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"…One thousand and four," Robbie let out gruffly as he lowered his sweaty marred body again in a push up. The bone in his arms popped loudly as he rose again. "One thou-"

"What is our soul duty as ambassadors?" Jade asked from her position sitting on his back, in her hand was a worn notebook.

"To lose weight…?" He mumbled under his breath sarcastically. He barely batted an eyelash as the girl pinched him as hard as she could. "Too instill fear and loyalty into the masses of lowly humans." He answered correctly but with an air of sarcasm that made the girl's lips twitch with amusement.

They both had to admit, having someone to go through the horrible agony these hostile visitors forced upon them was better than suffering alone. They kept each other from becoming complete tools of mass domination, along with keeping each other sane.

They experienced everything together from the moment of their meeting again. When the rib breaking torture had graduated to lashings by an electrified whip, to when running for ours transformed into being chased by pets of Nozua and Hato's.

They remembered their first meeting with the horrible beast like it was yesterday.

Three months ago

Things hadn't gotten better but things weren't as bad. The rib crushing had become more of a discomfort and the constant running had become like running a mile in gym class. It wasn't normal, they were aware, for these things to becoming easier for them, but both understood it had something to do with what happened to them while they were asleep. They didn't question it.

Loneliness was now much less likely to happen with the appearance of someone to share their pain. They had never been much of friends before and now was no different, it was just both shared a common situation and dilemma. They weren't friends yet.

They had been ushered out of their stone rooms and outside, and they both stretched thinking they would have to do another ten hours of running. They applied their own bracelets and waited for Nozua to appear and tell them to begin.

When the female creature appeared with a small dagger in each hand, they both realized quickly today wouldn't be normal. They looked at each other as she approached and Robbie gulped.

"Today will be very different." The woman explained their suspicions. "Today you will kill a Farsli."

"And if we aren't able to do that?" Robbie asked. His nervousness for some reason annoying Jade, though she felt as nervous as him.

"You will no other choices." The woman delivered her normal line. "Now I will give you an hour head start. I am being very generous, do not waste and plan thoroughly. Go…" She threw the weapons to their feet.

They both headed opposite ways at first, Robbie north and Jade west. An hour later they had no real plans when the ground began to shake with the approaching beast.

Robbie crouched behind a tree, he was the closest. He watched the beast with wide eyes and a chaotic heart as its giant frame weaved through trees, and impressively hit over ones in its way. He looked down towards the tiny dagger in his hand and back towards the beast, and began backing up towards the underbrush. There was no way he was taking something as big as an elephant with dagger. It would be like trying to eat a really big steak with a plastic utensil and no teeth.

When Jade's eyes first landed on the beast, it became quickly obvious the TV a few months back had done it no justice. It was still an ugly thing with no face and a surreal body, but it looked a lot bigger. She had no plans of throwing stones at a lion, so to speak.

They ran into each other again in a clearing a few miles from the cabin, the trees crashing because of the beast, way to close for comfort.

"How long do you think we have?" Robbie asked.

"Until it murders us," Jade mumbled more to herself then to him.

"That's not really possible right?" He asked meaning a theory they both had. They both had been driven far past what a human body could handle and they both were breathing still.

"I have no clue." The girl responded through clenched teeth. He always asked her questions like he assumed she had all the answers. "I have no idea… I'm more worried about getting rid of this thing."

"I have an idea."

She frowned at him. "Really…?" That had surprised her genuinely.

"Yeah," he nodded with a sheepish grin. "The River…"

CL

The Farsli lumbered through the trees searching for his meal. He had them in his radar the whole time he trailed them, but it was strange, they had disappeared. He couldn't find them anymore. He made a grumbling sound of displeasure.

He neared the River, which was the last area he had sensed them. His no-eyes scanned the moving river and the tiny bridge a few miles down it. He assumed they had crossed the bridge, though his master told him they wouldn't because it wasn't allowed.

He made his way towards the bridge, he hated water. They all did. It wasn't a weakness, just a substance that was not needed and not available on his planet. He wasn't even sure if the bridge would hold his weight, he hadn't really given it much thought.

He began crossing the bridge and half way across it gave way with a loud snap. He fell into the water like a boulder off a cliff. His body stiffened, hating the feeling of water.

