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An agonizing pain lances through your body and the warm taste of blood fills your mouth. Then the terrible pain gives way to a terrifying numbness For a moment the surrounding forest swims in and out of focus, then darkness engulfs you and you slip into a sleep from which you will never awaken.

Tragically, your life and your mission end here.

Text copyright © 1991 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1991 Brian Williams.