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Chapter 4 - Fight or Flight.

This half man half monster staggered towards me drawing his blades further from his arm with each step. It looks as if he was molding each individual part of his body into this hard metal material. "What am I gonna do" I mumbled to myself. I knew I couldn't just stand there I had to think of something. I looked around for a moment pondering on what to do and a small idea came into my head. I didn't plan on fighting this thing as I would have been killed too easily but stalling him might work instead. He grew closer to me and I needed to act quickly. He was about 5 feet away from me when I reached for my backpack and slung it at him with all my force. He swung at the backpack with his blade busting it and causing my papers to fly everywhere. Perfect. The papers acted as a distraction for me to get away. When I saw my chance I took it and ran away. Running as fast as I could I turned back knowing he would be chasing me and he was. I must have pissed him off because he was after me screaming "You son of a bitch you thought you could trick me?" I ran faster than I ever had before it was like I had more energy than usual. I noticed it when I threw my backpack too. It had more force to it than what I expected but I just brushed it off as I was in panic mode. I noticed a barrel of pipes to my left in front of me. If I knocked these over as I run by maybe it would slow this guy down a little so I can gain some distance. Running by the Barrel I yanked it down causing all the pipes to fall on the ground. The monster stumbled down on the ground. The plan had worked. I continued running until I found myself in a construction zone. "I can easily lose him here" I thought as I continued to run. I weaved through different area's of the construction site, Hurling myself over obstacles and jumping crazy high. Was this sudden burst of energy because I was terrified for my life? I was running under scalfolding when I decided to climb atop of it and hide from the monster. Reaching the top I seen a barrel of rebar in which I grabbed a piece holding in a manner ready to fight. My heart pounded as I watched below me waiting for the monster to come. Seconds felt like minutes, the minutes like hours it was a horrible experience. When I heard his faint voice below me saying "I know your around here somewhere you little shit." I knew I had to do something in order to survive. I needed to hurt this monster in a way he wouldn't be able to recover quickly from. Thats when it hit me. I could just jump down from this ledge using my momentum to shove the rebar though his heart. If this monster was still partially human that was his weakspot. So I gripped the rebar preparing myself to hurt this monster. He passed from under me with his back turned. This was it. I ran and launched myself off that ledge with more power than I've ever felt before. I mean I felt it in my legs I got some serious air. I lifted the rebar above my head and jabbed it through the monsters back into his heart. We both crashed onto the ground rolling different directions. The monster let out a horrific scream nothing like I've heard before. He screamed and stumbled around "You bastard, that actually hurt" he said as he ripped the rebar from his chest "You nearly killed me". I knew now that there was nothing left I could do. I tried all I could but I wasn't able to avenge that poor woman. Once again he started to approach me but this time he ran, fast. I didn't know what to do so I instinctively threw my hand in front of me. I closed my eyes as my death approached. But it didn't. I heard the clash of his blades against what sounded like a shield. I opened my eyes to see something I couldn't believe. A magical circle was in the air in front of me and in front of that was what looked like a wall of light. I had actually blocked this guy's attack with this shield thing. It's like instinct took over but I bashed this guy with the wall of light and when I saw my opening I took it. His blades flew up exposing his face. I wasted no time and punched him as hard as I could. When my fist made contact I felt a power I've never felt before as if I had some sort of energy flowing through me. The monster went flying back and into a fence, then the brick wall behind it demolishing it and covering himself in the rubble. I was so stunned I starred for a second and then ran away faster than I ever had before.