brightblueeyeshadow: (gun)
Re-l Mayer ([personal profile] brightblueeyeshadow) wrote in [community profile] caveofsapphires 2012-05-02 01:36 pm (UTC)

Re-l felt rather than saw the gesture, but she knew it instantly. Someone was raising a weapon. She glanced to the side, and saw a man. He was thin, but he looked reasonably strong. And he knew how to hold a weapon. On the balance of things, probably not a liability.

She rolled her shoulders, tense from carrying a pack for a day and a half. It was something of a hinderance, but unless she was forced to, she didn't want to let it go.

The noise was growing louder, and among the rocks and the ruins it was hard to distinguish where it was coming from. A yowl, a leap, and suddenly there was a huge beast in their midst. Re-l had no name for it, no easy tag. There were no cats in her memories.

She drew her gun and shot in one fluid movement. The shot was slightly off target, hitting the cat but not well enough to knock it out at once. Re-l ground her teeth together. She was the best shot she knew. Her muscles should not be doing this. She should not be this weak.

More animals leapt down, yowling furiously. Re-l tried to count them, but their quick movements made it impossible. Her gun moved back and forth, waiting for the first to leap.

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