Blood

16.

"You are?!" I smile,"when did you leave?"

"I didn't."He huffs,"They threw us out."
I assume by 'us' he means his family.

I shoot him a quizzical look.

"I was nine." He says curtly.

That was the end of that topic.

"How old is the Commander?"

"Twenty."

"Twenty?!"

I knew the Commander was young, but it still came to me as a shock.

"Then how old are you?"

"Eighteen."

Two years older than me.

Not that you care.

I am on the verge of asking another question when Cole silences me.

He points ahead.

We are at the edge of a clearing.
In the clearing, there are two animals. They resemble boars, but their tusks are black and they have no fur.

One of the animal does not have an eye.
I bite down hard on mu tongue to stop myself from screaming.

Blood flows from the eyes and ears of the animals.

"Radiation." Cole mutters.
Cole swiftly aims his spear at one animal and launches the spear.

Thud.

The spear buries itself in the animal's hide, blood spurting from the wound.
I grimace.

The other animal scans the area for us, looking confused.

"Your turn." Cole urges.

I shake my head.

No. Way.

Cole shrugs and flings his dagger at the animal that remains standing.

The dagger finds home in the animal's neck and the animal crumples to the ground, wailing.

Bile rises to my throat.

I'd never seen so much blood.
Cole enters the clearing and I cautiously follow.

Cole dislodges the weapons from the corpses and hands them to me.
The dagger and spear are sticky with blood and gore.

Cole produces a sack and shoves the animals inside. I look away.
My eyes land on something in the distance.

I spot dark blur and in moments, it was gone.

"Lisa!" Cole calls and I turn my attention back to Cole.

I help Cole with the sack as we heave it back to Camp.

The rest of the day goes by with Cole teaching me how to use a dagger.
I'm quite good at it.

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