"HUFF HUFF! Subordinate Woman, you go faster! We'll be just behind!"
Zack's head snapped back sharply. His eyes caught the pursuing group closing in on them. Their pounding footsteps created a thunderous rhythm that bounced off the tunnel walls, getting louder with each passing second.
"Yes, Boss! Take care! You too, Rugged Woman!"
Subordinate Woman pressed the precious book tighter against her chest. Her legs pumped with every ounce of will power energy she could summon as she pushed forward, disappearing into the dimly lit tunnel ahead. The shadows swallowed her running form within moments.
"Keke, Boss, if we're successful, can I get a kiss from you?" Rugged Woman's laughter rang out even as she ran. Her breath came in quick bursts that made her words choppy.
"Hmm, no. I don't want to." Zack's voice remained completely steady. The chaos chasing them hadn't shaken his composure in the slightest.
"BOOO! Stingy!"
HUFF HUFF!
Their boots slapped against the stone floor in rapid succession. The narrow tunnel stretched ahead before opening into an intersection where several passages branched off in different directions. Each tunnel mouth gaped at them in the darkness.
BOOMMMMM!
Zack yanked out another smoke bomb and hurled it down with full force. The explosion reverberated through the stone space. Thick white smoke erupted outward in billowing clouds, consuming the entrances of multiple tunnels simultaneously. The enclosed space trapped the smoke perfectly. It clung to the air, swirling in dense formations that obliterated any clear line of sight. Few people had reached this area yet, which worked exactly in their favor.
"Tsk! Don't stop! Divide!" A pursuing man's voice cut through the white haze inside. The group split immediately. Each team vanished into a different tunnel.
HUFF HUFF!
Their lungs burned with hot fire with every breath they dragged in. The tunnel air tasted stale. Heat radiated from the stone walls. Dust particles hung suspended in the atmosphere, coating their throats.
Zack and Rugged woman deliberately slowed their pace for just a moment. The calculated move allowed a few pursuers to close the gap between them.
"STOPPPP!"
One man lunged forward. His hand reached out to grab Zack's shoulder.
Zack stopped dead in his tracks. He brought his elbow up in one swift motion, then drove it straight backward with brutal force.
TKKKK!
The impact created a sickening crunch. The man's nose shattered on contact. Cartilage gave way under the force. Blood spurted immediately.
"AGH!"
THUMP!
He crashed to the ground hard. His hands flew to his broken face. He writhed there, crying out in pain that echoed off the walls.
One woman from the pursuing group ran past Zack while he remained stopped. She rushed forward at full speed, trying to capitalize on the opening.
"Ahh, hey there!"
WHHOOSSHH!
Rugged Woman swung her elbow around in a wide arc. She aimed for the enemy woman's head with the same devastating move. The woman proved sharp. She managed to stop herself just in time. Her heels skidded against the stone as she barely avoided the strike.
"Hehe, same move..."
TKK!!
Her confident smirk froze on her face. The back of her head received a hard strike from behind. Her eyes rolled back instantly. She crumpled to the ground without another sound. Her body went completely limp.
Zack and Rugged Woman immediately started running again. Not even a single second wasted on the fallen enemies.
WHHOOSSHH! TAAKK!
"OUCH!"
Rugged Woman felt a sharp sting explode across her back. She glanced behind. Several people were throwing stones from a distance. Their projectiles cut through the air with surprising accuracy making these little hard stone into a improvised weapons.
Rocks! They're throwing rocks now! And it hurts you bastards!!
Zack adjusted instantly. Both of them started crisscrossing as they ran. They zigzagged back and forth in unpredictable patterns to make themselves harder targets. The evasive movement cut their speed down noticeably. The stones kept missing anything vital though, so the trade was worth it.
Some pursuers noticed the slowed movement. They seized the advantage and pushed forward hard.
THHUMPPP!
