Cellar Dweller's (Part 2)

They scream in fear as the beast roars at them.

Hearing the boy’s screams, Tim and the other men run to Billy's backyard. When they round the corner they get their first look at the beast. The men freeze, as the beast roars at them. For a moment no one knows what to do.
" Don't just stand there, shoot the damn things," yells Tommy's dad.

He bursts through the group and fires his crossbow. The arrow whistles through the air as it strikes the beast in the chest. The beast roars as it falls to the ground. Just when the men think it might be over, they hear little Tommy screaming.
" Dad help," he yells.

Tim looks around in horror as the second beast grabs the boy by the arm and picks him up. The sounds of guns cocking and ready to shoot fill the air.
" Hold your fire," the sheriff yells.

The men slowly drop their weapons as the beast walks over to its wounded comrade. It bends down on one knee and picks it up. The wounded monster roars in pain as the arrow goes in deeper, and blood starts to drip from the wound. As it holds both boy and beast, it turns to the abandoned house. It walks through the opening in the fence and up to the door leading in. Not able to carry both through the doorway, it slings Tommy's body aside, roars one last time as it looks back at the men and disappears into the shadows.


Part Seven


Tim runs over to his son in worry. Although he's a little cut up and extremely scared, he's ok. He looks inside the door to make sure the beasts are gone and then retreats back to the group. He sees Dave getting up and welcomes the sight of his friend standing on his own two feet. When he joins the others, he finds them talking about the size and strength of the two beasts.
" All right guys, yes there big and strong, but they also bleed," the sheriff begins.
" Now we can stand here and talk about them, or we can go in and finish what we started."

That was all the men needed to here, as they check their guns and prepare to enter the beasts lair. Before entering, a moment is taken by the sheriff to check on the condition of Tommy and Dave. Tim assures him they will be fine, and watches the sheriff disappear into the house. He then turns to see his wife running to them.
" My god Tim is he all right. I've never been so scared in my life," she says as she hugs her son.
" He'll be just fine", he tells her. You and Paula take the kids inside," he says as he looks back toward the old house.
" I've got a score to settle."
"We both have scores to settle," Dave says as he joins him.
"You’re not actually thinking about going in there with those, those, things are you," Ann asks in concern.
" Your damn right we are," Dave says as he cocks his gun.

Inside the house the men start to sweat. They very cautiously walk through the house. The sheriff steps back out of the kitchen as he looks for signs of the beasts. As the other men are scattered throughout the house, he stops to wipe his brow. Just in front of the cellar door, he looks down to see a spot of blood on the floor.
" Over here, " he yells looking down the steps of darkness.
" Sgt., go get the lanterns and flashlights out of the back of my car," he yells.

When the Sgt.