"Did anyone see which way Violet went?" Ian asked, scanning the crowd for her. The crowd had only dissipated a little in between sets. Trevor had his phone out, calling Violet on speakerphone. Each ring filled Ian with dread. Louis pulled out his phone, "I'll text Kelly, they might be together." Trevor finally hung up and shook his head. "I'm gonna check the concession stand. It's hot as balls, she might just need a beer."

Ian said, "Louis, that cop over their, the blond? Her name is Becky Giffords, ask her if she's seen Violet." Wordlessly, Louis obeyed.

Eric was rifling through the haphazardly packed van. Ian's rage flared. "Not the fucking time, we have to find Violet!"

Eric slammed the van door and produced a pocket knife. A three inch blade snapped out of the handle. "It's back. I can feel it." He pointed towards the tree line the with the blade.

"What the hell?"

Eric was already striding away and called, "The spider!"

They crossed the distance at a jog, and as they approached, they could see a hole formed by snapped branches and crushed bushes. They followed the path, until they heard a sickening thud.

Violet's body was sprawled out on the ground. Her eyes and hands were glowing gold as she groaned. She pushed herself to sitting and let out a sharp wail. Ian went to her, and tried to pull her to her feet, when he saw her knee was a bloody mess. Eric surged past the both of them, and only then did Ian see the spider. The spider's body scraped along the lowest branches of the younger trees, but it's head was dipped. Eric didn't hesitate. He planted the blade in the head, and spider let out a ghastly screech. It shook it's head and threw Eric to the side. He stumbled and caught himself on the spider's leg. On of the leg's barbs caught him on the arm, and he laughed as blood welled to the surface. The spider turned to Eric.

Violet braced herself on Ian. "I need to get closer," she grunted. The golden glow in her eyes hadn't wavered. Ian propped her up against a tree. He found a splintered branch the size of his arm nearby. "I'll bring it to you."

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The spider had put it's full attention on Eric. Ian squared up against one of the back legs and swung at a leg segment. The segment dissolved in to smoke, and spider stumbled. He swung for the next leg, two segments up. The segment dissolved, the branch snapped, but it had done it's job and the hind quarter of the spider fell.

Violet threw herself forward and on to the spider's body and up the abdomen, to the base of the head. The spider screeched again, struggling to push itself up. The knife was still buried inches from the fangs. The spider jerked, but she managed to grab the knife and stay mounted. She took a deep breath and focused on her bloody palm, and her ears were filled with nothing but the screeching of the spider. Her hands were burning, but she pushed deeper in to the feeling, and put all her weight behind the blade. The screeching was replaced by the scritch scritch tick scritch tic clicks, and she pulled the the knife towards her, rending a gash. A viscious, oily fluid spurted forth. She plunged her other hand in the gash - a ball of heat and light. Black steam rolled up from the gash. She grabbed a hard mass inside and pulled. As her hand came out, the mass dissolved and dissipated in to smoke. The spider collapsed.

"Shape up, Delgado! She's wounded!"

Gifford's voice cracked like a whip at her partner, stunned stiff at the scene. Ian was already climbing the spider's carcass to grab Violet, her body starting to sag and sway. Giffords ignored her partner's shock and approached the spider. They eased her body down and Gifford said, "Keep it together Kerrington. Delgado, radio an ambulance. We'll have to carry her out to the tree line. We also need to barricade off this area until we can ensure there are no more bears in the vicinity."

Delgado nodded absently. "Bears. Right."

Ian knelt next to Violet, stroking her face. Eric retrieved his knife from the body of the spider, and as Violet lost consciousness, she heard, "Ian you bastard, you didn't tell me your girlfriend was a Super Saiyan!"