A large man slammed into Rugged Woman with his full body weight. He caught her while she was focused on dodging another incoming rock. She hit the ground hard. The impact drove every bit of air from her lungs in one violent exhale. She gasped desperately, trying to get her breath back. Her vision blurred at the edges for a moment. Stars danced across her sight.
The man raised his fist high above her face. His knuckles came down fast, ready to crush her nose.
TAAAKK!
Zack appeared from nowhere. His knee drove straight into the man's face with devastating force. The man's head snapped to the side violently. He went sprawling sideways, arms flailing.
More people closed in fast from all sides. They surrounded both of them in moments.
Rugged Woman scrambled back to her feet. Her eyes blazed with renewed fury.
"GRRR!"
She pounced at the approaching enemies with wild energy. Her body ran purely on fighting instinct now. She took on two people at once. Her strikes came fast with full aggression, pushing them both back with relentless forward pressure.
THUMPP!
Someone came in from her blind side. Their fist buried into her back with a solid hit.
"AAH!"
The sound ripped from her throat. She stumbled forward from the impact. Her back screamed where the punch had landed.
Zack spun around instantly. His hands grabbed that person's head from both sides. He threw them hard to the left side, straight into another enemy who was trying to run past. They collided with each other. Bodies tangled together as they crashed down in a heap.
Zack dropped low immediately. He tackled multiple people at their hips with his full body weight. They all came crashing down together in a chaotic pile of limbs while they curse at each other.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOMM!
His fists hammered down repeatedly. Fast strikes with strong efficient movements. He punched into faces, ribs, arms and many other places until the struggling people beneath him stopped entirely. Their bodies went limp one by one.
"BOSS!"
Rugged Woman had managed to stagger the two people she was fighting. Her peripheral vision caught one person breaking free from the group. He ran ahead fast, heading in the exact direction Subordinate Woman had taken.
NOO!
Zack's hand was already in motion. He pulled out his knife in one smooth draw. The blade left his hand with clean, deadly precision. It spun through the air in a perfect arc.
THUNK! KKCCKKKK!!
The blade buried itself deep into the fleeing man's thigh, tearing every muscle fibre present there. He couldn't run anymore. His momentum carried him forward before gravity took over. He crashed to the ground hard. His scream echoed through the tunnel.
TAP TAP TAP!
Rugged Woman sprinted to him. She reached down and yanked the knife free with a wet, tearing sound, making the blood gush out like a fountain.
KCCCKK!
She drew the blade across his throat in one swift motion. Her movements carried cold precision born from years of experience. The man's scream cut off abruptly. His hands flew to his neck, but it was already over.
"Kekek, come on!"
Her dark laughter rang out. She spun back toward more approaching enemies. She dodged their wild swings, then struck at their vulnerable spots with sharp accuracy. Each hit disabled them cleanly. They dropped where they stood.
Zack finished off the last two people Rugged Woman had staggered earlier. He looked back down the tunnel. More pursuers were coming. A fresh wave moved fast through the shadows.
Hmm...
His eyes locked onto one man in particular. Someone charging forward with a wide grin that stretched too far across his face. The man moved with strange, unnatural energy that made Zack's instincts scream warnings at him.
Tsk. What is that? That same feeling?? but it is weaker.... Is that what happens when someone takes that weird energy for a long time???? Agh! Not now. I don't have time to check this.
He pushed the thought from his mind. He glanced back at Rugged Woman, who remained surrounded by enemies. She was still fighting hard with multiple opponents; Zack immediately ran toward her.
Zack grabbed a sharp rock off the ground. His fingers closed around it as he moved through the group at speed.
TAK TAK TAK!
He struck enemy after enemy on the back of the head whenever their attention was elsewhere. Quick hits at their head were enough to put them onto the ground. Each one dropped instantly without making another sound. No wasted motion in his attacks.
"GRR!"
One enemy jumped at him. Arms reaching out to grab him and wrestle him to the ground.
TAK!
Zack threw the rock straight into his face with full force behind it.
