Protect that which is beautiful

Summary

A story from the POV of hunter who is captivated by the survivor named Zoey, after seeing her the hunter decides it must do all it can to help her avoid its infected brethren, though it proves challenging when she wants him dead, as does her group, but the hunter only takes a another challenge to overcome…

Takes place during the 'No Mercy' campaign

Chapter 1: enter the hunter mind

3rd person view

A lone hunter jumped from a roof to another, its landings nearly soundless to the human ears, his black hooded sweater torn and worn from his life as a infected "a special infected…" the hunter noted to himself as he prowled the roof tops looking for a way to feed himself, eating other infected was enough, but they tasted awful, this hunter needed warm, untainted human flesh to slate his hunger to the fullest, his grey eyes looked over the city, he had run low on humans since some time ago, they were scarce now, most likely dead or turned.

Slowly the hunter heard the distant sobbing of a sister infected…

Hunter POV

I heard it run over the distance, the sobbing of a sister infected, a sad creature who did not wish to kill, but never allowed others close enough to her, only her brothers, she wished loneliness for herself, slowly I turned to her direction where her crying came from, then, a gust of wind carried a smell into my nostrils, my eyes snapped open at the familiar scent "untainted humans…" my mind registered and I licked my lips, my hunger had not been sated for awhile now, since my transformation, I had lost all sense of time and memory "heh…I don't even remember my name" I thought bitterly as I turned to the scent, suddenly a yell and scream of my sister broke into the night, the howls of my infected brothers following, they had found the humans! "I'll be damned if they take my food from me!!!" I thought angrily as I leapt from my perch on the roof and onto the ground with little sound, quickly breaking into a run I focused on the hunt.

Several minutes later

"stick together!" I turned to the corner and stopped, my brothers were crowding the narrow passage, gritting my sharpened teeth in annoyance I looked to the roof, jumping on a pipe I began my ascent, suddenly a roar of a long tongue came, so, I had competition for my meal "no matter, I am not the hunter for no reason" I thought smugly as made it to the top "Hang on!" a loud shot echoed and the dying scream of the long tongue informed me this prey was more adept at defending themselves then most, quickly and quietly I snuck to the edge and saw the humans holding her their ground fairly well against my weaker brothers and sisters, I tilted my head when the female threw a blinking red object, immediately my brothers and sisters followed it and clawed at it "a decoy perhaps?" I asked myself mentally, till suddenly my brothers and sisters were engulfed in flames and the loudest noise came from the object, I flinched as my ears felt a sting of pain.

I looked again and saw my brothers and sisters reduced to nothing "not a decoy, a trap, clever…" were my fascinated thoughts, this prey was truly a challenge, suddenly the whirling of a flying machine made its way over head, I looked up and was briefly puzzled as to why a machine was here, this city was abandoned to us infected, where any who stayed were turned or killed to slate our hunger, suddenly, I saw my chance, the dark one had split from the group and was running after the machine "odd thing to do…" were my thoughts, he could not fly, so why chase it? Shaking my head to clear it I growled lowly and leapt after him, he really was determined to escape his fate, but he was foolish to run into area, grabbing a ledge I prepared to jump him, I would have to make this quick, briefly I noticed a blinking machine near him, I would have to be careful of that otherwise my brethren would come running and might challenge me for my meat.

"damnit!" the human swore as I smirked under my hood and leapt, he slowly turned and his eyes widened in shock as I reached him, knocking him to the ground and sliding somewhat we came to a halt and I slashed his rib quickly with my right, bringing my left down I slashed across his chest, but his bones took the impact "just die!" I thought annoyed as I hissed in annoyance as he tried to fight me off to his wasted attempts, I raised my right clawed hand and licked my lips "this should do, I'll aim for his neck" I thought, that would kill the human quickly and quietly, suddenly I was knocked off my prey by someone, I turned and was met with metal entering my body, tearing my flesh.

Hissing and growling in pain as my enemy continued their assault, it stopped, I was on the blinking machine, I looked at the dark one and he was looking and pointing a weapon at me, it was then and there I knew my life and purpose had ended…

'Click'

He gasped and looked at the weapon "it was empty! Perfect" I thought as I quickly kicked my other attacker away, with a soft grunt I turned and saw I had kicked the female, but then for a few seconds time stood still, I had only caught of glimpse of her face, but what I did see was flawless, if not a little dirt covered, her brown eyes seemed stunned as she fell back and her hair was well kept, despite her situation as a surviving human, suddenly a word, one word floated to my head and was engraved into my mind "beautiful…" but it did not last, she was recovered and about to take aim before I quickly brought a closed fist onto the machine, it began making that painful sound, I hissed in pain but she also gasped and fired at me, I managed to dodge and broke into a run for another narrow passage, I was in no condition to hunt, she had wounded me, badly, and the howls of my brethren were getting louder, slowly I leaned my head past the corner and saw them grouping together.

The one who stunned was too far for me to see her clearly, I hissed in annoyance as more of my brethren came running, but then I heard it, the growls and roar of my most feared and brutal brother, a titan, I turned sharply and saw it ripping through anything in its path its growls and roars all spilling one word 'kill' it charged by me and rushed the survivors, I then knew they were finished, no one survived my titan brothers wrath, I turned to leave, but a feeling stopped me, as wounded as I was, I thought it was the pain, but if came from my chest, where my heart was, I felt something "regret? Sadness? Pity? What is this?" my thoughts were interrupted as loud shots were echoing, I smirked "they chose to fight" I said, but to ay human it was a growl and some hisses.

My brothers roar echoed and I suddenly found myself climbing into the roof via a pipe, I quickly reached the top and chased the sounds, I ended up above the chase, they were being chased relentlessly, I leapt and landed on another building and saw her, the human female who stunned me, she was climbing to reach the roof tops on a metal staircase, it was then her group followed, the warrior stood his ground and waited for my titan brother, I smirked "brave, but foolish" I thought amused as I leapt closer to the female, she didn't notice it seemed as she continued shooting down at my brethren, I kept my breathing low as to not create a growl or hiss, slowly I could smell her, she smelt of sweat and blood, but the sweet scent underneath made its way into my nose as well, and I felt at peace, so much I almost allow a hiss of relaxation, catching my mistake I shook my head and stared at her one last time before turning and leaving quietly her yells to her group followed.

Then I froze as her scream echoed and I turned sharply to see her nearly falling off onto the ground and my titan brother, instantly I stood up and growled, before breaking into a sprint and leaping at her, she gasped I landed beside her and grabbed her back and tossed her to her group, but not before I took a good smell of her scent "Zoey!" the dark one yelled as my titan brother roared and the metal stairs gave way to our weight, falling I turned over and when my titan brother hit the ground he was silenced, I saw the ground coming faster, when I hit I fell into darkness…

End of chapter 1.

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