"Chapter 6- Up there above"
It was cold. They moved through a destroyed city street. Darkness over ran them as they walked single file form Bonsai to Vera to Dmitry. They heard a lot of distant growls as well as gunfire at one point. They were crossing an intersection when Dmitry heard a rustle behind them.
"Stop!" Dmitry said.
The two did as Dmitry turned to see what us up. He wished he didn't. Something large, furry was sitting on an old car watching them. It was on four legs then to two as it stood up and howled. It was deafening to the humans as the sound made them stumble a bit. More appeared. About twelve circled in front them. The original jumped off the car and rushed toward them. It looked like a large rat. Dmitry fired at it and it took some damage before it fell. The others roared for their friend. The three humans got side by side so they could lay down a field of fire as the beasts charged at them. Kalashnikov fire ringed for about ten seconds before the mutants either lay dead or dispersed. Dmitry lowered his machinegun as his heart pounded.
"Was that it?" He said aloud
"Maybe, have you ever dealt with a Nosalis pack before. The first wave is small and weak, scouts basically. Then the stronger ones come." Comrade Bonsai said
"We better get moving then…" Dmitry was interrupted by another loud howl
"They are coming back." Vera yelled
More of those things came rushing at them. Dmitry quickly reloaded as did the rest of them and fired at the group. More and more came. It seemed about fifty of them were rushing at them with hungry looks. The humans shot and shot but the mutants got ever closer.
Another loud roar came. It wasn't from the mutant horde but from something else. Something bigger. It came from the sky. The mutants rushed past Dmitry and his comrades. They were ignored. The sky beast turned into two, then three, and then four as the sky filled with them. About twenty of them came and swooped down picking up the mutants.
"Run!" Comrade Bonsai said and they jetted of with the mutants.
They ran down the street with the mutants, both species not wanting to be lunch to an even greater species.
"Keep running, the university should be around here!" Comrade Bonsai yelled.
The growls and squeals of the mutants behind them kept growing louder. Dmitry was very tired and his heart pumped rapidly.
"I see it, keep moving!" Comrade Bonsai yelled
Dmitry saw it to. A large grey building stood tall over the city. A bridge at an intersection was the only way to it. The running mutants went left and right which was good so as they needed to go straight, across the bridge. The growls grew louder and they even heard the beast's wings flap.
They made it to the bridge. Comrade Bonsai ran across it with lightning speed. As Dmitry and Vera crossed, Vera tripped in front of Dmitry and he fell over her. He landed on the ground just passing the end of the bridge. Comrade Bonsai was running up the steps of the university, unaware of his friends. Dmitry got up and rushed to Vera. He grabbed her arm and she said she was ok as he pulled her up. A loud scream came from behind. The winged demon descended behind them. When it landed it gave out another loud scream.
"SHOOT IT!" Dmitry yelled as they both opened fire.
It only seemed to be stunned as it stumbled back, but when their Kalashnikov ran out of ammo it seemed to get angry. It pounced onto Dmitry, pinning one of his arms and it pushed Vera away and she hit her head on the rail of the bridge. It looked at Dmitry and opened its mouth. The slobber of the beast fell onto his gasmask and it roared again almost deafening him. Without thinking Dmitry flung his Bastard machine gun to his chest and with one hand fired his entire clip on the beast's chest. It fell backwards off of him and landed on its back. Dmitry's right arm which managed to hold the Bastard steady, felt like it was almost torn off by the kick of the gun. Dmitry sat up and got to his feet and rushed over to Vera who was barley responsive. She got to her feet and stumbled a little but soon got steady. The demon rose up again. Both of them had no ammo in their Kalashnikovs and did not have time to reload as it charged at them.
Gunfire came from behind the demon. It froze as Comrade Bonsai jumped on top of it and pulled out a knife and stabbed it in the eye.
"Run!" He yelled
The two obeyed and rushed past the demon and up the steps of the university. They glanced back to see the Demon throw Comrade Bonsai from his back spreads its wings, and grab Comrade Bonsai before it flew off into the dark sky.
"Oh God!" Vera cried out. "He's gone!"
Dmitry's mind raced and he was confused.
More howls sounder close.
"Get inside!" He demanded as the two opened the door to the university and sealed it behind them