I ran, knowing I couldn't outrun them. I had no choice. The wind was blowing on that night with the rain falling into my eyes, but I had to keep going. Stopping meant my death. My worn boots dug into the muddy path, slowing my pace. There wasn't much moonlight, so I had a chance to lose them. I looked frantically for a hiding spot, flinging droplets of water from my brown rugged hair. I saw a small forest glade, and I swiftly entered it, my green cloak billowing behind me. I scrambled up a randomly picked tree, and waited for my pursuers. The sound of their footsteps drew nearer, and I considered the likelihood of my survival if they spotted me. I worked it out at about nil.
The first of them entered the glade. I could hardly tell, as their black dressings hid them in the darkness. I could only barely see their faces. His careful eyes darted back and forth, and I almost breathed a sigh of relief when he moved further away, but realised that could give me away. But then others entered, including the one who saw me earlier. My blue, gold speckled eyes tracked his movements, and saw him search far to the left of my location.
Suddenly he stopped. He looked up in my direction, and I almost shuddered. I froze, tensing all my muscles, and stopped breathing. He squinted his eyes and looked closer. "He's there!" Oh damn.
I leapt from the tree, and sprinted away. I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my shoulder, which grew worse as I ran. I kept going, and felt another, this time in my left arm. I didn't even look at what was causing it; I just kept running. The pain grew stronger, and I felt the movement of my muscles cleave slices in them. Blood gushed from my back, leaving a crimson trail.
I saw the beginning of a slope onto the Sacae plains just ahead of me. The pain exploded as a new wound in my right leg caused me to tumble and fall. As I hit the ground, the arrows I had just noticed dug deeper into me, their shafts breaking against the ground. I rolled down the hillside, and then I stopped, lying on my back on the clear grassland. I lay unable to move, overwhelmed by agony, and stared into the moonlight, hoping it wouldn't be my last glimpse of the mortal realm.
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