Tisane's whole body became numb as he stared at the nightmare before him.
There were monsters in all those stones?!
They only managed to survive one monster.
And that was after it had slaughtered up to three dozen people.
But now, they were about to face a hundred more of that monster!
There was only one way that this was going to end.
Total and savage massacre!
Tisane watched his father's back and saw how tensed he was that his muscles became so stiff and frozen.
At this point, Mr James felt totally helpless and hopeless that he just stood there.
Tisane's eyes widened as the view of his father's frozen back brought about a painful premonition.
"Dad!!" Tisane screamed instantly as the fear in him erupted.
But that was not the only eruption that took place.
For the huge stone that was shaking violently before Mr James, suddenly blew apart in a cloud of smoke and sand.
And Tisane watched as the cloud engulfed his father whom was closest to it.
"James!!!" Mrs Elizabeth put all her strength in that scream as she subconsciously ran forward, only to be held back strongly by Mr Victor.
"There's nothing we can do! We have to leave now!"
Mr Victor raised his head to see other huge stones erupting in clouds of sand and smoke.
And shortly after, huge monstrous creatures emerged from the clouds.
The creatures had resemblances with animals known to humans.
One creature which looked like a mutated spider rushed out from the smoke cloud that engulfed Mr James.
This creature quickly set its gaze on the man whom had assisted Mr James with the bazooka as it rushed towards him with mind boggling speed.
The poor man whom was already almost frozen with shock and fear, only reacted at the last minute.
But it was too late as the spider monster sent one of it's legs which was as long as a ladder and as sharp as a javelin spear to pierce through the chest of the man.
Blood poured out as the spider monster lifted up the man in view of other people, only to reach out its fangs and devour the man while he was still alive.
It was a messy death as pieces of the man's flesh and bones fell and stained the ground red.
It was a nightmare!
A hellish nightmare!
There was chaos everywhere as people ran around in madness and fear of trying to escape the ghouls of hell sent to give them a tortuous death.
Tisane and his sisters followed his mother and Mr Victor's family as they ran towards the dome.
The dome was the only place that was safe from these monstrosities that found pleasure in their bloody deaths.
Other people also discovered their initial error as instead of running around just to feed the monsters with their flesh, they would have earlier taken flight to the dome.
"He---help me!" Some people who found themselves blocked from the path of the dome by the monsters, began to cry for help.
But at this point, no one was willing to help anyone because everyone was trying to save their lives.
Even a mother who was being chased by a huge snake monster with two heads, quickly dropped the three year old girl she was carrying as a way of delaying the monster from getting to her.
The child whom was thrown to the ground suddenly, tried to stand up with her little effort as she wailed for her mother to come and protect her from the horror she was seeing.
The two headed snake monster stopped before the wailing child as it studied her for a while before grabbing the child with it's two heads and tearing the child apart immediately.
The horrifying and bloody savagery was too much for some people to bear as they collapsed suddenly in a fit of heart attack only to be devoured by the incoming monsters.
Tisane closed his eyes as thick hot tears flowed continuously.
As they got to the dome, they were quickly greeted by military personnel whom immediately urged and ushered them into the dome.
On getting into the dome, they saw that it was already filled up with people who were wailing and screaming due to what they had experienced.
At this moment, Mrs Elizabeth fell to her knees as she broke down in tears and sorrow.
_He was dead._
_Her husband was dead._
Tisane watched his mother wail and weep as he felt empty within him.
Tears poured out of his eyes but not to the extent in which he expected.
He was not sorrowful within him nor was he mourning the loss of his father.
No what he felt within him was....FEAR.
Deep dark fear.
Not fear of the monsters but of a greater evil that was on it's way.
He suddenly glanced around everyone in the dome.
The dome, as mentioned earlier was a structure that was mainly used for sporting and entertainment events.
In other words, it was a stadium and a concert center which was large enough to hold up to a hundred thousand people comfortably.
But now as Tisane watched everyone in the dome, he discovered that the dome was currently too small to contain the number of people that were present in it.
_All these people._
_Have lost their homes and families._
He watched as their wails felt like echoes from a dark abyss.
Their tears heralding an impending doom.
As he looked into their eyes, he saw their pain, sorrow, despair, hopelessness and fear as it all transformed into a burning flame which then became a raging inferno that seemed to consume him.
