The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning

Rudy hadn’t been sure exactly what he’d do after he managed to stand.  Leaving seemed a good idea but wasn’t plausible at the moment.  Intimidating her?  Could Rudyard manage to look intimidating at the moment? Wrapped in bandages and dizzy on standing?  Probably not.  Nor did it matter since the next moment something came over him to cause an insane amount of scratching at his ear.

Nothing else mattered than to get whatever was in his ear out, it was maddening.  Scratching it and failing only made it worse till finally, the ear tore a solid notch out of it.  Rudyard was ready to continue the scratching but the need seemed to melt away and only the dripping blood from the torn ear remained to show for his troubles.

While he sat there trying to get his mind sorted out again he saw a flash of movement come towards him.  He was being charged at.  A vision of Oxx grabbing him, a flash of remembered sharp pain came to his mind  Eyes wide he felt something press into him but focusing was hard.  Pain, fear, Oxx’s face, and the feeling of his serrated teeth flowed into Rudy’s mind.  Rudy sunk his teeth into flesh, fighting back against the monster he envisioned in front of him  Unplanned terror and hate filled him as he could feel pain from a tail that wasn’t even there, as he expected to feel more pain with no idea where.

Rudyard Carpathius