Legendary Shelter Survival Guide

Lucas forcefully activated his perceptive eyes and looked at something truly sinister get out of Mike's mouth.

It was a dark silhouette of sorts and Lucas couldn't actually see its face or anything but he felt this very disturbing thing that made his heart skip a beat.

Cold sweat poured from Lucas's forehead and his eyes shuddered.

No matter how much he tried to muster his strength, the creature seemed to have a fear effect on him.

Yet on the other hand, the creature didn't have a clue that Lucas could actually see it as it casually moved forward and forward until it stopped and hovered over the land.

Its tattered hood that floated around moved slowly when the creature started to move its face to the back, and there, Lucas saw the actual being.

Its body was fully covered in a dark cloak while its face… the embodiment of evil. The eyes were nonexistent, with the eye sockets pitch dark in color making Lucas wonder what he was looking at. It had a mouth yet not at teh same time, there were no lips but the further Lucas looked, the further he could observe the details instinctively.

The creature had no lips yet the mouth region was somewhat sewn together as if it was not allowed to even open its mouth.

Lucas's eyes started bleeding again as they glowed in the dark. Sarah couldn't see anything, unlike Lucas. She was trying to see what was wrong with Mike when he fell on the ground with a bloodied mouth.

In all this mess, when she finally looked at Lucas because of habit, she could see that something was wrong. Lucas was very close to the dark and because of this, his face literally touched the dark.

But Sarah could look at what he was doing.

"L-Lucas…" She spoke when she saw that Lucas was out of the loom and was acting weird.

Lucas jerked when he heard his name called, his skill deactivated and he lost sight of the creature that had scarred him for the rest of his life.

Lucas when he lost track of the creature looked at teh back toward Sarah who in turn squeaked and placed her hands on her mouth as if seen something very scary.

"Your eyes!"

Lucas didn't know that he was actually bleeding again as the adrenaline after looking at such a creature was too much for him.

But it was not all, Lucas's complexion was pale, there were bags under his eyes and his eyes looked like it was shedding tears of blood as they streamed down his cheeks continuously.

"Lucas…" A whisper came from the dark.

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He knew it came from the back and that he was dangerously close to the dark.

Lucas didn't dare look at the back but something was very wrong, he was staring at Sara who didn't have much of a reaction to the whisper like him, her face only told him that she was really worried about him.

"Lucas…" The whisper came again yet it seemed closer, Lucas wanted to move yet his feet had completely frozen, it was something that had happened for the first time in all his life.

He wanted to move his feet and run toward his group that was tending to MIke who fell unconscious.

Nobody had even an inkling that something was going on with Lucas.

"Lucas…" The voice came closer and closer until he felt a breeze graze his neck, a cold shiver ran down his spine when he felt a breath near his very neck.

Lucas knew that it was the doing of that accursed creature yet he did not know why he was not able to move.

"Won't you look at me?" the voice whispered right in his ear and Lucas already felt that things were completely done for. The dark had got to him and now his heart couldn't handle all this further.

"Hun?!" Lucas squeaked when he felt a finger on the back of his left rib digging hard just like a knife, the finger traveled while in contact until it reached his fingers and that was when the finger stopped at Lucas's sweaty hands.

Just when Lucas felt that nothing more could happen that would make him more scared than he already is.

But then the finger that had stopped right at his palm moved back leaving Lucas's hand alone, Lucas felt like he now had the courage to move toward his group and run as fast as he could from this place.

But… he suddenly felt something wet on his hand, someone had licked his fingers without notice.

"Ubhhh…. NOOOO!!!!!" Lucas exclaimed as loud as he could with a big heart stop, he placed his frozen feat ahead and ahead and ran toward Sarah while he stumbled and walked with the help of his hands too.

"What happened?" Ella asked, everyone looked at the place the shout had come from and it wasn't even that far.

"Lucas?!" Jerry exclaimed when he looked at Lucas moving toward Sarah in a way that made Lucas look like he was running for his life.

Lucas's heart pounded like a drum, his breath coming in ragged gasps as he finally reached the safety of his group. He stumbled forward, his legs giving way beneath him as he collapsed into the arms of his friend.

"Lucas, what happened?" Haley's voice was filled with concern as she and the others rushed to support him. They looked at him with a mix of confusion and alarm, trying to make sense of the panic that had overtaken him.

Lucas struggled to catch his breath, his hands trembling as he clung to his friends for support. He was drenched in sweat, his face pale, and his eyes still bleeding. He felt like he had just escaped from the jaws of death itself.

"What did you see?" John's voice was firm, his eyes searching Lucas's face for answers.

Lucas tried to speak, but his voice came out as a hoarse whisper. "I... I saw something... in the dark…," he managed to choke out.

Lucas, who had been sitting on the ground had his eyes wide as if suddenly realizing something. His eyes widened, and he turned to look back at the darkness he had just come from. His voice was barely a whisper. "It's still there..."

The group followed his gaze, their expressions shifting from concern to unease as they stared into the dark. They couldn't see what Lucas was seeing, but the urgency in his voice was enough to send shivers down their spines.

"What's there?" Jerry asked, his hand moving instinctively to his weapon.

Lucas's eyes were fixed on the darkness, his voice trembling. "Something... something is following us. It came very close to me… and licked my hand."

"!"

"!"

The words hung in the air like a heavy cloud, the weight of their meaning sinking in. Whatever Lucas had encountered seemed to have lingered, a presence that now lurked in the dark behind them.

"We need to get out of here," John's voice was determined, his eyes scanning the group as if assessing their readiness.

"But what about Mike?" Sandra's voice was anxious, her eyes on her unconscious friend.

"We can't stay here," John replied firmly. "Lucas, can you move?"

Lucas nodded weakly, his body still trembling from the encounter. With the support of his friends, he managed to get back on his feet, though his steps were shaky.

"Keep your eyes on the darkness," Sarah urged, her voice urgent.

As they began to move, the group maintained a tight formation, their eyes trained on the darkness from which Lucas was hearing things behind them. The sense of unease grew with every step, the feeling that they were being pursued becoming more obvious.

The tension was suffocating, the group's nerves on edge as they continued to move forward. The darkness seemed to stretch endlessly, the travel becoming a seemingly never-ending passage of fear.

"We can't keep going like this," Ella's voice was strained. "We need to find a way out."

Hearing Ella, the other couldn't help but curse inwardly, things were the worstest, and anything else, even fighting the big undead right now felt right.

"Lucas… will you leave me behind?" The whisper came from the dark again and for the first time, Lucas actually looked at the darkness after the whisper had come.

"... What?"

Lucas's face which was all pale became serious out of nowhere, before anyone could ask about it, he regained his balance and looked at the darkness with new light.

"What is there?"

"Don't you see?" Lucas asked with a frown, the change in mood had made the others confused. Lucas was just out of his mind and now he was acting all serious.

"NO, we don't see or hear anything."

Lucas kept looking at the dark, his eyes wide and serious at the same time.

"It's my sister."