I can't disagree with you there. Nothing like a good bit of fighting to get the blood pumping
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Chapter 16: Rising Sun
Ulric nudged Silpher, "Hey man, wake up". Silpher was half-asleep, "Oh, you awake Ulric?". He was about to engage in some small-talk, but Ulric looked concerned, "What's up?". Ulric moved towards the entrance to the hut, looking outside, "There's something out there, might be Scrabs or something else". Silpher was fully awake now, "Come on, let's go and see what's out there".
Silpher and Ulric silently exited the hut, looking around nearby for any sign of an enemy. Silpher sniffed the air, his senses were overwhelmed. "Ulric, there's a lot of animals nearby... I can't pick out a clear scent". Ulric sniffed the air, "Yeah, I smell the same thing... but there is one smell quite close by... a... Scrab?". Suddenly howls could be heard from the West side of the camp. The howls woke up the rest of the hybrids. Lara, Riley, Bitsy and Hemm joined the group. Lara looked concerned, "Guys, don't tell me that sound was...", Silpher nodded, "Scrabs, at least one of them. Come on, we need to think of something quick".
A few minutes later, the hybrids were in the huts. Each hybrid was looking out of the gap in the material, waiting for the Scrab to appear. When the Scrab did appear, they waited until it got close enough to one of the tents. As the Scrab came closer to one of the tents, Lara leapt out and punched the Scrab hard on the face, she ran off to hide. The Scrab, suddenly aware that there were possible sources of food howled again, and tried to follow Lara. As the Scrab started running, Hemm and Riley jumped out from another hut and knocked the Scrab down with a double shoulder-barge. Hemm grabbed the Scrab's mouth while Riley kicked the Scrab hard in the chest. The Scrab gave up the struggle and lay limply on the floor. Suddenly a reply howl was heard nearby, as one more Scrab came towards them, Ulric and Silpher jumped out of their hut and attacked the Scrab. The Scrab managed to slash at Silpher's arm and cut into his skin. Ulric retaliated by kicking the Scrab full force, it fell down... appearing to have broken one of its ribs. Silpher walked up to the Scrab and finished it off.
Lara walked up to Silpher, "Are we... safe here?". Ulric nodded, "Well, we're more safe now that two Scrabs are out of action, but there does appear to be a larger number of animals in this area... we should consider moving tomorrow and finding a more quiet location". Bitsy walked up to Silpher, "Are you going to be alright with that wound?". Silpher nodded, "Can you put something on it?". Bitsy walked over to him, "Sure". She rubbed a cleaning liquid into his wound, and checked it. "Well, seems to only be a light cut, you should be okay". Silpher smiled, "That's good to know, thanks".
The next morning, they decided to move to a new location which was less crowded. Silpher's wound was healing quickly, by the time they reached their new place, it was almost back to normal. Ulric nodded, "Okay, it's getting close to lunchtime, let's stop here for now". Ulric, Lara and Hemm went to do some hunting. Silpher was helping Riley and Bitsy with putting up the huts and setting up a campfire. Once that was done, Silpher headed to hunt with the others.
Hemm was busy trying to get behind an Elum, while Ulric and Lara had picked out a Scrab on it's own. Silpher walked up to where Ulric was, raising a hand to let Ulric know he was there. Ulric nodded and ushered him forward. Suddenly the Scrab heard something, and ran in Hemm's direction. Ulric was shocked and yelled out, "Hemm, look out! Scrab!". Hemm had only just spotted the Scrab which was headed his way, he tried to move out of the way, but his arm was hit by the Scrab's torso. Hemm yelled and hit the floor. He kicked the Scrab away, as Silpher and Ulric came to help.