Corruption MxM

Chapter 4

---Benjamin's POV---

It happened quickly. I saw the snake open its jaws wide, fangs ready as he pushed off, its coiled body giving it plenty of speed. I was barely on my paws before I was hit on my right arm, teeth digging in and coils flung around my body.

It felt like being hit by a bullet, white-hot pain searing through the point of impact while the thick, scaly body of the constrictor was squeezing the life out of me with every breath I took.

A sharp hiss escaped me as I tried to flee but fumbled as my legs were squished against my body, preventing me from moving or gripping onto the tree. I could feel gravity taking hold of our combined weight as we slipped and fell.

"AAAH! What the- Niiih!!!" I felt fingers fleetingly brush against my body from where they grabbed at the snake. For a moment I thought I was being saved and felt hope flutter through my chest, only to have it crushed down when both the snake and I were smashed on the floor.

The guy was still screeching and fled from the scene under deep and heavy laughter. My focus was more drawn to the snake wrapping around me, pressing tighter and tighter. Already I could feel my heart thudding a tiny bit slower as it had difficulty pumping the blood around.

Soon enough, my heart would completely stop and I would be an instant meal for this reptile.

"No, I'm...not...letting it happen!"

Struggling, I tried to find the head of the snake in all these coils. Black dots were dancing in my vision, growing bolder and more active with each passing second before I spotted a yellow, slitted eye and instantly latched on.

I felt the crunch of bones giving way under my teeth but bit down harder, yowling as the snake tightened its coils in a last ditch attempt to kill me before I killed it. Judging from the random twitches of the body around me, I had successfully killed it.

Chomping down again, I felt relieved when its corpse slowly uncoiled, allowing me to breath even to it left several souvenirs in my body, probably from where we slammed on the boy or when I struggled.

Without the support of the coils around me, I thumped heavily on the floor, panting erratically and only now realizing that I was in the middle of the camp and in a deadly situation.

"I'm weak... if they get their hands on me now..."

My tongue curled out to lap at my nose, a weak meow slipping from my lips before I realized a few of the inmates had shifted and were moving in.

Fear lashed out and I stood on wobbly paws, fumbling towards the only open spot nearby and hid in the shade. I only stopped as I felt tree roots underneath my paws and curled up on them. A few of the shifters took a few curious sniffs, making me flatten my ears and hiss out warningly.

I wasn't afraid to defend myself. No way was I going to lay down and let them have their way with me. Suddenly the tree roots moved underneath me, making me snap my head up and stare up in a stunning and unknown face.

"What a brave creature you are..." He muttered, dark eyes sparking with curiosity as he looked down at me from his seat. It made me realize that I had actually crawled on top of his boots, not tree roots like I had first thought.

My eyes were wide with fear, ears flat against my skull and fur bristling in anger. I didn't know what this man was but judging from the amusement in his eyes, he wasn't threatened at all.

But when he reached out to grab me, I tried to flee and scrambled to my uninjured paws. A big hand landed on the back of my body, a hiss exploding from my chest as I was pulled up on my scruff and lifted in the air.