Flippy POV

As I awoke from my sleep I moved my hands to rub the back of my head. I suddenly realized that my hands were free. I was no longer chained to the tree.

I looked around as everyone was inside their own tents. I looked off in the distance as I noticed Flaky sitting on a log near the fire pit.

I got up off the ground as I massaged my wrists and straightened out my back. Sleeping in that position really hurt my back, and having those chains around my wrists hurt my hands.

Flaky must not have noticed I was awake as she still had her back turned towards me. I moved towards Flaky as I sat next to her. Flaky turned around quickly as she saw me.

"Hey" I said simply not knowing what to say.

"Hi, how'd you sleep?" Flaky asked.

"Well I've been sleeping better since you helped me" I smiled at her.

It was the truth; ever since she taught me meditation I've been calmer. I haven't felt as confined and I haven't been close to flipping out. When they first locked me up I got close to flipping out many times.

Since I learned this technique though I've been able to get a better gasp on my self control. Flaky smiled back as she blushed a little bit also.

"I guess I'm just going to address the elephant in the room and why I'm set free" I said turning to face her.

"Well…" Flaky said beginning to explain.

"Since you sang that song last night, we realized it was too harsh to have you locked up" Flaky said rubbing her shoulder.

"Everyone is sorry" Flaky said acting as a messenger.

I rolled my eyes. That figures, they can't even apologize to my face. I got up off the log as I stretched out my body.

"Where are you going?" Flaky asked genuinely worried.

"Don't worry, I'm just going to go talk to Handy" I told her.

Flaky still looked at me worried.

"I'll be alright, I'm not going to hurt anyone" I said holding her hand.

Flaky nodded slightly as I went and ruffled her hair. I walked out of the camp as I headed towards Handy's workstation. It's about time we end this feud me and him are having. Handy's the one who convinced everyone to lock me up and he also confronted me a few nights ago.

He's been trying to dehumanize me and doing that won't help our situation. If we want to get out of here alive we need to work together, not separate and draw bias against each other.

I walked through the forest as I searched around trying to locate the truck and Handy. I don't know why but I had a bad feeling. Handy would usually work on the truck for some time but then he would return back to camp for food and water.

Recently he hadn't come around the camp; his lack of interaction bothered me. I know that he must be working hard and maybe I am just overreacting, but the way I see it I'd rather be safe than sorry.

I walked through the forest as I got to the truck finally.

"Handy?" I called as I walked into the working area.

The first thing I noticed was that tire jacks and other truck maintenance tools were strewn across the ground. If this is how Handy worked than he worked sloppily.

"Handy?" I called again as I started to get suspicious.

I looked around for him as I suddenly noticed him under the car. He was on a wooden creeper he built himself, he must have fallen asleep or something. I walked closer as I approached the truck and Handy.

As I walked closer I heard the crackling of leaves, like someone was moving through them. I slowly reached into my jacket pocket as I pulled out my knife slowly. I didn't turn around as I wanted to catch whoever it was in the brush by surprise. I spun around quickly as I noticed no one was there.

I suddenly heard a loud breaking sound as I looked above me and saw a figure swing off a tree branch and come down from above. I rolled backwards as I tumbled to avoid the attack.

I quickly looked back to my attacker wanting to identify who it was. The figure crouched as he then got up into a standing position. His coat looked familiar.

"Been a long time mate" The attacker said standing up so I could see his face.

His face wasn't recognizable, it was burned on one side of his face and his eye was sheared shut on that side also. His coat was torn up and it had burnt edges towards the bottom.

Suddenly as I looked closer I realized who this was.

"Hydenrich…" I said remembering the hyena soldier.

Hydenrich smiled at my surprise to see him. I remember fighting with him on the beach, and I remember my friends telling me a part the forest burnt down with him in it.

"I died in that fire awhile back… is that what they told you?" Hydenrich said referring to my friends.

Hydenrich examined his knife as he strolled around me. As he walked around me I noticed his knife stained with blood.

"You're the one who killed and tortured some of my friends" I said remembering how viciously he acted me on the beach.

I began to pace in counterclockwise motion as we spoke.

"You catch on quick" Hydenrich laughed.

"As expected, after all I know where you come from" Hydenrich said twirling the knife around his finger as he walked.

Hydenrich suddenly struck as he did a horizontal slash. I moved to the side as I dodged his slash and tried to stab him in the neck. Hydenrich moved his neck backwards as he dodged the fatal hit.

"What do you want from me?" I asked getting into a defensive position.

"Hmph" Hydenrich groaned as he rushed at me swing with a wide horizontal slash.

I moved back avoiding the slash as Hydenrich struck again, this time with a vertical slash. I contorted my body to the side avoiding the second strike as well.

"I want to kill that precious little girl you've grown an attachment to, that's all" Hydenrich said shrugging like it wasn't a big deal.

I knew he was referring to Flaky. I clenched my fist as I realized he must have been spying on us. Hydenrich grinned wildly as he came at me with a strong vertical slash.

