Sunset sat on her bed; legs hugged against her chest as she stared out the window. Snow had fallen across the city of Canterlot, and reflected white into Sunset’s room, not that she could sleep much. Winter break was almost over, in fact, today was the last day. A new year was on the horizon, but it was already marred with bad omens. The flame haired girl sighed heavily, she continued to stare out into nothing, she knew she had to leave her bed, but honestly, she didn’t feel as if she had the energy to do so.

She glanced over to her right, spying the terrarium she bought for her pet lizard, Ray. The heat lamp shined on the little lizard, allowing him to rest peacefully on top of a rock. “At least one of us is sleeping well.”

Sunset’s sleep had been less than peaceful lately, nightmares plagued her every other night about CHS, the environment had become toxic, and thanks to the efforts of this mysterious Anon-A-Miss, she had become the target of the hate and malice that this online fraud had conjured, just as they wanted. Whoever was behind it obviously had a grudge against Sunset, on the one hand she couldn’t blame them, Sunset wasn’t exactly the nicest person a few months ago, and while some had started to forgive her, Sunset didn’t doubt that there would still be some who couldn’t.

Christmas has come and gone, and just like before, like all those other times before, she was alone. Just when she thought that the girls were ready to bring her into their lives, to treat her kind of like…family, it all came crashing down and shattered into pieces.

“Friends are supposed to have your back, to believe in you when no else does…” Sunset gripped her arms hard as a small bout of anger rose inside her. “Some friends, didn’t take much for them to turn on me and – stop it!” Sunset took a deep breath.

She couldn’t think like that, they were her friends. Still could be, if she could figure out who Anon-A-Miss was. A soft trilling sound drew Sunset’s attention, she looked to her left and saw that Ray was awake, his front claws pressed against the glass as he looked upon his owner with a sad face. Sunset smiled at her little lizard friend as she opened the terrarium and let Ray crawl up onto her arm. Ray made his way to her shoulder and nuzzled the side of her cheek.

“Thanks, Ray, but you shouldn’t stay out of your home for too long, it’s too cold for you without the lamp, even with my body heat.”

Ray trilled again and shrugged as if saying, “I don’t care.”

Sunset smiled and then laid back on the bed, now staring up at the ceiling as she felt Ray crawl his way atop of her chest. If the lizard wasn’t a lizard, Sunset would’ve thought the reptile was copping a feel. Sunset had her phone on the bed and opened it, going through her contacts to see if any of the girls had even tried to text her. No surprise, there were none. She then checked the MyStable page of Anon-A-Miss and narrowed her gaze, there had been no new posts since the break, but Sunset was certain that they would come flooding in sooner rather than later once school started again.

As she scrolled through them, she could see several comments from the students of CHS who were either cussing out or outright threatening harm, of course, they all thought it was Sunset, so the comments all had her name in them. And as predicted, Anon-A-Miss never commented back, it didn’t help that the profile picture was a silhouette of her, it was so obvious a ten-year-old could figure it out, which was another frustrating aspect of all this.

“If I was going to do something like this, why would I purposefully make it obvious that it’s me? I mean, I’d have used a generic profile pic, kept the name, and then go on and do all that! Making everyone know it’s me just makes me the target! UGH!”

Sunset slammed her phone down on the bed and growled in frustration. She then looked at it again, seeing the time was already nine. Her stomach growled and Sunset knew she’d have to leave the comfort and safety of her own home to get something, her fridge was painfully barren of food. Sunset picked up Ray and gently placed him back in the terrarium.

“I’m going out, Ray. I’ll be back in a bit.”

Sunset refilled his water bowl and placed some food in another before putting on some warm clothes and heading out the door.

Sunset sat at a local diner, unfortunately, it was the very same diner that Pinkie worked at. It was pretty late at night when Sunset left her home. Not many places were open this late, aside from bars, and Sunset wasn’t about to deal with a bunch of drunks hitting on her. So, the diner was the only other option. But with it being winter break, and the fact that school started tomorrow, Sunset was hoping that the party girl would be at home with her family or doing something else…

She was wrong.

The flame haired girl looked up at the curly pink haired teen to her right, a noticeable tension filling the air, despite Pinkie’s efforts to maintain her professional and peppy attitude, there was no missing the obvious discomfort she was feeling in this moment.

“Hi, Pinkie,” Sunset greeted calmly.

