Chapter 11: The Battle
A sudden crash made Aeris fall back as a tree on the edge of the forest crumbled to the ground and indented into the grass.
Dyne pulled the trigger in fright and the bullet exploded from its barrel and started to hurtle towards the back of Zack's head.
"Shit! Zack!" Dyne screamed causing him to towards Dyne. Zack stood wide eyed for a moment and the twisted his wide sword from it's sharp end away from him to the side making the thick side shield his face. The bullet reflected off and Dyne gave a heavy sigh of relief as he breathed in deeply while whipping the swear from his forehead with his right arm.
Aeris pushed herself to her feet and glanced around noticing that it had gone deathly silent.
Dyne seemed to noticed too and loked a but panicked for a minute and then took off down the hill towards Zack.
"Stay there, Aeris!" He called as he put his hand out behind him with his palm facing her while glancing back at her for a second.
"Dyne what are you doing?! Get back up there with her!" Zack screamed, his eyes deep and serious as he spoke.
"No, it's too quiet!" He shouted back.
Aeris didn't know what to do. She cowered over to a nearby tree and kneeled behind it wishing the two would return to the safety of the place they had been but neither seemed to budge.
"Guys come on! Get back up here!" She yelled to them looking frighten for their safety.
"See? She needs you, now go back up there, Dyne!" Zack commanded Dyne with his eyes steeply narrowed as he glared at him.
"Quit trying to be the god damn hero, Zack! You're going to get yourself kiled if you ke-," Another tree split interupting Dyne.
It continued to crack for a minute and then it gell towards them. Zack and Dyne both jumpped back from it and the tree smashed into the ground between them.
Aeris closed her eyes and turned away as it plunged into the soft soil. She turned back around slowly, shuddering deeply as she did so.
A beast suddenly leaped onto the fallen log and dust from the debry flew around it shrouding its blood red color. It slowly opened and clsoed its mouth revealing its sharp yellow teeth an had thick yellowish brown saliva dripping out the sides and corners of it's lips. It's tail was thick and looked very powerful with it's four sharpen spikes on the tip. It had all it's two back feet shuffling behind it like a bull ready to charge while it's front to feet were pulled close to it like a T-Rex, pawing in front of it while it glanced at Dyne and then Zack who were both trying to steady themselves.
Dyne had a look of death implanted into his face as his gun shook wildly in extreme fear and began to shoot like crazy at it. The first bullet skid to the side of the beast cutting it, hardly giving it anything to worry about. It was clear that Dyne was too horrified aimed straight at its heart. Zack too was shaking rapidly as he made his way steadily behind the rapter.
"Dyne!!!" Aeris screamed as she pushed herself up and out from behind the tree only to see Dyne get slammed into the ground by the beast's tail. Zack still was trying to get behind the beast, but the tail was making it impossible to near it.
The rapter turned towards Aeris and it's tail smacked Zack upside the head as it turned throughing him to the ground next to Dyne. It growled deeply angered at her and lowered it's head to charge. Aeris pulled her hands in front of her stomach and crossed them trying to control her shaking to see if the monster would even notice her and it seemed to notice her well.
The monster started towards her and in a frantic attempt to bring it down Dyne started blasting at it as much as he could while Zack through himself forward at it swinging his sword down, but he could on skim it's back, which it didn't seem to notice as it continued to charge towards Aeris.
Aeris started to back up a few steps praying to herself that it would just turn away from her and the others and run towards something else but it didn't seem like it was going to.
"You stupid ass rapter!! Come b- back here!" Zack yelled at it, soundly slightly braver then what he had seemed before.
Despite Zack's desprate scream the rapter contintued to run at her. Aeris figured enough was enough and turned to run but felt a tug on the back of her jacket. She turned to see that it had gripped her jacket in it's teeth. She started to struggle to pull it off but it had too much of it in it's mouth for her to pulled her arms out of the sleeves. She started pounding on it's head and stopped after the thrid hit since it bruised her hands.
Suddenly, a loud tear came from behind the rapter and it let go of her jacket and she dropped to her knees recoiling from the pain in her legs that was now starting to sting.
Aeris slowly turned her head to see that Zack had plunged his sword deep into its back. He had the sharp edge facing her with his right hand clasping on the bottom of the grip with his fingers towards him and his left was the opposite direction and upside down.
Sweat poured down his face as he steadied his breathing and Aeris pushed the green liquid from her face. She looked at it closely as it shimmered beautifully in the palms of her hands. Aeris looked back up at Zack and noticed that Dyne was standing close by, now completely recovered from shaking.
Zack then pulled his sword back and tore through the back end and then he pulled forward as the beast shivered and tore through its front back to it's head completely slicing it in half. When Zack yanked his sword from the rapter's corpse it stood for a moment and then fell to the opposite side.
