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WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ZONE FOR OUTING #5


As soon as MISSMACABRE led the Assassins into The Zone, they gathered around her and discussed at length about something. Finally, agreeing on a particular decision, they all disperse in different directions in pairs.

MissMacabre and DESPARE move straight forward, keeping a keen eye out. Despare has all his heightened senses on the alert, and he suddenly stops and gestures to MissM to sit down.

For faint voices can be heard in the distance.

"Its pretty obvious they will be coming after me," one voice was saying.

"I dunno. They are pretty smart, so they might be doing some thinking about this," another replies back thoughtfully.

"Just in case, he needs to be well protected," a female voice says. "Watch over him."

Despare moves noiselessly forward, then signals to MissM to circle around on towards the left. MissM crouches and moves around the clearing, and stares at the figures in the clearing in front.

RAYNE, AUSTIN and NEVERENDING are sitting, crouched behind a rock. Austin is keeping watch, while Rayne is covering NE.

MissM takes aim, and fires.


BLAM!!!

BLAM!!!

BLAM!!!


The three shells jolt Austin, as they blast through his thighs and stomach. He crumples forward in pain, reaching for his HPs, and rolls into the ground. Rayne jumps up in surprised confusion, and NE is left an open target for fleeting seconds. MissM squeezes the trigger quickly.

BLAM!!!

BLAM!!!

BLAM!!!

The shells tear through NE's body and throw him backwards from the impact. He groans loudly as blood starts rushing out. Rayne takes one look at him and looks around again. She signals towards the trees but, apparently not receiving any signal back, puts her hand down in frustration.

"Don't worry, NE," she says to NE who has his HPs out to treat himself. "Austin is right here and he's got a ton of HPs. He ll be your backup till I return with the others."

NE nods weakly, and Rayne starts to run forward, stealing a glance back at Austin. I have to find either Bwind or Murderdoll, she thinks as she runs.


Despare looks on at the goings-on. He watches Rayne disappear into the distance and thinks, good. He looks back at NE and Austin, who are laying down on the ground, busy patching themselves with HPs. Despare lifts his shotgun, aims carefully, and fires rapidly.

BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!!

All six shells whistle through the air and blast through Austin's body at different parts - chest, stomach, sides, thighs. Fresh wounds open up everywhere and Austin starts bleeding profusely. He bleeds like a fresh torrent of rain in an African forest, blood gushing from everywhere.

"AUSTINNNNNNN!" NE wails from the distance in grimacing pain and helplessness.

Austin merely moans once, and turns over. The ground plugs his wounds for an instant, as he weakly reaches for the rest of his HPs.

NE looks around carefully, fighting the biting pain. He spots Despare and MissM giving the thumbs up to each other, and spots nobody else. Reassured that nobody else is about, he starts to crawl forward towards Austin slowly.


(To Be Continued...)