Ugh. UGH. Ugh. This was so BORING. Matt banged his head against his busted bike, grunting in frustration. Stakeouts? He could handle. They were boring, but at least he needed to be keeping watch the whole time. Lying low while some misguided hero or the rare uniform did a sweep and moved on? Easy as fuck and never lasted this fucking long.
Point was, Matt was patient, but waiting in the middle of a desert in jeans leaning against a black bike in 110 degree weather quickly fucking wore on his nerves.
He closed his eyes, bringing one of the many water bottles he’d packed up to his lips. Luckily he wasn’t a complete dumbass and packed plenty of water, which he drank sparingly just in case. He was seriously regretting not bringing sunscreen, however, especially since he could fucking feel his skin burning in this heat. With one of his trademark dramatic sighs, Matt opened his eyes and, uh, froze.
There it was.
His right hand twitched, itching for his gun, but the beast was too far away at this point. If he was gonna do this, he needed to get a clean shot the first time. There was no way that he’d survive if he missed and it got pissed off. Instead of doing something stupid like that, Matt widened his eyes and opened his mouth just so, adopting a look of suitable pants-wetting terror. He scrambled back a little bit, knocking over his bike, just for effect, crawling over the sweltering and still smoking metal to crouch behind it, as if that would do him any good if the beast decided to actually attack.
“D-don’t get any closer!” He shouted, letting a hysterical note pitch his voice up an octave. His hands shook against the smooth black metal, seemingly resting over the side of his bike as if he could lift it up and throw it if the beast got too close. In reality, his hands were just resting over his gun. Waiting.
As the beast approached, Matt could see that it was trying to move slowly, as if it wouldn’t attack at the slightest provocation. He narrowed his eyes, his suspicion real, as he tracked its movements closer and closer. Logically, he knew that it was probably here to save him, if the rumors were true. His posture and slow approach seemed to suggest that. But if this was a creature who’d been lurking around the edges of the city for as long as it had there was no way that it was content to just save random strangers and stop the odd robbery without snacking on tourists now and again on the side.
“What do you want?” Matt whispered, his eyes wide but hands shaking less now, letting some wonder lace into the fear present coming from his cracked lips. As if he were warming up to the idea of some cryptid surrounded in myth and rumor come up to him lost in the desert to either save him or eat him. “Saving” him seemed more and more likely the longer it took for it to attack, but he still wasn’t buying it.
Once the mutt was close enough that Matt was pretty sure he felt the air around him kick up by another ten degrees (although that could have been adrenaline or the sunburn talking), he grabbed his gun in a practiced movement and shot. His gun was a custom-made rifle, powerful enough to take down a giant mutant bear, loaded with blessed silver bullets that’d been forged with holy water because he wasn’t taking any fucking chances that this thing was impervious to good old fashion bullets. It left its hiding place on the side of his bike with a quiet snick that was drowned out by the loud bang less than a second later. He was a pretty good shot, but he wasn’t aiming to kill unless the thing lunged. He’d been aiming for incapacitating it first.
Point was, Matt was patient, but waiting in the middle of a desert in jeans leaning against a black bike in 110 degree weather quickly fucking wore on his nerves.
He closed his eyes, bringing one of the many water bottles he’d packed up to his lips. Luckily he wasn’t a complete dumbass and packed plenty of water, which he drank sparingly just in case. He was seriously regretting not bringing sunscreen, however, especially since he could fucking feel his skin burning in this heat. With one of his trademark dramatic sighs, Matt opened his eyes and, uh, froze.
There it was.
His right hand twitched, itching for his gun, but the beast was too far away at this point. If he was gonna do this, he needed to get a clean shot the first time. There was no way that he’d survive if he missed and it got pissed off. Instead of doing something stupid like that, Matt widened his eyes and opened his mouth just so, adopting a look of suitable pants-wetting terror. He scrambled back a little bit, knocking over his bike, just for effect, crawling over the sweltering and still smoking metal to crouch behind it, as if that would do him any good if the beast decided to actually attack.
“D-don’t get any closer!” He shouted, letting a hysterical note pitch his voice up an octave. His hands shook against the smooth black metal, seemingly resting over the side of his bike as if he could lift it up and throw it if the beast got too close. In reality, his hands were just resting over his gun. Waiting.
As the beast approached, Matt could see that it was trying to move slowly, as if it wouldn’t attack at the slightest provocation. He narrowed his eyes, his suspicion real, as he tracked its movements closer and closer. Logically, he knew that it was probably here to save him, if the rumors were true. His posture and slow approach seemed to suggest that. But if this was a creature who’d been lurking around the edges of the city for as long as it had there was no way that it was content to just save random strangers and stop the odd robbery without snacking on tourists now and again on the side.
“What do you want?” Matt whispered, his eyes wide but hands shaking less now, letting some wonder lace into the fear present coming from his cracked lips. As if he were warming up to the idea of some cryptid surrounded in myth and rumor come up to him lost in the desert to either save him or eat him. “Saving” him seemed more and more likely the longer it took for it to attack, but he still wasn’t buying it.
Once the mutt was close enough that Matt was pretty sure he felt the air around him kick up by another ten degrees (although that could have been adrenaline or the sunburn talking), he grabbed his gun in a practiced movement and shot. His gun was a custom-made rifle, powerful enough to take down a giant mutant bear, loaded with blessed silver bullets that’d been forged with holy water because he wasn’t taking any fucking chances that this thing was impervious to good old fashion bullets. It left its hiding place on the side of his bike with a quiet snick that was drowned out by the loud bang less than a second later. He was a pretty good shot, but he wasn’t aiming to kill unless the thing lunged. He’d been aiming for incapacitating it first.
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