No one had said anything for the last half hour. What could they say? They didn't know if Charlie was still alive or not. Kim still felt like they should have gone back and look for Charlie but Matthew was right, there was no way of knowing where he was and if he was still alive. Kim hated to leave a man behind but she needed to find her sister as soon as possible.

As they passed by a set of trees into a small opening with tall grass up to their hips. The small field looked awfully familiar. It wasn't until they were in the middle of the clearing did someone speak up.

"Wait... is this..." Tom started to look around, "a footprint?" Matthew didn't respond as he kept moving forward.

Kim looked around and realized that Tom was right, it looked like a faded footprint that was left behind a while ago. "It is, isn't it," Kim asked Matthew. The size of the footprint was at least 50 feet long and 20 feet wide. Whatever caused this imprint had to be monstrously large. Again, Matthew didn't respond as he lead them across the foot print.

"Are we sure this is safe, I feel like we're in the open," Wesley said skeptical as they continued to cross the open field that was left behind. As if to answer his question there was a few noises that could be heard in the woods off to the side causing everyone to turn toward the sound. Everyone had a weapon drawn and aimed at the noise. Just as the ruckus was reaching its climax suddenly a large deer like creature came out of the forest and on the outskirt of the field. Kim looked at the animal and noticed how much larger it was compared to them. It had to be twice the size of deer from earth. Just as she was worried that maybe this creature was going to attack them, she observed how it gave them no thought and started to graze.

"Is it friendly," Glen asked Matthew.

"Just don't pet it," He told them as they continued their way. As they were leaving the field Kim looked back and saw a few more deer animals join the first as they started to graze together.

Matthew marched them up toward another large mountain that Kim remember noticing. It marked the line before they would cross over into Sector J and that much closer to her sister. It didn't take too long to reach the top of the terrain and looked down into Sector J. Matthew called a quick break as they were at the summit of the mountain. Kim tried to spot the crash site of her sister's ship. To Kim's left she saw the vast forest and hills that rolled across into the horizon. Panning to the right she spotted the crashed vessel just a few miles away from a large lake, or ocean that spread out to the other side of the horizon. It was her sister's ship. Kim could see the crash site and the area that was leveled from the crash landing. The ship was in bad shape. Kim couldn't tell for sure if there were survivors or not.

"I see the ship," Kim told everyone. Everyone got up and headed over to Kim and spotted the wreckage. "Come on lets go-" Kim said starting to lead the rescue party to Lulu's ship.

"Stop," Matthew said but Kim didn't listen as she was already packing up her gear and was starting to head toward the ship.

"I said stop," Matthew said grabbing Kim's arm.

"What," She snapped at him. "MY sister is down there-"

"Look closer," Matthew said making Kim pause and follow his gaze.

After a few minutes she let out an annoyed sigh, "What? I don't see anything."

"You see her ship, don't you?"

Kim felt her anger rise again, as she balled up her free hand that wasn't being held back from Matthew and prepared to clock him. The annoying prick was-

"Your right," Minnie said sounding confused and worried.

"What?" Kim questioned. Why was Minnie sounding confused? "I don't understand."

Minnie turned toward everyone, "Why can we see the ship now? We should have spotted it when we flew over Sector J to reach Sector I, but I don't recall seeing it then. So ..."

"It's a trap," Tom asked.

Matthew nodded.

"Bullshit," Glen said in disbelief. "Are you telling me something is deliberately exposing the crash site?"

"Look closer to the crash site. You noticed there aren't any trees around it anymore? You guys don't know this but the plant life grows fast. That's why we didn't noticed the ship beforehand, there were already trees covering some if not all the ship. Which means something removed the plants hoping to bring us in. It's a trap, and only an idiot would walk into it." Matthew finally let go of Kim's hand figuring this should help solidify the dangers that were up ahead.

Unable to believe him, Kim shook her head no. "I have to make sure."

No sooner did she say that did Tom stop her. "Captain, you can't. You heard him, we would be walking into a trap."

"I don't care, I have to make sure she isn't down there," Kim tried to get past Tom but Wesley and Glen got in the way too. "Move out of the way, that's an order."

