Chapter 3
Spider groaned slightly as the tranquilizer wore off. He could hear voices around him as he struggled to stand up.
"Man...they must have used a strong sedative on him..." someone said.
"You speak the obvious Charr..." another said, "Easy now, don't force yourself to stand yet. Give the sedative a chance to leave your body completely."
He couldn't argue with that, considering, so Spider propped himself up on his elbows and opened his eyes. He was in a very large cell, with two regular walls and two cell bar walls and there was a soft carpet for a floor. That in itself didn't surprise him, rather, it was what was in the cell with him that was a shock. In the cell with him were 8 other crossbreeds like him, all various colors and sizes. There were two more in a smaller cell next to them.
"Where...am I?" Spider finally asked.
"Hmmm...a cell, with four walls and a floor." a light green male said with a laugh.
The others groaned and rolled their eyes.
"Don't start that game again Kilk." a tan colored one said, "or I'll have to pound on you."
"Ooooo Juk's threatening me! I'm soooo scared!" Kilk laughed and there were more groans.
"Please forgive Kilk..." another male said, this one looking very simular to Spider, "All he thinks about is playing games."
"Reminds me of someone I used ter know..." Spider grumbled as he stood up fully.
"Anyway...I'm Hoth."
"Spider. And the rest of yer?"
"Charr." a dark gray said.
"Juk." the tan one said.
"Kilk." the light green one said doing a backflip.
"Hmmm...Oh...Lunic." a white one with light blue spines said.
"Invy." one of the two in the other cell said, green with dark green blotches.
"Echa." the other one in the other cell said, who was blue green, with jade spines.
"Felth." an olive green one said, "the big guy is Goliath, he can't talk."
Spider nodded in acknowledgement to the huge green one with dark green spines and horns.
"And yer?" Spider said to a gray one, who was in the far corner. This one just growled and glared at him.
"That's Delta." Hoth said, "He has some...issues."
"Well stayin' angry like that ain't goin' ter solve it."
"Oh...I'm going to solve it right now..." Delta said as he suddenly charged. Everyone but Spider moved quickly out of Delta's path. Spider was expecting a response like that and just let Delta come to him. Then, at the last moment, Spider sidestepped and grabbed Delta by the neck with an arm. Delta was caught completely off guard by the move and could only look up at Spider with a shocked look on his face.
"Now..." Spider started, "I don' know what yer got against me kid, but I will tell yer this...pickin' a fight with me is not a good idea. It will only end up with yer gettin' hurt and me annoyed. Understood?"
Delta nodded meekly and Spider let him go. Delta rubbed his neck and went back to the corner to sulk again. Spider just laid down and mumbled:
"Always at least one like that in the group...."
The others could only just look at each other with surprised expressions on their faces.
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