The man stumbled. His head snapped back from the impact, but his body fell forward toward him.
BOOM!
Zack followed up immediately with a hard punch from his other fist. The combination knocked the man completely unconscious. His body crumpled lifelessly on the ground.
KKCCKKK! KCCCKK!
Rugged Woman finished the last two enemies with quick throat slashes. She stood there for a moment afterward, just breathing hard, trying to get as much air as she can. Her chest heaved with the effort. Blood dripped steadily from her hands, pattering onto the stone floor.
"RUN!!!!"
Zack grabbed her blood-slicked hand. He pulled her forward. Both of them pushed their bodies faster than before.
"HUFF HUFF! Boss..."
"SHHEEWWSSHH! DON'T SPEAK! BREATHE PROPERLY! ONE MAN IS TOUGH! HUFF HUUFF!"
Rugged Woman glanced back nervously over her shoulder. One figure was way ahead of the other pursuers. He closed the distance fast with speed that felt wrong. He was too quick with his relentless pursue!!!!
Pheeeww...
She forced her breathing to slow down. Her lungs protested but she still took deep breathe. She turned her eyes back to Zack's broad back in front of her. His hand remained locked tight around hers, pulling her forward through the darkness. Her face was covered in blood and sweat. Her body ached in multiple places. Despite all of it, she smiled softly without even meaning to.
HUUF HUUUFF!
Zack looked back. That man was getting dangerously close now. The gap between them had shrunk to almost nothing.
Tsk.
He pivoted hard. He spun around to face the approaching threat by shoving Rugged woman ahead of him. His fist came up, throwing a powerful straight punch aimed at the man's face.
"Keke!"
The enemy man raised his own fist with a confident grin spreading across his features. He punched forward to meet the attack head-on.
BOOOMMM!
Both fists collided with explosive force. The impact created a shockwave that shot up both their arms simultaneously. Pain erupted through Zack's knuckles.
"Agh!"
The grunt escaped through his clenched teeth.
WHOOSH! BOOM!
The enemy man's wicked smile widened. He immediately threw another punch at Zack's chest before any recovery was possible. Zack barely got his other arm up to block in time, but it wasn't close to enough. The hit slammed through his guard with devastating power. The force threw him backward several feet. His body tumbled across the hard stone floor roughly. He skidded to a stop against the wall.
"GRRR!"
Rugged Woman leaped high into the air at that exact moment. She drove her knee forward hard while the man remained focused on Zack's fallen form.
BOOOMM!!
Her knee connected solidly with his shoulder. The impact should have staggered anyone.
"KEKE! TAKE THAT!"
Her fierce grin showed teeth as she came down from the jump.
"Hmm, good power you have!"
The enemy man didn't even grunt. He looked upward with a laugh, barely fazed by the strike at all. His expression showed only mild amusement.
WHOOSSHHH! TTTHHHHuuumm!
As she descended from the jump, he reached up. His hand closed around her waist with just one arm, then he threw her aside with effortless, disgusting strength that shouldn't have been possible for a normal human.
"ACCKK!"
She crashed hard into the tunnel wall. Her back hit stone with brutal force. She slid down it slowly, leaving a smear of blood on the rock. Her vision swam. She blinked hard, trying to clear it. She looked up at the man who now stood tall in the middle of the tunnel. Completely calm. Completely dominant. Utterly confident in his superiority.
"GRR! Energy user?!"
She forced the words out through gritted teeth. Her body protested as she pushed herself upright despite the pain radiating through every muscle.
"Hmm. Just because you're weak doesn't mean I'm an energy user."
The enemy man's smirk dripped with arrogance. He started walking toward her with slow, unhurried steps. Each footfall echoed in the tunnel with deliberate menace.
Rugged Woman's eyes remained locked on him. She didn't run. She didn't attack. She just waited, conserving her strength. The moment he came within range...
WHOOSSHH!
