Escape from Endeavor
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Craig screamed as the creature pulled the rest of its body mass onto his head, quickly covering his entire face and neck, muffling his screams.
The rest of the men jumped to their feet and ran to Craig to see why he was screaming. They got to him in time to see him grab at the creature on his face only to have his hands become covered with the black, oily substance. Charlie Kenny reached to grab Craig’s arm or do something to help but Alan pulled him away before he got too close. Thomas yelled at them all to get away from Craig. Gabe Neal and Alan had to pull Charlie to get him to move. The horror of the scene had mesmerized him. Arnold slowly collected his canteen and walked past Thomas. Thomas shouldered his rifle and shot Craig, ending his suffering before turning and jogging past the others.
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The creature felt the burn of the bullet as it disrupted his body. It hurt him a little, but not much. It was more annoyed that the bullet had stopped the strong flow of emotions coming from his victim. The human’s fear and terror had tasted so good; now all it had was the flesh to consume. The man was fairly large so it would take a few days for the little creature to finish eating him, then the creature would have to start hunting all over again.