Then the water attacked him. A sharp pain shot across his lower half on his right like a blade, and then his left felt it also. Water was supposed to be harmless and not attack… He began looking down trying to see what was truly attacking him in the murky water. He couldn't at all see anything.

He then shot a long limb into the water to his left in a stabbing motion. To his left one of his meals appeared from the water, with a gasp of air and pushed her hair out of her face. He made an attempt at her with his arm and she quickly dove under again. Hunks of his flesh were beginning to surface the water, as the other sliced away at him and the other distracted. Soon his right foot came completely undone from his body and he found himself tipping over in the water and the tide quickly began pushing him down the river. He roared in anger as he was swept up and towards jagged rocks.

Jade resurfaced again gasping for air along with Robbie who looked near purple. They nodded at each other and cut up the vein rope around their waists they used to keep from being carried away by the river. They hooked onto the collapsed bridge and made their way to the river bank.

There they both collapsed gasping for air and shaking. "It was like cutting rock." Robbie moaned looking at his raw blistered hand, he was sure he had a few broken fingers. Jade nodded in agreement, her left arm had a gash in it from being hit by the Farsli.

"We need to follow the river and finish it off." Jade tiredly said. "Who told you they were afraid of water?"

"It was in the lesson last week." Robbie frowned at her and she gently shrugged and they both helped each other to their feet and began a steady jog down the river bank after the beast.

The beast had taken a tumble through a narrow rocky path which gave them hope he had taken damage. He had also taken a tumble down a small waterfall into a lake they had to find a way down. They approached the beast with great caution its body had gone from silvery to grey.

"Is it…?" Robbie trailed off realizing Jade would have no idea.

"I think the only way to make certain its dead is to wound the heart."

Robbie gave her a look. "So you paid attention to that?"

"Obviously, you watch it while I try getting to its heart."

"You remember it's located on its right, right?" Robbie asked.

"Of course I did." Jade mumbled. She noticeably switched directions heading around the beast and holding her blade up. Robbie also approached the beast and watched as Jade began cutting away at its tissue. "Good thing these are really sharp." She was pulling the last layer back when the beast left limb twitched, Robbie opened his mouth to tell her only she was already being tossed back at least fifty feet. Not wasting time, Robbie quickly jumped on the beast and shoved his own blade into the monster's open chest. It withered and died.

Robbie quickly jumped from the beast and ran over to Jade who was struggling to get up. "Are you alright?"

Her shoulder looked dislocated and she had a gash on her face. "I think all my ribs are broken." She moaned. "Thank you Nozua for bestowing the lowly human with the tolerance of pain." She whispered sarcastically under her breath.

Robbie who had heard her snorted in amusement and helped her up. "I think he's dead." He told her motioning towards the beast.

Nozua appeared in a blur of movement and they watched as she checked over the beast. "You did it." Her pleased tone was noticed by both. "You killed one on your first attempt." Her eyes surveyed them. "Sloppily done but a feat none the less, you two are becoming less of a disappointment."

Now

"Sloppily done but a feat none the less…" Robbie announced in very good impression of the female creature, and his companion smirked. He then bucked her from his back and stood. "Are you nervous?" He asked searching for his shirt and picked up off the wooden dusty floor.

She looked around the tiny sparing room like it wasn't a bare room full of nothing. "No," She lied badly.

His defined muscles tensed as they protested him pulling his shirt on. He had no other choice but bulking up. "I am," he answered truthfully with a shrug. Jade wouldn't ever be honest about what was going on in her head, it's her thing. Be closed while he's open. "I mean, we are finally seeing other humans after so long, and they're going to hate us."

"I'm used to being hated."

He rolled his eyes. "Of course you are. Anyway I mean they aren't going to believe us when we tell them we're trying to help them."

She ignored his dig. "I wouldn't believe us either. Some weird, seemingly human kids telling them what's good for them? One of which has a mop for hair."

"Very funny, Jade." Robbie laughed mockingly. "We certainly won't be winning them over with your forever lasting scowl."

"My scowl is effective."

"No it's just ugly."

"Are you calling me ugly, Shapiro?"

"If that's what you think, yeah."

They joked like that when they were nervous, so neither of them was offended.