World of Anarchy/Chapter 58

This is a preview of chapter 58 of World of Anarchy entitled: The Phoenix And The Cold Night

Synopsis
David's and the others who Garland kept prisoner escape into the blizzard as infected tear down Rafael’s former base. But can they survive the harsh environment as they find their way back to New York City? Teresa finds herself surrounded by demons, tortured souls, and other entities as she searches for Lucy and a way back to life.

Chapter 58 - The Phoenix And The Cold Night
Teresa had to shield her eyes for a moment after waking up. For a moment, she thought everything that happened was some bad dream. That she didn’t meet a man named Quin Aku and that she did manage to enter the door and return to the land of the living. But that wasn’t true.

She found herself lying in the middle of a market place of sorts. Behind her was fountain which, instead of running with water, used blood instead. All around her were odd looking people, if they were even people. Most of them had skin of different hues, some red, some blue, others green. She even spotted a few with animal parts such as tails, claws, hooved feet, and even sharpened teeth.

None of the creatures seemed to notice her and continued about their lives. Teresa used the fountain to help push herself back up. Unsure what to do, she decided the only real option she had was to ask one of the beings around her for help. Maybe one of them would know where she could find Lucy.

“Excuse me.” Teresa said as she approached a butcher, who was selling meat that she had never seen before. The butcher was a large, burly creature with cloven hands, a horn in place of a nose, and one large eye in the middle of it’s face.

“I’ll be with ya in a moment.” The demon butcher told her as he finished speaking with the customer beside her. “Alright then, what’ll ye have Miss--”

His words stopped as soon as he saw her. Teresa felt uncomfortable as the monster in front of her stared at her like a rare jewel. Others in the area were beginning to notice her now, each of them having the same expression of shock and awe the butcher had.

“Do you know where I can find someone named Lucy?” She asked.

“You…” He tailed off as he took a deep inhale. A smile spread across the demons face revealing two sets of razor sharp teeth. “You’re human. And alive at that. We haven’ had one of ya down ‘ere in a long time.”

The urge to run began to take her over, but before she could the butcher lunged at her. He was quick despite his size. He landed on top of her, pinning her to the ground as he opened his mouth to take a bite out of her neck. She struggled, kicked, and tried to push him off to no avail.

A flash of silver appeared over head along with a crunching sound. The demon butcher stopped and looked down her, it’s face no longer excited with the prospect of tasting human flesh and now blank. He then tipped over and collapsed in the sand next to her. That’s when she noticed the man with a sword in front of her.

The most notable thing about him was the tattered crimson cloak he wore, held in place over his shoulders and the lower half of his face with several leather buckles. She tried to get a better look at his face, but the hat he wore combines with the cloak obscured it under shadow. She watched as he pulled out a long silver sword from the back of the demon’s skull and return it to sheathe on his back.

“Thank you.” She told him as he helped her up.

“Don’t thank me yet, Snow White.” The man winked as the other demons in the area began to charge at them.

The cloaked man then pulled out a large ninja star looking object and threw it. The star flew past her and sliced through the necks of the oncoming demons. As soon as it returned to his hand he grabbed her arm and pulled her down an alley as more of the monster chased after them.