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Chapter 38 - Rei: Part Four

Paul looks up at Rei from the ground and says, "and here I thought you were some goofball with a gun." Rei doesn't like his comment so with a swift kick, she hits him on the side of his stomach, "It hasn't hit you yet? A civilian has no right to know something like this. If it was any of my other comrades, they'd shot you before you'd even get a chance to see them. Everything would just go dark for you."

"Then why haven't you?", interjects Fausto before things escalate and Paul can get himself in trouble with his big mouth. Rei position her rifle at Paul, just a trigger away from punching a gaping hole inside of him. She doesn't look at Fausto, or acknowledge him until he says, "If you're the reaper, why haven't you shot us?"

"I told you not to call me that, " She says as she turns her back away from Paul to look at Fausto. Without thinking, Paul quickly gets up to tackle Rei and Fausto helps out with taking her down from the front. She lets out a scream as she is being overpowered by both Paul and Fausto. "Grab her gun!", yells out Paul. As fast as he could, Fausto reached to remove the gun off of Rei's torso. However, as he grabs the firearm, a bright flash engulfs the room, followed by the sound of a loud bang. Fausto has accidently fired the gun.

He panics as he knows, he could've potentially shot either Rei or Paul. "Paul!"

"I'm fine", says Paul.

"Now you really done it, your fucking idiots!", angrily says Rei. "Did what?", asks Paul while putting all his body weight on top of her. "Get off of me, you alerted them. They are all probably now on the way!", claims Rei.

"They?"

"Sah-ry! when I was running away, I wasn't exactly concerned with coming up a name for them", mockingly says Rei. "Now get off of me, I doubt you two dickheads are any good with using a gun", she adds. In the distance, deep within the forest they can hear the faint sound of something yelling, like the sound of an elephant trumpet being broadcasted out of the human esophagus.

"What should we do?", asks Fausto.

"Don't give her the gun", protest Paul. "But I never shot a gun, have you?", asks Fausto with shaky voice. "No...", answers Paul. "Im telling you, unless you want two want to die, get the hell off of me and give me the gun. I have my sidearm, you guys can fight over that one", bargains Rei. At the end of the rope and not much left of their options, they both agree that whatever is out there, knows they are the shed and they are pissed. Paul gets off of Rei and tells Fausto to hand her the rifle.

The sound of the congested roar echoes throughout the forest except it sounds closer.

Rei takes her gun and prepares for whatever is approaching the shed, she takes a pistol from a side holster and hands it to Paul. "I don't trust your fire control, no offense", angrily says Rei to Fausto.

The roars are gone but now, the wet, slippery sounds of things gliding across the grass is what surrounds the shed. Paul tries to peek outside through a small window on the side of the shed but Rei quickly pulls him away. "Don't worry this thing is huge, you'll see it when you see it."