.Mate Problems.

-17-

(same place = same music)

Ash's pov:

I opened the large door with Sam's help and we found ourselves in a mostly empty room, with a throne in the back.

"out of all the places we've seen this one creeps me out the most" I must agree with Sam on that one, I felt watched.

the door slammed close behind us before something send Sam tumbling forward, I swung my ash shovel around as I turned around but the thing I hit exploded in an ink puddle and covering me as the lights in the room dimmed and I saw pairs of pure white eyes staring at us.

"Sam get up" I pulled her up and she also noticed these creatures hiding in the shadows all around us.

"oh no what do we do?!" she asked worried.

"just use your golf club and bash them to pieces, I have a feeling they are just buying time for something" I told her as we stood back to back as the inky creatures stepped closer with wet slashing sound at each step they made.

"a-alright" I could tell she didn't want to know what they were buying from and honestly, neither would I.

when they were a few steps away, I ran at the one the closest and hit it, they may be a lot but they are easy to kill, destroying their ink body is enough.... then I noticed there are those made of ash which is slightly stronger and takes more bashing.

"you. will. not. kill. me." I said, hitting an ash creature with one eye at each word I said.

something splattered on my face making me stagger back and try to whip it off, I got slashed with something while I was blinded and now I had three diagonal cuts across the top of my hands, if they weren't there my face would have been the one cut, it still got cut on the sides but my hands took most of the hit.

I could finally open one eyes, ink covering my face, my eye widens and I did a sort of back flip out of reflex to not get slashed again, I say sort of back flip as I had put my hands on the ground to do it.

"the heck?!"

this creature was not like the other without form, this one was made of ink yes but it kept its form.

two horns like a devil and a large unwavering smile on its face.... a real ink demon (hope someone gets the references I've been making since they arrived in this castle)

it launched at me and I rolled to the side, smashing two ash creature in the process, this one is much faster and stronger than the others! must be a scout for whatever their buying time! they must know we've been killing these monsters.

I blocked it's claws with the ash shovel and we started a pushing game, I held the shovel with both hands, my legs slowly buckling as it pressed down with a lot of strength, then I let the pressure go and stepped out of the way, making it fall to the ground, I stopped on its back harshly and hit its head over and over, with the most strength I ever used in here.

it flailed its arms around, leaving cuts on my legs but after a long while, it stopped moving but I hit it at least ten more time to be sure it stayed down and for good.

"Sam!" I called and sighed in relief when I saw she was alright.

we were both covered in ink and ashes.

"I'm alright Ash"

I heard the door cracking, like something was trying to open it, Sam also heard it and paled.

I grabbed her arm and ran to the throne and hid behind it just time as the door broke off its hinges.

we heard wet sloshing noises and I was sure it was IT, we are dead....