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It's dead, she's surmised, as she racked her weapon again. I found my handgun and used

the light to make my way to where Samantha stood over the now dead animal.

The hell was it, I managed? Staring in disbelief at the bloody heat that slowly was sliding

back down the hill. My mind seemed strangely incapable of processing what I just seen.

Samantha opened her mouth to say something, but was cut short. From somewhere far below,

there was a soul freezing howl. It drifted high and long into the night air, and just as

it died, a second one answered.

More, I said, fear, welling inside me. Crap, she hissed, and pulled the radio free.

Dad, hurry, one down, there's more coming, she said, in a rush. There was a wash of

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