Ava watched with wide eyes as a guard saved a prisoner from a Hollow. It was lunging for her as she struggled on the ground, unable to untangle herself from the chains on her ankle shackles.
The guard could have left her there, let her die to get an easy kill. Instead, he put himself between the Hollow and the Woman. The Hollow, not caring which soul it devoured, quickly latched onto the man and started to drain his essence.
While his very being was getting devoured, the guard still managed to grunt out an order to the prisoner.
"Run! Get away now!"
He shouted, pulling the trigger on his gun multiple times, burying bullet after bullet into the gut of the Hollow. But no matter how much lead he pumped into its stomach, the Hollow refused to drop. Its hands just clamped on tighter, as it leaned closer and increased its rate of absorption.
