Her is long awaited chapter 8, enjoy.
"We're here" Drew announced over the airships intercom. She and Doc ran after the rest of their group. They had landed in a small park in Rome. They jumped off of the Airship deck and looked around and the city appeared deserted, Drew half expected a tumble weed to roll by.
"My gods," Drew whispered.
"What!" Doc asked, alarmed by her words.
"Things have changed so much," she explained.
Crash!
They all ran east toward the ear shattering sound. They came to a jolting halt after about fifteen meters. A gigantic grotesque cryptid was throwing cars around like they were 10 lbs. weights. The deep obsidian colored fur shined like the night sky and its blood red eyes seemed like they could stare at your soul. Large raven wings jutted from its back and they looked very sharp and jagged. It also had a large spiked tail that was stained with blood. The thing was at least 20 ft. tall.
"What the hell is that?" asked Doc. He looked to Drew, but she just shrugged her shoulders.
"I've never seen anything like it before, and that's saying something considering how old I am!" Drew said. The cryptid then turned and locked its eyes on them.
It charged at them, letting out a shrill high pitched cry. They all ran out of its way. Zak pulled out his claw, and the claw and Zak's eyes started to glow a soft orange.
"Ah!" Zak yelled. An invisible force sent him flying backwards.
Drew and Doc charged at the creature. Doc punched it in the gut, and jumped back barely avoiding a blow to the head. Drew powered up her sword and blasted fire at the creature. It cringed, but there seemed to have no physical damage, other than some smoldering fur. They all backed away from the Cryptid and regrouped with the others.
"How do we fight it?" asked Miranda.
"Let me try something." said Dr. Beeman. He pulled out a high tech futuristic looking gun and shot the cryptid with it. The cryptid let out a loud cry but it seemed to be more in anger than pain. It glared at them, but instead of charging it opened up its mouth widely. Its mouth seemed to unhinged, almost like a snakes mouth when it was about to swallow a large animal.
A thick frothy darkness spilled out of its mouth. It cascaded over its body like a waterfall and waded toward them. It passed by a small tree and the tree shriveled up and turned black. Their eyes widened, fear striking their hearts. Drew looked at the others and then took off running. The others followed behind her, not wanting to be the Cryptid's next meal.
"Mom, why don't we stay and fight!" complained Zak as he ran alongside his mom.
"We don't know what we're up against!" She yelled back. "Its better we learn about it before we go in guns all blazing." The airship was in view now; they all scrambled up the dangling latter and into the ship. They shot the airship upward into the air.
The Cryptid's shriek could still be heard distantly in the ship. They all breathed a sigh of relief once they could no longer be heard, knowing the Cryptid could no longer reach them.
"What was that?" asked Miranda. They all turned to Drew, since she seemed to be the epicenter of everything crazy lately.
"Mortis," Drew whispered.
Good news for all of my readers. I just got off on summer vacation so expect updates every Saturday, I mean it this time.