25. Trouble Lurking
He sulked in the corner, following with nimble steps. The shadows were deep in the corners, concealing him from all sight, which was just how he liked it. Invisible from the sharp eyes of the five ninjas that lived there. No, six. Can't forget the lame cat! Sneaky, stupid feline.
Oh, Red is moving again. A quick adjustment of the thing on his back and he hurried after, making sure to account for the weight on his back. Silly green things. He so liked to keep tabs on them. For the master.
Oh, Red is going into the chamber of food! Maybe he can even find some food there, after his mission. What a great reward, after serving the master. Maybe the master will even make sure that he got something really good. Like sugar!
Oh, now Red is joining two of the others at the huge altar of food. Blue is the metal box that can never make up its mind if it wants to be hot or cold. Orange is making whiny noises as he is sitting at the alter of food. Red took a seat and appeared to be picking his nails or something. Gross. Oh well. Verberates.
Blue turned as I came to one of the legs of the altar, with something in his hands. Good. Orange stopped whining, and the sounds of slurping could be heard. I hurry up the leg, my mandible clicks in anticipation of a possible bite of food. I get to the flat and creep closer to the eaters.
Nuts. Orange saw me. He stopped and stared. Food dangled from his mouth as he stared at me. Wow. Are you confused about what food is for? Where it was supposed to go? Then Blue noticed, and drew back. Geesh, that's not nice. Focusing on the two, I didn't realize how close I had drifted to where Red was. Turning, I realized my mistake when I found myself staring into his eyes. HIs wide open, terrified, eyes.
"ROACH!"