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(Continued from above)


GOREPHOBIA looked up, startled. He thought he caught a glimpse of Ferret ahead, but by the time he got up to check, Ferret had disappeared. Curious and licking his lips, Gore moved ahead to the direction from which Ferret had come. He stopped dead in his tracks when he came upon the scene ahead.

Despare had dragged himself up to the base of a big yew tree, silently thanking the Gods and Ferret for the sudden and unexpected lifeline. Gore took aim at Despare's stomach which was bleeding through the patched HPs, and squeezed the trigger twice.

BLAM!!

BLAM!!

Poor Despare. It was pretty obvious Team Grindhouse had zeroed in on him as their central target, and he wasnt being spared anytime soon. The shells burned their way into his back, just as he turned when Gore pulled the trigger. Gore made a loud, smacking grunt in satisfaction as he watched Despare moan audibly.


Elsewhere, NEVERENDING was looking at the trees. Satisfied that no Assassins had climbed any nearby branches to hide, he surveyed the bushes. Just then, he heard shotgun blasts from his right and ran forward. Just as he broke through, Rayne was throwing her empty shotgun away. He looked ahead to where Rayne was looking, and knew his target was there. NE wasted no time and hurried ahead to the big boulder and circled across it to come face-to-face with The Return.

The Return had patched himself up and was lying down quietly, letting the HPs do their work. As soon as he heard footfalls near, he jumped up and was literally smack in front of NE. He turned around to run through the nearby trees, but it was too late. NE had his shotgun up, and was squeezing both triggers in rapid succession.

BLAM!!!

BLAM!!!

Both shells caught Return on his back, and he was thrown forward like a wall of bricks. The backside of his shirt turned bloody in an instant, and Return dragged himself into the bushes behind some trees, where he moaned quietly once and reached for his HPs.

No sooner than Return had finished patching his HPs, that the bushes were thrown apart in front of him. MURDERDOLL had jumped through them and was glaring at Return with hot, feverish and deadly eyes. Return looked at her in wild panic for an instant, and tried to get up. Murderdoll never gave him the chance, firing wildly almost instantenously.

BLAM!!

BLAM!!

Return groaned in sheer pain as the shells blasted two bloody holes in his stomach. Murderdoll let out a huge roar of satisfaction and looked around. NE and Rayne both nodded approvingly, as Return quietly dragged himself into the nearby bushes.


(To Be Continued...)