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Chapter Ten

Cohra made their trip through the part of the jungle they were in as silently as he could manage to go through the area. He didn't wish to attract the attention of anyone in the area that might be looking to come after his family and himself. He had managed to get them within a couple of miles from the home when his hearing picked up on something that had his body tense up on the spot: Human voices.

There were people out in the jungle that were the same kind of species as Marion was. Were they soldiers or were they just civilians? He was not entirely sure as to who they were. All he knew was that there was someone out there and they could pose a threat to either Marion, Mariah or himself.

He gave a signal to Marion for her to wait where they were prior to easing Mariah down from his back. His body moved a few feet out in front of them and used his scanner to search the area for anyone that could be around that would pose them a threat on their way to their new home. At first, nothing was coming up in his radar and everything seemed to be fine. It was when he moved his radar to stretch out several hundred feet from where they were towards the trees that he found the source of the sounds.

There were two soldiers in the tops of the trees with weapons on them as they were talking to one another. They were strategically placed where they were as a means to have a better shot at himself or anyone like him if they chose to enter their area. From the appearance of the weapons, they were not snipers and were too busy talking to themselves to really pay attention to the fact that he was aware of their presence. He used his radar to pick up on the conversation between the two men to see if he could get any information from them.

"I can't believe that we got suckered into being out here like this." One of the soldiers said, frustratedly. "Out of all the other men back at headquarters, they have us being up in the trees like a wild animal looking out for any sign of this supposed monster that abducted an American university student."

"I am not a fan of it either." The other man across from him replied in a tone that was similar to his own. "While the rest of the guys are probably out flirting with the girls in the city near this part of the jungle, we are hanging out up here in the trees like monkeys."

"I just hope whatever this thing is that is in the area comes along soon."

"This is boring the absolute hell out of me right now."

"We need something to shoot at to keep our attention on something and prevent us from falling asleep."

Something to shoot at? That gives me an idea.

He turned to where Marion and Mariah was and headed towards where they were standing with looks of concern on their faces. He gazed towards Marion as he spoke in a low whisper to her.

"There are two soldiers about a few hundred yards up ahead from here in the trees." He said. "They have been hired to take me out in order to remove Mariah and you from me." His eyes could see the concern coming into Mariah's eyes at the idea of some men going to take away her new father from her mother and herself. He used a hand to rub her hair gently before he spoke to her just as softly. "They won't do anything to me, little one. I won't let them."

"What is the plan?" Marion's voice caught him by surprised when she chose to be direct with the question. Looking at her, she wasn't showing any sign of fear to him from where she was nestled. Her face displayed an increased sense of determination to keep those close to her safe. This motivated him to speak with more courage and determination in his own voice towards her.

"I believe that we can take them out with one shot a piece. I will take out one of the men and you take out the other."

"Let's do it."

Nodding to her, Cohra moved them up a little ways from where they had been and motioned her to get behind a tree with Mariah while he got behind another one. He motioned to her from where he was in the direction that her guy was in. His eyes watched her peek around a corner and caught sight of where the human soldier was perched on one of the thick limbs, not aware as to what was going on around him. He noticed how attractive she looked with the look on her face as she retrieved her pistol from her back of her shorts and started to take aim at the soldier. The sight had him to look on at her with delight as he spoke to her.

"You going to be busy later on tonight, Marion?" His tone had a little bit of a playful sound to it. He was met with her shooting him a bit of a smirk while she kept her eyes on the prize.

"If you are referring to being busy with you," she replied, whispering with a little chuckle of her own, "you know the answer to that question is yes, Cohra. Now let's get these idiots out of the way so we can get to our house."

"Very well." He turned his attention to Mariah and focused on her from where he was nestled. Once she looked to him, he motioned for her to put her hands over her ears for the loud sound that was about to come out from what they were going to do. He waited for her to cover her ears before he placed his tracker beam on the soldier in front of him. His right hand counted down from three to Marion. Once he got to zero, both Marion and himself released fire from their guns, killing both of the soldiers at the same time and causing their bodies to come falling down out of the trees. Once they were on the ground, Cohra hurried over to where Mariah was and picked her up. He had her to swing her body onto his back like she had before and started to hurry down the path with Marion following behind him. They kept the pace up as they dashed past the two dead soldiers and continued onward towards where their house was, hoping that wouldn't come across anymore problems along the way.