“S-Sunset…um, hi…”

Sunset sighed and said, “Look, let’s just keep this as courteous as possible. I really don’t want to get into it with you, I’m just here to get something to eat and head back home. I promise.”

The tension seemed to ease up from Pinkie Pie, allowing her to put on a more genuine smile as she said, “Okay, well, what would you like?”

Sunset told Pinkie her order and the pink haired girl skated off to the front and handed off her order to the cook. She rolled on by again when she noticed that Sunset’s drink was low and refreshed it right away. Sunset had suspected that out of the five, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were probably the ones most likely to believe her if she could bring proof. Fluttershy couldn’t hold a grudge for long, and Pinkie was the same.

“How’s your break gone so far?” Sunset asked.

“Oh, it’s been good. Spending time with my Mom and Dad, and my sisters is always fun!”

“I’m glad.”

Things got quiet after that; Sunset would just scroll through a few ViewTube videos. One in particular was of an earlier news broadcast that spoke on these “Mystery Murders”.

Several had been occurring in the last couple of months, of course the police wouldn’t give out too much detail, apparently the way in which the victims were killed were far too graphic and disturbing to be described. But that didn’t stop the online community from digging up information, and some were talking. Speaking of how the bodies were killed in ways that were not humanly possible, what made it worse was the victims list. They ranged from men, women, and children, some were of a specific age group, while others weren’t, and the M. O. changed with each new victim, making it hard for the police to pin down a profile to give out to the public. Hence, the Mystery Murders.

Happy New Year…seems like everything’s going bad these days.

After a while, Pinkie brought Sunset’s food and Sunset began eating, during this time, Sunset took notice of the people in the restaurant. It was nine-thirty at night, and the restaurant was close to closing. There weren’t that many people inside as far as she could tell, an old couple, a young couple, and then there was one guy that gave Sunset pause. He had a red sweater, with a brown leather coat folded to his right. The man was wearing glasses and was eating a bowl of soup, every once in a while, he would catch the guy making glances at Pinkie Pie.

Sunset didn’t want to be suspicious; he could’ve just been shy and was trying to signal to her with his eyes instead of speaking up. However, Sunset couldn’t shake this vibe that something was off about him. Her need to monitor the man didn’t last long as he finished his meal, paid and then left. Not long after him, the old couple and young couple did as well, leaving Sunset as the only customer.

Pinkie Pie rolled on over and asked, “Did you want a desert? The kitchen’s almost closed.”

“Nah, I’m good…”

“Sunset.” The former Equestrian turned to Pinkie. “Can we talk?”

Sunset blinked. “Uh, yeah, sure.”

Pinkie took a seat across from Sunset as she looked down at her hands. This was completely awkward, but it was also something that she needed to do. “Um…I…I don’t want to stay mad you…”

Sunset bit the inside of her lip to stop herself from bawling. “I, um, don’t want you to, either.”

Pinkie Pie’s normally chipper expression was no longer there as she stared at the table. “I was mad at you, very mad, like the rest of the girls. But…as the days have gone by, all I can see is the school not being happy anymore, and you…every day I see you taking everyone’s hate…and it hurts.” Pinkie’s eyes began to water. “And…when I think about going back, and seeing all that again…”

Sunset carefully reached out and took Pinkie Pie’s hands into her own. “It’s okay.”

“No it’s not! All this ‘Anon-A-Miss’ stuff is making everyone angry or sad or both! And you’re sad all the time…”

Sunset looked away for a moment, remembering all the jeering, the graffiti on her locker, the occasional shove in the hallway, and of course people starting fights with her. There wasn’t much she could do in the way of retaliation, although it would be self-defense, it would just be seen as lashing out against others. All Sunset wanted was for someone, anyone to believe that she wasn’t the one behind all this mess, because, truthfully, at the rate things were going, Sunset wasn’t sure she could take much more without someone to help her through this. Out of all those people, she wanted it to be at least one of her friends.

“Pinkie, do you really think I’m Anon-A-Miss?” Sunset asked as she lightly squeezed Pinkie’s hands.

Pinkie Pie looked into Sunset’s eyes, she stared into them for a long moment, looking for any sign of deceit, and in truth, part of Pinkie wished she did see it, because it would ease the guilt that was weighing in her heart about shunning her friend and abandoning her when she needed help the most. But there was none.

