Nov 3, 2010

Openning

The quiet rattling of bones as the skeletal monster moved brazenly in the room, crashing into the walls and pillars. Axel stayed hidden in the shadows of the door, too afraid to move and call attention to himself, the beast's maw coated in the blood of his companions. His usually clean and cut black suit disheveled and marked with the red, sickly substance. It took all his willpower to not barf at the sight and stench that plagued him in the dark room, only the sounds of crashing and click of bones to stone. As the beast departed farther and farther from his hiding spot, Axel dared to inched out of his position, holding hope that the monstrosity had given up. Slowly groping the wall to raise himself, the hollow click of bone returned, the beast's appearance nowhere in sight. Axel stood frozen, not daring to move or even breath, his heart paused. The clicking continued, the darkness never broken by the white sheen of bone that monster wore, Axel's eyes strained to glimpse the fear and move his mind to cower again. But he never saw it, only the constant click of bone broke through the deadness. A pebble fell and tapped Axel's shoulder, dragging his gaze to the crimson maw around him, a trap.

Axel dove forward out of the clench of jaws, the door splintering into millions of pieces as the beast tracked Axel's path with its unseeing eyes, the milky film only gesturing to the sense that once was. His breathe returning, Axel rolled across the bloodied and battered floor and ran toward the nearest pillar, it's grand size one of many in the ancient majestic hall. Axel barely reached the stony support when it trembled with a crash and litter rained down from above, a piece of the column shattering on the ground. In absolute fear, Axel pulled his gaze upward again to find the maw around him. It was toying with him. Axel was nothing more than a toy to the bored monster that had just decimated his entire crew. Axel was not going to stand for it.

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