Prompt: Humans are the rarest and the deadliest species in the known universe. Often, search parties go missing due to a run in with a human ship. It has recently come to light that there is an entire planet full of them.
Prompt: It is illegal to contact the humans, as they wear an evolutionary scar from their time as prey. It is known as 'fear' and it makes them volatile and unpredictable.
A/N: I do not own South Park or any planets… I also do not own either of the writing prompts that I am using to write this story.
Tweek found himself walking with a purpose as he kept a firm grip on Bebe's arm. He knew that killing the humans was the reason his people were on Earth and yet the fact that his betrothed, the one Sateil that he was meant to spend the rest of his life passages with was the one who killed one of the humans that had helped him hurt. He also felt angered at the fact that she had hurt Craig and lastly, Tweek felt disgusted by himself for caring so much. As a future ruler of the Sateil, the oath that he had already spoken was to put the Sateils before his own needs and happiness and yet, one human had him questioning everything.
He stopped them beside his own ship, not quite clear on where Bebe had landed hers although he had a suspicion that it was nearby, and turned to look into those purple orbs that he used to trust implicitly. There were wet tracks down her beautiful face as she looked at him in confusion and uncertainty, all traces of betrayal gone but Tweek was sure would come back if he had to explain himself fully which is something that would have to come. Bebe deserved to know everything whether Tweek wanted her to or not. His anger had dimmed to a tired sadness as he gazed at her and when he spoke it was not with the sharp tongue either of them expected but with a sigh.
"Bebe, why did you follow me? You broke formation by following me to an area that I know and you do not." Tweek knew that he would not get away with the reprimand whether he was in the right or not but considering the unprecedented situation, he figured facts would be welcome and they could work their way to more pressing concerns about him.
"How can you possibly try and correct my behavior now? If either one of us is in the wrong here Tweek it's you. You are not going to turn any of this around on me." Bebe's anguished outrage was enough to make Tweek feel small and guilty. "I need you to explain yourself to me. Who is that human and why are you so attached to him?"
Tweek found himself unable to look into her eyes as he began telling her everything, including what Craig called a 'kiss' and the confusion on all of his feelings including the guilt over how he didn't feel anything for her after sixteen life passages and yet after only two Earth days he felt closer to Craig than to anyone else, Sateil or otherwise; he finished his tale with how he explained everything to Craig and how he had left the tent, left Tweek. Tweek could feel wetness building behind his own eyes but he blinked them back and looked again at Bebe, at the one Sateil who he was supposed to spend his life passes with and felt ashamed all over when he saw the renewed wetness and the compassion in her eyes as well as the hurt and betrayal that he knew he would see.
There was silence between them as they looked at each other and Tweek felt the urge to explain more although there was nothing left to explain, he only knew the silence was too loud for him. Tweek thought of everything he had just said to his betrothed and knew that he had broken the law which was punishable by banishment from his people, could he really have chosen a human over the Sateils? Blue eyes and a flat voice flashed in his mind and Tweek had his answer. When Bebe continued to be silent, Tweek turned and walked away back toward camp. She did not follow him.
Craig was not there when Tweek arrived back and that worried him, a quick glance around confirmed only the one body lying there which meant that he went somewhere else on foot. With no hesitation on his part, Tweek took off in a light jog towards town ignoring how empty and quiet the journey was without Craig by his side. He passed the junkyard that they had went to and continued on until he heard the screams. There was fire up ahead which caused Tweek to speed up which caused the screams to grow louder as he came to the town that was being tortured. He saw his people darting in and out of crowds with their weapons, he watched the humans fall with cries of anguish and screams of fury. He watched as the humans fought back and he watched as his people died. It was a sickening sight, the Sateils were usually so nonviolent and calm and so maybe that was why their battle cries were so foreign to Tweek's ears.
Tweek moved on when he didn't see any black hair, leaving the humans and his people to their fate as he continued his search. The blood on the streets was thick and flowed like a small creek overrun from the rain and the stench of death and smoke hung heavy in the air as Tweek continued to run through and look all around for Craig. It was a low voice that caught Tweek's attention a word he had never heard before but it was in a voice that he recognized from the campsite, if Tweek had been a human he might not have heard the human called Jimbo at all over the continued screams and running footsteps. He turned just as a loud snapping noise was heard and Jimbo fell to the ground, leaving his black haired friend alone to continue fighting. To the side of them was Craig and he was covered in blood. Tweek felt himself freeze as he looked at the human in front of him, only spurring back into action as he saw his birth giver grab Craig and begin to hit him and send him flying.
His momentum forward was blocked as a car exploded in front of him and caused Tweek to dive to the side just in time to grab onto another Sateil who had been near the car as it exploded. She was young, no more than five life cycles. She looked up at Tweek with wide fearful eyes as her chest contracted, the hole in her stomach and the stub that used to be an arm rushing blood onto the street to join the rest. There was wetness in her glowing brown eyes and she mouthed something that Tweek couldn't hear before her eyes dimmed and she stared at the sky and did not move again.
