A small grin spread across Daniel’s lips as he let the creature make its way at its own pace towards the bottom of the stairs – his attempt to keep what he hoped was a fearful visage broken by the momentary show of triumph, his feet moving him back across the floor of the living room until the backs of his legs nudged against the bag behind him.<br/><br/>Daniel let himself fall to his knees swiftly – a small wince of pain as his already grazed kneecaps hit the rather unyielding floor beneath them, his right hand reaching behind him for the butt of the shotgun before pulling it out in front of him. His left hand moved in a considerably practiced motion towards the barrel of the weapon – tugging back to cock it as his finger found the trigger. Both barrels were raised upwards towards the creatures chest before he let his finger tug back upon the trigger – unleashing a rather loud bang that made his glad that his house wasn’t within a more built up neighbourhood.<br/><br/>As the empty shells fell to the floor Daniel was already planning his next attack – not in the least certain that such conventional weaponry would do anything more than just annoy the creature. But he lived in hope all the same…