Born of Life and Death

Run, Get Caught, Repeat

They all burst into a sprint only to discover that there were more behind them. They were completely surrounded.

"Where do you think your going?" the creepy guy who was probably their leader said. They started to enclose the group in a tight circle. Libitina looked around for a way out. She instead spotted Magdalena trying to get her attention while Delmar distracted the bounty hunters. She put her hand down to her side and moved her fingers slowly. Three fingers up, two up, one Magdalena sent a burst of energy around them. Plants started to move the guys in their escape path out of the way. Then she ran.

Everyone ran in a different direction. The downed, confused hunters would have no chance of catching all of them. She then realized she was running, more like stumbling, through the dense woods alone. If she got lost she would probably never come out again. She altered her path to hopefully collide with someone she knew.

As she ran she dodged trees and low branches. Luckily she was small and able to avoid most of them. The ones that hit her were small and just left a few scratches. Out of breath she fell into a small clearing. She could see mountains nearby. There massive slopes reaching into the sky. One of them a dark cloud loomed overhead.

"There's one of them," someone shouted. She looked over to the sound. Three of the bounty hunters had followed her. It looked like they had a rough time getting to her. They had scratches along their faces and rips in their clothes. Get up she told herself. It's time to run again. She got up on her feet and slowly began to run again. She could hear them behind her. Her heart pounded as she looked around for cover. She felt something hit her ankle. Soon her leg went numb and she limped until she fell down. She caught herself with her arms and flipped over. She saw them coming closer. Panicking, she tried to get on her knees but she could feel less and less of herself. She screamed for help. Someone grabbed her from behind and turned her to face him. She could feel energy flowing through her. She struggled to get away. She could see darkness around her and she could now see his face pale with fear. Why was he afraid, she had been caught. He screamed and dropped her. She heard strange sounds coming from behind her. She saw the hunters running from a large orange blob in the sky. With her vision blurry she couldn't see who had picked her up. Barely conscious she tried to fight back but couldn't as she was yanked from this world into a dark void.

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"Why did you save her. You know we don't help those people," said an unknown voice.

"I felt something, and then I heard a desperate scream. I had to do something," said someone else.

"She is not one of those people," said another, "also we found this."

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Authors note

Another chapter complete. If something doesn't make any sense or a part needs work, please let me know. All suggestions and comments are welcome.