"We can't let you do this," Tom said still preventing her from getting past. As hard as Kim tried to get around them she found Becky and Minnie were also there. She didn't realize it until now that she was surrounded by here squad mates.

"Move," Kim said angry that they would try and stop her. When they didn't move she tried force but was easily over powered. They all grabbed her and kept her from moving. Kicking and yelling, Kim did her best to break free. "Get off me! I demand you let me go!"

"Tie her up," Matthew said. Kim looked over to Matthew with horror and only saw a look of amusement on his face.

"Sorry captain, this is for your own good," Tom said as they restrained her.

In her anger and frustration Kim couldn't stop from yelling and tears forming at her inability from breaking free.

As soon as Tom was sure that the Captain couldn't break free from her bonds he turned to Matthew. "Now what?"

Kim watched as Matthew gave her a smug smirk. That fucking bastard how could he just stand there and-

Matthew dropped his duffle bags. "Get camp started."

"Camp," Glen asked confused at what he heard. "The sun's still up?"

"It won't be when I get back," Matthew said as he opened one of the duffle bag and started to rummage around in it. He pulled out a couple of items and attached them to his belt.

"What are you doing," Mickey asked realizing what he was doing. "You said only an idiot would fall for this trap."

"And it looks like I'm that idiot," Matthew said as he zipped up the bag.

"Ok you heard him. Now untie me so I can go with him," Kim said trying her best to remain calm.

"Keep her tied up till I get back," Matthew said as he started to walk away.

"HEY," Kim shouted as he headed off. "YOU CAN'T KEEP ME HERE! YOU BASTARD!"

Matthew did his best not to laugh as he could still hear Kim barking at him and how much she wanted to shoot him. It wasn't long before he disappeared into the forest.

"I'm going to see if we can contact the cruiser," Mickey said as he tried to send a message to their ship.

"How could you just let him go by himself," Kim was saying still furious with her team for disobeying her orders and still leaving her tied up.

"I have a feeling we would have just gotten in the way," Becky said as she kept watch with Jack.

"Yeah could you imagine Beck here trying to sneak around," Jack said teasingly. Becky just gave him a glare that said he was going to get it later.

"Becky's right," Tom said. "Matthew has experience in tracking and knows this place better than all of us. We would have just slowed him down."

"Guys, I can't get a signal," Mickey said trying over and over again to hail the cruiser.

"Keep trying," Tom told him.

"Oh shit," Glen said.

Kim looked over to notice that Glen and Wesley were poking around Matthew's gear. "What are you guys doing," Kim said appalled that they would go through someone's stuff without permission.

"What the hell," Glen said as he went through one of the duffle bags and found a shit ton of weapons and explosives. "This guy came way overprepared."

"Or maybe he came prepared," Wesley said. "I mean he didn't even give us a heads up about this place. He knew what we would be facing and let us walk into it with our pants down."

"Would you have believed him," Kim asked.

"That's beside the point." Wesley opened the other bag and let out a whistle, "Well look at what are guy's packing?"

Kim was going to ask until she saw it. She let out a disgusted sound. It was a bottle of booze. "He didn't," Kim said finding out another thing that she was going to beat Matthew's ass for.

It had been about an hour and Matthew was getting close to the crash site. He hadn't come across anything that looked too suspicious. He wasn't sure where the trap was, or what it might be set off. Heading to the crash site he stopped just a couple of trees before entering the clearing near the ship's wreckage. Peering around Matthew stayed as silent and motionless as the trees he was pressing up against. Matthew waited 10 minutes before moving closer until he was peeking out behind the closest tree near the ship. The ship was a good 30 feet away and a long run to the "safety" of the ship. Still Matthew hadn't spotted anything unusual. Just before Matthew decided to make a move he leaned down and put his hand to the ground. There was a very soft vibration every couple of seconds. It felt like the earth was breathing.

