HERE WE GO!
The Settlement
Chapter 1: Stragglers
The evening was grim with the stench of death in the air. All around me, blood, but not mine. The adventures that came with me into the cave lie dead all around me, but one is still alive. My friend Randy Cartel is on the other side of the cave, a shard of rock stuck in his leg. His hair is long and shaggy, it looks like a blond mop. His face is covered in suet and ash. As i scrabbled over to him I hear something.
Large bulky shadows spread along the wall, coming off a fire, Deeper in the cave. Crap , i think to myself. Looking back down at Randy's wound i realize we cant stand a fight. "We can't stay here any longer Randy" I whisper to my ill faced friend "we have to go now". He looks up, pain spread on his face. "OK... let's go" I grab him and slump him over my shoulder. We limp our way out of the cave.
We go as fast as we can, but we're not making good time. Another hour and i know Randy wont make it. We need to find an exit. I stumble on a small boulder in the middle of the cave. I fall to the ground and drop Randy, he lands on his leg and the rock pushes further into his leg. "AGHHH" he roars in pain. I look back, predicting the monsters to come flying around the corner of the cave, but nothing has moved. The monsters shadows are still clinging around the fire. "Don't be so loud Randy" I warn my friend. His eye's go blank, but his heart is still beating. "No, don't die on me, not now!" I plead. I pick his limp body up and carry him forward.
"There, the entrance of the cave!" I shout in excitement, forgetting about the monsters in the cave. I set Randy down, I try to wake him. "Randy, wake up, were almost out", then i hear a roar coming from deep in the cave. "Oh Crap!" i whisper to myself. I try to drag Randy out of the cave but I'm to tired. I prepare for the worst. Pistol in hand i aim down the cave. I'm holding a 10mm pistol armed with 2 clips. A loud thumping sound comes from down the cave. It's getting louder, every second.
I start to look down my sight, then i spot something in the corner of my eye. A large red barrel, its label is so warn down i can't make out the words. Then my attention is thrown back down the cave as i see two giant green men come pounding furiously down the cave. When they spot me they break into a run. I pull the trigger hitting one of the green men in the shoulder, slowing it down. Then i fire another shot hitting the other green man and it flies straight through it's eye. It collapses to the ground.
I re-direct my attention to the monster i shot in the shoulder. He is griping a wooden plank with a rusty nail hanging out of it. I have 4 bullets left in this clip. My first bullet flies for the monsters eye. He dodges with a swift slide, then bounds toward me again. He clocks me with a hard hit to the head. The nail clips me peeling penetrating the veins in my head. I fall to the ground blood covers my eye's and i drop my gun. It drops to the rocky cave floor. The monster kicks the gun away. The gun lands near the limp body of my friend.
The monster pounds me with the plank. I fall down, my world goes pitch black. I wake hearing a thunderous explosion. A column of fire arches its way over the monsters head. The monster spins around to see the cave crumbling. I take the chance grab a shard of rock from the cave and jump on the monsters back. Blooding dripping from my face, onto the slimy leather the monster calls skin. Green oozes from the monsters back as i stab him repeatably. He swats at his back dropping the plank.
I jump off his back and flick my arm after the fallen plank. I snatch the plank and quickly strike the rusty nail into the monsters waste. I force the nail up the skin cutting a slit. The green substances oozes all over the cave floor. The monster swings around howling in pain. "Good you feel pain" I say with an evil smirk on my face. I knock at his legs with the rusty nail. The monster drops to the ground, then i notice Randy holding the gun. He has it cocked red barrel, frozen in fear. Then i Remember the cave roof, It's collapsing.
First there are chips of the rocks that fall. Then large chunks impale the dead monster's body. "Randy! Can you crawl?" I yell with joy. "Uh, il'l try!" Randy yells blood gurgling in his throat. "Alright I'll hold...... I'll hold him here, you just get the heck out of the cave before it falls in on us." I shout over the monsters screams of agony. Randy slowly crawls his way out of the cave. "Wait, throw me the..... gun". When i get the gun i swing it around, aim up right between the monsters eye, and pull the trigger. A sharp howl perices my ears. Then the monster goes limp and stumbles to the ground.
I stumble my way out of the cave. Randy is just exiting the cave when the roof of the cave falls with a hope crushing slam. Im trapped! No way out, except for deeper in.