Chapter 27
The Scaled Assassin
(Note: I plan to make this fanfiction a hundred chapters, because I am already getting so many ideas right now. I'd like it if I just continue on. BTW, on LBP3, there are some events that might suggest how chapters 33-37 might go on. Name is Kiezion. [Since somebody taken it already.])
What I know from the light of the great circle, was that there was a new visitor, but we never got around to meeting her. Usually it would look like a dark yellow fastbiter, but somehow, it looked like Mideran, and Altayous at the same time. She never bothered to ask who we are or where we were from, but I do not care, I am going to try and find her anyway. We only seen her when she was moving, and she moved faster than a shooting star, and whoever it was, it was utterly prepared. I saw one of her trinkets fall off, and it was unusually jagged to the point where I slide it across my finger, and blood will start shedding on my toe.
"Tricia, You and me need to talk." Davoskis said.
"What is it this time Archon?" I asked.
"I was hearing a similar laugh to yours. Can I ask you who you were laughing to or who was it that was making such a similarity?" Davoskis stated.
"Oh I was laughing at nothing." I said. "See, Usually I was very easy crowd, but then I am just too hard to please nowadays."
"And I forgot to mention something. You haven't been messing with my stuff lately haven't you?" Davoskis questioned while showing a picture of Petra Venj. "Its old I know but still, that is really not good to be rummaging through other people's stuff."
I looked at the picture, and my mood got a bit upbeat, and I contained it well, and I answered back to him, "No". I knew I was lying, but that has saved me in the past. To be honest, I think they will smack me down later, but I can handle it. I began feeling the Ketch rumble lightly again, and that's when I knew that we were close to home, and by this time, my parents and mostly Cera will be looking for me at this moment, I better begin covering my plan quick and well too. I did not know that Davoskis had a little 'Crush' on Petra. Honestly, I think that nobody ever knew or wanted to know. I cannot focus on that right now, I better run to the hatch and start preparing to collect a feast for both food and evidence.
Never in my life I felt so desperate to cover up, but now I know it is needed if I want to go home and at least be slightly believed. Tria after all this time is probably crying from how long I was gone, or complaining, and she most likely asked Cera to go find me, because she is my big sister. I felt the ketch tilt over a bit, and I knew we were very close, so I ran towards the hatch and when it opened, I dashed down the stairs and into the wilderness. Suddenly, a blast of cold wind forced upon my frill, and making my whole body go cold. I know at this moment it is at a cold time. Not a safe time to be swimming in water. I secretly left a note behind saying; 'Shh... dont tell anybody I went with you'. I hurried and rammed a couple trees to get tree stars from the canopy, but a few dropped. I found a bush although that had tree stars all around it, next to a tree with nothing but wood. I collected everything from it, and tried to use a large leaf to pull it all back with me. I knew this was enough for evidence, since the cold times were around since I asked to leave for food. At this age though, you cannot really blame a young pink triceratops who wants to stockpile. Hopefully they will also agree, and I know exactly where they are.
"Coming back so soon? Why on earth would a young one like yourself be stranded here, beside a broken life?" She said.
Then I looked all around me. Nothing was found. I assumed it was from the outside, so myself quickly ran deeper into the forest. I heard many rustles of leaves, that were crackling like wildfires. I felt my heart beat rise and I was desperately trying to get away from the strange voice. I knew everyone's voice from the valley, but this one, is unfamiliar. Soon, the leaves stopped rustling, and wood was creaking terribly. She then appeared to me, pouncing onto my body, and having the same trinket from before up to my neck.
"Hmph. You thought you was just going to run away from me? Who do you think I am young lady?" She said.
"Fast biter? I cannot tell." I responded.
She muttered under her voice; "These creatures of my age has a different language... Why cant I crack it?". She then holstered her strange trinket, and let me go free. "Do not push your luck with me. I'd rather be unknown, quiet and deadly, then to be known and be exposed to fears." She said. "Please. go take your package and go. Winter is a tough season you know, and I understand your motive."
She was really annoyed by the way she looked, and I was the first one to get one good look at her. She was actually was orange and yellow, but had skin like a raptor, and horns like a Dragon, with the same position as Akaz, one on her nose, and two on the back of her head. She had no wings though, and her claws were extremely sharp. I could feel her almost slitting my throat just be being touched by one of her claws. Her hind legs were bent like Davoskis, and she had red eyes like Arinias. I decided what she was not important right now since we might not be travelling to the same place. I bit each end of the giant leaf, and tied it together, effectively dragging it away. The strange thing about this winter, was it was not snowing, unlike the last time, and the one that my Dad Topsy told me about. Soon however, could actually trigger it to come down on us with a unrelenting torrent of flakes and the coldest of winds.
