Chapter 17 : " Free For All "
I woke up the next day, later than usual still haveing the taste of rex's blood on my tongue.
'It taste way better when you know you killed that rex' i thought to myself standing up from my nest, licking my lips.
I walked out from underneath the trees where my nest was to meet the rest of the family being already awake.
"Morning hows everyone doing?" i asked to which Enna immediately responded.
"Morning Sky. I'm doing grate thanks for asking?"
"How about you?" she added shortly after.
"Good as well, at lest now i'm not exhausted" i answered wagging my tail.
Sometimes i'm afraid that all this is just a dream and i will wake up from it. I'm realy attached to this family already, i don't know what i would do if i would lose them.
That thought always scares me. Thats why i try my best to get stronger everyday to be able to protect it, becouse as my father used to say 'there is nothink more powerful then will. And if you use that will to develop your strength, there will be no limits for you'. I miss his as well as my mother, but at the same time i'm so happy to have others around that i'm proud to call my family.
My deep thoughts were interrupted by a disstressed squeaking of Khahasin and Kharhir.
When i looked in direction of the noise i saw how they were running away from Orchid.
'I wonder what those two did this time' i said to myself as i got closer to see what will happend.
"No i beg you Orchid we did not mean to say that" said Kharhir while she catched Khahasin's tail and made him fel on the ground.
"Don't you ever call me cute! Or else i wont be so forgiveing next time!" growled Orchid with the same glow in her eyes i saw in Kalash's eyes when he found me all those years ago.
"Ouch ... they said the c-word" i said remebering my own expiriance when i calld her that.
She once just came back so angry from a hunt and i joked that she looks cute when she is angry. Next think i saw was her running up to me and pushing me over and standing above me. I just remeber how i humiliated myself by begging her for merci and literally crawling under her feet to show how sorry i was.
Just by thinking about that i got shivers going down my spine, i don't want to ever expirance that kind of fear ever again.
"Sky come to me!" i heard Orchid say still angry and growling.
'Sweet ... just as i hoped to never feel that fear now i need to come for what ever reason close to angry Orchid' i said to myself as i walked towards Orchid.
"What is it sister?" i asked lowering my head to show respect and to not be another reason for her to get even more mad.
"Ask John and Calista if they want to go with me and Lynx on a hunt. I need to crush somethink" said Orchid.
"O-ok" i replied a bit scared.
"You dont need to be scared Sky. I'm just angry at them" added Orchid.
"I will try" i said trying to giggle but i couldn't out of fear.
I walked away from Orchid to find John and Calista. Fortunately both of them were eating one of the carcase of the trike we took down two days ago.
"John, Calista! Orchid ask if you want to go on hunt with her, Lynx and me?" i asked.
"Sure i can" said Calista.
"I dont have anythink better to do so why not" added John.
"Alright follow me then" i said walking back to Orchid.
"Here they come sister" i said walking up to Orchid.
"Good lets go then" she replied as she stood up from the ground.
We walked down to the pond and then to east of it into the forests. Almost two houers later we made it to the clearing where was so many diftent herbivores of all sizes creating giant herd. We have found the mogration path. The dry season was about to begain and we knew where the food travels we were so happy.
The herd stoped at the clearing to rest and eat they did not expected us to be here.
"W-wow ... so many" i spoke up astonished by the number of prey.
"Indeed" said Orchid.
"What we gonna hunt ??" asked excited Calista.
"I dont know yet" replied Orchid trying to find weakest prey.
"How about free for all" said Lynx.
"Huh ? What do you mean?" i asked.
"I mean everyone hunts alone and who will get most will win" explained Lynx.
"Thats unfair we wont get any and you will win because you can take down bigger prey" said Calista.
"Eh ... and what i can say then ?!" i asked.
"I'm the smalles and weakest out here" i added.
"HASH!" You will alert the prey" silenced us Orchid.
"Sorry sis" i replied looking at the ground.
