Page 10 of The General's Captive
The snake tail was also becoming irritated by this and was trying to lift the goat’s head up, but to no avail. The darkness also seemed aggravated, swirling around the creature, under its body and between its heads.
As for me, I took this as the perfect time to do a runner. So, I turned my back on the creature, grabbed my bag, and kept the fire exit in my sights as I ran. But before I could even make it a few feet, it was like a switch had been pressed, because a high-pitched bleating sound came from behind me.
“Fuck,”I hissed as my shoulders tensed.
Because of course…
The fucking goat was awake!
Weird ass goat, snake, lion combo thing.Chimera
Appearance - A fire-breathing monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.
Mythology - Greek
Kill Rate - Class three
Strengths - Ferocious bite, sharp claws, fire-breathing
How to Kill - Ajax. Ingesting Chemicals. Focus on the goat to slow it down. If one dies, they all die!
Notes - Lion and Snake are intelligent and work together. The goat is stupid! Watch for the goat.
Damn that fucking goat!
I swear it had it out for me because now it was straightening its neck, giving the lion leave to come barreling through the doorway. I screamed and ran, slipping slightly on the cola-soaked floor before managing to right myself.
“Fuck!” I cursed, remembering the hunting knife I had placed onto the shelf before filling my backpack. It was my only weapon…well, apart from the Ajax.But once that was gone then I would be a goner with it. I had to go back for it, especially if I wanted even a little hope of being able to fight this thing off.
After all, the Ajax might have just been a fluke and the useless goat had a cold. I switched direction smoothly, withoutsliding this time, running down an aisle leading me to the front of the store. My quick turnaround through the aisles surprised the creature, and it ended up smashing its big body into some shelving at the end. Unfortunately, this wasn’t enough to stop it because it quickly righted itself and continued the hunt.
I ran toward the cash register in the far corner and back down the first aisle, where the handle of my knife was visible. The bleat of a goat rang through the store, giving me an indication that they were still a few aisles down from me. It gave me energy and confidence as I grabbed my knife and ran toward the fire exit once more.
But then the fire came.
The heat of this fire was like nothing I could describe. It was like something straight from the pits of Hell!
Otherworldly, unholy, unnatural.
I threw myself to the ground the second I felt it coming and, thankfully, the shelving above received most of the damage. All the items on it were either melting, smoldering, or had outright turned to ash. I lifted my head and turned to the creature in shock at what had just happened, watching in pure disbelief as the goat coughed out smoke.
Here I was thinking that the goat was the most useless part of this trio, and yet it had been extremely close to turning me into a tiny pile of charred bones. The smell of singed hair filled my nostrils, and I comforted myself into believing it was most likely time for a haircut anyway.
I pushed myself up and crawled backward as the lion stalked me, moving its hefty paws slowly, one in front of the other. Which somehow ended up matching my panicked pace, until my back hit a wall as it prowled closer. I winced as my elbow jarred against a fire extinguisher hooked to the wall, causing the hunters knife to fly out of my hand.
The lion jumped and I screamed, grabbing the only thing I could. The red fire extinguisher ended up inside the lion’s jaws instead of me, and it exploded the second the lion bit down, its fangs piercing the canister. Chemical foam filled its mouth, making it splutter out a roar as it started to choke on the stuff. As for me, I reached for my knife as it started to back away… only it didn’t get far.
It started to convulse, gasping for breath, and it obviously swallowed some the toxic foam as it did. The other two heads, unable to help in any way, looked panicked. The snake was thrashing from side to side as the goat just bleated. Especially when the lion’s eyes widened a fraction of a second before it…
Keeled over and died.
As the lion took its last breath, the other two died right alongside it and I released a thankful sigh as relief washed over me. But then the reality started to kick in and I yelled out,
“Hell yeah! Fuck you, you weird ass snaky goatee lion thing!”
A commotion coming from outside made me stop in my tracks and I gasped, covering my mouth with my hands as fear slammed into me once more. At first, I thought it could be more of the monsters, but when I heard voices, I knew it was most likely other looters.
And, well, if there was one thing I had learned about the world going to shit, it was that people soon followed. Meaning avoiding the monsters was priority number one, avoiding other people was priority number two. Knowing I didn’t have much time, I scanned the back of the store and slipped inside a cleaning closet, one only just wide enough for a small person to fit.
