JAMES
Following Shori i held my PSP high trying to light the way.... but the caves were too dark. After a couple minutes of staaring at Shori's head I began to check out the walls, rounded at the top, inperfect edging... Not like modern tunnels today, you could even see the indervisual marks of the picks and what not that was used....
As i stared to my side i suddenly hit into something, looking infront of me i saw Shori staring at me. I put my free hand behind my head and smiled stupidly... GREAT i just walked into him, He looked back infront of him and he stayed still. Coming closer i looked over his shoulder and saw the massive drop that was before us. A sheer cliff face that plumted into a dark hole. I stared in amazment down the hole, meanwhile SHori was staring off into the distance. I looked up at him then followed his gaze. Several yards away (to far to jump, even for me) was what looked to be another ledge. But after staring for a short while i realised that what looked like the ground of the ledge was actually the top of the walls for a GIANT maze.
My mouth gaped open, Labyrith. GREAT. Now all i could think about was Minotaur and Hecules's rippling muscles. I took a step back and started to try and make my bicepts look bigger. After a couple tries i looked up to see Shori Staring at me with a... well lets just say... NOT NICE stare. I smiled again and then began to whistle. I walked in a small circle while he continued to stare at me. Eventually i decided ignoring him should work.... I leant against the solid wall...At least that's what i THOUGHT it was.
Tumbling i slid down the incline, rolling over and over again. Slaming face first into the ground i stopped.
"Ow...." i heard a grinding sound and raised my head in time to see shori 'sliding' gracefully down the incline.
"Good Job. You found our path." I couldn't help but growl at him. As he walked past me I ensured my fangs were still sharp and pointed. I pricked my finger against each, PEFECT, as always. Walking behind him i took out my PSP and brushed it lightly. Thankfully it obtained no injuries, But i did get a nasty cut on my cheek.
Healing in seconds I looked up from my PSP screen to see Shori had vanished.
"SHORI. OI, where are you!!!??" no answer came back.... As i looked around me trying to see where he could of went my psp made a familiar and gut-renching sound.... the LOW BATTERY SIGNAL!!!!!
"NO, NO, NO... you can't be dead... you can't!!!" I hit the screen against my palm and yet still, the screen faded. The darkness crept in. Closing all around me... This was the end, I couldn't last here.
"James! This way." I turned around clutching my dead player to my chest. Shori was half in, half out of a WALL!!! I walked closer my eyes open in amazement. WHAT THE HELL!!!? i tried to touch the wall, it was holographic! COOL!!!!!!
I continued to follow him, that is until A TRAPDOOR!! Shori fell through it, i tried to follow but it closed shut before i could enter. I tried to free SHori but the edges where almost weilded to the ground. I gave up.... Eventually continuing on i stumbled through another 'hollow wall' falling through and landing on my back i sat there trying to think what i should do next.
A warm breeze fluttered on my neck... no..... a hot.... BREATH... Panic shook my body, i remained ridged. Slowly turning around i looked to see a set of red eyes glowing in the dark. Staring at me, as though looking through me and seeing only my soul... Just wait... do Vampires have souls??
I got onto my hands and knees and backed away slowly, the eyes followed centimetres from my face, almost touching. As my foot exited through were it came the beasty yelled out a horrible bellow. The sound echoing off the walls... Scared like ANYTHING i RAN out of there as fast as possible. The thing had wings and flew after me, the maze i was in had no ceiling, the thing flew above me carelessly as i had to dodge the walls and turn around the corners.
As i rounded a corner a hit into a solid wall. A dead end. my hands instinctavly went to cover my face, anything but my beautiful face! The beast landed on the tops of the walls. It looked like a black teridactal. It's beak as long as my arm, and thincker then me. It's eyes huge and nothing but an eerie glowing red. Wings that were taller then 2 of me standing ontop of each other. HUGE BEASTY.... BIG BEASTY
"Nice creature of hell, good creature of hell.... don't hurt daddy now...." it leaned in closer and i covered my face with both my arms. This time my life didn't flash before my eyes... instead my grandma's voice came through
"You are a Desruk, the most powerful of all Vampires. You should be scared of NOTHING... and everything should be scared of YOU." Even her French accent came through. Uncovering my arms and looked at it.... Taking a deep breath in i thrusted out my chest, I wasn't scared of this little thing.
Snapping it's jaws i quicly exhaled and backed against the wall... OK i WAS scared of it!!!! We stayed like that for ages, or what seemd like ages. I couldn't help but look it over, it's massive strutcure, wings of scariness, beak of gigantic size (IF i go to heavan that beak is going to be TRIPLE that size)... it's bleeding leg....
My eyes instantly took a double-take. Bleeding leg..... A beeze came up and now i could smell it. Sweet yet powerful and strong. I hadn't had a bit to eat in ages. A cocky smile spread on my face. A split second later i tore off it's wing. Licking the blood that came seeping out, it tried to defend with it's beak. Taking my gaze off the gushing blood i grabbed it's beak and twisted its head in towards me until i heard the satifying 'creak' of bone. It fell onto the floor on the other side of the wall. Soaking up the blood, i finally looked up after i had enjoyed my fill only to see a short stought figure standing before me. Dull skinned, large beard, a large club in it's hand and a it's beard a fantastic orange/red colour. A Dwarve, the first i had ever seen in my entire life.....
Staring at it i couldn't help but think killiing whatever that thing was... might NOT have been a good idea.
"You are the fellow accompaning Master Shori from the Hano Academy am i correct?" the use of language from this monstrosity was amazing and i couldn't help but gap.
"Sir, am i correct? Your physical description matches that of what Master Shori advised us, however your skill with culling our guard bird suggests otherwise."
"ahhh, yeah.... I'm with Shori."
"Then please follow me this way sir."
I followed him until he hit his club against a trap door. and we both went down. He told me how he and his fellow Dwarves had inhabitated this place recently, and that there were still many more monsters to be faced infront of us if we tried to exit from the other side. After a short while i came upon Shori once more, He was well and thanked our guest for their considerations. After they told us the route out we were left to ourselves.
"They were nice." i said as we walked on. Before Shori could say anything more a ghastly bellow was heard, not like that of the bird i had killed before but something much worst. Deeper, louder, more threatening. It couldn't be a beast that we had any chance of defeating......... ok....ok....ok...... what did the Dwarve say??
Right, right, left, right, straight, down and then through a hollow wall, right and your out.....
The sreech got closer, the ground shook with giant footsteps. Shori picked up his speed and i followed suit. Another Bellow... this one CLOSER and LOUDER. I began to scream and ran as fast as my legs could carry me. Following the directions I heard a voice ahead of me but i didnt' care. Running i closed my eyes and hoped nothing happened to Shori.... i hadn't heard him beside me... or start to run.....
Running, my lungs starting to hurt i hit into somehting. I went sprawling on the floor and landed ontop of JEZABELLE
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and this is were Jezabelle's post comes in to..... hopes everyones ok with this... i guess the Dwarves can help you if you get lost.... or need someone... but i left the beasty that scares James to you lot and of course remeber there are MANY more beasties roaming around the labiryth....
