There was nothing strong enough for the Hairy Hulk to grab and climb back up. He decided to make his own path. He punched the rocks, crushing them to drill holes, and used them to climb back.
'You Stole Everything From Me!'
He climbed back up on the island. He headed for Jason with full intent to kill him. Jason was not as fast as Alex to dodge his fists. Alex threw himself to get hit by his punch, as the Hairy Hulk had anticipated.
He punched Alex firmly in the stomach that blood gushed out from his mouth, then he punched him in the chest upwards. Since there were no trees, Alex came down to receive the third punch. Those punches would have killed Jason.
Alex crashed on the ground dragging dirt along with him. Jason threw a flash and a smoke grenade to blind the Hairy Hulk as he took Alex and made it to the forest.
'What are your injuries, Alexander?'
'3 of my ribs broke, and I think I have internal bleeding. Otherwise, I'm fine.'
'We cannot contain him. Retreating is the best option here. Are you strong enough to run?'
'I'll…manage.'
Alex had developed inhuman healing capabilities, but that does not make him immortal. Even though his healing factor was more than 1000 times stronger than a normal human being, he can still die if injured too severely. Some of the damage still remains from the injuries.
The Hairy Hulk kept searching for Alex as the two sneaked in the darkness.
'Come on out, Alex.'
Alex and Jason unobtrusively made their way to the boat. They made sure no sound was produced. They were about 100 meters away when the abomination appeared. He was not aware that Jason and Alex were nearby.
Alex and Jason hid behind a boulder as the Hairy Hulk got dangerously near. He checked behind the rock as Alex and Jason adeptly moved just out of its sight.
After carefully verifying, the Hairy Hulk was about to go away. Alex and Jason took a breath of ease. Just as Alex made a single step, he stepped on a twig, causing it to snap, loudly.
'Found you.'
Alex looked at Jason.
'Run.'
All three of them ran as if they were in the Olympics.
'You idiot! Is this a joke to you?'
'Blame me all you want later. For now, Shut Up and Run!'
The Hairy Hulk was getting sturdier, faster, and more violent. He got closer to Alex and Jason as they got closer to the boat.
'I need time to start the boat.'
'Sure, I can get you ten seconds'
Jason ran to untie the boat and pushed it into the water. He had to fix the motor at the end, submerge it in the water and start it.
Alex turned around to get Jason his ten seconds. The beast rioted towards Alex, suddenly an explosion came from the ground. Alex had taken a grenade and planted it inside the earth.
--That should give me 6 seconds, at least.
The Hairy Hulk was unfazed and kept on moving.
'Jason, Hurry Up!'
'5 more seconds.'
--Fine.
Alex started to count to five. The Hairy Hulk again attacked with his destructive punch. Alex jumped,
--one
and greeted his blow with his own,
--two.
The impact broke Alex's right arm.
The Hairy Hulk then used his left hand to punch while Alex countered with his left.
--Th..ree.
The impact broke Alex left arm.
The pain was intense. Again, the Hairy Hulk attacked with his right. Both of Alex's arms were broken, so he used his right leg this time. He kicked with his right leg to counter the punch, breaking it.
--F…our.
Alex then managed to stand on the Hairy Hulk's right arm and used his remaining left leg to kick him in the face, using it to spring on the boat.
'Five!'
The motor started, and Jason full throttled it. The boat accelerated and began to skip water within moments. The Hairy Hulk wasn't about to let them go. He grabbed a boulder nearby and threw it at them. The boulder was aimed directly at them even though they were going 40-45 kmph.
Alex grabbed one of the rowing oars and gave the other to Jason. Alex left arm still had some strength.
'Give it your all, Jason.'
Jason rowed his oar with both hands while Alex rowed with his left and barely missed the boulder. They continued to go at full speed until the island was out of sight.
'We were lucky to have escaped, Alexander. One would need an army to take that monster down.'
Alex didn't respond. Jason turned around.
'He…kept calling my name.'
Alex threw up a frightening amount of blood and went unconscious.
'Alexander.'
Alex woke up two hours later in a hospital, all bandaged up, and saw Jason sitting on a chair beside him.
'What…happened?'
'After we got away, you fainted. I performed what little first aid I could and got you in a hospital.'
'Please tell me you did not perform CPR.'
Jason coldly replied.
'I did not.'
'I'm starving.'
'You should be. No other person could have survived those injuries, but you. Not only that, you healed your body yourself. But your body was not healing as fast as I assumed. The reason was that your body was deprived of energy, all I did was get you that energy.'
Alex looked at the IV stand.
'A bag of glucose?'
'10 bags of glucose.'
Jason pointed towards the 9 empty bags.
'It appears your body needs more energy than a normal one to function properly.'
Jason was right. Ever since the procedure, Alex's appetite grew more massive. Instead, it was like, the more Alex performed superhuman feats, the more energy his body would require. Still, when he would be living his normal everyday life, he would only eat a little more than he used to.
'We shall require special equipment to combat that thing. They should arrive the day after tomorrow. Until then, recover yourself. I will file a report about the monster. Who knows what other horrors Jira has created?'
'I want to go to school.'
Jason was surprised.
'Why on earth would you want to go to school after this? Are you mentally injured as well?'
'I don't know, but some part of me really wants to go to school.'
Alex's sudden urge was incomprehensible to Jason. Why did he want to go there after what has happened? Seeing he had no obligatory reason to stop him, he said,
'Do what you want.'