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As long as I'm giving myself away, I tried to think of what could possibly stop this thing from getting me. I'm thinking and thinking and thinking, and the fireflies are getting more numerous, and the shape isn't looking anymore so much as coming straight for me, and I think... Maybe more people? Weapons? For some reason, we never tried our rifles. And then I think, what if the military or some other hunting party came to look for us?
The upper torso of this thing is looming over me, just staring at me, possibly waiting for me to break, when automatic weapons fire breaks out in the distance. High power spotlights start flooding the area, and this thing turns to look. It happened to be in the shade of a nearby tree, so it was still silhouetted, but it was the shape of a human. Just an... abnormally tall one. And then it stretched itself into the trees and disappeared. Looking over, the other shapes are ducking into the shadows of trees, some climbing back into the canopy, and others are racing along the edges of the lights at this new crowd of people.
I thought about running to the safety of this new crowd, but even then, I could see (not just with my eyes, but as thoughts, like the 'fireflies') long limbs touching down some ways behind them, so I turned and ran into the darkness.