Evan was getting more and more anxious. "Are they fighting already?"

Tarquin lowered his voice.

"Not yet. Relax. You know Bernard's got our plan in mind. If he's going to make a move, it won't be here and now. He'll pick the right place."

He'd definitely keep his distance, Tarquin thought, just to make sure nothing messed with their plan.

And judging by the state of this bunch, Bernard must have already scared the living daylights out of them before he left.

“Let's take care of these guys first-quick and clean. Then we'll go find them," Tarquin said.

Evan was still nervous, but he nodded. "Alright."

Father and son worked like a well-oiled team. Tarquin scattered a handful of hallucinogenic powder, while Evan played the spooky ghost, darting right under the hunters' noses.

The group of hunters was already on edge, and once the powder kicked in, their nerves snapped.

Chaos erupted. People screamed and dashed for cover in every direction.

Some got hit by friendly fire, some fainted dead away, and others just ran around wailing for their mothers.

Tarquin and Evan, having taken the antidote ahead of time, were immune to the effects.

They herded the frenzied hunters like wolves, making sure none of them slipped out of the circle-keeping them in the thick of the hallucination, pushing their panic to the max.

Only when Tarquin figured the drug had done its job did he let them bolt into the forest.

the woods, the real battle

had guns, but their minds

but their minds

their strengths and weaknesses-an

echoed. Gunshots and screams

the

hunters didn't get far before a wolf pack brought them down, tearing them

took one out with a single

clear across a clearing-he landed

daylight were now prey, fleeing

hunted

a tree, coldly watching it all unfold, not a trace

these people worth

Not at all.

suddenly attacked by wild animals-now that would

hunting rifles, breaking every law on the books, planning to kill for Now they were the

was nothing tragic about

it

poaching, no hunting wild animals.

just for the sake

ecosystem is a terrifying

never

the

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