Uh- sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up. I was re writing 43 chapters of horrible grammer and other things. Now that I have it done, I can submit my story for publication...
It almost makes the fact that my eyes are crossing worth it.
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After desposing of Greasepit the three made their way to the area Vinny had been checking out this morning and hid themselves in the trees, grass and foilage and studied the run down shack like structure.
It was the size of a small garage.
The wood was old and rotting. The structure was sort of leaning off to the left a little bit, boards hung loosely around the door and windows almost blocking them off.
Throttle turned his head for a moment in Vinny's direction and gave him a questioning look. Finding it hard to believe that anyone would be staying in such an old and rickety place when it might fall on them at any moment.
Vinny understood Throttle's misgivings but it didn't change the fact that Vinny had seen a young human female around the place. And while that didn't really mean that she was staying there- He caught sight of something moving inside and motioned with his fingers as Throttle turned his head back and narrowed his eyes as a dark head emerged from within the darkened shed like building.
The person paused for a second to push something through the door.
The three zeroed in on the object and frowned a little bit when they made out a small basket of what looked like clothing as a young girl- Or was she a woman? They couldn't really tell. She was so small and child like in appearance- crawled out of the building wearing a long sleeved green shirt, a pair of cut off shorts that showed her long slender legs, shoes and soft kid leather gloves that covered her little hands.
Her hair was a dark brown that fell around the middle of her back, and hung over her slender shoulders and in her face. She stood up and dusted off her bottom then grabbed the basket and walked towards the river to the side of the shed.
Throttle shifted a little bit as the human knelt down on the bank and started pulling articles of clothing out of the basket and sepertating them before picking up a lavender t-shirt and starting to wash it in the crystaline, swirling waters.
Well hell- Throttle thought darkly. It looked like the human was staying here after all. He looked at Vinny again and this time signed with his hands, Have you tried making contact?
Vinny shook his head no. He hadn't thought to make contact due to the fact that there were traps in the area and he didn't want the female to panic and run away if she saw him, and run herself right into the jaws of one of the bear traps that they had scattered about their territory.
He'd watched one woman die right in front of him, he didn't care much to repeat the process with another. Even if she was a total stranger.
Throttle sighed and looked back at the human. He sort of agreed with Vinny's earlier assessment of her. She'd be dead within a week if something wasn't done. But it was against their code to interfere unless it was absolutely unavoidable.
He thought for a moment, weighing the pros and cons of making contact with the female and after a few minutes of serious thought decided that it was in everyone's best interest to pretend like they had never found the human.
He signed for his bros to retreat then hunkered down as close to the ground as he was able and slowly started to crawl back to the path that had brought them to this place and was more than half way there when they heard an ear splitting scream from the human and froze for a moment, their fur standing on end as they heard the distinct sounds of a struggle occurring behind them.
A second later something heavy hit the ground and the female bolted past their hiding place in the tall grass and ran for the trees quickly followed by three men dressed in camo, toting guns.
The three stared after the female and her prusuers with an intense sense of dread as they realized that the little chit was heading into their territory. Throttle looked at Vinny and Modo, a look of annoyance on his face as he motioned with his hand for them to follow the humans then jumped to his feet and took off running.
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They'd found her! They'd found her! They'd found- A bullet whizzed by her head and she screamed and ducked down as much as she could without hindering her movement as she ran. She zig zagged between trees, ran through thorn bushes, and hid herself behind a tree so that she catch her breath.
Her heart thudded painfully in her chest, her blood roared in her ears drawning out some of the sound the men made as they looked for her. Occassionally shooting off their fire arms in an attempt to scare her out into the open.
Alice put her hands against her mouth to muffle any sounds that she might accidentally make in fear and flattened her back against the thick tree trunk and waited for the men to move on. It took about ten minutes for them men to move away from her, the entire time she stood there with her hands over her mouth, silently praying that they would leave.
The second she knew they were well out of hearing range of her; she slipped away from her hiding place and ran in the opposite direction. Hoping to get as far away from them and their weapons as humanly possible.
She didn't pay any attention to where she was going even though she was in an unfamiliar area. She ran blindly, driven by her terror. She was making her way through some bushes when she stepped on something and heard a clicking sound. She looked down and caught the silvery metal sheen of sharp jagged teeth a mere moment before the jaws of a bear trap snapped closed around her ankle, the teeth tearing through soft, tender flesh.
She screamed in pain and fell to the ground crying and trying to pull it open.