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"Get away!" she yelled as she waved her hands around.
Some were inside her dress, biting her chest and back. More bit her neck.
Rachel started screaming as she batted at the flies, trying to get them off. Tears streamed down her cheeks. A fly bit the inside of her ear, making her scream even louder. The sound of it buzzing in her ear made her cry and scream as she dug with her finger, trying to get it out. She thrashed her arms as she yelled.
Rachel screamed in a high pitch as she stumbled out of the wayward pine, wiping flies off her eyes. She ran, arms lashing out, trying to get the flies away. The flies followed her as she ran and screamed.
Something in front of her made her stop dead in her tracks.
Her wide eyes worked their way up the giant, fur-covered body of the thing. Its belly was pink, and had flies on it.
Against the fading colors of the sky, it slowly unfolded huge wings, spreading them wide. Not wings covered with feathers, wings covered with skin. Rachel could see big blood veins in them, throbbing.
With all her courage, she put her shaking hand in her pocket. The fire stick wasn't there. Her legs wouldn't move. She didn't even feel the flies that were biting her. She heard a sound like a cat purring, but a lot louder. Her eyes went up further.
Glowing green eyes glared down at her. The purring sound was a low growl.
The mouth opened with a louder growl, lips pulling back, showing its long, curved teeth.
Rachel couldn't run. She couldn't move. She couldn't even scream. She shook as her wide eyes looked up into those mean eyes that glowed green. She forgot how to move her feet.
A big claw reached for her.
She felt something warm ru