Guardians of the Galaxy .13 Flaming Beasts.
As the mother was lifted away to be taken to a hospital,Roger came and gave me a tight hug around my waist."Thank you,Minore!When I grow up I'm going to join the GUARDIANS and help people like you helped me!"He smiled through his drying tears as I hugged him back and then let go so that he could go with his mother,he waved to me one last time before leaving with his mother.
Raye chuckled lightly when I walked past him to go and aid some of the other GUARDIANS."I think you may have a little fan you see how big his smile was when you hugged him?"I felt a small warmth well up in my chest,as well as a pained boy was far luckier then he'll ever know."At least he won't be alone..I'm just happy I was able to help him."Raye's ear flicked a little as his eyes widened and he turned with a 'ou-oh- look just as we heard a loud yelp.
"LET GO you little stink bug!"Damon had just bitten onto Michael's long furry tail playfully and was tugging like it was a toy and now the large wolfen Beast was now trying to pull him rushed over and I grabbed one Damon's mandibles and Raye took the other and pried them off his rubbed his tail and looked relived that he no longer had a hyper bug attache to it,but Damon wasn't at all happy that he lost his furry white toy and whined as I held him turned to me once more -now that the smoke had disappeared he was able to take a better look at me."My..You've grown so much since the last I saw of you on Nuedaiz..You have you father's ears and his forehead."He joked and pulled lightly on the tip of my left ear.
Michael was very indeed close to Father,after his death he came by so often I called him Uncle Mikey and like Damon I used to pull on his had features of a wolf,including in intellect and loyalty and he is a high ranking officer and widely known for his tenacity to hunt down any criminal with animal like ferocity and ice cold him the nick-name "Frozen Hunter".But through all that he can be as gentle as young pup.
"Let go!You know I don't like it when people stare at my ears!"I swatted at his hand,he chuckled heartily and Raye snickered at me."Alright the way is that your pet,Minore?"He asked while eyeing Damon as if he looked away for even a nano-second Damon would grab him again." is Raye's little hassle."I said while pointing to Raye,he shifted slightly and drooped his ears while Michael inspected him."The little pup needs more 's got the right quality,but you can't keep him still can you?"He asked Raye,he shook his head."Well lets stop this chit-chat and get to work,the sooner this mess is cleaned up the better."Raye and I nodded and we set off to help clear the rubble while Michael went to command his team of GUARDIANS.
I stepped over the broken glass and rubble,the damage wasn't as bad as we first thought,I went over to another young GUARDIAN -who I suspected his age was at 14- that was unconscious and slumped over against a column,I checked his wounds and found that he had a few broken ribs and a fractured femur,I called for someone to come and pick him up and send him to the I felt someone tap me on the shoulder,looking over I saw Felix and Fuma standing right behind was standing there arms crossed and looking none too happy."What happened here?We leave for only a few minutes and you guys get in trouble AGAIN!"He chuckled as if he was so much flicked him on the ear."Leave her alone,, exactly happened here?"He asked me while looking at the damage."..Its not too bad,you should have seen it when the SEED first struck,no one could get to their rooms for at least a week."
"Or their showers!Right Felix?"Fuma jabbed his elbow into the large Beast's hip.I thought about it and realized what Fuma ment,Felix must have stunk up the whole Colony!"Oh be quite Fuma!"He scolded,Fuma just chuckled."Well the Central Table is going to need a lot of construction done in order to fix it completely."I jumped when Mira spoke over on my right,even over all this glass she still was as silent as ever.
"Alright,things are under control here and if we don't go now we'll miss the lets go already."Fuma tapped his foot over broken glass making a crunch sound with every tap.I rolled my eyes."Yeesh,Fuma we're going,we're going!Don't get your shorts in a bunch!"Raye spat,Fuma glared and kicked his shin,very hard."AHHH YOU LITTLE!"He hopped around twice holding his hurt shin before falling back on his rear."Don't you talk smak to me,Ryan!Rrr I kick your- Gaa Felix lemme GO!"..Did he just call Raye Ryan?
Felix grabbed him after he kicked Raye and was holding the angry little Beast back from kicking Raye anywhere else tender,or worse."H-him and those stupid steel toes!"Owch,I did notice Fuma was wearing steel toed boots..Very painful.
