Chapter 1

Thud

Evangeline fell face down, straight onto the floor, it was softer than she had expected, carpeted and clean, but it still hurt like a bitch.

Lifting her head up Evie winced, ignoring the pounding in her back of her head, brought on by the less than graceful landing. She tried to recall the events that had led her to her current position.

Slime monsters had totally surround her dwellings. The whole of London was completely infested, the creatures everywhere, she was honestly surprised that a state of emergency hadn't been called yet, however, just like always, no one seemed to have noticed anything that wasn't staring them right in the face.

There was no way that the hunters could stop them, and it seemed there was no way any hunter could survive. The hunters were the hunted, and as such they were being wiped out systematically by the slime monsters. If nothing was done, which was the way it seemed to be going, their legacy would be lost.

With a loud bang, the old wooden door was knocked from its frame and the slimy green creatures slid, or what ever they doing, the other way as fast as they could through the ancient house. There was no way in hell she was going down without a fight, if they wanted to kill her she wasn't going to let them do it easily.

As she sprinted up the creaking stairs, she remembered a spell her Father had shown her. If only she could remember where the book it was in had been placed. Accidentally knocking over one of her Mother's ugly vases as she ran towards the library, conscious of the nearing group of slime monsters.

Finding the book she was looking for on a shelf, she flipped through the pages until she found a suitable ritual. Grabbing some chalk from a nearby table, she drew a holding symbol in front of the door, silently thanking her predecessors. She slammed the door hoping against hope that the circle would stop the rapidly approaching monsters, for if it didn't then she was dead. The books on the shelf were all old but Evie remembered that the one with information that she wanted was so old that it could have been older than the wych-kin them selves.

It was there at the bottom of the shelf, a dusty volume with the words 'Men of Letters' written along its spine. She found the page almost immediately, for it was near the beginning and started to skim read the neat handwriting. The trap was holding the monsters back but it would not be long before they found away around it. Evie set to work, quickly organising the bowl filled with pigs blood and the many other ingredients on the floor. She drew another ritualistic symbol around herself. She started reading the Latin text off the page before her and the wych-kin became more agitated. Evie was half way through the passage when all hell broke lose.

The creatures burst through the door like slimy rabid dogs, their eyes (if they had any) gleaming with hatred. Evie grabbed her gun and fired at the crazed monsters while still reading from the book as fast as humanly possible. Luckily she was a good shot even though the gun was not great, for nobody could find a way to make them more accurate at this time, otherwise she would never have been able to finish.

One of the bigger slime monsters jumped at her and she dropped the book, but it no longer mattered for if anything would happen it was inevitable. She raised her gun and shot the beast right through the middle, the bullet went straight through the slime, however it did seem to slow the creature down. That was little consolidation though, for as one was slowed down four more burst forward. One slid forward, sucking her gun into it. In desperation she shot it in the mouth, but not before loosing her grip on the gun. She had no weapons and there were countless creatures ready to kill her. She was attacked from the right and almost died then and there but she dodged it just in time and gave the thing a kick in the face, sending it back a few feet. Still unsteady on her feet, she could not escape the next attack. Another one sucked in her ankle, biting down on her bones, crushing them. She screamed in pain, and the thing let go almost frightened of the sound. She was in immense pain and she didn't thing she should take much more. One more attack came and she thought that it would get her then but she leapt the side landing face down on the floor.


A/N: Thanks for reading guys, more to come I promise :)

- Life of Death