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Hunted

Chapter thirteen

They all spun toward the sound of the gunshot. Frank stood with his gun pointed toward the woods, his face etched with fear.

"What the hell are you doing?" Carlos asked. "Is his friend out there?" He looked out into the thick woods but saw nothing.

"No, but there's something out there, something big!"

Carlos laughed.

"This boy got you spooked. There's nothing out there but deer and a few bears….and this boy's friend."

"I'm serious man, there's something big out there!" Frank was terrified; he knew he had seen something moving out there, something huge.

"Listen to him." Sam spoke up. "He's telling you the truth. There's a creature out there that will kill all of us."

"You keep your mouth shut boy! Quit tryjng to spook my men!" Carlos backhanded Sam hard across his face.

"The kid's right Carlos there's something out there…I saw it!" Frank pointed toward the woods. "Over there!" Frank fired another shot into the woods.

"Damn it Frank, this man has you shooting at shadows."

"I'm telling you the truth, something's out there!" Frank, his eyes wild with fear looked at Sam. "What the hell is that thing?"

"I told you it's called a Wendigo…and you can't kill it with bullets."

"You can kill anything with a bullet." Ray said as he pointed his gun at Sam. "And you're about to find that out."

Dean hurried as fast as he could toward the last spot he had seen his brother. He knew the additional equipment he was carrying was holding him back but there was no way he could leave any of it behind, it was all needed. He had heard the second shot and hoped it meant Sam had somehow escaped. But he knew with Sam's bad knee and his injured stomach it was unlikely. He could only pray that the men had run into the Wendigo and it was the reason for the gunshots. But he felt like he had been punched in the chest and all the air sucked from his lungs when he heard four more gunshots one right after the other and a few seconds later four more. Were they shooting at his brother as he tried to escape? A cold chill shot through him ….Had he just heard his brother being killed?

The four men looked in horror as the creature walked out of the woods and toward them. Each man shot toward it but the bullets didn't seem to hurt it but only made it angry.

The Wendigo threw its head back and screamed in rage. The men fired again but this time the creature reached out with its long bony arms grabbing both Carlos and Ray and threw them against a tree. They both lay at the bottom of it stunned. It then turned its attention to Sam and the other two men.

Sam knew he was doomed; with his bad leg he knew there was no way he could outrun the creature. It reached for him then seeming to sense he was hurt and no threat to it tossed him aside. Next it went for Santos and Frank. They continued firing at it as they backed away. It suddenly jumped forward and landed on Frank knocking him down. He screamed in both fear and pain as the creature sunk its teeth deep into his throat. With a shake of its head it ripped Frank's head from its body. It tossed the head to the side then sat down on the ground and began to rip the flesh from his body and feed. While the creature was preoccupied Santos fled into the woods, his only thought was to get as far from the grisly scene as possible.

Sam watched the sickening scene in front of him and knew that now was the time to try and escape while the creature was feeding. He tried to stand but his leg gave out and he went down hard. He looked over at the other two men and could see that they were beginning to come around. He figured that if he couldn't get out of there maybe they could. He glanced over at the creature and saw that it was occupied with Frank's body and wasn't watching him so he quietly crawled over to the two men.

"You got to try and get out of here. When that thing's done with him he'll come for us."

"No, he'll come for you." Carlos said as he kicked Sam in his already sore knee. Sam gasped in pain and rolled away from Carlos.

Carlos looked over at Ray.

"Come on, let's get out of here! When that things done with Frank it'll start on the kid."

They both slowly stood up trying not to draw attention to themselves, but before they could get far the creature was on them. It knocked them both to the ground then reached down and grabbed them by their collars. The creature then went over to Sam and grabbed him also. It then began to drag all three men back to its lair. It would feed well today.

TBC