Attacked!
Spider woke up and stretched. It was morning now so he got up and put his pants on. As he headed for the door he noticed DH still asleep on the floor.
Looks like he never got around ter makin' that other bed.. he thought with a slight chuckle and headed out to hunt.
After catching his breakfast, Spider went back to the river. He decided to relax a bit, so he took off his pants and slipped into the water. It was a little cold but he didn't care, he laid down in the water and let the water run over his body. He sighed with content and closed his eyes.
A short while later he heard a all too familiar sound of a gun being cocked.
S***! He didn't waste any time...he moved.
The bullet just barely missed him as he quickly scambled out of the river. He looked and saw a slig bounty hunter who was quickly reloading his gun to shoot at him again.
Noticing that this slig had smartly placed himself between him and his pants, Spider knew he had only one other option: take to the trees. Which he did. Another shot struck a branch just next to him as he climbed up and started leaping from tree to tree (yes he is able to do this...). He was hoping the slig would loose track of him, but apparently this one was an expect at keeping his targets in sight.
Another shot grazed his arm causing him to stumble slightly, but he kept moving.
Suddenly he heard a scrab like howl and the slig yelp of surprise. Spider risked stopping a moment to find out what surprised the slig. What he saw was terrifing...
Facing off with the slig was a large creature that looked like a mix of a scrab and scorpion. It was all black with red and orange stripes. The slig was shooting at it, and was hurting it, but it kept advancing. Suddenly a web-like substance shot out from its stinger, pinning the sligs arms to his sides. The slig was cried out in pain as it the webs were burning him. Then, with a quick motion of its tail it impiled the slig on its stinger. The slig howled in pain and fell still. The creature then dropped the slig and picked it up with its pincer front limbs. It looked around a moment, looking for more 'prey', then it moved off. The whole time, Spider was stayed in the trees, frozen with fear. He caught it's scent, it was the same scent he smelled the day before.
He waited until he was sure the creature was gone, then climbed down the tree, reclaimed his pants, and ran back to the village. He looked back occasionally to ensure that 'thing' wasn't following him...
[ June 24, 2001: Message edited by: Dragadon ]
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