Escape

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I stood there, looking at the figures surrounding me. One of them spoke, finally.

"Tell us the truth. What happened to lead you here." It was a question but soundedike a demand.

"I...um...Well I was out hunting in the woods as I normally do and I don't know what happened exactly but when I woke up I was tied to a pole being dragged along by these tiny creatures. W-We came to this place with a lot of them and they-they....I...." I had to stop for a second to gulp at the air. "I woke up in some sort of cage. Sometimes I'd wake up and find some water or a few leaves there and sometimes they helped my hunger...other times they... Did other things. I'd pass out for who knows how long.

I-I managed to escape though. I was hiding behind a tree when....He came out," I pointed to Jerome "And killed them all. I don't have a clue where we are or where my home is so he took me here."

The ring of baccas started murmuring and growling, I couldn't make out what they were saying and I didn't think Jerome could either. He smiled slightly at me and rubbed my shoulder gently, his arm around me protectively.

Eventually the growls died down and the cloaked bacca stepping towards me. Jerome tightened his arm around my shoulders.

"Its OK, I promise it'll be okay." He growled in my ear before stepping back.

I stood in front of the cloaked bacca. It looked down at me looking into my eyes. Something seemed to shift and our gaze was locked together. A pressure built around my head and pain started to build behind my eyes. I was frozen, I couldn't move. All I could see were the eyes. Unlike the other baccas I had seen, they weren't brown or black. They were a shade of greenish blue that couldn't really be called green or blue, but only both. Black built around they edges of my vision and every sound I heard seemed to get further away. The pain grew and grew and distantly I heard my voice, screaming.

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I was walking through the forest, bow in my hand, an arrow nocked but not drawn. A rabbit sat near a burrow in the ground. I drew back the arrow. Something moved behind me. I turned and...

I sat in my cage, shaking. The wind was cold and I was hungry. There was a small pile of dried leaves in front of me. I finally sighed with defeat and swallowed them. A few moments later I felt a cramp in my stomach. My vision twisted and curled.
'No...' I moaned weakly, as bugs started appearing in the cage, crawling over me...

I heard a noise in the forest in front of me. Whatever this was, it was large. I fumbled to notch an arrow but only succeeded in dropping it.
And then he...er...it? Walked into the clearing. It was taller than me, with thick brown fur and a blue axe over it's shoulder. It was wearing what appeared to be a suit...