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We were sitting in a cozy country house
Kolobok. The blizzard was noisy outside the windows,
like a wild animal she knocked on the windows and
doors. All living things in this weather
usually hide in their homes, doing so
We drank too. I settled into the soft deep
an armchair upholstered in some kind of crimson fabric
unknown origin. Opposite me
there was my old friend Kolobok, who
disappeared and reappeared a few weeks ago
just the day before yesterday. His appearance was for
I was completely surprised and accompanied by
moose with absolutely shocking actions
his sides. I was about to go to bed,
when suddenly they started hitting the door of my apartment
burst loudly. Fearing for strength
entrance doors, I hastened to open. What's it like
was my surprise when on the threshold
I saw my home very, very well
crumpled, wounded, but nevertheless happy
of Kolobok, from whom there were no
news for about a month now, and with him a girl who
He introduced me to me as Lisa. Then he
I was extremely excited and I didn't
I didn’t understand his explanations, so we
We were told to meet later. So do I
ended up in Kolobok's house, in the strongest de-
Kabar blizzard.
- How did this happen? - I asked, p...trying to get as comfortable as possible in
warm chair. Kolobok thought and walked away.
took a sip of coffee from the one standing in front of him
cups.
- I don’t even know where to start, I have long-
but there were already unpleasant premonitions, but
who would have thought that the matter would take such a turn
turnover... Perhaps this all started a month ago
two ago...
I woke up this morning in a bad mood
I had all sorts of nightmares so that
to unwind, I decided to take a walk after tomorrow
cancer. She was already in full swing on the street
autumn, but on this day it was surprising
warm. Walking slowly through the park, I
I noticed that someone was watching me. B
that time I didn’t attach any importance to it, I wrote it down
Saving everything about the unpleasant dreams that
They've been following me for probably a week now.
Every other day we met with Lisa.
She loves exotic places very much, and
this time she and I went out of town on our
favorite island to have a picnic there
check. In the process of absorption brought from
food, we talked peacefully about
family, and somehow imperceptibly switched to intimacy
new topic. She loves to talk about it
especially after eating well...
And there are almost no people on the island...
We gradually moved from words to de-
lu... I won’t describe the details to you,
I don't think this is a very interesting mo-
ment... In general, as soon as we started,
I remembered that I didn’t take the product with me
lienumber two, and decided to go buy it. A
Lisa remained on the island. When I returned I
discovered that she was not at the place of our peak -
Nika, and all things are scattered across the clearing...
Having calmed down, I began to think what happened
went down, and realized that most likely Lisa
someone kidnapped. She couldn't leave on her own, yeah
and the scattered things clearly indicated that
what happened at the picnic site if not
a fight, then at least a confrontation.
After carefully examining the area around me, I
found traces of a helicopter landing. They
familiar to me for the reason that my
a friend also has a helicopter, and we often
they chose to fly somewhere. One-
but I couldn’t figure out where this helicopter was going
years flew away, no where did he come from.
In complete despair, I called my
friend, deciding to consult him. He
took my grief very seriously, and he himself
volunteered to inspect the place where the incident occurred
this nuisance. We arrived on the island on
helicopter, but landed at a different station
ron of the island. Coming out, my friend immediately
rushed to inspect the ground around the landing
the destruction of a helicopter that belonged to an unknown
to a known kidnapper. After two hours without
searching on foot for some unknown reason, an island suddenly
announced the triumphant cry of my friend
body On the soft coastal sand, until
when the waves didn't roll, we discovered
very clear traces of heavy boots, on
the heels of which were verypeculiar
a stamp depicting something similar to a human
a turnip pierced by a spear. But it remains ours
the only find. A week has passed since
le Lisa's disappearance. And no news from
her, or her kidnapper. I was sitting at home,
looking into the extinguished fireplace, when suddenly the door
swung open and my friend broke into the house
joyfully shouting something absurd.
Calming him down with a cup of excellent, hot
Why NESCAFE coffee, I started asking questions,
what exactly happened.
And it turned out that all this time he
walked around the city asking everyone for acquaintances
We know and don’t know people about this stigma.
No one has ever seen anything like this in their life, and
Already in despair, my friend began to ask
everyone in a row just by approaching on the street. How
strangely enough, this brought a positive response
As a result, one person said what he saw
this sign is on the coat of arms of a certain Schroeder, the ruler
dealer of large tracts of land in the north.
Without wasting any time, we learned how to find
this scoundrel. It turned out that almost everything
he spends time in his castle, about which
There are terrible rumors. And about Schroeder himself
they said that he was a terrible sorcerer, having sold
gave his soul to the devil, and received along with
strength, the appearance of a humanoid goat...
