Dan stood among a pile of headless corpses. He was juggling a head with his feet like it was a football while smoking a cigarette.
"YOUR.... YOUR A MONSTER!" A voice shouted. The head that Dan was juggling fell on the floor. He looked at the person who shouted with a look of annoyance. A fat man with chubby cheeks and an unseeable neck who was bleeding profusely from his arm.
Dan walked slowly towards the man who was shivering. Dan purposely walked slowly to create fear in the man and the other people's hearts.
There were ten other people, all elfs holding their breaths so as to not attract his attention.
Dan squatted down and tapped the man's cheek lightly before smiling leaving his lips to reach each of his ears in a weird creepy way. He spoke in a soft voice further increasing the fear in the man's heart.
"Looks like you lose," Dan said. He stood up and snapped his fingers. The man screamed and shouted and tried running but it was to late. 8 strong arms grabbed him, 2 on each appendage. The man let out a scream that would raise the dead as he saw who it was that was that was grabbing him.
4 headless, skinless bodies with red glistening meat with blood oozing out of their body. The only place where there was skin was on their wrists. Their stomachs were open leaving their organs open for everyone to see. A giant hole on their chest showed their heart attached to all the arteries and veins.
"PLEEEEAASE! I BEG YOU... GIVE ME ONE CHANCE! I PROMISE I WON'T INTERUPT YOU AGAIN!" The man shouted.
"You know the rules, I explained them, the person who shouts, talks or complains gets to join their friends."
Dan watched as the dead bodies he was pupeteering put the man on to a meat hook. He screamed once the hook got deep into his flesh. The zombie puppets removed the clothes from the man tearing it of forcefully.
Dan looked around to see all the other elfs not turning around and watching. It wasn't like they had a choice. They had to otherwise they would be next. At least that is what Dan said to them.
They watched in fright and horror as the man was skinned alive. The most frightening thing was that they peeled the skin of with their hands and strength. No knifes or sharp weapons.
One of the woman could not take it. She let out a gag before vomiting.
The man sitting next to her tried covering her and protecting her from the zombies that were dragging her away. He was also dragged of along with her.
"PLEASE, SHE'S PREGNANT, HAVE MERCY ON HER!" The man begged and shouted his eyes covered in tears, his nose in snot.
"Oh she's pregnant. How long?" Dan asked the woman who was almost attached to the hook.
The woman could not speak and was crying and sniffing.
Dan raised his hand to touch her making her flinch. He caressed her cheek before speaking to her. "Hey, it's okay, I wont harm you. I promise. How long are you carrying that child?"
Through sniffles and cries the woman answered. "6...m...mon...months!"
"6 months." Dan put his ear on her stomach and listened. "I hear a faint heartbeat, but how is it that you like so slim when you are six months pregnant?"
"If your six months pregnant your stomach should be looking like his." Dan pointed at the screaming fat man on the hook.
"You know what your free to go." the headless zombies put the woman down.
"You can go... go on...yes right through that door." Dan watched as the woman ran away. As soon as she stepped out of the door her legs and arms were cut of. It was from a trap Dan had set in case anyone tried running.
Nearly everyone in the room let out a shout when they saw what happened to her.
Those that screamed immediately regretted it after they felt the hands of the headless zombies touch them.
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Pearl touched down on the ground carrying Enfor and Medusa. As they stared around at the destruction and the scene that lay in front of them they could not wonder but ask, "Just what on earth happened?"
They could only stare in disbelief as they noticed headless zombies running around chasing people. It wasn't really chasing as much as it was walking after them.
Pearl looked at Enfor's face. It was filled with pain and devastation. Of course it would be tough on her, it was her home. This is where she was born and grew up.
"Mom... Dad... I have to see them." Enfor muttered.
"If you are going to the palace then you are making a mistake!"
"What?"
"If your parents were in the palace they are probably dead. I am using my clairvoyance and I see a lot of headless creatures emerging from the palace. I'm assuming that is where they originate or where the necromancer is. I can also sense a frightening aura from the palace."
"Where is Sir Joshua?"
"Hmmm... knocked out in the amphitheatre."
"What about Sylvie?"
"Let me check... she's tending to a red haired elf."
"WHAT! MY PARENTS COULD BE DEAD BUT SHE IS SPENDING HER TIME TENDING TO A WORM WHO IS BELOW US INSTEAD OF HELPING MY FAMILY." Enfor shouted at the top of her lungs.
She could not believe it. Just what did Sir Joshua see in a woman like her who did not know anything about priorities to be in their party. Instead of helping her family who was royalty she decided to help a red haired elf. Although Enfor did not say it she was jealous of Sylvie. Mainly because she got Sir Joshua's attention without even trying and she did not care about it.
"Stop that Enfor," Pearl said, her wings fluttering in agitation. "Sylvie was here before us, who she helps is up to her, if you wanted to help your family then you should have come before her."
Enfor clicked her teeth and ran towards the direction of the palace. The place where she called home, the place where she grew up along with her siblings.