The Fallen World Part II

Chapter 15: Hunter Hunted

"Hey Nell," Tom said, I take a sigh and face him, "What is it now?" I asked, "We can head to Union Station to take a break once we rescue Faye." He said, "Union Station? That cruddy place? No thanks." I said rudely, "What other options do we have once it gets dark?" He asked, "Well you're right, you're always right." I said, "You should stop saying that to yourself, it's only making you worse." Tom and I climbed over some mossy debris and into the city.

"Well, how many times do I keep fucking things up?!" I asked, pointing to myself. "You're only thinking about the bad things about you, you should try to think of all the good things that happen, Nell." Tom's really calm, I hate it.

"Fine." I sharply said and look away from him. The rain ended a while ago and the city's a little foggy, Tom suddenly stops in an alert position. He sniffs, and his ears pointed upwards. "I... I smell a group of people ahead of us. Nell, hide." Tom quickly takes cover behind a car, I quickly lie myself on the large ferns.

"We have to get through, how many do you think are there?" I whispered, Tom starts to wear his blindfold to increase his senses, "Th... three. No, four or more. One has a lot of blood." Tom whispered, "That's few enough, we can take them out by force." I'm about to get up then suddenly Tom shows his paw at me to stop, "No, let's just sneak our way please." He said.

Goddamit Tom, why do you always have to be the stealthy type? Well, he did knock out those guards from Idaho. We circle around while crouching and we're getting closer to them, the fog slowly clears—I can see them. They're a hunter gang, two of them are holding the wrists of an injured wolftrooper—he's only wearing his suit and his legs are bleeding. One is just standing in front of them, a rabbit, he might be the boss. The rabbit has this crossbow clipped on his back, it looks really dangerous and complex. The rest of the group are just watching the scene.

"Listen little pup, You said the food caches are here—Is this some kind of trick or somethin'?" The rabbit boss said, "I-I'm telling ya! They were just here! Maybe my pack t-transported them elsewhere, I swear!" The wolf sobbed, "Oh for god's sake we came all the way here for nothing?! Lars, kill this bastard!" The owl grabbing the wolf shouted, "Please! Y-You can't do this!" The wolf begged.

The rabbit grabbed a brick and keep hitting his face until his whimpering stopped, his two friends dropped his body to the ground, one of them kicked him to make sure he's dead. "Such a fucking waste, poor bastard. How can I feed my kids?" The weasel said, "Let's just find another wolf. For now, let's search around these buildings." The rabbit ordered.

Tom rushes into a small pharmacy, I followed him and hide behind a shelf. Tom picks up a bottle and covered the inside with a cloth then inserted a rod. "Nell, here you go." He lends me the silencer, "Nice." I snap the silencer into my pistol.

Nell, the weasel's at your three o' clock, I point my gun at the weasel outside the pharmacy, he looks a little suspicious looking at the shelf I'm taking cover, but when he realises—bang! I shot the weasel in the chest, he kneeled as he threw up blood then fell. The bottle's badly damaged, should I toss it away or keep it? It's a big risk.

I'll keep it snapped in. "Who's next?" I whispered and went outside the store, I get closer to the wolf corpse and check his body, his eyes are open and it creeped me out a little. I found a beaver, he's getting closer to me, luckily I'm hiding around the large grass. I get out of the grass and grabbed him with my gun pointed at him. "Fuck, what the hell?" The beaver panicked, "Don't make a damn noise." I grab the knife from my pocket and slit his throat, he's down.

My paws are getting bloody, the scent of blood disgusts me. "Huh, Brian?!" A bird saw me with the body, "Oh shit." I whispered and pulled the trigger, the silencer popped and the gunshot made a small noise, but the bird's shot in the head.

She's dead, I'm glad I wasn't spotted, "What was that noise?! I think there's someone out there!" One warned everyone, "Nell, I'll take care of them for now." Tom taps my shoulder and leaves. I watch Tom roll a bottle on the road, a wandering raccoon got curious and then Tom tackled him to the grass and crushed his head with a brick.

Tom waves his paw at me, I follow him through the grass. "Billy, where's Tim?" One of the hunters asked, "I swear he was just right over there..." The other replied pointing close to the pharmacy. "Don't worry, you'll be with him soon." I said in a lowered voice.

The two went upstairs inside a largely collapsed building, I slowly approach them. Just when I was about to take them out, the fox turned back and spotted me! "What the hell?!" He said, I pulled out a piece of the crumbled wall and got myself a concrete club. I swing the club with a growl and the metal spikes impaled his belly, he screamed in pain and I kick his dying body away then crush the badger's neck. An arrow flew above my head just as I killed them both, I growled at the rabbit.

Tom got out of cover and aim his rifle at him, "Stop right there, drop your weapon." Tom threatens him, "Fuck!" The rabbit stood still, "Yes, yes. I'll drop my weapon." He slowly lowers his crossbow and he made a small grin, I'm a little confused.

He quickly brought out his pistol then Tom shot his leg, he missed the shot and he's crawling away, I jumped down and approached him. "Son of a bitch!" The rabbit then screamed as he makes a blood trail. "You little cunt." I stepped on his back, I raise my club and crushed his face to chunks.

I left the club there along with his body, I picked up the crossbow and take a look at it. "Hmm, I'm keeping it." I grab the bolts from the rabbit's backpack and rest them in my bag.

"This place's a mess, let's search the bodies for guns and ammo." I clip the crossbow on my back and started looting the bodies with Tom.