#almost didn't make it

[tenderleavesbob]

Whumptober 24/31

No. 24: Alternate Venom

Considering the twists and turns and tricks in this dungeon, Sky expected it to take longer to find the boss. It took him less than fifteen minutes after he left his brothers.

It should have soothed him. It should have been evidence that he made the right choice. Sky found himself standing outside the large doors instead, listening to the beast inside, with his hand tracing the odd marks on the stone. It looked like something had been on the door once but had since been torn away. 

Sky couldn’t find his brothers, but he could find the door leading to the boss of this awful dungeon. Find it quickly and easily, too. Frowning, Sky looked back the way he came. No monsters or tricks impeded him.

Legend had said that something was wrong with this dungeon. It felt like this was only proving him right. 

It didn’t matter, Sky told himself. The sooner he took care of this boss, the sooner they could leave this place. He could do this.

When Sky pushed on the doors, he half-expected them to stay in place. It felt like there should have been more to it, but the doors yielded with a dull screech. It was harder to push aside the feeling of wrongness as Sky entered the room.

It took Sky less than ten minutes to regret his decision.

The boss was a large rat encased in stone. Fi blazed white in his hands as Sky hacked at the stone, eventually breaking away the rat’s armor. The rat hissed at him, fangs glistening like a snake’s and black blood trickling where the shards of stone had cut it. A sickly green dripped from its fangs.

The same sickly green shone on Sky’s arm where a fang had scraped him. He staggered backward and the giant rat wavered in front of him. 

He had made a mistake. He was prepared for a regular boss. He had never fought a black-blooded boss before. He should have been prepared!

Sky scowled at the monster and raised the Master Sword. She felt like she had gained a hundred pounds in mere seconds. His arms ached with the effort of holding her up. What was in that venom? How badly would a mere scrape hurt him?

The monster should have pounced him. It should have taken advantage of his weakness. Sky didn’t understand why it just watched him, why it wasn’t attacking him. What was it doing?

Its red eyes glowed like rubies. They doubled and tripled as they stared at him, but they didn’t move closer. Was the rat waiting for something?

This was a trap and Sky had fallen for it, but what was the trap?

Sky forced himself to take a shaky step forward. He needed to end this now. The stone armor was gone. The sword should easily be able to cut through the boss.

He needed to…

The rat watched him, still as stone. Sky took another step and almost stumbled.

He needed to finish this. Sky needed… Sky needed…

The red eyes never blinked. Sky’s arm felt stiff and ice cold.

His brothers were relying on him, and as Sky’s knees buckled, he realized dully that he had failed them.

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[bluespring864]

I was tagged by @all-my-worlds-a-stage, thank you so much, this was fun! (please ignore my terrible marking of the squares, i'm in a hurry :D)

tagging: @kingfisherprince, @alwayshappyhoursomewhere, @savageandwise, @jansinner, @fritzes, @cricrithings, @keinbutterdieb, @chrisoels, @a-candle-for-sherlock, @yoellglia and everyone else who wants to do it! (I mean it, if you want to do it you don't have to wait for the tag, please feel tagged)

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