battle against a night creature

it seems i had been dreaming about this same creature for the past short period of time whenever i dreamt. or at least most of the time. i can't remember totally but even in the dream i had a sense of deja vu experience facing up to similar/the same monster.

humans were slaves of some sort. or simply just inferior. we've been living in the shadows of some monsters. possibly night creatures. the venue was some sort of building. like an abandoned school. the humans have used it as their headquarters. the monsters came to attack.

miraculously we had somehow warded them off and struck them dead. all but one. this one that we were not able to take down was the boss of the past creatures we've killed. he spawned them. he was a night creature. he was in all respect, a vampire.

the time came when he confronted the humans. i was the so called gladiator assigned to deal with him. he came unannounced, swooping down on the human brood striking fear. everyone panicked and ran in all directions for cover. i made a dash to prepare myself.

i headed over to the blacksmith. i asked him how long more before the "weapons" could be finished. the blacksmith was not really one(no hitting of metals it seemed), but i only knew this person was meant to produce the only available weapons because there was scarce resources around that allows any usable tools to be made.

"how long before it will be ready?", i queried the smithy.

"9.30", he replied. i looked at my watch(or somehow instinctively) and knew there was still a few minutes more to go. so i dashed around making other preparations. i took two bottles of drinking water and threw them at different locations, as if i will be using them later. i then made my way back to the blacksmith.

the "tools" he came up with was totally laughable. they were two items. an ice pick (of sorts) and a hammer. the tools would probably be usable if they were of life size. but because of the scarcity of metals, he could only produce both, of very small sizes! the ice pick and hammer were... kid sizes! reluctantly, i grabbed them both and went to hunt for the creature.

then i came across this empty lot along the corridor (we were still in a building remember??) and found the creature. it was grabbing another person by the throat and was seemingly toying with our mortal lives. he turned his head and saw me. he had let go of the victim to deal with me apparently. and then i took out my tools to pit myself against him. i was looking at him warily. taller than the average human by one third of our height, the creature was gray and scaly with bat-like wings. he stood on two legs and had two arms, similar to that of humans.

we were going to have a showdown right there and then. i took out my weapons slowly. he saw the weapons. and then he laughed. sheesh. apparently he was very amused by the fact i was intending to take him down with the puny tools. and i tried attacking him while he was laughing. as he laughed hysterically, the creature was de-mutating back into his human form. he was still laughing uncontrollably as he struggled to ward me off and defending himself. and while i was in a arm lock with him, i tried to use the ice pick and strike down on his chest, backed by the hammer for a second blow.

alas, nothing really materialised after that. i woke up at 9.23am. 7mins to 9.30am...