After Their Story Began

Chapter 37

Adriana's POV

It's been three days and most of the Italians have fallen victim to nature or myself. I'd be lying if I said I was unscathed. All the moles I've faced were in groups. I'm covered in cuts, bruises, and my entire body aches.

I'm currently breaking out the cabin of this Stefano guy. He had unopened bottles of water by the gallon. I took two since I'm not greedy.

I was successfully able hop out the window I entered from and am now making my way back to the treehouse.

On my way back I hear a roar and people screaming. I go on my merry way because it's none of my business until I hear cheering. I put my waters down and peer over the rocks to find a bunch of them killed a Kamchatka brown bears and are cornering the baby.

I frown at the sight. These bears are endangered so it's illegal to hunt them. I can hear them talking about selling it's fur which only pissed me off more. They were given a mission to kill me but instead they're fucking poaching. I take aim and throw a blade at the person approach the baby. It lands in their throat and they drown on their blood. Having blown my cover I tucked and rolled behind a tree to avoid getting shot at. I waited until I heard them reload to use my guns and I'm careful not to hurt the bear.

Once all the assholes were dead I slowly approached the cub to not scare it.

I froze when the mamma bear growled. It wasn't dead just heavily sedated. I listened to its warning and backed up. I took anything useful from the dead guys and went back to claim my water jugs.

In the Treehouse

I drank water and ate some jerky. Now I'm sitting around bored. It's too risky for me to climb down in broad daylight. Even if the coast is clear I don't want to risk getting gunned down.

"Everyone still alive is to report to the cabin at sunset. We found the rat and are going to  finish her off once and for all." I heard Stefano bark onto the walkie I stole

Time to switch huts. Once night falls and I'll migrate. I'll also be sure to strike while they're all in one place.

Night

I've successfully moved all my stuff to a treehouse across a river. The treehouse I'm currently in is closest to the cabin. I can see all eighteen moles who are still alive. I can see them messing around with their walkies. I assume they're switching channels.

The cool thing about this treehouse is that it has a zip line that goes over the cabin and across the a river. I decide to go in with a badass entrance so I hook myself up to the zip line. I pick up a few grenades I stole and then jump. The zip line was really fucking fast. I honestly don't know what I expected.

I had each finger in a ring so I was able to drop four grenades at once. I had a badass action movie moment as I zip lined away from the explosion.

Something I didn't fully consider was how old this zip line was until it snapped. I landed on my back which hurt. However that was the least of my concerns.

*crack*

I turned my head to see the ice beginning to crack. No one ever taught me what to do in this situation. I stupidly make the decision to sit up and fell through the ice. I ignored the instant migraine I gained and swam towards the surface. Fortunately it was a full moon so I had something to swim towards. I re-emerged and tried to pull myself back on the ice but fell through again. Panic set in as I realized I was going to die here.

My body fully tenses and I begin to sink. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get my body to move.

I began to cough and opened my eyes. I could see the top of the ice but still feel the water.