Eye Might have a Problem

The screaming was immense and ear piercing. I had to think the snake creatures were somehow linked and that's why when one of them had their head exploded they all reacted so awfully. I would almost feel pity if I hadn't been chained to a bed and had my life slowly sucked out of me. What was weird is I knew the weapon being used, even though it had changed itself entirely, going from a single action revolver to a magazine fed modern hand gun, the Hand of the Fire God had an unmistakeable magical aura around itself, and when it roared to its purpose you just couldn't miss that's what it was. Perhaps it was also my connection to the weapon itself that had me know what it was, all I knew is that it was in the lair of these creatures and its connection to the Fire God was strong.

Not Nancy was the next of the creatures to die, I could barely make out the shooter from outside the frame of the room I was in, but I could see the results. Six shots pierced the creature, opening up huge burning wounds on her torso as they tore through its flesh. Nancy seemed to swell as her sister fell becoming more hideous and terrifying. She pulled me up from the chains on the bed and held a long claw under my throat. The attacker entered, she was a woman missing one eye and smoking a fragrant cigarette. It was strange for a woman to be the one responsible for all the carnge, because I'm a sexist and it shocked me. She was also dressed as Valerind did, so in a way I almost though he had somehow changed his sex and gotten younger.

"Drop it." Nancy drew blood from my neck to show she was serious. The one eyed woman laughed and shot through me, not around me mind you, but through me, the bullet hit just below my left shoulder and blew off Nancy's arm (conveniently the one holding me up) the pain was indescribable, part burn, part just tremendous hole in my body.

"Take her life or you'll lose hers, her magical hold on you is gone." The smoking one eyed woman said it with all the emotion of reloading her pistol, which is what the did at the same time. I did as I was told, Nancy tried to say something to me in a tongue I didn't understand, but I was beyond listening to lies. I pulled the life out of her and I could feel my body realigning it was extremely painful, as was seeing all the memories of horrible Nancy and her sisters had inflicted. Lets just say I got a new set of nightmares (couldn't take the force without getting the memories I was too hurt, and too old to take enough to get by). The action was so painful and sudden I actually lost conciousness. When I awoke Captain Dupont was there and there was plenty of explaining to do.