Hunter Adagio by Sal Monela

>You are anon
>Adagio flirts with you and you flirt back
>She invites you to go have some outdoors fun outside the city
>She gives you instructions on how to find the place you are supposed to meet
>"No GPS, city boy. You'll be using azimuth. Think of it as a test." she says with a wink
>You follow Adagio's instructions and find seven other guys in a clearing
"Fucking..."
>You wanted to camp with Adagio, not a sausage squad
>Hell, Adagio isn't even here
>You talk with eachother and compare stories
>You were all invited by Adagio in the same manner
>"We've been had!" says one of the guys and leaves even though it's starting to get dark
>A car arrives some minutes later
>Adagio comes out and does a head count
>"Someone is missing."
>"There was a guy but he left because you stood us up." says one of the guys
>"Hmph. I'll find him later. The rest of you. Would you like to have sex with me?"
>The guys voice their eagerness and you can almost hear their blood rushing to their dicks
>"Good. Take off your clothes."
>You all undress for the upcoming gangbang, though most are awkward about getting naked around other men
>"Good boys." says Adagio as she inspects your naked bodies
>So far she hasn't left her car's side
>She reaches inside and pulls out a hunting rifle
>"The rules are simple. Survive until morning or overpower me and you will get to have sex with me. If you do anything else, I'll shoot you."
>Adagio puts a cigarette in her mouth and lights it up
>"You have a cigarette's worth of head start."
>"Oh yeah? Why not rush you now?" says a brazen lad
>Adagio shoots him square in the chest without a word
>*Pow*
>The lad falls dead
>"Jesus!"
>"You killed him!"
>"The bitch is crazy!"
>"You are two packmates down, which means I'll have more time for the rest of you." says Adagio with feigned indifference
>She is annoyed the pack is so dim-witted this time
>You all run away
>"Finally."
>The sticks and rocks littering the wilderness hurt your feet
>You follow another guy at first, probably driven by the instict of safety in numbers, then scatter after you think about it rationally
>One of the guys trips on a tree root, destroying his toes and landing on his knee
>He howls in pain and then begs for help
>"No! Wait! Please don't leave me! She is going to kill me!"
>You try hard to ignore his pleas. He is dead already and you had nothing to do with it
>You do nothing. Instead you run and run for dear life on your hurting feet
>A gunshot sounds throughout the wildreness like the toiling of an ominous bell a few minutes later
>You did nothing. There's nothing you could had done, or so you keep telling yourself
>Adagio sets her sights on her next potential mate
>A pale skinnyfat man
>She chases him through the woods
>The flora scrapes his skin as he runs. Branches hit him in the face
>He has no time to be stop. No time to be careful
>Adagio is right behind him, taunting him and laughing as she pursues him towards the highway so as to get a good shot
>"Run! Run, filthy animal! I can see your pale hide in the dark!"
>The man exits through the bushes and into the highway
>*Beeeeeep!*
>He freezes in front of a car's headlights, wide-eyed and blinded
>The car hits him and sends him flying
>Adagio stays back among the bushes, lingering enough to make sure the pale guy is dead
>A college couple comes out of the car and freaks out
>"Oh my god, you killed him!"
>"Shutup shutup shutup!"
>"Still counts as mine." Adagio thinks to herself as she sneaks away
>......
>You stop to rest and listen to your surroundings for the fifth time
>Your feet are burning, and not just from the running
>You wince as you rub them to clear the debris off
>The wetness in your hands means that your feet are bleeding
>You curse aloud
>You curse the wilderness, you curse, Adagio, you curse yourself
>You wish you were gay right now, because none of this would had happened to you
"Dammit, dammit, dammit! Oh crap, oh shit!"
>Your breakdown is interrupted by a rustling in the bushes
>You freeze and the colour of life leaves your face
"She has found me!..." you whisper to yourself
>You are almost stupified when a non-human head pokes out
>It's a mountain lion!
>The lion growls at you and emerges fully from the bushes as you take a few steps back
>It lowers it's body in preparation for a pounce
>This is it. Your life ends here, at the jaws of a carnivore who will gut and maul you to death
>*click!*
>A bullet seems almost preferable now
>Adagio jumps out of the bushes, screaming
>She brings the gunstock down on the startled mountain lion's face and then kicks it in the ribs
>"Mine! My prey!" she screams at the feline
>You dart away with everything you've got while she's busy
>Adagio sends the lion packing, but not before it tears the sleeve off of her jacket
>"Son of a bitch!" she curses as she clears her jammed rifle
>Her jacket is ruined and her prey got away
>She tries to sense the area around her and spots a dim campfire
>It's a safe bet that if her prey has noticed it, he has gone that way
>A few minutes later she is proven right, only instead of you she finds the other guy left
>He is frantically trying to explain his situation to a family of campers who are too bewildered to make sense of the naked man's gibbering
>"I'm going to get shot! Help! Help me!"
>"Get the hell away from them!" commands Adagio as she steps into the clearing
>She shoulders her rifle and aims at him
>The man yelps and starts to run away
>As soon as he gives her a clear shot, she takes it
>*Pow!*
>The man falls dead
>The family's daughter screams and starts crying
>"Is everyone okay? Did he hurt you?" asks Adagio with fake concern
>She checks the girl for wounds real quick and "explains" the situation to the family
>"I'm from the nearby asylum. This man was a dangerous rapist and murderer who escaped during bis admition. He killed a nurse."
>She takes the corpse and leaves, pleading with the family to not tell anyone
>"Only one man left now."

