An Extra’s POV

Death.

It's such a frightening thing.

It fuels its victims with desperation as they attempt to swim against the inevitable tide of tragedy that rushes against them.

This unstoppable march… it never ends.

Scary, is it not? Enough to turn knees weak, and body limp.

Well, an embodiment of this very concept now stared down at a girl—a teenager who was no more than sixteen—right after taking the life of her comrade.

The smell of blood and gore filled the air, creating an acrid odor that would cause any to crinkle their nose and leak out a tear or two.

This overwhelming sensation, and the bleak atmosphere caused by the shadow cast by the creature of chaos, finally began to register in the broken mind of Alicia White.

It was at this moment that she fully understood the terror of death.

Her response.

"ARRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

A loud scream, akin to the cry of a powerless cur, filled the air, as tears fell down her eyes.

Who was she crying for?

Her fallen friends? Billy? Herself? Perhaps all of the above…

Either way, there was only so much strain that a human mind could take. After that single cry, Alicia could no longer bear the overbearing weight that constantly tasked her brain and body.

As such, she passed out right there and there.

As her lids closed shut, her kneeling body began to descend to the ground. To anyone watching, it would have been a swift fall to the cold earth, but… to the Beast that observed the slump, he witnessed it with much time to spare.

Once again, it thrust its hand towards Alicia's falling body, planning on wrapping its palm on her face and crushing it in one try.

That would be the end of everything.

~WHOOOSH!~

In swift motion, much faster than before, it lunged its hand towards Alicia.

point, everyone was unconscious. No one would be present to stop this execution; not that they would be able to do anything but serve as witnesses

death had come… and Alicia was chosen as its new

~CRUNCH!~

of cracking bones, or breaking scales, echoed

and subtle… like it happened over time, all encapsulated

"Hey…"

the sound

girl who had fallen, her unconscious body resting on his broad torso, with her head finding comfort in the warm embrace of his unoccupied

fluttered, and the black mask that he donned reflected the sunset. With one hand, he held onto the slumbering girl, and with another, he tightly grabbed the wrist of the Beast in front

and his crimson eyes

moment, there was tense

easily pay the price with their lives. However, not only was this dark-coated man in

Beast to pause for a moment, feeling its silvery-blue scales

hell

~WHAM!~

masked man could say anything more, Dagon moved its other hand at full speed, sending it flying towards the

The result was devastating.

~BOOOOOOOM!~

he was nothing but a

failed to calculate one thing,

"Grrrrr…."

desired to eliminate had been flung away with the man that

surely let go of his other hand and tried to block

the man wasn't

hit by Dagon's full speed would turn into paste before its hand even touched them, but

felt

"Grrrrrr…"

still alive—and most

It couldn't have that.

~VWOOOOOSH!~

from within the forest, destroying everything in its path

of the

grabbing its hand to feel its scales and a part of its flesh

first time since its arrival that it had

the architect of that fear, was walking towards him… on the ruined path paved by

prey in his arms, cradling her like one would a baby. He was also

Dagon felt challenged.

were certain emotions that even wild beasts felt. Pain.

a desire for