Chp 122 - Strutting Peacock

“Over here! I found her!"

Lieutenant Matteo called to his men as he looked up at the oak tree in front of him.

Recently shed leaves could be seen surrounding the tree, including a gap in the branches that suggested a recent disturbance.

The source of the disturbance could be seen hanging unconscious in the tree.

Still unconscious and her faces full of bruises, Colonel Aguillar lay upside down from the tree. She was held in place by two thick branches.

One of the branches had a spike that had plunged into her lower abdomen.

The spike was as much what was holding her in place as the branches.

“Oh my God,” Lieutenant Matteo muttered when he saw the spike.

The footsteps of his men resounded behind him.

They were fewer than they were when they alighted the half-torn jet.

None of the scientists survived and he had lost five more men since they started searching for the thrown colonel.

Strange beasts had accosted them and despite their training and battle-hard experience, they had lost horri

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