About two weeks later,

Aarrgh ! I know there is plenty of humans but killing them for fun and eating them despite that it's the queen's food !

Am I really being too bossy like Cheetu says.. Like.. everyone say..

Maybe those that do not say it simply aren't bold enough to go against me..

For a few days, I was the strongest and most intelligent ant..

I was the first squadron leader, maybe those that still follows my opinion are just following me by default..

Hagya.. he's pretty much the most powerful and influential leader of the queen's army..

The queen's army ? Is it really still so, or are we all pawns in his schemes ?

- Colt, don't let that bother you, Hagya sure is popular among the soldiers and has the strongest..

- Peggy ! I.. don't want to hear that now ! Tell me, be honest with me : Am I being too bossy ?

The ant scholar sighed..

- Yes you are.. But that doesn't mean you are wrong ! I too think that we should manage more carefully human population, Most soldiers just want to have the right to kill and eat humans because that's what they want and like to do.. Hagya and the others are giving them what they want, to obtain their respect. But trust me, it is a double-edged sword, the ones that follow you, do it because they trust your judgement and thus obey it.. Hagya's will only follow him as long as he's giving them what they want.. essentially his soldiers and officers are the ones in command..

-Peggy.. Half of my soldiers feel they have to stay with me and think they were just dumb to not ask a transfer sooner.. Rammot is my strongest soldier and he's just a soldier, most of the others look up to him and think he should be given a place as an officer, they want to be under him because they think he would stand up to me and allow them to kill as they want.. They do not respect me..

Maybe it's in the nature of power to be taken by the mass..

-Humans call that.. democracy.. that's the problem, the real one.. not democracy but where it comes from : humans

-But the Queen is asking for humans !

-I think the queen has been drugged.. there must be something in humans that made her -wrongly- feel that they are nutritionally and genetically more valuable than they really are..

Colt froze at the thought that The Queen might have been abused. But he still understood that Peggy was just trying to appeal to his confirmation bias.

-Find something.. Whatever it is..

Peggy was taken aback :

-Wait ! Do you mean ?

-Don't ask questions.. It is important, we need to convince Her.. NO ! She needs to be convinced ! Human genes are becoming too prevalent ! You know what this mean for The King ?!

Of course, the condor squadron leader felt sick to even entertain such thought, it felt like betraying the trust his Queen had for him.

If it was possible, tears would run over his beige face all the way down his beak..

His chitinous arms were shaking.

Peggy wouldn't even have needed to know him well to realize the internal turmoil he was facing..

He knew him well and it didn't help.

-Leave it to me okay ? It's not a treason, you know ? She couldn't have known.. Also I've read things about salt and sugar and how they can create dependence.. Maybe.. Maybe my case will not have to be a completely made up lie, maybe I can make it an actually valid criticism of the human genetic value for our specie.

Colt smiled at his friend..

It wasn't really a smile : not only Colt's face wasn't really made for smiling but even down to the intention behind it, it was fake.. he just thought that Peggy was always there to comfort him and he deserved to be reassured for taking all that burden on his shoulders.

« I smell something ! » Exclaimed Gon..

Along with Killua and Kite, he was searching for the source of a S.O.S. they received from a bee.
He knew the one that wrote it, a girl he had met nearly two years back when he took the hunter exam.

Following the scent, they eventually found a scenery the likes of which you never forget :

Three dead horses were impaled on three trees.

Killua and Gon didn't react past a slight shock.

Kite however was reminded of a small bird of preys that had an habit of impaling its preys which are supposed to be frogs on branches :

« Bull-headed shrike.. It's a bird, certainly close-by, it wouldn't leave those unguarded.. »

Gon didn't even have time to admire Kite's knowledge when a partial confirmation came :

« You've stepped into private property.. TRASH ! Those are mine ! »

Behind them, the Bull-headed shrike revealed itself :

It didn't have a bull's head and wouldn't be called a bird by pretty much everyone.

No, it was a anthropomorphic rabbit with feathered arms wearing but a thong to cover its crotch.

And it was.. lunging at them !

Fast !

Gon took the blow in the nose and Killua, to his arms as they were trying to parry.

Ouch !

Without nen ! So far, the strongest human I've met that wasn't using nen is Hanzo.. That thing, It's on a whole new level ! However, without nen, it cannot defeat the likes of Gon and me..

The both of them managed to evade most of the damage.

The rabbit monster's eyes shot to Kite who didn't move, the man was oozing a dangerous aura.

Who's this guy ? Dangerous ! I can't.. beat someone like that ! Damn ! I need to retreat !

Fear was showing on its strangely human face.

However, the next thing it knew, the man was the one backing down :

« It's a chimera ant soldier, If you follow me, we'll face more like him.. If you can't defeat him, you have nothing to do here.. »

The chimera ant was too shocked by the speed that man just displayed to feel insulted yet..

« Kite, we told you : We are pros ! don't treat us like children.. »

The look in their eyes left no room for doubt about their resolve but yet again the chimera was too surprised to feel insulted yet : This time, it was the teens in front of him, something had changed, they suddenly felt much more threatening.