She whipped the knife out in one fluid motion. The blade drove straight toward his neck with deadly precision.
STTABBB! KCCKKK!
"TSK! TOOLS AND KNIVES?! HOW DID YOU GUYS GET INSIDE?!"
He brought his hand up casually. He let the blade stab clean through his palm without flinching. Not even a twitch crossed his face. His expression showed nothing beyond cold, bored amusement at her attempt.
His fingers closed around her knife hand in an iron grip.
BOOOMMM!
His other fist buried itself deep into her stomach.
"GGGGGUUUUUAAAAAA!!!!!"
She folded instantly. Her knees hit the ground. Breathing became impossible. Her whole body locked up from the sheer impact. Every muscle seized from the pain.
"COUGH COUGH!"
Rugged Woman's eyes nearly bulged from her skull after taking the hit. Air wouldn't come to her lungs since it refused to work properly. The enemy man raised his fist again, preparing to deliver another devastating blow...
BOOOM!
But Zack came from behind. His foot connected with the man's back in a powerful kick, using everything he had left in that kick. The man stumbled forward a single step from the unexpected strike.
Rugged Woman gritted her teeth hard. She forced her shaking legs to stand. Air still wouldn't come properly, but she pushed through it anyway.
BOOOMM!
She drove her fist hard upward into his crotch with full power. Every ounce of strength she had left went into that single strike. Then she stepped behind him quickly, still struggling to pull air into her burning lungs.
"OW! It hurts, you know!"
The man twitched. He stumbled forward slightly. His face tightened with pain for just a moment. He didn't lose his focus though. His body twisted in response.
WHOOSSH!
He launched a brutal back kick aimed directly at Rugged Woman's ribs. The strike would have shattered bone if it connected.
Zack moved faster. His hand shot out and grabbed Rugged Woman's wrist. He yanked her hard toward him. The kick cut through empty air where she had been standing a split second earlier.
"HUFF! AGH! BOSS!"
Rugged Woman clutched her stomach tightly. Her face twisted in pain. Her body pressed against Zack's chest as she fought to keep standing.
Zack's eyes darted sideways. More people were coming down the tunnel. They were nearly on top of them now. Seconds away at most.
BOOOOMMM! FFFFUUUSSS!
He deployed another smoke bomb. The white cloud erupted outward in a massive explosion of cover. He grabbed Rugged Woman's arm and ran hard, pulling her with him through the choking smoke. The cloud swallowed everything behind them in moments.
The moment they broke free from the smoke and found solid footing again...
"HEY! GOING SOMEWHERE?!"
The enemy man burst out of the white cloud with incredible speed. His fist came flying straight at Rugged Woman's back in a devastating punch that would cave in her spine.
Tsk.
Zack saw it coming. He yanked Rugged Woman harder toward him. His own body twisted in front of hers, putting himself directly between her and the incoming strike.
CCRARAACKKK! TCCHHAAKKK!
The hit connected with his raised forearms as he tried to block. A sickening, splitting crack echoed through the tunnel. Both of Zack's arms broke. The bones snapped under the sheer force. He went flying backward, his body crashing and tumbling hard across the stone floor. His arms twitched where the breaks had occurred. Pain erupted through them, it felt like his bones were on fire from the inside.
"BOSS!"
"GRR!"
Rugged Woman's face twisted into an expression of pure, burning rage. Fury blazed in her eyes. She pounced at the enemy man, going straight for him with renewed aggression.
He smirked. His casual punch came at her face without any real effort behind it.
She stopped herself fast, pulling back at the last possible second. The punch sailed harmlessly past her cheek. In the same breath, she brought the knife around in a wide arc.
KKKRRRRR!!
The blade drove deep into his forearm. She dragged it sideways with all her strength, tearing a long, brutal gash through muscle and flesh. The wound opened up, blood flowing freely.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!"
The man's roar of fury filled the entire tunnel. He ignored the wound completely. His body rushed forward. He tackled her with his full weight behind the charge.
