'There's an opening. I gotta do this NOW!'
Rat started running. There was literally no other option. It was either run, or hide and wait for something to come catch you.
Boom!
The walls of the house that Rat tried to avoid finally exploded open. Something extremely heavy hit the road between the houses. Dust is thrown everywhere, obscuring the vision of any outside viewer. Sounds of bashing and harsh bodily impacts can be heard, along with guttural growls, snarling and sharp roars.
Rat stops in his tracks, wide-eyed. Frozen.
Could there be a worse time for this thing to crash through the wall?!
As the dust started to settle, a shiver crawled up Rat's spine.
The outlines of something VERY big started to form. Rat was already about twenty meters away, looking back in terror.
It's as if the air suddenly stopped moving. Everything was still. All that could be heard were the distant shrill screeches and the angry brutish craziness of whatever was inside the dust cloud.
Wait.
Oh.
Oh no.
Two. There are two of them.
Now Rat could see clearly enough to make out what was happening.
Two extremely large gorilla-muscled creatures were wrestling in the middle of the road. Hitting, snarling, roaring at each other. They don't notice Rat.
'Should I move? If they see me I'm fucking done for'.
Now he could also make out the creatures' dark, short stubby fur coats, spread sparsley around their leathery skin like mange-ridden dogs. Both were covered with scars and bruises. Their mouths revealing long , terrifying and sharp canine teeth followed by a row of wide, almost flat molars.
'Fuck no, please'.
Rat's pupils traveled around frantically, looking for a corner or a shadow to fall in.
Only the wrecks of used-to-be-houses. A half-destroyed wall might have to do.
He takes a breath and holds it for a few seconds.
Then, with a quick, nimble movement, Rat's scrawny body dashed toward a nearby wall. Reaching it in a few seconds - for him they felt like forever - he slides to the side and takes cover, trying to catch his breath.
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