I blocked the attack with my knife as I tried to get some ground between me and him.

"Leave Flaky out of this!" I said knowing he had no quarrel with her.

"Oh I need her to get some anger out of you" Hydenrich said knowing our relationship.

Hydenrich moved around me as he waited for an opportunity to strike.

"Like you I'm a monster" Hydenrich said straightening out his back.

Hydenrich twirled the knife once as he kicked a log off the ground and at me. The log flew directly at me as I cursed myself for not noticing his tactic sooner. I smacked the log aside as the distraction bought Hydenrich enough time for him to rush at me.

Hydenrich threw all his bodyweight into this attack as I didn't have enough time to dodge. Instead I blocked the strike with my knife as the force from the blow knocked off my balance. Hydenrich lost him footing also as we both tumbled to the ground.

I landed on my back and rolled into a standing position. I turned around quickly as I saw Hydenrich fall behind me and land on his hands. Hydenrich got up quickly as we both faced each other.

"You got her involved just for that?!" I said outraged at Hydenrich's bloodlust.

"I bet her blood will taste as sweet as she is" Hydenrich said as I rushed at him in anger.

I swung my knife as Hydenrich blocked it with his dagger. Hydenrich went for a gut slash as I blocked the strike just in time. I realized my recklessness as Hydenrich got in really close and tried to stab at me.

I tossed my knife into the air as I kicked Hydenrich backwards. Hydenrich stumbled backwards as I grabbed my knife out of the air and spun around slashing vertically. The slash tore through his coat as he jumped back quickly.

Hydenrich noticing the close call laughed and then rushed at me. He thruster his knife upwards as I grabbed his arm and tried to make him drop his knife.

Hydenrich threw a punch at my face as I blocked it with my unoccupied arm. We both struggled for power as Hydenrich began to overpower me.

He moved my arm behind me as he kicked me in the back, sending me face first towards the ground. I hit the dirt hard as I dropped my dagger in the process. I rolled over onto my chest as Hydenrich stood over me.

"How pathetic" Hydenrich scoffed as he stood over me.

"I know how to kill, I've done it many times before. This is just another job, I'm so glad Roswell talked me into doing this" Hydenrich said implying he was friends with Roswell.

He knew Roswell? Did he know Sly also?

"All for Roswell's sake" Hydenrich said implying Roswell was the one behind this.

"Roswell is your boss?" I asked confused.

Hydenrich suddenly got quiet.

"Almost let it slip, enough talk die Slippy!" Hydenrich said pouncing on me ready to plunge the dagger into my heart.

I reacted quickly as I grabbed his arm trying to keep the dagger at bay. I was too tired from the fighting as the knife began to close in on my chest. I can't stop it.

The knife was inches from my chest as suddenly there was a voice.

"No!" A voice called out.

Hydenrich got distracted as he turned to see who it was. I saw my chance as I kicked Hydenrich off of me. Hydenrich flew back as he landed on his back. I turned over as I went to see who it was.

It was Flaky!

Hydenrich did a spring jump back to his feet as he saw Flaky there. Hydenrich noticed Flaky as he grinned wildly.

"So your girl came to save you?" Hydenrich said as he walked towards Flaky slowly.

"Flippy, who is that?!" Flaky said backing up slowly in fear.

"It's Hydenrich! Run! Go!" I shouted still too tired and injured to get up.

Flaky ran into the forest and out of the area.

"I love it when they run" Hydenrich swooned as he took off after Flaky.

I breathed slowly as I got up, Flaky wasn't going to last a second against him. She needed help.

I limped over to Handy as he still didn't move. Damn it Handy, how could you sleep through that?

I pulled the creeper out from under the car as I came across a grisly discovery. Handy had his throat slit as he lay on the blood stained creeper. I jumped back a bit as I realized this was Hydenrich's doing, that's why his knife had blood on it.

Damn it, I'm sorry I wasn't here in time Handy. I limped around as I left Handy and followed Flaky.

This wasn't a good situation for me.

Flaky POV

I ran away quickly as I tried to find my way back to the camp. I heard Hydenrich chasing after me. This can't be true, Hydenrich died in a fire. This has to be a lie.

I ran quickly to the camp as I knew it had to be nearby, the truck we found wasn't far from our camp. I heard sounds and talking as I saw the camp in front of me.

I was about to enter the camp when I felt hands grab me from behind. I was pulled backwards as I fell on my back. I crawled on the floor as Hydenrich stood in front of me.

"So this is where your camp is eh?" Hydenrich said grinning.

"I'll come back for your friends later, but right now… it's just you and me" Hydenrich said picking me up off the ground.

I tried to break free but he kept his hold and lifted me off the ground. He carried me a few feet as he took me away from the camp. He then slammed me into a tree trunk as he stared at me with his one remaining eye. He took out his knife as I knew what this meant.

