~~Well personally I must apologize, I've found the inspiration to rekindle this stranded series and start writing again. Although it has been a couple years since I started writing this story, I'm hoping I can find another niche for the general audience. If some of you could leave me some tips about spacing things out I'd greatly appreciate it. I find it hard to actually get things spaced out like they should be. Anyway, I'll stop talking and get on to the story and get off this 2 year cliffhanger. Thanks for reading, I'll see ya at the end of the chapter. Hopefully I can dig up my story line again!~~
The common damp dew lay on Ahykah as he awoke again. His first sensation was that of pain from the night before. His back and wings were bruised up, and his uncomfortable pit in the ground didn't do anything to help. The smell of the planets' brambles helped wake him from his drowsy state. The old camp fire was burnt out and Rose was sleeping and shivering next to it. It was a rather chilly morning as he slowly put on his crutch and hoisted himself onto his feet.
His recollection of last night shone sharply in his head. "I need to make sure one of us keeps watch." he thought to himself, realizing that both him and Rose succumbed to sleep.
The meat he prepared from the terrifying creature lay on the fire where he had left it. Since he fell asleep, it was pretty burnt, but there was some parts of the meet thoroughly cooked and salvageable. He looked at the pelt of the creature, which he had also skinned. "Dear Kluex..." he trailed off. He wasn't able to clearly get a picture the night before but the creature was huge.
Realizing that he was wasting some valuable time, Ahykah took the now dry pelt and laid it over Rose, who was still shivering.
He promptly found some dry twigs and started up the fire again. At least for most of the morning they would remain here, especially after what happened last night.
He remained at watch for what seemed to be a good hour or two before Rose stirred in her pit and blanket. For some reason, he never actually payed attention to her appearances until now.
Rose was rather pretty. She had blue feathers, white around the tips. She had a toned body, most likely from her training in the navy. Ahykah caught himself staring a bit, and looked away.
"Are we dead?" Rose slurred, clearly not yet fully awake. "Nope." Ahykah said shortly. The ironic position he is in became clear to him. He was there with Rose, an Avian, who had shot him with an arrow, bandaged him, and slept while he was being mauled by a creature. "Yesterday was damn interesting." He said. She nodded her head in acknowledgment.
The star had risen to roughly the 9 o' clock position by the time they were ready to head out. They wrapped the creatures' pelt and grabbed their things, then wandered for kilometers until the star struck noon.
"Hey hold up." Rose said abruptly. "Why?" Ahykah asked. "Because." She retorted. As if that was a good enough answer she got on her knees and started searching the ground. "Looks like we may have hope after all." She said. Ahykah's puzzled look prompted her to continue. "Florans," She started "I found some tracks."
Ahykah walked over to the spot she designated and stared at the track. It was relatively circular with a few front facing limbs facing the same direction. They seemed like Floran tracks, but then again Ahykah had very little experience with Florans.
"How do you know these are Floran?" She punched his bad shoulder, he winced in pain. "What the hell?" he retorted. "I didn't spend all my time in training picking my wings clean." She smiled. Don't try to be cute. You're a devil wrapped in a pretty package. "Well it's the best hope we have of getting back to space. They might be able to rent us out a spacecraft if they are technologically advanced Florans." She continued. Ahykah nodded agreement and they headed off.
Florans are always mysterious. About one quarter of their populations live in technologically advanced cultures, or amongst other species like Humans, Avians, and such. That's because Florans are generally aggressive in nature, despite being plant-people. Most of them live in ferocious tribes, and they are usually very hostile to visitors. Ahykah honestly wasn't so sure about their course of action, but like Rose said. They didn't have much of a choice.
The dubious couple followed the tracks for about a kilometer, by now they had spotted a few other trails as well as the ones they were following. "We must be getting close" Ahykah observed, breaking the silence. "Probably. Rose said. They stopped next to a tree and sat for a few minutes, by now Ahykah's leg was definitely tired and he was in a lot of pain. Rose didn't seem that much better. Her beautiful feathers were now dull with sweat and the temperature had risen dramatically and they were both feeling the strain. The pounding sun and grimy feathers made for a particularly uncomfortable rest.
Ahykah felt a sharp pinch in his side. He noticed Rose flinch too. "Hey you okay?" He said. She looked up at him and her beak opened to say something but couldn't get it out. She dropped her bow and fell to her feet rather ungraciously when Ahykah noticed the very small dart protruding from her feathers. He barely had enough time to realize what had happened before his hearing pounded and his vision went black.
~~Well that's it for right now. A rather interesting but foreseeable turn of events but hopefully I can come up with some more interesting stuff by tomorrow. It's currently 1:30 AM here and I can't wait to start another chapter. Hopefully I will see you next time, thanks for reading!~~