Chapter III

She looked around the forest, to sigh tiredly, before shifting her gaze to the members of the group, who were also exhausted by fatigue. She exhaled, adjusting her bag on her back with gloomy features. They've been going for two days. They only took a few hours to sleep

"It seems that the ferocious cat is tired "

said George maliciously, as he passed it towards the rest. She turned her eyes bored, and looked at him out of the corner of her eye, repeating

"Then you'd better avoid this cat now, Mr. Wilson."

He laughed hard, looking at her with pleasure at her miserable condition, sighing lightly

"Do you want me to carry your bag?"

She looked at him out of the corner of her eyes, as she opened a bottle of water

"And then owe you, no thanks."

She poured some water down her throat, he turned his gaze away from her, looking around, before he declared cautiously

“Why do you think they forced us to cross the forest, despite the existence of a city?”

"Perhaps so that no one will see us, and allow them to kill us as they want "

Michael spoke sarcastically, looking around them with an examination.

"Stop it, there's something going on around us, I'm sure"

muttered Carl, looking at the soldiers, who were looking around with exaggerated caution.

She looked around with wide eyes, before looking at the three men

"Do you really think it's related to cancer research?"

The three looked at her with mysterious looks, before turning their eyes away towards the soldiers who surrounded them. Carl opened his mouth to respond, but he was silent, as he looked at Zack, Who approached them with his stern, harsh features

"The break is over, let's continue our walk, we will arrive in one day, if we move now."

George looked at Lena, who was staring at the emptiness absentmindedly, and her heart shrink from what was going on around her. It became clear that the matter for which they had summoned them was not as they were told. The convoy moved in the same order, Lena completed her straying, while avoiding the leaves of the plants.

Logically, what would a great chemist like Michael, and a reactive cell doctor like Carl do in a cancer lab? For God's sake, she looked at George, who just said he was a successful neurologist. What does this have to do with cancer cells? Then her , yes, she admits that she is interested in cancer. And she presented good research in this field, but not to the extent that it would be requested from a large and secret laboratory like this

and then there are these strange procedures, the empty airport, the empty city, tight security, avoiding civilization of all kinds, guards warning at every step, and their secrecy around the place, All these things call for suspicion, she swallowed her saliva while bending down a branch, before shooting it in the face of George, who was behind her to hit his face directly, he cursed loudly, and looked at her with hatred

"Damn you !"

She turned to him, suppressing her smile, and really this time she didn't mean it, she was distracted, add to her that she's in a strange situation, there's no time for her madness now,

"Sorry George, I really didn't mean..."

She remained silent as she looked behind the convoy, which made George, who was looking at her with hatred and rage, shift his gaze to where she was looking worriedly

"What is there?"

She looked away from the place, looking at him with an eyebrow knot

"I think I saw something passed from there??"

He looked up at the dense trees, looking closely before saying

"Maybe it's just an a animal."

She murmured to him, and went back to look at the place carefully, when her heart was beating like this for God's sake, she felt a hand placed on her shoulder, and the voice of Commander Zack asked

"Doctor Huxson, are you okay??!"

She jumped on his hand, and looked at him quickly, before taking a breath and shaking her head

"Nothing, I was just delusional."

He narrowed his eyes and said cautiously, while tightening his weapon

"I insist on knowing what you were delusional about."

She shrugged, pointing to the trees a little further away from them.

"I think I saw something that passed by quickly, but it was clearly an animal."

He looked at the place very carefully before muttering

"We'd better make sure."

He pointed to three soldiers to make sure, while he gently pushed Lina by her shoulders.

"We'd better move from here quickly."

She shook her head, and moved beside him, George, who looked at her with looks that she understood well, and how not when she saw this keenness and strictness that surrounded them

She raised her eyes to the sky, to see that the sun was in the middle of the sky, releasing its harsh rays, raising the temperature of the air around them with great force. Zak stopped the convoy with his hand, looking around him with examination, with expert eyes, muttering something to one of his soldiers, before looking at them

"We will take a half-hour break."

She sighed tiredly, and put her bag on the ground next to the tree, before taking her bottle, and heading towards the lake in the middle of that empty space.

Michael came to her, and he also put his bottle in the lake,

"Keep doing what you're doing, and don't turn around."