He felt his body go numb and weak from that overwhelming force.
_''Where have I felt this before?''_
Tisane's mind tried to unearth the emotional replica of what he just felt right now, when an image flashed in his mind.
An image so terrifying that he tried to force himself to forget it.
But not until he heard a voice.
A voice so deep and guttural that it shook the very foundations of his being.
_{Death}_
_{Death is coming for them!!}_
_{It is coming for you!!}_
_{It is coming for all of you!!}_
The voice was so nightmarish and loud that it sent waves of pain to his head.
_{The only way out, is to surrender!!}_
_{Surrender all your thoughts!!}_
_{Your desires!!}_
_{Your will!!}_
Tisane screamed in pain as simultaneously, a huge explosion rang outside the entrance of the dome followed by screams of terror.
Gunshots and rapid fire followed as cataclysmic noises shook the dome greatly.
Few minutes later, there was total silence.
Both outside and inside as everyone held their breath as if expecting the military personnel outside to come in and announce that the monsters have been vanquished.
The silence was absolutely unbearable due to the extremely tense atmosphere.
Then....
~BOOM!!!~
The front entrance of the dome was smashed open by a terrifying and huge creature which looked very much like the ice age mammoth.
As it stomped it's feet on the ground, horrifying shockwaves was released which grinded the people whom were close to the entrance into minced meat.
~Rawrh!!~
With a huge hole blown into the front entrance by the mammoth monster, other monstrous creatures swarmed into the dome.
The smell of blood quickly permeated the atmosphere as a wide scale carnage began.
The monsters whom poured in, gleefully tore the helpless humans to pieces as some creatures stopped to happily munch and feed on the delicious human flesh and blood, while others just chased and killed whomever their claws and fangs caught first.
If there was any way to describe hell, then this was it.
"Come we have to get out of here'!!" Mr Victor screamed as he tried to usher them along.
Ever since the moment that Mr James died, Mr Victor took the role of protecting and taking care of them.
Tisane watched the pale faces of his mother and his sisters as he knew that they will never recover from today's experience.
He also saw the terrified faces of the his friends Tunde, Ibrahim, Bayo and Jennifer.
At this point, they looked like people whom had lost their souls.
Tisane shifted his eyes to Melvina.
Her beautiful features had been contorted and disfigured due to the trauma she was experiencing.
He watched Mrs Victoria whom was clinging onto her two daughters with a sliver of lifeless hope in her eyes.
As they all braved the frantic rush of the crowd, a scream was heard at their back, which caused them all to turn back, only to see Tunde whom was screaming continuously.
"Ahhh!! Help me!!" He was making efforts to pull his leg forward but to no avail.
Ibrahim whom was closest to him ran and grabbed and tried to pull his outstretched flailing arms.
But then Ibrahim froze as he saw a bony red hand which had long razor sharp claws protruding out of its four fingers.
This scary looking hand actually emerged out of the floor and was holding Tunde's right leg with such tenacity that it's claws began sinking into Tunde's flesh gradually.
On seeing this, Mr Victor came and started kicking the hand with his foot to free Tunde from it's grip.
After a few seconds, the monstrous hand loosened it's grip as Tunde broke free with a profusely bleeding ankle.
Mr Victor quickly tore a part of his shirt in other to stop the bleeding.
And when he did, Tisane and Ibrahim quickly came to the left and right side of Tunde to support him in walking by putting his arms on across their necks.
In this manner, they began to move, albeit slower than they were moving initially.
At this point, terrifying monstrous hands that were similar to the one that grabbed Tunde's ankle began to burst out of the floor to grab people's feet and ankles.
It was so unexpected that many people began to fall prey to this hands as they fell and were pierced through by this demonic hands.
The attack from above and below was too much for the helpless humans.
Many began to die instantly.
"Watch the floor! Careful with your step!!"
Mr Victor announced urgently as they all began to glance at the floor with terror filled eyes.
As they finally had the back exit of the dome in their sight, a huge hawk like monster swooped down swiftly and picked off the unsuspecting Jennifer with its talons.
Mrs Victoria screamed in terror as Jennifer was lifted off wailing and swinging her legs in pain.
They all watched in horror as the hawk monster sank it's huge horrifying beak into Jennifer's chest which resulted to a geyser of blood jetting out.
Tisane turned his head away instantly as his eyes poured out tears.