As the weekends aren't really a good time to get any work done, Monday was going to be a good time. That was until I ended up tired and not in that much of a writing mood, so I didn't get as many words done then but combine it with today's words plus any other little bits since my first #maynia post and you got my next part of the story to enjoy!
I am really enjoying writing and making it better than just a mess to reach the 50k mark, so even if I only get to 25k or 30k words total, I will see it as a massive accomplishment, as getting 2,500 words 5 days a week is a lot.
You can find part #1 here:
A Terror From The Other Side Part #1
Image from Pixabay and edited by me
Word count so far
Rough draft #2
A Terror From The Other Side
Looking at the three creatures compared to the one on the street, there was no similarity between them. These had small teeth with round points, no ooze, a hard skin and a calm look as it seemed to want attention from the group.
“You can go up and touch them, one to each creature and give it some attention. It will become friends with you” Amial said before going and touching each creature.
It was a prompt for Lorek to move to the closest one and slowly move his hand to the side of the creature, proceeding with touching it when he sensed it was okay to do so. Heather and Bruce went from being reluctant to okay with trying the approach as well. The three creatures all became friends with the group as a whole and showed why you cannot just think they will hurt someone.
Rustling through her notes, Amial found the description of a similar creature to the one on the streets. “Is this what you saw Lorek, something similar to this one” she asked while bringing the loose notes over.
“That is quite like what we saw with the ooze, sharp teeth and it was small. Quite a menacing little thing with no fear.”
The page read Vegranar – Attack scout for the transcendental plane of the other side of this world. Engaging the Vegranar should include a timed strike to startle it, causing the creature to back off and watch; or you should shoot it numerous times to bring it down for a short period. The Head it strong except under the jaw and the body can be weakened down. TAKE CAUTION when in the presence of multiple Vegranar so they do not surround you.
“I haven’t been able to analyse it any further than that, but LM-01 was going crazy one day, trying to escape the cage until I calmed it down. So I went out exploring to see if there were any possible causes or if it was just behaving like that for no reason and two hours later I caught my first glimpse of the Vegranar” Amial claimed as she went up to LM-01.
Without realising, the group could no longer hear the storm that was raging outside just before. Silence was brought about the laboratory while nobody spoke and a faint sound from a little closer in the town was heard, semi drowned out by the concrete walls. It was a form of demonic wailing which might be something worse than the Vegranar, something to be scouted out to identify any visible traits and weaknesses.
“Don’t worry about the scouting as I have a scoped rifle I bought a while back for situations like these” Amial said while pulling out a hunting rifle from the cupboard, then heading to the safe to get the ammo out.
“I will need some back up to keep an eye out while scouting and documenting. Heather and Bruce, you two should come with me. Lorek, keep looking through my notes if you wish or head out to find whoever will be willing to help when the time comes.”
Eleanora came in with two bags full of some supplies. Medical, food and water were packed, and a machete was also brought out for Lorek, since she knew they were bound to head out. A smile and goodbye were given before she headed back to rest in bed and the group headed outside to go back toward town.
“One moment I forget to do something, let me pop back inside for a few minutes” Amial told the others as she was walking to go back inside.
When she got back and led the four of them out from the house, the got roughly eight hundred metres down the road before reaching a fork which would separate them, Lorek going to the right and the others to the left.
“Be careful out there you three and get back safely with any findings. I will do my best to find some additional people or anything that may be of value” Lorek claimed before waving goodbye, departing down the road with confidence in his ability to get the job done.
What he was unaware of is the nearby danger lurking through the trees, watching and waiting. One set of eyes were noticed but he kept walking to waste little time while the machete was held in his right hand with a firm grip in preparation for an attack.
As he continued walking along the road, so did the rustling in the trees but now both sides had it. Lorek stopped in place and tightened his grip on the machete once more, glancing to his right after more rustling, revealing a Vegranar charging towards him. A mighty upwards slice hurt the Vegranar before it latched onto the upper arm of Lorek with its sharp teeth, piercing the skin and sending blood down his arm before running back to the trees.
Rustling in the trees to the left revealed another creature, luckily it was LM-01 and it wanted to help. Charging toward the other trees, LM-01 launched at the Vegranar and kept attacking it until it was immobilised, laying on the ground looking like it will soon die.
Lorek kneeled with his hand out as the creature walked closer, looking up at him. “You must have been released when Amial went back inside before we left,” he smiled and said a quiet thanks to her “And thank you LM-01 as you helped a lot. So, you will be in this with me to keep me safe and I will keep you safe too” he said while touching the side of its face.
Once he had bandaged his arm to stop the bleeding and cover the bite, they set off down the road. As the town was nearing so too were some cries for help, making Lorek rush towards where it was heard from. A mother and her two sons were running away from the three Vegranar before being told to come toward him.
The 9mm pistol had been pulled out to take a shot at one but the first missed, barely, while the second and third shots wounded the body and stopped it. Next thing was to charge with the machete as LM-01 ran by his side, going for one each, “Die you bastards” he shouted as a wail came from his friend.
Both had to quickly stop to dodge the attack as the Vegranar launched at them both. A bad and predictable move that resulted in a swift kill of the ferocious little unearthly scouts.
“Hi madam, my name is Lorek and you don’t have to be afraid of LM-01 here. It is a kind creature and I will show you” he announced while touching it with no issues.
“Well it certainly looks different to the other one and I am just really scared with what has been happening lately. But I am Rose, and these are my sons. Ethan is ten years old and Andrew is twelve.
“Pleasure to meet you all. Have you seen anybody else around the place because I am looking for survivors to take back to my friends house.
“There was one more I briefly saw being chased an hour ago but I have no idea what happened to him. Walk for a few minutes on the way to the West side of town and he ran off in that direction.
Lorek needed to keep searching but wanted them to be safe so he walked them back to the road heading to Amial’s house, letting Rose know to say his name and he said to go there. If any noises were heard to run up the road to where the fork is, and it is the one way by itself that leads to the house which cannot be missed.
Once they were further along the road, he turned back around to head West along the streets while being cautious with open eyes for any signs of survivors or that guy Rose mentioned. Silence filled the streets with the only sound being that of flames from a few burning buildings around the place.
Turning left down Monty St and looking further down the road there is a body lying on the corner, bloody, missing the left arm and leg and a baseball bat lies by the right hand with ooze dripping from it after a recent fight with a Vegranar no doubt. It most likely was the guy that was running away, just could not make it to a safe place.
“Well at least he does not have to deal with the creatures and horrors from the other side any longer.”
A low-pitched growl was let out by LM-01 as it faced back down the road to see a group of three Vegranar on either side of a creature twice the size, completely red eyes, flames coming from it’s stomach on the underside and looking very menacing.
“Screw facing that right now I am out of here, let’s run LM-01” he said before turning to rush off. “Let us go around the corner and find a suitable building to hide higher up in,”
