Issue #08

Kraven's Last Hunt

ARC THREE · THE SPECTACULAR SILVA, PART 2. A hunter comes to Brooklyn looking for the only prey he hasn't bagged.

Zachary perched on a rooftop, watching the skyline at dusk
PROSPECT PARK. FIRST FROST. SOMETHING IN THE TREES BREATHES TOO QUIETLY.
// NARRATION

His name was Sergei. He hunted lions in the dark with his hands. He retired bored. Then a video of a kid on a webline went viral.

// KRAVEN

"Little spider. You think your city protects you. Tonight — I AM your city."

Zachary mid-fight ducking under an attacker
HE GOT THE JUMP. KRAVEN ALWAYS DOES.
WHAM!
// NARRATION

Zachary woke up in a coffin of dirt. Six feet of Brooklyn earth on his chest. The Silva-tingle was the only thing left telling him which way was up.

// ZACHARY

"Nope. NOPE. Not how Silvas go out. Not today, Sergei."

Zachary bursts upward, fists out
HE PUNCHED THROUGH SOIL LIKE IT OWED HIM RENT.
BWOOM!
// NARRATION

He found Kraven on the carousel in the park, waiting like he knew. Maybe he did.

// KRAVEN

"You came back from the grave for me. Then you ARE my last hunt. And I — I am beaten. Honourably."

// NARRATION

Sergei walked into the trees and did not come back out. Zachary left the coffin in the dirt as a warning to the next one.

// NARRATION

TO BE CONTINUED IN ISSUE #09 — THE INTERNSHIP.

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