Ephesian fired a warning shot, the slug taking out a sizable chunk of a nearby pine tree. Sap oozed from the trees wound as if it were bleeding. She didn't want to shoot the horrifyingly beautiful creature, she just wanted him to stay the hell away from her. Taking a few steps back, she leveled the gun at his head once again with her finger on the trigger. "Please, just stay the hell away from me." Great, she was now talking to wild animals as if they would understand her. This trip was doing nothing to help her relax; day one and she was already in a life or death situation.

[i]Fucking faaaaaantastic[/i] she thought as she moved back a few more paces.