Thread: Hell on Earth (mommablackrose & I)

Leonard's mistake was clear to him now. Had he kept his trigger finger silent, the soldiers might have had a chance to find shelter while the thing went off to find its brethren. Instead, they came to the sound of its death and surrounded the Scavengers, leaving them with no hope for escape. The only way to salvation now would be to fight it out with them while they made their way to the target location. Once the first minidemon roared and charged, the others followed suit prompting the soldiers to open fire. It was a deafening mix of howls, screams and gunfire as the two sided fought one another. Despite being better armed and trained, the soldiers found themselves slowly overwhelmed by the numbers game. While they only counted as 10 individuals, the minidemons counted in the hundreds, maybe more. When the first soldier fell, it became clear that their circle tactic was not working and they began to scatter in hopes of survival. One by one, of course, they were picked off. While a few got behind some cars and tried to provide cover fire, others were not so lucky as the minidemons tackled them and ripped them to shreds. The human flesh would make a fine meal for those that earned it and those who didn't seemed to fight one another for the tasty morsel. Leonard, on the other hand was doing surprisingly well for himself despite being out in the open. But underneath it all, he was so scared out of his wits that he didn't even think to hide. All he could do was shoot and shoot at whatever came at him. He had the luck of his fellow soldiers covering him from the rear, but even they couldn't protect him all the time. When one of them jumped on the young man's back, he grabbed it by whatever openings it had and slammed it to the ground before stepping on its throat with a swift stomp. The battle raged on seemingly forever for Leonard. It was then he heard a howl unlike anything he had heard before. It chilled him to the bone and amidst the chaos of battle, he looked around to see where it came from. That's when he locked eyes with her. He didn't need to be told that this demon was far beyond their capabilites. To the humans, she was an S-Class demon, one posessing not only far superior strength and abilities, but higher intelligence as well. This was proven by the fact that the minidemons, who seemed to act more upon instinct, looked up to the woman and considered her their master right there and then. Leonard could soon hear the screams of his partners as the minidemons surrounded and picked them off from their cover areas. It became clear that he wasn't going to survive himself unless he made a desperate move. And the only one he could think of involved abandoning the team. Just like the motto, after all, survive at any cost. And with that, the young man took a grenade from his belt. It was a specially designed smoke grenade meant to disorient the powerful senses the demons posessed. For minidemons such as these who caused chaos wherever they went, the confusion would be enough for him to get away not only from them, but the one that was now leading them and possibly to the target area and safety. Turning towards the direction of the target, he dropped the grenade behind him and made a run for it. And it was a good thing he started too, because the S-Class demon was already descending upon him. He looked up just in time to see her and that's when the grenade went off and created a plume of thick smoke in the area and hopefully concealing Leonard's presence. The young man took off running, his pace doubled his efforts to get away from his pursuer, jumping vehicles, concrete and cracked earth. He continued to fire away, this time into the smoke, hoping he would hit her and discourage her from chasing him. He continued until the charge on his gun ran out, an unfortunate turn, but with his combat shovel at the ready, he could fend off any attackers that came.