Snippet #1792772

Ash
Ash shivered a little; she couldn't lose the sense that something was watching her and the others. She couldn't sit still any longer. She stood, and looked up at the sky, still black from the smoke. They needed supplies, food. Kyra wasn't in any condition to hunt, and everyone was afraid. She didn't have the time to teach any of them which plants around were poisonous, or how to use a weapon for hunting purposes. There was also the chance that even if she did, they wouldn't use it. Even for hunting. Each and every one of them had seen or killed at least one person in the labs horrible Games. Many of them were as afraid of death and pain as they were of the Outside, and everything thet didn't know. It made her head hurt thinking about it. She sighed, and watched the sky, wishing desprately that no one from the nearby town would come to investigate. The people were nice, but that was with said people under the impression that she was as normal as they were. If they found out they weren't like them, it would be that much easier for anyone like the lab to find them, and drag them back into cages. She shuddered at the thought, and stood up. "I'll be back in an hour. If anyone comes, you keep down, don't let anyone see you. Especially you Kyra, I'm sorry but if a hiker sees you, he'll immediately call someone. We don't want that, not ever, do you understand?" She glanced around again before grabbing her bow and disappearing into the trees without a sound. She watched everything around her, picking small plants and herbs, keeping her bow close to her, an arrow ready in her hand. She twitched and smiled as a deer walked cautiously closer to her. Don't look at me, sweetheart.... don't see me, just.... She let the arrow loose as the deer bowed its head to eat. It crumpled as the shot hit home between its eyes, and Ash moved close, petting it a little before removing the arrow. My friends and I thank you, friend... She closed the creature's eyes as she dragged it into a hiding place away from possible predators, and sat quietly in the bushes, waiting for something else to come by. She frowned as a half hour passed, and stood with a soft sigh. She picked up her deer, and the few other kills she made, wrapping up the herbs in a scrap from her shirt, and started heading back.