forum Haven: A Torch in the Night (may get heavy and violence is a possible occurrence)

Started November 22, 2019 by @Hybrid-Is-tired

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Mallory was running as fast as she could skipping over her steps and tripping. "Hurry!" She cried.

Jake then grabbed the creature and snapped its neck throwing it's dead body aside and fighting off some more.

Ember pulled her bow from her shoulder and notched an arrow in about half a second and fired an arrow into the one that had sunk its teeth into Jake, the silver tip sunk into its body.

Mallory held a hand over her mouth and gasped. She ran close to Jake not caring if they attacked her.

The figure from before watched the whole fight a couple of yards away, motioning with their clawed hands to control the shadows, that unlike the creature Jake knew, seemed to not be having all that much trouble shrugging off attacks. When Ember's silver arrow hit the creature though the figure winced as if they had felt the arrow

Mallory came beside Jake, completely weaponless and defenseless. The only thing she could do was try to get into its head. Whatever this was. She knew what the shadows were- and if I thought was the only thing that had to be done, she'd do it. "Jake!?" She called.

Under the figure's control their thoughts were organized and rational dodge, bite while he stumbles over his words, avoid the arrows they hurt. Ignore the silly little girl and focus on the other two The figure commands the two, then they latch onto the creature Jake knew at last.

Jake got up and started to charge at the creature, hoping to bring it down and starts firing at it with fire fists.

Mallory felt helpless and stopped trying to chase down Jake. She went back to Ember and stood beside her. "What should I do?" She asked.

Ember gave Mal one of her silver hunting Knives and motioned for her to follow as Ember put the bow up and pulled out her handgun, that she peeled off three shots at the combined creature. Until with Jakes caused it to flee and spring at Mal. Ember caught it by it's neck and struggled with the weight of it "Mallory s-stab it!"

She did so quickly looking at Ember in alarm. "Are you alright?" She asked staying alert.

Ember had gotten her side cut when holding the thing back "I'm fine, go see if Jake is-"

"Oh congratulations, you killed two of of the many more Shadows…and it appears that I'm not the only one that wants to kill you all…that creature was weak compared to my Shadows." They approached the three without even an ounce of fear, adjusting their tie of their pure black and grey suit

Mallory had noticed the cut, but the voice was distracting. "Ember…what do we do?" She asked softly.

"Jake get behind us and get away from that thing!" Ember sounded panicked and with genuine fear in her voice as she peeled off more shots at the human like figure.

They looked down at the bullet wounds Ember gave them and just chuckled "How cute" they started to reach out to Jake

"JAKE GET AWAY FROM THEM!"

(and now we wait for Jake)

Jake tried to walk but fell to his knees, weak from the blood loss.

Mallory didn't move. Memories were coming back in waves. "Ember we have to do something!"

"Get Jake, I'll deal with Them!" Ember charged the shadow person and yelled, drawing the attention of them away from Jake

"Don't get hurt." She yelled out to her. She ran to Jake avoiding the shadows.

Jake then saw Mal running towards him and passed out cold. memories flew into his head of his daughter's capture….

She fell down to his side. "No- not now please get up." She cried shaking him gently.

Jake then heard the cries of don't give up dad…and he sprung up to see mal crying.

Ember slashed at the person "Zerack you're not welcome here." She hissed forcing them back a bit before a spike shot into her shoulder and stomach "You're impure, weak. I need not to waste my time here, but to find the person that sent that creature not of my making here." And she was tossed like a rag doll and smacked into a tree.

"J-Jake!" She grinned hugging him tightly:

For a second he thought he saw Livia in the bushes ahead… when he tried to reach his hand out, tears falling down his face. he could hear her calling out to him… Then not so far away came Kat… would you just look at yourself Jake. Pathetic…No wonder you lost your daughter during the battle, YOU'RE WEAK! You now only have 7 days to save your daughter. As long as you don't die before hand. HAHAHAHAHhahahahah then she disappeared.

Mallory dug her face in his shoulder. "J-Jake…"

He came back to the present and hugged Mal back, still crying. " I'm going to be too late…My daughter will die…"

"Shhh, Jake, we can do this you and her will both be OK. We'll save her. We need to go find and help Ember first though." She soothed kissing his cheek softly.

Jake then tried to walk over to Ember and healed her to the best of his ability. "let's take her inside.."

"did…did he leave?" Ember barely muttered out, pale in the face. Her wounds refused to close as black liquid drained from them