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Blank. My mind was blank. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't remember a single thing outside the lay of the outside land. The name William Borgastiene sounded so familiar to me and I couldn't connect William Borgastiene to Hawkeye Bill. I knew the information was important I just couldn't remember why. I was starting to get desperate to escape as the area of Šume Smrti that we where currently headed through would put us within sight of the tree opposite of the tree I had originally been spotted in.

For some unknown reason we didn't make the trip in a straight line but moved more through the east side of Šume Smrti always avoiding going through the dead center of Šume 

Smrti and always more than 800 acres from the edge of the dead center of Šume Smrti. This alone made me nervous as I had been through that ENTIRE area and never once came across any reason to avoid it as avidly as my captor was.

Knowing the kind of man I knew Hawkeye Bill to be, the thought that there was something within that area to make HIM avoid it terrified me. And yet it left me curious as to why even though I had been through that entire area before, I found no reason to avoid it. So this unorthodox route had me on edge. I knew my journey was about to come to the end with my death at the hands of my uncle.

Suddenly I recognized the tree off to my right. Another mark left by myself. My escape route. I had several placed all over Šume Smrti but this was the closest one I have managed to get to. Gathering my courage and choking on my fear, I made my desperate attempt to flee. Stopping suddenly, I spun around and kicked, aiming right for his balls.

Hawkeye was caught off guard. So wrapped up in a self induced sour mood of guard dog to his prisoner and unable to harm him, that the attack caught Hawkeye Bill completely unawares and unfortunately Bill ended up getting a boot to the taint by yours truly.

I hit him with such force, that Hawkeye became a literal hawk as he went squawking backwards as he gained air and was lifted up off his feet. Spinning around once more, I sprinted towards the tree that marked my escape route. That's when I heard the strange sound. Almost like a muffled thwmp. Then 

my whole body jerked and I was engulfed in white hot pain. My vision went red then black.

Last thing I remembered before losing consciousness was feeling my body hit the ground. Then the darkness completely enveloped me.