Thanks to the sunglasses we swapped from someone's empty desk, Lea and I fought the monster as more blood runs down our arms, legs, and cheeks like trails of black ink on white paper.

The creature swings his claws at Lea once more, only for her to execute a perfect front flip and land stiffly on the floor. Lea grunts in pain. She looks down at her pair of overalls and notices the blood oozing from her scratched legs.

At first, she tries to calm down, but when she sees the scratch on my face, Lea loses it. With the stomp of her foot, Lea soars off the ground and sucker-punches the lizard in the face.

It sails over the empty desks when I step in and blast a stream of green flames from my hands.

Quickly, the monster lifts its thick hands to protect itself from the heat, only for me to magically lift the beast in the air and brutally slam it against the ceiling and walls.

Pipes and asphalt collapse from the ceiling and bury the monster until all we see a scaly, green arm sticking out of the rubble.

Lea lands on the floor to catch her breath and swear at her fresh wounds.

After a long pause, I grunt, "Just what is happening here? Why are these monsters following us?"

"I wish I knew," Lea said softly.

Upon hearing their words, the blind lizard monster swerves its head in their direction and then squirms out of the rubble.

I kick the creature's crotch. The lizard monster plunges on the floor and runs its thick hand against its sore crotch when Lea maneuvers over my back and bashes her fists across its bloated face.

The demon screams in agony. It collapses on the tiled floor with its bleeding hands and bruised knees.

We waste our breaths maneuvering around the snake demon's massive claws then fight back as hard as we can, but like Godzilla, it absorbs every single blow and sends us flying across the precinct.

Chunks of plaster and broken pieces of glass scrape their skin. Blood soaks their torn fabric. Despite their injuries, the irritable teens get up from the floor and continue fighting.

Lea's steel-like knuckles slam into the monstrous creature's face. As she strikes, ancient runes flake off the metal, leaving scorching marks on the monster's face and chest.

The serpent-like creature bares its sharp teeth at me then seizes my throat.

Caught off guard, I tremble as cold scales wrap around me. I struggle to free myself, but my sunglasses fall off at the worst time.

The second they hit the floor, I spin my head away and squeeze my eyes shut. I immediately turns away from the monster's eyes, until I hear a loud crash coming from the door.

The noise must've caught the reptile off guard because I find myself on the ground, gasping for air. I massage the dark purple bruises around my neck and cough for about thirty minutes when I notice a large bear slashing the reptile's back with its claws.

Blood and glass pieces stick onto the bear's fur.

A pair of dark sunglasses teether in front of its eyes, as the bear slices the reptile's eyes out of its sockets.

The serpent screeches. It strikes the bear with its green, scaly tail. The colossal force of the blow sends the bear sprawling across the floor, leaving it stunned and disoriented.

At first, Lea and I are confused until we see the bear changing back into Casper.

"What the fuck?" Lea gasps. "How did Cass-"

"There's no time," I urge. "Look."

Casper is overwhelmed by the serpent's strength. Its massive claws pierce his wrists. Its feet apply so much weight to the his legs I'm worried the monster will break them.

Emerging from our hiding spot, I crouch on the floor and move behind the monster.

The basilisk's touch has left Casper...