Matthew knew it. Something was waiting nearby, and it was large. Getting up off the ground Matthew tried to spot where the source of the breathing was coming from but couldn't see anything. Taking out a spike like object about as long as his arm. He plunged it into the ground and attached a small monitor to the top of the grounded spike. The device that Matthew was using was something used to detect earthquakes on other planets to let settlers or miners know when to expect one. With the device, along with a few modifications that he added, he could use it like a sonar. In just a few moments he got a reading showing that whatever was making the noise, was about 30 meters away on the other side of the ship. However, it didn't tell him what was making that noise, but he had a good idea what it could be. Picking up his gear and putting it away he got up and slowly tip toed toward the ship.

Anyone else would have ran but Matthew knew the slightest vibrations would wake up the sleeping Giantess that was lingering just beyond the crashed vehicle. Anything more than a walking pace would alert the Giantess and she would most likely descend on him faster than he could blink. The short distance that Matthew had to cover took a good half an hour for him to reach the ship. As Matthew came across the ship he noticed the haul of the ship, he recognized the indent as something large slamming into the side of the craft. Most likely a Giantess hitting it or throwing something at them. Whatever it was, it left a large mark that without a doubt being the cause of the crash.

Matthew crept aboard the ship and started to look around. There was blood all over, but not as much as he expected. When they crashed there must have been a lot of injuries, but no deaths. There were no bodies, and no large pools of blood, so that was a good sign. At least for now. Matthew headed toward the front of the ship and found the cockpit. Heading toward the dashboard he found what he was looking for. It was the black box of the ship, which should have everything he needed.

Matthew took his right hand and moved it toward the console and used the robotic arm. His right index finger opened and a wire came out and attached to one of the ports. In just a few seconds the dashboard lite up and Matthew had access to the black box and everything that happened up to till now. Matthew pulled out the monitor he had previously and linked it with his arm so he could get a video of the ships surveillance cameras that were aboard. He found the video right after the crash and played it.

The image came to life, but there was no sound. The system must have gotten damaged and destroyed any audio available. But that didn't matter. Matthew got what he need in the first few moments of the video. He saw Doctor Carmen and Richard wake up from the crash and check the survivors. Matthew was right, it looked like everyone survived the crash but the other 2 in the back of the ship were injured. They gathered supplies quickly as they quickly departed the crash site. That was the last of the surveillance video. Matthew disconnected from the ship and put the monitor away.

Well they were alive...

Or at least when they landed, Matthew wasn't sure if they were still alive now. He would have to track them down to make sure they were still breathing. Heading toward the back of the ship to see if there was anything that he might need before leaving. There wasn't anything, they cleaned out the ship of everything. Supplies and their research was all gone. Matthew headed toward the entrance that he entered, Matthew looked for tracks to help him find where they went. Unfortunately, after about a week or so, any footprints or tracks were too weak or gone. Matthew looked around from the exit of the ship and tried to think where they would head. He turned left toward the large water front that he saw on the hill...

Richard would be a moron to bring them toward any large bodies of water. The things that come to drink from them were dangerous, the things living in the water even more so. Turning toward where the rest of the squad was at, Matthew thought for a moment. Then shook his head, they didn't go that way, they would have come across them or a trace of them. That left the direction to Matthew's right and behind him.

Matthew would have let an aggravated sigh out but that might have woken up the Giantess nearby. He knew where they went. Richard would be a bigger moron if he headed off to Matthew's right, deeper into the danger zone. That was where the really bad stuff lived...

So that left behind Matthew, in the direction of the awaiting Giantess. Dreading his theory, Matthew crept around the ship and looked for anything that might tell him otherwise. To his complete horror and dread he spotted something off a few yards from the ship. Someone dropped something. It was a simple research tool, but it meant one thing... they went that way.

Cursing, Matthew decided it was time to head back and tell everyone the good news he had for them.

"I still can't get a signal," Mickey told everyone completely exhausted and annoyed at the equipment.

"Just keep trying," Tom said as he checked in on everyone.

"I've been trying for the past couple of hours," Mickey snapped. "I haven't so much as picked up a signal from the ship."

"That's because you won't," Matthew said coming out of nowhere from the jungle.

"What do you mean," Tom asked.

