Chapter 34: Awakening - 2
The first fiend reached the bottom of the stairs and looked right at them. Its iron-grey skin gleamed in the dim light, and its teeth were like broken glass. It made that horrible laughing sound that all the creatures seemed to enjoy.
Baren stepped forward, placing himself between the monster and others.
"Stay away," he said, though his voice was barely a whisper.
One of its claws smashed his chest, sending him crashing against the wall. Baren felt a searing pain shoot through his body as he struggled to stay conscious.
That fiend walked towards Ryanna, who was shaking in fear.
Baren got up and staggered towards the fiend; he couldn’t let the fiend harm his wife. The fiend again smashed him; this time it hit on his hip, making him slam to the ground.
Baren groaned.
Taeryn was holding his mother, and Rena was present beside him; the other fiend was coming at them, making a sound like it was laughing.
Ryanna screamed as the fiend’s claw struck her hand.
Baren, who heard the scream, got up again, and this time, he stood there, "Hey, you ugly fucking bastard!!" Blood trickled from his mouth; he closed his eyes.