Damn it! Trying to climb the gates, Alex's hands slipped as he fell down a few feet. "Don, the gates are too slippery." He said. Don was barely able to float at all, barely making it above Alex's height before slowly falling to the ground like a balloon. "This is stupid. How the hell am I supp-" Suddenly, Alex's voice was cut-off by the beeping of a familiar sound. It was the Caster. Taking it out of his pocket, the screen was already opened to the Demon Scanner App, showing Alex's location, along with several blue blips that were fading, due to Alex's Caster being too far away. The Red blip however, was flashing and was now closer to Alex's current location. "Damn it, this thing won't stop!" He shook the Caster, trying to get the beeping to stop.
Grrrr... The beeping eventually stopped, with Alex's attention now focused on Don, who in turn was looking to the side of the path next to the metal fence where darkness filled the woods. Alex readied himself, looking into the woods. "Don, you see something?" He waited for a moment, but there was no answer from his familiar. He just stood there, almost statue-like. Alex put the Caster back into his pocket and backed away slowly. A figure started to form out of the darkness, rustling against the bushes. Squinting his eyes, Alex couldn't make out what it was, until he saw a tall, thin man with short black hair emerge out of the darkness!
"Oh thank god!" The man walked weakly towards Alex, with hands swinging around as if they were no energy left in them. "Please, you got to help me!" The man yelled, hastily walking towards him.
Don whimpered, running back to Alex and hiding behind his leg. "Hold on! Get back or you're finished." Alex regained composure, standing his ground. The man stopped in his tracks and gave Alex a sad, yet worried expression that filled his face.
"Wait, no! Please, you have to help me! I lost my keys to my house!" The man pointed at the mansion situated behind the fence.
If that's his house...then that means he's the owner of the store. The man looked frantically behind him into the woods where he came from. "I was going out for my evening stroll, until something started to follow me." The man paused, frowning. "I thought it was just an animal. You know, a cat or something. But after a little while, something felt...
off." Alex arched an eyebrow. Was this guy serious? "I remember it started to chase me, so I ran into the woods, and I lost the animal, but when I was trying to open the gates, I noticed I lost my keys. So I went back into the woods to find it."
"Well, isn't aren't your gates controlled by a remote or something?" Alex spoke questioningly, crossing his arms. This whole ordeal was getting out of hand now, and he figured it would be harder than ever to get his task done.
"Only when someone is home. My wife is gone to her mother's house for the month." The man frowned, leaving a pause in the conversation for a few seconds. "Please, help me. T-That thing...it's not an ordinary animal." The man crept closer to Alex, holding on to him by his black shirt. He scoffed, grabbing the man's hands and pulling them off of him.
"Calm down. Look, the only 'abnormal' animal you'll find around here is possibly a coyote or something. And they don't even attack people usually." Alex walked over closer to the woods, with Don beside him, and the man following closely behind.
"I-I'm signing a deal with a large corporation tomorrow. Money isn't a problem." The man stuttered, walking closer to the woods. Alex looked confusingly.
Did he just offer money for simply finding his keys. If that's the case, then screw the boss' plan.
"I think that -" Suddenly, Alex's Caster started to beep again. Taking it out, he looked at the screen. Don started to growl once more, looking into the darkness of the woods, right in front where Alex and the man were standing. "Don...you see something again?" Alex stepped back out of fear, still looking at his Caster.
"H-Hey? Who's Don? And what's that in your hand?!" The man started to panic, as he looked around trying to see what Alex was stepping away from. After a few seconds, the trio stood still. Alex looked into the woods, as did the man and Don. The sound of rain re-surfaced, with several trickles landing on the Caster.
Crap! This is not good. It says the red blip should be right next to - Alex winced and looked in horror, as a loud, vicious screech filled the air to be heard all over the neighborhood. Startled Alex jumped backwards out of instinct.
"What was that?!" The man shouted at Alex. They stood for another few moments in silence. Alex was too scared to move, and the man looked at Alex with a fearful look in his eyes. "Hey, I told you it wasn't a regu- " A sudden shadow pounced out of the darkness from the woods, and grabbed onto the man's throat with what Alex assumed to be it's mouth. "..Agh..h-hey..h-help" The man's voice became gargled as if he was choking on water, and Alex looked in horror, as he saw the man's body slowly fall to the ground, with the figure's mouth still clamped on to the man's throat.
Oh god..oh sh*t, I need to get out of here. Alex gestured Don to stay close, as they started to step backwards, trying to go backtrack down the path from the mansion. Alex looked at the figure, who now had let go of the man. The light from a nearby light attached to the fence, exposed its black, almost scaly-leathery skin. It was slender, and it's spine could be seen protruding from its skin. Its head was round, however it had no eyes, and the mouth was just a hole, covered in blood with a few sharp teeth. It's arms and legs were incredibly long, and its fingers were slender and long. Alex stared at it for a few seconds, until the creature let out another ear-bleeding screech. Covering his ears, Alex quickly turned around and started to run down the hill from where he same from.
Don't look back, Don't look back! Growls from the creature following, made Alex nearly fumble, as he made it down the path within a time span of less than two minutes, back to the lamp post and the path that led to the crops. Without hesitation he started to run towards the lamp post, passing it, and then seeing a group of people, which nearly made Alex stop his running. "What the-" Slowing down to catch his breath, Alex approached the group of people, until he looked back and saw a figure aggressively galloping on all fours towards the group. Getting tired, Alex started to sprint again, this time slower than ever as he reached the group. "Quick! Run!" He yelled at the group, while the creature shrieked once more, running at full speed at the group. Without wasting time or looking back, Alex ran off to the side of the path and headed for the farm's crop and jumped in, laying on the grass, with the leaves of the crop plants giving him cover.
Hopefully...those guy....keep him busy. Alex tried to catch his breath, with Don standing next to him, watching the creature as it ran towards the group.
[OOC: Let me know if I'm going too fast. Edited my post in the OOC thread with info on the creature.]