Wilt and Wither

Chapter 24

"Do you even know what were up against?" Danny said rolling up to the building. Or should I say what was left of the building. The last time Jackson and I went here it was white and gleaming looking to be carved out of marble.

Now the building had cracks and crumbling cement throughout. One pillar in particular looked to be having a bad day. Pearl white rotted to dull gray with vines crawling up the sides choking whatever life is left. "Lilith is a princess of hell. Expect the worse."

We walk up the steps as they partly shake beneath our weight. This building was going down sooner rather than later. The door to the front was unlocked and moaned as I opened it.

The hallway entrance was dark and dank the smell of mold thick around us. I could feel the fear and revulsion from my friends and hoped no other creatures would.

"Take a deep breath you guys and rein in the feels. These creatures can sense it."

"Ugh no thanks! The smell is so gross and that's someone whose lived  underwater for years." Rory held her nose. "So rank."

A crash ahead made us jump, but I didn't stop. I had one thing in mind and that was finding Cole and Jackson. At the end of the hall the stairs led up but a black sludge covered the area making our feet slip. "Hold onto the railing."

Rory bent down to touch it as it singed her hand. "Son of a b-"

"Careful." I smile. "Demon muck can be quite  nasty. It eats flesh."

"Well that's usually something you disclose to someone who is adventuring with you." She snapped cradling her hand like a baby.

"Adventuring?"

"I have fangs, I will use them." She hissed.

"And I gave you legs, should I take them back?"

"Girls shut up and focus."

I giggle as Rory gives me a sly smile. "Yes Daniel." We say in unison.

Up the stairs is no better the carpet looks molded and disintegrating in places and the smell is a fabulous mix of dead skunk and rotten potatoes.

Rory rips out a scream as I yank out my blade as two large hands wrap around me constricting movement. "You're coming with us." A gurgled deep voice says. I strain to see what has me.

"A black orc... really?" I shake my head. "I didn't know you guys do other people's dirty work." The other two drag Rory and Daniel off as I fight the panic in my chest.

Black Orc's loved fear it was there version of Viagra. There was absolutely no way in hades I was fighting off a seven foot tall black orc with an erection!

He squeezed harder. "Shut up." Down the hall he shoves me into a room locking the door behind me. My head smacks against the floor causing stars to sprinkle in and out of my vision.

When my vision straightens I see I am in a make shift medical lab. Medical curtains are up around the corner area. I hear heals click on the off white tiled floor as I slowly pick myself up off the grimy ceramic.

We are in what looks to be a bathroom. Just perfect. "How very jigsaw of you." I cradle my head fighting the ache.

"I thought I would be waiting forever for this moment. Well technically I did, but mhm." She grabs my hair wrenching it back so I am looking at her.

She is gorgeous in an unreal way. Her long black hair reaches her butt in graceful waves that surround a pixie like face. She is all sharp angles and precise beauty.