Having prepared ourselves properly, we
the other flew to Schroeder's castle. The castle was
so huge that its dimensions are simply
shocked. Despite the fact that there was everywhere
sun, around the propertySchroeder reigned
the darkness that gave it to the castle, and so
not very attractive, truly mis-
tic appearance. Even from one glance at
this building, one becomes uneasy and un-
it is possible to think about entering
it is a repository of chaos and darkness. However there was
It has become clear that Lisa is there,
and therefore there were no thoughts about
to retreat.
The castle consisted of several buildings,
separated from each other by ditches filled with water and
not having any bridges, or other connections
dynating devices. The only way out
house, we only saw air travel
so I went inside and my friend
stayed outside. He had to pick up
me after passing each of these buildings
ny. One of the most important times in my life has come
important points. I had to enter into
Schroeder mock.
Having pushed the door, which, no matter how strange,
but it turned out to be unlocked, I found myself in
large hall. At first glance everything was
like in an ordinary castle in the spirit of the Middle Ages.
The same tapestries, the same huge mirrors
kala, the same portraits hung on
walls... But looking closer, I noticed that
all this is just an attempt to fake
an ordinary castle so that anyone who comes here
relaxed his attention, believing that nothing was
nothing normal happens to him. So careless
the languid traveler will not live here until the morning,
which is not here either. In this castle, and
mirrorsdo not reflect your appearance, but
the dark side of your essence, and portraits
depict unknown kings and knights,
and vampires, ghouls, murderers, wights, even
paintings, of which there were quite a lot, so
and try to reach you, snatch
soul out of you, destroy consciousness, ruin-
get the essence...
Looking at these features se-
th castle, I almost finished everything
your journey. Instinct kicked in, I
fell to the floor, and it flashed right above me
some creature resembling a human
but only much lower and uglier
(as it later turned out this is one of the most
nice creatures). Without wasting any time, I
jumped up and fired with caution
a gun taken with him, shooting
explosive projectiles the size of an apple.
Oddly enough, after my hit
the creature fell, but after a couple of seconds it
jumped up and rushed at me with such speed
so much so that I barely had time to shoot the second
times. The shot turned out to be fatal for this -
creature, but in the distance I noticed a staircase
tsu, on which there were several more
similar creatures. Taking it more comfortably
gun, I began to quietly creep up to
him...
* * *
I leaned against the wall, breathing heavily and
thinking what to do next. I've already passed
several floors of the first building, but on
some new countries appeared on this floor -new creatures that die only after
several shots, and in which very
difficult to hit due to their jumping ability. Collision
Having come with them, I destroyed two but
he barely survived.
I had to run and hide. Happy
not that they were not distinguished by intelligence, but
then I would have died already. Resting and reflecting, I
I didn’t immediately notice that there was a
swarm I hid the box is quite painful
smaller sizes. Without thinking for a long time, I re-
I was hesitant to open it and see what was inside.
After much trying I came to the conclusion
what did this box do with absolutely barbed arms?
masters, after taking ten
liters of pure alcohol without snacks. Apparently
they did not foresee that this box was
want to open. Spitting on everything, I just
fired a gun. When it dissipated
shavings in which things are packed when moving
link, I saw a weapon resembling a base-
ku, but with only one projectile, which
for some reason it remains intact after the explosion. Like me
I didn’t think, I couldn’t comprehend the mouth-
swarms of this superweapon, and simply took
him with you.
* * *
Having passed the ninth floor, I found myself in a certain
hall, on the tenth. There was not one in it
enemy, and this was alarming. Suddenly out of nowhere
wow, something appeared. This is something very reminiscent
minal of a large size chest, from which
some suddenly started popping up
fiery demons, which are nevertheless minethe gun killed the first time. Having released
two or three of these creatures, the chest disappeared,
but soon reappeared. Realizing that
You won't achieve anything by destroying demons, I
began to destroy their very source
ka, and after a few minutes I achieved the same
desired result, that is, I killed this
a lousy chest that exploded, and with
with a joyful boom he began to scatter everything
some things, some of them even turned out to be
useful. Why did he do this, I still
I still don’t understand.
Be that as it may, but Lisa is in this
there was no building, and going out onto the roof I
began to wave his arms, signaling to my friend. K
Fortunately, he was already waiting for me, and only
seeing that I was alive and well, he rushed at me
hug and shout: “Fantastic!!!”
By helicopter we moved to another
building, but Lisa wasn’t in it either.
moose I won't tell you everything that happened
happened to me in these buildings, because
there was nothing new. All the same enemies
except that several new ones have appeared, more
powerful creatures, one of which created
I have a scar on my face. But it's all petty
chi.
Lisa wasn’t there the next time either.
displacement, and I was beginning to despair,
when suddenly in the last building on the tenth
floor I saw Schroeder... It was terrible!
