A man walks in from the distance. His face is shrouded by a sweat mask, and he has a medic patch the shoulder of his robes he slinks through the sand on.
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[b]She can only barely make out the sound of the shuffling sand. Her senses have numbed and her body begins to run cold, even in the heat.[/b]
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The man walks to her, and drags Anumi on the back of an animal. He mounts her on the animal, gets on it's front and they ride until the sun sets.
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[b]She listens as best she can but only finds that the noise has turned to muffled vibrations. She tries to move but feels a sharp pain in her chest followed by the top of her shirt to drench in crimson.[/b]
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They soon arrive at a small hut in the middle of no where. Anumi passes out, and when she awakens, she is in a dank cellar with her hands chained to the wall. The shrapnel is out of her leg, she is in new clothes, and a glass of water as well as a undistinguishable pile of muck is on a tray next to her.
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[b]Her eyes flicker a violet trying to see where she is, but a sharp pain crosses her head. She winces and settles down. She sighs. If she didn't feel so weak, she could easily break the chains. She looks at the tray and her stomach churns. She blinks and yanks on the chain. It feels tight and abrasive on her skin. She grows frustrated but there isn't a lot she can do. She sits in the silence, pondering what has happened.[/b]
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The man walks in, taking his helmet off and feeding her by pouring the water down her mouth and shoveling the glop in her mouth. "I saved your life. For the next few days you're gonna be working for me. Life's hard in Ashuna. This is your debt, for your life. The name is Bard, by the way."
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[b]She coughs and sputters and gives him a sour look. Her face tinges with purple and she shuffles quietly. She doesn't say a word but the mutinous look on her face says a lot as it is.[/b]
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"Sorry, hon. That's the way it's gotta be. Although, there are always other alternatives."
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[i][u]"Fine... Get the chains off."[/u][/i] [b]She wriggles her hands slowly in the metal embrace.[/b]
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"No. On second thought, I'm doing something else." The man calls someone, talking in a diffrent language. A few minutes later, many men arrive and carry her into another landspeeder, giving Bard money.
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[b]She frowns and sits uncomfortably. Ashuna... Great... Just what she needed. Thankfully, she was feeling better. Which meant her strength was returning... Which meant. She knew her chance was coming soon... She just had to wait.[/b]
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The men carry her to a giant land rover. On the inside are many bars and singers, and they carry Anumi into a room in the back. Two men start to unravel her (edits in what Anumi wears).
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[b]There isn't much to unravel. She wears a simple white cloak and undergarments that are basically rags. She stands there naked with a smirk on her face. This was her chance. Her skin shifts color and large chunks of blue chitin begin to form on her body. The mass encompasses her until she is hidden in a dense pile of shell. The new beast turns its wide jaw towards the men. It's purple eyes are seared with violence and malice. The event is so quick they don't have time to react as they are doused by a strange purple slime that quickly dissolves them. The creature clicks it's jaw in amusement.[/b]
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Many other men march in and fire at her with assault rifles.
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[b]While some to cause the shell to crack, the majority of bullets merely bounce off. Anumi plows through the wall into she is out into open desert. Using her weight, she buries herself in the sand. She hides deep underground. If these men were going to treat her like an animal, she would stay as one.[/b]
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She notices the medical cross on the side of the Land Rover, and realizes they were trying to diagnose whether shrapnel was imbedded in her stomach and chest.
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[b]Her shell wriggles in shame. Murderer... She just proved that she once again, was a paranoid killer. She coats herself in the warm sand and lays flat. Deep inside the shell, Anumi curls up and closes her eyes tight, as if blocking out a nightmare.[/b]
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[spoiler]End?[/spoiler]