[OOC: this post was a collaboration between myself, Drag, BD, and DH. i did very little; i'm not sure who did most of it. all i know is that those three passed it between themselves to write bits, then sent it to me to add the finishing touches. i added the end bit, basically. i thought that BD would have posted it, but it doesn't look like she is, so i may as well...
oh yeah, umm, don't mind the spelling mistakes...]
Hunter followed the scent of Lanar to the forest's edge. There, he stopped, sniffing the air and looking around. The Wyvern gave him a questioning look.
"If my nose is right, which it almost always is, Lanar went into the woods recently," Hunter said, not taking his eyes off of the woods.
The Wyvern raised his snout and sniffed the air. It gave a short squawk and nodded its head in a mechanical fashion. The questioning look returned to its face.
"I'd go right in...but he may have traps set up," Hunter continued, carefully advancing into the forest.
He walked in a slow, stalking matter, his eyes always shifting from side to side and the steady sniff from his nose. The Wyvern stayed close to him, copying his actions. Hunter stopped suddenly and sniffed the ground.
"Lanar... He's been here very recently; this trail is very fresh," Hunter stated. Suddenly he jerked his head up and sniffed the air.
"Someone. Coming?" the Wyvern asked.
"Yes... qucikly! Up that tree over there!" he growled quietly and pointed to a large oak tree to their right.
Hunter and the Wyvern hurled themselves up the tree and hid themselves in the thick mass of pine needles. What was approaching finally came into view: it was a blue female mudokon.
Blue was rushing to the village as fast as she could, when she thought she heard something up a nearby tree. She stopped and headed over to a large pine, her staff in hand, poised for battle if need be. As she edged closer to the tree, she caught a hin of a green hind claw of some kind, clenched to a large limb. Getting worried, she took aim with her staff, ready to fire a stun beam, when a large streak fell from the tree, landed with a large thud and moved to the right of the trunk. Blue took aim when a somewhat familiar voice shouted "Stop!" Blue turned to see the four-legged Big Bro Slig running towards her, followed by an odd winged-creature of a similar dark green.
Blue set her staff down.
"Hey, wait a minute, aren't you that strange guy that ran into me at Spider's banquet?"
Hunter nodded.
"Aye, I am. Speaking of Spider, you haven't seen him, perchance, have you?" Hunter replied.
"Yes, I have, and it's a good thing I met you. He's been kidnapped and being held in a small hut just over there..." Blue thrusted her paw in the direction that she came from, "...by a blind mudokon and a large grey Big Bro Slig. I tried to follow the grey BBS, but I lost track of him..."
Blue stopped at this point as she noticed a low rumble coming from somewhere. She soon figured out that it was coming from Hunter as it grew louder into a loud growl. Hunter's eyes shone blood red and he dug his claws into the ground.
"Lanar..." he hissed, "Come, you must take me to Spider!"
The Wvyern suddenly screeched. "Kin! Must. Save!"
"Uhm. . . yes, right. . . okay. Follow me."
Blue started running very fast in the direction she had come from. Soon a small clearing came into view. Near the edge, a small, weather-beaten hut came into view. Blue slowed down her pace
"This is where he is..." she whispered, taking out her staff. The blade tied securely to the end shone brightly in the forest light.
"Right," Hunter nodded, but suddenly, before either of them could stop him, the Wvyern screeched, "KIN!" and flew up into the air and dive straight through the roof the the hut.
Startled, Blue let out a cry.
"Augh, no!" Hunter snarled and looked at Blue. "Guess we have no choice."
"Okay, let's go, then!" Blue shouted. The two charged through the door, their strength combined breaking it off of its hinges.
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"What the hell is this?!" Lanar growled, looking at the green Wyvern that had unexpectedly burst through the ceiling. The creature stood over Spider's body protectively, hissing and snapping it's sharp jaws.
"Why you little bas-"
A sudden crash echoed through the room. Lanar whirled around quickly to see the door thrown off of its hinges. Standing in the frame were Hunter and Blue, both with menacing faces on.
"Don't move a muscle or you won't have a head left," Hunter snarled in a bone-chilling voice.
Blue aimed her staff at both Teb, who was moving his head around wildly, and Lanar. The blade on the end of her staff began to glow a light green color.
"Well, well, well, if it ain't a little blue meat puppet and doggy-boy here to rescue their little freak friend," Lanar hissed, an oily smile crossing his face.
"Puh, I never saw a bigger freak than the fat oaf in front of me," Huner snapped.
"And don't call me a meat puppet, you jerk! I've seen sligs been sold for meat before. . ." Blue added.
The smile dropped form Lanar's face and transformed to a sneer.
"Well, I guess you two need to learn some manners," Lanar snarled, cocking his gun. "You wanna play that way? Fine."
Hunter rose on his hing legs and let out a wolfish howl, bringing his clawed hand in front of him in a fighting stance.
"Hurt. Kin." the Wyvern hissed, "You. DIE!"
Blue's face turned into one of deep anger and hatred. Her staff began to glow very brightly as little sparks of energy revolved around it, aimed at Lanar.
Then Lanar Struck; he aimed a gunshot at Blue, narrowly missing her shoulder by millimetres. The Wyvern screeched and jumped on Lanar's back, biting down hard.
"Why you little-!" Lanar roared and took out a dagger, aiming to stab the Wyvern. Hunter then lunged at Lanar, but this was what Lanar had expectd him to do: he aimed and fired.
Hunter let out a roar of pain as the bullet dug into his shoulder, spilling his blood everywhere. Hunter flashed his eyes at Lanar with a look of pure hatred.
Blue let out a cry of anger and fired a strong stun beam at Lanar, catching him in the arm as he leapt out of the way, and knocking him over.
"Augh," he muttered, and rolled over to get up, but found Hunter standing over him.
"You little pathetic piece of flesh you... you always kill... never stop... always causing pain," Hunter snarled in his face. "I rarely say this, but the world would be better off without you... you slimey diseased Slurg!"
Lanar snarled and shoved Hunter off, causing him to land on his injured arm. Hunter howled in pain and back away. With a swipe of his hand, Lanar knocked Blue staff away and with his dagger, he cut a net from the ceiling and it landed on the Wyvern. Lanar then advanced on them.
"Well, end of the line, goody-goodies. Too bad this is one tale you'll never get to tell," Lanar snarled, his gun aimed.
Suddenly, Lanar's expression of satisfaction turned to one of puzzlement, then to one of horror. His veins began to stand out on his skin, and he dropped his gun.
Lanar fell.
With shocked expressions, the trio saw a small figure revealed behind Lanar's toppling form. Teb stood there, turning the bloodied syringe around in his hands with a far-away look.
Hunter managed to find his tongue first. "Kid... What did yer just do?"
"I just used an empty syringe. I injected him with air..."
Hunter stared at him. "You killed him?"
"It..." Teb frowned for what seemed like the first time in his life. "It seemed necessary."
Hunter laughed, humourlessly. "Necessary? Is that all there is to it?"
Teb dropped the syringe. "He lied to me. He didn't seem like a very nice person."
Hunter stared at Teb for a second, then laughed and flung his arm around the small mudokon's shoulders. "Kid, there's hope fer you yet!"
[ September 06, 2001: Message edited by: Rettick ]
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