The next morning, I woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed…sike! I was pretty tired, but I have to get moving, our flight is leaving at 11 and we need to beat the traffic. Hey, rush hour happens only three times a day. Morning rush, lunch rush, and late rush hours.

"Lily." I said, leaving my room.

"What time is it?"

"it's only 8."

Lily yawned.

"We need to get breakfast going and be ready to leave." I told her.

"Alright alright, don't get your panties in a twist knot. I'm all ready to go." I

shook my head, laughing at her. I made sure that all the food that was about to go bad was thrown away, and that the house is all clean before I grabbed my breakfast bar and a plum.

"That's all your going to eat for this morning?" Lily asked me.

"Yeah..I'll have a big lunch at the airport."

"whatever you say, Alex." Lily sighed as she grabbed a bowl of cereal and milk.

"I can't wait to hit the beach." I told her.

"Me too and see some hotties if you know what I mean." Lily winked.

"I'm not the dating type." I reminded her.

"Since when?"

"when we went to a party and I was nearly raped." I answered.

"Come on girl, let it go." Lily said.

"There are some hotties that would love to be with you."

"As a one night stand." I said.

"One night stand smone night stand. Come on girl, we need this." I sighed.

Maybe Lily is right, maybe I do need to be with someone. Who would love me for me? As we got our stuff and waited for our taxi, my mind has been asking me that same question over and over.

Raj'ah got the tracking device ready to go as he waited for the girl to leave and sure enough she and her friend did leave the dwelling. Raj'ah decided to wait until he can get the exact coordinates before he takes off. He has to be patient, tracking down a creature takes time that's what Cetanu once told him.

Several cycles ago, a teenaged Raj'ah and his sister went with the Grand Elder Cetanu on their first hunt before their chiva. Raj'ah spotted a deer like creature grazing on some grass. Raj'ah was about to go and hunt down the creature when Grand Elder Cetanu held him back. Raj'ah looked at him in frustration.

"Be patient, Raj'ah." Cetanu explained.

"These hunts take awhile."

"Grand Elder.." Raj'ah asked him.

"Please, son call me Cetanu."

"Cetanu, why do we have to be patient?"

"As a hunter, we need to be patient and attack our prey when the time is right." Raj'ah watched Cetanu as he used his spear and threw it at the deer creature, killing it. Raj'ah and Rai'eka looked at Cetanu and smiled.

"See." Cetanu explains.

"Patience is a virtue. You need to straigize and come up with a plan. That way you won't wait your time on finding, tracking, and targeting your prey."

"Oh, we get it Cetanu." Raj'ah and Rai'eka nodded at each other.

"When you are on your chiva, you two need to be prepared for the moment when you kill the Kainde Amedha and mark yourself as a blooded warrior."

"What does patience have to do with the Chiva?" Rai'eka asked.

"Same thing as this prey." Cetanu explained.

"Before your chiva, be patient, plan out your attack and what to expect from those Kainde Amedha."

"Yes, Cetanu." Raj'ah and Rai'eka nodded and banged their chests at the Elder. He chuckled at his adopted pups and watched them get focused on their prey for practice.

"I want to be an arbitrator just like mother was." Raj'ah said.

"I would like to be a clan leader or an Elder." Rai'eka smiled.

"Im sure that your family will be very proud of you. I know this because I am already proud of you two. I took you two in since you were small pups and for you to say that you want to help out our people makes me feel very glad."

"You have honored us, Grand Elder..I mean Cetanu."

Cetanu chuckled happily while the pups did the same thing.

Raj'ah smiled to himself. Cetanu didn't have to take him and Rai'eka in, but he did. He and their father were very good friends since they were pups. For Cetanu, him taking in the twin pups of their murdered family was an honor. After they grew up and passed their chiva, Rai'eka went to become second in command for their brother, Kai'ro while Raj'ah was in training to become an arbitrator. He spent most of his time hunting for their skulls and trophies until about 20 cycles ago after he returned from the Ooman planet, Cetanu promoted Raj'ah as an Arbitrator status. Cetanu tells him that he will work for him and for him only. Raj'ah was honored to work at his adopted father's side. Chuckling, Raj'ah decided to get some rest before he takes flight to the female ooman's location.