Chapter 2:

Im going to start off by apologizing, to those who has been waiting for chapter 2. It's been a while since I updated as you can plainly see. I didn't actually expect to right chapter two but I got great responses (except for my typos and grammar -.- I promise ill work on it). I've never been good at the whole editing and truth be told I right each chapter in one sitting and post what ever I got finished in those couple of hours so….ya ill probably have grammar and typos in this one too but bear with me ill edit this a little before posting and hopefully get better. Now you've waited long enough and probably gotten bored so I give you chapter 2.

Gil

Gil awoke in a large room chains to a cold hardwood floor surrounded by people also chained. The chains looked like they could hold a rampaging Rajang. He was wearing nearly nothing but his boxers and the chains much like the others. To the front of the large room was a stage about 5 feet high and behind it hung two large red and blue guild banners. Standing on the stage in front of the banners was a formidable looking man who wore a set of gravios armour but a blue guild hat sat in place of his helm which rested on the ground at his feet. Resting on his back was a large hammer which resembled a large spiked stone ball on the end of the hammers shaft. It was also made from a large rock wyvern. The man had a large square jaw and watched them all with a evil grin on his face. He spoke and his voice boomed out and echoed around the room like it was designed for just that reason.

"WELCOM CONTESTANTS!" he opened with a large roar like laugh after his welcome. "You have all been chosen to be contenders for a game that the guild puts on every year. The guild picks 300 hunters every year to play this game where you are – without over complicating things – going to kill every other contender to ensure your own survival. This game is called the guild games…..the person who gave it that name was the first contender for just that reason…SOOOOO I will now explain the rules to each of you. 1. Kill….pretty simple right? That's pretty much the only rule. In exactly 5 minutes each of you will be knocked out with a chemical and we will put you all in carriages. These carriages have a divider between them so you won't be able to contact each other though they are thin enough to talk through. Your carriages each have you own equipment boxes on top. When you are released you will be given your equipment box to take anything you can carry with you but choose wisely since you won't be able to restock or exchange you weapons till one week is up. The shortest this game has ever lasted is 6 weeks the longest is 1 year. We will be watching you all; we have ballooners above the contending area. When there are only 150 contenders left we will give three short blasts from the balloons which will mean you have reached the half way point. At that time you each will be rounded up and brought back here where round 2 of the guild games will begin. Those will be explained in due time. Now I will show each of you a map of the area, remember it well." With that the large man pulled a cord and a large map fell from the ceiling in front of the banners.

As he began to point out certain locations and what to look out for so there were no "unnecessary deaths" Gil looked around the room looking for other hunters he knew. At first he didn't recognize anyone but soon found himself looking at a familiar face. It was Shaun but he was biting at his wrist very ferociously like he was trying to bite the chains off. He really was mad. Next he spotted a girl from his village. He didn't know her name but had seen her hunt a few times and he didn't want to cross her path. As he turned his head back he caught site of the last person he expected to see here. Off in the far corner was a huddled up mass of a short fat man. It was rath the last person he expected to see here. He was a member of the guild and yet he was a part of this strange "game". No one was talking but Rath seemed to be mumbling to himself though Gil was to far to hear what he was saying. As Gil turned his head back to the large man he noticed the man put away the large map as he looked to them all waving good by.

"Good night kiddies" he laughed as a gas was sprayed from the ceiling and Gil blacked out again.