She furrowed her eyebrows and whispered to him, without any reaction, just looking in front of her silently and coldly, while inside her a lot of questions and confusion flared up, he pushed a large sharp knife under the water around her, and he continued his words with a whisper that was enough to reach her, but not for them

"keep this with you, I don't trust those people "

"Why me of all?"

she murmured, as she pretended to be washing her bottle, he lifted his bottle and closed it, to open another and return to his first position.

"Well, because you're the only honest person here, I don't trust anyone, not even George and Carl."

Her eyebrows furrowed, the amount of ambiguity around her became wide, and she is like an idiot who does not understand anything. He continued his whispering words

"Stay close to me...you know in case something happens."

He finished his talk, looking at her lightly, before quickly turning his gaze away from her, and getting back to his place, she kept looking absently at his place, before raising the knife, hiding it between her clothes, so that she also got up, going back to her bag, and put the water in its place.

before one of the papers fell on her head , She looked up, to see the huge trees that did not show their end, and it seemed to her that she saw someone jumping there from one branch to another , She shook her head, dismissing these thoughts.

Maybe it was a monkey. She looked again at George, who was lying down with his eyes closed, then at Carl, who was glancing around everyone cautiously, at Michael, who was absentmindedly looking at the ground, moving a stick carelessly, then she looked at the soldiers who were standing around them in a circle, and at Zack, who stood far away talking on his wireless

she swallowed her saliva, distancing her thoughts from everything, to sigh tiredly, she was about to lie down next to her bag, but a flower in the form of a rose flower stopped her, but it was violet surrounded by flowers, her eyes widened in shock, as she mumbled

"Wow, unbelievable, what bring this flower here? I didn't know it would grow in these conditions."

She took out something to help her pull it out, before carrying it carefully and putting it in her bag, she went back to sitting in her place, taking a break, before the convoy continued walking again.

Fatigue had taken its toll on them, and the night was already about to fall, and they were still continuing to walk, one following the other as Zack ordered from the beginning of the journey.

She stopped and George stopped behind her, furrowing his eyebrows

"What's happened ??"

She swallowed her saliva while whispering in horror

"George told me you see what I'm seeing, and I'm not crazy."

He looked at her, then straight ahead where she was looking, swallowing his saliva, muttering

"Look on the bright side, you're not crazy, though I suspect it is."

She gritted her teeth, if they were in other circumstances, she swearing that she would have slapped him, separating his head from his body, the soldiers pointed their weapons at that strange thing, whose eyes were shining red, he slowly advanced from them, while he was showing his fangs

" Is he among the legendary animals? "

He snarled at Carl with great anger, so that the other fell back until he fell to the ground, and crawled behind to the side of one of the soldiers

"And what the hell is this, I've never seen anything like this in my life "

Michael muttered anxiously, as he stood in front of Lena, who lingered in her place, swallowed her saliva and clung to Michael's back, shifting her gaze around the soldiers, who were cursing with great anger, before her gaze fell on Zack, who had drawn his weapon In the face of this strange creature, it is nothing definite, it is not a bear, nor a wolf, nor anything

that's almost a mixture of all animals, with its three-legged head, like the head of a wolf, and its four legs, its ears that are like large rabbit ears, its sharp fangs, it is almost like the mythical creatures, which She used to read it in Greek mythology, and his saliva that covered the earth due to its density

She swallowed her saliva, and she pulled on the knife, which Michael gave her, taking cover with his body over her, really she going to kill herself if she escaped from this creature, why should she argue with John, and come to this damned trip, to finish a meal for this creature ..... well there is no specific description of it

"I don't advise you to do that."

A cold, amused voice resounded in the place, making everyone in the place search for him

He smiled sideways, and had pity on their necks moving around in search of him, to jump from his place, standing on the back of the terrifying creature, whose saliva filled the ground below, everyone swallowed their saliva, and retreated back in panic, while that man, standing on top of the monster looking at them with enjoyment

Everyone turned around with the intention of running away from what was in front of them, but they were shocked that they were surrounded by a group of leopards .... Um, well, it had seven legs instead of four, almost like a multi-legged insect with the head of a black leopard with red eyes

“Have we entered the kingdom of legendary animals?”

