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- Witchblade ChronoGrl was already Severely Wounded in the previous Challenge. But she had won 2 HPs in the latest Challenge, both used to heal her, and now was Slightly Wounded. She chanced upon a deep, dark bushy area of The Zone (designated A1) and sat down, without making a sound.

A pair of fiery red eyes below red, furry eyebrows looked intently at her.

Machete Zero was licking his lips. He knew he had fucked up the last time he had a chance to kill ChronoGrl, but not this time. He knew she can't survive a full blast of the flamethrower. He jumped down from the tree in which he was hiding, and with a huge whoop, lit up ChronoGrl like a huge bonfire. ChronoGrl was on fire. Panic set in. She was already carrying a deep wound, and the fire wasn't doing anything good to her. She was burning from head to toe and had nowhere to go.

Just then, she noticed something.

Health Packs!! Under Zero's tree!!! (the ones Urge had left as "gifts")

She grabbed a bunch of them wildly and ran down the slope, still burning. She lost her footing and rolled all the way down right into the river, where her body sizzled like steam. She had grabbed 7 "gifted" HPs, which helped her survive this brutal onslaught which might have otherwise taken her life (and her out of Battle Royale). She used all of them on herself in-between sobs and bouts of panic, then swam ashore and fell down on the bank. She then looked up at the sky, and silently thanked the "gifter".

ChronoGrl MIRACULOUSLY survived an otherwise FATAL attack, and was FIT.


- Despare ran through the area marked A1 and immediately hid behind a thick tree. He peered out and watched Zero laugh in glee as he blasted ChronoGrl, who ran downhill...followed by Zero who looked on intently, to see if his victim survived the fatal attack. Sure enough, a few minutes later, Zero cursed at himself and threw away his empty flamethrower in disgust...then walked away. Despare watched him disappear behind some trees, then looked back at the scene. He had already noticed Urgeok's "gifts" in front of him...and slowly crept forward. Leaning down, he grabbed 6 HPs from the bunch and moved forward into the BA area.

Machete Posher lurked in the shadows behind some tall trees...and heard the approaching footsteps. He peeked forward and saw Despare slowly creeping forward, cautiously. He went back behind the tree, took aim, and pulled the trigger. A huge burst of flame jumped at Despare, who had no chance of avoiding the full impact. He was burning badly, and didn't have anywhere to go. The only place left was the grass, and he fell down and rolled madly on it. Posher kept laughing in maniacal glee. Despare's flames were doused a minute later, and the 6 "gifted" HPs he had with him were used up in patching his numerous cuts and boils. He was badly burnt, scratched, bleeding, all blackened...but was ALIVE and FIT.


- Murderdoll was bleeding. She was wounded, delirious, badly burnt, had cuts and boils all over...half of her hair was burnt and gone. She wandered aimlessly, tears streaming down her cheeks from the intense pain...and finally collapsed down a big tree, breaking into incessant sobs.

It was her lucky moment. For that was the same tree under which Urgeok had dropped his "gifted" HPs. She grabbed two instantly and healed herself to FIT status, then gathered 6 more and ran on, right into the B2 area. Finding a big tree with a huge truck, she sat down - tired and bruised, in need of severe rest.

Two pairs of eyes looked curiously at her.

Machete Austin had looked ahead and chosen the central area of The Zone - marked B2. He had walked into it and, finding a big boulder, had sat behind it...his flamethrower ready. As soon as he saw Murderdoll crumble in front of the tree, her body wracked with sobs...he had a gleam in his eyes.

Another pair of bright white eyes curiously scanned the flamethrower he was holding, from the top of a branch of a well-hidden tree behind the foliage.

Austin crept forward, hiding behind boulders...until he was well within MurderDoll's range. He stood up suddenly, and without a moment to spare, blasted MurderDoll wtih full force of his deadly flamethrower. Murderdoll sighed, and fell backwards into the bushes...all lit up. She looked at the sky and closed her eyes, pulling her "gifted" HPs out. The flames died down after a while, and the HPs took their time in healing her. She calmly closed her eyes, and drifted off into a tired and dead sleep.

Austin took the empty flamethrower from his shoulders and clutched onto it. Just then, a blast from behind ringed in his ears.

BLAMMMMMMMMM!!

In the nick of time, he swerved just enough to catch the Predator's plasma beam on his shoulder, instead of full on his chest. His flesh was torn apart, and started to bleed profusely. He threw his flamethrower away and lunged at his HPs, jumping behind the thick tree at the same instant.

The Predator looked on, and then turned around and disappeared into the foliage.

Austin had to use 15 HPs on his immensely bruised and cut shoulder, which had pieces of flesh dangling from it. He was lucky enough to patch himself and his shoulder back...but the immense and excruciating pain almost blinded him. Between moans and sighs, he heaved a silent prayer for having survived a full plasma blast from The Predator.


No dead bodies in this Round of The Hunting Zone, which is a surprise. Although a lot of damage was caused to THREE Witchblades, and ONE Machete.