The White-Eyed Demon

Chapter 2: Inferno

Sirenia rolled around in bed that night, thinking over and over about what Steve said. Accepting the fact that she cannot sleep she gets up out of bed and gets dressed, not knowing why. She whispers to herself while tying her shoes. "Something big is about to happen. I need to be ready for it when it does." A huge rumble shakes the ground beneath Sirenia's feet, the shake being so great that she falls to the floor. Screams of panic and terror pierce the night air. Sirenia runs towards the nearest window and throws open the curtains to discover total pandemonium in the city. "SHIT!" Sirenia starts to run out the door when she feels a force tightly grab her wrist, she turns her head to look at her mother, wearing an old robe and anger in her eyes hissing out. "WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING YOUNG LADY?!" Sirenia yanks her arm out of her mothers grasp. "PEOPLE NEED HELP MOTHER!! I'M GOING TO GO HELP THEM!" "NO YOU AREN'T!" She screeches as Sirenia gets closer to the door, Sirenia turns and glares at her mother finally letting loose on her. "YOU'RE A SELFISH BITCH!! EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE ABOUT YOU!! YOU NEVER LET ME LIVE LIFE HOW I WANTED TO LIVE IT! WELL IT'S TIME I TAKE LIFE INTO MY OWN HANDS!! THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO ARE TERRIFIED AND DYING! IF I'M NOT GOING TO SAVE THEM WHO IS?! THE GUARDS ARE BUSY!! JUST STAY HERE AND STAY SAFE! I'LL BE BACK!" Sirenia runs off, not giving her mother time to reply. She sees the inn nearby, on fire and runs towards it. People are running out of the building save for a mother screaming a name. Sirenia rushes to the womans side the woman looks at her and sobs "MY LITTLE BOY IS IN THERE! HIS NAME IS THOMAS!! I-I ACCIDENTALLY LET GO OF HIS HAND WHILE ESCAPING! I-I---"

Before the woman can finish, Sirenia darts into the burning building. Adrenaline coursing through her veins as flames lick at her clothes while she looks around for the boy. Coughing on smoke she grabs a length of curtain which is not burnt and wraps it around her mouth in an attempt to avoid inhaling more of the thick black smoke. Over the dull roar of the flames she hears sobbing, sprinting towards the source of it. It is coming from a bathroom on the first floor, 'The doorknob is not hot, meaning the fire has not spread to that room. I still have time!' Bursting open through the door she spots two small children laying in the bathtub. A little girl and a little boy are both conscious. The little boy is holding a stuffed animal close to him. Without saying anything she scoops up the two youngsters in her arms and wastes no time in getting outside. Horror-stricken by what she see's. Blood and gore litter the cobblestone streets, zombies amble around looking for fresh meat. The little boys mother lays nearby, clearly dead as judged by the arrow lodged in her throat. 'SHIT!' 

Sirenia looks all around for some sort of weapon and spots a dead armored guard nearby. She puts the kids down and speaks in a firm tone. "Stay right here, don't move." They nod their heads, tears streaming down their sooty cheeks. Sirenia races to the armored guards corpse and puts on his iron armor and diamond sword. 'Wow, this dude must have been high ranking. Only Guard Captains are given a diamond blade.' She turns back around towards the children and sees a spider cornering them, baring its fangs and hissing. 

"GET AWAY FROM THEM YOU UGLY FUCKER!!" Swinging the sword she cuts the spider in half, killing it. "COME ON!" She picks up the youngsters in one arm, while holding the blade in the the other and wanders the city trying to find a safe place to put them. A guard runs to her through the thick  hazy smoke, shouting something inaudible. She meets him halfway and hands him the children. "TAKE THEM SOMEPLACE SAFE!!" "What about---" Before the guard can even finish his statement Sirenia disappears back into the smoke, silently praying her house was still standing. When she gets there though she sees that the roof has collapsed and her home is on fire. 'FATHER!' She fearlessly enters the blaze and goes to her parents room to find her father unconscious on the floor, blood pooling around his head. "FATHER!!" Tears fill her eyes, but hoping that he is still alive she throws him over her shoulder, carrying him out of the burning home, propping him up against a nearby storefront. "I'll be right back father! Stay here!" She kisses him on the forehead before running back inside for her mother, but is unable to find her inside. Hearing loud shrieks and squawks from outside she goes back out, just in time as the house collapses. 'Damn, that was to close!'