It's a Date

[Nox]

The song was pretty. Nox couldn't understand the words but he liked Elyse's voice. The words didn't matter though he was curious.

When her song finished they had started moving into uncharted territory, the HUD was updating and mapping new terrain. Elyse asked about the creatures. Nox shook his head. "I don't know why someone would want to create bigger monsters. These things multiply like crazy. Don't let them bite you. Don't let them scratch you. We don't know anything about them. And the Atharim don't really care enough to let us capture one. Not that it's easy to do, they don't come at you one at a time."


Nox started to hear scratching on the walls. "We need to be quiet now."


The scratching grew louder. And Nox knew that it sounded bigger too. There was a t-section ahead. Nox drew his crossbow and made sure there was a bolt knocked. He checked the gun at his belt and made sure it could clear the holster in a pinch. When they were in the middle of the t-section Nox saw the shadows start to move. A low rumbled started deep in the shadows. It crew closer. The scratching was louder.

Nox couldn't see anything with the night vision on his HUD, but the shadows crept closer. Nox wanted to send a fireball down the corridor with the noise but he couldn't. Elyse was Atharim. It was too dangerous. The creature stepped into his field of vision with the googles and Nox paled at the sight of the corrupted Oni. It's leathery skin was decayed. It's body shifted into crooked deformed beast. Fuck! Whatever those things were was highly contagious.

Nox loosed a bolt at the corrupted Oni and it ricocheted off his thick hide. He didn't like this. Not one bit.