Keeping your eyes on the transformation before you, you reach back with your right arm and grab the first gun your hand touches. Swinging it forward you quickly bring the gun up to your cheek and aim it at the creature.

By now, the thing before you doesn't even resemble the old man you were sitting at the diner with. More like a creature you would battle back in the old days you used to play Dungeons and Dragons.

The green, hunched over creature before you launches itself directly in your direction with large claws instead of hands outstretched and aiming at your throat.

You knock him away with the rifle

Using the butt of the rifle, you swing it at the creature's face, connecting with it's nose. Black ooze spatters out of it's nostrils and onto the gun and wall behind you. It makes a low grunting noise and falls back into a near corner of the room.

A look of painful surprise crosses it's face as it makes for the hallway and back into the diner.

Quickly, you undo the safety switch on the rifle you just used for a bat, aim at the creature's backside, and pull the trigger.

Instantly, the creature drops to the ground, the bullet penetrating his spine. Raising the gun toward the creature's head, you pop another one for good measure entering his skull. Black ooze begins to pour out of the wounds you made.

Just when you are about to pull out your cell phone and take a couple of pics of your prize kill, the heavy set woman enters the room. You seem to have forgotten all about her and her awesome chili during the commotion.

"Thank you" "Thank you...."

You stare at her as she approaches you with arms outstretched as if to give you a big hug.

Thank you....

The least you could do is give her a hug...

You drop the gun unable to comprehend what is going on.

The woman that made the delicious chili runs over to give you a big hug. Tears roll down her cheeks as she repeats the words: Thank You...Thank You...Thank You...

As you embrace each other, 3 men with rifles enter the room. The woman backs away and looks suprised at the newly aquired company. All three men are in camoflauge and two are wearing cowboy hats. The other is wearing a cap that reads "Truckers do it in convoys." 

"Alice?" asks one gunman.

"Toby!!!" she cries and runs over and hugs all three men.

Soon the men are shaking your hand in appreciation for killing what they call a "Gargoyle."

Toby is Alice's husband and both are big rig truck drivers. Toby states that they recieved a shipment to drop off at this place...Captain Trips Diner.

"We thought it was a strange shipment for a diner since the haul was 2 dozen rifles an ammo." Alice says.

"While we were unloading it, the old man motions these ...winged creatures to attack us while he kidnaps my Alice." Toby continues.

"That was two days ago...we could'nt get close enough after the gargoyles ran us off in our truck. I called for Sheriff Reeves here to assist me."

"People been disapearring around here for years cause of these damn Gargoyles." states Sheriff Reeves. " You killed the last of it's kind." "We killed the rest of them up in a cave in the hills. This one was a master shape shifter. The only way you can tell is the eye color."

"We saw your truck back there....sorry about the shooting. " "We were aiming for the shape shifter." states Toby.

Soon, you make your way with your new friends toward Toby and Alice's rig. They offer you a ride to the city your grandfather lives in.

"It's a little out of the way but it's the least we can do for saving my life." Alice says with a smile.

"I'll make you another bowel of my chili before we go."

You grin from ear to ear.

 
~THE END~

You got  the "Gargoyle" ending and mastered this storyline. Good job.