Dread Guard

Chapter 6

Also unedited ;-;
Genji crouched behind the tree, its large branches hiding him from the stag he was hunting. The stag reared its head, its innocent brown eyes alert, looking, listening and failing to detect a predator. Genji advanced silently, the stalking techniques he learned long ago being put to good use. He watched the dear silently as it bent down to graze, exposing its neck. Genji's arm tensed, a shuriken clenched inbetween his index and iddle fingers. The shuriken soared through the air with a flick of his air like a shooting star. The stag's throat was ripped open and it whimpered, falling down to the floor. Genji took out his knife and quickly put it out of its misery, feeling sorry as it's eyes glazed over.

Genji whistled like he was calling a cab in New York, the stag carcass slung over his back. Emma and Fraser came running. After two days with no food, he could practically hear their stomachs rumbling at the thought of some nice venison. They had decided not to venture into the tundra. Although there was a higher risk of being discovered in the woods near to the wall, their small group had the advantage. They could ambush a patrol and in the small space the larger numbers of the enemy would not give them as much of an advantage it would give them in the open of the tundra. Furthermore, there would be a consistent food source here in the forest whereas the tundra was just a frozen waste with almost no wildlife apart from orcs and very little plants apart from an occasional pine. The coniferous forest, however, provided them with plenty of berries (Genji knew which ones were safe too eat and which ones were poisonous as well as edible roots and nuts. Furthermore, the poisonous berries could be used to poison their weapons, allowing for smaller wounds to inflict more pain. However, this increased the risk of their own death (e.g. If Genji accidentally cut himself) so Emma was the only one who used it. Her arrows were unlikely to be fired back at her. They worked together to skin and gut the animal.

The smell of cooking meat made Genji's stomach rumble. The smoke drifted up into the air, possibly giving away their position, but he didn't care. His hunger came first. They divide up the portions equally, each being careful to save some for later. He knew it would go off in a few days, but he was sure that he would make it last for as long as possible. Their feast was interrupted by the sound of boots trampling clumsily through the undergrowth. "Surround them!" A familiar voice growled. Fraser and Emma's faces instantly paled. "It's ok." Genji whispered. "Split up. Climb a tree. They won't find us."
" but I'm too short. I can't reach the branches to climb up." Said, anxiously.
"Get on my back." Genji grunted. Hesitantly, Fraser grabbed Genji's shoulders and hung on tight as Genji scaled a huge redwood tree. Emma's face peeked out from the branches of another tree, almost invisible in her green cloak. Fraser, however, stood out against the trunk with his shiny armour. As the mix of mongols, vikings and even an orc entered the clearing, they only had to glance up to see them.

Sorry for the short chapter, kinda busy today :)