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Rayne stopped and looked around. She had wandered into unfamiliar territory filled with rocks and bushes, without a tree in sight. Suddenly she realised she was in full view of anyone within a yard of her on all sides. She swooped down and lay on the floor, wincing with the raw pain shooting up from her severed nerves of the two wounds of her body.

A soft rustle on her right made her whirl towards that direction. Despare was running towards her now, arm outstretched with the machete lifted high. Rayne screamed and turned around to get up. But Despare was onto her in a flash. Grabbing her by the neck from behind, he brought down the machete heavily straight on the top of her head!

Rayne gathered some astonishing strength at the last moment, and swerved out of Despare's grip.

SCRUNCHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

The blow caught her squarely on her arm, almost severing it off her body. The ugly scar reddened in an instant, and blood rained out of it in short bursts. Rayne grunted and screamed again, as Despare dropped the now-broken machete and leaned back silently. Rayne looked at him fighting back tears, as she reached for her HPs. Despare stared back, with hard and cold eyes.


Rayne crawled through the short bushes and stopped. Despare's receding figure faded in the distance. She figured that nobody would immediately chance upon her after her very recent attack, and took some seconds out to get her breath back and think clearly. Her brain was on fire, with spasms of pain shooting all over her body. She looked at the small ravine ahead with hope, and knew it would be a good hiding spot for her. She began to crawl forward again.

Unfortunately for Rayne, her screams had attracted another hunter. Jenna26 broke through the bushes on her right, and stared directly at the wounded and bleeding Rayne. She knew she wouldn't have a better chance. Uttering a loud cry, she ran forward with her machete held high.

Rayne shrieked and turned. The sight of Jenna running towards her to attack instantly froze her up. She tried to get up to run, but one of her legs failed her and she crumpled down again. Jenna came running beside her and struck.

SCRUNCHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

The machete tore through Rayne's right side, cutting it into two. A long, deep gash on her side started to turn bright crimson, as a huge squirt of blood sprayed out of it into the ground. Rayne groaned and turned over, clutching her side. Her other hand frantically reached for her HPs, as Jenna looked on. Her eyes were lit up wildly, a savage light in them disappearing slowly.


He looked on quietly at the two attacks on the helpless prey. First Despare, then Jenna. He didn't feel good about doing his deed when the target was down and unarmed, but he knew he wouldn't have a better chance than this. Good, he thought, she is headed right towards me. Rayne had patched herself up the best she could and was slowly crawling towards the small green ravine, unaware of his presence in it. Silent tears ran down her cheeks, and big spasms of pain ran through her body. Somehow she reached the first bush near the ravine. He saw her. She saw him. She screamed.

He jumped at her, and struck.

SCRUNCHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

The blow caught Rayne squarely on the left side of her neck. Luckily, she had enough flesh and bone to withstand the blow and was left with only a big cut. It started to spray blood almost instantly, as Rayne clutched at it wildly.

Shriek Of The Mutilated took a step back, and looked at her. A small gist of a smile broke his face for a second, then it became stone-hard again.



Fiend Skull was in a dilemma. He tried to ask his team leader who to target, but she was busy giving instructions to others. Soon, they all had dispersed and he was on his own. It was his first time inside the Zone, and the fading light and the forest made him very apprehensive. He clutched his machete tightly and looked around.

A man was crouched near the gate, trying to avoid his gaze!

Fiend peered at him, trying to identify who it was. As soon as he realised the identity of that person, he licked his lips and started running towards him.

The man yelled once and started running away from Fiend!

Fiend was quicker though. He sidetracked his enemy and soon was onto him from behind. A huge lunging football tackle later, both were sprawled on the ground. Fiend didn't waste any time and brought the machete down.

SCRUNCHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

The machete tore into the thigh of the man, who screamed loudly in pain and rolled over. Blood started dripping out of his wound, as he grabbed at his HPs. Fiend got up and dropped the broken machete, and let out a long breath. My work is done, he thought.

The Krell was moaning and twisting below him, bleeding profusely as a hand pulled a HP to reach his wound.



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