The Inconsiderate Dead

The tunnel was made of old, heavily worn stone. It was filled with all manner of dust, cobwebs and debree. The tunnel would continue for a while before a set of stairs would continue downward. They would lead to another set of hallways, two on the side leading to various rooms, one leading further ahead towards more stairs. A loud clanging sound could be heard in one of the rooms in the halway to the right of the stairs.

The noises stopped for a second or two, before they resumed only this time they were headed in Chloe's direction. Soon something stepped out of one of the doorways, revealing what looked like an old rusted suit of armor, warped in places where black oozing tendrils poked out of them, with only one hole in its helmet to allow a glowing red eye to glare at Chloe. The creature let out a loud screech when suddenly it's head exploded into metal shards and a large oozing black, snake-like head burst out in its place. After the screech another roar could be heard in the other hallway. Another one of those things stepped out, this one holding a halberd and missing an arm, in it's place was a larger arm that didn't fit it so well, it too was oozing the same blackness as the other one.

Down the second set of stairs would be a maze of hallways and rooms, though there could be more prowling down there.

The creature missing an arm picked up a large piece of crumbled rock with its free hand before lobbing it in Chloe's direction. The rock was likely to miss, little precision was put into the throw, but it did hit a supporting beam and suddenly the entrance was quickly being filled with debree. The creature then swung down with its halberd, trying to cleave Chloe in two. The first creature also moved in as its snake-like head reared itself before shooting forward, stretching it's neck hoping to bite her head off.

As Chloe head down the stairs she would hear the grinding of metal behind her as well as a wet squishy sound. The one with the large dent in its armor began to stand up as the dent seemed to begin righting itself back to its normal shape. The other, meanwhile, began to get back up as well, as a new snake head grew out of its neck hole before promptly biting off the other one. The previous head fell to the floor and began desolving, like butter in a microwave. The first one went to retrieve its halberd while the second went down the stairs to search for Chloe. Down the stairs would be yet three more hallways, although this time it was clear they branched off into yet more hallways and rooms. Every so often she might stumble upon a skeleton of one caught by the creatures. She would also occasionally find abandoned sets of armor like the armor the creatures wore, except this armor was scattered about and rusted heavily. If she were to pay close attention, she might notice that all the abandoned armor sets had been punctured through the middle of their chest piece. Down the middle hallway another one of the creatures appeared, this one seeming intact more or less, carrying two curved swords. It didn't seem to notice her yet.

The snake headed creature was about to snap at Chloe again when she appeared, when it suddenly felt for the first time in its life extreme pain in its chest. It immediately swung its arms out in shock trying to swat Chloe away. It desperately pried out the knife from its chest, tossing it away and slapping its hands over the wound. The wound seemed to be leaking pure darkness now at a quick pace. It dropped to its knees and let out another loud screetch before a jet of blackness shot out of its armor before the head desolved and the armor tumbled to pieces, empty.

Noticing the commotion, the one carrying twin scimitars came rushing in. Not concerned about the fate of his comrade, he immediately began slashing away at Chloe, swinging the sabers wildly. But despite the force and speed he was swinging his weapons, he showed no sign of stopping, he merely kept swinging and advancing on her steadily, letting out a constant low scream as he did.

The one carrying the halberd hurried down the stairs to give chase as well, arriving in time to see Chloe being backed off by the saber creature. With his might he tried throwing the halberd like a spear at the girl, but missed once again, this time it clipped the side of the saber creatures armor, causing it to spin around and swipe at the other, and impacted in a crack in the wall behind her. However, a secret door suddenly opened near it, showing some kind of chute sliding downward.

If Chloe took the chute route of escape, she would slide down a ways before landing in a larger, dusty room, filled with those blue torches lining the walls. To her left would be a large door, locked by some unkown mechanism. On her left appeared to be a table, with what looked like a body wrapped in layers of rags laying on top of it. In front of it, surrounded by various magical tomes of the dark arts, was a large armored figure sitting cross legged, similar to the other creatures, but different in many ways.

It's armor was much more intricately decorated and looked like it was of expert smithing. Blue, gilded cloth could be seen at the sides of its legs, draping over its shoulders, and covering its head. It's helmet was also differently built, showing more of it's face, or rather it's lack thereof. Unlike the other creatures, this one did not have a glowing red eye, or any eyes at all really, leaving only a black endless void for a face. It wore an intricate crown atop it's head, with a thin, almost translucent cloth that draped down its back like a cape, shimmering like silver.

The being looked up at the sound of Chloe's landing, before slowly standing up, speaking as it did.

"Another one, here in search of riches, or knowledge, but there is naught but dust and bone here to steal away." it spoke, its voice a deep and reverberating one, as if a monotone echo from the void.

"No matter, the outcome will be the same, you will pay for tresspassing my father's rest." The being said, it held out it's hand at it's side as a blade, made out of a dark void and rimmed in dim white light, formed in it's hand, before holding it pointed at Chloe as he took a few steps toward her. This thing was also a little taller than the previous creatures. A flame, black and white like the sword, formed in its free hand.

"As always I offer one last chance, thief. Turn back, your mission is doomed to failure."