Strangers in the Forest

I couldn't just leave him there; he would have died or had been eaten if I didn't do something or worse. Jory would have exposed him as a demon or something; I couldn't let that happen to someone else. It will only happen to me ad me alone. No matter how much I hated humans and human mutants.

At the moment, I was walking down the street with an all black t-shirt, dark blue denim jeans, and a cloak that ended at my calves. Lucky for me, the townsfolk here left clothes, food, and living supplies on All Hallow's Eve. One time a family was scared on that day they went as far as give me a laptop, iPod, and four hundred dollars worth in iTunes gift cards, now that was hilarious.

I curved me lips only slightly at the ends, so no one would notice, as the thought passed. My hood was down showing blue butt's disguise to everyone around me so there were no suspicions. He must have looked weird to humans and human mutants alike, the skin hologram was pale and his eyes were dark brown eyes almost black. His hair was like his real hair, dark blue hair also bordered the color of night.

I glared the whole way to the survival store luckily this town had one with anti-venom kit, ridiculous yeah but useful nevertheless. I hoped that my student was alright with this new stranger around in my home, being right next to his. I was proud of my little cub; she most certainly will be just as powerful and knowledgeable as her father was.

The street looked friendly and happy but I knew the truth, they were afraid of the dangerous creature that lashed through the forest. They were half right in the department, I was no creature but I was as dangerous as the forest I lived in nearly all my life. I'm not the only thing they should be afraid of when it comes to the forest though.

I knew the store owner was Japanese, that his nephew was the only one who knew any English, and that he was a rather large man but with my knowledge of all the languages I could understand him. I know it's wrong to spy on others but it was the only way to understand what's going on in the town without causing havoc and dismay.

As I walked to the survival store, remember the first time I saw the blue pelted boy back with Shatina.

Flashback

I was doing my daily check-in of the forest with Shatina on my shoulder and my hood up over my head. I had the forest floor done; the canopy was in order, and now we were looking middle of the forest's habitat, the trees were of their normal color and the animals within it them were looking after the young or starting to make them. 'Yes', I thought to myself with a smile, 'this will be a gorgeous start for a beautiful spring.' The only problem was that spring means mating season again as well as spring break for the humans, lucky for me, that is only three days away and I was already prepared.

Or so I thought. Suddenly, the sound of jets engines come to everyone ear in the forest. My eyes grew the size of a tire in panic, I displayed the warning call as quickly as I could and my feathered friend alerted the others as fast as she could fly through the forest. I grabbed my knives from my belt and the forest went silent excluding the sound of a landing aircraft. I jumped from tree to tree, until I saw the intruders.

Humans, as it seemed, three of them came out of the belly of the black jet.

He was a muscular man who looked like he was around about his thirties, hairy arms and black hair that defied gravity, he looked angry and dangerous. Next to him was a much younger man, he had a lean build he was as tall as the dangerous-looking man and his eyes were covered by a red shaded eye piece over his orbs, not showing a color or a pupil of his eyes. His hair was brown like the color of mud and he was somewhat alluring but too old in my eyes.

'What the fuck are you thinking, CJ? You're looking at the enemy, not potential mates', I thought to myself shaking my head. I looked back at the scene seeing that there was a woman who looked like she had long hair of red down her back, her eyes were like grass, and her lips were of a slightly dark shade of pink and pump.

The sight of a normal and beautiful woman made me touch my own lips, they were thin and my skin was green, literally. I had no beauty to me; there wasn't a single male in the forest that would possibly have interest in me and for obvious reasons at that. Not only was I, a human mutant but no male animal, human mutant, or human would want me as a mate. With leaf filled vines, as my leaves hid the vine like a Weeping Willow, for hair, sickly green skin, along with red and blue eyes. The sight of me would make even the bravest man's skin crawl in despair.

I looked at the group again and saw they all wore some kind of weird uniform, most of the colors were the same, black and red, however the styles were different from each other. The eldest had short sleeved shirt that was black and had yellow shred marks on the shoulders, with an X on his chest the same design followed until his leather boots.

The woman had a black one piece covering her entire body excluding her hands, hair, and face, a lime green triangle was on her torso, the base at her shoulders, and the point was at her public area.

The younger man had a yellow X across his torso, a yellow belt, pair of gloves, and yellow boots. There was certainly strangeness to the group that I couldn't quite grasp. Then I heard the sound of unfamiliar voices in the air, "Scott, put the cloakin' device on if we leave it out here. Elf, ya gonna stop mopping around an' get out here before I drag ya out."