I finally got back, panting and shivering at the same time, because the trip up the ledge was grudgingly the worst walk I ever took, plus I was carrying a package as well. I found them talking and I decided to listen in instead of just barging in.
"She is nowhere to be found? What possibly could've happened to her?" Tria sadly questioned.
"I do not know, but from what I heard from Dad, I say it could be the visitor we have, probably kept her hostage while I was being held hostage at the Trial tower."
"Cera.." He called out in a angry voice. "You promised me that you would never mention that ever again."
"Whoops... Sorry." She reacted. "Anyways, that visitor was rarely seen. She was most likely devoured by her, like a regular fast biter."
"You were lucky I came in to rescue you." Topsy insisted. "I risked my life to save you, and if we did not have our allies with us, then you would've never got out of there."
"SORRY! I NEVER KNEW THERE WAS A STUPID METEOR RAINING DOWN-" Cera yelled.
"EVERYONE QUIET DOWN!" Tria angrily yelled. At that point I think the whole valley heard and rocks and boulders landed down to the bottom of the waterfall that I was hearing. "We are trying to find Tricia right now, which is your Daughter Topsy, and also mine. Cera, please, do not mention this again before I have to punish you, and Tricia is your little sister."
I accidentally stepped on a twig, and all of them looked towards me as Cera gave a very strange grin. Although Tria welcomed me with open arms which were technically legs at the time, Topsy was a little angry. Hopefully their mood lightens up when I show my little stash. Cera gone towards me, and began angrily pounding on the ground. Each step made be jump a little at the time.
"oh... you little..." She quietly said and lunged at me. "Come here you runt!"
She lunged at me and caught be before I could escape her grasp. She began playfully rubbing me on the top of my head, as I could feel the friction making my skin began giggling for a second, but then she was called off by Tria, as she pushed her away after her warning. She saw the package I brought along too, and she smiled warmly at me.
"She wasn't eaten, or kidnapped, it just weirdly took her a long time to find tree stars, but Tricia, I am still pondering why did you not come back home during night?" Tria asked.
"Too far away from home, too cold, and with the visitor being a fast bit-" She cut herself off. "Sorry, been listening to too many rumors lately."
"Go ahead, if you want to protect her, lets see her when she comes in close quarters of you." Topsy mockingly said. "Maybe then she will be like Chomper, a tamed sharptooth."
"Please do not stay in a random place in the valley at night again please Tricia. If you have to then you can but please try your best to not worry us like that." Cera blurted out her terms.
"I promise." She added. "Anyways, what do you know about fast biters?"
Topsy's eyes widened, and both Cera and Tria put their paws over their eyes, trying to imitate a human face palm. I did not know why this was such a problem. I mean, we had Chomper, who was thought to be a complete monster, but look at him now, he is living her with our friends, even after the Grineer attacked. Even when Oryx was corrupting our land with the taken. Akaz was a sharptooth, but he was a heroine. He would rather risk his life then to leave us under the rocks and dust. Somehow a fast biter got to their nerves? Are you kidding me!? "Tricia look, there are times to trust, and there are for the opposite. We all know what happens when Fast biters are befriended. They betray. Especially how they killed-... No. I am not going to talk about that. I cannot right now. Tricia, please do not talk with this matter anymore, You cannot be with her at all now." Topsy mournfully said.
What the hell, was this guy talking about, She wants to be unknown, but when you say you can never trust a fastbiter based on a very common stereotype between carnivores, that is just cold blooded. Tria shoved me back to the old nest, where we used to live. The whole family moved along as well, with each one of them watching me closely. They were staring at me like a floating eyeball, or something like a Servitor. It just gave me the creeps just thinking about those mechanized floating purple orbs of energy. It somehow gave me a weird feeling, a short boost of energy, and I am wondering why, since it could be it's aura.
Two hours passed, and they are still staring at me, making me look like a freaking slippery snake, who can snap at any moment. I was just about to ram Cera in the head right now, and Tria was also staring at Cera for a quick moment, testing to see if she was actually focusing on me. The result was that she was actually watching me, and She did not notice Tria at all, giving me no time to escape or anything. It is like when Roa'urn listens to Caughantis tell about Sekrion. He would be paying close attention, but at the same time being bored to death. Who knows? he probably will show in a few moments probably to wipe us all out.
After I was thinking about that, silence became a very quiet and deadly thing, as another voice came out and shot a smoke bomb right onto Cera's face. This caused a huge cloud of smoke, and low visibility, heck I couldn't even see in front of my eyes. Someone grabbed me by my underbelly and heaved me up to the sky. Quickly I was whisked away as I saw her get captured as well.
