Author's Note: Alright… here's another chapter by yours truly with the story's special guest author: Rapture at Sea! Enjoy! :D

You Can Run, but You Can't Hide!

Ever had a nightmare about some crazy murderer chasing you through the darkness, or at least have been through it? Did you ever feel like you can't escape the murderous and merciless inevitable? Have you seen your closest friend, a family member or at least someone you know die in a morbid fashion right in front of you? Well, we all know for sure that Corporal Dennis, a young Golden Eagle and an operative of the USAASF who witnessed his ally's gruesome passing, gave a check mark to all the questions listed above. Right now, he's trying to run away from the crimson demon known by the name of Scarlet, in which he knows that he has nothing to use against her that will effectively bring her down or even momentarily stun her. His plan is to get far away from her, leave the island, and call for immediate back-up. But will he succeed? Or will Scarlet catch him and mercilessly toy with him until he loses his life? Well… We'll find out… soon…

Corporal Dennis' POV

"WHERE ARE YOU, AVIAN SCUM?" Scarlet roared as I saw her soar through the skies, trying to find me with violent desperation. As I sat stationary in a thick bush, hoping that I wouldn't get caught, I felt like I couldn't move my legs. They were trembling due to the fact that that fucked-up experiment is trying so hard to find me, just so she could kill me. Ugh! I can't even forget how that bitch killed my ally! She screwed up his neck, tore his heart out and then ate it! I mean, I'm sure that the memory of that gruesome scene will haunt me for the rest of my life.

As I hid there in the bush, I held on pretty tight to my Mk. 14 EBR. That, my SIG Sauer P220 and a few grenades are my only means of self-defense. One problem though: They won't do much! I'm pretty sure that a bullet to Scarlet's brain is only going to piss her off. There's got to be at least something that can hurt her a bit.

After listening intently, I found out that she wasn't around anymore. I chilled for a bit, deciding that I wasn't leaving my spot until morning.

I eased my grip on my rifle's handle as I started thinking about the future if Scarlet really did take over the jungle. The whole place would be on fire, government agents would be dashing frantically away from Scarlet or trying to fight back. But after seeing what happened back there, I guess it wouldn't matter whether there were more of us than of her. She just took down the whole unit! There were around 7 operatives (excluding me), and she was solely one bird. And what did I find when I got to where they were fighting? All the operatives were dead. Dead! And the last one had to die right in front of me in a fucking bloody-ass way.

Wait... speaking of him... When I saw Scarlet licking his neck, she left a trail of saliva that was colored oddly. And then when I took a good look at her talons when she was about to shove her foot into his chest, they were huge! And if you look at how big she is... she's bigger than your average Scarlet Macaw. Hell, she's even bigger than a Hyacinth Macaw! She's probably just as tall as me! It's probably due to the mutation. God, there must be a lot of other fucked-up things inside her. Who knows? No one will probably ever know because anyone who comes across her gets killed!

Pushing aside my depressing thoughts, I put my wing in my uniform's pocket and took out a couple of photos. One photo had me, a few human buddies and my bird-buddies (the ones who just got killed by that crimson bitch) posed in front of the camera while holding bottles of beer. We were in the meeting room of the USAASF in Washington, D.C. It was the celebration of the organization's success in proving to the whole world that animals, birds especially, can also be like humans. I smiled as tears welled up in my eyes. I considered that day to be one of the best that I had in my life. The date on the photo said, "September 24, 2013."

I turned to the other photo. It showed me, my mate, my two daughters, my parents and my mate's parents, her cousins, her siblings and a few more. We were having a family reunion that day, back in Idaho. The date on the photo said, "January 05, 2014".

Looking at all the smiling faces on both of the photos, tears welled in my eyes. It was too late for my friends. And soon, it would be too late for me. If Scarlet finds me, I'll never be able to see my family again. I wouldn't be able to see my daughters graduate from Idaho's Anthro-School. I placed the photos next to me and buried my face into my wings, crying weakly and hopelessly. "Oh, God... I don't know what to do anymore... I'm afraid to leave this spot. I... I don't want to die, at least not by her hands. I joined this organization to serve and protect, but all of this is just fucking unexpected... with that blood-thirsty demon going around! Oh, Mary, my love... I just hope I could see you and our lovely daughters once more," I said to myself in a hopeless way.