Shaun

Shaun woke up after the ceremony in a slightly cramped cabin which occasionally bumped and rocked. So they haven't changed this game one bit…that makes it easier. He pressed his ear to the divider listening. All he heard was a slight breathing. It was barely audible but it meant that his second target was asleep. He then looked at his wrist. It was red but not what he wanted. He put his wrist to his lips and bit into his flesh then tore a piece from his arm and removed two thin steel needles from the wound. He had put those there a while ago when he had beaten this game. He decided that if he was ever locked away again he needed a way out. He didn't think he would be captured by the guild again. But at least he would have an advantage. He used the two needles to pick the lock to the carriage door. After about 3 minutes he was awarded with a slight click. He gently pushed the door open and saw they were on a path through the forest. He climbed silently on top of the moving carriage and crawled up behind the driver. He reached around the driver and wrapped an arm around his neck then jabbed a needle into his spin and severing the brain stem. He tore a piece of cloth from the mans clothing and wrapped it around his wounded wrist. It wasn't a bad cut only and inch in length and barley a quarter of an inch wide but in this game if you lost blood you were fatigued and that meant death. Saun stopped the aptonoth and went to the back of the carriage where two equipment boxes sat. he took opened each and found in one all his armour and weapon but in the other he found a set of cameleos armour and a light bowgun made from the best grade silver rathalos materials. He knew this weapon as the silver semi auto. It was far more reliable than his sand fall and It has extra parts with it like a silencer and a long barrel. Those would help. He took his opponents gear since he wouldn't need it. he took an assortment of ammo from the box of the soon to be dead as well as some trap tools and a couple of nets. He gathered other materials and walked over to the other locked door. He smashed the door in with the butt of the gun as a large crack erupted from the door and it split in two. The contender was still out cold when Saun took his life. It was clean just a bone crushing strike to the spine.

"And so it begins again"

Gil

Gil awoke a few minutes before the carriage came to a halt. He heard a racket out side his door as the lock finally came free. He heard a mumble form out side that sounded like "damn locks are crap". Gil stepped out to see a lush forest all around him. He grew up in pokke so he never really saw much but snow and ice though he had hunted in forests before. He suddenly remembered there was another hunter next to him and he needed to get to his box first. He rushed around to the back and opened his box taking out his gun chariot. And watching as the hunter rounded the carriage and jumped at the weapon being pointed at him.

"HEY HOLD IT….im not even armed is that fair." Gil watched him carefully FAIR? This game isn't about fair but an ally would be good, though he might stab me in the back. He slowly lowered his gun lance.

"What's your name?" asked Gil as the other hunter opened his box and began equipping his armour, a set of vilociprey armour.

"Cody" he replied nervously. "Are you going to put your armour on?"

Gil reluctantly set down his weapon and looked in his box. He wasn't sure what armour to wear but he knew that he would probably die here and if he died he wanted to die in the same armour his father did and carrying the same weapon his father did. He selected a set of rathalos Sol armour created from the same creature his weapon was.

"Wow…" Cody whistled as he was the armour. "That must have been one hell of a beast huh?"

"I wouldn't know" spoke Gil quietly "its my dads…he used to wear this but he isn't really hunting anymore…"

"Oh…im sorry to hear that…come one if we stay here we are sitting ducks for the others." Cody pointed with his blade - an electric short sword with a matching shield on the other wrist – into the forest.

"ill take the rear" Gil nodded and began to walk ahead. He listened carefully for the sound of any monsters near by. There was no doubt that there would be monsters out here. This place looked just like the forest and hills region. After about an hour of walking he spoke.

"So Cody how long do you plan on keeping your sword out? There aren't any threats near by are there? I didn't hear anyone close by" at that moment Cody leapt towards Gils back and stabbed his blade towards Gil's shoulder blades. Gil pivoted on his right foot swinging his shield on his left arm in a wide circle connecting with Cody's skull before the blade even touched the armour. Cody grunted as he stood up a little dazed. But then ran at Gil again though still dazed. Gil was more ready this time though he suspected Cody for a while. As Cody swung his blade in a wide over head slash Gil simply tapped it away with his shield again. He loaded his gun lance with a shelling and locked the lance in place. Cody stood up straight again his eyes blood shot with anger that he was being beaten without any effort at all.

"how did you manage to beat even viloceprey with those tactics? I've seen dead mosswine with better reflexes than yours….and more intelligence in fact." This worked like a charm. Cody rushed him again but to no avail. Gil simply aimed the gunlance at his chest and put exactly 3.5 grams of pressure on the trigger as a small hammer clicked back and swung forward striking the back of the shelling and sparking the black power which then erupted and sent the shelling out in a deafening explosion striking Cody square in the chest and sending him spinning through the air missing 6 ribs and most of his vital organs in his chest. He hit the ground hard skidding and tumbling head over heels till he came to a stop. Gil rested his gun lance over his shoulder and walked away. As fragile as the human life was it was still emotionally difficult to take one. Good thing he was good at hiding his emotions.

Thank you for reading chapter 2 and I promise the next one will be up much faster most likely in the next 2 weeks. How ever if I do as I plan to it should be up by tomorrow or the next day.

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