Chapter 4: Bloodlust
Entry three
I cut my arm today. My blood still looks gray to me. I always keep a hidden knife with me. I did it while the other members of my group were asleep. It doesn't hurt though. I just like the sight of my own blood. I hope my team does not notice the slits I put on my arm…
"Ah ha, I think I've found a clue!" Yelled Gallows in excitement. "We should check everyone's arms for cut marks. Whoever has it is the writer!"
Clive busted Gallows's bubble. "But consider this, Gallows. This diary was lost on the day we were all on Ka Dingel. That was a long time ago. The scars should've healed by then. Plus, these entries have no dates written on them, so we don't know when the cuts happened."
"Why did you have to make me look stupid?" Said Gallows in cold embarrassment.
"That's a part of my job as a lecturer," Clive said with a smart-ass glint in his glasses.
"You blokes shut up," said Janus. "She's trying to read the bloody diary!"
I have an urge for blood lately. I don't know why. I remember that little walk I told my leader I was taking. I was really looking for a dangerous bounty. I did a few bounty slayings. Even the people whom I've slain have gray blood. People tell me I hunt bounties like they were caribou being stalked by a hostile wolf. I killed all of them, and then mauled them to bloody pieces. Is killing another really going to make the wasteland better? I did not care, nor except the money. The only thing that satisfied me about the bounty was killing. Guess I'll do anything to just feel better.
Everyone turned their attention to Clive. He quickly noticed this.
"I may be a bounty hunter, but only a bounty of monsters, not humans."
"It's time to give up the act Clive," Virginia said. "Do you notice you are the only one commenting about the clues to this? It is because you are trying to lead us away from the truth. You are carrying a back-up knife. It's strapped to your left leg." That was all she had to say. Her worse fear had come true. The writer was one of her team members.
Or is it?
