Silly Me...I Forgot To Mention...I Cheated

Chapter Twenty One: Forest Chase

(Y/N)'s Pov

I run through these woods with an occasional gunshot sailing past me. I need to get to a safe spot so I can start making some help. I just keep running and see an area with thick foliage. I hear more gunshots ring out and I decide to try to lose them through the foliage. As I run through the foliage I feel sharp branches and thorns tear my clothes and cuts on my skin, but I hear the gunshots dwindle. As I break through to a clearing on the other side of the foliage I climb up a tree and start to rest. After a few moments a figure pushes through the foliage and looks around. I take a good look at the figure. My pursuer wore a red button up jacket along with a red flat cap. He also wore a white sash around his waist along with beige pants and brown leather boots. He had a medium backpack with all sorts of equipment strapped to it. I then take a look at his weapon and notice something strange. His rifle looked...outdated and weird by quite a bit. It looked like a shotgun...but it had the sort of things you would see on a rifle. The man looked around the area then he stands under the tree I was in and takes out what looks like a cigarette and starts to smoke along with setting his weapon down. I prepare to jump down on top of him until two more men push trough the foliage, they wore the same thing as the man smoking a cigarette. They start to talk to each other. I look for a way to get away from these guys. I see a bird fly past me and land on one of the men down below.
Soldier1: "What the hell...?"
Soldier2: "Ah, finally. Something in these woods that isn't trying to kill us."
Soldier3: "Hey now...I haven't seen one of those masked beasts in quite awhile. Maybe we could continue the mining project in peace."
I become intrigued and start to get slightly closer to hear better.
Soldier2: "I mean you do have a point there. But what of the men Jonathan found dead?"
Soldier1: "Now hold on a second there buddy! Remember when Jonathan came back he was going on about some brat killing his men, also they were only mercenaries he hired."
Soldier3: "Yeah...even so why did we agree to this expedition?"
Soldier2: "Because Jonathan convinced our council that it would improve our economy. Yet so far our economy hasn't improved it's only gotten worse. And people like him are only making it worse."
Soldier1: "Aye, there is some truth to that...but what of our brothers in arms? Why did they agree?"
Soldier3: "I heard something about a large payout to the president for permission to take his best men on this expedition."
Soldier2: "Really? Cause I heard something about a guarantied alliance in case of war."
Suddenly a fourth soldier pushes through the foliage.
Soldier4: "Oh, are you guys taking your smoke break under this stupid tree?"
Soldier2: "Oh here it comes..."
Soldier4: "No no, you have it wrong. I want to congratulate you guys."
The first three soldiers look at each other confused. The bird was still on the first soldier's head.
Soldier1: "Uhh...what did we accomplish?"
The fourth soldier sighed and pointed...at my location. As the soldiers turned to my location, I jumped from the tree and ran away from them. I hear panicked shouts and then rifle fire. I duck behind some trees and continue running. I take my book out as I run and start drawing a weapon I can use. After running and drawing for a while, I'm suddenly interrupted by a kick to the legs. I stumble and fall onto the ground dropping my book. I quickly get back onto my feet and get into a fighting stance. I see the soldier that had given away my position to the others...how did he catch up to me so fast. I see his piercing red eyes and his smile...revealing some sharp teeth.
Soldier4: "Whats wrong kid? Do I scare you?"
I look him over and see that he has a small axe strapped to his hip and it looks like he has no firearm with him. I get up quickly and charge at him but he draws his axe quicker than I thought he could and hits my face with the blunt side. I feel part of my mask break and some of the shards cut into my face. The soldier does not let up and he grabs me by the hair and starts to slam my face into his knee breaking off more shards that lodge themselves into my face. The soldier stabs the tip of his axe into my side and pushes me away. I try to stand...but I fail to get up. I barley see the soldier walk over to me. He stops to stand over me and crouches down to my level.
Soldier4: "Are all humans here extremely weak...or is it because your a kid?"
The soldier laughs a low chuckle. The soldier then pauses and places a hand on his chin...his red eyes looking me over.
Soldier4: "You know...I could just kill you and we would be done with you. After all you did kill some of our forces and we wouldn't have to take you back to our outpost and endanger the people there..."
The soldier's smile widens revealing even more sharp teeth. He raises his hand and I see...something on his finger tips. He quickly moves his hand toward my neck...

Shnk

I feel a warm liquid drip onto my chest, my vision come back into focus long enough to see a sword piercing the soldier's chest. He has a look of surprise as some blood drips from his mouth. The soldier slumps to the side and my vision blurs again. I feel my body lifted off the ground and taken into a warm embrace. I feel my legs leave the ground and I then feel myself move. I hear a noise suddenly feel dragged away to a new place, a familiar one. I'm place onto a soft surface and something removes my clothes and whats left of my mask. I then feel a cold cloth pressed to my face easing the pain from the mask shards. Then I feel another cold cloth pressed to my side. I start to drift off...but I hear a door open and I feel many beings lay by my side and I lose myself to the embrace of sleep.
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