), 2032

"Crunch Crunch Crunch" The heavy fall of footsteps echoed in my ears, and I shifted just so slightly into the 1985 Volkswagen. I was just going out for a hunt to find some food when I ran into the Vibestalker. The skinny tall creature was just on the other side of some trees. I slowly crept around and spotted the car, so I made a quick dash for it, tumbling into the trunk. Now I was waiting for life or death.

Does it know where I went?

Does it hear me?

Or does it have no clue?

I clutched my bow tightly, waiting quietly, then the footsteps started up again. But it was growing fainter, so I knew I would live this expedition out alive. I waited ten more minutes to be safe then I slowly lifted the trunk and climbed out into five inches of snow. I put a mental note in my head to put this car on the map when I got home and started the trot back. I was thinking about everything that was happening at this moment.

Why did this even happen to us?

How are we going to find the rest of my family?

Are they still alive?

Don't think about that Ava, just keep going with your team, with your new family, and you still have Adrian and Azberry left, right?

A bird fluttered in the treetops above me, my body went stiff, and then my hands grabbed an arrow, and lighting fast I shot my target down, landing right next to my brown leather boots. I grabbed the dead bird, the arrow stuck in its eye, a shot even my dad would have been proud of. I took the arrow out and put it back in my quiver, the bundle of berries latched on my belt rattling with every step I take, and my dark brown hair dancing in the wind.

The stars were already out when I arrived at our base. There was a wooden hatch on the ground and I opened it, it led down to a tunnel. I went down the ladder into the tunnel, the tunnel only being about 6 feet long, and 4 feet wide. I crawled to the other side and went up another ladder and opened another hatch.

I came up into a medium-sized room, also known as the lounge room, or living room. There were a couple of couches and beanbags, a small rock-sized coffee table, some shelves that held books and files on it, and also a big map on one of the walls. Quinn, Azberry, and Adrian were sitting on the couches. Quinn had a rubix cube in his hand and was fiddling around with it, Adrian and Azberry (or Ad and Az for short) were chatting.

"Hey! What took so long?" Called out Quinn.

"Yeah where have you been?" Said Azberry.

"It's a long story, I got some berries and a bird, but I also ran into the Vibe Stalker-"

"Are you ok?" Quinn interrupted

"Yes, I'm okay, I hid in the trunk of this Volkswagen, I'm going to go put my stuff away," I said

I went to the map, looked at the surroundings, and then found where the car was and tried to draw the car I found, but it looked more like a red splot in the end. I then walked through a wooden archway into our kitchen, which had another rock-made coffee table, some chairs and beanbags, a mini fridge, a stove, a sink, and some cabinets. I put the food I found away and went through a door.

The door led to another hallway, which had an array of doors on both sides, at the end of the hallway was another archway, which was our weapon room. It had a couch and a small rock-made coffee table, then a wooden table stretching out across the back wall, with a big rack on top holding lots of weapons. The back wall was made of stone, while the other 3 walls were made of wood and other materials. I put my bow and my quiver on my side of the rack and walked back to the lounge room, sat next to my brothers, Adrian and Azberry, and leaned on the side of the couch.