Dancing With Hyenas

Crynn POV

RAUGR RAUGR

Argh, so noisy, what the hell is making that sound. Suddenly O'Connell stood up, pulling both his revolvers out and disabled its safety, "Hyenas! Evelyn, Jonathan, Hassan go hide behind the camels! Avter come with me!" Oooh Hyenas huh, I just want to rest and hyenas just decide to pick this time to come.

Also, why do you call me to accompany and have the three go hide, "Oh, don't give me that look Avter, I know you're the other 'professional' on this team beside me," Tch glib tongue. "What can you tell me of hyenas in the desert," O'Connell looked at me funny, What? "You went out to find Hamunaptra and didn't know anything about hyenas."

Now, those words make me look bad, "And so what if," I crossed my arms and raised my head, what if! "Well, anyone going to the desert not knowing of the dangers, must have masochistic tendencies," Ouch, that hurt right in the heart, "Well! What can you tell me then!"

RAUGR RAUGR a pack of ten hyenas stood menacingly over the sand dunes, fierce black eyes overlook us with bloodlust, "Anytime now O'Connell, what can you tell me," I brought my Mle. 1950 out and took safeties off. I fear that using a sword would limit my mobility as any four legged predators would surely be fast and swinging around a long sword wouldn't help much.

"Hyenas are known as the top predators in the African dessert, they nocturnal beings able to kill anyone with just a single bit to the neck without any skin tear, I've only ever seen a pack of 5, this time we're in deep trouble," I looked to my left, sweat tingled down O'Connell's forehead, if he's sweating, it means this is a truly dangerous situation.

"What should we..." DOR DOR without a tinge of warning, O'Connell shot both revolvers at the front fierce hyena. Whining after being shot, the hyena quickly growled and the others ran into action. "What did you do that for!" I shouted at the man responsible for this. "Downing the alpha of the pack is a way to strategically weaken the hyenas."

Ok, so that's the alpha, now only 9 hyenas to kill. I brought both hands up and aimed with the iron sights a hyena jumping in the distance. DOR! The hyena jumped just in time for the shot to miss and the recoil in this gun is seriously no joke. DOR! Miss again, the hyena brought up its paws, dodging the second bullet.

"Don't waste bullets, never use a pistol against hyenas in a long distance, their too agile for the shots to hit!" O'Connell warned me and moved around, bracing for the hyenas' attack. No guns for longer distanced, right, the last I want to do is revealing my magic, that can't happen. I don't want anyone questioning things so early in the movie.

First hyena just in front, "Ready yourself," O'Connell shouted and shot the first shot towards a hyena on the left, and I got to deal with the leading hyena. Aiming with my iron sights which are significantly lows a gun's accuracy in compared to laser sights, I fired my third shot DOR! With 6 shots remaining in my mag, the bullet travels slower than the speed of sound, and cuts the cheek of the hyena.

Unwavered, the hyena continues to charge. Shite, I never thought of hyenas as being so resilient and fierce, this time I miscalculated and underestimated the enemy. Out of reflex, I did the thing that every army in the world would forbid, dropping your gun in the middle of the battle on sandy ground.

The Hyena has opened its mouth and aimed at the bottom of my neck, this will not happen! I closed thy own eyes, pulled my sword and with the force of pressure, energy of the swinging hand, and the heat from the friction combined, CLASH! I opened my eyes so I could see, the stream of red blood on my sides and the decapitated head of a hyena.

I went and stretched for my gun, "No! Don't bother picking your gun up, with the gun dropped on the sand, its firing mechanism will be filled with it. Once you shoot the gun, it will likely explode. Of course, how can I forget, dropping a gun on a surface of dirt, water or sand will ruin the gun unless cleaned up.

No choice, no choice, the sword is what I'll use, this a bad situation I've befallen myself in. "O'Connell! How many left!" I shouted while staying alert, pacing my head left, right, front and back, you never know where the hyenas will attack. "Six remaining!" Six, six is a good number, its definetly a good number.

"Be on your best alert! Hyenas are also known for its pincer or three pronged attacks," great this is definitely great, pincer attacks I can hopefully manage, while three prongs, lets see how it goes. Now sweat is dripping off my back, this is more stressful than doing high school physics homeworks.

There must be something that could be done against these hyenas. pincers and three prongs are too dangerous and the risk levels are above high. Lastly, when did hyenas get so smart on strategies. Think, think, this is bad, continue thinking. Something that can disrupt formations, disrupt movements, disrupt eyesight. THINK! Suddenly as if God gave me his graces, a mental lightbulb lighted in my brain. AHA!

I dropped my 'pouch' on the ground and opened it, "it should be here somewhere," I hurriedly spread my hands everywhere trying to look for a specific item, where is it. "Avter! What are you doing!" O'Connell shouted with a rushed voice, gun shots ringing from him. I got to do this fast!

Search, search, search, jar of poison, platter of sandwiches, some clothing, a big cylindrical tube? A big RED cylindrical tube! "Found it!" I pulled the tube out and displayed it to the night sky, the moonlight shone on it, displaying its red metallic skin with lustrous blue glow. I grabbed the handle and pulled the hose.

Three hyenas, one big red tube, my mouth turned smug, let's see what this can do!