-I know you are there!!! 

W... Wait, where I am? This isn't the place where I was lying seconds ago. What the hell is happening? 

My hands are covered in blood, it is not mine, it is way darker than human blood, the only part of my body that is hurt is my foot, but I don't feel any pain. It's cold, my body... it feels heavy.... I can't breathe. I can't! I can't breathe! 

The Cats on my pockets ran away, I can see their marked paws in the snow. I have to stand up, I need to stand up! I'm trying to breathe from my mouth, but no matter how hard I try, it is not working! Even if I put my fucking hands on my jaw and start to open it, I can't breathe. 

My foot tore. I grab the belt with my left hand and with the right one I grab my foot, I put it together to the leg and start surrounding it with the belt.

-AHHH!!! AHH!!! -A lot of blood starts to fall, but as soon as I made strength, it stopped falling. It felt as if the water demon was still biting me. 

Alright, alright. Calm down... Breath, breath. Uff...

Fuck... I... What the hell just happened? The Cat Prince...the demon dog... did... Did all those things really happen? 

No, I'm pretty sure the demon dog was real. There's... Ohh... I fainted when I saw the Cat Prince face to face, but this doesn't explain why I'm covered in demon blood. I can't remember... Did I just come here on a sleepwalking episode? God, I can't... How much time has passed? It is already dark, the snow started to fall along the rain. It was impossible to see anything, it was worse than fog. 

I better keep moving. I'll use the sniper rifle as a support, in case of anything I have the knife and pistol. The better option will be follow the river in order to get back to the cave. But, was it on north? East? South...? It is hard to tell, it feels like the wind is blowing everywhere, the snow started to fly around. The wound started to burn so much that it made me fall to the snow again. I try to stand up, but the wind pushed me against a tree, a bunch of snow falls to my head... Everything starts to get dizzy... 

No! No, son of a bitch! If I didn't die on the river nor the fucking demons, then I ain't dying from hypothermia! 

I try to stand up, the sniper rifle starts to feel heavier, it is impossible to continue with it on my back, but, if I leave it here, a demon with enough intelligence could take it, so trowing it to the water is also discarded. 

The wind starts to get more strong, the vest is protecting my backbone from breaking, but it still hurts. My foot starts to bleed again. What's that at the distance? Is approaching to...

-Agh! -A giant branch hits me on the throat, the fucking wind and branch teamed up and starts to choke me. I draw the knife and turn it on, it starts to let go a light, giving me the signal to cut the branch. A careless move. A piece of branch falls to my foot. -AHH!!! Fuck! -I try to grab the piece of stick, but the wind puffs me back to the river. 

It's so cold... I think I'm going to die... 

I open my eyes, I got stuck on two rocks from the double of my size. I lost the knife. In front of me there's snow, it is similar to the place where the cave was, excepting the road was more width, a solid place where I can put a foot on. So I put my right foot on the rock and... -AHHH!!! SHIT! I forgot! -I slowly start to fall back to the water, but with my both hands I luckily managed to grab myself from the rock. Trembling and after thinking about it for a couple of minutes, I drop the sniper rifle to the water after shooting it with the pistol and I start to sway in the direction of the snow. 

 

-Grah! It's him! That's the one that was with the demon and the one that shot me! I recognize the smell of blood! -A demoniac voice came from my back. 

I don't even want to look behind.

-A Sinny soldier working with a demon... Looks like they are finally using their brain. -A human? His voice is soft, or I hear it like that because the river won't let me hear very well. 

-Ngh... -I try to contain the groan of pain when a drop of blood fell from my foot. The rock covers from the blood. I have to jump now, there's a high possibility of me losing conscience again, and, I don't think I'll be able to handle a third one.

-Hey pal! What're you doing over there?! You're hurt! -A second voice appeared.

-NO! Why you are talking to him?! He wanted to kill me! -Are they... with the demon dog?

-Manish, what did you do that made him attack you? 

-Nothing! I did nothing! Just watching! Like I was told to do! 

The wind starts to get harder, just like before. Ah, shit, shit. 

-Sure... Welp, you know what to do. Go get him... uh... wolf? 

-Med.

-Mmm?

Now! 

I give a jump, my foot touches the cold water, it burns.

-I don't think Manish will make it on time... -I almost get dragged back to the water by the flowing. 

-Oh... 

I need to get out of here. I need to get the fuck out of here! 

I drag myself a little away from the water, and finally decide to look behind and... Green. They're from Koty encampment. There's a medic, an artilleryman, and for last the demon dog. But now that I see it well... he's a machine imitating the behavior from a demon dog, he has parts of a demon dog too... his arteries are visible, though they look like cables, muscles, real demon dog fur is covering half of his body... I probably got confused by his head, it is just like the one of a real one... 

-What're you waiting for? Go get him. 

-No! 

-Don't worry, Light. I'll go get him. He's probably going to faint by the time I arrive to his position, so, please, I need my bag. 

-Here. 

-Thank you.

I look to the inferior part of my body. The snow got covered in blood. If that guy who's getting close to me tries anything, I'll kill him with the rock at my left. No, the smart thing to do will be to use him as a shield against the others. 

The man jumps to the rocks, his hands almost slipped. He's determinated. Ah... What was I even thinking about? I can trust them, I had the idea of receiving their help a day ago. But... if they found about what happened to the others... What if they found out about me activating their K.B.O.? Shit. No, no, no! I can't trust anyone! 

I stand up, crushing the bone, I move it back to its position with a kick from my other foot, making it bleed even more, I contain myself from falling, trying to fucking ignore the pain. It is hard to keep myself like this, but I'm not going to take any risks. 

I put my hand on the pocket of my vest and... 

-Stop there! The both of you! -He's pointing at me. The Medic stopped and glared at me. 

I pull out a syringe I stole from Akira when he took a nap, filled with adrenaline and...

-Kitt!!! 

Shit.