First Night on the Town part 8

I do a rolling dive to the right and shout a response as the Gargoyle swoops pasts me, “Not me, I just got here.” I hope that I sound brave, but I don’t think I can talk my way out of this.

Coming up from the roll, I turn to face my attacker. The Gargoyle is hovering over me chanting something. A cloud of darkness begins to form between its clawed hands. I don’t know what it is, but it can’t be good. Finally the cloud dispenses and the Gargoyle is holding a dark silver battle-axe. It gives me a cocky grin as it says, “This is going to be fun,” before it charges me with the weapon. I groan to myself as I dodge to my left. This is going to be hard.

The Gargoyle swings back around and I deflect their attack with the shield. Think Virgil, think. Maybe if I use the net… No! I already used it on Billy. This is going to be even harder than I thought.

Maybe I dismissed the talking idea too soon. When the Gargoyle comes around for another attack, I wait until the last second and flip over them. They miss me, but lodge their axe in the roof. As I soar over their head, I try to reason with them, “I’m innocent, the guy you want is the alley.” Turning to face the Gargoyle, I see them struggle to free their weapon, before giving up and starting to stalk towards me. At least I don’t have to worry about the axe anymore.