Chapter One
There it was again. That scream. Faint, yet still close enough to hear. Kevin knew he had to hurry…
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Ty screamed as the battle ax sliced into his arm. The hulking man with the ax along with the two guffawed stupidly. The fourth, however, remained in the shadows.
"What do you want?" asked Ty behind gritted teeth. A trickle of blood ran from his mouth and hit the ground. The man in the shadows spoke softly in a mocking voice:
"Now, let's not play dumb, Ty. You know exactly what I want."
"No I-" Ty's sentence was cut short as the man with the battle ax once again swung his weapon and sunk it deeply into his thigh. Ty yelled in pain and fell down. Dimly, he was aware that the man in the shadows was talking again.
"Now that didn't feel good, did it, boy?"
Why can't it just end? he thought desperately.
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Once more, Kevin heard the yell. Coming from his left. He turned sharply. He was nearly there.