7

My face felt swollen and sore and my right arm hurt and it was so silent. There were no animals nothing. I just remained standing where I was standing. Orion would find me like he said. I felt a sharp pain in my arm and I looked at it to see I had a large cut running from the top of my arm all the way down to my forearm. Blood dripped down my arm and my eyes widened at the sight of it. With my last master's I had never really seen my blood before, so I felt a panic over taking me.

I then heard a mechanical sound, and I looked up to see red lasers pointed at me. I didn't even bother to move. I knew already it wasn't Orion. But it was not the Bad Blood Conan either. This yautja was big wearing dark grey armor with the pointed teeth of a sabertooth at the bottom of it. On his mask was some round pattern carved at the top. It looked to be a symbol and I had seen it before on earth, but I was too afraid to really think of what it could be. Half of his dread locks were pulled back and the rest remained down. My body was trembling with terror and the warrior growled lowly and crouched some. The three lasers that were the aim for his plasma castor moved about my body and then my face and then it moved over my eyes and I shielded my face with my other good hand.

It trilled and cackled and growled lowly. Who was this yautja? Should I speak to him or would it even matter? On a hunt there were no time for words only killing. The yautja crouched lowly as if ready to pounce but a massive roar interrupted that and before I could really think a wild bear like creature rushed from the darkness and tackled the yautja down. My eyes widened at the sight of the two large beasts wrestling each other to the ground.

Now was the time to escape. I turned and swiftly ran into the darkness of the forest. I was not going to stick around to see who won. My heart was pounding hard in my chest, and I had really hoped Orion would find me. Now my blood would attract many creatures now. I needed to find shelter and quick. My eyes scanned everywhere looking high and low for somewhere to hide. I then caught a glance of something and slowed my running and saw a large hole in a tree. There were some vines hiding it, but I was sure it would fit me. I ran over towards it and slowly moved the vines out of the way. A creature could have been living in it and I didn't want to startle it too much to the point it attacked.

I moved slowly through the vines and once I was through the vines I peeked inside and saw an empty tree trunk. I sighed with relief feeling the pain in my arm increase. I moved inside and did my best to hide myself with the vines. If I could remain here then I know Orion would be able to find me. I lied back against the bark and ripped parts of wraps and bound it around my bleeding arm. Blood soaked right through it, but it would have to do. I lied back once more and tried my best to stay calm. What if Orion did not come? Why would he? I was hardly his servant for two days and already we have been separated. He probably didn't care. Losing a human meant nothing to a yautja. The air was getting cold and I was unsure of how cold it would get on this planet.

I then heard noise from outside. Sticks were crunching and coming this way. Was it Orion? I wanted to move from the tree, but I would not move until he called out to me. There was more noise coming and now I could sense a figure standing on the other side of the vines. My eyes widened unsure of what to do.

"Come out." the deep voice demanded. It was hard and powerful. I closed my eyes unsure of what I should do. My arm hurt more and I grit my teeth together trying to bare the pain.

"If you are going to kill me then do it from where I sit." I called out. I received a growl from behind the vines and suddenly two large arms shot through them and gripped both my shoulders causing a stomach jerking pain to shoot up into my body. I screamed out loudly from the pain and shock of being pulled out so suddenly. I was thrown to the ground immediately and I hissed clutching my arm. Now I felt my bad arm being pulled forward and I groaned. "No!"

I started to protest, but the yautja roared loudly.

"Be still woman!" he commanded, and I was silent and still now. The yautja got down on one knee and began to remove my poor excuse for a bandage from my arm. I hissed once the air hit my cut. I looked from my arm to the warrior, wondering what he was going to do. He now moved to his belt and that's when I noticed a mating collar attached to it. It was brown and peppered with different types of rocks. It looked old. I have seen those on female humans and yautja who are mated to one male and one male only. He had a mate I assumed.

My attention was brought back to his hands moving into a dark pack and pulling out a long thread and needle. I tensed and moved back, but with one arm he caught my bad arm causing me to his and cry out gently. He looked up at me and I just stared at him not moving anymore. Once I had proven that, he moved back and pushed the thread through the end of the needle. I knew what he was going to do and I didn't like it, but it was the price of his help and I would take it. Why was he doing this though? Why was he helping me and not trying to make a trophy out of my spine and head. Before I could even think of much else, I was grabbed and turned around and the yautja sat down and opened his legs pulling me between them and suddenly locking his legs around me. I had seen this happen once before during a hunt when a yautja's human slave was wounded.

"No, no please!" I cried out and the yautja said nothing as he held me in place with his legs, wrapped his right arm over my shoulder and lifted my arm. He held me close with forearms now, and I could hardly move my body. With his left hand holding the needle and his right hand turning my arm towards him, he took the large needle and began to pierce it through my flesh. I screamed out in utter pain watching in horror as he just continued to move the needle in and out and in and out. My heart was beating faster from the pain and this only made his forearms hold me down tighter. I screamed out more and more until finally my head was light headed and darkness took me quickly.