>Adagio follows the trail of bloody footprints as if she can smell it
>It leads her to a tree
>She looks up and squints
>Then she shoulders her rifle and squeezes the trigger one last time
>*Bang!*
>Nothing drops
>With a roar, you jump out from behind the tree and slam into her
>Adagio puts a leg back and manages to keep her balance
>You grab the rifle with both hands with no coherent thought other than to keep it pointed away from you
>Panic and anger cloud your mind. Bewilderment is clear in your wide-open eyes
>You try to bend it, you try to push it against Adagio, you try to push it against her throat
>She grunts and mostly holds her ground. She is stronger than she looks
>Coherent thought catches up with you
>You need to push her against something to choke her, genius. Maybe a tree!
>You risk a quick glance to your side and see the tree you were hiding behind
"Ffffuck youuu!" you hiss with effort as you spin around and smash Adagio against the tree's side
>With a sharp yelp of pain, Adagio lets go of the rifle and falls down
>That wasn't what you had in mind. It's better
>You look at the rifle
"How the hell do I reload this thing." you wonder when you see Adagio rising to her feet
>She is not happy
>You raise the rifle above your head with both hands on the barrel and the pointy part of the stock ready to come down
>With a saliva-spraying angry yell, you swing at her
>She steps back, each swing missing her narrowly
>Now it's her turn to feel fear
>She trips and falls down again
>Her poof cushioned her fall, but it won't save her from the savage blow from the front
>You raise the rifle again
"Fuck you! You psycho! You cunt!"
>You pant for a couple of seconds and then add
"Take off your clothes! Give me your fucking shoes!"
>As Adagio undresses, your mind has enough time to conclude that she isn't your size
"Put them down. Now back off. Back off! I swear I'll kill you!"
>Adagio complies
>The pants won't fit you even for a joke, but you take everything and run away
>Adagio protests behind you
"Shut up! Fuck! Shut up!"
>You stop once you've lost her
>You wish you knew where she had parked her car, partially to trash it
>You force your feet into her boots and wrap her shirt and jacked around your waist like a skirt
>Hopefully it'll take her a while to reach you barefoot or reach civilization naked
>Crap, the murder weapon has your fingerprints all over it
"Fucking thing!"
>You smash it against a tree a few times and then dig a hole with your bare hands, even though it hurts your fingers
>You bury the gun hoping nobody will find it. Then you walk away in search of civilization
>..........
>Days later, Adagio approaches you again
>And again and again
>Some times she tells you you forgot to collect your prize. Other times she invites you for another "date"
>Always smiling in her predatory way that puts you on edge
>She moves with a mean grace, like a wolf among clueless sheep
>The other guys are always encouraging you to get together with her. What do they know. You can't tell anyone what happened
>But Adagio; she scares you. She is walking around freely and continues to do her thing
>She is still hunting you, you just know it
>It's not safe. It will never be safe and the hunt will continue until one of you is dead

The End