We're Fucking Screwed [Geoff/Griff and Miles/Lucian]
Choosing to fight a giant shadow monster at night wasn’t the smartest move, but Miles didn’t want to be seen in the daylight, (a wolf in downtown Austin might scare the locals) and Geoff’s costume was equally flashy. He was just glad he didn't have to wear one, his clothes tucked safely away in his car. Geoff, on the other hand, wasn’t having all that much fun running in the city in his spartan armour at night. The bulky armour just wasn’t meant to be ran around in.
They didn't need bystanders getting involved either. That would only lead to possible chaos and who knows what else. They both didn’t want to imagine what kinds of bad situations could happen if they’d chosen to pursue the monster in broad daylight.
The thing was quick, and neither of them had gotten close enough before it slipped away again. He was having an easier time keeping up with it, 4 legs and everything, but it was smart.
The idea of giant shadow monsters appearing in the city was pretty terrifying, so Burnie sent everyone to check it out. They’d been split into pairs, hopefully to discover something interesting. He wasn’t sure why he was paired with Geoff, but at least the man had experience, which was more than Miles had in this particular instance. Not that either of them were prepared for a giant monster that was apparently fucking invisible to normal humans. How did that work? Magic? In a conversation before they decided to go after this beast, Geoff had suggested, although in a joking manner, that it was probably because normal humans didn’t have the complexity that most of the people who worked at Rooster Teeth did.
Miles skidded to a stop, turning a corner down an alleyway where the shadowy beast was trapped. Geoff halted closely behind him, slightly bumping into the younger.
The hulking beast turned around, at least they assumed it turned around because it was really oddly shaped, before staring right at them. There was no form to it, just dark mass. Like it sucked the light out of the surrounding area, it was hard to see at all.
They weren’t sure what to expect after cornering the monster.
Exploding was definitely not what they planned. The buildings beside it went first, and there was no time to move before the shockwave hit them, throwing them out of the alley and into the street. They were lucky their impromptu flight was stopped by cars, flying into the buildings behind them would have been much worse.
They both blacked out.
