Chapter 3

RISE TO HOPE

"LOKIR! HEY!" Tora calls out to his fellow hunter and run toward him as he receive no respond. Tora grab Lokir by the shoulder and shake it, trying to snap him out of it. The Silver Rathalos saw his oppotunitie and dash away from Grime, targeting the two was slighly jumped as he sees the monster running his way. He pulled out his bowgun, already loaded, and shot a Pierce round at the Rathalos. The bullet goes straigh through the beast's left eye, staggering it. The Rathalos seems to be trying to hold the pain, stare down the gunner with hatred in its remainning eye. Sparks of fire are visible around the Rathalos's mouth, as he opens it for a full-on blast. The pair of comrades are now helpless and are about to knock on death's door . Rage and fear are filling up Tora's mind, as he close his eyes waiting for their end.

"Like hell I'm gonna let ya do that!" The sentence ends with the sound of metal piercing metal and a roar of pain. Tora opens his eyes and see Grime on the back of the Silver Rathalos, holding down his dual Insectors on its back. The beast struggle to get his quarry off and causing Grime a hard time holding on.

"HEY! Get Lokir out of here, hurry!" Grime said to Tora, who's still sitting on the ground and stunned by the sight. In a split second, he sheathe his bowgun and start to carry Lokir into the bushes.

" Come on, man. We need you to snap out of it" Tora said to Lokir as they take cover behind some rocks and bushes

"It all happened so fast…"Lokir mumbled. The images keep showing up in his mind.

"What happened back there was not your fault" Tora said

" IT IS MY FAULT!" Lokir shouted" I knew the Rathalos would follows us and yet, I still decides to go back here"

"Fine, it is your fault! But we humans have to makes mistakes sometimes, and we learns from it afterward. What happened was tragic indeed, but if you don't snap out of it then its gonna get worse!" Tora exclaimed, shaking his friend's shoulder.

Lokir kept silence after hearing his friend, but he seems to have returned to his normal moods a bit. Just as Lokir's about to say something, Grime lies over their head with the speed of a cannonball and hit his back agains a tree

" You ladies done chatting yet? 'cause our lil'Rath over there isnt enjoying the tea party!"

Grime said, wiping blood from his lips. The trio walks out of their cover, facing the monster with their weapons ready. The Rathalos growl at the three then begins to walk toward them

"So, got any ideas?" Lokir ask his friends, and earned a rather surprised look from them.

"Hold on, so we don't have a plan yet?" Grime asked nervously

"Yup" Lokir answered him.

"Apparently, we just walked out with total confident and we actually don't have a battle plan" Tora said sarcasticly " Run ?"

" Agreed" Lokir and Grime said . Lokir search through his bag, pulling out a cylinder-shaped tool and threw it in front of the Rathalos. A flash of light errupt as the bomb explode, blinding the monster. The Rathalos struggle to keep his eyes steady, his sight is all blurry and unclear. A few second past, the beast recovered and finds no hunters before him and roared angrily…

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Lokki awaken, breathing heavily as he realise it was all just a dream.

"Tch…. Still hauting me, huh?" He mumbled and gets up from his position.

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So finally I've finished the prologue chapters. The next chapter will begin with the main character. I'd be very happy and appriciated if you like this fan fic of mine.