FortuneCraft in Apocalypse

Shadowmore Doppelganger

They walked quietly for a while in the darkness. There wasn’t anything much to do. They were in a wasteland filled with ruins, strange creatures out to eat them and not a single soul. Or maybe there were others. Draven had no choice but to trust Leo since he’d been in that game longer than him.

Across the empty dark street, he saw ruined houses, heaps of debris, and something else like a creature. It moved slightly, and he jerked back in surprise.

“There’s something there,” he hissed at Leo.

Leo instinctively crouched down. “Where? What did you see?”

“Look over there!" Draven pointed toward the figure he saw. “It’s looking right at us.”

He looked around, and they were in an open space. There wasn't anywhere to run and hide at that time. They were doomed.

 “Fuck.” He cursed. 

The creature was close enough that he probably could have thrown something and hit it. Even though his eyesight had adjusted fairly well to the darkness, he couldn't make out its features, except for its height, because the shadows covered it so well. It was a 9 feet tall creature.

It stood there for just a moment, barely visible. Then it stepped back, disappearing into the shadows cast by the ruins.

“Where did it go?” Leo whispered nervously.

“I don’t know. It just disappeared. What are we gonna do now?”

“Well, I think we should just run.” Leo replied not being sure if they were really given a chance to run away or was it just a trap.

“Did you hear that?” Draven asked suddenly as he heard the voice of something coming towards them again. Fear raced through his spine as he gulped the lump in his throat.

It took Leo a few seconds to get what he had just heard. There were fast footsteps, more like heavy pawsteps. 

A scowl spread across his face. They didn’t know the particular direction it was coming from. The sound of the approaching creature seemed to resonate in all directions.

They were crouched ten feet away when the creature suddenly leapt in front of them and roared. Just as they were about to turn around, a holographic screen appeared just beside the creature.

[ Name: Shadowmore Doppelganger ] 

[ Stats: ]

[ Level 5 ] 

[ Attack: 60 ] 

[ Defence: 30 ]

[ Agility: 70 ]

[ Illusion Mastery: 95 ]

The creature looked like a human, but it was taller than a regular, tall male human. It looked like it had very pale, almost white, chalky skin, red-rimmed eyes, and four arms. Draven's heart almost stopped when he saw the blood around its mouth.

It swung at them, but they dodged back. Then, suddenly, Leo charged at the man-like creature. It spun around swiftly. Yet Leo was fast too and avoided its attack, displaying strength and power in his eyes. Draven watched them move, circling each other like partners in a deadly dance.

As a silver dagger flashed in his hand like a streak of lightning, it snaked forward into its thighs. It let out a deafening roar, then it took some steps back and stopped moving.

It then appeared that something else was coming out of its body. It was as if the creature was being duplicated. Their eyes flashed with horror.

“Oh no! What’s it doing?” Draven asked.

“Seems like our friend is full of surprises. There are only two options available to us right now: fight or die. This means one life lost. I’m not ready to risk that yet,” Leo replied.

Suddenly, two identical beings appeared, and one charged at Draven. Draven stepped back a little before running as fast as he could in the opposite direction. He looked back just in time to see Leo running to the other side, while the other creature followed him.

Draven was thrown against the wall by the creature as it leapt out, grabbed him, and slammed his head against it. Pain exploded in his skull, and he felt pretty sure that he tasted blood on the back of his mouth. He was thrown into another wall again, and as his body collapsed on the floor, he felt everything go black. He thought that maybe this might be the end for him. A blood-curdling shriek escaped his lips.

Leo wasn’t much better. The creature was too fast, too large, and too intelligent. It was as if it knew everyone before he even arrived. It lunged at him, trying to choke him with its other two arms.

Leo punched the creature hard enough that the creature lost his grip and flew backwards, hitting a nearby wall. It got up and shoved Leo against the wall. His hands pinned his arms so painfully that he lost his grip on his dagger.

A piercing shriek rang in Leo's ears. His attacker and he both winced. When he saw Draven, he was startled. The creature was even more surprised when he felt Draven's sword drive into his side. As it snarled in pain, Leo released him, turning his attention to Draven and then Draven and Leo engaged in combat.

“Where’s the other one?” Leo asked as he dodged a punch.

“I don’t know. It just vanished.” Draven replied, his attention on the creature.

“Vanished? How?”

“Do we need to talk about this now? We’ve got a big problem in front of us, dude?”

As they fought a girl was watching them both fight.

"Hmm, interesting." A sinister smirk made its way to her lips.

She wondered for some time whether she should help them or not.

She watched them; her focus was drawn to the Draven. He didn’t look much older than she was. He was only a teenager, yet he demonstrated remarkable courage.

"Let's just have some fun." Whispering it to herself, she approached them.

"Hey!" She yelled at them from a distance.

Draven and Leo heard a female voice and saw a petite girl who looked not more than seventeen running towards them.

Suddenly, a torrent of energy swirled and cracked around her, and she unleashed a devastating attack on the creature. The force of her power struck like a tidal wave and in a second, the creature was lying on the ground without even moving a little bit.

“Let’s get out of here. You both made a lot of ruckus and may have alerted other people towards you.” She turned and started running.

Draven and Leo gave each other a puzzled look and followed her, running as fast as they could.