She muttered in wonder, as she looked at the beast, then at those leopards that looked at them with clear hatred from their eyes, as she showed her fangs strongly, the men panicked and without warning they started shooting at those damned creatures, after all, They could not bear to stand in front of these creatures, they are truly terrifying

George, who cursed under his breath, retreated from this trip, which was getting weirder every second, and hid behind one of the huge trees with Carl, while Michael was holding Lena's hand, who was looking around with completely shocked eyes, still in shock, unable to believe what she saw so far.

Zach cursed under his breath, looking at his men angrily roaring

"Protect the expedition, help will arrive soon."

Michael disappeared with Lina behind the tall plants, cursing strongly. He turned to Lina, who was trembling behind him with great fear , almost losing consciousness from this place. He grabbed her shoulders, looking at her sharply

"Lena, look at me."

She shuddered more, as she moved her gaze around the place, those strange leopards that were tearing the soldiers apart, bullets and fast men, she could not count them, moving between the soldiers separating their heads from their bodies, he held her face in his hands, shaking it violently

"Lena damn it look at me"

She looked at him with great fear, muttering in tears, she could no longer control him

"We will die, we're going to die here."

He cursed under his breath, holding her face tenderly

"No, no, nothing will happen to you. We will get out of here together. Okay . Just hold on to me. I need you strong for us as usual."

She shook her head while still trembling, and he grabbed her face speaking tenderly

"Don't look at them okay, just run, run with all your might, like you've never run before."

She shook her head, tears spilling down her cheeks, he cursed under his breath, he didn't have to accept this flight, and damn he had to come back from the damn airport, when he saw all those soldiers

He pulled her hand to look around him well, before he ran, pulling her away. He ran quickly, trying to cover his eyes from those creatures, and the massacre that was taking place around him. All his thinking was focused on how to get out of here and save her, as it had aroused in him feelings and a desire for protection since he saw her for the first time in the waiting room, because it resembles his little princess and all his life....

He ran quickly before bending down and pulling one of the fallen guns to the ground, he ran quickly but stopped, and he found two men emerging from behind the trees in front of him, he stepped back , He almost turned around to flee, but he found another man from the right, and from the left, the owner of the beast, he almost ran from the empty side, but he found George and Carl running from it, to stand beside him, and they looked at those in front of them with great horror

He swallowed his saliva, and looked at the men who were looking at them with great sarcasm, before their features turned tense and appeared uncomfortable. The three looked at them in astonishment, even the beast had lowered his ears, and started making a sound that seemed to them as if it was wailing.

Everyone swallowed their saliva and looked back, as he came out from among , The trees are two men preceded by a man, to say the least, who is literally a monster, his muscular body built in a terrifying way, but the really terrifying thing about him is not the structure of his body or his features, but rather his eyes, which was completely black, not only the pupil but completely, it was black without whiteness, Only big black eyes, wearing ordinary clothes with a black leather jacket, he looked at two men and then at the beast, which was riding him coldly, before looking at those in front of him, he raised his eyebrow coldly

"Don't say that these are them."

The one riding that beast yawned, speaking in a malicious tone

"Can you believe this, all these guards are for these?"

The man who appeared with the commander from behind the trees looked at them with a cold, emotionless look

"I suggest we kill them."

A gasp escaped from George, Carl, and Michael, while the other clenched her hand on his coat strongly, and she was trembling.

The other looked at them coldly, then looked at George who looked at them angrily, in a fighting position, next to him was Carl and behind him Michael, who was hiding a terrified Lena

"I agree with Steve, Boss."

Their other concern, and looked at the owner of the beast

"What do you think Jack??"

The other shrugged his shoulders indifferently, repeating sarcastically

"I don't mind, they'll be a quick meal for Damon,"

he said patting the fur of his beast, which still bowed its head submissively to the ground, unable to raise its gaze upwards, towards the one standing there, looking at the three immobile, He smiled sideways, as he turned to leave

"Then enjoy them."

He moved three steps exactly, during which the so-called Jack smiled very maliciously, and it disappeared completely as soon as that stone hit the back of their leader,

literally everyone was terrified, while Damon's groaning increased, as for those leopards that ran among the trees hiding, he slowly turned around and his eyes burned with a buried human being, the rock was not strong to hurt him, but it caused a small, barely visible wound in his neck

"Wasn't she behind you?"

muttered George in shock, as he looked at Lina, who was standing in front of the three. They did not know when she came out, nor when she threw the stone, only suddenly she appeared

She gritted her teeth

"You bloody bastard, who do you think you are to order them to kill me, you dishonorable bastard!"

