Chapter 21: Hunger II

Archer...

The hunger. That was all I could focus on. My control over my actions, my sanity had begun to fade. I had begun to lose myself.

I needed to feed. I needed to feed. I needed food!

It had been months since I had been took prisoner. The humans tormented me. Every so often a human would walk in and I was so close that if it wasn't for the cage they put me in, I could have killed them without taking a step.

It had been a long time since I had felt such hunger and that was decades ago when I was left stranded from my Hive on a barely habitable planet. I was desperate. I even thought of telling the humans about the Ancient's power module, just in case they did give me food, but I knew they wouldn't. They wouldn't betray one of their own kind. If I gave them the information, it would only betray my Hive and I would not even gain from it.

I could not contact Liana. She didn't need to know. She trusted me so easily. It would have been so easy for me to convince her that I was in danger and to get her close enough to feed off of her. I didn't want that and yet the thought tempted me.

I knew if I did not feed soon, I would die. I needed to feed. Even the thought of feeding was enough to drive me mad. I knew I wouldn't last long.

My strength was waning. I could not stay conscious for long.

I needed to feed. I needed to feed... or perish.