The Underworld: Losing Everything

Chapter 5

Azura noticed the time was absolutely crazy and didn't make any logical sense. She didn't want to be alone with these creepy things happening, although she had to finish the shift.
"Just... three more hours..." she murmured to herself. She figured it wouldn't be that long, since sometimes time was flying, literally, and sometimes it went so slow the world stopped.On her way home, she realized there was a disaster happening. Every building, home, or shop in Stonedale was completely destroyed. People were running for their lives and crying their eyes out. She could hear some demon screaming, "Go my babies! Mommy will be back soon!" Azura saw so many demons running, and others trapped, or so injured they couldn't move. Just crying and screaming.

I need to find Ace and Aries. Her first instinct was to sprint towards the direction demons were fleeing away from. It was the same direction that her den was, anyway. Azura was afraid Ace was already dead, although she still felt a glimpse of hope in her heart. She yelled at the top of her lungs- anyone could hear her over the top of so many other cries- so loud her throat ached in pain, "Ace! Wherever you are, I'll come to find you!"
She soon saw what the disaster really was; someone committed a massacre to the entire west side of Stonedale. Unfortunately, Azura's den was in the west side of the town. She ran faster than she ever did, and went almost lightspeed to where the den would be. Awed by what she had done, she stared and allowed herself a few nanoseconds of self-recognition. Only about a second later, she realized she still had to find Ace and Aries. When she found what she could remember calling home, it was just Aries that sat in the den, whimpering. "Aries, where did Ace go?" Aries did nothing. She called for Aries again as she started to jog, thinking that Ace was dead. She knew this wasn't a time to mourn over his absence.

Azura and Aries began their flee from home. As she ran, there were many tree branches that scraped at her flesh. She tripped on a root, and could not walk anymore. "Aries!" He dashed over to lick the bloody wound. "We need to stay here for now." she told the dog. It wasn't far enough from Stonedale, but it would do. Hopefully she could drag herself under a tree for shelter.

Come on, at least try to walk, she thought, I wish Ace was here. He always knew what to do. There was no point in calling for help, but she felt like there could possibly be someone near. "Ace.. anybody.. please help.." she sobbed. I'm going to die. I have no healing potions, nothing. Not even a home anymore... or a brother. She vented out and cried until she fell asleep.
It was a bad idea to fall asleep in the forests. Especially when there could be death wolves waiting to eat her alive with no hesitation. Azura had completely forgotten about death wolves, although she was having a traumatizing nightmare...

Oh my Lucifer. It's so dark. What is happening? Wait. There's something watching me. It has really beamy eyes, recognizably like a cat. It is coming closer to me.

"What do you want?" I tried to say, but I can't talk. My voice feels like it has a resistance. Not raspy. I'm trying to say something, but it feels like my words attempt to escape, but a ball and chains send the words back down my throat never to be heard again.

I manage to say something, but I'm just speaking gibberish. "Atway oday youway antway.I don't understand. I'm trying my best to speak, but I make no sense.

I can hear the creature taking steps. There's an echo to it, as if we were in a deep cave or empty room. "Unray." I know that language, it's on the tip of my tongue. I say out loud, "Igpay atinlay." the creature replies with "Ogay, unray ownay." I thank the creature as I start to run in a direction I have no idea of, and suddenly feel like I can't move anything anymore.

My whole body feels warm for a split second, and stabs my skin with a temperature that feels cold, yet steaming hot. It makes me tingle in an uncomfortable way. Then, slowly, starting in the tips of my toes, and heading up, is excruciating pain. It's like I'm being stabbed slowly, yet rapidly and it won't stop until there's nothing but flesh and bones left of me.