All of a sudden, I ceased my crying as my eyes shot wide open. I heard something emanate from outside the bush, a sound that makes your spine shiver. It was an unnatural snarl, and a fairly familiar snarl too. It did not take me long to find out who created the awful rasps.

It was no other than Scarlet. Damn it! I thought she left!

I quickly picked my photos up and shoved them back into my pocket as I once again held on tight to my rifle. I was shivering twice as hard as before. Just by listening to her demonic sounds, it's as if she's sniffing. Oh, God! She's trying to sniff me out!

"There's no use hiding. I can smell your fear... your sorrow... your anger..." She growled. I know there was no use hiding. In fact, I wanted to run and fly away right now, but terror was pinning my feet to the ground.

As time dragged on, her sniffing and growling got louder and fiercer. The suspense was killing me! I've got to think of a plan to momentarily stun her, otherwise she'll just find me and violently toy with me until my last breath.

Suddenly, the leaves in front of me were slowly rustling, with red feathers emerging from them. Shit! She found me! "Ha ha! I finally found you!"

Without taking second thoughts, I quickly pounced on her, forcing me to reveal myself. The next thing I knew, I was on top of her. She looked extremely pissed. Her glare almost paralyzed me. "HOW DARE YOU!"

Slightly shaking my head sideways as if I was denying something, I raised my rifle and smacked her head with the stock, causing her head to recoil and strike the ground. I swiftly did so multiple times, until she bled from multiple wounds on her face. Once I saw a bit of the demon's blood on my rifle's stock, I quickly got off of her, placed my rifle behind me using its strap and immediately took to the skies. "You'll never catch me, you murderous bitch! I'm not dying today!" I yelled as I flew away from her.

As I flew, I couldn't help but laugh a bit. I mean, I could not believe what I just did back there. I thought she would instantly put me down, but no! I was able to catch her off guard. I felt a bit safe, but my heart was still beating pretty fast. I just kept looking forward, not wanting to look back. For now, I did not care if she was chasing me. All I care about is that I get off the island, get to the mainland of Rio and call for back-up.

A few minutes passed since my assault on her, and it sounded like she wasn't following me. I still didn't want to look back, however. After passing through the low clouds, that was when I saw some of Rio's lights. I looked below me and noticed that I was above another jungle. I trailed my sights around the jungle and it turned out that the jungle I was soaring above of was connected to the mainland. I sighed in relief as I saw all of this. "Thank God! I'm safe from that-"

"GET THE HELL BACK HERE, DUMB SHIT!" Feeling my heart skip a beat as I heard that nerve-wracking voice, I turned around to see Scarlet gaining on me. Oh, God! I thought she lost me! Her bloodshot eyes found their way into my eyes. The sight of her completely enraged scared the living daylights out of me. "AGH! GET AWAY FROM ME!"

I flapped my wings harder in order to increase my speed but to no avail. She was clearly closing the gap between me and her. My breathing became a lot faster, and my heart was beating so hard I felt like I was going to collapse. Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God! Please do not kill me! I yelled in my mind. I was really desperate to get away from this beast-bitch.

All of a sudden, she tackled me and held on to me, breaking my flight path as we both fell towards the ground. We were a little high up, so it looked like it was going to take at least 5 seconds before we hit something. "Gah! Let go of me!"

"Never! I'm controlling the chessboard of life, and I'm going to deal with the only pawn, who happens to be YOU!"

After a good few seconds of falling, we got into contact with the leaves of trees and unfortunately, branches. "UGH!" Damn this monster for ruining my flight path! I just hit my rib on a branch!