"Fuma back off him!Just because you ran into that other small Beast Ryan doesn't mean you have to take it out on him!"Fuma huffed and stopped trying to swing punches at Raye."Who?"I asked Felix,he leaned towards me and covered his mouth halfway so that the open part was faced towards me and not towards Fuma."Ryan you could say is Fuma's number one those to happen to meet they get into the Gurhal's biggest arguments and sometimes wrestling matches..They hate each others guts."He chuckled,I giggled at the image of two small Beast yelling their heads off at each other or trying to make the other say uncle.
I helped Raye stand back up,he had a large bruise discolored just below the knee cap (That is where the shin is located right?) and he poked at it -which was a little dumb."Owwww."He moaned painfully,I never thought Fuma could kick that hard,Raye's lucky that Fuma didn't crush or break the knee cap!But he was still able to fully use it,so he'll be just turned his back a began to sulk..He must have lost the argument with Ryan,boys and their pride.
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We entered the Parum gate and boarded the G-Flyer,Felix sat with Fuma -still sulking- across from us,Mira sat next to the window behind us,Damon laid at my feet but still had his head resting on my lap,and where do you think Raye sat?In his usual spot next to me.I looked over to Fuma as the Flyer lifted up and sighed."Fuma you really need to stop sulking,you acti-"
"Hey your not the one who pantsed in front of the entire GUARDIANS staff in the Headquarters by that little,good or nothing,dumb IDOT!"He snapped at me,then realizing what he just yelled and sunk into his seat."Hey don't talk to her lik-...What happened!?"Raye and I glanced at each other and began laughing."HAHAH Well at least no one will ask if you wear boxers or briefs!"Raye blurted,next thing a small boot made harsh contact with the side of his looked dumbfounded at first and Fuma was smirking."HA!"I covered my mouth and giggled as Raye picked up the shoe and held it away."Uhhg!I can smell your sweaty feet from over here!"Fuma's face turned red and I swore I saw steam coming out of his little furry ears!"I do not have sweaty feet!"He snapped again,Raye just snikered at him.
"Ok,ok that's quite enough you two.I swear you guys fight worse then two De Ragons!"Felix sighed,"And Fuma you do need to put your shoe back on."
We landed in Holtes City on Parum and as soon as I got off this CAST -clearly AMF- began glaring at me and the others and huffed something like 'stupid Newmans and Beasts,think they can just' I shrugged it off though."Alright,we have a few minutes till we head off to the De Ragon many of the stores on the Colony had to close due to the recent attack,we'll have better luck at the GRM shop to buy our back at the Flyer Base when you're done."Mira then headed off towards the opposite direction."I'm heading over to the HQ here."And she went rest of us went to the GRM shop.
As soon as I walked inside a CAST woman quickly stepped in front of me."G-day ma'am!Would you like to try a few samples of the latest perfume for women?"Be fore I could answer she held up the small pink vile and pushed down the button all the way (..I don't think you're supposed to do it like that) and spayed the extremely flowery substance on my face -I blinked just in time so none of it got in my eyes- and assaulted my overpowering smell burned the inside of my nose terribly,I gagged and backed up into Raye,my eyes watered up and my throat went sore.
"Oh gosh *cough weez* No,no thanks."I tried to say as kindly as I could,it may be her job but a warning could have been really patted my back and we walked past her,she stayed there and waited for any other unsuspecting costumers.
"Who in there right mind would wear that awful stench?"I scrunched my nose and pulled out my handkerchief and blew my nose on above my head Raye tilted over and sniffed -which I blushed because he got so close- thank heavens the handkerchief covered my blush."Pshew!And women wear that stuff?"He waved his hand in front of his face and took a step back."It may be the latest...But I don't think its doesn't smell at all nice."I said,darn it and now I'm going to smell like this all day!
I when to the Items counter and bought a few Photon Charges and Dimate.I also noticed hand held detinators."These should come in handy."I thought as I bought a few of them.I wonder how much they pack a punch?Their only about the size of Raye's fist.
I paid for the supplies and walked over to Raye."I'm going out now,you guys hurry and please stay out of trouble."I told him as he was looking over the weapons,he looked down at me innocently."Now c'mon sunshine,I don't get in trouble that easy."
