Jack climbed to the limb he had been on before. He looked around, and something caught his eye. The strange shape the bark made was gone. He was both intrigued and terrified. "Show yourself!" He yelled, a hint of fear in his voice. "I'll... I'll cut this whole goddamn tree appart! It will be a helluva lot easier, and probably less painful, if you show yourself now!" He started climbing from branch to branch, hacking an "X" where he went.