Year 2471
"No Fleze, no. Don't request such ridiculous things. My people were left alone when they needed you the most. And now you come back when they learned to stand on their own feet? You can be our ally, our friend. We can grow a relationship. But we won't leave this land.
MY PEOPLE WERE MEANT TO BE HERE, WILL STAY HERE, AND WILL DIE HERE ."
Year 2975,31 October
A claw, as large as a tree trunk, proceeded toward Ayesha at a bolting speed.
Ayesha couldn't get the time to figure out what was happening and wasn't able to react in time.
Bruno pushed Ayesha as fast as he could. Still, the massive claws wounded Ayesha's hand severely.
And Bruno's.......one of Bruno's hands was cut off.
Bruno screamed in pain. He was losing so much blood that he almost fainted.
Ayesha got rid of the fatigue and got her senses back. Her wound also hurt badly.
She screamed, "Noah, Ron! Run ...get back to the camp and call for help. Take Bruno with you. We are taking care of this"
Ron, with a trembling voice, screamed, "But..WHAT ABOUT YOU...THIS THING WILL MASSACRE YOU.."
Ayesha pulled her long sword from her sheath
"I promised, I will protect you ."
The grizzly was licking his paw which was filled with blood. Now it looked at them again.
Staring at Ayesha with crimson eyes, the bear roared and held his claw up again to hit Ayesha.
Ayesha retaliated with her sword, but the pressure was too much.
Musa dodged the claw in the meantime and when Ayesha was retaliating, he punched the grizzly in its face.
The bear startled for a second, Ayesha didn't miss the chance and tried to slice the bear's hands.
"Shit, the wound is too shallow. Musa, get ready for another charge."
Noah and Ron took Bruno and started to run. But the bear came back to sense. Glimpsed at Noah and Ron.
The bear pushed Ayesha and Musa away. They tried to hold back the bear. But its raw strength was too much to handle.
Ron screamed, "Fuck. we are in danger we are in danger...Rager grizzlies target deserters."
The grizzly almost caught up with Ron and Noah as they couldn't run at their full speed for carrying Bruno.
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The grizzly Slashed.
Noah lost her balance and fell to the ground. Ron got smacked with Bruno's body and hit nearby Rock.
The hit wasn't from the grizzly. It was something else.
A guy with a staff held the grizzly's claw back. The guy was medium-sized and wore a white hood.
While holding the bear's claw he looked back toward Noah and said in a pervy manner, "What's up beauty ."
But in the meantime, the grizzly was about to slash him with its other claw.
Suddenly, a pile of sand held its other hand. A sandstorm started to rage.
About 10 feet away, Brock was holding his hands up. He had an angry expression.
"Ryan you simp, Don't die on a chick ."
Noah got back on her feet. She knew Ryan had eyes on her. But his sudden entry was unexpected.
Ayesha and Musa also caught their breath but were startled to see Brock.
Brock screamed, "Hey kitten. Don't waste your time and finish this off ."
Ayesha bolted toward the bear with her sword. Ron also got back on his feet. He screamed
"Ayesha, HIT THE LOWER PART OF THE NECK AND CUT THE CERVICAL VERTEBRAE"
Ayesha did accordingly. The cut wasn't very deep. But a bloody fountain from its collar ensured the bear is not a threat anymore.
The bear fell.
Everyone there was catching their breath.
Other members of Brock's squad caught up.
Ron squatted beside the bear and said, "Umm. Is this 12 feet?"
Brock mocked, "You don't have any measurement knowledge, nerd? That's hardly 8 feet."
Ron pondered, "Uh but a rager grizzly is supposed to be 12 feet. Whatever, the encyclopedia might be wrong ."
A team member from Brock's team had healing abilities and was healing Bruno.
Other members sat in a meeting in the undergrowth of a massive tree.
Brock said, "If we weren't there you people would've been sheekh kebab. So we are submitting the bear as our kill."
Brocks squad agreed
Ayesha raised her voice, "Huh, Don't forget who gave the final blow. It's ours ."
Ryan proposed, "Uh..we can fight later. Shouldn't we get the corpse of the bear here? What if some carnivorous feast on our kill?"
"Ah, you are right. Hey muscle body-muscle head, go get the bear here."Brock ordered Musa.
Musa didn't like his new nickname but getting the bear there was more important than that.
He went where the bear was killed.
And everyone's worst fear happened.
The body of the bear was gone.
And more importantly, they had no idea that...
...
four more eyes were lurking on them.