Chapter Twenty-Five: Separated
Present Day
"Run Alex! Go on without me!" "What about you," cried out Jackson. GGGGRRRR. "I'm going to distract that thing and catch up with you later." "Alright," Jackson hollered back. GGGGRRRR. Jackson ran as fast and as far as possible to get away. She didn't even dare to look back and feared the worst was about to happen. GGGRRRR. She heard the creature again, but it sounded distant. Still, she didn't want to chance to stop and have the creature catch her. Thinking to herself, she hoped that her partner knew what he was doing and had a plan to catch or stop the monster. All she wanted to do was to get away from this forest and be back home in D.C. She wanted to be done with this case.
Meanwhile, Agent Gagnon was trying to set a trap to catch the creature. Going off from his knowledge of this creature being summoned, he utilized tree branches and a few items in his backpack to spring a trap. GGGRRRRR. It was coming closer, leaving no time to waste. Debating what would be the best trap, Gagnon realized that he was better off trying to hit with a bullet or a rock. GGGGGRRRRRRR. The creature was coming closer. Gagnon gave up attempting to set a trap and climbed the nearest tree. But, before climbing, he gathered a few rocks and stashed them in his backpack. Just as he climbed high enough to hide in the branches, the creature was direct below the branches. Gagnon pulled out his service weapon, aimed, and fired. He missed, but it distracted the creature. Gagnon repeated shooting. The creature was scared and headed towards the direction where the noise was coming from and started to climb the tree. "Great, I didn't think this through," Gagnon thought to himself. GGGGRRRRRR! Out of an act of desperation, Gagnon reached into his backpack and started throwing rocks at the monster. That only stopped the monster briefly, but it gave Gagnon enough time to jump out of the tree and run. Gagnon jumped and miscalculated the height, which resulted in him landing on his arm. Ignoring the pain, Gagnon got up and ran towards the direction where Jackson went earlier. GGGRRRRRR! The monster was catching up to Gagnon.
Jackson stopped in her tracks. She didn't know what to do or where to go. All she knew was that she needed to find her partner. Jackson changed directions and headed back to where she last saw Gagnon. Breaking into a full sprint, Jackson hoped she would be able to find Gagnon in time and that his plan worked. GGGRRRRR! The sound was getting louder. "I must be close," thought Jackson. GGGGGRRRRRR! "AAAAAALLLEEEEXXXXX!" Jackson stopped in her tracks; she saw Gagnon being chased by the creature. Out of an act of desperation, Jackson dove behind a tree and hid. Once Gagnon ran past the tree that she was hiding behind, Jackson jumped out and shot at the creature. BAM. Right in the shoulder. The creature hollered in pain and scurried off. "Preston, are you okay?" "Do you mean mentally or physically? "Both." "Well, mentally I'm exhausted. Physically, I think I broke my arm." "Lovely, but right now we need to make a splint for it and then stakeout for the creature. By the way, do you have any ideas how to stop this thing?" Gagnon thought for a bit and nodded. "I do Alex, I have an idea, but we need to find Mulder and Scully first."