The Discovery

Angela slowly pulled the cage and the squirming creature up. The chain and rope twisting ever so dangerously. Nancella and Boclar watched from behind a rock, their children ever so frightened. Slowly and carefully Angela brought up a lasso and twisted it around the elongated snout of the creature. The Davidian squealed and ravish its claws out. Angela retreated and slapped out at it with the bull whip. The Davidian screamed and slashed out again. Angela caught one of the feisty paws with the whip and quickly circled it with the wire rope.

"To a job well done." Angela exclaimed.
"Way to go Angel." Nancella yelled.
"That's my gal." Boclar laughed.
"How many does that make?" Jertread asked.
"Almost thirty." Angela said.
"How many do you want to catch again?" Henread asked.
"Three hundred." Angela said.
"That's alot!" Jertread exclaimed.
"That's right dear." Nancella said.
"Where are you taking these?" Henread asked.
"On another planet." Angela said.

Angela walked out of her cargo hold with her head held high. She had caught another twenty today. That made the tally go up higher. She had a hundred and twenty so far in this cargo hold. Nancella and Boclar would sleep well tonight, for she had revlieved them of their fears from the other side of the cliff. The last Davidian had been taken out of that cave today. But the work was just beginning. She had a hundred and eighty left to capture and take to another planet. That would take another year, maybe two.

"Angel, are you okay?" Nancella asked.
"Yes, I'm fine." Angela said.
"I just noticed, it's your birthday." Nancella exclaimed.
"Oh yeah, been so busy I forgot." Angela blushed.
"Come with me." Nancella exclaimed. "Quickly."

Angela followed Nancella slowly into a dark room. The musty air set her instincts on alert and she prepared herself. Nancella had disappeared. The pink walls made her eyes dance and she felt faint. Slowly she stepped from the two stairs that led into her living room and stopped short with a scream.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Everyone yelled.

Angela was thrown off completely. Nancella, Boclar, Henread, Jertread and a bunch of other Velexians were there. Nancella was holding her newest child and Boclar was holding a huge cake with the words Happy Birthday & Thank you on it. Angela could feel the sides of her cheeks rise, she had never had a birthday, and she had never had as many friends as she did right now. She felt a tear fall loose from her eyes and swiftly swiped it away. Quickly she sat down, and the cake was brought to her.

It was three hours later that everyone left. The room was littered with paper and birthday presents. Angela was very happy indeed. Her deepest wish had come true tonight, in her house. Nancella and Boclar had stayed behind to help with the cleaning but had decided to go home fifteen minutes ago.

"And it is 7:30 a.m. and it is time to get up."

Angela swiftly snapped the radio off and sitting up she ruffled her hair a bit. She still had a smile plastered on her face. Her happiness just wouldn't stop. The last night's partying had really made her feel good. But; the day needed swiftness, and happiness would slow it down. She knew all to well, that happiness meant the difference of death and living.

Carefully she stepped over the rocks and logs that were in her way. The air fresh smelling and the water from the waterfall free falling so gracefully. Angela had no intention of wanting to leave, and it was here that her signal sent her. The radio blinked and shook in her hands crazedly. A Davidian was near, and he was big.

Moving her feet and bringing out a whip as she rounded the gray rock, she felt the air get stuffy with death. She could smell the Davidian now, the fresh blood and flesh on the teeth and claws. She could feel the presence of the creature, smart and swift with a hard will to live. She could feel the anger deep down inside of her lift and soar. In rounding a corner she came face to face with a half eaten Velexian male. Rising her head she sees blood on the cliff. Slowly she climbed the wall surface of the rocky cliff and once again, she saw another half eaten Velexian, but this was a female.

Hissing and growling madeAngela raise her head a little higher. There he was, his gray fur and yellow eyes sizzling in hatredand his horns curling dangerously towards his next victim. He had the biggest claws Angela had ever seen, his teeth yellow and his smell bloody. Angela swiftly brought her knife out and with a scream, she avenged the death in the two Velexians. The Davidian hadn't a chance to react in time before his time came.

"Your reign is over." Angela hissed.

Angela left with her bloody knife at her side, a smile plastered on her face and her eyes were bright. The day was starting to get hot, and it was time to set the traps for the next few hours of waiting. Angela disappeared and that scream began. Small and barely audible at first, then getting ever the more stronger.

What will happen next? And what is that scream? Find out next chapter, which'll be posted tomorrow.