(Samuel's POV)
"A….A What?!" I shouted as I heard yet another shriek, "What did you say?!"
"Don't fucking move or I swear to everything good, I will fucking blow your brains out!!" The fat one shouted as he aimed the revolver at me, "Sit still!"
"Dammit Lenny, how the fuck can he sit still if the whole damn carriage is rocking about!" The bearded one shouted, "Use your damn head before trying to blast his!"
"Someone fucking tell me what is going on!!!" I bellowed, "Who are you people?! Where am I?! And why the fuck is a Terror Bird chasing us!!!"
I remember reading about Terror Birds as a kid. They used to be one of the Apex Predators somewhere in South America during the Cenozoic Era.
Well, I used to be a nerd and it wasn't just as a kid that I learned about them. But Terror Birds were NOT this damn big. This fucking thing was at least twice the size of what a Terror Bird was supposed to be like.
What was going on with me right now?!
"Shut the fuck up!" Lenny, the fat one, shouted, "I am getting really tired with you!!"
"Calm down, Lenny!" The bearded one said, "We can't kill him! She wanted him alive! She'll cut our limbs off if he's dead!"
"He's one of them Enchanted Ones!" Lenny shouted, "That's why the Terror Bird is chasing us!"
"Can you all shut the fuck up back there, Terry?!" The rider in the front shouted as the carriage bounced up and down on the road, "I can't fucking shake this thing! The horses are going to tire out soon! Use that fucking gun and shoot it!!"
Lenny pushed me out of the way and aimed the gun outside the carriage.
"Dammit all…." He said as he opened fire a couple of times, "Fuck you!!!"
"By the way, Lenny!" Terry said as he pulled on the rope that had me tied up, "We have a damned Crystal Egg, maybe that is what the Bird is after!"
"I hit it!" Lenny shouted as there was a loud shriek heard, "Got it in its neck!"
"Shoot it in the eye idiot!" Roy, the rider shouted from in front, "Its body can bounce bullets off!"
"How do you know?!" Lenny shouted back
"Because my pappy and I hunted one when I was a kid!" The rider replied, "But it wasn't this damn big!"
I heard the thudding footsteps get closer as I saw a shadow through the white tarp.
"Fuuuuuucccckk!!!!" Terry shouted
"Dammit all!!" Lenny shot the remaining bullets through the tarp
"What the…" I said, "You're going to get me killed!"
Lenny was reloading when he smacked me in the face. My body jerked backwards and I bumped into the other one.
"Lenny, you fucking asshole!" Terry shouted as he pushed me off
I heard the sound of the Bird shrieking, the sound rattling my bones as I felt anxiety fill my entire body.
I tried to straighten up as the carriage kept bouncing up, but I simply bumped into Lenny again.
"Get the fuck off me!" He elbowed me in the side of the head
In a fit of anger, I threw a kick at him, hitting him in the chin.
"Stop fucking hitting me!" I said as he hit the side
"What the fuck!" He exclaimed, "Terry!"
Terry pulled on the rope, jerking me towards him and he kneed me in the face.
"You fucking prick!" He said as I jerked backwards
I pulled my arms back, jerking him towards me since he held the rope. I then hit him in the chest hard with my foot and he stumbled back into the side of the carriage.
"Fuck you!" I said as I tasted blood in my lip
"Quit fucking around!!!" The rider shouted as the Bird shrieked loudly
"Dammit!" I heard Lenny shout
I turned to see him pull the gun up and aim at me. Without thinking, I dove at him, headbutting him in the nose and heard a loud crack as he grunted.
"Ughh…." He said as his body went limp
I felt a stinging pain in my forehead as I rubbed it, "The fuck…."
"You fucking bastard!" Terry shouted as he tried to pull on my rope, "Come here!"
I reared my right arm to the side and went for a vicious elbow. I hit him in the neck and heard him grunt as he bumped into the side. I felt the entire carriage tilt slightly.
"You idiots!!!!" The rider said, "The stupid horses are tiring out!!"
Terry slumped to the ground as he groaned in pain. Taking this opportunity, I burst out to the front, appearing behind Roy. He was a lanky bald guy wearing suspenders. He had his reins on two horses who were galloping as hard as they could as the Terror Bird was running besides us.
We were on some dirt path that was on a cliff, a drop to a ravine was just to our right; the Bird to our left.
