Escape The Night

Chapter 2

Carmin rushed out of her tent , a pistol in hand. She ran toward where the sound was coming from , which was near where all the children played. She was running so fast, her legs seemed to be running on air . She was the first person to reach the children first. What she saw was unspeakable. 

There was a small group of beasts there, circling the children, like how a cat would play with a mouse before finally eating it. The beasts' heads snapped up at the sound her pounding feet . Their muscles tensed and coiled, getting ready to spring at her any minute. Carmin raised the pistol at the nearest creature, willed her hand to stop shaking, took aim, and fired with precise accuracy , right between the monster's eyes . The creature flew backwards, the force of the bullet sending it at least 10 feet  away from the other creatures and children. 

Another beast hissed and lunged at Carmin, but she instinctively raised her foot and kicked it in it's disgusting grey head. It fell to the ground, it's skull making a horrific crunch as it hit the ground. Carmin heard pounding footsteps behind her, but she didn't dare turn her back towards the grotesque monsters. There were only 4 of them  left. They were no longer looking at the scrawny children, but focused on the bigger meal, Carmin. They stayed nearly 7 feet away from her, wary of the gun. They walked on there hands and legs , slouching there backs forward , making them look like some sort of gorilla . 

She glanced around her , at all the other people that had heard the children scream . There was Colton to her left with two guns , a shot gun and a colt 1911 officer's  ACP , and a girl to her right , holding a high cap pocket pistol . 

(A/N : I really do not know anything about guns , so this is just some guns I saw off a website ) 

One of the beasts started closing the distance. Carmin took aim again , but this time shot the beast in the chest . I fell to the ground , limp and still as death. Colton aimed at the smallest of the three that where left and shot it on the side of the head , barely above the ear . That left two creatures left . The children stood still , tears streaming down their faces , not sure what to do. Carmin sighed and gestured with her left hand for them   to run and get behind her . The children hesitated , but when they saw that the monsters eyes were trained on Colton and not them , they ran around the monsters with the speed of a trapped animal , which they technically were . They hid behind Carmin and the girl with the pocket pistol . 

Carmin took aim at one of the two beasts and shot it in the thigh . Not a fatal shot , but it would definitely slow it down . The monster howled in pain and shook it's leg , probably trying shake away the pain . Purplish blood gushed down it's leg , pooling on the ground by it's feet , mixing with the dirt until it was mud . The girl with the pocket pistol aimed at the beast , and with a terrifying crack like thunder , shot it in it's stomach . 

Carmin shud. Colton quickly shot the last remaining creature , which let out as small yip before falling to the ground . 

Carmin breathed deeply and looked at all six of the dead or dying beasts , her pistol clutched firmly on her pistol , just in case any of them still felt like fighting . one of the beasts' legs twitched . Carmin shot it in the throat and continued searching for any ones still alive . Carmin turned around and stared at Colton . She pointed at the beasts until he finally got the question she had been wanting to say . 

He shrugged and said ," I have don't know how they got in . My gunmen have been looking out for them for the whole day . They couldn't have gotten in at the entrance . " 

Carmin rolled her eyes and pointed at the children . They looked confused for a moment before one of them realized what she wanted .He rubbed his head , trying to remember how exactly it had happened . "Well , we were playing a game of tag when something sprang out of the bushes . At first we thought it was a dog or something , but it was to big to be a dog ." He paused and rubbed his face to get rid of the tear tracks on his dirty face . He sighed and continued ," Then a group of them formed . First it was two , then three , then four ...... they all just .....appeared . "