Chapter 2
I scuttled around my personal construction area and moved rocks around quickly, I was too excited to please the Hive tomorrow to do any serious work.
Then suddenly, I watched as my brother beside me collapsed! The rock he was moving buckled and fell upon him, bursting him open like a human garbage bag! I couldn't resist. I rushed to his side and hunched over. But I didn't help him no, that wasn't the Taxxon way. I let out a screech and dug my teeth into his insides, tasting his wonderful organs and blood. My brethren all rushed beside me to gorge on his still-moving torso. He screamed in writhing pain, but we were all in the lust for hunger to pay any heed. But soon those screams died as his lungs were ingested. There was nothing left but a small shell of his exoskeleten when it was over. We all went back to work, not caring for our former brother.
I watched the yellow orb die behind the Hive's enormous mound and left the construction site, we all had our personal free time to do other things. That's what pulls us away from your human insects, we aren't completely controlled by our Queen. We actually sleep as well.
I moved across to my tunnel and slithered through to meet my brothers. They were busy as usual mating with the local females to our tunnel. I licked my left eye, a Taxxon's alternative to a human rolling their eyes. I crawled my way into my personal quarters and curled up like a grub and tried to get some sleep. It's hard to sleep when so many attractive females are so close you can...well I'll leave it at that. I was never the popular one in our grub litter. I was picked on because I wasn't as big as my brethren, or because I wouldn't obey the Living Hive right away.
It wasn't enjoyable.
{SCRRSAREEZT! THE ORB IS RISING CAN'T YOU FEEL IT? YOU'RE TO DO A TASK FOR ME SOON!} The Hive suddenly boomed at me.
I uncurled quickly and ran as fast as my bottom eight legs could take me towards the meeting spot near the Yeerk camp. I waited for about twenty Earth minutes before those large creatures loamed up to me. They were a lot bigger in person, but I could of still towered over them.
"Ssseeewerrrezta Ztracsszne?" I said in my own tongue.
They looked at each other.
"Did you understand that?" The smaller one asked.
"No...get the translator."
{HE WISHES TO KNOW YOUR REASON FOR COMING TO THE HIVEWORLD.} The Hive answered.
"Well, we wish to take over your species, but we will make sure it's worth your while."
I scuttled around my personal construction area and moved rocks around quickly, I was too excited to please the Hive tomorrow to do any serious work.
Then suddenly, I watched as my brother beside me collapsed! The rock he was moving buckled and fell upon him, bursting him open like a human garbage bag! I couldn't resist. I rushed to his side and hunched over. But I didn't help him no, that wasn't the Taxxon way. I let out a screech and dug my teeth into his insides, tasting his wonderful organs and blood. My brethren all rushed beside me to gorge on his still-moving torso. He screamed in writhing pain, but we were all in the lust for hunger to pay any heed. But soon those screams died as his lungs were ingested. There was nothing left but a small shell of his exoskeleten when it was over. We all went back to work, not caring for our former brother.
I watched the yellow orb die behind the Hive's enormous mound and left the construction site, we all had our personal free time to do other things. That's what pulls us away from your human insects, we aren't completely controlled by our Queen. We actually sleep as well.
I moved across to my tunnel and slithered through to meet my brothers. They were busy as usual mating with the local females to our tunnel. I licked my left eye, a Taxxon's alternative to a human rolling their eyes. I crawled my way into my personal quarters and curled up like a grub and tried to get some sleep. It's hard to sleep when so many attractive females are so close you can...well I'll leave it at that. I was never the popular one in our grub litter. I was picked on because I wasn't as big as my brethren, or because I wouldn't obey the Living Hive right away.
It wasn't enjoyable.
{SCRRSAREEZT! THE ORB IS RISING CAN'T YOU FEEL IT? YOU'RE TO DO A TASK FOR ME SOON!} The Hive suddenly boomed at me.
I uncurled quickly and ran as fast as my bottom eight legs could take me towards the meeting spot near the Yeerk camp. I waited for about twenty Earth minutes before those large creatures loamed up to me. They were a lot bigger in person, but I could of still towered over them.
"Ssseeewerrrezta Ztracsszne?" I said in my own tongue.
They looked at each other.
"Did you understand that?" The smaller one asked.
"No...get the translator."
{HE WISHES TO KNOW YOUR REASON FOR COMING TO THE HIVEWORLD.} The Hive answered.
"Well, we wish to take over your species, but we will make sure it's worth your while."