things get a little heated...
Chapter 17
There was no training for the rest of the day, as Spider was too worried about Invy to think of anything to train the group on. The whole group was depressed, not even Kilk could think of a joke or antic to lighten the mood. But along with that depression was tension, tension between two of the group in particular: Spider and Delta.
Delta was keeping his distance from the rest of the group, moping. Spider was switching between depressed and angry moods seemingly at random. He would get up once in a while and pace, occasionally whacking a bush with a hand or his tail and occasionally glancing at Delta with a nasty glare. Finally Delta snapped...
"QUIT GLARING AT ME LIKE THAT!" Delta howled angrily, "I SAID I WAS SORRY!"
Spider whirled around and faced Delta, growling.
"Sayin' sorry does not change what happened." Spider growled, "It does not change that yer let yer temper get the best of yer and caused Invy ter eat somethin' that may end up killin' her!"
"No..." Delta got up and faced Spider, snarling, "It's all your fault..."
"What!?"
"If it wasn't for you...Shriek would still be Beta and my mate. If it wasn't for you...we would still be in our comfy cell and not roughing it out here in the wilderness! If it wasn't for you! Invy would have never started trying these fruits and stuff...so it all boils down to you Spider! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!"
Spider back up a bit, a look of shock on his face. Hundreds of thoughts were going though his head at once, many memories. Memories of how certain bad things in his past have happened because of him. He had fought for a long time against the feeling that the world would have been better off without him; he thought he had defeated it, but now it was back again. Spider backed up a bit more, head low and his eyes crushed closed. A mixture of anger, pain, and sorrow was on his face and his body was trembling.
"Shriek..." Hoth whispered, "What's happening?"
"Delta...has opened an old wound." Shriek whispered back, her voice trembling with fear.
"Oh what's this?" Delta taughted as he started to trot around Spider, "seems I have found your weakness Spider....you can't take guilt well can you?" "Wh...what will happen? Any idea?" Kilk asked nervously.
"He would...either break down...or...explode...." Lunic muttered, chewing on his claws and laying as flat on the ground as he could. Everyone save for Spider and Delta were down low, frightened and unsure as to what will happen next.
"Yes...seems I have finally found something to hold over you Spider..."
Delta laughed, almost insanely, "Something that knocks you off your 'oh I'm so great' pedestal!" Delta stopped right in front of him, his head held high. "So what ya going to do eh? Break down and cry like the weakling you truly are?"
"No..." Spider said quietly, his voice filled with venom as he looked up at Delta. With that Spider's whole posture changed, his head was still low, but his eyes were open, filled with fury and the pupils were nothing but very thin slits. His back was fully arched, his face tentacles were fully curled up, and his lips pulled back in a terrible snarl. Delta realized then...that he had pushed Spider too far. But Delta, in his current mental state, didn't fully realize the danger he was in.
"Oh you threatening me now?" Delta cooed as he bounced back and forth in front of Spider, "You want to tangle? Come on then weakling...lets tangle!"
Shriek was looking on with a horrified look at her face, she could tell Spider was fighting to keep himself under control...and Delta's taughting wasn't making it easy, in fact...it was pushing him even more.
"Delta! Stop taughting him before he...!" she started to cry but it was to late...for at the moment...Spider snapped...and struck....
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