Rumble
He felt the rumble and carefully looked over the crest of the hill. His hands were shaking but he still used them and stabilised himself carefully peering down at the plains.
There was a massive wolf monster, with flashing lights surrounded it. His heart rate exploded and he immediately ran over to the fire. He used his hands to pile dirt over rite then ran over to the tents.
"Baby, take the child and run! There's a monster coming towards us, I'll take care of it just make sure you and him survive..." The man started tearing up but held it back, he only needed to make sure his wife and child were safe, even if he would die he was gonna stall the massive monster charging at them.
Even before the woman woke up, she had a child thrust into her arms as she was picked up. The man took them to a black steed and kissed her.
"Honey don't go, you can't stop a monster by yourself, your child needs you, I need you!" She was screaming and crying but the man paid no attention. Even if he was gone as long as they lived he was fine. He slapped the back of the horse and it ran off.
The man looked at the hill in front of him and prepared to run, he would run in the opposite direction as his wife and child, at least giving them a chance at survival.
Pant
A loud panting could be heard as the rumbling stopped and a slow start could be scarcely heard. Clearly the wolf was close and the man took a rock off the ground and got ready to throw it.
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Five!
After five breaths the the large grey wolf's snout came into view. It's leathery nose twitched as it smelt the smoke. Then it red eye locked onto the man, like blood they were deep and captivating. It's left eye was completely scared and lost its colour becoming grey but it still somehow looked as if it pierced through and saw the man.
He threw the stone in his hand and shouted "Come here you monster, come get me, I'm your food!" He patted his chest and looked into the wolf's eyes directly.
Just as he was going to run he froze, the wolf crested the hill and atop it was a man in black robes with striking red hair like fire...or maybe blood.
The man had heard known if those with parasites could do extraordinary things but were incapable of reason, he needed to move but his body wouldn't follow his instructions.
The wolf stopped and as the man jumped off, it shrunk to the size of a large dog. The man was almost as scary as the wolf, he seemed to radiate an aura of authority.
"Who are you, are you alone?" The man's voiced boomed out.
"I.. I'm just a lone survivor, uh sir..?" The man hoped that this person was at least able to be civil.
"You can just call me by my family name,... Hou. Have you ever heard of a place called Sacrarium? And tell me your name, I'm not a bad person"
"I'm... My name is Armen Sir Hou, yes I have heard of 'Sacrarium' it was a... A safe haven a few generations ago, uhh my ancestors who I was named after, Arm, was someone from there"
"You are Arm's descendant?! You are a friend, no need to call me Sir Hou you are practically family!"
"Family? Should I know you sir, no, Hou?" Armen was confused as he did not know he had any family left after he became a like survivor.
"No, I suppose not, but you can think of me as your great Ancestor-Uncle, I used to be like a son to your ancestor Arm!"
"Arm?! But he was generations ago and you looked at most thirty, how could you have even seen Arm!"
"I may look young but I'm actually more than a century old now, even if I don't feel like it myself haha" Hou was grinning as he interacted with another human normally.
"Then S.. no Hou I lied and I left my wife and son on a horse to leave thinking that wolf of yours would kill us I was going to distract it, can you save them!" Armen felt something deep in his heart that made him believe in Hou despite the absurdity of it.
"Well of course it's your wife and child I can't let them die after you tried to save them, hop on" Hou nodded to Da as it grew once man.
Hou jumped on and let his arm down to grab onto Armen, "this is Da my companion, he'll get you and your family reunited in a flash"
Hou patted and Da and it ran forward as Armen pointed which direction to go. Hou and Da both used their enhanced senses to scan for the horse and Armen's family.
Firstly, Da could smell the horse but then Hou could hear the crying of a baby and a woman consoling it. Found them!
Da sped up and arrived at the horse and not daring to look back the woman hugged her son tightly in an attempt to protect him.
"Honey it's me! We're safe!"
At the sound of her husband she swung her head back and instantly collapsed after the adrenaline wore off since she knew she was safe.
The horse however had other plans and kept running, bit Hou took this as an opportunity and condensed the blood fog with his left hand and dropped it onto the cactus spikes, he then shot them at the horse.
As soon as the needles pierced the horse stopped moving and fell forwards.
"What was that, how did you create that fog and shoot spikes out of you, how are you not a monster?! You retained your sanity!" Armen knew of parasites and could tell that these abilities were those but he was told those with parasites became monsters incapable of reasoning.