"Sooo will we do that free for all?" asked Lynx after a while.
"In a moment. If i wont find a bigger but weaker prey we can do that free for all" replied Orchid.
After a long while Orchid spoke up again.
"Eh i dont see any prey we could take down alone"
"Lets do that free for all then" she added after a pause.
"Ok so spred around so we wont bump on each other during the hunt" said Lynx.
"Alright" i said and sigh afterwards.
I dont like this idea. I feel like somethink bad will happend.
We all took ouer spots and waited. I saw the ava walking pass the pair of ankys. I knew i wont hunt anythink better by my own so i better take my chances on this one before others will take it from me.
I waited a bit longer for that ava to walk away enoght from herd for me to strike it.
Time slowed down, i was hearing my every heart beat.
''Just a few more steps, come on, walk you stupid grass eater!' I whispered to myself as I grit my bared teeth.
When that ave finaly moved away from herd for about 30 meaters i knew it was time to strike. It wouldn't escape to herd to protect it.
I runned out of the bushes and cut its way of escape.
"You are mine now" i growled when i lunched forward to bite its neck, i haven't missed. The herbivore was soon pinned down to the ground.
'Its fighting longer the i expected' i said to myself as i looked around me to see both ankys trying to safe their companion.
"Too slow" i said twisting the herbivore's neck and causeing it to brake and instantly stope its every movement and sound.
"Come on if you dare" i growled to two ankys.
They just stood there sizeing me up and just when they were about to fall back Orchid and Lynx runned out of the bushes and attacked both ankys.
They did not stood a chance, even they armor was no match for the pure strength of their jaws. Lynx and my sister just crushed skulls of those ankys. Quick and very impresive kills.
"Wow. Amazing! You are so strong" i said wagging my tail.
"Thanks brother. You alsaw did a good job with that ava" she replied.
"Thank you" i said just before i turned around to grab an ava to the forest.
"I think we should go back it will be hard to get those bodys out of the forest" Said Orchid after a while.
"Agreed" said Lynx.
"But we havent got any prey yet" said John.
"Talk for yourself" said Calista with a galli in her jaws.
"Better this the nothink" she said mocking John.
"Realy !? Why am i only one who did not got anythink" said John disapointed.
"Its ok John you can help me with my ava" i said trying to comfort him.
"Grrrrr fine!" he replied angry he was the only one without prey.
We walked for a long while it was nearly evening when we made it back to ouer new den.
"We ... finaly ... made it" i said colapsing to the ground trying to breath.
"Yeah ... that was ... hard walk" said John bearly standing.
"Wow you guys bringed so much food" said Roody running up to us.
"Thanks brother" said Orchid.
"By the way. Dad, we have found the place where heard stops during migration" she added.
"Oh realy?!" asked surprised Kalash.
"Yeah. There is so many of them" replied Orchid.
"You will show me tommorow, but for now lets eat. Put the fresh kills under the trees" said Kalash.
I took few bites of a rexes that attacked us yesterday. I relished myself when i was eating its meat. Just the fact i best my fears by killing the rex made that taste way better almost addicting to the point ii wanted to fight another rex to once again feel its blood on my tongue.
After i finished eating i had go to drink some water before walking towards my nest.
"Sky" i heard a voice calling me from my left.
It was Enna laying in her nest.
"Yes mom?" i asked walking up to her.
"Since Kalash is going with Orchid tommorow to see where the herd migrate, i want you to go tommorow on a patrol on the west side where Kalash normaly gose" she said.
"Sure think mother" i replied but just when i was about to turn around and go to my nest Enna asked.
"Dont you want to stay?"
"Yes i can stay here with you" i replied walking up to Enna's sied and laying down.
As soon as i layed down Enna had licked me. Ah she haven't do that in a while since i had my own nest. I press closer to her and nuzzled her throat and layed my head resting near her chest. The heart beat was like a lulubay for my ears and i fel asleap quickly.