He is not a man, but not an animal either, he is a co-
completely different creature, whose flesh
is the fear of all living things, and its food is
this israge of powerlessness, rage of an animal in
trap. I was simply amazed! But still
I was more struck by his eyes - black
failures filled with evil, rage and Si-
loy! Command by force, kill by force, Si-
loy destroy.
However, the worst thing was that he
flew away in a helicopter, taking Lisa with him.
But before I had time to make any mistake...
ki, when suddenly he landed next to me
my friend, and we flew after Schroede-
rum, although by a wide margin.
We arrived at some abandoned
factory I rushed into the only possible
entrance, and I was not mistaken. I met in the elevator
a very strange creature that is very
resembled an overfed frog. Taught
bitter experience, I started without hesitation
shoot at her. Literally after a few
no shots it exploded... But on her
four even stranger ones appeared
creatures who did not dare to rise
higher up, and it’s quite painful to hit from above
me on the head. However, this did not last
for a long time, since I soon understood their tactics, and
as soon as I saw that one of these
the creatures are about to attack, jumped back in
side and shot. But unfortunately this is not
brought the expected results, because
that in the place of the destroyed flyers, appeared
some huge turtles
pouring in which required three times. In re-
As a result, after one such floor I
tal stronger thanafter the whole building in
castle But even with these adversities I managed
manage. Already fairly dented and
truly tired after nine floors of the factory,
I took the elevator to the first floor, and
suddenly... All the exits slammed shut,
and the whole floor resounded with Homeric laughter.
There was nothing human in this laughter,
rather it was a hoarse cry of contempt,
anger, but at the same time very weakly
deadly fear. Schroeder was afraid of me, and this
gave me confidence. So when he
appeared out of nowhere and hung in the air, already
there was no feeling of fear, but there was anticipation
a battle in which no one knows who will win.
Schroeder attacked first. His hands came together
at chest level, and a fire appeared between them
a dead ball that suddenly multiplied
and hit in all directions. I barely made it in time
dodge him, and immediately struck back
blow. My shells, despite the darkest
assumptions, caused him enough
great harm, in any case, he could not
throw a fireball more, and now pros-
then it was thrown back by small projectiles. After
several shots Shredder with a cry of despair
Yanya disappeared... Before I had time to believe in
your happiness, when suddenly, right under the ceiling,
whom his figure appeared again, and again with
fireballs rained down from above, burning
everything that came their way. I have already
but stopped feeling anything. All around
merged into one continuous canvas, from whichonly a dark silhouette stood out in the blue
more, and a bloody fireworks of fireballs
kov... I acted like a robot, according to the program
meh. I see Shredder, I attack Shredder, dodging-
I'm sick of the shots... And suddenly all this
stopped. My body lay in front of me -
th worst enemy. Only then did I feel
felt that blood was pouring out of me from numerous
wounds However, no amount of pain could
drown out that feeling of great bliss,
from a victory that might not have happened...
Suddenly, Lisa ran out from around the corner. Mo-
his happiness simply knew no bounds. I won't-
I'm going to tell the scene of the meeting, but I also cried,
and there was a lot of joy.
Well, then everything is clear. We left
plant, got into a helicopter and flew away... So
everything actually... Such are the things.
* * *
I sat and listened in fascination. Well on-
before such searches happened to my friend
Tina incredible events. Adventures,
battles, magic, evil enemy Shredder... Crazy
to get off, I can’t even believe it. If not for
Kolobok's great honesty, known to everyone, I
I would think he made it all up. But
yet this is simply incredible and impossible
but... Fantastic... Kolobok carefully
watched my facial expression and then
smiled sadly:
- I thought you wouldn't believe me, but
nevertheless, I told all this to you,
because you are one of my best
friends, and you must understand - I’m not lying!
- Yes, what?You! - I exclaimed, trying
feign indignation - of course I tell you
I believe! - However, it was impossible to deceive my friend
it's so simple:
- Don't flatter me. I'm sure that
soon you will understand everything yourself, because above the world
a great threat looms. As I already said,
Schroeder sold his soul, but he got no
only the power of magic, he also received the powerless
death, and now he came to life even more powerfully
new appearance, which means that our affairs
not finished yet, and our guns are still
there's some work to be done on the shutters!
I couldn't help but grin, and it's obvious
it was that this offended Kolobok, but how did
Some friends, we decided to hush up this topic, and
just play chess...
And on the street there was still the noise of fury -
December blizzard, and still hopeless
The wolves cried reliably, looking for cover, but
something new appeared in these sounds,
something terrible... And gradually from everything
of this noise words began to emerge -
moans. The trees groaned: danger! Moaned
animals: watch out! The blizzard moaned: be afraid!
Run!!
SHREDER IS COMING!!!
For this, let me bow out
Always yours
Anatoly Izotov.
From the editor:
All that's left to add is: wooooooooooooow!
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