Feeling the cool sprays of water, I fell into the waterfalls and into the river. I took a breath upon returning to the surface and saw some rock crevices. I quickly got into the crevices and to my relief, there was a cave. A very secluded cave. I got in and got settled into the cave.
"Find that insect or else I will have all of your heads!" Lar'ja ordered his men, feeling very frustrated that he almost got the Ooman, but she ended up taking the cowards way out.
He knew that she may be alive and the one way to find out is to look at the bottom of the waterfall cliff.
"Where is that insect?!" One of the badbloods growled.
"Keep on searching!"
The group kept on walking by the river while i hid in the cave. I looked down at myself. Mud. Happy that the mud is there, I immediately covered herself in mud and looked for a way out of the cave for some food. I got out of the cave and immediately set off for the beach.
Meanwhile, Raj'ah and the others went to the waterfall just as Lar'ja and the others left to find Alex.
"We need to find her before she becomes their trophy." Raj'ah growled.
"We will find her," Rai'eka said.
"Remember she is very strong."
"I can't lose my mate like this..." Raj'ah growled again and sighed.
"When I mated with the females, I never thought that I would find an life mate. Until I met her when she was just a suckling, and everything changed for me that night I rescued Alex from those horrible oomen who wanted her for something else. I didn't notice it, but I knew that she will grow up into a beautiful Ooman. One that a male would happily choose her as a mate."
"That's why you left a few months back." Fatal said.
"You...you love her don't you?" Raj'ah looked at the two and nodded.
"I do since I met her when she was a suckling."
"Let's go and find your mate, Raj'ah." Rai'eka smiled and together, the trio ran into the woods.
Feeling very thirsty and tired from the river journey, I walked into the forest trying to find the way to the beach.
"There has to be food somewhere..." I moaned, rubbing my belly.
I saw some red juicy berries. I was about to take some, but decided not to out of fear that they may be poisoned thanks to my Girl Scout training Sighing, i continued on my journey to the beach. After an hour, I grew very weak. My mud coating is drying off and flaking. My body feels very tired that I couldn't take another step. I kept on walking and walking until i lost my balance and fell onto the ground. I tried to get up but my hunger, and lost of thirst quickly consumed me. Before I blacked out, i saw something materialize as my world became shrouded in darkness.
When I came to, my sight took a moment to adjust. I opened my eyes and looked around. I am no longer in the forest, but in a dwelling somewhere. Feeling very tense, I looked around. I saw some skulls that dated back to what it looked like the dinosaur age. I got up and was about to get off of the bed when the door opened. I looked and to my horror, I saw an Yautja male holding a tray of food for me. Immediately I cowered myself from him, wrapping my arms around my body, shaking in fear.
"I mean no harm to you, Ooman." The Yautja explained, placing the food down at the table.
"Where am I?"
"You are in my dwelling." The Yautja explained. "And to answer your second question, yes we are still on the game preserve planet."
I looked at him in shock and confusion.
"You are safe young one." He said assuring me.
"No one will come near this house, especially your bad blood captors."
I watched as he came closer to me and gently touched my arm.
"You coated yourself with mud? Clever Ooman."
I blushed in embarrassment.
"Mud supposed to cool off the body heat to prevent Yautjas from ever finding you. Unfortunately the coating is drying up."
He handed me a fur wrap and some clothes that he made for me.
"Go and get yourself cleaned up, young one." He said.
Getting up, i smiled and grabbed the fur towel, the clothes and went into the bathroom. To my surprise, the bath was filled with hot clean water. I placed my stuff on the floor right by the bath, and stripped off my muddy clothes and went into the tub and relaxed. I scrubbed the mud off of my body until I can see my beige skin color glowed. I saw the muddy water and to my surprise, the mud was gone. It's like it vanished out of nowhere. Shaking my head, I continued to clean my body. I shampoo my hair and washed my body until I am fully clean. I got out and dried myself off and put on the clothes he made for me. To my surprise, he made a bikini style top, and a loincloth. Didn't want to hurt his feelings, I put on the top, and the loincloth along with the mesh netting and met while the Yautja who is waiting for me outside.
"Your old clothes aren't no good anymore." He explained.
I nodded and watched the Yautja throw away my old muddy clothes. He checked on me and inspected me.
"Fits you real good." He nodded.
"Come, the food is getting cold and you need to eat."
I nodded and went into the room with the mysterious Yautja.