Raspy wheezing, short choppy breaths and sloppy running echoed throughout the dark and silent woods of Long Island Sound.
The occupant of such displeasing sounds was being carried by a fragile female. By now, the only noise being created was soft desperate breathing and twigs snapping underneath the light blue converses she wore, which were now covered in dirt stains.
The frightened being couldn't continue her travel, now holding her head in both hands to obtain her increasing headache that had traveled from the back of the neck to the whole platform of her skull.
Losing balance as she continues to keep firm hands on her head, she fell against a tree. Agonizing whimpers of pain escaped her heart-shaped lips, as she slid against the tree, sitting on the grassy ground; her hands leaving her head to fall on both sides of her dark blue jeans.
Soft jet-black curls now in wet strands stuck to her face due to sweat, grim and panic, her grey eyes no longer shimmering but only empty as if no one is home. Her shirt that was once pearly white with red lines at the end of her short sleeves and collar, was now turned into a filthy creamy color of dirt and blood stains; along with sticking to her skin because of excessive sweat.
The moonlight that shined throughout the woods was casted upon the carmel pigmented child; her eyelids were heavy of exhaustion and extreme dehydration from running through ten miles of chase along with not so victorious combats.
Her fingertips glided ever so gently over the deep purplish bruises and cuts that now decorated her cheeks, arms and legs, but those were masked from the jeans she had on, with just a slight brush against the bruises, she winched in pain.
"I can't keep going, I'm so tired", the words escaped from her mouth, soon enough her eyes began to close just temporally for a semi-rest.
As her eyes began to close, something caught itself in her ears. In the distance, heavy footsteps can be heard. Both eyes looking in all directions with more panic rising in her chest, and breathing becoming harder to catch; finally, a dark figure was standing within the trees not so far from the half-alive female.
With the gift of instincts, and all the energy that was left in her legs, this fledging began to run for dear life.
The footsteps began to grow more heavy and trailing closer towards her.
"Come here you filthy child" as it spoke with such deepness but hushed. Tears flooded her eyes, and her poor attempts to keep running but wobbling harshly from her left to her right.
Dear gods — please help me.
Tugging after it's prey, with just the swift maneuver of it's big mangling greasy claws, it caught the young girl in it's deadly clutches.
This creature stood 7'4 ft., and was squeezing whatever air that was left of the child. It brought her closer to it's face, to sniff it's soon to be snack.
After a huge whiff to satisfy it senses, it then snorted of disgust. The mucus that laid inside it's bull like nose, then sprayed itself all over the trapped adolescent.
Hovering over to puke from such gross encounter of snot, she was brought even closer to it's nose once more to continue it's sniffing.
"You don't smell of Greek" it's bloodshot from past combat fighting, winching by turning away to blink, for a spilt moment; without any given hesitation and no notice, the young girl gashed it's eye with a knife that was kept hidden in her undershirt.
It roared in pain but not enough to be heard, the creature dropped the female. As she fell, her head hit a rock harshly.
The beast began leaning back due to the pain, but regained it's stability but it's eyesight was blurred in one eye — it's only eye.
"I will get you" it spoke for her to hear but she kept running more afraid. The one-eye creature rubbed the blood that was spilling from it's jabbed eye socket, dribbling down on it's lips and chin; and began disappearing in the night, but not gone.
The wounded girl began to slow down as everything became blurry and her hearing was becoming faded. She was bumping into trees and stumbling over herself.
As she kept trying to move, blurry light appeared. It was torches lit with fire and an entrance to what seemed to be an camp.
Her breathing was lessening, and finally, she could no longer go any further. Fell to her knees and slowly, the rest of herself fell to the grassy ground.
Limbless and left for dead, her eyes finally closed with the last thing she saw before everything went black, was trees.