Once the first step was taken Sky was pulled through and landed on solid ground almost instantaneously. He was the last one to walk through and after taking a deep breath he stood up and took in his surroundings. It was beautiful. Green grass surrounded them all around. They had ended up in a small clearing between a few hills. Sky looked back and watched the portal disappear.
Looking back he noticed his friends calling him over. They were all crowded in a small circle around something.
"What is it?" He heard Cooper whisper.
Harry was first to answer.
"That's a slime, the smallest threat we could ever encounter?"
"So it's a threat?" Sky asked as he finally reached them.
The slime was obviously called a slime for an obvious reason. It was pretty much a small green ball of a jelly looking substance.
"I highly doubt it! It just looks like a big ball of green gel." Cooper laughed.
"Because that's what it is!" Gumboi shrugged and stuck his hand inside the slime.
"See? Absolutely nothin- AAAGHAGHAGHAGAH GET IT OFF! IT HURTS! SOMEONE PLEASE!"
At first it was as if he was joking. The slime didn't even flinch. But Gumboi was obviously in pain. Cooper was first to react. He grabbed Gumboi and told him so relax as he cut it off. Gumboi was shocked but he agreed. Cooper slowly cut the edges around Gumboi's hand. The slime deflated like a balloon. Gumboi grabbed his revolver and pointed it at his attacker.
"Mate! Relax... It's dead!" Nat sighed.
Gumboi muttered under his breath, walking away. Sky looked up at the sky. It was getting dark and they would need to find shelter soon. Nat must have seen this too as he immediately took control.
"Cooper and Sparky, gather up as much gel from the slime as possible. It's an extremely flammable material and we need a light source for when it gets dark. Harry and Sky, you come and help me with a shelter. And Gumboi... Just sit there and rest!" Nobody argued and they started working.
When night had fallen they had only managed to build half a shelter. They were gonna have to try and survive because they were almost out of materials. The hut like shelter was the ugliest thing Sky had ever seen. It had wooden walls and no floor or roof. It was pretty much a square wall of wood. Sky finished hammering on their last piece of wood.
"This is never going to work. Where going to have to fight!"
"Against who?"
"I don't know, but we were told what kind of monsters could attack!"
Sky heard his friends speaking.
"Look! People!" Harry pointed into the dark.
"Really? Where?"
In the darkness Sky could just make out two figures stumbling towards them. It took Sky awhile to realise but as they got closer he was able to make out what they were. Their clothes were ripped and their skin was rotting. One of them was missing an arm.
"ZOMBIES!" Nat was the first to react.
Instantly they all sprung into action. Cooper stabbed his sword into the chest of one of them. Realising he hadn't killed it yet he drew his sword back out and stabbed it in the face. Blood poured out from the wound. The left one was taken out when Nat jumped down from a high ledge and buried his building hammer into his enemies head. Sky jumped when he heard the skull crack open.
"That was a close one!" Cooper sighed.
"Well you haven't seen nothing yet! There are more of 'em!" Gumboi pulled his gun out and aimed it into the darkness.
"I don't see anything." Harry peered even further.
Nat pulled out a glow-stick from his backpack. He gently rolled it out, lighting up the surrounding area. This wasn't just a few zombies...
This was a horde.