“No, you’re not…and I’m sorry…I’m so, so sorry…”

Sunset got up from her seat and walked around to give her hug, it felt so good to have one her friends back, a wave of relief washed over Sunset, like she had been underwater for so long and had now at least partially breached the surface.

Pinkie sniffled a little and then gently pulled back. “I gotta help lock up. Maybe we could talk later?”

“I’d like that.”

“Let me ring you up.”

Pinkie rolled around to the other side of the counter and rang up Sunset’s meal. Sunset pulled out her wallet and paid her friend – it felt good to say that again – and as she did, Sunset asked, “How are you getting back home?”

“Oh, well I was going to take the bus, my sister, Maud, was too busy with Marble and Lime while they went to go do some shopping,” said Pinkie. “And my parents are probably asleep by now.”

“If you want, I could give you a lift? I mean, if you don’t mind riding my bike,” Sunset offered.

Pinkie Pie smiled a genuine Pinkie smile. “I’d like that! It’s been a while since I’ve been on your bike!”

“Cool, I’ll wait outside.”

Sunset leaned against her Harley, checking her phone to see how long it had been since the store closed. The lights had been shut off, and most of the cars from the back left.

She wasn’t pranking me…was she? No! Stop that, Pinkie Pie wouldn’t do something like that, not after all that in the diner…

Sunset huffed and walked towards the back, she looked around and didn’t see much of anything, that is until she spotted something on the ground, something pink. Sunset ran towards the object and saw that it was Pinkie’s purse. The flame haired girl quickly took out her cellphone and called Pinkie, that’s when she heard it ringing in the distance.

She’s close, Sunset thought.

Sunset ran towards the sound, getting closer to the alleyway, but then she stopped when she got to the corner. In the alley was Pinkie, shoved against a wall, a man – the same man Sunset had saw in the diner. The man had a hand over Pinkie’s mouth, while in his other, he held a knife, placing it within Pinkie’s field of vision. The teen’s powder blue eyes widened with fear as she focused on the gleaming blade.

“Looks like I found me a good one tonight!” The man removed his right hand from Pinkie’s mouth and brought the blade to rest at her neck. “Scream and I promise you, I’ll paint these walls with your blood! Nod if you understand!”

Pinkie nodded, her bottom lip quivering is she struggled to keep herself from screaming for help.

“Good girl.”

The man leaned up against Pinkie and used his left hand to grope Pinkie’s breast hard, making her yelp. Sunset’s eyes narrowed as her blood boiled in sheer fury of what was happening. She quickly looked around and by luck found an old metal trashcan. Sunset picked up the lid and held it like a shield in her left hand, she searched the trashcan until she found unbroken beer bottle. Sunset placed the bottle under her arm and picked up a small rock, tossing it up and down to get an idea of its weight. She glanced back down the alley and watched as the man began moving that same hand to Pinkie’s rear, and growing dangerously close to lifting her skirt.

You picked the wrong girl, asshole!

While he was distracted, Sunset tossed the rock down the far end of the alley. The quiet of the street allowed the rock’s impact to echo loudly, causing the man to get off of Pinkie and pointed his knife down the opposite way.

“WHO’S THERE?!”

Sunset dashed with all the speed she could muster. The man heard the rapid crunching of snow and turned to see Sunset, her eyes burned with the fury of a demon, and with her flaming hair, she might as well have been one. The man went to grab for Pinkie, but Sunset kicked at a snow pile, sending chunks of it straight at the man. The assailant was blinded for a moment, but saw that she was getting closer, the man lunged forward with his knife, but Sunset was ready. Using the trashcan lid, she let the knife come to her, it pierced the cheap metallic lid, but that’s all she needed. Sunset twisted the lid to the right, then jerked it to the left, hard. The sudden action made the man release his grip on the knife as Sunset tossed the lid and the knife away.

The man was about to attack her, but Sunset was faster, striking him with the beer bottle right across his temple. Sunset capitalized on his disorientation and pressed her attack, she jabbed him twice in the face, attacked with a right hook to his kidney, followed by another to the second kidney. Sunset threw an uppercut into his stomach, making the man gasp in pain, she then kicked out his knee, making him kneel before her. And to finish, Sunset threw a thrusting kick into his face, sending the man flying back and landing hard against the cold, unforgiving concrete.

