Snippet #2711139

Al

Though his eyes were closed he resisted the urge to doze.

The ripples of pain in his body which came with every breath also helped. He was in rough shape. Most of the damage he sustained in the fight was simple enough to heal from. The blast he received gave him a hard knock, cracking a rib among other things. The worst of the damage however was from the pins. It was never comfortable getting sharp bits of metal stabbed through him and a lot of pins went through him too.

Within a couple minutes the holes were closed. The tissue within his body was the first to heal, sealing up the veins and arteries to there was no internal bleeding. Now his skin was closed, keeping him from losing more blood. He'd of loved little more than to rest for longer but he could hear the others talking and knew he couldn't stay for long.


He looked over and saw them still tending to the unconscious members of their little group. He figured he should be doing something as well though he was reluctant to go over to the group. They were content managing their own affairs. He instead turned to look back at his card. It held and arrow pointing a certain direction, complimented with a number though it held little meaning given that he wasn't given a specific unit of measurement.

A slight grunt of pain escaped his lips as he struggled up to his feet. He was well weary and plenty injured still but he could at least walk now, something that was far more difficult not long ago. He put one foot forward, then the next. A wave of pain coursed through his chest with every step, the crack in one of his ribs still plying him with fair amounts of pain. At least his healing essence dulled the pain of his wounds overall so it was less severe than it would have been for a conventional human.

He continued forth despite it, walking into the woods in the direction of the arrow. He figured it would be best to get a lay of the route to whatever it was the arrow was leading them towards. If there were any dangers along the way better he spot it before the others are drawn into unseen dangers. They had two members out and if a fight broke out suddenly those two would be sitting ducks for whatever might beset them.


He didn't much care for any one of them as people but he wasn't about to let someone who helped pull the group's collective hides out of the fire just get munched on by whatever twisted bizarre entities roam this land. He was braced to encounter something he was sure was going to be something he doesn't expect.