Chapter 79 - Wendigo (2/2)

Both of them were looking over at the creature as soon as they figured out where it was. Although Laz didn't know it, they were also exchanging words about what it could be. Finally, Malene took out here phone and searched something up before showing it to Aqua. Both nodded their heads when they came to an agreement before Malene reached forward and got Laz's attention. She then showed him the phone.

'Wendigo.'

Reading more underneath it, Laz couldn't help but marvel at how the picture was very close to what they were looking at.

'Was this thing really some sort of mythical creature though? Am in really going to possibly run into big foot one day now?' Laz had many thoughts on how crazy this whole thing seemed, but how it also seemed completely legit since the evidence was right in front of him.

'What the hell? It likes to eat humans? Well, that explains why Malene felt like it might be stalking her.”

Almost as soon as he read that part, he noticed the beast had raised it's head and was sniffing the air.

'Don't tell me...'

Laz sniffed a bit as well while Vivi did the same, trying to figure out what it was smelling. Almost at the same time, they turned and looked at Malene who had a confused look on her face.

She smelled like perfume. It was incredibly subtle and you wouldn't normally notice, but out here in the woods, it was hard to miss.

'Shit.”

Without a moments hesitation, Laz grabbed Malene's hand with one hand and held Vivi in place with the other while making a quick escape in the direction they had come from.

Before they got more than a couple feet though, another earth shaking roar echoed through the forest. Without turning around, Laz let go of Malene's hand and picked her up by the waist before running at top speed towards her house. Even if it didn't do them any good, they had a better chance of surviving by getting out of the woods ASAP.

Laz didn't make any fancy zig zag moves and instead just ran as fast as he could. Due to the abnormal strength of his body, he was practically flying through the dense foliage without looking back. He was directing his sense behind him the whole way and could tell that the Wendigo had picked up on their trail and was coming after them.

With every step he took, Laz knew the creature was getting closer and based on his estimation, it was going to catch up to them as soon as they cleared the tree line.

As soon as they hit the edge of the forest, Laz threw Malene and Vivi to the side and jumped back, leveling off Last Rites to take aim before pulling the trigger.

”Die.”

Boom!

Knowing right where the creature would be, the shot was on the mark but the creature veered at the last moment and it hit it's oversized arm instead. The hit from the bullet caused the forearm of the creature to practically explode in a cloud of blood as it screamed out.

Even Laz was briefly stunned by the resulting sound wave that made aiming another shot quickly impossible. Just as his ears stopped ringing, Laz realized the creature was almost on top of him. It shot out its whole arm and reached it's claw forward, attempting to stab it through Laz's head before he could recover.

Just as the claws were about to go through his face, Malene screamed and a Laz just saw a large black shadow jump forward and bite down on the oversized arm, yanking it off.

Backing up while thanking whatever god was listening, Laz took a closer look at this black shadow and noticed it was a pitch black colored fur.

The monster roared again in pain and backed up while the black furred animal walked up next to Laz and growled at it. Laz took the time too look closer at the animal that had saved him. It was almost two meters tall and three meters long with massive fangs and a fluffy tail. The animal then turned it's head to look at Laz who looked back. Laz could see his face mirrored in the animals icy blue eyes before he came to a shocking understanding.

”Vivi?”