Enduring The Darkness

chapter 3: threat (third rule)

I walked down the street cautiously. I heard a voice coming from inside a house as I walked past it. I heard the voice of a woman asking me to come inside the house with such innocent and polite words.

"Come inside son. I have food and shelter for you". I looked inside the house from the window as that filthy demon smiling, it starts to scratch the floor with his nails as he looks at my eyes, the voice came out of its mouth yet this time more violent. It looked angry and scary enough to make me back off from the window "Come inside let us play together, let me tear you apart feed on you and steal your soul". His body was all dark and black you could see cuts on it and some dark sticks penetrating his body. His teeth were sharp like shark teeth... yet only a few teeth he had. It had 4 arms, its saliva starts to leak on the floor melting it slowly. 

I walked away scared yet I knew I am safe in the light. I walked through the streets with destroyed cars with broken buildings. It is a kind of big town with a lot of stores. It is a good thing to have more supplies. As I was walking to the store that I recently started to take supplies from. I heard a voice.... it was the voice of a car engine. I instantly hide behind a broken car that had no windows or glass in it as it was broken from every side and scratched with these demon's nails.

Rule number three trust no one..... there were people walking around the streets passed by me holding guns in their hands. I could hear them walking as they were talking to each other. One of the guys said to the other ''This is surely a big town, it would be a good place to settle down for a while. I heard Steve found some people too''. The other one replied ''yeah it would be good if we can find more people we couldn't find much lately... we need to find more'' he starts to laugh historically. It seems they found people who are passing by.... or maybe from my town but either way these people are bad news.

I put my shotgun in the holster on my back. I pulled my knife from the holster from my bag and put the bag on my back. I crouched and started following them as I try as much not to make any noise or sounds. There was something in them that was bothering me. I had to make sure... they were a lot of them, dozens of them, they had cars as well so far I know they had 2 cars. I started hiding in the shadows behind the destroyed cars and hide in the alleys taking a risk of facing one of the demons but I am not sure if facing these humans would be any better.

I followed three of them it seems they were exploring the town searching for survivors as I noticed that they were heading towards a store that I used to take from its supplies, salt, and canned food. They entered the store opening their flashlights. I crouched inside not making a sound. They went to different sides of the store one went to the right and two to the left. I followed the one on the right as I heard a shot from the guy on the left and a scream. I hide behind a fridge which was next to me. I saw one of them guys thrown to the ground next to me as his throat was torn apart and his stomach sliced open. The other guy started shooting and aimed the flashlight at the demon, the demon started burning and flee away it is still morning the sun will definitely kill it. The demon disappeared leaving nothing but dark ashes. Bullets don't hurt them but it seemed it was covered with salt. Demons get burned from salt. The other guy looked at one of his friends who is barely alive as he was bleeding and torn up. His arm is cut off and his leg was a huge part of it got bitten off.

He got down on his knees, I took a peek to see their eyes turned red. He started eating his friend alive, eating his flesh to the bones. His friend died as he was eaten alive. That's what happens when people eat the other... they become addicted to it and start having strength beyond the strength of a human. Some say they pray for some powerful demons, eat other humans and pray more and in exchange, they obtain this new strength but they still remain food stacks for the demons, they still are no match for them.

I grab my knife and got up as he was eating his friend. He instantly stopped eating as he looked at me. I throw the knife right to his chest, he screamed as he fell to the floor. I took my shotgun out of the hostel and aimed at his head. No matter how many humans they eat, they remain human they still bleed and die. He pulled the knife out and punched the ground as he cracked it.

''tell me how many of you are there?''I asked as he was trying to get up, I shot his feet.  He screamed as his feet were blown apart. He said  ''you gonna die, we are all over the place. You will be nothing more than our desert''. I heard a car stopping by the store as few men got out of the car, the shooting must have been too loud. I looked at him and ask him one last question  ''where is your main camp''. He said ''fuck you''. I pump on the slide as the shell got ejected to the ground. I blow up his head. The other guys heard the sound as they entered the store I hide behind the fridge. I took 2 knives out of their holster from my bag. Nothing changed.... humans don't change at all, they always greedy and now they are more greedy more selfish. It is time to get rid of these guys. I closed my eyes as I knew I must kill them all now or they would be trouble later... Haven't killed for so long.