Sunset huffed and panted, her breaths visible in the cold night air as her brow dripped with sweat. Her body trembled from the adrenaline rush of the fight, but that didn’t matter right now. She turned to her right and saw Pinkie still up against the wall, still frightened.

“Pinkie…?”

With only that word spoken, Pinkie Pie rushed into Sunset’s arms, sobbing in both fear and relief that she was saved. Sunset hugged Pinkie close to her, at the same time berating herself for not having come sooner.

“Shh, it’s okay, I’m here, you’re safe now,” Sunset cooed.

“I…I was so scared…Sunset…he…he just appeared out of nowhere and…!”

“It’s alright, he’s down and out. Let’s call the cops and I’ll kick him a few more times to make sure he doesn’t get back up.”

“Oh man…that hurt.”

Sunset and Pinkie turned their heads in the direction of the voice. The man that Sunset had just thoroughly beaten was now sitting up. His face had tiny shards of broken glass, his nose was visibly broken from the kick Sunset gave him, and his mouth had blood dripping out of the corner, as well as from his face and nose.

“Tonight, is my…my lucky night. Two hotties, with loads of energy, I hope your pink friend there has as much stamina as you do, because you’re both going to need it!”

Sunset growled as she made Pinkie get behind her. “Son of a bitch, you don’t know when to stay down.” The flame haired girl entered into a fighting stance. “Guess I’ll have to break your arms and legs!”

Suddenly, the man jerked upwards as if he was picked up by some unseen force, and then placed back on his feet. The glass shards were pushed out of his skin, his nose made a sickening crunching and cracking sound as it was set back into place.

Sunset and Pinkie didn’t know what to make of it, the man was healing himself. In a matter of seconds, it was as if all of Sunset’s damage had been erased.

“Make this fun girls!”

A whirlwind kicked up down the alleyway, nearly knocking down Sunset and Pinkie Pie. The man’s body began to squirm as a silver aura appeared around him. His skin began to shed, like a snake molting, pieces of it falling to the ground and then turning into ash a second later. As the skin continued to fall off, Sunset and Pinkie were now able to see the true creature within.

“RUN!” Sunset ordered.

Both girls dashed out of the alleyway as fast as they could. They made it into the parking lot where Sunset hurriedly turned on her bike, revving the engine as Pinkie sat behind her, wrapping her arms around Sunset’s torso so tight that Sunset thought Pinkie was trying to snap her in half. Right now though, fear was overriding any sense of pain as Sunset peeled out of the parking lot and onto the streets.

Sunset turned down a few streets, trying to make it hard for that literal monster to track them down. The only bad part about that plan was that this part of town was kind of dead at night, which meant that there was a scarce amount of people actually outside or driving, especially with all the snow.

“D-D-Do you think w-w-we lost him?!” Pinkie asked.

“Must’ve of, there’s no way he could’ve–!” A wild screech drew her attention. Sunset and Pinkie Pie looked up and watched as some kind of creature was scaling the walls of the buildings, keeping pace with Sunset’s bike. “SHIT!”

Sunset revved her engine again, going at speeds that were dangerous enough on a none icy road, but right now, Sunset was less worried about black ice and more worried about the monster that was chasing after them. The creature leaped and bounded from one building to the next at inhuman speeds, keeping pace with Sunset’s bike like it was nothing. Sunset skidded into a corner and went down it, not really knowing where to go right now. Just then, she spotted a construction site.

“PINKIE, DUCK!” Sunset ordered.

Pinkie did as Sunset said, the bike rammed the gate, snapping the chain that kept it locked as she made for an opening and went straight in. She brought the bike to a screeching halt as she heard the monster outside release its own screech. The building was only half finished, most of it was empty with several floors still under construction, but it did allow for good hiding spaces.

“You okay?” Sunset asked.

“Y-Yeah!”

Sunset whipped out her cellphone and was ready to call the police, but then she heard that same screeching sound. Both girls turned to the direction of the sound, hearing rapid footsteps above them. Then it got quiet…a moment passed…another…and then another…It was as if the world went silent, the only thing that either of the girls could hear right now was the thumbing of their hearts ringing in their ears, and the sounds of the wind.

“Maybe it gave up…?” Pinkie thought.

