" Come on " Alisa hissed as she went towards the house. The others followed reluctantly. She disappeared around the side of the wooden house , and they rushed to keep with her.
" Alisa , were are you going ? " Eugene asked.
" There could be something inside we could use , a radio , anything " she replied , carefully stepping through the crackling leaves. They came round to the door , it was open , gently flowing in the breeze , why would someone leave the door open she thought.
She creped up to the door and peered in , it was dim , she couldn't make out much , but she could see that a bowl and some utensils had been thrown onto the floor. She went inside , carefully looking round , although she wasn't sure what she was looking for. She signalled the others in.
" We better check this place out , you go with Eugene " she said pointing to Eugene " The German will come with me ! " she said sternly.
" I don't think that.." Eugene began but got cut off.
" Duly noted " she said before venturing slowly upstairs.
The German followed her after being given a shove from Eugene. Alisa would normally charge upstairs , but not this time it was dark and something weird was going on. She took each step at a time , careful not to make a creak. The stairs were in a sort of spiral and when she got halfway she peered up into the darkness , forcing her eyes to work. She checked her gun to reassure herself , and took 5 or 6 confident steps to the landing. There were 3 doors , all shut. She gently pushed the shutters open to let in some light , she was focused on the door so much she didn't see the blood stained prints on the shutters.
She moved closer to one of the door , looked back to the German signalled to him and then pointed to the brass handle. He nodded , moved closer and put out his hand , gripping the handle firmly and he began to turn it , ever so slowly...
BANG! The noise of gunfire erupted through the wooden house , it came from downstairs. Suddenly the door began to shake , the one to the right of the German. He panicked and jolted back. It was if something was banging the door. Alisa aimed her gun at the door , her fingers trembling slightly , she pointed to the door , with purpose.
The German , put out his hand , it shook , his fingers wobbled as he heard bangs downstairs. His hand gripped the handle tightly , and he slowly began to turn it , trying to ignore the constant thump , thump , thumping.
Suddenly he turned the handle and the door began to swing open , bit by bit , it seemed to take an eternity. Then something hit the door , with force , causing it to shut again. BANG ! Another shot from downstairs. Bang , a third time.
The German lunged back as a shot cut threw the door. More banging , louder , angrier.
" Alisa ? " called Igor from downstairs. But she ignored him , she had to see what was behind the door. She kicked the door hard , it flung open revealing a person. But the person was bloodied , and bitten , like the others. It let out a deathly growl and launched forwards. Another shot rang out , 'pushing' the thing back. But it came again , growling even more. Another shot , and another , but the thing wouldn't die.
She backed off as it came again , at the last minute flinging her gun forward , she hit the thing hard causing it to fall with a thump. It paused for a second , but then started to flail madly , reaching out at her , it's cries became silent as she planted her fifth bullet into it's head. It didn't move , but she didn't know weather to trust that it was dead.
" Alisa ! " Eugene shouted from the stairs.
" What ! " she snarled , fear and adrenaline pumping through her veins.
" You alright ? " he asked.
" I'm fine , I think " she replied. She glanced down at the body , it was horrible , dried blood crusted on it's lips whilst part of it's cheek looked bitten and gnawed. " are you to alright ? " she asked, looking down at them.
" We're fine , but we just got attacked by some crazy person , she was growling and everything " replied Igor.
" Yeah , took two bullets to take her down , she kept on going after we shot her in the leg " Eugene added.
Alisa turned , carefully stepping over the body with caution , the German followed her , he felt like he had to. The room was quite small , a old looking bed in the middle of it and a chest of drawers , nothing much else. She went to the windows , looked outside , nothing but fog. On one of them was blood , a hand print , it suddenly made her go all chilly.
" Damn , what went on here " Eugene grumbled as he appeared behind her.
" Come on , there's another room to check " she replied coldly as she walked past.
Again the German was told to open the door , perhaps in the hope that what ever was behind it , if anything was behind it saw him first. He opened it quickly , with no fuss and backed off. This room was dark , Alisa and Igor stepped in with their guns ready , just in case. She couldn't see anything , so went over to open the shutter , it was loud and rattled as it shook.
She scanned the forest , looking for anything , although she couldn't see much , it was hard in the fog. She though she saw something move , a shadow , slightly darker than the thick masses of fog , but ignored it.
" Is downstairs secure ? " she asked.
" Yeah , no things , down there " replied Eugene.
" Then go shut the door " she ordered. She knew Eugene would question her , so wasn't surprised when Eugene told Igor to do it. She stood still , trying to figure if she saw anything at all.