Pretty soon, we landed on the ground. However, I was above Scarlet! I'm going to have to try and end her, for the sake of the rain forest. "If you want to dominate this place so badly, then you'll have to get through me first!" I yelled as I began wrapping her neck with my wings. She was really trying so hard to squirm out of my grasp as she gripped her wings on mine, but there was no way that I was going to let her break loose. "You're just… easy prey… asshole! I can kill you… just like the rest of your unit… without exerting much effort!"

She then hit a part of my wing that stung really bad, which caused me to loosen up. And then she pushed me off with tremendous force, but I was still able to keep myself up. Without hesitation, I took out my rifle and started shooting at her, desperate to end her before she ended me. I was also hoping that the gun shots would arouse some of the locals, whether they be bird or a human. However, once I started shooting, she got up really quick and strafed around like she was a ghost! I couldn't keep her in my line of sights. "Damn it, Scarlet! Hold still!" I said as I slowly backed away as she was getting closer to me. I continued firing until I heard a click in the gun. Shit! Out of ammo already?

I knew I did not have enough time to reload, so I threw my rifle to the side and took out my pistol. But when I looked back at her former spot, she was gone! With my pistol still up and my wings trembling, I circled in the same spot while looking at my darkened surroundings, trying to find her. Where could she have gone to? I didn't even hear her snarling around me. I adjusted my helmet a bit as it was starting to droop in front of my face. I didn't have the straps on, but I didn't want to put them back on because Scarlet might just see it as an opportunity to catch me off my guard. "W-where are you, Scarlet? S-show yourself!"

At first I didn't hear any reply, when suddenly a feminine voice said, "Dennis is your name, correct?"

"Y-yeah..."

"Oh, Dennis. Just give up. There's nothing left for you in this world."

I was still scared, but I then felt a little anger. "What d-do you mean? I still have my family!"

"Really? Well, I don't think I'll allow you to return to your beloved mate and kids. In fact, I'll see to it that anyone else who sees me will never lay eyes upon their next sunrise. Anyone can merely postpone the inevitable, but they can never hide from it. The same goes for you."

"Please! J-just leave me alone! Or better yet, surrender yourself! You can't go against this place and stay as the last man standing forever, ya know! Someone is eventually going to take you down!" I awaited her reply, but the only reply was an eerie silence. "Please! Just lay off the murderous intentions! Our government is trying to save your species from the unknown decline! Think about it!"

Silence... again. Was she thinking about it? Did I actually persuade her to put her malevolence aside? I waited for what seemed like 3 minutes with my pistol still armed. My heart was beating faster than before. I suddenly had the feeling that she was just waiting for a chance to get me. I was about to ask her if she had thought about it when she suddenly replied. But her voice sounded closer. "I don't give a fucking feather about the rest of my species. It's fine with me if they all end up in Hell!"

That remark got me really good, because my trembling became a lot more vigorous. I was slowly moving backwards as I pointed my pistol everywhere. But suddenly, my movement was stopped by something soft. My eyes shot open with fear. I was sweating from my head to my feet. However, I kept my view to the front. I was afraid to see if Scarlet was the one behind me. There was no more hope for me. I really wasn't going to see my family ever again. Tears of fear and sorrow welled up in my eyes.

"P-please, Scarlet... D-don't do this..."

She replied immediately, but I unfortunately felt her breath on my neck. "Too bad for you, Dennis. My malevolent regime has only begun!"

I felt a sharp wave of pain shoot through my body, accompanied by the sound of flesh tearing. I arched my back and clamped my eyes shut in extreme pain as my wings drooped, making me drop my pistol. When I opened my eyes, I looked down to my stomach and saw a blood-soaked wing sticking straight out of me. Scarlet had pierced her wing through me. I knew then I was finished. There's no telling what she has in mind for me, but all I know is that I will not survive this...

Scarlet's POV

Finally! I've got this asshole right where I want him! It felt very comfortable when I impaled him with my wing, his warm blood and his soft innards sticking to it.

Without regret, I pushed him to the ground with my foot, drawing my wing out of his back. The sucking sound was music to my ears. I craved to hear my victim's screams as I tortured him, a bit saddened that he could only die once. I turned him over to his back and sat on him as he stared at me with despair. "Oh Dennis, you look so miserable. If only your family was here to witness your downfall... I'd be laughing my ass off once I see them crying the shit out of themselves!"

