The horrible, metallic scent of blood flooded her senses. It was powerfully overwhelming but she desperately tried to focus her mind on the matter at hand. Different sets of angry, yellow eyes were trained on her and the few other people around her. She wasn't sure how many there were,there could have been two or twenty, but her thoughts were too scattered to matter about numbers. Tears blurred her vision, but her blood was pumping and the adrenaline was rushing through her body. Fight or flight were her options- and she chose to fight.

'You need to go! Now!' Her father's voice resonated through the large,damaged house, echoing over loud snarls and growls. She blocked out her father's orders and ignored the pleads of her mother. She wasn't going to just leave them here, alone with these creatures. Her father's eyes locked her gaze, and he gave a silent nod. He had kept her out of harm's way for all her life, never letting her engage. But it now was as good a time as any to really fight and protect.

Pulling a gun out of his holster, he slid the heavy weapon along the floor to his daughter. She picked up the gun in her hand, clasping her hands around the handle, finger on the trigger. She poised the gun, ready to shoot, as the large creatures snarled and crept closer. One of the smaller of the creatures leapt forward, and she did not hesitate in pulling the trigger. The bang left a ring in her ears as a whine escaped the creature as the bullet tore through its flesh. In another second, another bullet had found its way into the smaller creature and it fell to the floor with a mundane thud. Her actions only seemed to anger the rest of the pack, and they all attacked at once. She shot at the monsters with precision, but as they closed in on her and her family she began to lose her aim, and shot blindly at the creatures.

Her finger pulled the trigger again, and her heart dropped as she heard the quiet clicks of an empty barrel. Her tears spilled down her cheek, and taking the end of the gun she put her whole body weight into bashing the head of one of the others of the pack. It managed to nip her arm, causing her to drop the gun. She gasped at the sharp pain, but did not hesitate into taking out a sharp, glistening dagger from her boot, and as it aimed for her again, timing her attack so that it had its head raised, she sliced open its throat. The blood pulsed out, splattering her face and top. She almost choked on the horrible stench as the sticky liquid felt like it was burning her skin. Momentarily dazed, she was knocked over by another of the creatures. Their numbers had dwindled, but they were still more powerful than the four humans.

'Ellen!' Her father exclaimed, taking down one of the last few creatures. The girl looked to her father, then to who he was shouting at. One of the monsters was attacking her sister.

'Ellen!' she echoed her father's cries, sprinting toward the beast. She jumped up on its back, driving her dagger between its shoulder blades. It howled in pain, clawing to get her off, but its tries grew feeble before it, too, fell to the ground. She dropped to the floor beside the other girl, taking her up onto her knee, 'No,no,no,no,' she chanted like a mantra. The other girl was covered in blood, her own blood she discovered to her own horror. Her sister coughed and spluttered, and she brushed the hair out of her sister's face, 'No, please, Ellen. You're going to be fine, okay?' she choked out through heavy tears. Her sister just smiled, coughing again, 'I know, Faith. I got to have a little faith,' her sister joked.

A distraught laugh escaped her throat at her sister's way of trying to make a little light of what happened, 'Yeah, gotta have faith. You'll be fine, Ellen, I promise.'

'I will be,' her sister stated, smiling still, 'I'll get to see Sean and Gran again soon. I'm going to be happy for that.'

'No, don't talk like that, no, no, no,' she chanted as her sister spoke of their dead relatives. She got no response, as her sister's smile remained frozen, her eyes open.

'No! No, Ellen, you're fine!' She shook her sister a little, and her head lolled to the side, 'No!' She all but screamed, breaking down into sobs. She felt a hand on her shoulder, and looked up to the teary eyes of her father and mother. A loud noise caused the surviving members of the family to jump.

'There's more of them!' Her mother exclaimed. Too many of them. Before she could even stand, her parents were taken down by two of the creatures. She stared in horror, before getting knocked over herself. Heaving breaths burnt her skin as she lay on her back, staring into flaming, red eyes. She could barely breath, fear completely taking over. This creature was different to the others, not only because of its eyes. It sniffed at her face then her neck, and she turned her head to the side, squeezing her eyes shut. She was completely helpless, and she knew it, so she prayed that it would all be over soon.

Nothing. She opened her eyes as she felt the weight lifted off her. She quickly scrambled to her feet, searching for anything. But there was nothing in reach. The largest creature was still in front of her, quietly snarling, saliva dripping from its large canines. Slowly and quietly backing away, she was planning on running. She barely got three steps before it launched itself at her. She let out an ear piercing scream as she could hear its teeth pierce and rip into the flesh of her stomach, the pain only coming a few moments later. She dropped to the floor, blood seeping out of the bite. The red eyes were above her again, breathing on her. She locked its gaze, but it did not continue to attack her. Instead, it suddenly dropped with a heavy thud to the ground.

Darkness began to seep in from the corners of her eyes. A familiar figure shadowed over her, as it lifted her up into its arms. She could only feel the pain, before succumbing to its darkness.

So this prologue is the same. I've decided to completely change things up so next chapter will probably be different and the rest of the story will pretty much stay this way.

I want to say thank you for sticking with me through the original Delilah story, and hope you will follow/fav/review and like this new one!

~capitain