"Oh if that was only the case."I said with a sigh and went outside,Fuma didn't even go about not needing supplies..I bet he blew all his meseta on soft drinks again.
I walked down a pathway that was lined with colorful and exotic flowers and tall trees heading towards the Flyer then a very large and muscular Beast with light gray hair and about early 30s bumped into me knocking me over."Watch where your going runt!"He growled barring his large teeth and walked that was just rude...I checked for my meseta card..Missing!That Beast was a pickpocket!"Hey you!Give me back my meseta card now."I called after him,the rugged Beast turned with surprise before tripping over Fuma -he had been watching the whole thing- while attempting to run away.
The very large Beast fell and hit the steel floor hard."Hehe should-a listened to her ya bone head."Fuma snickered as the Beast stood up."Dumb GUARDIANS!"He growled loudly and pulled out a song sword and charged us!Fuma dodged him and I pulled out my Dagger and attempted to block,he swung his sword and the brute force of the swing knocked me aside as the Sword's tip cut past my side,not too deep,but deep enough to leave a half inch ,fast and strong this guy was no push why was he making such an effort to get away?
My back hit the side of a steel wall,knocking the air from me,Fuma pulled out a knuckle buster and hit the large Beast,but to no shrugged Fuma's attack off and swatted him aside,the small Beast hit a tree head first and was knocked out.I tried to push myself off the ground,I looked up at the large dark Beast...His cat-like eyes looked over me as he licked his lips..I didn't like they way he looked at me at hungry look in them told me he had only one thing on his mind..Oh Please no!
He gripped my arm in a vice."Hehe little girls like you shouldn't be playing games like this..never know what's gonna happen to ya."He lifted me up by my arm and pinned me against a wall then brought his face close to mine,his breath smelled like rotten eggs and drugs.I kicked him in the chest but he didn't budge."Please no!"He was twice the size of Raye and three times as strong,fear filled me,this isn't happening!Gosh no,please someone HELP!
His face was now far too close and I tried ever so hard not to show emotion as he just smirked and then cooed."Now,now no need to fight it..You might as well just get read-"CLONK!Someone had slammed the broad side of a long sword down with great force,the large Beast went down showing Raye right behind him with his sword out looking mad enough to Nano Blast!The grip on my arm left suddenly and I fell forward and into Raye's arms.I was so glad that that man didn't..
"Did he touch you?"He looked my in the eyes ,they were full of worry and concern,he placed his hand on my open gash and used a TECHNIC to heal it."No..Bu-but he tried."I shook it off as the large Beast moaned in agony,yeah you better stay down!
"Hehe and you told me to stay outta trouble."He chuckled lightly as he held me.
I went and took my meseta card out of his pocket and we handcuffed him,and then he was carried off to the hospital for the head wound Raye gave came up to and patted me on the back."It's crooks like that you really need to watch out for..I just don't get why he attacked in public."Felix scratched his chin."We'll question him,he could be a a weapon like that I wouldn't be surprised...Can we get somebody to wake up Fuma over here!"He yelled and pointed at the sound asleep Small then went over and poked at Fuma,who then began to stir."...What happened?...Man did I have the weirdest dream.."
Raye came up to me,he still looked worried."Are you sure you're ok,Minore?"He asked,I looked at the ground.I wasn't very sure if I was or not.I wasn't even able to block his attack,let alone keep him from pinning me to the keep him from trying to...
With everyone else looking away,Raye put his arm around me from behind and he leaned down to my ear."I'll never let anyone hurt you.I'll always protect you." He whispered so low that if it was any louder it wouldn't have been the truth as he nuzzled my cheek,lovingly.I could only think that when Raye had seen that man try to take advantage of me,it may have hurt him."I'll be fine..Thanks,Raye."I nuzzled back.
We all headed over to the Flyer Base and prepared to spotted us and came over."I heard over the inter he was a 're going to have to tighten security now that rogues are wondering in public."She stated as we boarded the our seats I laid my head against Raye's shoulder,he put his arm over my shoulders and rested his head on top of mine as we began to take off.
We landed at the sanctuary's stainless steel building circled around a very large cage that had sections in side blocked by more electric fences -I guessed the cage alone was about 50 to 70 stories- that I guessed was where they keep the flying beasts and such.I estimated the whole entire sanctuary was at least 700 to 800 acres,maybe even calls and cries could be heard all over the place.