“……” Sunset gulped. “No…”

The ceiling above the entrance broke as mortar and rebar clattered against the floor. In the dull, reflected light of the snow, Sunset and Pinkie finally got a good look at the monster that had pursued them, and they wished they hadn’t. It stood over six and a half feet tall, it had sandy colored skin, with worm-like tentacles for fingers, which were a fleshy pink color. There were more of the tentacle worms protruding from its skin and hooking into joints, its head was a skull, with just enough flesh on it to give it some semblance of a face. It’s left arm was nothing but tentacles from the elbow down, each one with little barbs at the ends. Upon further inspection, it appeared as if the worm tentacles was wiggling underneath the skin, as if it was just a sack to keep them all contained.

“Oh yeah…I can’t wait to have fun with you two!” The creature’s head turned towards Pinkie. “You’re first!”

The creature thrust his left arm towards Pinkie, the tendrils shot out like cobras, each one latching onto Pinkie’s arms, legs, torso, and neck. The creature was about to reel her in like a fish, until Sunset reached out and yelled, “LET HER GO!”

Suddenly, Sunset felt a wellspring of power surge inside her, and it was familiar. Her body sparkled and glowed red as her body underwent a transformation. Her human ears vanished and were replaced by pony ears, her hair was tied at the end and extended into a ponytail. Sunset’s right hand glowed as she focused her magic on the tendrils, going off of instinct from her time as a unicorn, focusing her magical energy on a single point and released it, snapping it like a rubber band.

A bright red flash went off and the tentacles that had attacked Pinkie all burst apart, releasing green blood from the severed ends. The severed limbs still wriggled about, but after a moment Pinkie managed to get them off. The creature retracted the tentacles, but after a second they began to regenerate.

Sunset got in front of Pinkie, arms up as she readied to fight. “Pinkie, you okay?!”

“S-Sort of, but, h-how did you pony up without your guitar?!” Pinkie asked.

“No idea, and right now, I don’t care, so long as I have my magic, we have a chance!”

“Oh-ho-ho, now I see. Now I see why you two are so appealing, you have power! Oh, I’m going to enjoy playing with you two!”

The creature’s tentacles regenerated, he then launched them again, all of them aimed at Sunset. The flame haired girl thrust her hands forward, creating a dome barrier around them as the tentacles slammed against it, making Sunset wince from the impact. Sunset pushed back with her shield, and fired a kinetic magical blast straight for the creature. The monster was wrapped in Sunset’s telekinetic aura, to which Sunset motioned upwards with her hand. The monster unwillingly followed her movement as he was thrown into the ceiling. Sunset motioned downwards, and the monster was slammed onto the ground, leaving a body sized indention in it. Sunset threw him to the left, striking the wall with his body, and then she did it again, and again, and again. The former unicorn mare cocked back her hand and waved it hard to the left. The worm monster was thrown into the wall once more, but this time with enough force to break through to the other side of the wall.

“Pinkie, you need to run!” Sunset ordered.

“What?! No! I can’t leave you alone with that thing!”

“Dammit, Pinkie, he’s after both of us! I have my magic, you don’t! I’ll fight him as long as I can and then ditch!” Sunset turned around and gripped Pinkie Pie’s shoulders as she looked into the eyes of her friend. “I am not going to lose you, do you understand?!”

Pinkie was speechless for a moment, every part of her wanted to say “no” and stay and help her friend. After shunning her, ignoring her, and hating her for something she didn’t do, Pinkie was not about to leave Sunset, not again.

Pinkie was about to answer, but she never got the chance to. Her answer was halted when she first heard a dull thudding sound, followed by a splash of witness on her face and clothes. Pinkie Pie blinked as she raised her hand and wiped her cheek with her right hand, when she looked at her fingers, Pinkie’s pupils shrunk to pinpricks. They were red, red with blood.

Sunset and Pinkie looked down slightly and right there, piercing through Sunset’s stomach, were three tentacles. Blood seeped from the wound and stained her jacket, some had gotten onto Pinkie’s clothes and onto her face. The attack was so sudden, Sunset hadn’t yet registered that she had just received a fatal blow.

“Oh…well…shit…” Sunset spoke in a shocked tone as blood began to trickle from the corner of her mouth.

The flamed haired girl was whipped up, torn away from Pinkie, and then thrown, unceremoniously, to the ground like a piece of trash. The monster slowly approached as his tentacles returned to their normal length. He looked at Sunset, who was now lying on the ground, motionless, with blood pooling around her, and then to Pinkie, who was in a state of shock as she fell to the ground on her knees. Her eyes fixated on Sunset as she cried, but made no sounds.