Rugged Woman tried to pull back, but the knife remained embedded in his arm. She pulled desperately at it, but he was already on her. His left hand grabbed her clothing. He yanked her violently toward him with terrifying strength.
His leg reared back. A powerful kick aimed for her left side abdomen started its devastating arc...
TAP TAP TAP TAP!
Zack came charging back AGAINNN!!!!! A heavy rock filled his good hand. He launched it straight at the man's face just as the kick began from his side.
TSSKK!
The enemy man saw the projectile coming. He stopped the kick midway through its motion. He shoved Rugged Woman away roughly to deal with the incoming rock instead.
She stumbled backward. Her feet found purchase on the uneven stone. She sucked in a sharp breath through her teeth.
The enemy man looked down at his arm. Blood flowed freely from the deep gash now. He reached across with his other hand. Slowly, he began pulling the embedded knife free from his own flesh. The blade came out with wet, tearing sounds.
Zack didn't watch the display. More pursuers had reached their position. He turned toward them. He went at them hard, throwing strikes with his broken arms. The pain screamed through him with every hit he delivered, telling him to stop it but he kept throwing them regardless. The pain didn't matter. Stopping them mattered!!!
Rugged Woman sprinted straight at the enemy man. He noticed her approach. He stopped pulling at the knife. His body started running at her instead.
They closed the distance fast. Their footfalls echoed in perfect rhythm.
SSWWIISSHHH!
The man suddenly exploded forward with a burst of completely unnatural speed. Rugged Woman's eyes couldn't track the movement properly. He was there in front of her. Then he vanished from her sight for a split second. Her mind couldn't process where he went.
SSHIITT!!
BBOOMMM!
His fist connected with her shoulder before she could fully react. She twisted sideways fast, trying to minimize the damage which she couldn't achieve!! The hit still clipped her hard. Crushing pain exploded through her shoulder joint. Something inside felt wrong. Dislocated maybe. Or worse.
"AAAAAGGG!"
She fell hard to the ground. Her shoulder screamed at her in waves of agony that made her vision white out at the edges.
The enemy man didn't pause for even a fraction of a second. His foot came down immediately in a brutal kick aimed at her side ribs.
PAAKK! TTTTTKKKKK!
"AAAHHH!"
The cry tore from Rugged Woman's throat. Tears broke free from her eyes before she could stop them. The pain was overwhelming. It consumed everything else. Her ribs felt shattered.
The enemy man bent down. His hand closed around her throat. He lifted her entire body straight off the ground with just one arm. Her feet dangled uselessly in the air.
"AGGHH! CCCRRR! AAA! KKKK!"
She choked. Her airway was crushed completely shut. Her eyes went wide with desperation. They filled fast with tears that spilled down her cheeks. Her legs kicked helplessly, finding nothing beneath them. Her hands clawed at his grip on her throat, but it was UNBREAKABLE!!!!
TAP TAP TAP TAP!
Zack broke away from the other pursuers. He ran toward her, leaving the rest of the enemies behind without a second thought.
The enemy man's cruel smirk widened across his face.
WHHOOSHHH!
He spun Rugged Woman hard through the air. He threw her straight at Zack with devastating force.
Zack caught her. His broken arms screamed so loud the pain nearly blacked him out completely. He held on anyway, pulling her against his chest. His arms felt like they were being torn apart from the inside, but he didn't let go of her.
"HEHE!"
The enemy man was already diving at both of them. He ripped the knife free from his own forearm that made fresh blood gush. He stabbed it straight toward Rugged Woman's exposed body.
Zack, still holding her, shoved her sideways desperately with both broken arms.
"Kekek! One down!"
The enemy's smile was telling him that he had won, that it was futile to struggle anymore. Zack also knew that he couldn't defend himself anymore so he moved just a little…..
KKAACKKK! STAABB!!!!
