My entry for Octoberthon Marathon Prompt #4
It had been a long ass day for Earl and the boys, they had spent the day at Ranchero Fluffalo, clearing out a micro-fluffy infestaion. A place where they couldn’t use any poisons at all without killing the livestock of fluffy cows and fluffalo so they head to systematically hunt them all down. It took all, damn, day and the sun had just gone down and now the boys slept in the back of the van as Earl drove home. Suddenly something leapt in front of his van, too close to stop or swerve without hitting it and it bounced off his grill, skidding to a halt in the middle of the street. Whatever rage Earl had was quickly replaced with awe and bewilderment, it certainly wasn’t a deer by any means. Its body looked more akin to a kangaroo’s with the bright painted face of a mandrill for a head and now its guts dangled from his mashed in grill and headlight. He hadn’t had a chance to even get out of his van before something hit it from the drivers side nearly tipping it over and shoving it sideways a couple of feet leaving a deep dent. The next impact came from the roof caving it in almost a foot and now Earl got a good look at the second devil monkey as it got some distance and started a hopping charge from the right. With one powerful jump it sprang into a flying dropkick just as the panel door slid open and the boys stood with glowing horns and the creature stopped mid-air. With a collective effort the creature was slammed into the dirt but once it touched the earth it gained enough traction to break free, springing off into the darkness. It watched them from the darkness the shine of its eyes piercing the night that was then joined from several more pairs. The boys got out their throwing knives while Earl detached his left arm and hooked up a weaponized prosthetic, a machine gun sat on top, a launcher tube in the middle and a spray wand on the bottom. The creatures charged the van again and Earl cut loose with the gun then the launcher made a loud (Thwoomp) then a large explosion went off between three of them. Anything that got past that were impaled with flying blades dropping them just a few feet from the van, the last few running away at last. Earl slapped a fresh banana clip in the gun and shoved a 40mm grenade into the launcher receiver then stepped out the van slowly as the sprayer wand tip ignited. The night sky was lit up with a stream of flames showing eight new bodies of these strange creatures. Cutting the flames Earl sat in the sliding doorway resting his gun arm on his knee he shook his head is disbelief as what he saw.
“Devil monkeys. This shit isn’t supposed to be real. First mutants, now fucking monsters! I swear, one werewolf and I’m going full monster hunter professionally.”