Tweek felt his anger flare up again and he took a moment to collect himself before he set her gently on the ground, like he had done for Craig just a couple of hours ago and yet felt almost as if it were from a different life. When he stood up and focused back on where he had last seen Craig, it was to see his birth giver holding his gun aloft and pointing it at Craig. That was enough to get him moving forward again faster this time, throwing himself between the gun and the human that he had come to care so much for. His haste causing him to push Craig backwards, wanting him as far from the gun as was possible as he stood up straight and locked eyes with his birth giver.
"Stop this right now. There has been enough death, he isn't even fighting you back." Tweek could hear the authority in his own voice. He came from a long line of rulers which included the genes from the Sateil in front of him who had an uncharacteristically cruel face as he observed Tweek.
"The humans had this coming to them Tweek. You know this and you know why we have to do it. To protect our people and to send a message to these barbarians that we are not going to take this anymore." He had raised his voice as he spoke and looked around as if he were trying to appear impressive, but all Tweek felt was sick and angry as he watched him.
"The humans and the Sateils are dying. This nonsense war that you have declared will end in nothing but more bloodshed. Your bonded mate was killed at their hands and I understand that you are grieving, I am as well for she was my birth giver, but I do not see the cause or understand the reason for so much blood to be shed on this planet." Tweek looked at him and tried his hardest to convey without more words to stop what they were doing.
"This war was a long time coming Tweek. Every Sateil here is willing to lay down their lives to ensure peace for our future generations on Neso. As a ruler of our people you should realize why this is in the best interest and why this is also important." His birth givers voice, while still loud had a droning quality to it which made Tweek believe that he had said it many times before, possibly even before the death of his bonded mate. The reprimand was not so sharp on Tweek because he knew that he was in the right and that his birth giver was not.
"There has been enough death." Tweek repeated, raising the volume of his own voice. "The message would have been received loud and clear throughout the planet by this time. There is no reason to continue on with pointless bloodshed." The Sateils around them had stopped fighting the humans in order to look over and see the ruler and he future ruler arguing. Not one of them stepped forward to offer a voice, it would not have been permitted either way but Tweek found himself wishing that they would, perhaps then he wouldn't be alone in his argument.
"Enough." His birth giver finally shouted. "Tweek return to your ship!" The look he gave to Tweek then spoke legions, there was no question in his or any other Sateils expression that Tweek would do as commanded. It was the law, there would be repercussions later due to his misconduct and for something this huge he could be deemed unfit to rule over the Sateils. One thing that none of the Sateils had knowledge of is that the human standing behind Tweek is the main reason Tweek stood in front of his birth giver and tried to stop the fighting.
"No." Tweek stared defiantly into his birth givers eyes. "This has to stop. There is no guarantee that our future generations will be safe just because of a war that we started here on this planet. Most of these humans are innocent and do not even realize what has happened anywhere else, we are killing humans who cannot fight back or do not understand enough to fight back. Where do you plan for this to end? Tell us all because it cannot last and I will not stand by and allow it to." He kept his voice loud and by the end of his little speech the emotions were running thick into his voice as he thought about his people and their futures. Tweek also thought about Craig and how he should be running to get away and not staying behind him when there was no way that Tweek could keep him safe when there were so many others around. Lastly, he thought about his birth giver and how angry he was, his antennae twitching around on his head in fierce jerks unable to keep calm due to his emotions.
When he spoke, his voice was steady although there was a fierceness to it that gave away how strongly he was feeling, "This will end when every single human lay dead at my feet for what they did to my bond mate. For what they did to both of my birth givers and for what they have done to our people and for what they will ever do to anyone again." Tweek realized then that this was a long time coming, maybe not for all of the Sateils but for his birth giver. This war was not to send a message, it was to eliminate the whole human race.
"That is not for you to decide alone." Tweek's voice was cold, he could hear it but the shock was running through him over the way his birth giver was risking Sateil lives for his own suicide mission and he was becoming angry. Tweek stepped backwards toward Craig and knew what was coming.
Back in the old days, before definite rulers were decided, when there was a disagreement that needed to be resolved there would be a fight between the two Sateils until one was dead or could no longer continue. Today, the council decided on everything however with them on Earth and the only two around who could possibly be looked toward for resolution on a problem, they would be required to fight it out. Normally because Tweek was not a full ruler yet, he would be required to step down but since he was not about to do that, the only way was to fight. The only thing that was stopping him from beginning the fight immediately was the human behind him who could be in the way if his birth giver fired his weapon.
Tweek stopped stepping backwards when he was right in front of Craig, without removing his eyes from his birth givers', he reached backwards to take his hand. When he felt Craig move, Tweek squeezed his hand once before pushing him away, using a lot of force in order to get him out of the range of the gun that would be used almost immediately. He watched the betrayal flash through his birth givers eyes and as he aimed his gun over where Tweek had pushed Craig, Tweek sprung forward and hit him with full force causing both of them to go down.
Tweek didn't look to see what Craig was doing but he hoped he was running away like he should be. He didn't notice the Sateil with the long blond antennae approach where Craig had fallen, he did not notice the other Sateils who were around. All Tweek noticed was that his birth giver was fighting with all of his strength and that if he lost this fight then the future of the Sateils would be unknown. Future generations could be raised in bloodshed and their typical peaceful race could be changed to hateful and cruel creatures. Tweek knew that regardless of what happened to him, he would fight to his last breath to save his people from that horror.