Chapter 6:

A Forested Survival ... Part 4

Testament of the Blood Moon


As I gaze into the stars, I soon become aware of the quietness of the midnight forest. Just the sounds of trees moving with the breeze. It’s chilly even with the fire going, the sound of the trees and the crackling of the fire gives a surreal feeling and strange but comforting atmosphere. Those girls are something else, to have survived such a terrifying tragedy and moving forward. 

Well only one of them is really moving forward, I’m worried about the other one. She must be in shock after seeing that massacre. 
Who would blame her, it’s only natural she’s scared. I hope we find someone soon so we can get her treated and tell the world of what we just witnessed. Like anyone will probably believe us anyways but we can try. 
I need to be strong for them because I’m the man, I need to keep them safe no matter what. Well I can’t do anything right now so I think it’s time to sleep.

I head towards the tent
It’s more nerve racking than ever, I think this as I watch both the sleeping girls huddled together in a cramped, ugly tent
All I need to do is lay down and not touch them

Most guys would kill for a view like this but frankly, it’s different when you’re actually doing it
I don’t want to break anyone’s trust so I need to calm down and control myself
I walk inside and scoot myself farthest away from them as I can but it’s not very much
I can still brush up against Setsuna if I move too much
She’s facing the other way holding Satoko and what I assume is fast asleep
I can see her torn black blazer and beautiful short blue hair
Such a sight is kind of reassuring to me, makes me feel a bit safer and less embarrassed
So I guess all I have to do is not face her
I just need to sleep on my side
I turn over and sleep the opposite direction facing the wall of the small tent

I close my eyes and slowly drift off into sleep
I was more tired than I thought..
Man hopefully this nightmare is over by the morning..

I then wake up to a random noise in the forest and immediately jump up

This causes Setsuna to also spring upwards

“Are you okay?”
“What’s wrong?”
Wait a minute!”
“OH GOD NO!!”

Her voice becomes panicked
“Where’s Satoko!?”

I immediately look over and see she’s gone

Damn it!
“God damn it!”
“We need to look for her”
“She couldn’t have gone far!?”

“But where do we start!?”
“We don’t even know where we’re at!?”

“I know! I know!”
“Okay let me think!”
“We can’t waste time because who knows what’s out there!”
“Okay let’s go out and see if we can see anything that may tell us where she’s at”
“It’s our only choice right now”

“Yes okay!”
“Let’s hurry!”

We both set out looking in all directions for any clues on where she’s at
Setsuna checks around the trail we’ve been following and I check around the tent and fire
We search for about 5 minutes and come out with nothing

“Have you found anything yet?”

“No but I can only assume she went down the trail”

“Are you certain?”

“It’s our only choice right now”

“Okay let’s hurry then!”


We walk down a trail paved by animals and local wildlife
It’s dark and coldThe sounds of the forest frighten us..I'm scared like hellBut I have to be strong for her!Setsuna grabs my arm as walks close by meIt’s dark so it’s only natural she does thisMy heart races but I try to pay it no mindWe begin calling out for her

“SATOKO!”

“SATOKO WHERE ARE YOU”

“SATOKO PLEASE COME OUT”

We receive silence in return
We continue to walk aimlessly down the trail as the pale moonlight hovers over us
The sounds of the forest are scary but I must stay strong for Setsuna, I cannot show her I’m nervous or afraid
I must be strong
Just then we hear it

“AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

The most blood curdling scream I’ve ever heard
It made me grow weak in my knees and we both knew who it was
It screams again

“AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

I gather my strength and take Setsuna by the hand and begin to jog towards the noise while keeping pace with Setsuna

The screaming doesn’t stop

“GYAAAAAAAAAHHHHH”
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH”

It begins to ring in our ears
We pick up the pace to running
As we are running, the sound of howling becomes faint and I knew it was trouble

“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH”
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKK”

Then out of the blue the screams become silent
Like it was never there
No more blood curdling screams
But another sound arises
The sound of wolves howling can be heard in the distance
Fear swells up inside of me
An intense and ungodly fear
We pick up our pace and begin to sprint
We don’t know what lies ahead but the source of the screaming is near
We know it

It took only a few minutes to reach the noise

We arrived…
Before our eyes is a pain inducing sight
It happened again..

Again..

Setsuna drops to her knees and throws up
The sight before was gruesome
It was dark but we could see it clearly..
I felt my knees grow weak
I felt my heart pump adrenaline and fear
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing
Before me was…

….

Satoko

But her stomach was displayed over the ground
Her neck was open and revealed a small crimson fountain that painted over the grass
And next to her were her culprits
There were 6 in total
Their eyes had a insatiable hunger and their mouths drooling uncontrollably

I felt it
My heart
It resonated….
Anger filled my body
Fury insinuated within me
Fear left me and was replaced with a new feeling
One I’ve felt once before

Lust for Blood
The instinct to kill
The hunger to rip something apart
That feeling began coursing my veins
As I stared down the wolves, fear left my body
I say aloud

“Setsuna...”
“Stay behind me..”
“And DO NOT MOVE!”

She said nothing but quickly crawled directly behind me
As she did I walked forward out of impulse totally disregarding my surroundings
Rage and hatred filled my heart once again
My vision was blackened
I didn’t know what was going to happen but I knew one thing
I need to protect Setsuna
I will never let anyone else die again!
EVER AGAIN

As I approached
One wolf lunges forward at me and bites my left leg
I can feel his teeth lock into my shin
I began trying to shake it off
I can hear the sound of Setsuna screaming behind me

But it was weird...
Even though he bite into it
I barely felt it
Like I felt no pain
And I’m really sure it got the bone to
I had no time to worry about things I didn’t understand though
I had to protect her

I let out a roar as I punched the wolf straight into his nose
But he didn’t let go
He kept chewing and gnawing and then a second wolf ran towards me and jumped
I put up my arms to block it and he immediately locks his jaw into my arm
Even though they are ripping into my bone
I am not bleeding nor am I feeling any pain

How was this even possible!?
No pain or even an ounce of blood!?
Just then out of the corner of my eye
As if time slowed down again
My eye locks on one
I see a wolf about to pounce Setsuna

"YOU WILL NOT TOUCH HER!!!"
The wolf then closed in on her ...