A/N: Sorry this took so long, I have been busy with work and soccer and school and life and being a crazy insane 18 year old girl! WHOOO! Anyway…. here it is short, sweet and to the point!
Chapter 11Robin had slept through the night; he had not had any nightmares. Slade wondered if this was a good thing. Probably but he had to take it slow with Robin today, and choose his words carefully. He stood and stretched, allowing his naked body to be wrapped in the new morning sun's warmth. He took a deep breath and turned towards the tree, his mask was gone. So was his shirt. His pants he found a few feet away, along with Robin's pants. Something was not right.
From the brush about twenty feet away Slade heard a noise, it sounded like movement…unintended movement. He grabbed their cloths and sunk down into the tall grasses.
They were being stalked.
Slade knew that it had been dangerous to come out into the open in this area of the island but he could not help it. It had been the perfect place, and the sunset had helped a great deal. Not to mention the apples from the trees were so delicious after a day of sitting on the warm sun.
He started to move back towards Robin when he heard the boy sit up and moan and then to Slade's shear terror Robin stood and called out, "Slade! You bastard!" Slade rushed forward and tackled Robin just as an arrow zinged by the boy's head.
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Robin stirred; he reached around to touch Slade, had it all been a dream? He rolled onto his back and opened his eyes. Blue sky, and the warm sun was the only thing that greeted him this morning. He felt anger fill his stomach; of course Slade wasn't going to stick around. He had gotten what he had wanted. How could Robin be so foolish, how could he let himself be tricked into doing that, Slade had fucked him and he had enjoyed it.
Robin sat up and moaned out of anger and the fact that he was soar, out of pure rage and hatred Robin stood and shouted to the man that had left him in a broken state, "Slade! You bastard!" All of the sudden out of know where Robin was tackled and he was greeted by the sound of an arrow whizzing past. He gasped as the full weight of Slade fell upon him and for a moment he got excited, but he pushed it away when Slade looked at him and said, "Stupid child, you really think I would just take off after last night! Come, we have to move… now! Stay low to the ground and don't lose sit of me."
Slade moved off of him and started to crawl through the tall grasses. Robin had a million questions but the tone in the man's voice had told him to follow now and ask later. He put on his pants, which Slade had tossed at him, and Robin glanced back at the tree to see the arrow that Slade had saved him from. It was thick and long and the end had nasty, pointy looking feathers. The pointed end of the arrow had a huge, sharp rock looking point. It would have hurt to pull out, not that he would have lived though it if it had hit its target. Robin followed Slade silently and finally when they were fully down from the top of the hill and surrounded by the really tall grasses Slade stopped and for a moment looked around. Silence gut into Robin's mind. He was glad when the breeze made the grasses dance and swish together. The noise was a relief.
"Damn." Slade said to himself so softly Robin almost hadn't caught it. "What is going on?" Robin asked in a hushed voice, "Why did you leave?"
Slade looked to the boy next to him and decided if now was the best time to tell him, Robin needed to be kept filled in other wise he could get suspicious. Slade had not choice, "We are being hunted Robin…they are called the Katre, they lived here before I came to know this island. Usually they leave me alone…. when they know I am armed…."
Robin looked to him, "What do you mean when they know you are armed?" He asked sounding confused, "When I first came to the island I was attacked by them, I uh…. introduced them to a few of the small throwing bombs in my utility belt and now they stay on their half of the island and I stay on mine…. however…they found my mask…and realized I didn't have my...boom boom balls…. as they like to call them…I am assuming they want to take me out before I can get back to my home and get my weapons."
Robin sat down on his but and put his head to his knees, "Great…. so we have to get back to your house…before they kill us with their arrows…. shouldn't be to hard." The sarcasm dripped from Robin's voice and Slade almost couldn't stop himself from smirking, "We will be fine, they aren't bright enough to realize that if they smoothed the feathers of their arrows out they would be quieter. As soon as the arrow leaves the bow you can head it a mile away. We will be able to avoid them easily, it's keeping ahead of them I worry about, they are fast…" all of the sudden Slade shoved Robin into the grass and Robin saw a creature land in the spot they had just been at.
Gazing upon it for the first time it looked like it was a mix between a lion and a kangaroo. A lion like tail and legs, the belly and upper Body looked rock hard and solid, but the arms looked flimsy, Robin supposed that would be where the kangaroo came in, and its neck, shoulders ears. But the head itself seemed to be the greatest miss match of all, Robin could not tell if it had more kangaroo or lion in it, non the less its teeth were sharp and it's eyes pierced the grasslands before it. A wily main of redish orange hair flew here and there, it did not make a full crown like a lions thought.
The ears and nose twitched now and then and the creature let off a low humming sound. Robin noticed the black and red marking on the creatures fur and almost chocked on bial that came up from his stomach. It was covered in dry blood and swampy looking mud. The smell was horrible. Drool escaped the creatures mouth and Robin tried hard not to vomist.
Finally the creature pushed down hard on it's on legs and then volted away letting out a warrior like call. Before Robin even had a chance to move he was greeted by about a dozen other large lion like feet jumping all around him. Cries screeched from the throat of the rest of the creatures and Robin lay there helplessly as they bounded past.
When they noise and the trampling was done Robin rolled onto his side to look where Slade had rolled into the grass, there was no movement and he quickly crawled over. He realized Slade was gone, Robin stood quickly and saw the creatures running off, they were in persuit…Robin's jaw dropped open when he realized they were chasing Slade.
A/n: Oh what is this? Slade being a hero? LEADING THE CREATURES AWAY!? Don't worry, Robin still has a good fight left in his…lol they will fight side by side soon enough.