Out of the Blue
The skink scouts tramped through the steamy jungle, the eternal buzzing of insects and the occasional roar of battle from the salamanders Hunting packs all around them. They didn't care. Lizardmen don't, and they were no different. Plus, they were on a mission. Rumour was spreading among the lesser Lizardmen of a Skaven incursion into Lizardmen Land. Though only a rumour, the Slann could not ignore it. If it was true, then the Lizardmen would be all to happy to declare war on the Skaven. Hatred ran deep between the Skaven and the Lizardmen, ever since the Great War. Currently, there was an uneasy peace between the two races. It couldn't last, of course. Minor skirmishes were becoming common, any thing more would be like lighting a match inside an oil tank. As the skinks ran on, they were becoming increasingly restless. They felt they were being watched, by something not so friendly. Hopefully not a wild Carnosaur, or a cold one herd. Either of those could smash through their ranks, leaving nothing alive. But they could smell something up ahead. Something that they all hated. They readied their blowpipes and javelins, a fierce fire of hate in their eyes. Suddenly… movement up ahead… a Skaven scout? No, too big for that. Something bigger. Much bigger. All of them could tell what it was… It came crashing through the trees swinging its huge, clawed arms as it came. It was green in colour, with huge, heavily muscled arms and legs, claws the size of a skink's whole arm, teeth even bigger. This thing could take on a Carnosaur, and probably get close to winning. If one of the rat ogres could do THAT, what would it do to maybe twenty skinks?
Heheh! Just a taster of more to come, and please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Warhammer, Lizardmen, or anything else in this fic.
The skink scouts tramped through the steamy jungle, the eternal buzzing of insects and the occasional roar of battle from the salamanders Hunting packs all around them. They didn't care. Lizardmen don't, and they were no different. Plus, they were on a mission. Rumour was spreading among the lesser Lizardmen of a Skaven incursion into Lizardmen Land. Though only a rumour, the Slann could not ignore it. If it was true, then the Lizardmen would be all to happy to declare war on the Skaven. Hatred ran deep between the Skaven and the Lizardmen, ever since the Great War. Currently, there was an uneasy peace between the two races. It couldn't last, of course. Minor skirmishes were becoming common, any thing more would be like lighting a match inside an oil tank. As the skinks ran on, they were becoming increasingly restless. They felt they were being watched, by something not so friendly. Hopefully not a wild Carnosaur, or a cold one herd. Either of those could smash through their ranks, leaving nothing alive. But they could smell something up ahead. Something that they all hated. They readied their blowpipes and javelins, a fierce fire of hate in their eyes. Suddenly… movement up ahead… a Skaven scout? No, too big for that. Something bigger. Much bigger. All of them could tell what it was… It came crashing through the trees swinging its huge, clawed arms as it came. It was green in colour, with huge, heavily muscled arms and legs, claws the size of a skink's whole arm, teeth even bigger. This thing could take on a Carnosaur, and probably get close to winning. If one of the rat ogres could do THAT, what would it do to maybe twenty skinks?
"Send a message of this beast to the mage-priest, before we are all slain!" cried a skink up at the front, his blowpipe already aimed at the rat-ogres heart. By now, the Skaven creature had reached the front ranks of the skinks, and had knocked one out already. His head had been partially severed, blood pouring from the awful wound. This was a skink who had never stood a chance, who had probably never fought in battle before. Despite darts being fired from all directions, the beast just wasn't giving in. More skinks had been defeated, and only one was to be left alive. He dashed away from the battle, towards the great temple city, towards semi-safety.
Heheh! Just a taster of more to come, and please review!