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Chapter 6
At first Spider wasn't even aware of the fighting around him. But when he heard his pack mates screams of pain, he jerked himself to awareness. At first he watched horrified as he saw what was left of his happiness being torn apart.
Then something snapped inside of him and he felt a rage he hadn't felt sense he was back in the labs. Not sense he found his fathers murdered body. With a howl of rage he leaped at the bounty hunters, catching them completely off guard. He tore the throat out of one, ripped into and disemboweled a second. He bit down on the back of the neck of a third and tore his spine out. The last two realized that they were no match for him and turned to flee. They didn't get far. Spider quickly caught one and tore his limbs off, leaving him screeching in agony as he chased after the last. He pounced on him and put one hand on his head, the other on his body. Then, with a howl, he forcefully separated the sligs head from his body.
Spider stood there panting, covered with blood. Everyone gasped in horror of the bloodshed he just caused. No one had ever seen Spider like this; it was like he had reverted to a completely feral state. Only Ner dared approach him.
"Sp Spider?" Ner said cautiously. He jumped when Spider turned his head toward him, the rage still burning in his eyes. All at once though...that rage disappeared.
"N Ner..." Spider said, tears welling up in his eyes as he embraced his pack mate, "Are yer the only one ter survive?"
"Xar is checking the others now...Tok looks like he should be ok..."
"Bas and Rik? What about them?"
"I...don' know...we will have ter wait ter see what Xar tells us..."
Spider suddenly turned away, "If I...hadn' been thinkin' of only myself," he sobbed, "this wouldn' have happened..."
"Spider..." Bea said as she approached and put a comforting hand on his shoulder, "You can't change what has already happened, you can only learn from it and move on."
"No yer don' understand!" Spider suddenly snapped, "Yer jus' saw a side of me that I was hoping no one would ever have ever seen again! I am nothin' but a beast! An uncontrollable monster! A threat ter everyone!" Spider suddenly broke down into sobs.
"No Spider...you're wrong. You did have control, you only went after the ones that were hurting the ones you loved."
"But...I could have jus' as easily turned on everyone else. Sure I may have had control this time...but what about next time? I can't risk it...I can't risk yer lives like that...besides apparently the longer I stay here…the more danger I bring ter this village. I…I don’ want ter lose any more friends…anymore family…I should jus’ leave…"
“Spider calm down, think about what you are saying. I know…we all know you are hurting, please give us a chance to help you get through this.”
Spider was quiet moment, obviously thinking. Finally he said:
“Alright…I’ll stay and try ter get through this…with yer help….”
A couple of weeks passed, and while finding out that Bas and Rik were going to make a complete recovery, Spider still couldn’t shake himself out of his depression. He still couldn’t shake the thought that the longer he stayed the more danger the village was in. One day, he made a decision…
“Bea…?” Spider asked one afternoon.
“Yes Spider?” Bea replied.
“I…need ter talk ter yer. It’s important.”
“Of course Spider. Come, lets go to my hut.”
Spider nodded and followed….
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