WHOOSH
Before we even made it 5 steps, black smoke rose around us. The shoes beneath my feet started burning rubber into my soles. Gages eyes were wide as he sniffed the air.
"Demons!" He screamed.
A humorless chuckle fell over the forest as a dark, shadowed voice spoke. "Actually, just one demon."
Before our eyes, out of the black smoke rose the most grotesque figure I've ever seen. Long claw-like fingers sprung from each hand, feet disfigured but massive, a barrel wide chest, scarred red with oozing pus seeping from the gashes. Finally meeting its face, I gasped. Eyes, black as the darkest night, shimmered and flickered with screaming souls. Missing a nose and half a lip, an upturned smile revealed rows upon rows of pin needle sharp teeth. Opening his mouth to speak, I could see the