Hydenrich drew back as moved forward with force and tore into my shoulder with the knife. I grinded my teeth in pain as I tried to call for my friends. The fear clouted up my throat as all that came out were squeaking sounds.

The knife pinned me up against the tree as Hydenrich chuckled at my pain. Hydenrich licked his index finger as he then dug his finger into my wound. I screamed as he grinded the inside of the wound hoping to cause me pain.

"You know this is my favorite part, right?" Hydenrich asked me.

I closed my eyes as I didn't want to see his face anymore.

"Dissecting people can really tell you who a person is" Hydenrich said pulling the knife out of my shoulder.

I slid down to the base of the trunk as he examined his knife. He bent down next to me as he continued to talk.

"The thing I start with first is the eyes" Hydenrich stated.

"You can really tell a lot about a person by their eyes" Hydenrich talked to me.

"You can see what events they have experienced and you can truly see who they are. Hell I can see what you are by looking into your eyes right now" Hydenrich getting really close to me.

I shook in fear as he examined me.

"I can see you are a shy sweet girl… but that could just be a façade" Hydenrich stated.

"Behind those eyes could hide someone as twisted as me" Hydenrich told me.

"When people are dead all their masks are broken, in their final moments people show who they really are" Hydenrich said running the dagger across the tree above my head.

"So, what are you? Sweet innocent girl? Or someone who hides behind a disguise?" Hydenrich said holding the dagger in his hand.

"We're about to find out" Hydenrich said bringing the dagger to my face.

I tried to move but he held me against the tree with one of his hands. Hydenrich slowly slid the knife across my face as he started at the top of my eyebrow. He slid the knife down as I closed my eyes.

The knife continued to move down as it crossed my eye and continued a little bit below it. I could feel the warm blood trickle down my face as suddenly Hydenrich stopped. I felt the dagger being lifted off my face as I opened my eyes.

"Stand where I can see you" I heard a voice command as I heard a gun cocking afterwards.

"Okay okay" Hydenrich said putting his hands into the air as he still held his knife in one hand.

"Now turn around" The voice commanded.

"Do you want to hurt your friend Flaky?" Hydenrich stated.

"What?!" The voice said as he was cut off guard.

Hydenrich quickly leapt into the trees as the person who saved me shot into the trees repeatedly. Hydenrich leapt from tree to tree as he vanished from sight.

I lifted my head as I saw it was Cuddles who saved me. Cuddles ran to my aid as he set down his gun to tend to me.

"Who was that?!" Cuddles asked me.

"Hydenrich" I said weakly as I held my shoulder.

"What?! He's still alive?!" Cuddles said surprised.

"Yes and I bet he'll be back soon" I said knowing that he wasn't done.

"Oh shit, Giggles and Petunia are still out there" Cuddles said getting worried.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because we split up, they went to find Flippy and I went to find you" Cuddles explained.

"Flippy is with the truck and Handy" I told him.

"Okay" Cuddles said as he lifted me up and ran back to the camp.

Cuddles wrapped up my wound and stopped the bleeding as he didn't bother to put the medical supplies away.

"Stay here" He told me as he set me down inside one of the tents.

Cuddles then left my tent as he rushed to help the others.

Be careful you guys.

Giggles POV

"Flippy!" We called looking for an answer.

Where was he? Why did both he and Flaky leave the camp? This didn't make any sense.

"Where could they be?" Petunia asked me as she rubbed her head.

I pushed through a bush as we ended up near a huge river. I walked closer as I approached a cliff. The cliff went up and then ended dropping off abruptly into the river.

I looked down the river as I saw it end in a huge water fall. The water fall was loud and the water rushed down the river quickly.

"Wow" Petunia said as I walked back down from the cliff and towards Petunia who was near the forest.

"Did you know this was here?" Petunia asked me.

"No, but it's beautiful" I said admiring the nature feat.

How come I've never seen this before? I had gone into the forest before, and I'd never run into this before. It was probably because it was close to the boarder, and I had never gone this far out of town before.

We were deep into the forest, but hopefully we'll be out of this when Handy is finished.

"Come on let's go" Petunia said getting ready to go back into the forest.

As she went back to look for Flippy I stopped for a second. I really didn't want to leave this wonderful landmark.

"Giggles? Aren't you co-" Petunia said as she was suddenly cut off.

I spun around quickly as I saw a figure emerge from trees and drop on top of Petunia. The figured wrestled with Petunia as it head butted her. Petunia's body flopped over on the ground as the figured walked towards me.

As the figure walked out of the forest light peered on him and I knew who it was. It was Hydenrich, alive and well. His coat and face were charred but I could tell it was him.

"Hello princess" Hydenrich smiled wildly.

I backed up as fear rose up from the bottom of my gut. He laughed as he saw my reaction to him.

"Don't be so shocked to see me" Hydenrich said dusting off his coat.

"You're going to be my next victim, my next work of art" Hydenrich stated.

There is no where to run, I'm trapped.