The War Against Monsters

Chapter 2: The Chaos Begins

The creature launched itself at Raijin the second he screamed. Raijin reacted quickly and dodged the jumping creature. The creature sailed past his head and landed in the stall that he was in. Raijin felt his heart drop to his stomach and he quickly unlocked the stall door and ran out of the stall. The creature launched itself at him again. Raijin once again reacted quickly and slammed the stall door on the creature when it was about to grab him. The door didn't help one bit. The creature burst through the door, leaving a hole that was shaped like it.

Raijin quickly took a step back when the creature jumped at him again. Raijin turned to his heels and began to run to the bathroom door. He quickly reached it and opened the door before slamming it shut behind him. He didn't waste a single second after that. He instantly began to run through the long hallway.

'What the hell is going on?! Is this a dream?! Is this real?! What the hell was that thing?!', As he ran, he began to think that this was just a dream. This couldn't possibly be real. Monsters weren't real. So... if they aren't real?, 'What the hell did I just escape from?!'

As Raijin sprinted down the hallway, his heart pounded in his chest, matching the frantic rhythm of his footsteps. Panic surged through him as he tried to make sense of the terrifying encounter he had just experienced. Was it possible that he had simply imagined the creature? But the memory of its screeching cry and the chilling sight of it feasting on the dead student were all too vivid to dismiss as a mere hallucination.

His thoughts raced as he searched for a logical explanation. Maybe it was some sort of elaborate prank, orchestrated by Niko or one of his cronies. But even as he entertained this possibility, Raijin couldn't shake the feeling of primal fear that gripped him, a fear that told him this was no ordinary prank. As he kept thinking and running, he heard another screech. This was a different one. He then heard another one. The another. Then he heard multiple screeches together.

The school's hallway had a huge window instead of a wall on one side. It covered the entire hallway. Raijin heard another screech. He turned to the window and-

*SMASH*

-Ducked. If he hadn't crouched at that moment, he would undoubtedly be missing his head. A winged creature had just burst through the window. It looked like a phoenix, other than the fact that this thing had a body size of 4 feet and a wingspan of 25 feet. It broke lockers as it landed on it's feet and stood up, spreading it's wings wide open.

Raijin started to quickly crawl away while looking at the winged creature. He then heard multiple more smashes and crashes. He looked around and his blue eyes widened with fear. There were multiple of these things standing in the hallway now. Some of them were even bigger than the first one, breaking more lockers and walls, making debris fly everywhere. Raijin was about to let out another scream. But, before he could do that, someone beat him to it.

A loud girl's scream came from one of the nearest classrooms. Raijin was too scared at his own situation to be worried about that. The winged creatures all turned to look at the classroom. Raijin felt some hope that they would leave him alone. But, that was wishful thinking. The creatures all turned to look back at him. He then heard another scream. Then another. And another. Soon, it felt like the entire school was screaming. Raijin realized what was going on.