Mysteries of Riverwood

Chapter 58 :- The Ultimate Showdown

Alex's entire body was trembling as he stared at the impossible figure before him.

"Mateo! But you died? This is impossible!"

Mateo smirked, his eyes cold and menacing. "Yeah, I kinda noticed that. Guess whose fault it is?"

Mateo then sneered, his voice dripping with malice. "Remember what I said at Maria's party? How I was gonna make you pay for all your smartass remarks? Your little friends threw me out that time," he paused, a sinister smirk spreading across his face.

"But this time, I brought some friends too."

The bushes around Alex rustled violently before exploding, unleashing a snarling wave of skeletal dog creatures. Their blazing red eyes burned like embers in the night, casting a hellish glow on their gaunt forms. Yellow saliva dripped from their gaping jaws, sizzling as it hit the ground like acid. They moved with the precision of a well-oiled nightmare, their bony limbs clicking and clattering like the keys of a macabre piano. The air was now cold and filled with the sound of rattling bones and growls that echoed like the wails of the damned, sending chills down Alex's spine.

In a horrifying instant, the skeletal horde charged towards Alex and his group of friends, their ghastly forms closing in with relentless ferocity.

Alex shouted, "Here they come!"

He dropped into a ready crouch as three of the creatures lunged at him. To his right, Andy gripped his crowbar, ready to swing.

Alvin's voice cut through the chaos.

"Andy, get the middle one! Alex, you get the left, Kimmy, get the right!"

Just then, a skeletal dog lunged at Alvin with a bone-chilling roar. Alvin smirked, his reflexes sharp as a striking snake. He caught the creature's head mid-air, and with a surge of strength, he crushed its skull, the sound of shattering bone echoing like splintering ice. As he tossed the lifeless body aside, he looked at the two remaining skeletal dogs that had him surrounded. His smirk widened.

"Do you really thought I was an easy target? Or do you want to take down the strongest first?" he taunted, his eyes gleaming with fierce determination.

On the other hand, Alex tightened his grip on the pole saw, its weight reassuring in his hands. He swung the saw at the creature on his left, the blade biting into bone and moss with a sickening crunch. The skeletal beast let out an unearthly shriek as it crumbled to the ground.

Andy met his target head-on, the crowbar connecting with a resounding thud. The creature staggered, then collapsed, its bony limbs twitching in the dirt.

Kimmy, with a fierce yell, swung her rock-filled purse at the creature on the right. The impact shattered its skull, sending shards of bone flying.

"Woo! We've got a triple threat right here!" Andy shouted in exhilaration.

Snarling, another skeletal creature charged toward Alex, its blazing red eyes fixated on him. Before he could react, Kyle abomination himself, barreled into it from the side. The impact was thunderous, and the creature was smashed to the ground with a sickening crunch that echoed through the night.

Kyle seized the creature by its spine, his bony fingers digging into the cracked bones. He shook it with ferocious strength, the sound of splintering ribs and cracking joints filling the air. The creature's movements grew erratic and then ceased altogether, its eerie red eyes dimming into lifeless orbs.

He then looked up at Alex, a ghastly grin spreading across his skeletal face, his hollow eyes gleaming with a twisted sense of pride.

Alex smiled back, "Good boy."