Chapter 26: Hunt
The tall sagging trees hung like zombie willows in the endless swamp. The water that covered the land was a murky brown, and a thin layer of fog covered its surface. Thousands of insects chirped and buzzed in the patches of high swampy grass that sprouted up here and there. An enormous blue moon hung in the sky, giving the already eerie landscape an even more horrific appeal.
A large creature moved through the soggy land. It was easily twelve feet tall, hunched over. Long strands of moss and seaweed hung from its body as it slowly lumbered around. It closely resembled a carnivorous dinosaur, but with a long slender blade on its tail. A row of horns that started on its nose ran all the way down its back. Its long and muscular arms hung almost to the ground, and two rows of large sharp fangs lined its mouth. It stopped suddenly, and looked around it. It took in several deep breaths through its nostrils as it held up its head. A deep roar shot from its mouth as it swung its head hard into the trunk of a nearby tree. The rotted wood splintered into a billion pieces as the beast's head tore though. The tree toppled into the swampy water, as did an invisible figure. The figure flailed around as the electrical field around him shorted out and exposed him. The young Yautja quickly dove under the chest deep water. Another hunter de-cloaked in a tree some fifty yards away two large Yautja shrunken flew from his hands. The blades tore into the beast and it roared with pain. The projectiles spun through the air and back to their owner. The beast charged at the thrower's tree which was on the water's edge. This tree was obliterated much like the first, but this Yautja jumped out shortly before, and onto the soggy land.
The first Yautja climbed up onto a rock that jutted out of the water, spear now in hand. He raced towards his ally, jumping from stump to rock to piece of land. The beast rushed towards the second Yautja as it again let loose the twin shrunken. It sloshed up onto the land at the same time as the first Yautja reached the area. The two stood side by side, ready for combat. The two rushed around the beast, attacking here and there, trying to dodge its monstrous blows. They jumped and flipped out of the way several times, while scoring their own hits. Eventually their luck ran out. The beast connected with the shrunken wielding Yautja with the side of its huge head. The Yautja flew through a tree, smashing it to bits as he spun to the ground after the impact. The other Yautja was knocked to the ground, and his spear tossed aside by a sweep of the beast's tail. He was lucky not to be hit by the blade. The Yautja lay on the ground, watching helplessly as the huge beast moved in. Then seemingly out of no were came another Yautja. This one slightly smaller than the other two. He uncloaked as he fell from the sky and landed on the beast's back. He wore golden armor that covered both of his arms completely, and half of his chest. His legs had the same style of shin guards. He wore black fingerless gloves underneath of his gauntlets, and a long red cloak hung from his back. His mask resembled the front of a human skull and brown dreadlocks hung from the back of his head. He swung his arm out and two huge wrist blades shot out from his gauntlet. The Yautja who had smashed through the tree sat up, and with a relived tone in his voice shouted "Vaughn!".