Thread: Life through the Mask (darkangel76 & frelance)

Jason looked up and turned to his head back towards the part of the cliff where he had climbed up. As he listened he started to get up before he heard another scream that seemed to be moving. His mind raced as he grabbed his bag and sprinted to the edge for the cliff. When he arrived the knelt down and looked over the edge. Even from on top of the cliff he spotted the dark stain on the ground near the base of the cliff. He sat back and ran his hands down his face as he tried to think of what had happened. All the things he had seen over the years raced through his mind but the victims faces were replaced with Lily's face. He clenched his fist as he heard another scream and bit his lip hard enough to draw blood then he stood up and grabbed his bag. He started jogging in the direction that the screams were coming from. As he moved along the face of the cliff he freed his rifle and held it in one hand as he slug the rifle over his shoulder. It took him about an hour of carefully moving along the edge of the cliff before he saw the man carrying Lilly and the wolf. He sighed as he spotted them. He just could not get a fucking break from this. He had to kill one man already to save her, although he would have killed him. He decided to bide his time and wait for the man to put her down since even he could not be sure he would only hit the man and not her. But he found out all to soon that he did not have the time he thought since the next time he looked over the edge he saw the man walking towards a cave. Shit, fucking hell. He made sure that he went into the cave before Jason moved away from the edge and sat down as he tried to think. He could not shoot them if they were in a cave, not from any distance anyway. He rubbed his eyes as he mentally went through what he had in his bag. About half an hour later he took the mask that he had let fall around his neck off and checked its filter before he slipped it on. After tightening the mask until it was fit him perfectly. He then dug through his bag until he pulled out three objects that looked like grenades. After he slipped them into his pocket he closed the bag and hid it under branches and other things he found around until it looked like nothing but a low pill of dead fall against a tree. It took him another hours to attach a rope at the top of the cliff securely then repel down the cliff face a few hundred feet from the cave mouth. He hid the lower section of the rope as best as he could then left and made his way to the mouth of the cave. He waited there with his handgun in his left hand while he listened carefully for any movement. But after two full minutes of not moving he and listening but hearing nothing he made his way into the cave with his gun raised. He wished he had his rifle but he knew it would be no use. He slowed as he came to a bend in the cave that seemed to be cutting off a flickering light. He stopped at the corner and heard voices. Within seconds he could smell cooking meat as well which explained the flickering light since fire was needed to cook. He took a few deep breaths to keep himself calm as his hands started to shake and his heart raced. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the three objects and pulled the pin out of each other them before tossing each one as far around the corner as he could then slumping to the ground and covering his ears a split second before a huge bang was heard and was accompanied by a flash of blinding light. Jason shook his head to clear it then stood up and glanced around the corner. He could see the tear gas starting to spread through the room and already four out of the five men were on the ground. He raised the his gun and fired three rounds at the only standing man who fell to the ground clutching his chest as blood bubbled up around his fingers. Jason walked into the room pumping three bullets into each man before he looked around for Lilly through slightly fogged up lens. When he spotted her he ran other to her pulling out a knife as he reached her. He didn't say anything as he knelt down and cut her free. Once she was free he grabbed her arm and hauled her to her feet. Move, fast. He pushed her towards the cave entrance while he walked to each other men and fired one shot between their eyes. He had to reload for the last two but as soon as he was finished he left the cave to find Lilly. When he caught up to her he took her by the arm and led her away from the cave up wind of it cave. He pulled out a bottle of water then pulled his mask off as he spoke. Stand still, and let me wash the gas out of your eyes. Its just tear gas and will wear off soon. He put his hand on her forehead and started pouring the water as close to her eyes as he could without pouring right into them. When the bottle was about half empty he stopped and looked around then took her hand and pulled her into the forest but stayed just inside the forest. Sit down. We have to wait for a bit before we can go anywhere. He sat down with his back against the nearest tree and took a quick drink before watching Lilly as he held the bottle out to her.