Shadows in the mist

The German soldier slowly came to , he noticed the fog had gone , the light blinded him as his eyes flickered open. He could hear voices , Russians , he thought about getting up , but decided to stay and pretend to be a sleep. If they were going shoot him they'd have done it already surely.

" I just don't understand what's happening ? " the Russian girl said to the others.

" I'd say the Jerry's had something to do with it " one of them replied.

" No , that can't be it , one Russian and one German , they didn't have guns and..." she trailed off as she looked down the road.

" Yeah , I know they just were almost .. dead " the third added.

" Dead , they weren't dead , that's rubbish , it's some kind of trick " one of them hissed.

" No , that's bull and you know it , the growling and the look in their eyes , it's like they were possessed or something " she stammered.

" Oh Alisa , you watched to many scary movies , that's all rubbish ! " he shot again.

" What's wrong with you Eugene , you saw what happened , that German growled like some kind of wild animal and ran at me ! " Alisa spat getting more and more frustrated.

" I say we kill that German son of a bitch , I bet he's in on the whole scheme ! " Eugene snapped with hate as he reached for his rifle.

" Your being stupid , he doesn't know anything , couldn't you see how scared he was ? " Alisa scowled.

" Guys ! " Igor said , but was ignored. " GUYS ! " he said even louder.

" What ! " they both snapped.

" Our German friend is gone " he said.

" Gone , what do you mean gone ? " Eugene snapped , as he got his gun and scouted around.

Alisa looked around , she spotted something , it was him. She slowly walked over signalling for the others to follow. He was on his knee's.

" What's he saying ? " Igor asked.

" He's not , he's crying " Alisa said as she went closer and closer.

Suddenly she noticed something out of the corner of her eye , something hobbling , over to the German. It looked like one of those things , for some reason. Then it hit her , the thing had half an arm missing and gore swung freely from the scorched end. Her heart thumped.

" Run , Run ! " she yelled , but it was as if he was deaf , surely he'd look round whether he could understand her or not. She started to run whilst hurrying to get her gun. Suddenly a shot rang out , from behind her. Blood bounded in the air as the bullet pierced it's head. It landed with a thud. She turned to see Eugene with is rifle at eye level.

By now the German had turned around and stared in horror and the thing on the road. As he moved closer he could see it's skin was scorched and it's was almost completely black. He turned and disappeared into the grass. Eugene rushed after him always thinking the worst whilst Alisa just stared and the black dusty lump on the floor , blood clumped together with dust bubbles as it mixed with the sand on the gravel road.

What was it ? How could this happen ? She was brought out of thought when Eugene came back pulling the German along by the collar.

" What now ? " he spat , giving the German dirty looks.

" We better move out " Alisa said.

" Oh yeah , to where ? " Eugene scowled.

" Anywhere where there's Russians and lots of them , I don't want to meet any more of those things " she shot back as she quickly rushed off. The others followed reluctantly.

" If we head this way we should meet up with the rest of our squad at this town " Igor said pointing to his map.

" Let's move then ! " Eugene grumbled.

They'd walked and walked through the bush , staying close to roads but avoiding them. The enemy could be anywhere , and now there seemed to be more enemy than ever. Alisa's heart was beating , she was scared , but tried not to show it , although she was higher ranking that Eugene , he would easily try to undermine her if he could.

Eugene kept a keen eye on the German and kept pushing him onward by nudging him with the end of the rifle. Alisa scanned ahead , they were moving though some thick forest , trying to avoid roads , just in case anything happened. Wind stalked them and the trees hissed and groaned. Occasionally there was movement , but Eugene put it down to small animals.

Alisa stopped again , she thought she'd seen something , over to her left , she looked around hard , so did Igor. Eugene looked around to , he couldn't see anything and huffed with frustration. But Alisa wasn't so sure , she could swear she saw something scrabble way out of view, something big.

" This is stupid , lets just get moving " he spat , keeping a firm

grip on the German. Hanz , The German , could also sense the anxiety , he was scared , he'd stared at the German soldier , trying to understand how he had ended up like that. The body , severely wounded yet still able to run with unbelievable stamina. He started to look around , he couldn't see anything , but that didn't stop the fear. They moved on when Alisa decided it was clear , the air was cold , and it caused the undergrowth to rustle. Probably it was all in their minds. That's what they'd think if it weren't for earlier. It was silent , deadly quiet , until Alisa spoke.

" Igor , are still headed the right way ? " she asked quietly as she sneaked through the rough grass.

" Yeah , straight ahead " he replied just as quietly. They carried on , watching their surroundings. But it was getting harder and harder to see , but it wasn't the dark creeping in. It was Fog , thick musty fog , so until the last minute they didn't notice the house until it became a huge looming shadow in front of them. The creaking of a shutter greeted them , but it sounded odd , a kind of sound that you had to venture off to and find out what it was. The kind of sound that attracted attention.