‘Hurrrrghh, Hurrrrghh’

I can hear the heavy as breathing of Jissepi and Thirteen as we stand back-to-back in a circle of fire surrounded by countless stone zombies

Quiet, yet loud

Emotionless, yet angry

The demeanor of the stone monstrosities both terrifying yet sorrowful

“I can’t hold them back any longer!” Eleven yells

“Give me a minute longer!” Jissepi yells back breathing heavily as spurts of water exit his hand

“Aghhh!” Eleven cries falling falls back

“I’m out,”

“Pass the shield I’ll try to hold them off!”

Running forward with all my strength I ram into the stone men my shoulder aching painfully

“Ahh Boss! Any moment now!” I shout as I immediately start getting pounded on

Jissepi raises his hand as he counts his fingers down

3

2

1

As he lets down his hand a swirl of whirlpool of water envelopes the around stone men toppling them as it sweeps toward the back of room

“That’s all I could pull off for now!” Jissepi Shouts

“We must move before its stops.”

‘Badump, badump’

I can hear a heart thumping heavily

Is it mine?

As we scramble towards the head of the room, I glance at Jissepi he stares passionately at the throne everything he’s ever wanted huh

I gaze at Eleven his fiery red hair dripped in sweat, his eyes droopy and tired.

I look behind, the statues in a whirlpool at the entrance to this chamber

Why would Jissepi direct them there?

“Here.” Jissepi says as we approach the throne, “We can build up our defenses here and destroy all the stone zombies”

“I thought we were going to escape; we can’t fight those off!” I press.

“We can’t leave either, I want everything in this place!” Jissepi says baring his dagger.

“We can’t” I protest

“You, you have to make a decision now, die for me or die by me!” Jissepi says erratically.

“…...”

“You have three seconds

One

Two

Thr...”

I pounce on him before he finishes, hammering down my fists,

Jissepi lunges forward at me biting into my shoulder,

As I flinch back in pain Jissepi lunges forward stabbing his dagger into my left shin,

The jolt pf pain overwhelms my senses I don’t even feel the other stab left of my abdomen,

“E..Eleven!” I stutter as blood spurts out my mouth,

He stands motionless enchanted by the blue flame overhead

Waling my fist desperately I manage to stun Jissepi with a blow,

I immediately wrap my arms around his throat squeezing as hard as I can

Jissepi struggles frantically pounding his fists into my back

I won’t let go.

For a split second our eyes meet as I continue to choke him

He mumbles something about hell

I can’t hear him over the buzzing sound in my ear,

My grip loosens, my head getting light

I can’t tell if Jissepi is still alive as I slump down on top of him

Everything going blank.