Red: This came to me first as an emotion, then was driven into the beginning paragraph. There will be more to this, I just wanted to get what had so far posted!
I'm not a new person on this site, you may have even read something by me before. I used to be RogueyMaximoff, but got tired of it. So, am now RedDyeandEyeliner. Suits me better, lol
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Summary: There was a freak accident in the mansion and a surprise attack, sending some of the recruits out into the surrounding woods. After splitting up, the only fight they hadn't been trained for ensures. Chapter 1: Ray and Tabitha. R&R
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Tabitha stumbled backwards into a tree, the rough bark scrapping the skin where her shirt had been torn. She bit back a cry as the pain in her shoulder spiked.
"Ray?" She called, straining to form the word. Clutching her arm she squinted through the fallen darkness and the blur of her own vision. Pushing herself away from the trunk with much effort, she shuffled forward a few steps; flinching at every rattling leaf like a paranoid dog. Her foot caught under a root, sending her face-down in the leaves and dirt. She winced as all her wounds throbbed.
A twig snapped behind her. Pushing herself up, her limps protested, threatening to give out. Tears sprang to her eyes as the weight of everything that had happened hit her like a ton of bricks. "Ray?" She pleaded. A blow to the back of her head sent her to her knees and a silent scream escaped her throat as a crimson color rippled across the dark shadows.
Something metal was thrown over her head, landing on some brush with a thud. "Run!" A familiar voice drifted into the fog of her mind. "Dammit, go!" She pushed herself up and whirled around. A large figure was doubled over on the ground a few feet away. In the dim light she could make out the orange in the hair of the one standing closer. Something brushed her check and she closed her eyes, ready to fall asleep right there. He shook her shoulders with both hands. "Tabby, you've got to run. Now. Go back and tell them to-" There were shouting voices close by. The hands shoved her sideways. "Go!" The urgency in the word alone made her feet move.
The world seemed to rush by her as she ran. Running without direction is like lying without reason. The quote slithered slowly through the back of her mind, wrapping it's claws into her brain and refused to let go. Running without direction is like lying without reason. She tripped on a root, but caught herself before she fell. Lying without reason...done that before...She thought with a mental smile.
For what seemed like hours she kept going. Her pace dwindled and she found herself at a walk. When even that made her muscles ache, she again fell to her knees. Please don't be mad at me...That last thought sank into the dark of her mind as she closed her eyes and crumpled onto the hard surface.
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Red: There you have it, the first chapter! If you've read please review--opinions and suggestions are highly valued.