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The Return moaned audibly. His wounds were patched but he felt weak. He had 1 HP left, and looked around for a good place to hide.

Someone jumped right in front of him, and Return let out a yell of surprise. He realised who the person was and sighed in relief a moment later.

ROSHIQ grinned back at him.

"I have to look out for myself too, but I can give you one of my HPs," Roshiq said with a smile.

"I ll take it," Return replied grimly.

Roshiq handed a HP to Return, and ran through the trees ahead.

Return knew he wasnt safe yet. A fully loaded Magnum still had every chance of scratching his name out from Battle Royale II.


GOREPHOBIA heard quick steps on his right and jumped across the path. He knew someone was ahead of him and he raced ahead, like a bloodhound hot on a scent of a hunt. Return heard steps and stood up, his mind racing. He chose the river and jumped across the bushes to get there. But Gore saw him, and fired blindly.

BLAM!!

BLAM!!

BLAM!!

BLAM!!

BLAM!!

BLAM!!

Return was thrown face first into the river. He tried desperately to patch himself with the 2 HPs he had, but it wasnt enough.

A loud splash sounded near him, and someone yanked him out of the water into the river bank. He was breathing in loud gasps, bleeding like a hosepipe, coughing up huge amounts of blood. The person took a long look at him and took out ONE HP, and patched one of Return's four fresh wounds.

Return survived, SEVERELY WOUNDED, and Paul the Monk thanked the stars he could reach him in time with his final remaining HP. His odd decision to save one HP for someone else really benefitted in saving not one, but TWO of his team members.


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