Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked

The air is getting colder and colder, I don't have the time to worry about a goat.

In the "melody"...there's a high-pitched sound, it's sticking throught my eardrums and pierce into the back of my brain, the temples feels like pulsating and the sound becomes more and more acute. Even with my hand I'm unable to alleviate this torment...make it stop. Make It STOP! I NEED TO MAKE IT STOP...Or it will GET WORSE...how...How how How How HowHowHow HOW...What to do? KILL? nooo...noNoNononononono NO...Need to get away from here...QUICKLY!!

I swiftly put away all my belongs as fast as I can and trying to not be found out by who ever they are. The sick feeling is starting to spread and I can feel the acid in my stomach boiling and a feeling of nausea pervades me, I seem to smell of putrefaction.

When getting up on my feet I saw black and felt a strong dizziness, it's been a long time since it didn't happened, what a good timing...maybe it's also caused by them.

Suddenly a shrill cry cutted throught that ill melody, I already hear that before when I was here, it belong to a flying monkey/bird, whose face nearly resemble that of a human, a really twisted face, their "smiles", between the mockery and the feverlish smile as they like to dismember their victims. But also the smile that's not a smile, they're just showing their teeth, it's a threat...

Hearing them...In this moment, don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, these b4stard also live in packs, but unlike the bunnies, they're more stronger and more throublesome to deal with. Nether to talk about the crude way they kill their victims.

From where will they come? Est? no... a little more towards south... and some from north ... I have probably less than 4 minute to get away from here... It's hard to tell, together with the apes, the fishes also started to scream.

I miss my headphones...my eardrums is exploding.

Some members have the role of ranger and are already here to scout the situation and seem to harbor hostility towards the aquatic beings. Do they suffer because of the song, too???

The fact that we're both anthropomorphic creatures could be the reason...?

Hiding in the shadows, step by step , crawling like a worm, I passed unnoticed among the rocks and shrubs, I went into the bush and left the area before the pandemonium breaks out.

Only after I had run at least half a kilometer, I became more comfortable and I went back to breathing normally; On the way here I encountered some monkey but I was able to kill them stealthily , I felt strange that their fellow didn't attack me after smelling the blood in the air, but then, paying more attention to my surrounding there are already a fraught metallic smell, a dense liquid was dropping here and there...from my hiding, looking up, I saw a tall humanoid silhouette, the front limbs remind those of a mantis, slender but strong legs and under the eldritch moonlight, it's exoskeleton shines of metallic lustrer, around it's ankles, wrists and neck there something like a ethereal silverblue flame and it's cover the head like what on a human would be called hair.

It's pupil, two amber orb, was inspecting in the darkness of the wood cautiously, his right limbs are nearly cutted off, attached only by some schred of meat, but despite everything it's look so dignified, ready to face any danger...

You may think that I've fallen in love right?

Well...I was indeed feeling so exited that I'm trembling.

I too would think that I was infatuated for the first time in my life, if not for . one . single . thought :

[ I WANT TO KILL IT ]

Since it's already heavily injured, I could have at least a 60% of success, but my old wound haven't fully healed yet, the possibility is only 50%...so I waited...and waited...hiding my presence as much as I can trying to conceal my existence...and longing... while other beast was fighting it, as they're distracted I was slowly getting as nearlier as possible, following it...

PATIENCE ! ... PATIENCE ! ... PATIENCE !

Draining hours passed one after another and without noticing it, the horizon started to lighten as a new day is starting, while my target is biting off some lizard-like monster, the place had quieted down, it's right in front of me, I left my bag in a bush near here and my knifes is greased with poison that I got from a snake that I had killed not too long ago...

Now It's the moment that I waited for, ALL OR NOTHING ...

Slowly approaching the target until I was 5 steps from it, then getting near to it as fast as I can to stab it...

Probably sensing my presence it turned around and tried to slice through me with it's sickle like arms... That was fast but I dodge that and counterattacked aiming at the joint between the neck and the left shoulder with all the strenght that had remained in me and pushing it to the ground.

Suddenly, I saw a sting aiming to my face, I avoided it by the skin of my bloody teeth.

Only then I realize that it was its tongue. Not only an anthropomorphic insect, but also a Chamaleon?!

Shortly after it's started to convulse, his remaining arm's hitting me wanting me to free it, but his movements are messy and my entire being is numb, as if the one that's hit is not me , so I just press down the knife and slide it following the opening between his armor decapitating it.

His jewel like eyes became dull , the body is still spasming but it had stopped moving.

"Ah...ahah...ahahahahah...hhh..."

An euphoric laugh escaped from me...I don't really know what had happened to me, I must be out of my mind...