The Legend of Apollonius

You quickly leap away from Maria and her mother. Weak from hunger you decide there's no way you can fight them off, so you make a break for the door. As you approach the exit the old man slams the door shut. Surrounded in darkness you can hear footsteps on the ground circle around you. You yell "Stay back!". But the footsteps only get closer. Suddenly you feel a blade carve through your skin. Then one after another you feel a blade cut through you like butter as you swing into the darkness hoping that your fists find your target. As you stand defenseless in the cold dark room you feel one final blade pierce through your chest. You momentarily struggle until you fall to the ground drowning in a pool of your own blood.