But it wasn't the time for the chimera to feel insulted, now it had to defend itself as the two young humans were the ones lunging at it now..

It was cornered by their attacks, they usually came from opposite directions and were very coordinated. One thing was clear :

They know what they're doing, I can barely parry, let alone counter attack, they are both fast and strong..

THE NERVES OF THOSE HUMANS ! It's just like this last time ! They have no fear in their eyes at all and think they can defeat me ! I'll show them !

It managed to catch a blow from Gon with its right hand and predicting the slanted eyes teen's next attack, swiped his spikey haired companion at him. The next moment, its left knee was planted into Gon's stomach who gasped despite taking no real damage.. Then it dropped his hold on the teen elbowed him in the face sending him flying..

Ahah ! Now let's get to the oth..

!

Where ?

The chimera strained its ears to locate, but a bit too late, the loud thump of the blue-eyed teen as above its head the human held lighting as a weapon..

« You gotta be ! »

It didn't have much time to exclaim anything any further as it was struck by the attack and paralyzed.

...

His back on tree, spectating the fight, Kite had a hard time believing his eyes..

Wow ! He's like 15 ! So that's a Zoldick ?! What he must have went through to be able to transmute lightning, it's not just experience of the pain at this point, it's deep understanding of the physics behind..

Now I am really curious.. Gon.. What do you have to show !?

His question was answered by an alarming surge of power in Gon's fist..

His question was answered by a punch that sent the paralyzed chimera flying into a tree that broke on contact..

...

Killua went after the certainly unconscious chimera only to see it being held by another one.

One with wings and a beak, one ready to fly away with Killua's preys..

However, when the winged chimera tried to take off, it felt a small discharge and was paralyzed for a moment..

But when !? I saw his power, it took him a while to charge and to throw ! So how ? When ?

Before it could move the human was before him with sparks in his hands..

« Now both of you, don't move.. since you can talk I have some question for you ? »

Kite and Gon rushed to the scene to see Killua threatening the two ants.

The winged one was nervous and issued a telepathic call for help immediately :

Alert to all troops, Squadron leader Colt and Soldier Rammot down, 40 meters east to Rammot's tree.. Relay the intelligence to the Leaders Hagya, Zazan, Cheetu, Bihorn and Mantis !.. 3 rare humans, extremely dangerous.. Do not engage until enough troops is ready for the assault !

The bull-headed rabbit, shrike.. thingy.. was fuming..

F***ING TWERP ! I'll kill you !

But wasn't dumb enough to not keep it to itself..

Kite had to admit Killua was a real pro..

-Gon, I'll need your help containing those two.

-Wow Killua ! you're awesome ! How did you do that ?

-Gon ! Don't ask him his abilities in front of the enemy or in front of anyone for that matter, secrecy is the most important part of being a hunter.

Gon apologized Sheepishly as he came closer and tried to look serious in front of the downed chimeras..

- The bird one just got zapped and took no damage, he's waiting for a moment of inattention to flee.. Compared to the other he is smart and composed, from the bit I saw, he's also extremely fast, certainly also stronger than the other one, if he didn't put himself into a bad position trying to save his comrade, he would have been able to defeat me.. Kite, Will you allow me to interrogate them ?

Kite simply nodded with a back up hum so that Killua -that would certainly not turn around to look at him- would understand.

Gon was prepared to act if the bird chimera tried anything..

The other one, apart from looking as feisty as when they first laid eyes on it, really didn't look in shape to attempt anything..

Damage ? You think I am beaten ?

!

What's that ? Pain !

As the adrenaline started to wear off, the rabbit started to understand the meaning of this word.

Suddenly, it coughed blood and puked..

-Rammot !.. you're..

-Rammot, uh ? So you have names ? What is yours ?

-Colt, What's happening to him ? His body seems in shape..

-I can't answer that question.

Colt looked at Gon..

It must have been the attack of that guy, maybe it wasn't just raw power..

Dang ! One can paralyze without even touching, the other can inflict pains like that and the tall one.. It was quite obvious he's the strongest of the three.. I need to get them away from the queen..

- alright ! First question ! Just so you know, If you lie.. you die..

From the look in his eyes, it was obvious, he was dead serious.

-BULLSHIT !

Killua glared at the defeated rabbit.

-If you interrupt me, you die… no ? Good.. Of course if you refuse to answer or hide important information from me, you die..

- Killuaa ! You're being harsh !

-BAKA ! They are man-eating monsters !

-Actually, we're not..

-I.. wish though..

-Rammot !

Killua shrugged it off..

-Have you ever faced humans with abilities such as mine or Gon's ?

Colt was the one to speak :

-Rammot did, 10 days ago.. a blond one with red eyes and controlling a chain..

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(Well well.. I hope you didn't expect my fic to be just some random unimportant character insert.. It's going to change EVERYTHING!
As for Killua, I am nerfing him a bit.. as a good Forum moderator, I decided to put some restrictions on his power.. to compensate, I gave him a rather handy ability.. whch will be explained later..

Reviews are very welcome! English isn't my first language so I obviously have some progress to do..)