Chapter 4
The sun was rising in the distance and the first beams of light reflected off the car driving up the hill. Two men sat in the car, Max and James, Max driving the car. While the car was driving along the road, something caught James' eye.
"Hey, what's that?" asked James.
"What's what?"
"Look over by the side of the road".
"It's an abandoned car" said Max.
"Just pull over and check it out".
"Fine" said Max slowing down the car. The car slowed and came to a halt. The doors opened and out stepped the two men.
"It's just an abandoned car" said Max again.
The two men walked over to the car and stopped by the car. The door on the drivers side was open, and the keys were still in the engine. The headlights were on.
"Strange" said James.
"The car must have broken down during the night, and the person must have left it". Something red caught Max's eye, something red "Hey, what's that?" James walked over and crouched down on the road "It looks like blood".
"Blood!?"
"Yeah, it looks like something was dragged into the forest".
Max walked over to the car and opened the boot.
"Hey, what are you doing Max?"
"We're going to take a look in the forest, see if the owner of the car was involved in whatever happened over there".
"So why are you there?"
"I'm getting the guns".
Max and James had been driving up to go hunting in the forest a little further up the hill. They had one shotgun and one hunting rifle. Max pulled out the two guns and threw the shotgun over to James.
James also received some shotgun shells, and he inserted eight shells into the shotgun. Max slipped a few bullets into the rifle and closed the boot. James stood up and stretched. Max walked to where James stood and looked into the forest. Darkness looked back at them.
"So, what now?" asked James.
"Well, we just go into the forest and have a quick look around, see if we can find anything that can tell us what happened".
"And why are we doing this?"
"A dying or dead man could be in there, think of his family".
"Fine, but I don't want to be in there too long, that place is giving me the creeps".
Max and James walked into the forest, James clutching his weapon close to his chest.
"We'd be better up splitting up, we can leave earlier" said Max.
"Ok" said James.
The two men split up, and almost immediately saw more signs of blood on the ground and on the leaves of the bushes. James walked along the rough ground following the blood and then suddenly smelt something in the air.
"Jesus Christ, what the hell is that smell" said James out loud.
He walked forwards a little and found himself in a clearing. He looked down at the ground and saw a large patch of blood, and something that he didn't even want to guess at lying in the blood.
James looked up from the ground and he then saw a figure laying against a tree on the other side of the clearing.
"Hello, who's there?"
There came no reply. James walked over to the figure and looked at it. He quickly turned away and threw up in a bush. He put his hand over his mouth and looked at the figure again. The top of the person's head was missing, and it appeared that so was most of the contents of the inside of the head. The neck was deeply bruised as though it had been strangled, and the hands of the person where covered in blood. A strong wind suddenly blew, causing the arm to move at an odd angle. It was obvious that the bone had been broken a few times, allowing the arm to flop around in the wind. He gripped his gun tightly and looked around the green surroundings. He suddenly heard a sound and turned around. Something jumped out of the forest. James saw the sharp points of teeth rushing up to him, and demonic red eyes looking at him.
Max heard two shotgun shots and a scream. Max heard James shout out "Get out of here Max!". He heard one last scream and then there was silence. Max heard something running towards him, and he turned around and ran.
As Max disappeared down the hill, further gunshots were fired. Only the shots belonged to a different gun. A loud howling came from the forest, followed by another gunshot and then silence.
The sun was rising in the distance and the first beams of light reflected off the car driving up the hill. Two men sat in the car, Max and James, Max driving the car. While the car was driving along the road, something caught James' eye.
"Hey, what's that?" asked James.
"What's what?"
"Look over by the side of the road".
"It's an abandoned car" said Max.
"Just pull over and check it out".
"Fine" said Max slowing down the car. The car slowed and came to a halt. The doors opened and out stepped the two men.
"It's just an abandoned car" said Max again.
The two men walked over to the car and stopped by the car. The door on the drivers side was open, and the keys were still in the engine. The headlights were on.
"Strange" said James.
"The car must have broken down during the night, and the person must have left it". Something red caught Max's eye, something red "Hey, what's that?" James walked over and crouched down on the road "It looks like blood".
"Blood!?"
"Yeah, it looks like something was dragged into the forest".
Max walked over to the car and opened the boot.
"Hey, what are you doing Max?"
"We're going to take a look in the forest, see if the owner of the car was involved in whatever happened over there".
"So why are you there?"
"I'm getting the guns".
Max and James had been driving up to go hunting in the forest a little further up the hill. They had one shotgun and one hunting rifle. Max pulled out the two guns and threw the shotgun over to James.
James also received some shotgun shells, and he inserted eight shells into the shotgun. Max slipped a few bullets into the rifle and closed the boot. James stood up and stretched. Max walked to where James stood and looked into the forest. Darkness looked back at them.
"So, what now?" asked James.
"Well, we just go into the forest and have a quick look around, see if we can find anything that can tell us what happened".
"And why are we doing this?"
"A dying or dead man could be in there, think of his family".
"Fine, but I don't want to be in there too long, that place is giving me the creeps".
Max and James walked into the forest, James clutching his weapon close to his chest.
"We'd be better up splitting up, we can leave earlier" said Max.
"Ok" said James.
The two men split up, and almost immediately saw more signs of blood on the ground and on the leaves of the bushes. James walked along the rough ground following the blood and then suddenly smelt something in the air.
"Jesus Christ, what the hell is that smell" said James out loud.
He walked forwards a little and found himself in a clearing. He looked down at the ground and saw a large patch of blood, and something that he didn't even want to guess at lying in the blood.
James looked up from the ground and he then saw a figure laying against a tree on the other side of the clearing.
"Hello, who's there?"
There came no reply. James walked over to the figure and looked at it. He quickly turned away and threw up in a bush. He put his hand over his mouth and looked at the figure again. The top of the person's head was missing, and it appeared that so was most of the contents of the inside of the head. The neck was deeply bruised as though it had been strangled, and the hands of the person where covered in blood. A strong wind suddenly blew, causing the arm to move at an odd angle. It was obvious that the bone had been broken a few times, allowing the arm to flop around in the wind. He gripped his gun tightly and looked around the green surroundings. He suddenly heard a sound and turned around. Something jumped out of the forest. James saw the sharp points of teeth rushing up to him, and demonic red eyes looking at him.
Max heard two shotgun shots and a scream. Max heard James shout out "Get out of here Max!". He heard one last scream and then there was silence. Max heard something running towards him, and he turned around and ran.
As Max disappeared down the hill, further gunshots were fired. Only the shots belonged to a different gun. A loud howling came from the forest, followed by another gunshot and then silence.