To the left of the entrance in one enclosure I saw a small Shagreece (Another dragon-like creature.) being fed by its large animal stood about 8 ft in front legs as it had its wings folded to its sides like a bird of prey had a small head and a long slender neck,glowing spikes lined down its back every few inches till it reached the single straight spiked Newman emptied the bucket of raw meat into the animal's trough and the dragon-like animal began to tear at the bloody food,ripping it off in chunks then lifting it's head up and let the meat fall down its throat,snapping its head a few times to help it go down the right screeched with satisfation after devouring the meal.
"I'd hate to be that guy's pen cleaner!"Fuma chuckled as we passed the pen and entered the building."Welcome!Its about time you arrived.I'm Alexy Selin,head caretaker of the sanctuary."A female Beast approached,her outfit looked like a safari guide's tan shorts and white shirt under a tan sleeveless jacket with various pockets,and including a long glowing photon whip hooked to her left had bright hazel eyes and wide hands had fingerless gloves with sharp claw-like nails,and she was a large woman,she towered over Felix by a blond hair was tied off in a long pony ears drooped down to the side like a young pup's would.
Mira shook her hand."So when will we be leaving to search for the infant?"Mira asked her as Raye held Damon back with the leash."Well we're still setting the supplies we'll need to go wrangle the lil pip squeak after we find him,if you guys want I'll show you some of the animals we keep here."She offered,Fuma rubbed the back of his neck as he looked up.
"I'm sorry..After we find the De Ragon I have to be somewhere."I said."Well no you get the time we could use a little help around here,maybe you could call it a mission."She winked,she was a very kind woman De Ragons are my favorite animals when there not trying to eat you,maybe I will.
"Well what's taking anyway?"He asked,Alexy looked down in surprise."Oh didn't see ya one of the goghs from Neudaiz just learning to fly flew into the non-electric fence and caught his screeching spooked the day-lights outta a De Ragon making her tear a pretty good sized hole in her pin with one of her tails."She explaned and smiled as if it was De Ragons are one thing..But they have GOGHS!?
"How many species do you house here?"I asked,I thought Mira said this was a De Ragon sanctuary?"Oh we house animals from all over the Gurhal even have baby Omnagoghs from Neudaiz and Dimmagolas from when those get big enough we release them."She explained.I'm going to have a panic attack..Dimmagolas are closly related to Omnagogh and the MOST dangerous creatures of all!
Suddenly I heard a very loud clicking came from behind me,similar to Damon's but louder.I looked behind me to see a full grown Moatoob centipede towering waaay over my head and looking right at me,I could feel a sweat drop 's mandibles were very large and much sharper,and long fangs poked out of it's fur running down its back was much more course than Damon's and a it was a lot more muscular,the fur on it four upper arms was much longer and the back of each arms had long sharp quills going down them.
Alexy whistled and the large bug laid flat on its stomach,I noticed its eyes were more angular and sharper the Damon' had been hiding behind Raye's legs the whole entire length of the insect had to be a little over ten feet!
"That's how big they get!?"Raye blurted and glanced down at little giggled."Yep,this here is him ever since he was bout as big as the one you got there."She pointed to Damon,who now was slowly approaching Razar and sniffed at the much larger centipede."Don't worry he's as gental as a butterfly,ain't ya boy?"She hugged his neck and started rubbing under his chin roughly,Razar purred as loud as lawn-mower at rest.
"Well lets get moving,we wait too long then the sun will set and it'll get even harder to find the little scamp."She said."Now we're gonna bring some tranquilizers in case we run into some wild De me and I'll get ya set up."She signaled for us to come,Damon warmed up to Razar and the larger centipede let him climb on his difference in width was amazing,while Damon was about two and a half inches in width,Razar had to be at least four.
On our way I heard something growl as loud as a landslide!All of us jumped except Alexy and turned to see a De Ragon!No bars,glass,fence nothing separated us from the ten foot De Ragon!
The large beast was laying down on a very large mat in this indoor medical pen while its hind leg was being inspected by a 's twin tails twitched and the tips of its tails swung close towards us.I noticed that the tips of both tails had these spikes on the ends that made it resemble a birds open mouth and the eyes were shorter spike then the beak like part,the large stone-like greenish blue spikes that went down its back glowed faintly.