"The atmosphere here is breathable and like a lot of other planets, but it has a few unique properties to it. For example, jamming any low powered frequencies like your coms. Only deep space messages are strong enough to be break the barrier which are usually only on ships."

"So, your saying we're stuck here with no means of communicating with the others," Wesley said in disbelief.

"Relax," Matthew said more clam then Wesley and the others wanted from him in this situation. That was until he pulled out a device on his belt that looked like an emergency beacon that hadn't been used in centuries. "I came prepared. I figured we might need an emergency extraction in case the ship wasn't intact."

"Don't you mean when the ship is destroyed?" Wesley asked still pissed about the lack of heads up about that information.

Matthew just shrugged, "Would you all be down here if you knew that your ride was a one way ticket?" No one answered but that was a good enough answer for him. Matthew headed over to Kim and started to undo her rope.

"Now," Matthew said in a childish tone, "You know why I left you tied up right?" Kim just glared at him. "You're not going to hit me for leaving you tied up, right?" Matthew looked at Kim and for a moment he thought she was going to try and attack him while still tied up but she let out an exhausted sigh.

"I promise, I won't hit you for tying me up," Kim finally agreed.

Matthew smiled, "Good." Matthew untied Kim from her binds and helped her up. "So," Matthew started to say, "your sister-" Suddenly Kim clocked Matthew in the face, sending him reeling back and on his butt.

Matthew held the place that Kim just hit and looked up shocked at Kim, "What the hell, you promised."

Kim looked pissed, "That wasn't for tying me up." She grabbed Matthew by the shirt, "That was for bring alcohol, and this is for everything else!" Kim threw another punch at Matthew's shoulder and then let go of Matthew and stomped off.

Matthew let out a groan. For someone who doesn't look like they could fight, she sure could land a blow. Slowly sitting up Matthew rubbed both spots that still felt sore form Kim's fury. He would have to make sure to stop pissing her off...

It wasn't long before it was night and they were eating dinner. Luckily, they had enough rations to last 2 weeks, plenty of food and time to find Kim's sister. As they ate, Matthew explained what he found in the crash and Kim couldn't help but let out a relived sigh that her sister was ok. However, when Matthew told them about where they had to head and that they would need to sneak past the Giantess in wait everyone turned pale.

"Is there another way," Tom asked.

"Well," Matthew said taking another bite out of his rations. "Chances are she's a waiter. She'll most likely stay there for a few more days before moving on. So, waiting her out isn't an option," Matthew started to make a map in the dirt. "We could try going around here, but that could take use another day," Matthew showed how far they would have to detour before they would get around her.

"Couldn't we just kill her," Glen asked.

Matthew stared right at him like that was the dumbest thing anyone could say.

"Oh, you could try. But I can guarantee that it wouldn't be easy and most of use won't live. Not to mention the commotion could bring in unwanted parties. No, the best way is through it," Matthew drew a line toward the ship and showed them the path they would take. "We'll just be careful."

After the tactical meal, Tom started to break up everyone into night shifts. Kim and Minnie would take first watch then Tom and Matthew followed by Jack and Becky and so on. Matthew let them all know about nights on this planet.

"Normally there isn't much activity at night but that doesn't mean there can't be. Listen," Matthew said so everyone could hear the forest and how active it was. Kim was trying to pick out sounds that might be dangerous like growls or other scary noises but it was just a jumbled-up noise. "When there is noise like this all around, it's safe. What you need to watch out for is silence. That means there's something nearby."

"Something like what," Kim asked.

"Things we don't want to encounter at night," Matthew told her.

Kim couldn't help but gulp at the warning.

Matthew didn't sleep, although he thought about trying but figured since he was going to be up in a few hours for his shift he would stay up till then. As he laid there he listened out for danger and found that things were fine. Letting out a sigh he turned over in his sleeping bag. Man, he really wished Kim didn't find his booze. He could use a drink right now. She dumped out his entire stash and Matthew could already feel the edge of the day creeping in on him. This planet was bringing back things that he didn't want to remember. Feelings, memories, and experiences that he wished he didn't have. Matthew continued to struggle until before he knew it someone was tapping him on the shoulder. Rolling over Matthew was greeted by Kim.

