Chapter eleven: ...I hear a sound...
"Get behind me!".
Like today couldn't get anyworse.
The day seemed almost hopeful, just me and eris travelling no nightmares to avoid...and then we ran into one.
I'm not really sure what it was supposed to be...a centipede?.
It was high in the air, the four crimson orb's that were it's eyes stared at us. It's form a jagged, twisting mass of metal reminiscent of a centipede..wait... are...are does gun's!?..IT HAS GUNS FOR LEGS!?.
Shit.
It loomed Above, posied to strike.
I did my best to shield eris, hopefully it might miss and we'll be able...to...run...
The nightmare seemed to just...stop...it was still ready to attack but appeared to have stopped moving.
Was this some kind of trap?, was it baiting us?, was it waiti- Aaaaaaaaaaaaand that's a lot of blood.
The massive beast let out a painful roar from it's mandibled maw as geysers of blood shot out from it's head.
Without warning it's head and most of it's body were cleaved in two... somehow.
Whilst the two halves fell...i saw it.
The parted, black sphere spilling red as it fell. An all to familiar formation upon its split form.
With the fall of it's corpse massive clouds of dirt were shot up into the foggy air, then a splash.
Something had landed.
No.
Someone.
A pale blonde with equally pale skin, covered in black and white with a chakram as large as her in hand.
Stains of red where on her here and there but she was mostly spotless...
shit.
Like things weren't bad enough already.
"I'm surprised you've survived so long out here."
Turning around, i was met by her red eyes.
Her young appearance was a stark contrast to her more mature voice.
The sword was ready, i could use that to buy time.
"What?, you really think I'm going to attack you? I'm honestly curious how you'd think such a thing".
Oh i don't know, maybe the giant corpse surrounding us might not help make a good impression?.
"...Who are you".
"My name is one".
Oh fuck.
Oh shit.
I knew i recognised her, if she's here...god please let her be the only...one.
"You are?".
"This is eris, i call myself hades".
"Really?, quite an odd name for someone so... average".
Like one isn't a weird name, at least i didn't start calling myself that, well i guess going with it isn't any better.
"Still...How is it that you've been avoiding these creatures. Your no fighter, the girl either".
Maybe she really is the only...one.
"... Hiding from...and avoiding them..".
"...I see, that is one way of handling them. I was going ask that we would travel together, but considering your earlier reaction".
With someone like her this whole thing would be a walk in the park, but this IS one so she could know more than what she's letting on or planning something.
Damn.
"No, we should. More's the merrier right?".
"Good. I've made a makeshift camp a while back, we should head there and exchange what we know about this place".
That was a good idea, but actually navigating this place?.
"Wait, you've been navigating this place and not gotten lost?. Kinda hard not to call bullshit on that".
"I can understand, it's mostly just keeping an eye on the tree's. They tend to follow a pattern depending on direction".
...God i hate this place.
With nothing much else to do we followed one.
As usual it was hard to tell how long it was we were walking for. Minutes?, Hour's? ever since i got here it was like this bizarre world was actively working against everyone in it.
The number of tree's began to become more and more frequent, the fog gave way to a dark path of condensed tree's. The only source of light was the lantern that one had on her, this place had grass if the edges of the dirt path where anything to go by...neat.
After sometime of walking, i saw it.
Peeking through small gaps between the trees, light.
The familiar orange of fire.
The gaps became more frequent and larger as we got closer to the camp...wait..
was that... talking?.
There where more people here?.
Finally we reached it.
"Oh, one!. Your back!".
Oh god it's the rest of them.