Being outside under the full moon and a bright sky that was aligned with twinkling stars was a beautiful wonder all in itself. The fresh night air and sound of the singing bugs was enough to relax and clear anyone's mind… that is almost everyone.
In the middle of the Gemmary forest was a small four-person tent that stood next to smoldering coals where a fire had recently been burning. Inside were two young girls that went by the names of Lady and Sewol. The women were young but anyone who knew them knew that they could well take care of themselves and were even considered slightly crazy.
Among the two girls was a slightly older Orca whale hybrid. He had been drug along on the camping trip due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time and was well regretting it at the moment.
Lady couldn't sit still and was constantly kicking him, kneeing him, and slapping him while Sewol snored louder than a one-hundred-year-old fat lady. It was uncomfortable enough being in the same small tent as the girls but it was even more uncomfortable sleeping in the tent that was surrounded with bugs.
Orca sighed lightly, wishing that the time would go by faster than it actually was. By looking at the moon's position and the lighting in the sky, he judged it to be about 3:00AM. He had probably only caught a few minutes of sleep.
He let out a light sigh and gently tried to roll on his side without waking up Sewol or Lady but only received a harsh slap on the face. He was already brushing off the slap as an accident when he noticed Lady's cold blue eyes glaring into his.
He flinched back a little, unexpecting her to be awake. "Stop flopping around and waking everyone up!" She hissed. She rolled around so that her back was facing him to show that she was mad at him. He couldn't help but feel a slight pinch of embarrassment as he rolled back onto his back.
He lay there for a moment, surprised that his body was letting him drift off a little before he was hit harshly in the neck. He jumped and looked over at lady who was, again, sound asleep. She smiled and retracted her arm back to her chest.
Orca frowned, he couldn't tell it she was dreaming about beating the crap out of someone, or if she was actually awake. "Give me back the covers or get out!" Sewol yelled and proceeded to rip the covers off of the whale hybrid.
Lady was again awoken and she sat up and glared down at Orca. Her face was as red as blood from anger. "Get out Orca! You're ruining everything!" She screamed and ripped the pillow out from beneath his head.
Orca sat up and scrambled to unzip the tent door while Lady smacked him repeatedly with his pillow. The zipper of the tent got jammed half way open and he was forced to squeeze out of the small opening that he was able to get in the tent. "Go home!" Lady screamed out of the tent.
Orca sat up and turned to the tent and watched as she struggled to get the zipper unjammed to close the door. Eventually Lady gave up with an angry moan and laid back on the pallet inside of the tent.
Orca stared at the blue and grey tent, holding his head from the headache that was beginning to set in. The hold camp site was engulfed in silence as if nothing had ever happened. Even the crickets had stopped chirping momentarily, as if they were watching the drama.
He didn't stare much longer before he turned away from the tent. He didn't really feel comfortable leaving Lady and Sewol out in the middle of the woods, but orders were orders. He was pretty sure that any intruder would receive Lady's death pillow smacks anyways.
He looked up at the moon through the leaf canvas above him and began to notice how serine the woods actually were. He didn't really ever get the chance to enjoy the beauty of nature.
He was navigating through the woods quite easily with the moon lighting up the path and his surroundings. He knew in the back of his mind that he would be making the trip back to the camp site again in a few hours to help Lady and Sewol pack up, he just needed to go home and catch a few hours of sleep before then.
He jumped slightly when a huge wave of uncomfort swept over his body. His walking pace slowed down till eventually he stopped in the middle of the path. It was hard to explain this feeling of anxiety that had overcome him at once, but it frightened him.
He began to look around the woods, half expecting for Lady to be chasing after him with a pillow to 'finish him off'. But as he looked and sniffed the cool night air, he knew that Lady was not following him. In fact, the only thing that he could smell at the moment was the wet dirt and moss that resided on the oak trees.
Orca noticed that the bugs had stopped singing as well and the woods were as silent as death. He couldn't help but have the feeling that he was being watched as he stood there, but there weren't any signs of life around, not even the bugs.
He turned around and began to walk back to the camp site to get Lady and Sewol. He wasn't sure what was going on but he would rather get beat up by Lady and them all get home safely than just running home himself and finding out that something happened to the girls.
A branch somewhere close by snapped and Orca turned and looked in the direction only to see nothing. He frowned and was about to move on when he saw a figure move in between the trees in the distance. Orca was about to move before the sounds of people moving through the woods forced his legs to freeze in place. He was surrounded…
He got in a fighting position, ready to take on the strangers who were obviously there to cause harm. "I know you're out there." He said, just slightly louder than a whisper. The whole forest went silent again, silent as death.
Just at the last second he picked up the small scent of what smelled like animal fur. He spun around quickly and kicked the person who was standing behind him in the gut with a swift, deadly roundhouse kick.
He had no time to look at his attacker as he heard more coming from the other direction. He turned around and punched one of them in the face and was about to apply another deadly blow to the other one when his arm was grabbed from behind.
He looked back to see the attacker who he had kicked glaring into his eyes. Orca took a moment to gaze over his shoulder and examine the person that held him captive.
It was a tall, wide figure whose skin appeared to be made from some sort of cloth that looked like it had been stitched together by a monkey. His eye holes were hollow but he had glowing yellow orbs on the inside that stared blankly into Orca's eyes.
Orca tried to pull his arm away but in return was kneed in the gut and the three men jumped him and began to ruthlessly beat him until he had no fight left in him. Laying on the ground, holding his stomach that still burned from the blow, he looked up at the men wo were smiling down at him, as if laughing at him in silence.
One of them tied his arms while the other one placed a cold metal collar around his neck. He was yanked to his feet and shoved forward into one of the other men, who appeared to be built with a little more muscle.
He grabbed Orcas arm and without further delay they began to lead the whale hybrid through the dark forest.
