Welcome To The Nightmare (Book 2)

Chapter 13: Paying The Dues

Dami woke up abruptly. She look around. She was in full combat gear and in a jungle. She stood up and patted her body. She picked up her rifle and checked the magazine. It was loaded. She switched on her safety and slung it on her shoulder.

"Where the hell am I? Why am I alone here?" She spoke to herself. She started walking to find a way out.

The jungle was thick and judging at the shrubberies and the trees, she must be in the South America rainforest. She still wondered why she was here and in her full military gears nonetheless.

Suddenly she heard something rustling behind her. She went full alert, switching off the safety of her rifle. Then someone tumbling down from the bushes.

"Handong?!" Dami yelled.

"Dami?! What are you doing here?" Handong rubbed her arms, frowning at Dami. Dami came towards her and offered her a hand.

"No idea. You?" Dami asked Handong. Handong shook her head.

"Seems like we're in South America's rainforest. Amazon maybe." Handong looked around here.

"That's what I thought to. How did you came up here?" Dami asked.

"Dunno. I just woke up in the middle of the jungle and I met you. At least we're not alone now." Handong smiled at Dami.

"Yeah... But we need to get out of here. Come." Dami suggested.

"Look at them. Aren't they a sweet couple?" Other Dami watched through her scope.

"Not as sweet as we are" Other Handong replied.

"Wanna take them out now?" Other Dami asked.

"On you." Other Handong replied.

Suddenly, Handong's head exploded into hundred pieces. Dami was shocked by the sight of it, but suddenly she was shot backward. An excruciating pain shot up from her lower body. What she saw horrified her. Her body was tore in half. She could see her guts trailing from where her lower body left off.

"Fuck.... Anti material sniper rifle....." She muttered as a round shredded her head off.

Once again she woke up abruptly. She checked her body and head. Everyhing was in place and seemed normal. This threw her off. What the hell just happened?

"Handong!!!" Dami screaming echoed throughout the forest.

"Dami!" Handong yelled back. Dami ran towards the source of the voice and found Handong.

"Dami! What the hell happened here?" Handong hugged Dami tightly.

She was shaken and in tears. It took a lot for Handong to shake in fear as she was known to being fearless and unfazed by any kind of danger, and this made Dami terrified to her core. She couldn't understand what was going on in this place. One moment she was dead, the other moment she woke up alive and well.

"I don't know. What's the last thing you remember?" Dami asked Handong while wiping off Handong's tears.

"I dunno, we were trekking through the jungle and came to an open space. Next thing, everything went dark. Dami, what do you remember?" Handong muttered under her breath.

"Someone out there is hunting us. We were shot with anti material sniper rifle." Dami replied.

"What?! We shouldn't be alive! Those things can rip us apart like a blender. Why the hell are we still alive after that?!" Handong raised her voice.

"I dunno. Seems like we stuck in a loop or something. Something felt unnatural with this. And judging by the gap of shots made, there probably two of them. Maybe more." Dami explained to Handong.