Blood poured from the inside and the heart gushed more blood as it continued to pump it for a short second. The organs inside slowly pushed to the side and spilled out onto the ground and Aeris pulled her hands to her mouth trying not to get sick as she turned away from the two. Zack dropped his sword to the ground and collasped next to Aeris as she fell to her knees closing her eyes, trying to whipe the image of the bloody corpse from her mind.
Dyne sat down on the other side of her and placed a hand gently on her shouldar looking to her face to make sure she was alright. The remains of her pale green tears still stayed on her face a glew brightly even in the shadow she was casting in front of her. The sun was warm on her back and the thick dreadful smell of decay rose to her nose and she quickly pushed her hands against it to block the smell of the beast while her eyes watered from it.
"Damn does this thing reak!" Dyne yelled as he pushed his own right hand to his face and turned away from it. "Can we please go now!" He begged as he closed his eyes and stood looking away from it.
"Good thinking, Dyne." Zack told him as he started to stand and then leaned over, wrapping his arms around Aeris's wasit and pulled her up.
"Come on. We have to get you help still and it's just a short ways away now." Zack told her softly as he let go and went for his sword that laid silently next the dead monster. He closed his eyes, turned away and held his nose as he leaned slightly over and snatched his thick sword that was no longer its clean silver, but a deep red from the blood that was now starting to dry.
"Well, come on, the sooner we leave the better." Zack told him as he reopened his eyes and started pasted it. Dyne looked to Aeris, looking a little concerned and then nodded to her and she did the same back quickly. Aeris didn't know what else to do but to follow them. She sure as hell didn't want to stay back there with the corpse that was rotting quicker then ice could melt because of the heat. She stumbled a bit trying to whipe her face clean of the pale green liquid still while walking down the side of the hill but she couldn't help but feel that there was something wrong. It seemed something was out of place. The guys were making a big deal about what she wasn't understanding and she felt as if she were the only one, asking these types of questions besides curious small children.
Where was Rocket Town? She certainly had never heard of that name before, and had never heard of such a beast existing at all. Her mind suddenly filled with questions that she couldn't answer and she began to wonder if it was the work of the mako poisoning they were talking about. Surely if she got rid of it her mind would be set back into place and she would be able to remember these things. Aeris stared at her feet as she walked and Dyne looked to her confusingly, making sure she was ok. Zack glanced back a few times also and their walk became silent except for the rustling of the leaves that littered the ground around them as they walked through the forest. Just a few more miles of forest and soon they would finally be in Rocket Town, she hoped.
A sudden crash made Aeris fall back as a tree on the edge of the forest crumbled to the ground and indented into the grass.
Dyne pulled the trigger in fright and the bullet exploded from its barrel and started to hurtle towards the back of Zack's head.
"Shit! Zack!" Dyne screamed causing him to towards Dyne. Zack stood wide eyed for a moment and the twisted his wide sword from it's sharp end away from him to the side making the thick side shield his face. The bullet reflected off and Dyne gave a heavy sigh of relief as he breathed in deeply while whipping the swear from his forehead with his right arm.
Aeris pushed herself to her feet and glanced around noticing that it had gone deathly silent.
Dyne seemed to noticed too and loked a but panicked for a minute and then took off down the hill towards Zack.
"Stay there, Aeris!" He called as he put his hand out behind him with his palm facing her while glancing back at her for a second.
"Dyne what are you doing?! Get back up there with her!" Zack screamed, his eyes deep and serious as he spoke.
"No, it's too quiet!" He shouted back.
Aeris didn't know what to do. She cowered over to a nearby tree and kneeled behind it wishing the two would return to the safety of the place they had been but neither seemed to budge.
"Guys come on! Get back up here!" She yelled to them looking frighten for their safety.
"See? She needs you, now go back up there, Dyne!" Zack commanded Dyne with his eyes steeply narrowed as he glared at him.
"Quit trying to be the god damn hero, Zack! You're going to get yourself kiled if you ke-," Another tree split interupting Dyne.
It continued to crack for a minute and then it gell towards them. Zack and Dyne both jumpped back from it and the tree smashed into the ground between them.
Aeris closed her eyes and turned away as it plunged into the soft soil. She turned back around slowly, shuddering deeply as she did so.
A beast suddenly leaped onto the fallen log and dust from the debry flew around it shrouding its blood red color. It slowly opened and clsoed its mouth revealing its sharp yellow teeth an had thick yellowish brown saliva dripping out the sides and corners of it's lips. It's tail was thick and looked very powerful with it's four sharpen spikes on the tip. It had all it's two back feet shuffling behind it like a bull ready to charge while it's front to feet were pulled close to it like a T-Rex, pawing in front of it while it glanced at Dyne and then Zack who were both trying to steady themselves.
Dyne had a look of death implanted into his face as his gun shook wildly in extreme fear and began to shoot like crazy at it. The first bullet skid to the side of the beast cutting it, hardly giving it anything to worry about. It was clear that Dyne was too horrified aimed straight at its heart. Zack too was shaking rapidly as he made his way steadily behind the rapter.
