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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Ultimus Chapter 9: The Hunted Part Two

Rifle still in hand but dazed, Andrew looked down to see how much he was bleeding. Thinking he was going to die. However, there wasn’t any blood, not even a scratch in the suit. It withstood the swipe from the creature. Andrew looked up and saw the creature pacing back and forth around him, planning its next move. The creature then charged again and Andrew lifted the gun up and took aim. The creature charge and ran right on top of Andrew and mouth opened as Andrew aimed. The muzzle of the rifle went right into the mouth of the creature and it struggled to get it out. Andrew panicked and began firing shots.

Bang, Bang, Bang!!

Andrew fired three shots before he noticed that only one shot did the job. The creature’s body laid on top of him lifeless. The muzzle of the gun still in its mouth. A large hole was in the back of the head of the animal. Andrew slowly slipped out from underneath it and looked at it. He had bagged a large animal and had two carcasses to use now. Andrew looked back at the deer, it already cut and ready for harvesting from. He looked around and saw Reuben lying down about fifty to a hundred feet away over on the path.

“Reuben, Come!” Andrew said and Reuben quickly got up and walked over to him. Andrew began shaking, he knelt down and hugged Reuben. He thought he was going to die and never see him again. He held Reuben tightly for a while.

Andrew got up and looked at the beast he killed again. He saw the large sharp claws it had on its front paws and an idea came to Andrew. He looked at Reuben.

“I think we’ll be fine for food for a while. Let’s get a fire started.” Andrew said.

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Andrew sat near a fire he started and watched as the second batch of deer meat cooked overhead of the fire. He was eating the first batch as he watched the second batch. The cooked meat tasted so good, it was slightly burnt but he didn’t care. He hadn’t eaten anything for almost two days. Whatever he felt he couldn’t eat or had any bones, he gave to Reuben.

Andrew noticed the fire was beginning to fade. He got up and began to walk down the path to find good fire wood. As he searched, he found out the path forked into two and a post stood in between. He began collecting around this fork for logs and branches that were the most fresh and best to use for firewood. He walked past the post and heard a metal clang. He looked down and saw a sign laying on the ground. It was extremely faded, but he could still read what it once said. Their was directions to Benjamin’s Inn, the Solar Zorro Squadron Memorial and… the Park Entrance and Visitor Center!! They were only fifteen miles to the right from them!!! Andrew got excited and ran back to Reuben and the meat. He was going to finish cooking what was on the spit and hurry to the Entrance.