“Bum du da!” as the sound of my phone’s morning alarm goes off, making the same noise again and again. I start to climb out of the bed to get to my phone to turn it off, still with my eyes closed and just using muscle memory to turn it off. As I reached for my phone to turn it off, I heard my phone switch from the alarm over to a phone call.

“Guhhhhh,” I let out a groan, opening my eyes and grabbing my phone to see who was calling. “Oh, it’s my sister.” Swiping right to accept the call and see what she needed.

“Hey sis, what's up?” I asked climbing out of bed to go over to the kitchen to get something to eat wondering why she was calling about it. Without any time to leave my room my sister started talking. “GET TO THE FAMILY STORM BUNKER NOW ARNOLD.” Hearing the panic in her, I started to ask what happened but she cut me off. “There’s no time but Aliens I think. I don’t know much and- TED get down, don’t peck up you see how good those pointed ear people are with their bows. They shot through police cars. Ted I said watch out, just blind fire the handgun and don’t show your head. Anyway Arnold get to the bunker quickly and I will meet you there, love you little bro.”

The call ended before I could say anything due to my shock at what she was saying. I ran over to the living room and turned on the T.V to see what News station was broadcasting. Turning the T.V on and scrolling through the channels to the Todays News channel seeing Mayhem. Looks like a fantasy movie with magic, see what looks like big green Orcs with clubs, huge ax’s an one of them with Longbow that was bigger then him but they still shot it and one more .There was also slender Elves with bows and some shooting magic, an a Knight in gray plate armor with dark blue trim “This seems more like a cosplay event or some really good CGI, I’m not dreaming right??”I said to myself.

Not paying any attention to the speaker telling everyone what's happening as the US Military shows up. In tanks and crew carrying trucks as soldiers start to go into formation and hold their line. The Inhuman army stopped to stare at the military, as the military set up their weapons in quick order. Then seeing another gray plate armor Knight with a plum spoke to the inhuman army something and pointed at the military and shouted something. I could see the Elves summon magic to their hands, some being fire, water, light, bits of earth, and lighting.

As they continued the human officer I think started to speak to the soldiers and yelled fire. The human soldiers began to fire bullets upon the inhumans army killing a few Elves but one Orc, as they seem to be able to take a lot more damage then the elves. A horned helmeted orc ran to the front of the army of other orcs and roared before charging in to fight the military. Seeing all the other orcs do the same and the elves began to let their magic lose upon the military to great effect, see that the military were broken away from others and see the orcs make it to the front lines.

Seeing a handful of soldiers get lifted into the air from a fiery explosion. Some more soldiers had balls of water stuck on their heads. The Orcs slamming and swinging random things they found. The soldiers put up the best fight they could, using tanks to great effect, dwindling the numbers of the orcs with each shot. The soldiers shot at the elves, knowing that the elves had the most effect on the battle with their magic. The camera went off soon after due to an Orc swinging a stop sign at the woman’s head, sending it flying away as a second Orc ran up and slammed a car door down on the cameraman.

I took a step back from the mayhem that is happening, hearing the shots of guns and tanks from my apartment room. Running to the window, seeing the streets with people running, Orcs and Elves chasing them, with some Orcs on huge wolves. “I need to leave quickly and get to the family storm bunker,” I said to myself, thinking of the best way to get out of the city and make it to my family’s storm bunker.

I ran to my bedroom, going to the closest to grab my backpack, putting clothes in it, and putting on my hunting gear, finally having a chance to use it. Then I ran out of my room after I finished putting on my gear to go to the kitchen, opening up the cabinets and grabbing any canned food there was. Taking an apple before walking out of my apartment room, I looked back in the kitchen, grabbing the cooking knife just in case I needed it.

Closing my apartment door, looking to my left and right to see if anyone was in the hallway. Walking through the hallway, making my way over to the staircase, hearing nothing—no music, no people talking, not even the violence that is happening outside like the gunshots or screaming. Making it to the stairway,I was thinking if I should go down the stairs or use the elevator to hear a door open down the hall looking back to the hallway, seeing a topless gray skinned man holding a woman by the hair as she struggles to make him let go.

