hehehe you are funny sometimes Rett.
Chapter 4
Spider had the clan moving every day, stopping only long enough to rest and eat. At night one of the males would stay awake to keep watch and sleep while some of them went hunting.
One day Spider had done the nightshift and had stayed behind with the females, Juk, and Delta while the others hunted. He was trying to get some shuteye...but Delta kept disturbing him, whining about having to on the move all the time.
"Get buggin' me!" Spider snapped at Delta, "Can't yer see I'm tryin' ter sleep?"
"Well if you weren't so damn paranoid, we wouldn't be needing to have nightshifts and having to move every odd damned day." Delta growled back. "There is a difference between paranoia and precaution." Spider growled tiredly, "These are simply precautions."
"Ha!" Delta snorted, "If you ask me you are afraid of this 'Malice' guy...yeah that's it...afraid..."
"Yes I am afraid...but of what he could der ter the clan...I am not afraid of him personally!"
"Well actually..." a familiar voice said from the trees, "I think Delta is right...you are afraid of me..."
Spider was up on his feet immediately and stared in the direction the voice came from.
"Afraid for good reason" Malice continued laughing as he jumped down from the trees and faced them, "After all...he is only a prototype...an...Unfinished model. While I am the finished product."
Malice grinned and started circling them. Spider moved to keep himself between the red crossbreed and the others not taking his eyes off of him. "I don't like this..." Invy whined, "There's going to be a fight I just know it..."
Echa just gulped, she couldn't help but feel a bit intimidated by Malice. She glanced over at Juk, who was standing tall and Delta...who actually seemed to be enjoying this as he had a smirk on his face. Shriek was just standing still, trembling slightly.
"Spider you don't think he will actually..." Shriek started but didn't get to finish, for Malice suddenly changed directions and broke into a charge. Before Spider could stop him, Malice had pounced on and bit deeply into Shriek's left elbow, knocking her to the ground in the process. Shriek screeched in pain and Malice released her and bounced away before Spider could grab him.
"Shriek!" Spider cried as he went over to his mate, Invy was already checking her wound.
"She won't be able to walk for awhile..." Invy muttered. Juk and Echa was in obvious shock from the attack and Delta was no longer smirking...
"You bastard!" Delta howled.
"Hey...blame Spider..." Malice grinned maliciously, "He was the one that wasn't fast enough."
Spider let out a howl of rage and faced Malice, head low in a threatening posture and body tease with rage.
"I'm goin' ter kill yer fer that." Spider growled fiercely.
"For what?" Malice grinned as he walked boldly up to Spider, "for proving that you are to weak to handle me hmm? For showing your...'clan' that you are not fit hmm?" Malice's snout was right up against Spider's now. "For showing what a worthless prototype you are?"
It was then Spider snapped. He lunged at Malice, too quickly for him to dodge completely. He grabbed and then ripped off Malice's left most face tentacle. Malice screamed in agony and staggered back a ways and put a handfoot up against his face. After a moment he lowered his handfoot glared at Spider, a look of pure hatred on his face.
"You...hurt me." Malice growled as Spider spat out the body part he just ripped off of him, "You may have gotten first blood...but it will be your guts that will be spilled on the ground!"
"TTTRRRYYY IIITTT!!!!!!" Spider howled and Malice charged...
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