Michael and Carl's face faded, and he ran to her, muttering

" damn it, Lena, this isn't the time for you to go crazy."

She pushed him away from her, and looked at Jack, who was looking at her with a jaw that fell to the ground from the horror of his shock,

"Do you think you will scare me with this monster, you monkey face? Ha, do you think that I will allow you to pursue me in this curse, which I do not yet know how I reached it, over my dead body you want to kill me, here I am."

"This girl is something else,"

George said, referring to her, adding with astonishment.

"Wasn't she terrified seconds ago? How can she change in seconds like this?"

Everyone swallowed his saliva, and looked at the humanoid beast with black eyes, who was standing in his place, looking at her in a terrifying silence, even at that monster who still bowed his head, watching him cautiously from his terrifying aura.

"You damned bitch "

muttered Steve, while he was giving her blazing looks, grimacing his fangs, to turn towards them again, turning her eyes away from Jack and his monster.

She does not deny the fear that overtook her, as soon as she looked at the one in front of her, rather she was completely terrified of his appearance, but she reminded herself that one death in this life , and she will not give them the happiness they want.

If those monsters want to kill her, she will die with dignity. She turned her gaze back to the one with strange eyes. Why is he looking at her like that? She is not that bad. It is true that she spent two days in the forest, but she is not that bad.

“We will take them with us.”

As soon as he finished his muttering, everyone looked at him in shock, they looked at them, then at him, then at them again, he was definitely joking.

The man on the left clenched his teeth angrily, to let out his claws, running towards Lina, who looked at the owner of the dark eyes, blinked without comprehension, and she found him standing in front of her in the blink of an eye, his face to hers, his nose close to hers in an unreasonable degree, her breath taking from his own, she swallowed her saliva with great tension turned into shock, looking at his hand that extended behind her back.

She turned very slowly, so that her eyes widened in shock. She screamed in terror from the man who was behind her, raising his hand, which is a sharp hand like a sword, with only the hand of the dark-eyed person separating it from it.

Was wrapped around his neck forcefully, until blood bled from his neck and his eyes were still watching her in a strange way, her neck this time was right in front of his face, his breath was hitting the skin of her neck, causing her strange goosebumps, while his breath was suspiciously fast, as if someone had been deprived of air for many years

She quickly moved away from them, blinking in shock, for seconds, and that man's body was hitting a tree behind him, uprooting it.

George looked at him with great anger, to take his gun and point it at the man in front of him with hatred

"Who are you, what do you want from us?"

He didn't answer him and didn't give him any look, even a small one, but still fixed his gaze on her. Michael approached her quickly, examining her with his eyes

"You're fine."

She shook her head yes, and returned her sight to the man, who was standing in front of her, looking at her in complete silence. The owner of the beast was embarrassed by this situation, to jump over his beast to the side of his master

"Um, sir, what are you saying??"

He didn't take his eyes off her, and didn't bother to look at the one standing in front of him.

"As you heard, they will come with us."

" are you crazy ??"

The man who came with him muttered while grinding his teeth with great anger. He looked at him out of the corner of his eye, then returned to look at the one who was looking at them with concern, as she looked at them one by one.

"Steve, I said they'll come with us, the discussion is over,"

he growled angrily, looking at him with burning eyes, so that the other lowered his head submissively.

"Okay,"

he looked at the owner of the monster, who was looking at him anxiously, then at George, who was still raising his weapon, and Michael, who was holding Lena, hiding her behind him, and Carl, who was standing behind them, looking at them without understanding, he looked at them again, before he looked at Michael, who was hiding her with his body.

He tightened his hand very strongly, and turned away from the entire place , leaving everyone in shock

"Damn, what have you got yourself into?"

muttered George angrily, as he looked at those in front of him who were looking at them vaguely.

She swallowed her saliva, to get her head out from behind Michael, she blinked several times at those looking at her to smile nervously,

"Haha...Haha, at least we didn't die right."

George looked at her sarcastically,

"Thank you, thanks to you. Even if they were thinking of killing us quickly, now they are going to torture us."

She glanced at him indignantly, before she looked at those who were looking at her in a terrifying way, to swallow her saliva in panic, while she said with great concern,

"Damn it, I really hate my life."

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