Warning, this chapter contains violence and adult language. Viewer discretion is advised.

Chapter Nine: Fight

12:00, p.m. November 12

I couldn't help but be both amazed and terrified at this intergalactic hunter. Just looking at it could make any macho man shiver with fear. It was horrifyingly impressive.

"No time for this Artemis, get out of there!" shouted my inner voice.

I turned away from the alien and climbed out of the river bank. I scurried to my feet and started running.

"I can do this."

Before I could get away, a beam of blue bright light zoomed inches away from my face hitting a nearby tree. The tree was a million toothpicks now. The impact of the blow knocked me off my feet to the ground.

"Ow, bastard."

I looked behind me to see the alien preparing to shoot again. I jumped out of the beams way, summer salting as the alien continued to fire. I made made my way to a giant boulder away from the blasts. It stopped firing at me. I had my back to the boulder with my tomahawk in hand and waiting for it to come and get me. I stayed quiet. My inner voice, on the other hand; wouldn't shut up

"What is this stuff? Green blood?"

I saw the neon green blood coming from its upper right leg. I wanted to hit it in that spot. I also need my inner voice to stop talking.

"Shut up, I need to concentrate."

I held my breath as it inched closer to the boulder. I crouched to the ground to avoid being caught.

"Just stay quiet for a little longer."

Its bleeding leg in view, I swung my tomahawk and buried it as far as it could in its leg. It didn't go in very far, but it made the creature roar in pain.

"AH SHIT!"

Before it could grab me, I pulled my tomahawk out and dodged its grasp. Neon green covered my hands and weapon.

"Great, you made him mad. Excellent work dumbass."

The creature hunched over with pain. It looked at me. I couldn't see its face, but I knew it was mad. I took off running. It followed followed suit, but more slowly. It shot at me, but I dodged every one of the beams.

"Come on, you can do better than that you fucking wimp."

I wish I hadn't said that. Apparently, it could understand me.

"What now, Artemis? You gonna say sorry?'

I hate the sound of my voice right now.

"Will you shut up for once?"

It pulled out what looked like a Chinese throwing star and aimed it at me. This was harder to avoid. It manage to graze my left cheek. The throwing star pun in the air. It wasn't just like a throwing star, it was like a boomerang too because it turned around and went back to its owner.

It threw it again. This time the disk managed to cut my right arm. The wound only trickled small amounts of blood, but it felt like a hundred paper cuts.

"FUCK!"

The disk went back to it owner again. At this point, I was mad as Hell. It threw the disk again. This time, I swung my tomahawk and knocked it out of the air.

"TAKE THAT, PUSSY FACE!"

I took off running again. I've been running so much lately. I feel as if I'm going to vomit any second. My legs are burning painfully and my lungs are stinging from the inside. It's almost impossible to breathe. Even though it's below freezing, sweat beads were trickling down my face and I was feeling overheated and sweaty underneath my grey coat. I managed to unbutton my coat while running to cool down.

"Don't do that now, just keep running!"

I hate my voice right now, but it was right. I ran into the direction of the caverns. From where I was, the caverns were about five mile away. To an untrained person, the caverns could be deadly. I was the only person who knew about though, and I knew the caverns like the back of my hand. I could trap the alien in that alien easily in there. I might not get out alive though. I might die either by its hands or trapping myself in the process.

"What's worse, dying while killing "It" or dying by "It"?"

My voice was right again. That didn't matter now. I had to get it to the cavern first and it was getting dark. The alien still trailed me. I allowed it to so it wouldn't come after Dante.

"I hope Dante's okay."

For a hurt alien, it sure moved fast. It was gaining on me now. I had to think fast.

"Get your bow out, stupid."

I pulled out my bow and an arrow out of my quiver. I spun around and aimed at its leg again, sending the arrow deeper into the wound. I fell over to its ide in pain. I fired another arrow into the exposed side of its torso. It roared again at the impact.

"Got you, dickless!"

Before I could fire another arrow, a small blade was shot at me cutting my bow in half.

"NO!"

The alien got up to grab me, but I pulled away and swung my tomahawk at it. This time though, it grabbed the handle of my tomahawk and pulled it out of my hands, throwing it a mile away. It knocked me ten feet away with its arm. I crashed hard and rolled on the ground a little.

It came at me with a rage, but I dodged it underneath it legs, slicing the inside of its upper left leg with a hunting knife. This fight was going on forever now and I don't know how long I can hold out. It was darker now so fighting was getting harder. We were closer to the caverns now, it was only a mile away now. But the only way to get there was to slide down a steep fifteen foot cliff.

I stood at the edge. An idea came to me. "

Hey ugly, if you're suppose to be a hunter, you suck at it!"

I taunted it. It might not be a good idea, but I was fucking mad

"You can't even take on a skinny ass girl. What's the matter with you, you stupid Star Trek wannabe!"

If it wasn't mad before, it was now.

"COME ON! I'M RIGHT HERE! KILL ME!"

It charged at me. I stood my ground until it was close enough. When it was close enough, I jumped up and pushed off of its shoulders to back flip in the air.

"GOT YA!"

I landed on my feet on the other side of the alien. The alien went over the wall and fell.

"Good riddance."

I looked over the edge and saw saw it lying motionless on the ground below. I collapsed on my knees and began to vomit. It was only a little bit, but it was still horrid to smell and a very sickly yellow mixed with green.

"I'm really tired of throwing up."

I had to slow my breathing to calm myself down. My heart was pumping like crazy in my chest as if it was its own being trying to escape from its bone prison. When my heart rate finally returned to normal and I felt I could stand without getting sick again, I decided to make sure it was dead.

"Be on alert. Don't assume anything or you'll be dead."

Sometimes, I just want to kill my inner voice for treating me like a lobotomized idiot.

Yeah, I know that. Now shut up."

I found and slid on my bottom down the less steep part of the cliff to finish the alien off. I went to where it fell, but it was gone. I wasn't going to stay and get caught.

"There's the opening. Finally."

I took off to the cavern, hoping I would make it without being blown up. I hope Dante was still alive.

"This is going to be another long night."

"I know that."