�Hey Feral, watcha doin?�
�Just thinking about�stuff.�
�Like?�
�Don�t worry about it. If you knew everything in my mind right now you would run away in horror.�
Tina looked in Feral�s eyes for the first time that day and saw something different. Feral had changed, his eyes were�different. Instead of the carefree, nonchalant guy she was so accustomed to, he looked worried, and his eyes looked troubled. Seeing no reason to prolong the conversation, Tina quickly dropped the subject.
�So�uh�.�
�Just forget about it Tina, okay?
Feral walks back to the inn, leaving Tina to gaze into the sun. She feels a finger tap her on the shoulder and whirls around�
�PAJT!?�
�Yepperooni! That really hurt when you guys ate me.�
�HOW THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT?!�
�Well�.�
�Okay, listen; this story really can�t have the seriousness it needs while you�re still in it, so�.goodbye.�
Tina opens a hole in the space-time continuum and hurls Pajt deep into another dimension.
�There, I didn�t kill him; therefore, he can�t come back.�
Very soon after, the rest of the group comes outside to join Tina.
�Hey sleepyheads! �Bout time ya�ll woke up!�
Blasto looks groggily at her.
�Go to hell. You�re too cheery for a morning.�
Feral looks at everyone.
�Okay guys, we really don�t have any more time to waste, so let�s get going to Fiziks.�
Feral and Blasto walk ahead while the girls hang back and chat.
�Hey, have ya�ll noticed anything different about Feral?� Tina asks.
Phaedra and Jasmine look ahead to see if Feral and Blasto can hear them. Seeing that they are too far away, Phaedra speaks first.
�He was really restless last night. I don�t even know if he went to sleep.�
�I knew something was wrong! I tried to talk about this morning, but he wouldn�t say a word to me.�
Jasmine speaks up, �Well, you know how he is. He doesn�t like sharing his soul with people. He just deals with it on his own.�
�Yeah, you�re right. We�re probably just looking too much into this. It�s probably nothing.�
Meanwhile, Feral and Blasto�s conversation pertains to much the opposite of the girls.
�So, Blasto, let me get this straight�the reason you think those zombies rose up is because Neo-New Brockton is on an Indian burial ground?�
�You know a better explanation than that?�
�How about they were really pissed at us?�
���..okay, I�ll buy that one.�
The girls catch up and now our heroes move as a unit on the road to Fiziks. If you�ll remember from before, the journey would take a week on foot; however, Tina failed to mention the shortcut. She failed to mention it because she forgot it, but she just remembered it�DIDNT YOU?
�Hey guys, I just remembered a shortcut that I had forgotten previously. In fact, it should shorten to walk to about a day and a half. If we make a left at this next fork in the road, we should eventually come to a forest, the Forest of the Night Owls.�
They follow her directions and, indeed, they arrive at a very dense forest.
Jasmine looks the forest over.
�Well, I don�t see anything wrong here, what�s keeping us?�
Feral takes the lead, sword in hand, and begins chopping a path through the forest. Blasto is behind, aiding Feral with his own sword; Jasmine, Phaedra, and Tina are in the rear.
A branch snaps back and hits Phaedra in the face.
�OW! Damn it. Hey Tina, how big did you say this forest was?�
No response.
�Tina?�
Phaedra looks behind her to discover that Tina is not there.
�GUYS! TINA�S GONE!�
Feral looks back too.
�WHAT?! How about everyone else?
Blasto looks around.
�Jasmine! She too is missing!�
�Damn, what�s going on here?!�
The remaining three try to run back to the entrance only to find it blocked by vines and thorns, and by that time, only one remained, Feral.
�WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!�
Suddenly, he felt a sharp blow on his head. First he saw white, then black, then darkness engulfed him and he remembered nothing�.
TO BE CONTINUED