"You awake?"

Matthew nodded, "Yeah." Matthew got up and took over for Kim. Just as he was about to leave the sleeping area and head toward the edge of camp to keep an eye out, Kim stopped him.

"Look... um about today. I didn't get a chance to thank you for saving me..."

Matthew paused as he tried to recall the event, "Oh that."

"I just want to say thanks," Kim told him. "And ... sorry for hitting you so hard."

Matthew couldn't help but chuckle, "Don't worry, I can take a couple of hits. Get some sleep, captain."

Kim didn't know why she apologized for the punches. He did deserve them. But still she couldn't help but feel bad when she saw the red mark on his face caused by her. Kim went to bed and tried to get some sleep.

Kim was knocked out for an hour before she had a bad nightmare and was woken up by it. Realizing that it was just a bad dream she tried to get some sleep. As she closed her eyes she couldn't help but be able to hear Matthew and Tom talking while on their watch.

"You know that was a very risky thing you did, going to the crash by yourself," Tom told him.

"I know."

"So why did you do it?"

Matthew paused for a moment, "I knew if I was going to take someone, Kim would have demanded to come along no matter what."

Tom laughed, "Your right about that."

"The truth is, I wasn't sure if Doctor Carman was dead or alive. If she was on that ship dead..." Matthew didn't finish it.

"Oh," Tom said realizing. "You didn't want her to see that," Tom said now understanding.

Kim was shocked. She completely misjudged Matthew. He may act like a jerk all the time, but he cared.

"I've lost some close people to me and I know what it's like to find someone you care about dead. It's something no one should have to experience. So, if I must be the bad guy to keep her safe, then I'll be the devil."

Tom let out a low whistle, "I never expected something like that, but thank you for protecting her."

Matthew just let out an exhausted sigh, "I just wish she didn't dump all my booze. I could use a drink right about now."

"Well," Tom said getting up. "If she found out about this," Kim could hear a couple of bottles clinking. No...

"I figured it would have been a waste to dump all of them out, so I saved a few for a celebration when we completed the mission."

"Look at you," Matthew said with a cheerful tone. "My hero."

"Don't tell the captain," Tom told him.

"Never," Matthew promised.

Kim could hear the two of them pour themselves a drink.

"Should we toast," Matthew asked.

"To Charlie..."

"To Charlie," Matthew repeated.

Kim could hear them toast and take a drink. "That's some good shit right there," Tom said after finishing his drink.

"That it is," Matthew replied. "Look at that, shifts almost over. Time sure flies when you're on watch, right?"

Tom chuckled, "You said it."

It wasn't long before Matthew and Tom swapped shifts with the next group. Kim could hear Matthew coming over to his sleeping bag and get in. Just as Kim was drifting off to sleep she swore she heard Matthew whisper a name. Someone called Rebecca.

Kim was woken up by Matthew waking her up. "Time to get up. We got a long day ahead of us."

Kim rose from her slumber and looked around. Everyone was getting out of bed and packing up their gear. It was early morning and the sun was just rising. Matthew pointed to a large clearing on the other side of the valley that laid right before their exit out of the valley. The squad ate a quick ration meal and then started to head toward the crash site. Kim was about to descend toward the ship when she noticed Matthew was still looking out toward the valley they were heading into.

"What's wrong," She asked.

"... I'm not sure. Something seems off." Matthew kept looking around the valley to locate anything suspicious.

Worried Kim looked with him but she couldn't tell what she was looking for. The ship was still there and revealed like before. She didn't see anything.

"It might just be my nerves," Matthew said. "Let's get moving."

Kim wanted to say that she felt like something was off too, but she had no idea. Everything felt wrong but that was because of the planet that she was standing on. In the past 18 hours she nearly died 3 times. In all her years of service this was the only time she ever felt that her life was in danger this much. But she wouldn't care, if she got to her sister and she was fine, she'd risk her life as many times as it took.

