User blog:Safnar/Pg 5 Deaths edge

The caravan moved quickly up I-95. The ground around us was darkening the air was getting thicker and heavy the light was fading. And suddenly we were clear. The presser in my abdomen, which I had just started to notice, was relieved and breathing got easier. The world behind us had turned to a Dark demon realm. We pulled over at the edge of the realms shadow. There were things we needed to discuss. And I wanted to know who these people were. I wrenched the rifle from Maxes hands.

"Stay here." Then I turned to Lela who looked like she wanted to follow me out. "You two. No one but me is getting off the bus." I announced. I didn’t hear any arguments. I got off the bus and confronted the people who had followed me out of the newly made demon real. There was a cop car, its two occupants looked worn out and still clung to their guns. Two minivans inside witch families sat waiting for the fathers to come back with news. And a flatbed truck, who’s only occupant looked slightly annoyed but unconcerned with the current situation. He did however seem interested in the lisardman watching me from the window. And before the gathered group could say anything he said.

"Why is there a monster on that bus?" He asked calmly but the others tensed ready for a fight. Now the attention was on me no one spoke. I'm sure they were all thinking I had come from that buss what if I was some kind of monster?

"Relax she’s only dangerous to me." I said trying to assure them.

"What makes you say that?" One of the cops asked. His voice was level but there was an accusation in his tone. This was going bad fast.

"Because I used to read the files on these monsters when they were just entertainment. According to the book she challenges you to a fight if you act tough and macho. If you beat her she fall in love with you. I was unfortunate enough to beat her now she’s after me and me only now relax." I said in a rush. Maybe telling the armed cop to relax was bad bad idea, sue me i was a teenager.

"And who’s to say she’s not the only one on board? You? I followed you because of the fancy light show above the bus. I thought well I just saw a man swallowed by a giant worm maybe gods given me a sign? But if there’s monsters on board." One of the cops said. Light show? what dose that mean? Id have to come back to that later.

"There isn’t." I said. I was small and a chilled to the assembled men it wasn't a surprise they didn't trust me.

"We’ll just have to go and see." The other cop said. The man from the truck pointed his shot gun at me.

"Now you just sit tight while these two gentlemen go check your bus." He said as the two cops climbed its stares. The family in the car looked mortified. I saw one boy in the back seat crying. There was a loud commotion coming from the bus. The cops dragged Lela off the bus by her brown pony tail and tossed her on the ground guns raised.

"Kid told the truth she was the only monster on board. Let’s kill her and get on with this." The cop with the dangerous looking shotgun said.

"No." I said moving to help Lela.

"Don't do anything stupid boy." The truck man said tightening his grip on his own gun.

"Do you know how many of us they just killed?" The cop with the .9mm pistol asked.

"Monsters don’t kill humans!" Lela shouted startling everyone. "If a monster killed a human she could be potentially taking away a monsters future husband. That is something we hold most precious and there for humans are not to be killed unless in self defense. Not that humans share the same views." She spat. The cop was clearly thinking fast.

"Ok. Ok here’s the plan. We take the bus the kids and the gun. You can stay here with your girlfriend." He said my first thought jumped to Max who was still on the bus.

"I can’t let you take that bus." I said. Now all guns where pointed at me.

"You don’t have much of a chose." The truck man said. The cop with the shot gun snatched my rifle away and tossed it at one of the fathers from the Suvs. I didn't care about the gun I wouldn't let them take Max.

"You’re not taking that bus." I said more firmly. Max was in the door way his eyes wide.

"Sam?" He asked. Then the troll poked her head out of her burrow.

"What’s-" A gun went off. Something Wight hot tore into my side and I suddenly had no strength left. I fell to the ground Max screamed and came running everyone else scattered to the cars. They left us, Max, Lela, and myself, on the edge of the road barley ten feet from the shadow of a demon realm with a bleeding bullet hole in my right side.

I was going to die. I could feel my life spilling out of me with my blood. I was vaguely aware of Max's crying and Lela’s legs under my head. The troll shouted something. The world was growing dim and I watched it fade waiting for that moment when my body over writ my will and everything just stopped altogether. I was lifted off the ground. It felt like an eternity since I had been shot what was taking so long? Why was I still here? I felt my journey in someone’s arms, I barley had the energy left to figure it was Lela's, as I was carried off in the direction the trolls voice had come from. The world was suddenly cast in shadow I could see a dirt ceiling above me I could faintly here Max's voice next to me. What would happen if I was gone? would Lela look after him like a mother or would she turn her romantic interests on him? He was only 11 he wasn't ready for sex. I needed to live to protect him. That would be my last waking thought, before i passed out.