Raining Nitre

Bumpy Travels

           I watch as Beth swats at a fly buzzing near her head. She manages to smash it when it is on her forehead and the realization on her face shows that she immediately regrets it, her mouth open her eyes wide, and she rips a loose part of her shirt off and wipes her forehead with it. Danica and I burst out  laughing and she gives us a disgusted face.

           My thoughts switch from her to the mysterious man as I finish laughing. The way he was able to jump so high astounded me. Sure my nails were really sharp but that's nothing compared to Danica's strength or that man's agility. I looked down on my nails and I used a rough rock to grind them into points. I wondered when I would meet him again. I wondered if he was thinking about me right now. I wondered if he was feeling how I felt. I wondered if he felt alone because he wasn't near me. "Lana!Lana!" Danica yelled trying to get my attention.

          "What? What?" I said quickly as I focused in on reality.

          "I was trying to tell you that we should look over the map that the governor gave us." Beth said clearly annoyed.

          "Yeah that sounds like a good idea I said as I sat up and unfolded the map. A small drawing of a city in the top left was labeled Nyshka. A line went from Nyshka to a hill in the middle of the paper labeled bunker. "It looks like we have to go south east." I said.

          "How far is that?" Danica asked.

          "A hell of a lot farther than from our cage to the arena and this time we might have some fun along the way" I finished with a smirk.

          I looked up and saw darkness beginning as the day ended. "We better rest up if we want to start our journey tomorrow." I said as I laid down and pulled my hood over my head.

          I woke up and shifted my head looking for Danica and Beth. They were no where to be found. I jumped up and started calling their names, finally I noticed it. The smell. The smell of death, and it was coming from above. I looked up and saw both Danica and Beth hanging by their necks. They were both naked and beaten and all of the blood was drained from their faces. I grabbed a note tied to Beth's ankle and read it. Your welcome. P.s. if you haven't noticed try lifting the huge rock near this tree an  throwing it at a vulture flying above.

          I let the note drop from my hand and I looked around. Ten feet to my right was a humongous rock longer than me. I walked towards it and to my surprise I easily lifted it with one hand. The  rock was somewhat thin and cylindrical. I lifted it above my head and looked for a vulture. I spotted a vulture and as I readied myself to throw the rock time slowed and my eyes zoomed in on the bird. After a few seconds my vision zoomed out again and a dotted line showed the handle at which I should throw the rock. I followed the line and threw the rock, it traveled through the air extremely fast and ripped the vulture apart.

          "Woah!" I exclaimed.

          I looked at my arms and noticed new muscles and I looked down at a piece of metal stuck in the ground. I grabbed it and lifted it up to my face, I noticed my eyes were a bright yellow. In the center of my eye instead of a pupil I had crosshairs.

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