The blade plunged deep into Zack's side abdomen instead of his vital point. It sank in to the hilt, the sharp part of knife tore his skin and placed himself inside of him, giving him burst of pain all together!!!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Zack's scream of pure agony filled the tunnel. It carried down every passage way, one of his hand shot to the enemy man's wrist on pure reflex. His eyes burned with fury as he stared straight into the man's face.
"KEKE! Sleep well, BOSS!!"
The enemy man started twisting the knife upward. He was trying to cause maximum damage. Trying to reach the heart. Trying to kill him while seeing him suffer until his last breath.
"OOOOFFFF!"
Zack couldn't breathe. The pain was everywhere. It crushed everything inside him. His lungs wouldn't work. His vision started going dark.
Then, slowly, Zack raised his other hand. His movements showed his futile struggle again….
PUUUFFF!
But suddenly he opened his closed fist, then he blew directly at the man's face.
"Huh?! AGGHH!!!"
SAND!!!!!! Straight into his eyes. Both of his eyes were completely useless!!!
He stumbled backward with unsteady steps. His body crashed hard onto the rough stone floor, landing heavily on his backside. His hands clawed frantically at his burning eyes, desperately trying to force them open against the stinging sand that had invaded every corner of his vision. The grains scraped against his eyeballs with every blink he attempted. Tears streamed down his face involuntarily as his body tried to flush out the foreign particles. His vision was completely gone, reduced to nothing but burning darkness and the sensation of a thousand tiny needles stabbing into his corneas.
Zack's hand found the knife handle buried in his side. He felt every centimetre of it. The cold material had turned warm from his own blood. He pressed his teeth together so hard his jaw ached. The pressure built behind his clenched teeth until he thought his molars might crack from the force.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
He pulled the knife out in one brutal, agonizing pull and hurled it toward the man. The blade left his hand slick with his own blood, spinning through the air in a crimson arc.
TAP TAP TAP!!!!!
Rugged Woman surged forward and snatched the spinning knife clean out of the air with her left hand. Her fingers closed around the handle with absolute precision despite the weapon's violent rotation.
WHOOSSHHH! KCCCKKKKKK!!!
"GGGOOOOOORRR! AAAKKKKKK! UUUUGGGGGG!"
The enemy man's hands flew to his throat. His fingers scrabbled desperately at the handle buried deep in his neck. Blood bubbled up around the embedded blade with each attempt he made to pull it free. His sand-filled eyes still couldn't open. The grains remained trapped beneath his eyelids, grinding against the sensitive tissue with every failed attempt to see. His legs went unsteady beneath him. His knees buckled as strength drained from his body along with the blood pumping from his severed arteries. His breathing became a wet, horrible sound. A gurgling wheeze that grew weaker with each passing second.
Then nothing...…..
THUMMPP!!!!
He dropped heavily to the ground. His body hit the stone floor with the solid weight of his body. Blood rushed out fast from his throat, spreading dark and wide across the stone floor beneath him. The pool expanded outward in all directions, seeking the lowest points in the uneven surface.
.
.
"HUFF HUFFF! BOSSSSS!!!!!"
Rugged Woman didn't give the dead man a single look. She ran straight to Zack, who was lying on the ground, and dropped to her knees beside him. The wound in his abdomen was brutal. The torn flesh gaped open obscenely. The blood had already started flowing out in steady pulses that matched his racing heartbeat.
"It's okay, Boss! You'll be okay!" Her voice shook with barely contained panic. Her hands shook even worse. She looked at the wound and then looked away because the sight made her heart hurt, and then looked back because she had to do something. She was completely unsure what to do first. Tears were already forming in her eyes, blurring her vision until she had to blink them away just to see clearly.
"SHEESS! I'm okay! He missed the vital point!" Zack gasped out, forcing his voice to sound stronger than he felt. Each word cost him a huge amount of pain. His breath came in short, sharp bursts. "LET'S GO! SOME, AAGHH! SOME PEOPLE WENT AHEAD! WE HAVE TO HURRY!"
