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ROUND 17 - THE HDC BATTLE ROYALE HUNTING SEASON


The gates are thrown open and the losing contestants walk back in, very silent. 4 of them have plenty of HP patches all over their body, which is evidence that they were made the targets.

Rewinding the timeline clock to earlier in the day...


- Hunter Despare went into the Reward Chamber before starting his hunting, and picked Envelope 0. It had a slip of paper inside which said "5 HPs and a shotgun with 10 shells". His HP count stands boosted by 5, and he gets a deadly weapon!


- Hunter Rayne walks into The Zone meanwhile, and looks around. She spots The Return in the distance and lets two grenades fly in his direction.

BLAM!

BLAM!


Both grenades explode almost simultaneously and The Return is thrown into the air, far away from the spot he was standing on. His whole body is covered with numerous wounds and cuts by the time he hits the ground heavily. Return turns around with amazing strength and reaches for his 10 HPs, and slowly applies them to himself. But his wounds are plenty, and his HPs are few. He falls on his back, sighing heavily...bleeding profusely from the head, nose, shoulders, chest, hands and back. Seconds later...he stops breathing.

THE RETURN IS DEAD!!!



Rayne then walks forward into a large group of trees, and spots Disease hiding behind one of those. She aims and presses the trigger.

BLAM!

Disease hears the launcher firing, but he doesnt have enough time to duck. He does have a huge pack of HPs though, and picks up 7 of those to heal himself. He is FIT after a while, with 31 HPs left with him.


The three grenade explosions, however, attract a different kind of audience. The Predator watches Rayne shoot Disease, silently standing above a tree. It zooms into Rayne's back by it's triangular laser-guided beams, and fires it's plasma cannon.

THWUMP!!

Rayne has a slight premonition, before the blast catches her totally off-guard. She is thrown forward, her entire back and chest area exploding into a huge wave of flesh and blood. She coughs up blood and shivers uncontrollably. Trying desperately to save herself, she takes her 11 HPs out in a vain bid to heal herself. The HPs slow down the bleeding, but the immense blinding pain makes Rayne realise...she won't be able to survive.

A few minutes later, she looks at the sky with a sigh, and with a final choking cough...closes her eyes in eternal peace.


RAYNE IS DEAD!!!



Let's see what Despare did...