Chapter 2
The hunter and the prey.
With a steady pace, Maki walked down the snow covered path to her cabin. Slightly leaning forward, she prevented the boy on her back from falling off. With each time Maki made a step, a new deeper foot print appeared in the snow, Because of the boy's added weight. She was panting heavily. "I hope I get home soon,"
Far behind her a huge creature with a colorful mask on, slowly and quitely following her trail. He was hungry and wished to dine upon the injured human boy. It crept closer and closer. Maki stopped in her tracks. She felt it- a strange presence. A powerful shriek shook through out her.It was such a horrible cry, Maki almost dropped the boy to cover her ears. It walked towards her, getting closer and closer. With each step it made, the ground shook underneath it. She didn't move, stiff with fear. It came closer and closer.
Move, move, move, move!" Maki screamed in her head.
She wanted to scream, but the fear took hold of her voice. It was like she was frozen in time, not moving or speaking. Even her breathing slowed, as her heart pounded harder and faster. Then the boy on her back moaned. This broke Maki's trance. With great speed she turned around, away from the monster, and ran. The monster's footsteps became louder and more frequent. It was chasing her, or more like hunting her.
With the boy on her back and the snow on the ground, Maki's running was very slow. The beast easily caught up with her. Then it jumped over Maki, in front of her. She stopped, staring into the eyes of the beast, which were black and empty. A cold sweat beated down her neck. Making all her hair stuck up as her fear took hold of her body. Maki stopped breathing for a moment, as the monster's huge fist came towards her. It happened all too fast for her. The fist, the impact and the pain. She was punched into the air and fell back to earth, creating a loud thump.
She didn't even scream. It was so fast, Maki didn't even realize what had happened until she landed in the snow, about fifteen feet away. Everything was blurry and fuzzy in her head. She looked over to see the monster hunched over the boy, ready to eat him. Ignoring the pain, Maki forced herself up on her feet- to get the beast's attention to her and away from the sleeping boy.
"I-I can't let him get eaten. I-it just isn't right. He is now my responsibility. I won't allow him to die," Maki stuttered.
Taking slow steps, she limped towards the monster. Reaching into her hip pack, she took out her hatchet. She couldn't think about the pain, or being eaten. The only thing she kept in the front of her mind was the boy, and saving him. Keeping this one thought allowed her to inherit a strength inside herself and fight back. Her grip on the hatchet was so tight, it made her hands bleed.
As the monster bent over the boy his moth began to open. "Stupid Fucker!" She roared at it.
The monster looked over at her. Maki took another step towards it. "I CAN STILL FIGHT!" She yelled.
Maki's eyes widened, at what she saw. The monster smiled! It smiled at her, the fact of her being able to fight brought it joy. "OR DO YOU THINK YOU CAN'T WIN!!!" Maki added.
The monster stood back up, and walked over the boy, towards Maki. Gritting her teeth she pushed herself forward, and into battle. Even though her whole entire body ached in unearthly pain, she kept going. It didn't matter to her. Once she set her mind to something she would see it through to the end.
The monster ran towards her, the sound of its panting made it feel even more animal- like. The hunter and the hunted, only the strongest survive. At any moment the odds could change, and the hunter could become the hunted. But Maki knew this was very unlikely would be the case.
The monster sent it's fist towards Maki, but this time she jumped to the side. Taking this chance Maki swung her hatchet at the monster's arm. It made contact, creating a fountain of blood- spreading red across the white snow, tainting it. The monster cried out in pain, making Maki cover her ears.
"Stupid thing! SHUT UP!" She yelled at it.
Infuriated the monster suddenly grabbed Maki with its other hand, squeezing her. Maki screamed as it squeezed harder and harder. "Stupid human! I'm going to make you suffer for taking my right hand!" it growled.
The brown-haired girl stared at it, amazed that it could talk. Then the pain returned, as her ribs began to break. Still holding onto the hatchet Maki, hacked at the monster's wrist, causing it to release her. Instead of just falling onto the ground, she landed on her feet. This gave her a chance to attack. Sprinting towards the monster's head, Maki jumped at it. With one swing she sliced its head in half.
The beast let out one last agonizing scream, which eventually faded into silence.
Maki wiped her sweat off her face. She still had the hatchet in her hands, a death grip around it. The brown haired girl fell into the snow. Carefully she released the hatchet, revealing her blood-soaked hands. She stared at them in disbelief. "I-I can't believe it. I never knew this would be so hard," Maki mumbled to herself.
She remembered watching movies, and how the characters killed monsters with ease, with out eve a second glance. Maki however discovered the cruel truth, it was so much harder in real life. "Stupid movie stuff," Maki panted.
Then she turned to face the boy; he was still lying there in the snow. He seemed to be alright the monster never had the chance to harm him. Maki crawled to him; she was too weak to get up. "At least you're OK," Maki reassured herself.
Standing up, she grabbed the boy's arms and began to gently drag him towards her cabin. As she went farther down the path, her cabin came into view.
*Well how was that?*
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