Choices
Kill Deer
OR
Comfort Deer
I slowly inched towards it, with the fear of scaring it, making very subtle movements. "Hey buddy…" I whispered, and I started to pet it's head.
"It's in so much pain." I heard her whisper behind me, and the deer looked at me with certain eyes that were full of fear. It had seen serious shit, or maybe it saw something happen just now that was behind our backs.
"It's okay bud. It'll be fine." The deer looked at me, and it started to take a breath that we both could tell it was his last. "It'll be over soon." Almost immediately after I whispered this to it, something dragged the deer into the woods, very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was gone. It made me fall backwards, and Kate started to run down the path. I sprang to my feet and quickly caught up with her.
"What the hell was that!?"
"I don't know!" We yelled while running, hearing something following us, and it sounded to be very fast. "It's a bear! It's gotta be a bear!" We came across a small, destroyed miniature bridge that crossed a small stream. Kate leaped over the gap, and I stopped to get a head start, then landed on the other side. We kept on running, hearing strange, yet gut turning sound behind us, and that thing was moving fast as hell.
There was a fork, where the path continued up a slope, and a shorter, more dangerous path was to our left. In the corner of my eye, I saw Kate take the cabin key out of her pocket. I ran towards the shortcut and helped Kate up, climbing it was difficult, but it must've been quicker than that longer route. We saw the cabin in full view, and we were getting on the porch when I heard something fall behind me. I turned to see Kate had tripped on a step, and the key to the cabin she was clutching fell towards me.
The key was much closer than Kate was to me, and I heard rapid footsteps coming from the trail that we were just on. I knew Kate would be pissed if I didn't help her, but I don't want us both to die by a bear because I went back to help her. Or was there even a bear?
Important Decision
Help Kate
OR
Grab Key