When we were pulled in the cargo bay, we were immediately knocked out cold by a tranquilizer dart. Soon both of us slowly gone to sleep as She almost gone into a blind rage.
We woke up having our bodies shown upward and our limbs being tightly restrained. Someone called out saying that we were awake. Some men came in, and untied our muzzles.
"What do you want from me!?"
"Simple and easy to your small brain, to fix you."
"I am not going through that crap again." "Get lost. Beat it. Dont even think about trying another tranquilizer dart on me again."
"Why did you take me!?"
"To the young one, I am simply here to make sure you are dead." "Now if you will excuse me, I have to report you both that we are on our way to slaughter both of you. Especially you, Ukona Feria."
"So that was your name?" I asked.
"Yes, and I am about to TEAR OFF ALL OF YOUR F-" Ukona said while the man put the muzzle back onto her, as she began to become illegible.
"You were never meant to be a assassin, your father and mother raised you the wrong way." He said while leaving the room.
"How do we get out of here?" I asked.
"Mmff.." She muttered.
So her name was Ukona, and she was a assassin? The day was just getting more exciting by the day. She had some anger issues I suppose, but if we want to get out of here, we are gonna need her and myself to work together. Next to me, she began roasting the muzzle on her snout, melting it off of her. The molten silver dripped from her mouth and onto her stomach. She then lashed her tongue and the braces began melting and melting until they were fully off. Then her arms were free, so she used her knife to cut the restraints. She also did the same to me, as I was afraid her knife would cut me badly.
"Hide. If you want to get out of here, hide. Also, keep silent, there are cameras and voice recorders everywhere. I do not want you to die, and I do not want to become a regular raptor again. Experiments are horrifying, and I know that they do not know what they are doing." She explained. "I will take care of everything myself, here, take this nose blade that I have on."
She ran out and I instantly tried to find a secret entrance in the room, and there was a hollow point, so I opened it up with my horn, and hid inside it. It led me into a series of complicated paths. throughout the ship. I knew where she was since the floor was rumbling above me. Ukona was probably wanting a blood lust, since she is probably killing all of the humans right now. I hurried forward, and took a left, also running forwards as well. I came across a straight up section where I could not get up without using the walls. So I began jumping on each wall, making sure that I was ascending in position. Soon I was there, and I climbed my way up to a straight path. Ahead of me, I saw a grate that I could see through, so I looked through, and Ukona was desperately trying to fend off the soldiers. She started cutting throats with her knife, and shooting her silenced gun at the aggressors. She tried to cast something, but it utterly failed, as it sent her back with a tremendous force. Someone else, shot a dart at her, and she immediately fell asleep. The guard thought she was down, as he walked towards her. Ukona on the other hand was close enough to kill him, so she woke up, as if she developed resistance to it. She then flipped the knife around his neck, and sliced it off. She became so angry, that she picked up a nearby knife holster, and threw it like the tenno. I could hear screams of pain and agony as each of those small knives cut through their heads. She tried it again, but this time was interrupted by a tool that restrained her by rope and two heavy things. She was restrained from her stomach and hands, to her feet, and she tried to corrode the rope, but it was too far away from her head.
"Back you go into the cell. You will never outsmart us." The soldier said.
"Darn it." Ukona snarled.
So she was picked up by the guard, and he knew that Ukona had a corrosive saliva, but she couldn't spit it, and even if she did, she would never spit it far. He held her jaws shut tight, and heaved her over the neck. I had to save her, since if we do not do this together, we are going to die a painful death, like the fate that befell the people in the cargo bay. I quietly slipped out of the grate, and ran quietly to the person carrying her. His neck was completely exposed. I ran at him with silent feet and jumped to him. Slowly, as I went towards the neck, I saw blood splattering over the walls. Then I gone to free Ukona from the things on her. She asked me about my intentions of saving her, and I answered back that if we could not do it with you, then we were going to lose all together. I mocked her after I said that and said out loud; "I saved you. Admit that you needed help". She then agreed and then denied it slightly, saying that her game is a bit off since she was sent to the great valley so that she could calm down and stop the blood lust.
We gone for the control room which was where she was tied down, and we saw two soldiers. They began shooting at me primarily, but then Ukona shielded me, taking all the hits, however she did not seem to be hurt at all from the speeding projectiles. Then she threw two knives at the people and killed them both with precision and with knives piercing their heads. We nodded and ran towards the control room again, and when we opened it, surprisingly nobody got on us when we were completely prone to the rear side. We saw the person who kidnapped us in the first place, and he pulled out a magma gun and trembled in fear.
"Stand back! I have this magma gun and I am not afraid to use it you raptor!" He yelled.
"Oh fine, like anything will work on me, go ahead, take your best shot." Ukona mocked him.
