Injin padded around the village keeping to a safe distance. His arm was now getting worse and he was desperatly in need of medical attention. He licked his lips and sniffed the air. His eyes widened as he realised another search party was coming for him. He turned and looked around...moving backwards towards the small village. Reptilian guards could be heard calling each other and telling each other info. Injin snarled and turned his head to the right, sniffing the air.
Injin: "3 on the right and...*Sniff-Sniff*...4 on the left"
A low growl climbed up his throat as he muttered these words. He could never take these creatures on in his current form. He looked around desperatly trying to find a decent place to hide...nothing. The tree's were a good place but he would easily be spotted by his own kind. He bent down and dug at the ground...too hard to bury himself. He then realised his only chance of survival from these creatures was to run to the village. Hopefully he could find some place to hide and stay away from their sights. He heard a call from one of the Reptilian guards, it was gruff and hollow. He turned his head to see one appearing out of the mound of bush's to the left of him. It looked directly at him and gently hissed. The sound emitting from its throat was soft and calming...Injin snorted and then turned and fled. He heard the claws of the creature scrape along the ground and its barks in the air to tell the others he had found Injin. Soon he heard the other creatures hissing and squealing as they hunted him down. Injin was panting and trying to keep his pace but the pain in his arm got stronger with each step and it was slowing him down. His back arched and his tail out streched he tried to pick up some speed. The others were already doing this streamlined run and gaining quickly. He slowly saw the village get bigger as he approached. Crashing through over growth and weaving through tree's he looked agile. But compared to his gaining counter parts he looked feeble. He turned and looked over his shoulder. There on his right was the guard, ever gaining on him and his red eyes meeting Injins. Injin gasped and turned back around in time to see a bear trap. It was well disguised but the eyes of a Reptilian are 100 X powerfuller to those of a Mudokon. He was too close to the bear trap to avoid it so he decided to do a little leap. He gracefully leapt in the air...being able to glide over it with hardly any contact. But the sudden jump meant that he might not be able to gain control as he landed.
"Thump"
His taloned feet touched the ground and he gently stumbled...and fell forward. His jaw hit the hard ground and the contact winded him. His arm had also hit the ground and now seared through his whole body, stinging and ripping at his pain recepters. He used his other hand to raise himself but was sharply knocked down by the creature in persuit. It had knocked him down with a nearby stick that it had picked up and now it wielded it like a sword as it walked to the front of Injin, speaking in its native tongue to him softly. (All this translated)
Guard: "Injin...what you doing...and why you doing it so? You run from you bretheren and kill one of us in the process...why Injin..why do you do so?"
Injin replied with a growl and looked around for a weapon he could use. Nothing. Then as the guard continued speaking he remembered the bear trap...not far behind him. He felt with his tail, trying to find the chain of the trap. With a glint in his eye he found it and slowly wrapped his tail around the chain and hurled it over his head. Hoping it wouldn't fall onto his skull and crush it. Luckily it didn't and instead head for the standing guard who was speaking but had suddenly stopped as he saw this contraption with teeth hurtling towards him. A astonished hiss left his mouth as he held his arm in front of his snout. The hiss was taken over by barks and squeals of cursing. He flung his arm around in the air as the teeth of the metal dug into his scaly skin. Drawing blood to the surface. Injin saw his chance and pushed himself off the ground with his good arm and his two back legs. He hurled himself towards the pained creature and connected his head with its stomach. The guard stumbled backwards and fell, hitting its head on the ground it still writhered in agony from the bear trap. Hitting it with its stick and biting down on it. Injin stood up and turned to see the other 5 guards running towards him. Where's the 6th he thought before he took off again. This time heading for the gates of the village. He heard the creatures calling and squealing as they stopped to help their comrade.
Injin was tired of running...he needed to rest.
Injin: "Helpkk...pleeezs...helpkk meeezz"
His communication was bad with these creatures and he steadily slowed down as he approaced the guards at the gate. The guards looked astonished to see this creature but immediatly took up hostile stances, holding their spears forward and calling for back up. Injin had no time for these creatures and snorted at them before dashing forward, weaving through their spears and getting into the village. As he entered he heard screams of terror and anger...but over all that he heard the screams of the 2 guards at the gate. He turned his head as he saw the 6th warrior searing into their flesh. Their spears had been broken and layed discarded on the ground while one of the guards got his throat ripped out. The other guard already dead...lying on the floor with its chest ripped open, bearing the rib cage. The creature hissed and stepped into the village. Injin cried out in dismay and then turned and once again screamed for help. He ran through the terrorfied crowd. Barking at some to get them to move as his pursuer moved forward deeper into the village. He stumbled and fell once again. Pleading for someone to stop him.
Injin: "Pleeeezzzz...helpkk me...he wilzz kilk me...pllzzzz"
He turned once again to see the warrior...closer this time. And he could see a white tattoo over his black body. It looked like some sort of eagle only simpler. Injin scraped his claws on the ground trying to get grip to move. Then he heard the hiss of his hunter. The hiss of pain and surprisement. Injin once again turned around to see a Mudokon guard behind the Reptilian. The guard held a spear that went straight through the Reptile and out via its heart (Chest) The Reptilians face was full of anger and hate...but the look of surprise was more apparent. And Injin looked...he looked at the marking on its chest that only that creature had...and as he looked the body fell. Closer and closer it fell to him as if it was going in slow motion...and then, blackness...
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