I stopped and gapped at wasn't fully grown but it was 's large head snaked over towards Alexy and it seemed to purr,as loud as a chainsaw but as soft as a fan."Hey there baby girl,you feeling bad?"Alexy cooed and patted it gently on the snout."W-what happened to her?"I asked,the De Ragon looked at my and sniffed."Oh she tripped over a log and sprained her ankle,she's just a year old.I raised her myself since she was an 't that right Samie?"The big animal nuzzled her hand and licked it with a long,skinny forked I will come over here and help out when I get the time off.
"Her leg should be fully healed an a few more days ma'am."The CAST walked over to Alexy and took off his gloves."That's you lead her back to her pin now?"She asked,the Cast nodded and gabbed a small clicker,clicking it a few times as the 10ft Samie stood up and fallowed the CAST ducked when one of Samie's tails swung over his head by accident."Shoo she is long!"He said when he got back up.
We came into a small room filled with rifles,colorful darts and other items lined on shelves and went up and grab a few of the rifles and handed them to us,then she gave us each a small box with a few tranquilizer darts in them."Be careful not to poke are powerful enough to stop a De Ragonus dead in its tracks!"She said as she loaded her gun.
Raye and I both needed help loading our only used photon guns,to reload those you just have to link a Photon Charge to it,I've never loaded a dart.
After we were all set up we were led through the building,on the way Alexy explained the whole situation."We were feeding him this morning when a SEED fell through the roof of his managed to kill the SEED but little Drake all the SEED going around we need to find rogues have been spotted pretty close by and we can't have him falling into their hands."She said as we passed by a nersery full of small eggs.
We came into a large room with a transport looked like a small hover truck with a thick glass dome in the back but only rode two people."Will we be riding in that?"Fuma asked,Alexy shook her head."Nope,I'm afraid the brake broke -pun intended- and can't be driven..We'll be walking."
Thirty minutes of looking and nothing so used Razar and Damon to try and sniff out the young chick but they hadn't caught a scent yet,but Damon wasn't at all very much kept chasing any little creature he could find up a tree..
"I found something!"I turned to see where Fuma had yelled -more like squeaked- yeah he found something alright..He stepped right in it too..Alexy went up to him and inspected it."Well he's not too far off..Its still fresh."
"Uhh gross!"Fuma scrapped his boot in the grass to get it off,I gave a slight giggle."Dude that's nasty!"Raye snorted out of Fuma's earshot,I walked a few paces over large hill and saw the worst thing imaginable.A rogue's ship!I dropped to my stomach in the tall grass and signalled to the others,they did the same.I parted the grass to see a few rogues loading up supplies,in a small cage -screeching for his life- was Drake!The poor little De Ragon looked crawled up and blew a small whistle,I heard nothing but Drake suddenly became quiet and looked towards Alexy."Bout time it shut up,that thang was gettin on me nurves."One Newman rogue with a heavy accent said as he picked up a large box and carried it in the ship.
Then a young Beast -had to be about mine or Raye's age- walked out and looked over his was very rugged,his clothes were tattered but still very brown hair -shoulder length- that still looked like he rolled out of bed (Like some other Beast I know) and bright green also had a scar on his right must be the leader.
He walked over to Drake's cage and laid against his arm over his head at the top of the cage and looked at the snarling animal."Don't worry lil guy..You're not gonna die,your just gonna be somebody's new exotic 'll fetch a better price alive."He chuckled,Drake growled and cough a puff of smoke in the rogue's face,he backed off and coughed heavily."Haha little puffer now arin't ya?"He chuckled,the dragon just hissed."Alright load him up."We watched as Drake was helplessly hauled into the ship.
"What do we do now?"I I got an idea,I hit my comm. link."Listen need to distract them away from Drake..Raye get Damon to lead them away while while the rest of us grab 's hard to catch and you can grab him before he gets should work."
"I say go for it,Damon can slip into the grass and loose them on his own."I could hear Fuma smirking on his end.
"Well Damon does like to run."Raye chuckled under his breath.
"No..Use Razar..You little pup isn't trained and is far too will get their attention far more then the pup."Alexy all whistled and the grass around Razar rustled as he made his way over to the far side of the he reared up and growled loudly.