The monster made a few chuckling sounds as he approached her, his tentacles already getting into position. But Pinkie wasn’t paying attention, all she could see was that her friend was dead on the ground, dead because she was trying to save her. Sunset was dead, and no one would know it, Anon-A-Miss would continue on, and people would continue to hate her, and no doubt Sunset would be blamed for her disappearance. Her name would be spoken in spite.

“I’m sorry…I’m so sorry I didn’t believe you…” Pinkie sobbed and she lowered her gaze.

“………I’m sorry, too.”

“Wha–?!”

Pinkie looked up and saw Sunset’s right hand pointed at her, which was now glowing with her magical energy. Sunset’s red aura surrounded Pinkie, making the monster back off in caution.

“Goodbye…”

“Sunset, wai–!!!”

In a flash of red light, Pinkie Pie was gone. The monster looked around, but he could no longer see nor sense the girl anymore. He then looked at Sunset and hissed as he demanded to know, “What did you do?!”

Sunset coughed up blood as she chuckled. “I teleported her away…as far as I could…good luck finding her. She’ll probably find the police and bring them here.”

“Do you think I actually care about some police?”

Sunset coughed again, the shine of her pony up faded away as her hair and ears returned to normal. “Probably not…the important thing…is that you don’t have her…my last little fuck you…”

The monster walked towards her as his tentacles began to coil outwards, the barbs extending. The tentacles went and pierced the jacket and shirt of Sunset’s clothes, and then ripped them apart as if they were made of tissue paper, revealing her bra covered chest, and further down, the gaping wound in her stomach.

“You ain’t dead yet, so I’ll make sure you feel everything before that happens.”

Sunset closed her eyes, this wasn’t the end she would’ve wanted. Then again, who in any life got to choose how they died? Most people would probably curse her name even after her death, but at least…at the very end…she managed to do one last good thing for one of her friends. Pinkie Pie would live…she deserved to live…her life had been all about bringing happiness to others…And I’ve spent most of mine making others miserable…

The tentacles began to wrap around her legs and spread them open, readying to remove that bit of clothing as well.

*………thump*

The monster stopped.

*……Thump*

The monster looked around again, and then he turned his head to his left and noticed something odd on the floor. A part of the concrete was cracked, strange thing was, it was pointing up.

*…Thump*

The sound was louder, and the cracks spread. A red glow emanated from the cracks, which was steadily glowing brighter by the second.

*THUMP*

The indention rose higher, and the cracks spread more.

*THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP*

The concrete was cracking rapidly, the red glow turning an even angrier shade of red. Whatever was underneath the concrete, it wanted out, and it wanted out NOW.

The concrete burst apart, scattering rumble all over the place, and sent a small plume of dust up into the air. The monster retracted its tentacles as it prepared to fight whatever it was. But what the creature saw…well, he didn’t know what to expect, but he wasn’t expecting this.

A gauntlet hovered in the air, silver in color, with a red jewel on the back of the hand, with a smaller yellow gemstone next to it. Along the gauntlet, at the top, was a third gemstone, blue in color. The jagged gauntlet rotated towards the monster, opened its hand, and unleashed a beam of red light that smashed into the creature’s chest and forced it back into a wall. Once the monster was away, the gauntlet zoomed towards Sunset’s right arm. The piece of armor began to unravel itself, and once in range, latched onto Sunset’s right forearm.

The flame haired girl inhaled deeply as if she had just come up for air, power rushed through Sunset’s veins, breathing life into her and returning her from the brink. The power continued to flow, it was a rush, it was exhilarating, it was pure ecstasy. Her eyes began to shift, the whites of her eyes changing to black as the turquoise color of her irises glowed. A pillar of flames erupted around Sunset’s body, lifting her up and obscuring her body, all but a silhouette of her was visible.

The creature managed to get back up, but when he did, he winced in pain. The creature looked at his chest and saw that it was burned where the beam had struck, his healing factor was taking care of the damage, yet somehow it wasn’t doing it as fast. The creature looked at the pillar and saw a red light shine from within as something seemed to be happening to his prey within the flames.

}}}Kill him…!{{{

Several things had happened towards the end of that night. The sounds of explosions, the heat of the flames, the screeching of metal, the screeching of some ungodly monster, and the maniacal laughter.