[Sl'askia]

heres the first chap. Oh and BTW...I have the first to chaps of 'Malice' up on my site but I am NOT posting it here do to its rating....

Chapter 1

A slig knelt down by a footprint and inspected it; it was only a couple hours old.
Finally some progress. the slig thought and motioned for the other members of the group to take a look.
"Is it what we are lookin' fer Tilic?" another slig asked.
"Yes, the bosses will be pleased that we are finally on the 'breeds' trail." Tilic answered. They have been looking for this crossbreed ever sense it escaped from the lab 2 months ago. There efforts have been constantly hampered by the weather, that and they were told that the chances of it surviving out in the wild were very slim, despite its intelligence. Tilic straightened up, shouldered his tranquilizer gun, and said:
"Well lets get a move on, we are not likely ter get a better chance then this. Lets hope we can catch up ter it before night fall."
He looked up at the setting sun as they followed the trail, it was very doubtful they would catch up to it before darkness set in, but this was the best chance they got....

Spider and Shriek were curled up in each others arms; Shriek was fast asleep and Spider was barely awake, reflecting on the 'fun' they just had. He sighed contently and gently nuzzled Shriek, his mate, who purred in response subconsciously. He hadn't felt this happy in a long time and he hoped it would be like this for the rest of his life.
But fate can be cruel, a scent reached him just as he was about to let himself fall asleep. Spider jerked himself up and stared in the direction the scent came from.
"M.mwha?" Shriek mumbled as she woke up, "Spider? What's wrong?"
"Shhh." Spider said quietly, "sligs, industrial types. We need ter move before they spot us."
Reluctantly Shriek nodded and stood up and together they headed off, Spider leading the way....

It was only a couple of minutes after they left that Tilic and his group came upon the spot they were resting.
"This is fresh..." Tilic said, sniffing the air, "very fresh. It was jus' here." There was something about the scent in the area though. It seemed like there were two of them but how could that be? He shrugged and adjusted his night vision goggles, motioned for the rest of the group to follow, and took off in a fast lope....

Spider stopped suddenly, causing Shriek to bump into him.
"What now?" she asked.
"Crap, run!" Spider said suddenly urging Shriek in front of him. Shriek wasn't going to argue and took off in a gallop, Spider right behind her. They ran toward the safety of the forest not far away. Spider suddenly felt a sudden pain in his shoulder, he had been shot with something and he knew it wasn't a bullet. He felt himself starting to get dozy and slow down.
No... he thought, as he tried to fight the drugs effects.
"Shriek!" he panted, "I'm goin' ter lead them away, no matter what happens yer get ter that forest and stay hidden!"
"Ok..." Shriek said reluctantly, there was a slight whine in her voice.
"I love yer Shriek..." Spider said as he changed directions, tears in his eyes.

Tilic was a bit surprised when their query suddenly turned away from the forest.
The drug must be causin' it ter get confused. he thought. After a moment their query stopped, unable to run any further do to the drug. Tilic and the rest of the group surrounded it. They couldn't see it clearly due to the tall grass, but they knew it was there from its growling. One of them got too close and the crossbreed smacked him, sending him flying.
"Keep yer distance!" Tilic shouted, "Let the drug take full effect!"
After another minute the 'breed slumped to the ground and the growling stopped. Tilic told the group to wait a little longer in case it was faking. Then Tilic moved in and he got a bit of a shock.
The others noticed the shocked look on his face.
"Whats wrong?" one asked.
"That...is not Beta..." Tilic gulped, "That is the lost prototype...Spider."
There were shocked gasps from the rest of the group. They had never seen Spider, but heard of the legend around him. Tilic remembered him all too well; he had seen Spider devour one of his pack mates nearly 2 years ago. He had heard that he had managed to escape the factory just before it blew and all efforts to kill or capture him after that had failed.
"So...what der we der with him..." one of the group asked nervously.
"We take him back with us, the boss will be pleased to have the original one ter add ter the rest of them. You," Tilic pointed at one slig, "call fer the transport and yer three..." her pointed at three other sligs, "Keep lookin' fer Beta, if they were together she can't be too far away."
As if to confirm his suspension, they heard a long mournful wail from the forest....