CHAPTER FIFTY TWO

Don’t leave anything untried before you’ve even died

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Twig’s eye looked around as the whole world began to slow

Feeling like a lifetime passed while watching seconds go

Cursing his own weakness as he waited for the end

Despite his strength he lacked the will to save a single friend

Leaf would lose his leg before too long and shortly die

He turned his eye toward the sleeping and defenceless Sky

He’d spent so long imagining his own death in this place

But suddenly he thought what death would look like on Sky’s face

A pack of Dark Wolves approached her while she lay their peacefully

And Twig had time to imagine what his eye would soon see

One of them looked over and he met its evil stare

And still he saw the eyes of that pathetic, dying bear

Achievement: Please!

I’ve told you many times to die, and honestly you should

But watching your friends right there die won’t do you any good

Did you come out here to see some monster eat your friend?!

Who cares how you’re feeling, that’s someone you must defend!

Twig let out a cry that caught the wolves’ attention fast

“How long does this wretched fate I’m living have to last!”

He jumped up off the ground at once and while he screamed he cried

He kicked the monster biting his friend ruthlessly aside

It took a chunk of Leaf’s leg with it as it flew up high

But it left behind it’s life, and then Twig turned to Sky

The Dark Wolf Leader noticed Twig and menacingly growled

But when Twig’s fist met it’s hard head it whimpered and it howled

The Leader backed away but soon the other wolves attacked

The first of many monsters that his shouting would attract

He punched and kicked a wave of monsters that would never end

Leaf could only crawl to Sky and look up at his friend

With just his one good hand he punched a wolf right in its head

And before it had hit the ground, it was already dead

A goblin tried to slit his throat with a crude little knife

But when he noticed it his punch relieved it of its life

From every direction, monsters came but still he fought

Some tried to attacked his injured friends, but they were caught

He roared as if trying to speak the language of his foes

But still there was no way to bring the battle to a close

“I’m pretty sure that’s Twig, but something seems a little weird

Anyway, just head get moving the way seems to have cleared”

Leaf looked down in shock to see Sky pointing at past a tree

Having noticed an opening they could use to flee

Achievement: A Chance!

Did you hear what Sky just said? Get moving right away!

Pick them up and run faster than you have run all day

The monster corpses should distract most of beasts for now

It looks like you might just get out of this mess somehow

He didn’t question what the message said, he took his chance

He put sky on his shoulders while more wolves made their advance

Leaf, he picked up by the waist beneath his one good arm

And ran with the determination to keep them from harm

Leaf was winded by the sudden grip around his waist

And glanced behind him to confirm if they were being chase

But what he saw behind him made him wish he hadn’t checked

The scene unfolding back there had a sickening affect

In the chaos, many monsters gave up on the fight

And dug into their fallen monster comrades with delight

He closed his eyes in horror at the monsters’ grotesque feast

Happy that it wasn’t him being eaten at least

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