He just laid there, completely helpless and pathetic. "Please... Have mercy..."

"Oh, but why, Dennis? You're not the kind of guy who would ever restrict someone's happiness. I was just simply planning to... oh, I don't know... screw with you until you died."

His eyes widened when I said that. Ho ho ho, this is going to be fun...

I got up from him and whipped out my middle talon. I then rested my curved claw between his legs, preparing to make an opening there. "Any last words before I kick off your torment?"

I watched him as he raised his head to an extent that our eyesight got into contact. "Don't kill me... p-please…"

"I was expecting the dying words of honor, but oh well. WRONG ANSWER, ASSHOLE!" I began to slowly dig into his skin with my amazingly huge and sharp talon. Blood was slowly oozing from the opening I was forming. "Aaagghh! Please stop! It hurts!"

"It's supposed to hurt, dumb shit! Now keep your mother fucking beak shut, or I'll tear your tongue out and lodge it into your throat!"

Once I was slicing into him, I smiled. "He he... my foot should be able to fit in there."

And with that, I shoved my foot in, feeling the warm and soft organs squish and slide around. "Ugh... Oh, God...Please stop..."

Ignoring his pleas for mercy, I continued digging around his body. I then stopped at an organ that felt like multiple tubes. I guessed that I had located his intestines. "Oh! I think I got something interesting!"

"No! No! No! NO! AAAGGGHH!"

I pulled the organ from out of the opening and boy was I right. They were his intestines. I held them up as they dripped with blood and other bodily fluids for Dennis to see. "See this? This would make a great party decoration! Ha ha!"

I tossed his entrails aside and shoved my foot back inside him. This time, I was going to aim for his stomach. "I'm going to gut you like a fish until I reach your beating trophy!"

The gutting session lasted for 10 minutes. I so enjoyed his screams of extreme agony. I looked at the jungle floor beneath us, and it was caked in blood and eagle innards. The only things I left inside him were his lungs and his heart. However, I was already satisfied enough with a majority of his insides splattered across the floor, so I cut the chase and prepared to go for the heart.

"My my, Dennis. I for one am delighted by what you have allowed me to do. Too bad you have to go so soon."

He just stared at me with pure dread written all over his face. "Be happy that you'll be leaving your suffering very soon."

I then picked up the pistol he dropped a while ago and pointed it at his chest. When I saw him, he was crying silently. I on the other hand, just smiled. "Don't worry, Dennis. Once I annihilate all of Rio, I'll make sure to put your family on the list as the next patrons. And you'll see them shortly after I kill them."

And with that, I pulled the trigger multiple times. His body jerked as I pumped him full of lead, and little geysers of blood spurted from his beak. The gun finally clicked, signaling it was out of ammo, and I tossed it away. He was still breathing, but it was lusciously slow. His eyes were flooding with tears and blood. I sat on him once more, preparing for the finale. "Good-bye, asshole." I said with an evil grin and plunged my wing into his chest. I twisted it sharply and dug through his lungs until I finally caged my pulsing prize. I pulled it out in a studious yank and immediately gobbled it up.

I gulped the gooey pulp down and swabbed my beak clean, and then I heard Dennis wheeze. "No… how could you? I will… I… unh… urgh…" His head rolled to one side as his chest quit rising, his left eye staring blankly at the canopy above.

"Like I said, Dennis, you'll see your family soon."

I flew off into the sky, leaving the soldier's body to rot. If anyone finds in it the future, they will all see what I am capable of. And no one will be gifted enough to stop me.

Look out, world! Scarlet's just about to get the real party fucking started!

Author's Note: (Phew!) That's the last bit of this chapter... But that's not the end of it yet... ;)

As a sneak peak for the next chapter, Blu and Eva will be the first ones to find out about the USAASF and the murders that Scarlet had committed.

Anyways, feel free to review. Let me know if something's wrong. Again, special thanks to Rapture for agreeing to help me out with this story! :D (Claps and applause)