"Hey over there!"All the rogues Ran towards Razar with different weapons to try and catch the giant bug,but he easily kept them at ,Felix,and Fuma kept watch while Raye and I went inside while Alexy blew her silent whistle to guide Razar around.
"Alright I'll stay here while you go look for careful this thing is big and I don't know if all the rogues are out..Please be careful,Minore."Raye took his position as I went through the very large ship.I could easily hide due to my size and Raye could watch out and signal me easier.
I found Drake after about five minutes,he wouldn't stay quiet but that ship was hard to navigate through."Easy Drake..I'm here to help you."He snarled at first,but had to have caught Alexy's scent because he calmed down quickly.I kneeled down to pick the lock,after ten seconds I realized something.I tilted my head up to see the lead rogue standing over me!
He was leaning against the top of the cage with his forehead against the back of his arm and smirking down with amusement at me."Hi there."He said..happily?How the HECK did he manage to get soooo close without me knowing!?And how long was he even there?..And why didn't Raye signal me?Did this man already..
I took quick action,I shot up attempting to sucker punch him but only hit air,he had just as quickly backed he looked at me and -amused- crossed his arms."Funny how a GUARDIAN was able to board my ship,find the baby,and almost not get caught."He chuckled..Wow...This rogue's nothing like Kyo."Yeah Well I'm going to get off with the De Ragon and still not get caught."I said with a determination,he raised an eyebrow to me."So serious for someone so up."He said,far more cocky then Raye and Fuma combined."Why should I lighten up around a rogue!"
Not after Kyo,I learned never to let your guard down around a rogue.
"Hehe Sounds like you met guess..Are you perhaps Minore Sato?"
"How do you know my name?"I spat and pulled out my Dagger,this man was way too easy going for my liking."Easy sunshine,your very popular among rogue talk..Kyo's after you baad and it guy is a psycho."He chuckled."Your reeal cute but I can't just let you walk outta here with that chick."He pulled out a strange looking Saber and came at me.I blocked and was as tall as Raye so it was very sparated then struck at each other many I was loosing the fight,his attacks were both heavy and quick,and he was pushing me to the a small ball of fire hit the rogue,Drake must have learned!The rogue fell back and with my Dagger I broke the lock off and let Drake out,the De Ragon was only up to my shoulders,he paused before making a mad dash for the exit.
"Well..You're good,now we lost our big check.."He seemed a little annoyed now,he then rushed at me so quickly I couldn't react,and promptly kneed me in the stomach."Even if you are a girl..I can't go easy on you..Little flower."I gasped terrible for air and fell over in pain,I think he crushed something!
Suddenly Raye rushed in."MINO-Get away from her!"He came to tell me to pull out I guess,when he saw the rogue standing over me."Ahh I knew you weren't join our little party then?"He chirped as Raye wildly ran at him."Sure thing buddy!"He growled.I watched them duke it out,I couldn't move either,the blow to my stomach was too much,every time I moved it hurt too much.
It looked more like they were dancing,but Raye managed to kick him at one point."Hehe I'm guessing she's your girl?Its rare I see anyone fight this hard,"While their blades locked he spun his blade and knocked Raye's out of his hands,"But it would be a real shame to kill you now."He had the blade to Raye's throat as I suddenly felt cold metal to my throat." girl is on Kyo's black list..She's worth a fortune!"A smelly old Newman pulled me up by my was really hard to looked very mad now."..A pretty little thing though isn't she?"
"Don't you touch her!"Raye hissed through his teeth while glaring at the old Newman."Oh you mean like this?"The old geezer then pinched my rump,if there wasn't a blade to my throat I'd knock him to next year!!Raye looked like he could have really 'damaged' the man right then.
"Kotan leave her be."Did that rogue just vouch for me?"Well pardon me,Talon!You may have inherited your rank as leader..But it doesn't mean you've earned it!"The old man cast me aside and charged the young rogue."I've been second in command far too long Talon!It's time a more experienced rogue takes lead!"He yelled as Talon easily blocked all his attacks.
Raye came to my side."We need to leave now!"I nodded and while the two faught we high tailed it out of there!Only to face off more rogues as soon as we got off the was standing behind Alexy while she used her whip as a very deadly weapon."As soon as Drake was out the other rogues realized our plan and then a fight broke out!"Raye explained,"Well then lets give them a fight!"