Light and Dark (JenLisa)

The Shadow: Kill (part 1)

WARNING!!

Chapter contains disturbing contents, so sensitive readers please be advised.

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Proceed at your own risk.

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Each members of the Sentry team were in charge of following the Grab team. There were seven members in both teams and there were six members of the Watchers, including their hacker and the commander.

Holding his rifle at bay, a member of the grab team finally found the center of the 'cold area'. Feeling his steady breathing, he slowly approached a big and old, coast redwood tree. The tree was so huge, there would need to be more than ten people standing around the tree with arms spread to the maximum in order to hug the reacheable part of it's trunk completely.

Looking up, he realized he couldn't see the top of the tree. There was a rather noticeable gargantuan crevice on the trunk but due to its size he couldn't see the end of it. He could barely even see the first batch of branches. It was also hard to tell apart which branch was which as another humongous tree next to it had some of its branches overlapping with the redwood's.

Assuming that since this is the center of the cold area, the car along with the target would be here. Surveying the area, he went around the redwood as he looked for the car the target was in.

The car wasn't there. He already looked everywhere and all over the place but and the car was nowhere to be found. He even scanned the nearby gigantic bushes which could swallow a person whole.

Misdirection?

He internally thought. Seeing as the car was not here, it could've been hidden somewhere else, along with the hiding target. However, since this is the center of the cold area and the watchers reported that there were still no signs of the car before their own signals were cut off, it must mean that the car should also still be around here in the cold area, somewhere.

The grab team member then focused on finding the jamming device. As long as he could destroy it, everything will be visible once again. They would find their target again and they would finally be able to get out of this damned forest.

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"Raikes?"

A member of the sentry team muttered as he saw a head-turned body lying on the forest floor. Every Sentry member was responsible for a grab team member during this mission. They were to watch the other's backs as they do the jobs. Specially now that they were stuck in a forest with no radio contact.

Seeing the guy he was supposed to provide backup to lying on the ground, his breathing quickened as he paused for a moment, before rushing towards the body.

"Raikes!"

Nearing towards it, he dropped on his knees as he gulped at the sight. Raike's head had turned completely 180, his eyes were bulging and his jaws were tight. His face was painted with indignant resolve, with a hint of fear and an air absolute horror.

Hands quivering, he reached towards the bleeding wound on the disfiguredly twisted neck.

Before touching it however, his danger senses honed by countless experiences on the battlefield tingled as he sensed immediate danger.

With a quick scan of the body's surroundings he realized something was very wrong. It wasn't about what he found, but what he couldn't find.

Holding his gun tight, he rushed away from the corpse and crashed his body into a base of a tree trunk, one surrounded with bushes and gigantic roots, in order to provide both visual and attack cover.