Sleeping With The Enemy (BoyxBoy)

Chapter Thirty

--Emmett's Point Of View--

I was dropped none too softly onto the circular platform cracking my ribs against the hard metal was a good start, I steadied myself so I could stand up and take in my surroundings. There was thirty two platforms circled around one large platform in the middle of a giant lake surrounded by thick forests of trees and shrub and every demonoid monster and mutant creature in existance including hellhounds that were invisible to everyone.

I spotted Cressida on the platform next to me and Ren two more down from me looking surprisingly calm clenching a rifle in his arms before slipping the strap over his head as a coundown projection started up.

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I held my breath clenching the medal of my ring between my fist and tightening my yugake on my other hand crouching down eyeing off the largest of the seven supply bags sitting on the central platform.

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Cressida winked over at me gripping his dagger in its holster fidgetting eagerly on his toes just itching to get going.

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Ren held a thumbs up sign to me blowing a little kiss to me stll showing the little sass he had left in him.

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Finny waved broadly from four platforms down holding up a peace sign before laughin loudly.

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Lux paled down to a sheet of white when she noticed she had a little dagger compared to the weapons that we had against her.

The buzzer tore through the silence and I dove into the water shivering under the icey lashes of the waves spraying in my face as I drove my arms through the currents towards the platform, I felt the latch of someone's hand around my ankle and I slammed my foot back into their face with such force I already heard the first ding of a fallen demonoid, I was the first to kill someone; and it was exhilarating.

I threw myself up onto the platform where another demonoid had just scrambled onto the platform, he threw a knife in my direction but missed narrowly where I had space to whip my dagger from my thigh and bury it in his throat dislodging it when I kicked him off the side spraying blood all over my neck and face as Finny, Cressida and Ren made it up eaching snatching one bag from the pile and slinging it over their back.

I made a run with the largest and jumped back into the water with them dragging the heavy back through the water towards the muddy waters near the banks "That was insane Emmett, you were all terminator" Finn laughed shaking the water from his hair hitching the bag higher.

"No time, we gotta go" I panted pointing to the other drawing closer to the shore, Cressida nodded taking lead at a quick sprint jumping over rocks and fallen roots followed by a surprisingly agile Ren and Finn, I kept to the back with my long dagger ready and dark magic as back up in hope that all my reading of how to use them has paid off.

"We gotta get high up, we have two snipers and an archer that are within use" Finn whispered ducking under a low lying branch.

"Yeah, we need tall and thick to hide." Cressida nodded in agreeance looking up as he walked "There!" He hissed pointing to the gigantic oak tree hidden in the canopy witha hollowed out part of the trunk near the top, perfect to sleep and shelter in. A snarl sounded and the fast pounding of paws against the dirt, a hellhound was incredibly near. Cressida was thrown to the ground and three claw marks tore into his shirt and flesh spurting blood from his stomach, a pained wail escaped from his mouth pressing both of his hands to the wound.

Ren acted on impulse and slipped his rifle from his shoulder and lined it up with the rippling silhouette and pulled the trigger tearing the bullet through the hounds skull, the heavy thud was a good sign that Ren was a good shot.