239 Evil Santa 2

They had split into groups of two, leaving Castillo and Gauss alone in the main corridor, while the rest searched other areas of the facility. Suddenly, screams and gunshots were heard from one of the rooms. Gauss ran in, pulling a gun from his fleece coat, while Castillo radioed for backup. Upon arriving, the men were met by a grotesque humanoid creature, six feet tall, black-skinned, with disproportionately long arms, and a bulging belly covered with black and white clothing, as it stood on a pile of small infant bones, slowly strangling two of Xi-11's members. A smirk came across his grotesque face as he squeezed their throats tighter.

Desperate, they unloaded their weapons on the creature, causing it minimal harm, but enough to make it release the men. At great speed, it lunged towards the men, throwing one of them several meters away and sending him through an old wall, while the other one was left lying on the ground, seriously wounded. Extremely nervous, Gauss grabbed one of the rifles that had been left on the ground, and used it as a blunt weapon against the being's head, while Castillo took the wounded man to safety.

"You're not going to take me easily, schelmisch!" Gauss shouted while striking the creature with the weapon, delivering the occasional swing with his 'Swiss Army Knife'.

From one moment to the next, the entity lifted the unfortunate Dr. Gauss, who was thrown several meters away; Castillo pulled out an FN Five-Seven, firing at the creature's legs and making it fall. On its knees, it began to crawl slowly towards them, digging its claws into the blood and frost-covered floor. Being only a few centimeters away from grabbing Gauss, who was lying unconscious on the ground, Dr. Cygnus arrived with a flamethrower and discharged it on the creature's face. Three of the task force's men regained their strength and joined the fray against that monstrosity, until it finally collapsed inert on the cold ground.

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The Antarctic Christmas of Gauss, Castillo and Cygnus