Chapter Three: Hunter and..Pregnancy?
Artificer was sleeping in her shelter as the rain thundered outside. Her belly rumbled, although she noticed it was getting bigger. She was also developing nipples on her stomach, and she felt embarrassed.
"Maybe this is a sickness. Like Garbage Disease or something."
She shuddered as she remembered Garbage Disease. It made its host develop fever-like symptoms, but worse.
She ran a claw over her spear.
The Lizards had been more attracted to her of late. They had come close, sniffing closely at her belly and then retreating, their tongues flicking in and out as their eyes glinted with greed.
New Prey. They seem to say to each other in guttural growls or baring of teeth. New Prey, soon. Wait is necessary.
Artificer then realized why they were so attracted. Her smell was stronger and her attitude grumpier.
Soon, the lizards could not tolerate her loud snaps and growls at them, no longer tolerating their starvation. Desperate and full of hunger, they striked at Artificer, but she dodged them smoothly, her belly jiggling and she felt embarrassed because she could not move as fast. She felt fat.
One day, she messed with the wrong opponent.
A Cyan Lizard, hiding in a crack. Its electric zaps crackled along its spines on its back and its slimy tongue whipped out of its mouth.
Artificer stopped to wheeze for breath. Her belly was almost taking up her whole entire walking step, so she couldn't run anymore.
Stupid belly! She growled. What's it full of, anyways?
Suddenly, sensing its chance, the cyan lizard dropped down from the ceiling and bit Artificer. Its teeth hooked into her pelt and held tight, teeth sinking into her flesh.
Artificer felt electric zaps of lightning course through her body. Blood leaked from her body. She twisted and managed to drag a claw along the lizard's eye.
"Help!" She gasped. She could kill it if she weren't this..fat!
A spear struck the lizard's head and bounced off, stunning the lizard.
It dropped Artificer and she ran away, stopping to gasp for breath.
She saw a pink slugcat, dropping down and full of scars. A huge bump was on his back, and a spear was stored in it, protruding out.
He quickly ended the lizard's life and turned to Artificer.
"I'm Hunter," He said.