Sometimes, monsters aren't born... We make them.
Fire licked the structure to the ground. People screamed in fear, pain, agony... their expressions nowhere near joy. Sounds of battle raged in the vicinity, always ending with a scream cut short and sharp.
The fire did not just burn... it devoured. It clawed its way up the six-story structure like a starving beast, swallowing wood, stone, flesh, everything without mercy. The flames roared with a hunger that seemed alive, twisting and writhing as they painted the night in violent shades of orange and black.
The building groaned, screamed, then collapsed.
CRASH!
A section caved inward, sending a storm of embers and debris into the air. The impact shook the ground, but it was drowned instantly by the chorus of human voices screaming, begging, and breaking.