"Dyne!!!" Aeris screamed as she pushed herself up and out from behind the tree only to see Dyne get slammed into the ground by the beast's tail. Zack still was trying to get behind the beast, but the tail was making it impossible to near it.
The rapter turned towards Aeris and it's tail smacked Zack upside the head as it turned throughing him to the ground next to Dyne. It growled deeply angered at her and lowered it's head to charge. Aeris pulled her hands in front of her stomach and crossed them trying to control her shaking to see if the monster would even notice her and it seemed to notice her well.
The monster started towards her and in a frantic attempt to bring it down Dyne started blasting at it as much as he could while Zack through himself forward at it swinging his sword down, but he could on skim it's back, which it didn't seem to notice as it continued to charge towards Aeris.
Aeris started to back up a few steps praying to herself that it would just turn away from her and the others and run towards something else but it didn't seem like it was going to.
"You stupid ass rapter!! Come b- back here!" Zack yelled at it, soundly slightly braver then what he had seemed before.
Despite Zack's desprate scream the rapter contintued to run at her. Aeris figured enough was enough and turned to run but felt a tug on the back of her jacket. She turned to see that it had gripped her jacket in it's teeth. She started to struggle to pull it off but it had too much of it in it's mouth for her to pulled her arms out of the sleeves. She started pounding on it's head and stopped after the thrid hit since it bruised her hands.
Suddenly, a loud tear came from behind the rapter and it let go of her jacket and she dropped to her knees recoiling from the pain in her legs that was now starting to sting.
Aeris slowly turned her head to see that Zack had plunged his sword deep into its back. He had the sharp edge facing her with his right hand clasping on the bottom of the grip with his fingers towards him and his left was the opposite direction and upside down.
Sweat poured down his face as he steadied his breathing and Aeris pushed the green liquid from her face. She looked at it closely as it shimmered beautifully in the palms of her hands. Aeris looked back up at Zack and noticed that Dyne was standing close by, now completely recovered from shaking.
Zack then pulled his sword back and tore through the back end and then he pulled forward as the beast shivered and tore through its front back to it's head completely slicing it in half. When Zack yanked his sword from the rapter's corpse it stood for a moment and then fell to the opposite side.
Blood poured from the inside and the heart gushed more blood as it continued to pump it for a short second. The organs inside slowly pushed to the side and spilled out onto the ground and Aeris pulled her hands to her mouth trying not to get sick as she turned away from the two. Zack dropped his sword to the ground and collasped next to Aeris as she fell to her knees closing her eyes, trying to whipe the image of the bloody corpse from her mind.
Dyne sat down on the other side of her and placed a hand gently on her shouldar looking to her face to make sure she was alright. The remains of her pale green tears still stayed on her face a glew brightly even in the shadow she was casting in front of her. The sun was warm on her back and the thick dreadful smell of decay rose to her nose and she quickly pushed her hands against it to block the smell of the beast while her eyes watered from it.
"Damn does this thing reak!" Dyne yelled as he pushed his own right hand to his face and turned away from it. "Can we please go now!" He begged as he closed his eyes and stood looking away from it.
"Good thinking, Dyne." Zack told him as he started to stand and then leaned over, wrapping his arms around Aeris's wasit and pulled her up.
"Come on. We have to get you help still and it's just a short ways away now." Zack told her softly as he let go and went for his sword that laid silently next the dead monster. He closed his eyes, turned away and held his nose as he leaned slightly over and snatched his thick sword that was no longer its clean silver, but a deep red from the blood that was now starting to dry.
"Well, come on, the sooner we leave the better." Zack told him as he reopened his eyes and started pasted it. Dyne looked to Aeris, looking a little concerned and then nodded to her and she did the same back quickly. Aeris didn't know what else to do but to follow them. She sure as hell didn't want to stay back there with the corpse that was rotting quicker then ice could melt because of the heat. She stumbled a bit trying to whipe her face clean of the pale green liquid still while walking down the side of the hill but she couldn't help but feel that there was something wrong. It seemed something was out of place. The guys were making a big deal about what she wasn't understanding and she felt as if she were the only one, asking these types of questions besides curious small children.
Where was Rocket Town? She certainly had never heard of that name before, and had never heard of such a beast existing at all. Her mind suddenly filled with questions that she couldn't answer and she began to wonder if it was the work of the mako poisoning they were talking about. Surely if she got rid of it her mind would be set back into place and she would be able to remember these things. Aeris stared at her feet as she walked and Dyne looked to her confusingly, making sure she was ok. Zack glanced back a few times also and their walk became silent except for the rustling of the leaves that littered the ground around them as they walked through the forest. Just a few more miles of forest and soon they would finally be in Rocket Town, she hoped.