"Head back into the truck." The Officer requested. "If you wish to die, then stay where you are. I'll make sure to bury you after."
[Not questioning, Barrel rushes to the back of the truck.]
[The approaching light halts and remains still. At a distance, the sound of a door opening and closing is heard. A figure moving ever so closely shades the light that shines upon The Officer, Barrel, The Kid, Jason, and the truck.]
"Mind explaining why I caught up to you?" The mysterious Man voice: deep, unsettling, and robust. His height reaches above The Officer's height just by a couple of centimeters.
"Didn't you hear what I said on the radio? I would hate to repeat what I reported for repetition is highly despised within the ranks."
"About Face."
[The Officer doesn't comply.]
"About Face."
The Man's patience begins to wane away due to The Officer's ignorance, "Perhaps you need a little presentation of the undisciplined."
[The mysterious Man walks up to a tree and clenches his fist. Without any preparation, he lunges his entire body to the tree and strikes it with a blow just as his fist was capable of reaching the bark. The tree splits in half from the devastating punch. The sounds of timber raining down to the floor shake the ground ever so slightly.]
[The Man then strikes the fallen tree, separating the branches up top. All that remains of the tree: left without roots and branches.]
[The mysterious Man moves towards The Officer. The tree in his right hand, looking face-to-face.]
"Pretend my right hand is holding a neck. Now imagine my left hand is holding the head of the neck." The Man twists his left hand to where splinters and chunks split off of the trunk. Two separate chunks of the tree now lay on both hands of The Man.
[Immediately, The Man moves behind The Officer, who is still facing the building that is in front of him.]
His voice now hardened and threatening, "About face: deputy!"
[The Man notices that the back of the truck is open. Most concerning of all, it only has three people inside. Carol: the one who is not present is still out in the woods.]
The Man raises his arm and points at the truck, "(I.C #4 - L). The cargo holder that was responsible for transporting the four captured deviants. The cargo holder YOU were assigned to." In a panic, The Officer turns to The Man, "Four. Explain to me why I only see three?"
[The Officer is about to explain but is reeled in front of The Man by a stronger magnetizing pull.]
The Man's voice: now entirely separate from his previous tone, "Where! Where is the other deviant?!" His spit landed on The Officer's helmet.
[The Officer drops to the floor after The Man ceases his magnetic hold on him.]
"This is (Unit C#61/D-19). We are in Code Blue! I repeat, Code Blue! Vehicle (I.C #4 - L] does not possess the four deviants. One is currently missing. Request a search team in my immediate area!"
The Officer begs, "Wait! Damn it, wait! You overreactive child, the other deviant is still here! She's not gone! I know where she went!"
The Man forcefully stomps on The Officer's face to the ground, "You're finished! Do you hear? You're done!"
Even with a broken jaw, The Officer manages to speak but speaks weakly, "She's... she's in the forest..."
[The Man holds The Officer by his neck with his right hand: blood and saliva leaking onto his hands that flows from The Officer's mouth.]
[The Man then puts his left hand on The Officer's head.]
The Man smiles at The wounded Officer, "Consider yourself discharged!"
[Within mere moments, the sounds of surrounding trees moving shift The Man's focus.]
Facing towards the building: on the right side, Carol emerges from the trees, "Stop, Stop! I'm here! I'm here!"
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