He opened his eyes "Bloodlust?" he thought to himself as he felt a sudden breeze. He rolled to the right in the nick of time and fell off the tree, using its limbs to control his decent. he reached the forest floor unscathed and used the tree for cover. He felt his throat, a small cut bleeding slightly. "Must have grazed it" he thought to himself as his instinct took over. Quickly he deduced that his opponent was somewhere facing the opposite side of the tree though he couldn't pinpoint the exact location. "A silent hunter forged by years of discipline and dedication" he thought to himself not being able to sense its movement. Moments had past until he realized that he screwed up. He ignored the footsteps of the woman who on closer inspection had red eyes who had just grabbed his wrist closing in to sink her teeth into his forearm. He realized this "Oh no you don't" he said as he grabbed her wrist with his restrained hand and swung her to his left over his foot which he extended to trip her. He then twisted her wrist being careful not to break it and put his foot on her back to restrain her. His attention then returned to the hunter who must have changed position in the time that elapsed. He didn't want to fight at the moment but for some reason was compelled not to abandon the woman, his intuition saying that she will be killed if he simply leaves her "dammit I wish I was a bit more cynical" he said to himself as he put the woman in a headlock knocking her unconscious. He slung her over his left shoulder and he sprinted off. Despite having the extra weight of the woman and the supplies he was still unnaturally agile. "YOU SUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!" He screamed as he parted from his assailant in an attempt to mock him. He then let out a girlish screech as he felt an arrow penetrate his supply bag which caused him to kick his legs into full gear. Within a few seconds he was a few football fields away and when he was comfortable with the distance he covered he took a hard right and began to make his way deeper into the foothills and into the mountains. Only a few minutes went by until he heard his voice in his head which began to speak coherently. “Lazy boooyyyyyy…. LAZY BOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!” He said mockingly “My name is Lazarus. Who the hell are you?” he replied “I am you” said the voice sarcastically “I’m me… if you actually are me than what’s your name is it also Lazarus?” he inquired “Ha NO” he chuckled “Who are you then?” Lazarus asked “Nunya Bisness” Replied the voice sassily “Stop Fucking around and be serious” Replied Lazarus slightly irritated “Nahh, you’re a boring person” Said the voice blatantly “What?” replied Lazarus now confused? “Even at the current pitiful state of MY vessel it should have been an easy kill even for the likes of you…” “What do you mean by Vessel, and what do you mean by kill” Replied Lazarus “A vessel is a body, and I'm talking about the guy with the bow, why didn't you kill him...” said the voice “I didn't kill him because I need more information about the world" he said plainly "You’re not referring to MY body are you?” Said Lazarus in a playful tone The voice shot back “I most certainly am referring to MY body” “OK whatever, I’ll go on a rampage and hopefully quell your boredom if you help me out” sighed Lazarus “Really? AWESOME!!! Just like old times right?” Said the voice excitedly. “What old times…” Lazarus said in a blatant manner “Whatever what do you need?” Said the voice “Where am I what happened to me and any other information that you have.” Said the boy “Didn’t you listen to the demon…” said the voice “What demon…” replied the Lazarus “WHAT ARE YOU SLOW???” laughed the voice “Just talk already… Nancy boy…” Said Lazarus mockingly “You just called yourself gay you immature moron HAHAHA!!” Replied the voice “Alright you win, just give me the info, you’re making it hard to concentrate” said the boy with an air of defeat in his tone “Should’ve said that earlier… anyway to make this short your head was blown off by a sniper and now you’re in hell.” Don’t worry about eating or drinking, you don’t need that here and by the way you get reincarnated every time you die, so in short this is paradise. “Don’t believe you but… OK? I guess…” he was confused “Kay I’m going to sleep now… remember our promise.” Said the voice excitedly “OK bye bye, I’ll definitely miss you!!” he said sarcastically. The voice disappeared and the boy continued to run. He, now deep in the foothills, spotted a cave high up on a steep ridge. He climbed up their with the girl and his equipment and all. When he got there, the cave was very small, and nothing was visibly in it. He lied the girl down, resting her head on the bag and he sat down criss cross applesauce thinking “How the fuck am I going to make her say something other than blooooooddddd… bloooodddddd… ughh… this is annoying” The boy said aloud. He looked out the cave entrance and down at the steep drop below he noticed a man donning a green cloak and brandishing a red bow stalking the valley below. He looked at the girl and smiled "not so menacing now" he thought to himself. He then thought about the man with the bow "bow... wait... IS THAt??" 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