Wicked Soul

Once outside the church, Roxy and Skin hurried down the road. They were headed to the woods. Roxy was trying to follow the scent as she could not see or hear the werepanther. Moments later, Skin saw her run off towards a thicket of trees. He shot after her but by the time he reached the thicket, he had already lost her. He sighed thinking about the newbie’s obsession with going solo on the mission.

He decided to go deeper into the woods to look for her. She was an amateur and although she was over confident, he knew he it was his responsibility to watch her back. Few more steps and he noticed her clothes lying close by. He turned to look in all directions and finally spotted a pair of bright eyes shining through the leaves of the trees. Upon concentration, he was able to make out a silhouette of a large Panther among the thick foliage.

“Seriously Rox? You could have at least…” he began but was cut off in the middle as a masked figure attacked him out of nowhere and knocked him face-do