Matthew lead the group toward the crash site and told everyone to be very quiet and stealthy as possible. They were closing in on the spot where the Giantess was in waiting for them. Matthew thought about this plan. It may not be the safest, but was the quickest. And time was a factor here. Telling everyone to not make a sound and to follow him, Matthew lead them past the space ship and toward the sleeping Giantess. They were getting closer and closer as they could feel the vibrating earth gently move with its breathing.

Kim was wondering where the source of the sound was coming when she looked right and nearly yelp. Less than 10 feet away there was a large head. It had to be big enough to swallow her whole without even noticing. The head was attached to a body that was lying down on the ground, it was just barely up to the tree line. The Giantess was so hard to spot from afar was due to its skin was covered in all certain shades of green. She looked like a large grassy hill as it laid there snoozing. Heck Kim couldn't tell if that was really grass growing on her or just that her hair was a dark shade of green. It blended so well with the surroundings that Kim was sure she would have tried to walk on top of the Giantess thinking it was just another hill in the land. Kim couldn't stop staring at it until she caught Matthew and the others moving further ahead.

Kim quickly broke away from the astonishing and frightening sight of the Giantess and headed toward the others. It didn't take too long before they lost sight of the Giantess. Kim would have let out a relived sigh, but was afraid that might wake the Giantess up.

Matthew instinctively looked back to make sure everyone was with him and spotted Kim lagging just a little behind. He waited for her to catch up before they pushed forward. That was when he spotted it.

Kim saw the look on Matthew's face and turned around to see what he was looking at. To her horror she spotted a herd of those deer from before heading down in a stampede like fashion and toward them. Kim was wondering why when she spotted it. There were hunters mixed in the herd, and it looked like they were trying to chase the deer down for food. It just so happened that they were being lead toward them.

Kim turned around and saw Matthew wave her over quickly. As quietly as she could Kim moved faster. Kim barely moved a few paces forward when her fear came to reality. The Giantess' breathing changed. There was a soft rumble as it seemed to detect motion nearby. Kim froze for just a moment as she looked back. Was the Giantess reacting to her, or the hunters and deer?

She looked toward Matthew and saw him mouth, "MOVE!"

Kim took the order to heart as she began to move.

That was when she heard movement in the distance. Both the deer and Hunters were fast, and it wasn't very long before she caught sight of one of the deer bounding past them to escape their pursuers. Kim was confused why the Giantess didn't move yet as one and two of the deer ran past her.

"RUN!" Matthew shouted as he spotted the deer herd was now right on top of them. "Watch out for Hunters!" At Matthew words, Kim bolted as fast as she could.

In just a few moments she realized why Matthew yelled for them to move. The Giantess was waiting for the mass of hunters and deer to get close enough before it pounced. In an explosion of forest and earth throwing into the air, Kim turned to see the Giantess standing up already grabbing some deer and hunters in its hand. Kim thought the Giantess was huge laying down but standing up in all her glory, she had to be at least a couple hundred feet tall. Matthew was right, they didn't have any weapons that would hurt her. In fact, they would need a warship and its weapons just to fight the thing off.

As soon as the Giantess made its presence know, all hell broke loose. The deer creatures scattered all over the place. Hunters that lost sight of their prey spotted new ones, and started to come for Matthew and the rest. The Giantess would shove whatever it had in its hand into her mouth and reach for more food. Kim could see that the Giantess didn't bother chewing as she just swallowed its meal whole and went for as much as she could get. The towering Giantess was moving toward them, where most of her food was heading anyway.

The sound of guns going off broke her out of her daze as she remembered what was going on. She pulled out her own gun and started to run and gun as the Hunters that were now chasing them and not the deer. Never had Kim been in such a chaotic situation. The thumping of the Giantess' steps were right behind them and the sounds of those deer creatures and hunters filled the air with noise of screeching and yelping. Kim nearly got grabbed by a hunter again until Tom fired a few bursts at the creature causing it to stumble and fall.

Suddenly a large shadow fell over them and Kim looked up and saw the Giantess leaning forward and reaching for a small cluster of Hunters attacking a downed deer up ahead. The hand scooped up a few of the hunters as the rest bolted away from the massive hand. Kim felt her legs grow weak at the scene. They were within grabbing distance.

