Chapter nine: Hunting
She leapt out of the tree and into another. I was faster than her but she was impossible to see through the leaves and foliage. I lifted into the air and followed the tiny noises that could have been animals. This amazed me, she was like some sort of jungle woman, the way she moved. I knew from experience she was a clumsy fighter but this was obviously her element.
I realized I could still pick up traces of her power. I chased her for what must have been an hour.
I suddenly caught a glimpse of her foot, clad in animal hide, I guessed this was what made her so silent.
I leapt into the air and made a grab.
My fingers close around her ankle in an iron grip. She swung around and started fighting, throwing in feral growls and more than a few curses
I wondered why she was afraid of me. After all she did not know my intentions. Maybe the android had warned her, or told her some lie.
I wrenched her out of the tree to find she was holding on. Tight, her fingers sunk deep into the trunk. I reached out, dodging her hard kicks and furious teeth, and pried her fingers away.
*
I looked up to hear the door opening and then some very animal growls, along with female shrieks and curses, and a grunt or two.
I got up from my desk and stepped out into the hall that led to my lab.
When I entered the living room I found Trunks holding some sort of wild woman on he floor. He looked pretty beat up, and I could see she had smears of blood on her hands and face
"What happened?" I kept well back. I could see Trunks was having trouble holding her down, bites and claw marks dotted his skin and his shirt and jacket were literally torn in half
"Sedate her and I'll explain" Trunks grunted, jerking his head back to avoid a claw ed hand that had wormed it's way free
it's against my policy to just sedate the first person who makes trouble but she going to hurt herself in a minute, and she had already hurt Trunks so I had no choice.
I rushed off to the medi wing and returned with a syringe and a back up or two I n case there were any smashed through her violent struggling.
When I returned Trunks was barely holding on. He had managed to get her in a strangle hold but she was amazingly flexible and was twisting herself into odd shapes to get at him.
I darted forward while she was busy and jammed the needle into her neck.
After thirty seconds she did not even slow down.
I had no choice. I gave her another
And another
And another.
Three more trips back to the medi bay and she finally slowed down.
Trunks did not relax his grip
*
She slumped down against me. In a sweeping motion I hoisted her off the ground. She was out cold.
My mother was staring at me
"You need to see a medic" I scowled but nodded, I was covered in cuts and scrapes, and the collective effort of ten long deadly nails can really do some damage.
I limped after my mother
She leapt out of the tree and into another. I was faster than her but she was impossible to see through the leaves and foliage. I lifted into the air and followed the tiny noises that could have been animals. This amazed me, she was like some sort of jungle woman, the way she moved. I knew from experience she was a clumsy fighter but this was obviously her element.
I realized I could still pick up traces of her power. I chased her for what must have been an hour.
I suddenly caught a glimpse of her foot, clad in animal hide, I guessed this was what made her so silent.
I leapt into the air and made a grab.
My fingers close around her ankle in an iron grip. She swung around and started fighting, throwing in feral growls and more than a few curses
I wondered why she was afraid of me. After all she did not know my intentions. Maybe the android had warned her, or told her some lie.
I wrenched her out of the tree to find she was holding on. Tight, her fingers sunk deep into the trunk. I reached out, dodging her hard kicks and furious teeth, and pried her fingers away.
*
I looked up to hear the door opening and then some very animal growls, along with female shrieks and curses, and a grunt or two.
I got up from my desk and stepped out into the hall that led to my lab.
When I entered the living room I found Trunks holding some sort of wild woman on he floor. He looked pretty beat up, and I could see she had smears of blood on her hands and face
"What happened?" I kept well back. I could see Trunks was having trouble holding her down, bites and claw marks dotted his skin and his shirt and jacket were literally torn in half
"Sedate her and I'll explain" Trunks grunted, jerking his head back to avoid a claw ed hand that had wormed it's way free
it's against my policy to just sedate the first person who makes trouble but she going to hurt herself in a minute, and she had already hurt Trunks so I had no choice.
I rushed off to the medi wing and returned with a syringe and a back up or two I n case there were any smashed through her violent struggling.
When I returned Trunks was barely holding on. He had managed to get her in a strangle hold but she was amazingly flexible and was twisting herself into odd shapes to get at him.
I darted forward while she was busy and jammed the needle into her neck.
After thirty seconds she did not even slow down.
I had no choice. I gave her another
And another
And another.
Three more trips back to the medi bay and she finally slowed down.
Trunks did not relax his grip
*
She slumped down against me. In a sweeping motion I hoisted her off the ground. She was out cold.
My mother was staring at me
"You need to see a medic" I scowled but nodded, I was covered in cuts and scrapes, and the collective effort of ten long deadly nails can really do some damage.
I limped after my mother