The eldest's voice was harsh and gruffly rough, like the rapids on the north of the forest. The female came up to him saying, "Logan, Kurt's going through a difficult time right time give him some time to recover." Her voice was sincere and loving, like a mother should be. Logan scoffed in response to the woman. I saw her rolled her perfect green eyes and went to younger male. "Scott, maybe you should stay with Kurt. He might need it", suggested the red headed female, the sound of worry was made well-known in her voice.

Scott looked at the female and kissed her third eye. I inwardly chuckled to myself; of course they were courting each other, it was so plain and obvious to see. Then an embodied voice came from the large transportation vehicle. "Jean, Its alvright, I'll just stay here, you guys just go vithout me", I assumed it was the one they called Kurt. He sounded German and upset about something, perhaps it was about this break up they were talking about earlier. They talked more but I didn't take mind to their conversation, my mind was too busy at the moment.

But I didn't know what a break up really was, I had been to the town a few times to see how the inside world looked and I had heard of such a phrase told when a girl and a boy don't work out. However, it was different in the forest, no one leaked water from their eyes in sadness and no one attacked the other in wrath and rage, unless it was a violent species. Maybe humans were just a very violent species, will I become just as violent as they or will I be peaceful and kind like the species that has raised me like was their own cub, egg, or otherwise.

I guessed that I missed a lot of stuff in the human world as I got older nearly eleven years here and you would think that I would know nothing of the world outside the trees however I knew a lot, no much but enough to not be naïve and stupid. I knew things from math to literature, science to mythology, right to wrong, and truths to legends. As for social stuff it was a blur, curses were easy but how to get along with one of my own kind was almost impossible to done in such an environment.

I saw Scott press a button on a remote and the large Jet disappeared in thin air, I narrowed my calico eyes at it in confusion, what kind of magic or tech was this. The three disappeared into the forest, while I was up in the trees clutching the dagger in my hand and unknown personnel in the missing jet. I decided to check it out so I jumped out of the branches and landed on something that wasn't the ground.

My eyes widened in shock looking down, I was floating in mid-air, but I wasn't floating. It was strange; I was on something smoother than wood but just as strong. Then I took my knife and started to write a message in haste and anger if this didn't get them out then things was going to get as ugly as hell. It was basic, threatening but simple nonetheless. Suddenly the black jet reappeared under my feet luckily I was done just in time to leave and not be seen.

The others came back and the hatch opened and coming out of it was a boy with pale skin and dark blue hair, his eyes were dark brown. He wasn't wearing any kind of uniform like the others. He wearing a red t-shirt with a long sleeved pale green shirt, a small bit of his undergarments was showing and wore beige over shirt and baggy pants. He looked around for anything to cause that sound I made then he did something I never expected, he vanished with a dark red and black smoke then reappeared on the top of the jet in the same smoke, I almost gasped at the sight.

They weren't humans, they were HUMAN MUTANTS! My heart was beating like crazy as I looked at the others; Jean was floating with finger tips on her temples, Logan had three long claw-like knives coming out of his knuckles and Scott had red light glowing from his eye-wear. They were worse than normal humans. I hid behind the base of the tree on a branch hoping they would heed my warning to leave at once. When I saw the teleportor looking in my direction my back was to the trunk and I clutched my cape for dear life.

I was completely petrified at the spot.

I suddenly a bamf on the other side of the tree and sniffing like he was trying to get a good whiff of my scent to track me down, to end this hunt. I was sweating a little, it had been long since the last I had contact with human mutant and even longer since I had physical contact with human. He was about to come into view when suddenly, "Kurt, come on. We better head into town; we need a place to stay, food and supplies", called out Jean.

Kurt teleported back down to the ground and into the jet, a jeep came out and headed to the main road as the jet disappeared and the hatch closed. Shatina came back to me very quickly and landed on my shoulder again. "Everyone is alright, Chris everyone is safe", she reported, "There is nothing to be afraid of anymore."

I shook my head in response, "No, Shatina there is plenty to worry about." I turned to look at the invisible black jet, "There are strangers in the forest, Shatina. But, not any that we have seen for years; Shatina we have human in the forest." I heard her gasp in fright.

"What have they come for", she asked timidly.

"I don't know", I answered.

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