185 Frozen hear (1/2)
A young couple was dashing through the woods while screaming their lungs out trying to escape from its pursuer.
”Faster!! Faster!!! We need to go!!” said the red-haired man who appeared to be around the age of thirty-three and wearing very casual clothes.
”I can't, I can't!! My legs won't move anymore!!” whispered the blond young lady who seemed to be thirty years old and was gasping for air.
The man realized that his partner was having trouble keeping up and decided to carry her on his back.
The two continued their escape while they heard the sound of the creature getting closer and closer. Eventually, they found themselves with nowhere to go as they reached the bottom of a cliff at the farthest corner of the forest.
”Drat!! There is nowhere to go!!” the man complained while gazing at his surroundings looking for some kind of gap where he could run to but finding nothing.
”Robert!! Is this the end for us??” the woman cried while latching onto the man with all her strength.
The trees started to fall as the shadow of a massive figure kept approaching with heavy steps that made the entire ground vibrate and the birds fly away terrified.
Robert began to sweat as he realized that his doom was soon to come. The blond woman just grabbed his face to make him look at her eyes, making sure that the last thing either of them would see, were each other's faces.
”Robert... If this is really it... I want you to know... You are everything for me!!” the lady shouted with tears coming out from her eyes.
”Natasha... I'm so sorry that I couldn't keep you safe...” the man replied, also crying in despair, ”and I just wanted you to know... I... I...”
The creature finally emerged from the woods and revealed its form. Its entire body was a floating primate head of the size of a house, its cheeks revealed a pair of human arms coming out trying to grab anything in its sight, its eyes were a pair of flaming orbs that stared right into one's soul, and its hair a nest of serpents all screaming with a thirst for its prey.
The sight of the horrifying being froze the man's speech and almost made his heart leap out of its chest. Natasha tried to keep his eyes away from the beast.
”Don't look at him!! Just focus on me! Everything will be ok!” she whispered while shaking, ”just finish what you had to say...”
”Natasha... I... I...” Robert tried to continue.
The creature came closer while extending its arms trying to reach for the couple.
”Don't stop, Robert! Don't stop!!”
”I... I...”
The beast released a huge yell the echoed throughout the entire area with so much intensity that the entire ground started to shake in response.
”Robert!!!” Natasha cried.
”I SOLD YOUR MOTHER'S STAFF AND USED THE MONEY FOR BOOZE!!!!” Robert admitted.
”Wha- What...?” he gasped. Robert then turned to look at Natasha who was glaring at him with her arm extended aimed at the beast.
”You... What!!!???” she asked.
”You...? What the...? How did you?” Robert stuttered.
”I learned master-class magic a month ago, dumbass!!” she explained, ”I could have killed this thing any time I wanted!”
”You... You what?? Why did you-”
”I thought you were going to ask for my hand if you thought these were our final moments!! Then I was going to freeze it to make you think it was a 'miracle from the gods' or something...”
”Oh... I... I...”
”But forget that...” Natasha moved her hand to signal Robert to zip it, ”what the hell did you do with my mother's staff? My mother's staff that she gave me when I turned sixteen?? The last present I ever got from my mother before she passed away???”
”I... I... I...” Robert was finding trouble with forming words.
”Robert...” Natasha whispered while making a giant claw made of ice aimed at the man's neck, ”WHERE. IS. MY. MOTHER'S. STAFF???”
Part 2
After finishing off on killing the monster and freezing Robert on the bottom of a cliff, Natasha hurried to the location he had informed he had sold the staff to, a large warehouse located far away from the city and looking like it was about to fall down at any moment.
The place apparently was a hideout for a group of bandits who traded parts of animals and monsters to rich collectors who wanted to buy pieces as decoration.
”Ugh... Lovely...” Natasha whispered while gazing at the place filled with holes and covered in mud all over. The mere idea that her mother's beloved mage staff could be in here was enough to send shivers all over her body.
She entered the place and was met with a group of angry-looking men who were all wearing some kind of uniform that consisted of black shirts with red scarfs and gloves. They all had bodies filled with scars as if to show they had been in several fights.
One of them who was in the middle of a discussion with his friends spotted Natasha coming closer and moved to intercept her, ”Who the hell are you and what do you want with us?”