While he dragged her by her hair, he wiped what appeared to be blood off his face. I flinched, taking a step back when a can hit another can inside the bag. The being looked at me staring right into my eyes with a piercing gaze, making me feel uneasy and vulnerable. I wondered what it wanted from me and if I should try to run away or stay still.

As a smile began to grow on its face reaching its eyes. It pulls the woman by her hair hearing her scream in pain to have her look at me. I looked away from him to look at her seeing that face was purple and blue while her eyes were filled with terror and tears streaming down her face. Looking more at her state her clothes were ripped and had blood on them but they don’t appear to be her’s.

The Elf thing crouched down to her ear and spoke in a low voice that couldn't hear. She looked back at me then back at what I suppose is an Elf but a different one like a subspecies, she nodded her head as he handed her a curved blade that looks more for ripping and shredding.

Realizing what's going on I start to back up saying. “you don't have to do this do you even know what he will do after you kill me.” She replied “Shut your trap if I just kill you then he will let me live. I really want to live because being beaten by him for hours made me wish for death, but if I get a chance to live,

I am taking it, so make it easy for me, please.” As she finished talking, she charged at me. I could see the desperation in her eyes as she spoke those words, but I knew I had to make it to my sister. Seeing as the woman got closer, I started to get uneasy seeing that she had a blade pointing at my chest. Looking behind her I saw the Elf thing draw back on a bow as it smiled as it continued to stare at me. I turned away to run but in my panic I tripped on my feet, hearing a tearing sound I flipped onto my back to check it I was stabbed looking to my left seeing the woman stabbed in the chest with a blade.

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Flinching on seeing her dead I started to back up away feeling vomit come up. I went on my hands and knees throwing up. Feeling nothing in my stomach I remember about the Elf searching around to see that he was pulling the blade from the woman's corpse. Feeling my heart racing I got on my feet slowly and slowly sneak away from the Elf. As I turned to see what's in front of me I heard a snap looking down to see that it was an arrow.

Hearing a ripping sound from behind me I started to sprint towards the other stairway to get away from it as I could hear it laughing behind me. My heart was pounding as I ran, trying to catch my breath. I couldn't believe that I was being hunted by someone or something that found joy in my fear.

Making it to the stairway I ran down stairs going down 7 flights of stairs stopping to catch my breath, looking behind me feeling a breeze by my face looking behind me to see what it was seeing it was the blade. Feeling where it passed, feeling something, putting my hand in front of my face to see blood. Hearing a chuckle looking back up the stairs seeing yellow eyes staring at me and a big toothy white smile showing me that it had pointy teeth. As it steps out the shadow to get closer I run down the stairs to make it to the ground floor hearing laughter and a cutting noise coming from behind me.

Finally on the ground floor I ran through the main door closing it running to the lobby to warn anyone about the Elf. Seeing the mangled and tied bodies of other people and some body parts in other places reminds me of the Serial killer's house that my school took me to for the Forsicess class. Holding back the need to throw up I ran outside knowing that if I stopped there the Elf would kill me.Running to the exit seeing a burned body near the exit, looking again seeing a shield.

“I think it would be alright right he doesn’t need it much,really?” I thought looking at the shield, stopping my run to get closer to the shield not knowing if it would really be okay for me to pick it up. I froze in place hearing the stairway door opening, feeling my blood run cold. Grabbing the shield, I pulled out my cooking knife from my bag.

As I lifted the shield with my arm feeling how heavy it was. “I should’ve really gone to the gym because this is heavy.” thinking to myself as I use a lot of energy to hold up this shield. Putting my attention to the Stairway I came from hearing a snicker, seeing those yellow eyes staring at me again and the gilt of the curved blade dripping with blood. I see its mouth move and hear it speak in a language that I don’t understand as it points at me laughing. Thinking it is most likely saying how it is going to torture me to death seeing from all the arm gestures and stabing the air it is doing.

It looked at my face seeing that I had a blank face. It froze and started to breath heavily holding the blade in a white knuckle grip. It crouched down in a runner's stance, holding the tip of the blade pointed at my chest. Immediately my body screamed at me to put up the shield, which I braced behind. Feeling a light force looking up see that the elf jumped the shield using it as a bounce board.