I backed away, knowing that if I touched the lava, then I would be dead. soon I felt the heat radiating off of her, and magma covered her from the bottom to top. She then walked towards him as he kept on trying to shoot the assassin in the face. Then she said; "You just gave three reasons to give you the worst death imaginable". I watched as she lunged at him with her magma covered body, and she bit him in the arm and ripped it off like it was paper. The person yelled in pain as blood seeped out of his body. Then Ukona bit his chest, corroding his bones and flesh, then she aimed for his head, and then stabbed the knife in his throat. "Glad that is over." Ukona said. "Can you please enter the coordinates in the interface, I know how to operate it, but this magma is going to melt and or short out the circuits. I will tell you what to do."
"Alright. What are the coordinates?"
"For the great valley, I do not know, but a old beacon says somewhere near the great valley. Lets see... X: 76 Y: 19, angle 0, Z:50. Add in the millions."
So I listened to her, and put it in the tab and soon the ship teleported. Then I felt like we died wen we crashed into something.
"Nice work. Now, from what I can tell, the valley's entrance should be right there." She pointed out.
So she walked towards it, and I followed. I gave her back the nose blade as he began burning the grass around her. She then realized it and shook the magma off, letting it set the rock on the patch of sand on fire. I looked back on it, and saw a skiff that was old and worn out, and I saw a bunch of fast biter tracks along the way. I was very afraid, and suddenly, the sharptooths roared and ran straight at us. "You run, I will burn them straight to hell" She said. I ran and looked back, seeing her jump like the fast biter she is, and she bit the left sharptooth with her corrosive teeth. Soon it roared, and fell to the ground, as I could see the corrosive damage destroy him from the inside. She then jumped to the right one, and stabbed him with her artificial nose horn. She then started to rip off the meat of the sharptooths and was happily enjoying it. I was backing away slowly. She then looked at me, and ran with me as I ran back home, eager to see the beautiful valley again, but the cold was starting to intensify.
I went back to the tree stump which I was born on, and Cera was still wiping her eyes from the smoke bomb. Tria came to me being proud coming back home and asked me what happened. Before I could say anything, She jumped up to the hill, and landed perfectly.
"Oh yes, I would like you to meet a friend that without her help I would've never came back." I stated.
"Fast biter! Kill it!" Topps said.
"Wait a minute dad. Shut up and listen before you become a wreck full of sores and broken ankles like the last two times."
"You can just call me Feria." Ukona said.
"Well alright 'Feria', but your real name is Ukona." I answered.
"Hey, you kind of owe me." She restated. "After all, I saved you."
"No I dont. You were also saved by me. Either way, there was no carrying of any type." I said. "You were trapped. I helped you. Easy enough."
"Only reason why was because you had my artificial nose horn." Feria explained. "I have a natural one too, but that one is combat augmentative."
Tria and Topsy were wondering why we were fighting over our escape, but they reminded me to start trying to explain further.
"Ahem. Can you please get on with your little story?" Tria asked."Or is it just a bunch of arguments?"
"Oh yeah." She loudly said. "We were captured by your average everyday scientist. He wanted to kill her, and try to make me someone who I am not. That is really against who I am."
"We had to escape back to here. Chances are that the smoke was from the air or sky. If you hate her, fine, but you do realize that there was a chance where we also might all be hunted?" I stated.
"Tricia, please lets leave her alone for now, by her expression right now, she is looking very hungry and angry."
"Oh she already ate two sharptooths. Only because they were attacking. Plus yeah I think its time we split up for now. I want to see her tomorrow but-" I was cut off by her.
"Yes, we will meet in the morning. Although soon, I am going to be picked back up so I can go back to the kill for money business." Ukona said.
(Yes, and that is wrap. If I have let full exposure go through I can put the alternatives here. [Irrelavent Lore break or Lore bend immenent!].)
("Tricia look, there are times to trust, and there are for the opposite. We all know what happens when Fast biters are befriended. They betray. Especially how they killed my father. They already shredded them to pieces in front of my eyes, and I saw his blood spill on that rocky floor that day. That day, I fell deep into a severe depression, and I was ready to jump off the cliff, but then I saw Tria.")
("Nice job Tricia, for covering me back there with the cover, patronizing me. Now, may we try and teach them how to say Raptor please?" She asked around the trees. [Not implementing])
("I NEVER KNEW THERE WAS A METEOR RAINING DOWN TOWARDS ME! IT WAS NOT MY FAULT!" Cera yelled.)
("Yes, and I'm going to TEAR OFF ALL OF YOUR FREAKING FACES, AND HUNT DOWN YOUR FAMILY." Ukona yelled.)
(Anyways, maybe I should start doing the next chapter before I lore break land before time once again, and probably screw myself over.)