"You son of a bitch!!" Roy glared at me
Without thinking, I immediately wrapped the rope around his neck and began to choke him as he immediately gasped for air.
I have no idea what overcame me but I immediately realized that if this was real, it was a life or death scenario.
I pulled back on the rope as he tried to squirm, "You fucking with the wrong dumbass, you stupid shits!" I said with pure anger, "I ain't dying here today!"
I then noticed the massive bird swooping its beak down at the horse, piercing through its behind as blood splattered everywhere. The horse's pained neighing resounded in the air as the Bird bit a whole chunk out as it somehow stomped on the the lines of the horse's harness.
Next thing I knew, the entire carriage was flying over the cliff and into the ravine.
"Fuck!" I shouted
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I opened my eyes with a gasp for air as I felt pain all over my body while on my back.
"A-Agghh!!!" I shouted as I got on my belly, "Fuck!!"
I slowly got to my knees, feeling nothing but throbbing pain all over my body. I looked around me seeing that we were at the base of the ravine. There seemed to be a small stream of flowing water that had a piece of a carriage wheel floating atop it.
I got to my knees, seeing that we had dropped a long way down. At least 40 feet…..or maybe more. I am not too sure.
I heard an unsettling sound and saw the figure of the Terror Bird at the top, its terrifying head swaying right and left as it had a large piece of meat in its beak.
"Fuck…." I said as I stumbled to the side, "What the hell? I gotta get out of here."
I looked to the side and saw the carriage was completely imploded several dozen meters.
"Holy shit…." I said as I panted, limping forward as I felt the rope on my wrists, "Damn…."
The rope was somehow loose and I pried my hands free, feeling a strange sense of relief as I rubbed my wrists.
I noticed the revolver of the fat guy was laying there on the dirt and I limped towards it.
"How did I survive such a drop?" I asked myself as I reached down and picked it up, "What is going on? I am very confused."
I heard the distant sound of the bird clattering its beak and I looked up to see that it no longer had the piece of meat in its beak. It was staring right down at me; its terrifying orange eyes were piercing me completely.
There was something that scared me to death; its eyes were scanning me as if it was studying me. Something as big, as gargantuan as that thing….if it had any sliver of intelligence akin to us, it was definitely something of a nightmare.
It then backed away, turning its head as I heard the faint thuds of it walking away.
"Please don't jump down….." i whispered to myself
"YOUUUU!!!!" I heard a voice shout
I turned to see Lenny, limping towards me as he had a knife in his hand. There was an enraged look on his face as blood ran down a gash on his forehead.
I stepped back, "Stay back." I said as I looked at the revolver, checking the chamber to see if it was loaded, "Stay the fuck back."
I remember using a revolver in a Cowboy Fastdraw Competition back when I was 15. My Father took me there before he passed away and I had a great time.
Three bullets were loaded and I closed the chamber, raising the gun and aimed it at him as I stepped back even more. I felt my arm shake but I didn't know if it was because of the pain my body was in or because I was nervous.
Maybe both.
Lenny limped towards, "You got us in this mess!!" He shouted, "It was you!! You did this to us!! You killed us!!!"
I grimaced in pain and I suddenly tripped on a rock, falling to my ass.
"Argh!" I said as I looked at Lenny, "Stay back or I will shoot you!"
Lenny lunged at me with his knife, "Fuck you!"
In a swift motion, I swung my arm up and aimed the revolver at him, pulling the trigger.
I winced as the loud gunshot was heard and the next thing I knew, his entire body slumped down and slid forwards due to the moment.
I dropped the revolver as my hand shook and I slid away a foot or two, seeing that there was a bullet hole on Lenny's head as his eyes were wide open.
"Oh." I said, my voice was barely a whisper
I didn't know what happen.
I think I just had my first kill.
And what's crazier is that I had tried to kill the rider and I am sure he is dead too. So why am I so fucking shocked right now?
I panted heavily as I simply stared at the dead body of Lenny at the moment. I couldn't take my eyes off him as I simply sat there.
Suddenly, a dark red light appeared in front of me, swirling runes began to form as a large rectangular screen appeared.
The runes formed a sentence which suddenly shifted into english.
I was panting heavily, "W-What?"
The text changed again:
The entire screen shifted and big bold black words appeared desdset on the middle of it.
[M.I.L.F System: Start]