[IC] the hunter and her prey(a cursed human story, a beauty and the beast alternative to a cursed vampire story)

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel growled.
"What do you think?!"
She had taken offense to that.

[amberly]

"I don't know anything about you woman, that's why I'm asking! But let me guess, you aren't going to want anything for lunch anyway. Right? I'm going to eat." He got up and stocked away. The door slammed behind him.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel sighed. Her stomach growled again. Soon enough, she collapsed onto the floor with a hard thud. in truth, she had not eaten in days.

[amberly]

Andrew wandered back to check on the thud while his potato was baking. She had passed out again? This was getting ridiculous, she needed to eat! He took her hands and began dragging her out of the room to the door of the garden. He went outside and found the wheelbarrow, brushing the leaves out before returning to the doorway.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel was out cold for a short time. she awoke to being moved somewhere else. She gasped. She wondered what the creature was planning to do now.

[amberly]

"Now, I won't make you walk and fatigue yourself any more. I'll push you, you can just settle in for the ride." He told Angel pulling her to her feet. He held the wheelbarrow steady waiting for her to sit down. Or waiting for her rejection of yet another idea. At the time he thought of it she had been just dead weight he couldn't move easily enough in his own, or so he justified it to himself.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel narrowed her eyes. She was already in the wheelbarrow, she thought, so what was the point in saying anything. She sighed, frowned, and laid there.

[amberly]

Andrew pushed the wheelbarrow down the drive, through the gates and down the long road toward town. It was a bit wobbly at times but he managed to keep her upright. They passed the shortcut through the river and continued down the road to the first house on the outskirts of the town. Andrew stopped the wheelbarrow outside the cottage and whispered to Angel "Make sure they feed you." Then he pounded on the door and ran, leaving her behind in the wheelbarrow while he took cover in the trees. He should get more matches while he was here, but he watched to see what would happen with the prisoner he turned over first.

[Vampiretwilight]

In the end, Angel rejected whatever was offered. She had not yet received payment or anything because she had yet to complete her job. once she gained a bit of strength,she began to journey back to that castle.

[amberly]

Andrew had waited until the cottage residents had come and helped Angel out of the wheelbarrow. Then he felt free to retrieve a fresh box of matches from the storage building behind the little town store. He left the payment on the shelf.

Then he hurried home. He ran through the castle checking every window, every door, making sure they were locked. He went down to the kitchen to make himself some soup and found a very burned baked potato. Thus he was outside getting rid of the thing.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel had found her way back to the castle quickly enough. She had a weapon in her hands. She saw Andrew. She carefully approached him.

[amberly]

Any time he'd expect his hunter to reappear. He sighed, this was getting exhausting. He didn't want to be stuck in the castle all alone, but having someone trying to kill him was not a solution he appreciated. Nether was having a prisoner. He dusted off his hands and looked about him.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel approached Andrew. She soon broke into a run. She tried to attack him. She had really charged at him, but...she missed!

[amberly]

"Angel! There you are," Andrew reeled back away from her. He was now going to die. Wait, why wasn't he dead yet? She should have had him there... No time to wonder about it now. He dashed for the safety of the castle.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel groaned, frustrated. Why had she missed him? She never missed a target! Something was wrong, she thought. She charged after him and beat him to the castle. She attacked...only to miss again. She gasped and fell on top of him instead.

[amberly]

Gravel skittered out from under his feet as his heels dug in, but off balance he tipped back and fell. His shoulder made contact before he landed on his back. It seemed like the air had fled and he couldn't inhale hard enough to catch it. At least not for several breaths. He tried to lift his head and the sky above spun in circles. He set it back on the ground.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel attempted to get off of him before he could grab her. She assumed she would be imprisoned again and she would not allow that. However, she could not necessarily prevent it though, she thought.

[amberly]

When she started moving Andrew forced himself to do the same. She had a weapon and he reached for her hand to try and pull it from her grasp. He'd stand a better chance of surviving if she was unarmed.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel struggled. She attempted to keep him from getting her weapon. She tried to kick at him and failed. She gave a human snarl and glared at him.

[amberly]

They both had hands on the weapon but Andrew stopped pulling on it, paused in mid air. What was going on? Why wasn't she defeating him already? She seemed as furious about it as she did about being chained, but he was just confused.

"What is going on here? I suppose you're here to kill the dreadful beast, as usual, but," he paused studying her face for the answer "is something wrong? Are you sure you're alright?"