The air was heavy with an oppressive heat. It reminded them of the blast of hot air you got when opening an oven.
They turned and it felt like they were surrounded by treacle, it took them so long to do just that.
Bearing down upon them was a giant skeleton, clothed in an old soldier’s uniform. Where it’s eyes had been were two pits of blue fire.
It’s lower jaw dropped down and a single blood curdling shriek came out. Blood started to drip out of their ears and they covered them with their hands in an ineffective attempt to get the shriek to-