While the two gate stooges were running to find someone to inform of the coming disaster, captain Leon was just walking out of the tent of his chieftain after informing him about Andrew's circumstance when he stumbled upon a scene he will never forget. For what stopped him in his tracks, was just standing there in front of him looking at him with big blue flaming eyes. As the clouds cleared their way to let the scarlet moonlight in, it shined its light right on a medium size rotting rat with decaying skin and pustules boils with mangled hair. As they stare at each other with squinted eyes, Leon reaches for his sword, while thinking to himself 'what's a monster doing here? How did it avoid the notice of the guards?" As the answer to his question would have to come later. He readied himself a skill, when the scarlet light tore through the cloud covering just a little more to reveal that just behind that big rat stood others, lots of other rats with red Bitty eyes! Sweat began to trickle down his chick as Leon increased his focus with this revelation. But he was too focused! For just then a terrible shriek came from the tent just next to him! Causing him to turn his head just for a second, but in that second the rat that stood before him was nowhere to be seen when he reset his eyes. Not thinking to much of hit he hurried into the tent next to him were the shriek came from, but what he saw was not what he expected to see, for he expect to see rats chewing or gnawing at someone who had just woken up from their sleep, but instead he saw Andrew biting into a fellow comrade neck! Startled by what he was seeing, Leon yelled at Andrew what the hell are you doing! But the response he received from Andrew was not one he wanted to hear! Andrew responded by dropping the fellow man in his arms. Pulling his sword out from his gut to look right into Leon eyes and with fresh blood running down his mouth he said "so hungry"... "so hungry" he just repeated these two words like a crazed man who had lost his mind when he suddenly with his free hand he clawed at his own face! With skin peeling blood popping out he said in a voice not his own "will you fill me?"
With that he lunged at Leon with sword in hand, clothing torn asunder, bare footed he launched several jabs at Leon. while Leon not being a push over counter every single one of Andrew amateurs crazy moves that seem to have next to no thought put into them other than just thrust forward. Such a fight couldn't even be described as a fight for some of Leon's strength with the sword, who is of calm mind, but he didn't want to kill Andrew… at least not yet, for he wanted to understand more of what was going on. So he continued to play with Andrew until he was able to get a good enough swipe that sent Andrew tumbling over the bunk beds in the tent! With this brief reprieve Leon took a second to look around the empty bunk beds with their contents on the floor wondering how this could happen? But knowing full well Andrew will get up in any seconded, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a magic trinket, an orb of wondrous colors all swirling inside in perfect harmony, As Leon raise the orb to his mouth he began to speak into the orb, and as he spoke a voice could be heard coming through the orb that sound just like his chieftain saying I know what you want to say Leon!
I know that monsters have invaded the camp, I mean it's kind of hard not to know already with all the screaming going on. Sir Baysan, that's only part of why I am contacting you right now! What I want to report is that Andrew has gone crazy! I don't know what happened to him but he's acting like a zombie! What makes it even weirder is that he's not undead. I know that for sure.
Well that explains what I'm seeing in front of me right now, responded Baysan.
What do you mean sir?
Well I'm standing in what was the medical tent, and let just say it's not a very pleasant sight.. Blood everywhere but no bodies, I fear what happened to Andrew might have spread to the others that were in here with him.
This isn't good sir! This could mean we are fighting not just monsters but also ourselves! If this is a plague of some kind that continues to spread unabated… the damage could reach unsalvageable proportions!
Calm down Leon! Don't get too excited now! I doubt this is a plague because the healers would have noticed something like that when we brought him over. No… this is got to be caused by something else.. Well anyway if I can figure that much out before you my adviser then you must really be either under thinking this through or over thinking but either way calm down first. Now, I assume you're fighting Andrew just now then? Did you kill him?
NO! Sir he still lives. He's just stumbling on the floor after my last hit cut his chest open a little. He is now clawing at the wound, I think he's …tearing chunks of his flesh and eating it.. What do you want me to do sir? Kill him?
No! Capture him alive if possible but if you have to kill him then don't hesitate to end him! I will be there as quickly as I can. But just as he finished those words, a terrible loud roar could be heard that overshadowed all the sounds of battle! Well gripping both his axes he said never mind Leon I will leave Andrew to you! It looks like all the commotion most have stirred the monsters in the forest! This is going to be one glorious night of battle!
With his chieftain's last feverous roar, the orb in Leon hand dimmed into nothingness, gone was its wondrous colors that swirled around its glass prison for its magic was spent.
As Leon tucked away the orb back into his side pouch he thought to himself, more monster now! This timing paired with the first wave of little monsters coupled with are men going crazy.. It's almost like this was all planned out by someone… Well either way we will get to the bottom of this later but first thing first.. I got to deal with Andrew… well shit where did he go?