>>5491151A lot of thoughts about what MIGHT be the best choice of action comes to mind. Backing up a bit so that you don't risk having this thing looming over you. Switching out for that golf club so you can fight at a range again. Maybe just fucking off for a bit and finding another chance to fight this thing. But that's all hopeful- that it could help. Truth to be told, you don't have enough time nor focus to figure out whether that'd actually help right now.
Another part of you takes a much simpler view of things: You've been fighting the thing. It hasn't hit you yet. This is probably the best chance you're gonna get, and if you think too hard right now you're just going to ruin it. If you keep hitting it then eventually, it will be torn apart limb by limb and give in. So for now you'll just face the reality in front of you and beat the shit out of it. You believe that you'll come out the winner on the other end.
With a yell you swing the knife again, this time towards its left ankle. Hopefully you'll get a good chunk cut out of the thing and make it hard for it to walk. Hell, maybe you can even get rid of the entire foot!
Just as you're having such hopeful thoughts, you feel metal meet flesh. It sinks in slightly, but then just as you're getting excited... you feel the energy behind your blow run out. Was your attack off? Odd. How'd you mess up with a stationary tar- oh dear when did the foot get that big-
THUD.
A moment later you're sent reeling. The firm kick to your face makes your head buck back, your grip on the knife failing as the force sending you backwards rips it back out of its ankle. Your now free hand involuntarily heads to your face, covering up your once again bleeding nose.
The pain begins to withdraw after a moment, and you manage to fix your focus back on your opponent. That is when annoyance and anger turn back into fear. Its eyes are fixed on you, and it's smiling again as it stares down at you. It's crouched down now, as if about to jump. It's about to jump onto you. You can feel it. And you don't think you have very long to react.
>Grab your golf club with both hands as quickly as possible and hold it up in front of you. Having a barrier between the two of you seems helpful.>Drop everything and rush forward. If you're lucky it will just end up falling over you and falling on the ground. If not, uh... well, you won't anything to defend yourself with.>Move. Move. Move. Regardless of the chances, you need to get out of the way now. If it falls flat on the ground then it'll all be fine.>Write-in 