"Use the trees for coverage!" Matthew shouted to the squad. Glen and Wesley were up in front shooting whatever was in the way while Matthew and Kim were pulling up the rear trying to keep the hunters from over taking them. The others were trying to keep the sides clear from any enemies but it was insane.

"We can't out run her," Kim told Matthew as one Hunter tried to jump for them but got taken out by a deer trying to out run the Giantess.

"We don't have to, she'll get full and leave," Matthew told Kim as he reloaded.

No sooner did he say that did Kim notice the Giantess slowing down it's chase letting the other pull ahead of her. In fact, they were very close to the end of the valley. Maybe another 200 meters and they would be able to start their climb out of there.

"We should be safe, but keep an eye out for stray hunters," Matthew cautioned the squad. The threat of the Giantess seemed to pass as it walked away from them leaving them in peace. The forest opened into the clearing that lead to the base of the mountain. Glen and Wesley were already up ahead of everyone and were halfway to the large hillside.

Kim looked back at Matthew who looked very agitated as he scanned the area.

"What's wrong," Kim asked.

"I just... I don't remember this being here yesterday..." Suddenly his eyes widen as he realized his mistake. He didn't remember this area yesterday because it wasn't there then. "Get back!" Matthew yelled but was too late.

Kim turned to watch both Glen and Wesley turn around in confusion. Suddenly the ground shook like an earthquake. The ground started to buckle and in the center where Glen and Wesley stood started to rise. Kim watched as another Giantess came up from under the earth. This time she was a rocky brown color that matched the earth they stood on. She realized that it was a trap and watched as the buried Giantess started to move. Both Glen and Wesley were in the worse spot to be standing, it was right above the Giantess mouth. They didn't stand a chance as the Giantess opened its mouth and let both the dirt and soldiers fall in its gapping maw. They let out a cry for help only to be silence as the mouth closed shut, and with a deafening gulp, swallowed whole. Kim watch the Giantess emerge from the dirt. It was like watching someone buried at the beach slowly break free as she stood up from her laying position. Matthew already pulled Kim and the others back into the shadows of the trees as the enormous brown Giantess stretched and yawned. There was a perky smile on her face as she took her hand and rubbed her belly that had a slightly bulge from its meal. She gave it a nice couple of pats. Suddenly the Giantess opened her mouth and released an enormous burping noise that filled the air.

The look of satisfaction on her face was horrifying as she walked away...

Glen and Wesley were surrounded by darkness. Glen pulled out a light and turned it on. The glow gave them a pleasant view of where they were. Surrounded by all sides where pulsating walls covered in a slime. Both Glen and Wesley were packed tight together with a bunch of dirt and rubble that was swallowed with them. There wasn't much space to move except maybe a few inches away from one the stomach walls, which is what Glen tried to do. He found that the lack of space was extremely terrifying. The sound of gurgling and other bodily functions filled the air with noise, while the stomach kept the air nice and steaming. The temperature had to be around 100 degrees. The liquid from the walls were already turning the dry dirt into a more clay like substance.

Wesley wasted no time as he pulled out his gun and tried to shoot his way out. To both their horror his gun was jammed with dirt.

"No, no, NO!" Wesley yelled as he tried to shoot but wouldn't work.

Suddenly there was a loud thumping noise as Glen was shoved into Wesley along with the dirt that was now mud.

"What is that," Wesley yelled again over the noise of the continues pounding until suddenly there was a gurgling noise all around them. Suddenly the walls pressed them together even tighter until they were mushed into a tight compacted space. The mud rushed up and covered up to their necks as an enormous sound could be heard. Their entire world shook from the devastating burp that was released. The roar finally stopped leaving both Glen and Wesley shaking.

"I can't breathe," Wesley complained in a whisper as the stomach didn't release its deadly grip on the two of them. Wesley started to hyperventilate and panic which only removed the few breaths of oxygen left.

Both Glen and Wesley didn't last long without oxygen. The last thing Glen could hear was the Giantess letting out a full and satisfied sigh, along with the thumping of the Giantess walking somewhere...