As Cyrus and his group wandered off into the forest they realised that something was following them, something that was covered with the blood of another specie. Cyrus stopped and smelled the air, he slowly drew out his gun but this time kept the laser sight off. He turned to Corrack his 2nd in command:
Cyrus: "Spread out, try and stay in the trees
that way we can ambush the creature from above."
As Corrack took 3 members of the group the others followed Cyrus to a fallen tree. They crouched down behind it and hid, loading up their weapons with the finest bullets that they had. Meanwhile Corrack was clambering up a tree with members of the pack helping him up. Leaping from tree to tree they scouted the ground below, there on the ground one of them saw the stalker. Large as life it padded around the forest looking for its 2nd meal as it was so blatantly covered with the blood of its first. The hunter who was stalking was now the hunted being stalked. The watcher pulled out his gun and switched it to sight the beam of red light shot across the twig ridden ground and up the creatures leg. With a itchy trigger finger he took aim and attempted to fire the shot at the creature injurying it. But with both hands trying to steady the gun he lost his balance and fell with a heavy thud to the ground. Twigs and leaves followed him making noise as they hit branches of the tree. His gun tossed in front of his prey all the Orkhid had left to do was run. But his pride got in the way of his common sense and he foolishly attempted to grab his gun. As he crawled forward he managed to grab the barrel but before he could pull it towards him and get a firm grasp the Scrab, that he was hunting, put its claw through his arm and hissed. The pack member looked up and saw the Scrab open its mouth to show off a array of teeth that could put the bravest of hunters off.
Sike: "Help...Some one, Help!!"
As he screamed for help the Scrab rised on its hind legs releasing him for a brief time before bringing down its powerful claws onto his back, it bowed its head and ripped a chunk of flesh from his body. Sikes was as good as dead. Suddenly beams of red laser come from all the tree's. As Sikes lay on the ground bleeding the lasers focused on him and with a couple of well placed shots, killed him instantly. After they had mercyfully killed their friend the pack members turned to the Scrab, machine gun fire rippled through the forest, scaring birds into leaving their coops. Black blood of the Scrab spatterd on foilage behind it and bark of tree's turned into black gunk from the creature. The Scrab toppled and fell, holes gaping and chunks of it missing. Cyrus walked towards the fallen creature from his shooting spot and admired the damage.
Cyrus: "This creature...this Scrab was not the creature following us, our stalkers were of a much higher evil and threat."
Corrack: "Where are the main threat then sir"
He asked this question while looking around the leave covered tree's, looking for any sign that there might be something watching them right now. But the creatures that were hunting them were now no-where to be seen, smelt or sensed.
Cyrus: "They are still around...they are just choosing the right moment to attack. I dont want any of you wandering off, if they catch any of us we may all be screwed. Now come."
They scurried away rapidly, not knowing what was hunting them nor how dangerous it was. If they can stay hidden from the Orkhids then they are a worthy opponant for them and a challenge indeed. But Cyrus was not in the fighting mood, after walking miles to get to civilisation he is not intending to destroy it as quickly as he did the others.
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