2nd Floor Hallway Near Nurses' Stations

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[ From here.]The territory was only familiar up to the door that led to where the battle had taken place the night before. Homura would've gone there to get a bit of hunting done, but he didn't have any vials with him, and Hijikata didn't have a sword. Having no intention of handing his katana over to the man with him, the demi-god instead moved

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[damned_monsters]

There was no time for either young man to make a decision. From down the hallway, beyond the glow of the flashlight there came a high pitched chittering. It almost sounded human.

Almost.

Rather than any recognizable words, the noises were garbled, a mockery of speech. The steady scrape and scrabble of claws was heard against the floor, loud in the darkness. The beam of he flashlight suddenly illuminated giant yellow eyes, two pairs, and strange, lumpy, misshapen gray bodies capering down the hall towards Light and L. The creatures were perhaps knee height, without arms or hair or noses. Their giant eyes were sunken, their mouths gaping to reveal row upon row of sharp yellow teeth. Their strange, warped feet ended in a single wicked scythelike claw.

The necrits were out, and they hungered for flesh.

[damned_monsters]

L's kick connected with the first necrit, even as the creature moved to dodge. It caught the creature on its side, sending it skittering back down the hallway in a tangled heap. It screamed shrilly and recovered, its left side grotesquely beneath its skin. As though bone had broken but not pierced skin. Screaming madly, yellow eyes wild, it leapt at L to retaliate - aiming for the man's throat.

The other necrit met Light's flashlight, its scream joining that of its kin. Its head bulged obscenely and it lashed its head from side to side before diving quickly in an attempt to sink its teeth into Light's wrist.

They were determined to get their meal.

[damned_monsters]

The first necrit was kicked away again, the sound of shattering bones loud in the darkened hallway. Its flesh shifted and bulged as its bones broke and it landed in a twisted heap. But still it tried to feed, staggering with bared teeth and a crazed look in its yellow eyes. But it weaved and bobbed - it hardly seemed a threat.

The second creature was crowing in triumph as it sunk its razor sharp teeth into Light's wrist. It snarled as Light hit it, refusing to relinquish its hold. It tasted blood in its mouth and it wanted more.

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The necrit attacking L fell yet again, more bones snapping. It was now just a tangled lump of gray flesh, twitching feebly and screaming in pain. It could no longer get up.

The necrit attached to Light's wrist wasn't giving up. But Light's flashlight against its skull was angering it, and its head began to bulge obscenely as its skull fractured. It twitched and spasmed, and gave one last mighty chomp before letting go and falling to the floor.

The necrit's teeth sliced through the flesh on the top of Light's wrist easily, the small bones snapping and tendons tearing under the assault. The necrit finally dropped away, strings of skin between its yellowed teeth, blood dripping from its lips. It left Light's wrist a mangled mess, the hand hanging limply from shredded flesh and shattered bones.

[damned_monsters]

The necrit that was busily chewing on the flesh it had torn from Light was nearing the end of its snack. And now there were two meat creatures for it to feast on, as its companion had fallen. It swallowed a lump of sinew and began chattering once more as it eyed its new prey.

There was flesh readily available near the ground. The necrit hissed as it dove for L's exposed ankle, gaping maw wide open, not even bothering to try and bring the man down. The creature was too eager to feed to think of incapacitating its dinner.