Panicking, I twisted my body slowly due to the heavy shield but using my knife hand, I swung at it with just a small cut on its arm. As it landed it clutched at its arm, seeing its own blood, hearing it yell at me in its language. I crack a smile and see that I can make it bleed that I am good enough to kill it. Feeling confident, I held the shield with more vigor than before but still straining due to its weight.

The Elf charged at me holding the blade to the side as it ran, seeing that it was making a straight line to me I put my shield in front and shoved forward being careful to not throw all my weight behind it. Feeling nothing from my bash I started to twist my body to smack it with it in the turn waiting to see it before going with a stab. I stopped the spin after going a full 360o without hitting anything. I started to hear chuckling and snickering and whispering coming from all around me in the dark lobb, as I started to back myself into a corner to get a better view of the lobby so I don’t miss it.

Looking everywhere still unable to spot the elf, I stayed in a ready position keeping my eyes open trying to spot it. “Hey Elf I hope you didn’t run away.” I spoke in the lobby hoping it heard me. As I was about to speak again I felt a thin rope go around my neck, as I was immediately flown up into the air. Feeling the rope tighten around my neck I swung my right arm upwards, swinging the knife hoping to hit the elf or rope that is holding me up.

As I continued to swing I looked up seeing the elf holding the rope in front of me. I looked up to see how the rope was lifting me up, seeing that it looped around a ceiling pipe. Letting go of the shield and handing the knife to my left arm. Gritting my teeth as I feel most of my energy leaves me and my body as my vision starts to get dark around the edges. I looked at the elf and saw its eyes were close and it was using both arms to hold the rope as it was gritting its teeth just to hold me up. I swung, feeling the blade stab the elf in the chest where its lungs should be.

Feeling the pressure relief off me as both me and the elf fell down. I landed on my feet to which I then went to my knees breathing heavily to get air back in my lungs again. As for the elf he landed flat on his chest, breathing in fits as it coughed up blood.

I was the first to get up feeling my neck with my left hand to check for any cut or injuries. I walked over to the shield, hefting it up and walking over to the elf who was bleeding out and coughing blood on the floor as it struggled to get up. I punched it in the face bringing it to its knees as it looked up at me with a bloodlust in its eyes, as it smiled at me showing its blood covered teeth. I held my knife at its throat still double thinking if it would be alright to end its life.

Looking at its eyes I saw rage in them as I felt a sharp and burning pain in my left thigh. I let go of the knife as I held my leg in pain falling backward in pain looking down to see that the elf left the blade in my leg. Taking a deep breath I pulled out the blade by the handle, and saw more blood pour out of my thigh. “Why the hell did movies make this look like it was nothing.” I thought to myself while gritting my teeth through the pain.

Looking up after a moment I saw the elf standing up holding my knife, as he slowly stumbled to me. I also rose up not caring about the pain, knowing that if I were to fight him I would need to fight standing up to even stand up. Holding his blade pointing at him, while I kept staring at him to see what he would do next. I saw him look up from his stumbling walk seeing his face show more anger as he coughed more blood. “It takes a lot more to put you down, like why can’t you just stop attacking and talk about this.” I asked him hoping he would respond in english.

After hearing me finish speaking he leapt at me aiming to stab the cooking knife into me. Seeing his quick action and not having much time to move I closed my eyes not wanting to see what happens next, so I slashed the curved blade out. Feeling heavyweight land on it and some moving, and swinging again and again and again and then stabbing out. Feeling it carve into bone then something soft, feeling the weight of must be the elf.

Falling down to one knee after feeling a burning hot pain that was coming from it, breathing heavily I opened my eyes. Seeing the elf halfway down the blade, seeing it go through his chest, letting go of the blade. I started to panic on how I would explain this if someone sees this, like he attacked me first and same with that lady up stairs. “No, I need to get to the bunker to see if my family is safe and they can help me.” I thought to myself as I grabbed my backpack from my back.

Unzippering the bag I reached in to grab my gym warp to wrap it over the new hole in my leg. Removing my pants I saw black veins come from the hole spreading upward. I unbuckle my belt and bite on it before tightening the warp around the wound, after I grab the belt tighten it as tight as I can get around my thigh to slow the bleeding and poison.