CHAPTER 5 TOO MANY QUESTIONS

Lore woke after hearing sounds of a struggle, his eyes fell upon Kartar and an un-blooded hunter called Falkjar, they were dragging the ooman female into the camp, Lore stood up fast and walked straight over to Kartar.

"Why have you brought another unarmed ooman here? Lore asked staring at the female.

"The female was on here way to the guarded building to tell more oomans of us, plus she has seen too much. You know her fate" Kartar said whilst grinning at the female and trying to tie her up to a tree.

Lore knew he could only watch as Kartar tied her up 'But, took great pleasure when watching her try and take a swing at Kartar's face with her free hand, Kartar raised his hand ready to strike her when Lore intervened and grabbed his arm.

"Is this what you resort to Kartar, hitting unarmed females" Lore said as he released Kartar's arm

Kartar grunted and looked around at all the hunters staring at him, Kartar feeling somewhat embarrassed walked off in a stomping mood and on passing stared Lore out with a challenging rumble in his chest.

Lore sniggered to him self and looked to the fire, Dalkar walked up to Lore and told him he and the others where going to go back to the big ooman building and try and get in, Lore nodded and waited for them to leave.

Once Dalkar, Snipe, Kartar and Falkjar had left, Lore shifted his gaze from the fire to the female who was already staring at him, she looked away as soon as she realised he noticed her looking at him, Lore could tell with a quick scan her body temperature and heart rate had increased rapidly, which made him smile.

Lore took of his mask and looked towards the ooman male who tried to communicate to the female, Lore pulled his sword out from the armour on his back and pointed it at the ooman male, this caused the ooman male to panic and talk more to the female.

Lore hated not been able to understand what the male was saying about him and walked closer growling at the male.

"Please, please don't hurt him" the female said.

Lore decided he liked the sound of her panicky voice and approached the male again.

"Please, I beg you, leave him alone" the female said looking to and from both of them.

"Tell him to be quiet" Lore said after having a sudden gilt trip in making the female plead like that, he turned from her gaze and looked back to the fire.

"John, you must stay quiet, don't piss him off" the female said in ooman language which annoyed Lore again because he couldn't understand it.

"Steph, you know what he is saying don't you! How is that possible? The ooman male john said.

Lore was getting more and more agitated as all he could her with his sensitive Yautja ears was the male ooman's whispering which sounded like ssshhhpssp ppssshhppppss ssssp

"John, be quiet! She said

Lore turned to face the male ooman, the ooman male shut up instantly, Lore's angry look softened as he thought about something and then looked to the female.

"STTTEEEFFF, is that your name" Lore said.

"Steph, he's just tried saying your name" John said 'But the rest of the sentence sounded like more clicks.

Lore turned sharp to the male and extended his mandibles whilst curling his upper lip to show off his almost human like set of teeth apart from the two long fangs.

Steph had to draw the hunter's attention before he ate John.

"There's something I don't quite understand 'hunter' why do you look different in the face compared to the other hunters? Steph said with quite a genuine interest.

Lore took his interest off the male ooman and stood up straight whilst looking at her and tightening up his mandibles to hide his mouth; he turned his back to her and looked to the roaring fire again.

"Are you looking to the fire for answers or you just don't want to answer me? Steph said with bold words.

"You didn't answer all my questions, did you" Lore said still with his back to her.

"What's he saying Steph? John asked.

Lore turned and rushed to the ooman male extending his two pronged blade from his arm.

"This male talk's too much" Lore said ready to strike the male.

"Wait, wait, don't please, IL answer any questions you ask, just don't hurt him" Steph found herself pleading with the hunter again.

Lore turned his attention back to her with a grin.

"You weren't going to hurt him were you? I think you just like to hear me beg, don't you? Steph said as she realised from the hunters grin this was more like a game to him.

"Maybe I did, your voice is somewhat appealing to me when your in-distress" Lore said whilst towering over the seated female.

"Your race must be a cruel, heartless, a stone cold breed, you all disserve to rot in hell" Steph couldn't believe how she was talking to the hunter 'But, he had made her so angry.

Lore quickly placed himself directly in front of the female in a crouched position and leaned forward whilst grabbing her face tightly.

"Do not test me Steeeff, or me and you will take that challenge up you offered earlier, you act like a worrier challenging to drop me to my knees 'But when I am close to you, you cower and shiver like that poor excuse of a male you see tied up" Lore said with an angry fixed stare into her eyes.

Steph shifted her gaze so he couldn't thrive on the fear in her eyes.

"Why were you with the ooman males? Lore repeated the question he had asked earlier.

"I was helping them find new species of animals in the forest" Steph said the best she could having a steel grip around her jaw.

Lore let her jaw go and stood up extending his mandibles and laughing so loud it echoed around the forest.

"Well Stteeefff, you have found one" Lore said whilst laughing further.

"Yes I have found an animal" Steph said whilst staring at him.

Lore stopped laughing straight away and kicked a stone which flew through the air so fast it was like a bullet, Lore grunted and walked over to the fire and sat down against a tree.

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Lore was woken by something shaking his whole body, Lore's first reaction was to grab the perpetrator by the throat 'But, as Lore's vision came into focus he realised he had Snipe by the neck choking him

"Lore calm your self it's me Snipe" the young yautja said whilst catching his breath.

Lore let him go and looked around to see the oomans gone.

"What's Kartar done with the oomans"Lore asked getting to his feet quickly.

"Kartar? No Kartar is still with the others, Dalkar sent me back for been to noisy" Snipe said as he made his way to the tree where the female was tied "The rope is cut, they have escaped, I can help you find them Lore" Snipe said.

Lore snarled and grabbed his weapons, "Snipe stay here and guard the camp, and I will send Dalkar a message telling him of the situation.

Snipe watched Lore walk off into the forest and through a blade to the floor like a child.

Lore heard Snipes tantrum and felt sorry for the young Yautja, but he was a danger to this hunt or any in fact , he was just too young minded and didn't take training serious enough.

Lore had been tracking the oomans for 5 hours and was catching up with them, he switched to cloak mode and stopped when hearing ooman voices.