fire his gun before he wanted to. The bullet barely missed the wolf, causing the wolf to disappear into the trees.
Jay turned his flashlight on, searching through the branches, but he couldn’t find any trace of the wolf. He could feel his body tense up with fear as his body tightened around the branches of the tree. Maybe I scared it, he thought, and just as he did, a warm drop of saliva hit him in the forehead. Jay looked up as the beast clung on to the branches on top of him, growling loudly.
Jay jumped out of the tree, never once thinking about climbing down as the beast jumped after him. He fired his gun, shooting the top of the beast’s ear off. He could hear the creature behind him breathing heavily as he ran through the woods until he reached the end of the forest. Jay found himself falling off the ravine of the forest, his body plummeting down to the river below. His body slammed against the water, stinging his back. His knees scrapped against the edges of the rocks at the bottom of the river. Jay struggled to stay afloat while letting the river take him. He knew the river ran directly under one of the main roads of the town. If he could get to that road, he might have a chance. He could hear the beast howling in anger as he made his way down the river. Once Jay reached the main road, he swam toward the bank. He crawled up the hill until he finally reached the road. He could feel his lungs struggling for air but kept going, knowing that if he stopped he’d surely die. Jay’s heart sank as he could see the beast waiting for him on the other side of the road. He reached for his gun as the beast ran across the road charging toward him. Jay pulled the trigger, aiming his gun at the wolf. That’s when a yellow Ford car sped past him, and the bullet shot through the fender of the car, causing the car to collide against the body of the wolf, running the beast completely over.
“What the hell’s going on out here?” a bald man said, walking out of his car, confused and frightened.
“Look, Mister, get in your car!” Jay yelled urgently.
“What the hell kind of prank are you kids trying to play out here?” the man asked.
“Mister, we need to get in your car and get the hell out of here!” Jay screamed, trying to get the man back in his car.
“I can’t just leave him like this,” the man said, walking toward the beast.
“It’s not human!” Jay yelled angrily. “I know it’s hard to see out here, but believe me and get in your car!” Jay repeated.
“Look, son, I need to go over there and check this out, so you either help me or just stand there and act stupid,” the man replied.
“Have it your way, mister!” Jay said, running toward the man’s car.
The man walked over to where the beast lay. The dark road made it hard for him to see. He could make out the outline of the figure, which looked very much human, but when the man knelt beside the beast, he found out that the young boy that had been screaming hysterically was very much telling him the truth. The beast ripped a hole in the man’s stomach, grabbing his intestines and tossing the man off the road.
Jay pointed his gun at the beast as he got in the man’s car and pulled the trigger, but all he heard was a click. I’ve run out of bullets, he thought, looking in the chamber as he could see that it had been opened. He must have accidentally opened the chamber when he was trying to hold on to the gun in the river, losing all his ammo.
Thankfully for Jay, the man had left his car running. He pressed the brakes and gas, revving the engine. He then released the brakes, sending the car racing toward the charging beast. Jay slammed the car against the body of the beast, directing the car off the road toward the water below. Jay jumped out of the vehicle as the beast plummeted with the car toward the rocky river.
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