Exploring the forest ended up not being exactly fruitful, besides the forest being very dense and large, it was confusing. "God fucking dammit, I've crossed that tree about four times already!" Irritation was growing more and more in her. after all being in a completely strange place was enough to put anyone on edge, and being lost only made things worse.
Barking sounds alerted Sandra, when she approached to see what her companion had found, she only came across the scene of Cupcake with several dead rabbits around. "Oh damn, I forgot how destructive a pit bull's bite is..." The bodies of those rabbits were completely torn apart, it looked like parts of them were ripped off in a single bite. Of course, Cupcake wagged his tail with a gentle smile. "But hey, at least we can eat meat...even if they are not very well made..." With night approaching and tiredness starting to take over both of them, the decision to make a camp seemed the best at that moment.
The camp was basic, with a campfire surrounded by stones and old branches serving as fuel for the fire, the resting place being just a normal green tent that came with that bag. "At least my time in the army was useful for something..." For something she signed up for just to help with her scholarship, its usefulness came in handy in this sea of oddities she found herself in. "Hey buddy, here!" She threw the roasted body of that rabbit to Cupcake, who, with an innocent and gentle face, completely destroyed every piece of that meat, and the bones broke as if they were simple twigs.
Sandra smiled happily seeing how sweet her partner was, for her, that scene was something cute and cozy. "Welp, time to take a nap. When you are done there, come here to sleep, boy."
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The night passed quickly in the comfort of that tent, but morning came with discomfort as the loud sounds of birds and Sandra's now heightened senses tormented her in the morning. "For God's sake...I can't even sleep!" In frustration she got up and walked out of the tent, only to be greeted by Cupcake destroying a squirrel. "Heh, are you having breakfast already? At least I won't have to cook for you." Sandra took the time while Cupcake was eating to dismantle the tent and put everything back in its place.
The journey continued, and Sandra decided to follow the path going straight, hoping she would come across a trail, but she only found something that made her body freeze: a bear. Cupcake barked non-stop, but Sandra? She felt something bigger, an incessant urge to attack. She didn't know that the reason her judgment and self-preservation were so clouded was her animal instincts and something else.
"BRING IT ON!" She ran against the bear, her speed and increased strength made her push the bear back, almost making it fall, putting her arms around the bear and starting to crush it, Cupcake wasting no time advancing against the bear's leg, biting it with fury and the will to protect its owner. "What's up!? Do you want me to leave you on the floor? Then take it!" Bending her knees and turning her body, she threw the bear backwards, making it hit its head hard on the ground, a suplex so common was used against the bear that when it hit the ground, the animal's consciousness began to fade.
When the bear regained consciousness, he found himself in the presence of Sandra. Of course he would try to attack but was met with a punch that made him retreat. "Listen here, I'm tired of walking, so you're going to let me use you as transportation. It's going to be very simple. Obey me and get out alive." The bear just remained quiet, starting to retreat, but when pulled by the paw, it easily made him fall, having no other choice, he began to obey that insane woman.
(A/N: Animals in the world of Dragon Ball are either all or nothing; either they can understand human language very well and act in a cartoonish way, or they are just standard animals.)
Riding the bear, Sandra would guide the animal to go straight; of course, she would leave Cupcake on her lap so he wouldn't have to walk, too. The bear mumbled something incomprehensible, but he had no other choice; after all, he loved to live. Having the help of a huge animal, it was easy to cross the forest. Campers were pale when they came face to face with a bear, but the expression on their faces instantly changed to confusion when they looked at someone with a dog riding the animal.
"Hey there! Finally some people. Do any of you have a map to get out of here?" The campers woke up to reality when that strange woman asked the question, taking a map out of the man's backpack and handing over the map of the national park. "Thank you very much, good sir!" And so she said goodbye, making the bear start following the trail that would take Sandra out of that forest.