Save the girl

You decide that the chance of adding another person to your small party is worth the risk of braving the demon horde. You spin round, and begin to sprint back toward the girl. The wall of demons continues to race toward you, and you open your mouth to scream your defiance at them.

The girl struggles to stand up, but her movements are just not quick enough, the demons are approaching too fast. You begin to focus your mind, summoning a huge surge of powerful magic. Time seems to slow as you focus more and more on your goal, on the spell, and you approach the racing horde of demons at an apparent snail’s pace.

Finally you release the magic. Time slams back into full speed as a huge blast of telekinetic **** slams out from you into the demons, sending black forms flying away from you in a wide arc. A large rift appears in the oncoming horde of black forms as the demons in the front slam back into demons behind them, and blocking the ones behind them.

Your magical attack makes the horde pause for a brief moment, but this is all you need, and with a few last steps you reach the girl. With one arm you reach down and roughly pull the small girl to her feet. She stumbles slightly, and leans against you, seeming to have hurt her ankle in some fashion. One brief glance at the shadowy figures racing toward you again is enough to tell you there is no time remaining, and you grab the girl, picking her up and slinging her unceremoniously over your shoulder. With your new burden secure you spin and begin to sprint back down the path out of the forest, the girl clinging onto you for dear life.

Demons race alongside you, trying to overtake you and cut you off. You push yourself faster and faster, and your entire body begins to burn with exhaustion. As much as you struggle to accelerate the demons still seem to be faster, and the horde slowly begins to pull in front of you. The girl bounces along on your shoulder, slowing you just enough for the demons to get a lead on you. The black horde begins to close in infront of you, cutting off your escape. In the far distance you see Evie disappear around a tree, sprinting out of sight, her demon no where to be seen.

You set your shoulders, and prepare to hit the demons head on. Your magic is all but depleted, and your strength is failing, all you have is momentum and a will to survive to get through the demon wall. Each jarring step brings you closer and closer to a collision with the shadowy figures, and the demons prepare themselves, claws glinting dully in the meagre sunlight, small mouths opening to reveal long sharp teeth. A weird surge emanates from the girl clinging to you, as urge that is wierdly familiar.

Suddenly a pillar of black smoke boils into existence before you, and a long tendril races out, and rips into the demons. As the blade of smoke re-emerges from the collapsing wall of demons you can see that it has formed itself in the cold steel and hard wood of a large halberd. The blade reverses itself, and rips back through the demons, opening a path through the mass. The rest of the figure takes shape as the halberd is slammed into the demons again and again. The demon is of average height for a man, with short dark hair and slightly tanned skin. The smoke around it continues to boil down, and gladiator style armour in deep back forms around its torso, reminiscent of that worn by Evie’s demon.

You take advantage of the space cut by the demon, and race through the ranks of the demons. As you pass the halberd wielding figure it spins, swinging the huge weapon over your head, spinning it round to face the demon horde behind you. Your eyes meet as you whip past one another, and you notice how deeply blue they are, and burning with an intense fury. With a flash you are past each other, the demon spinning to slice at the chasing demons, and you racing down the path out of the forest, carrying the new girl over your shoulder.

The light of the outside begins to come into sight, and you increase your speed once again, safety being so close you can almost taste it. Bright sunlight streams down onto the land just beyond the forest, but does not seem to be able to brighten the gloomy trees.

With a few last pounding steps you emerge out into the light. Sunlight washes over you, suddenly lifting your spirits. You run a couple more steps forward, and then stop, dumping the girl onto the soft grass, and spin to face the wood and your pursuers.

A mass of demons writhes inside the wood, just out of reach of the bright sun. They do not seem to be willing or even able to venture out into the sunlight, and you begin to relax, your guess as to their hatred of sunlight having been proved correct. You turn your back on the demons and look down at the girl sprawled on the floor. What do you want to do with her?