He got the words out slowly, one at a time, pushing through each breath. He tried to keep her steady even while his own body screamed at him to stop moving and just lie there until the pain subsided.
"SNIIFF SNNIFF! OKAY, BOSSS! LET ME TREAT YOU A LITTLE THEN I WILL CARRY YOU! PUT SOME PRESSURE ON THE WOUND!"
Rugged Woman sniffled hard. Her nose was running from the tears. She gave a swift emergency treatment with the help of things she had in her pockets. Her fingers worked quickly despite their trembling. She pulled out cloth strips and pressed them against the worst of the bleeding. Then, without hesitating, she started unbuttoning her upper clothing with rapid, shaking fingers.
POP POP POP!
"HERE, USE THIS!"
She pulled her top clothes off and pressed it firmly into his hand. The fabric was still warm from her body heat. She guided his hand up over the wound herself, holding pressure until she was sure he had it. Her naked upper body came fully into his view. Bruised skin covered her torso. Sweat and blood mixed together, dripping down her chest in dark rivulets. The liquid ran beneath the curve of her breasts, disappearing into her cleavage. Zack's eyes twitched seeing this, but she wasn't thinking about any of it. Her mind was focused entirely on keeping him alive. Her eyes were only on his wound, checking his color, checking the blood, watching his breathing to make sure it stayed steady.
"I'm sorry," Zack said quietly. Despite everything, despite the pain radiating through his entire core, his eyes moved across her bruised, exposed body. He couldn't help it.
"Hehe, don't worry, Boss! I'll get my revenge on you someday! Hehe!" Rugged Woman smirked at him with tears still drying on her cheeks. The expression was forced but genuine from her side…... She carefully positioned herself in front of him, crouching low. She let him climb onto her back. His weight settled against her. Then she stood up.
OW!!
Her shoulder protested loudly with a sharp flare of pain that shot down her entire arm. She gritted her teeth and swallowed it down. The pain didn't matter. Getting him out alive mattered. Then she started running as fast as she could carry both of them.
Her breasts bounced hard with every running step she took. They were barely contained inside her bra. The thin fabric struggled to hold them in place. Occasionally they nearly spilled free from it because of the violent motion of her sprint. Zack, pressed close against her naked back, found his eyes drifting there even though his sides were burning from pain. In all this he felt the warmth of her body against his. The scent of her sweat. The way her muscles moved beneath her skin.
"Boss, stop staring! It's making me feel weird!"
She felt his growing bulge pressing against her lower back. The hardness was unmistakable even through his clothing. She smiled knowingly to herself and kept running without missing a single step. Her legs pumped steadily. Her breathing found a rhythm that let her maintain the pace.
"Aren't you the one who seduced me? Why are you shy now?" Zack stopped looking and closed his eyes. He focused hard on staying conscious through the pain radiating through his body. The wound pulled with every step she took. Each impact of her feet against the ground sent fresh waves of agony through his torn abdomen.
"HEHE, BECAUSE I'M NOT A WHORE ANYMORE! I AM A WOMAN WHO LOVES HER BOSS! HEHEHE!"
She glanced back once over her shoulder. The pursuers were still there, but they were far back now. Distant shapes struggling to keep up with her pace. She faced forward and pushed herself harder. Her powerful legs drove through the dark, cold, slightly windy tunnel. She carried them both deeper into the passage, chasing down the remaining enemy who had gone ahead.
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AUTHOR BLABBERING
Tomorrow is a public holiday here, which means I finally get a little extra time to myself. I'm debating..... should I spend it at home writing more chapters, or maybe just relax and play some pc games? Honestly, both sound tempting!
What about you guys? How do you like to spend your free time? Do you play games, or do you prefer something else to unwind? I'd love to hear your thoughts—it always makes me happy to know what readers enjoy outside of reading.
Stay safe, stay healthy, and most importantly… keep smiling! 🌟
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