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Still a Child

I could hear a far off voice, calling my name in a soft but sweet kind of way. It seemed distant, yet rather close. Over and over it was repeated, occasionally followed by other words that I could not comprehend. Stirring from my warm sleep, I heaved myself up.

The Ooman? Maybe she will play a game with me! A childish excitement filled my body for the first time since that terrible day. It was a feeling that I had not felt for what seemed like forever, and I was glad that it was back. Jumping up, I got ready, making sure not to take any weapons but the two short daggers. When they were safely tucked in my utility belt, I crawled out of the cave.

Peeking over the side of the cliff face I was pleased to find the female, Am'ber, with her back to me. Silently pulling myself up, I began to creep over to her tiny frame. I paused for a moment, trying to figure out how to startle her yet let her know that it was me. Grinning a mischievous smile, I gently but quickly placed my hands over her eyes. She let out a little yelp and her hands shot up to mine but I only held them there tighter. I could feel her cold, soft hands go over mine, feeling the texture of my skin. She questionably laughed my name, than stood there silently waiting for my reply, both of her hands still around my wrists.

Letting out a laugh I released her face, letting her spin around to face me. A smile spread across her face; giggling a little she grabbed my hand, pulling me off into the forest. We ran through the large trees, dead leaves kicking up in our wake. Her run was not fast; I had to jog so I would not out run her. Side by side we ran, deep into the forests very heart.

I felt free, free like a bird caught on the eastern wind. And alive, oh, so very alive, like I had died then reborn all over again. But most of all I felt myself again, I felt like a pup and that was exactly what I was. I no longer felt like the weight of the universe lay on my shoulders or that deep, gloomy sadness that came with seeing what I had seen, feeling what I had felt...

Though what surprised me the most was the fact I felt completely at ease with a different being running by my side. Completely at ease with the fact she held my hand in her own. It was almost like we had known each other forever. I did not mind. I no longer felt alone.

A large pile of boulders suddenly rose out from the ground before us. We stopped in front of the large mass of rock, looking up to its cave littered surface. Am'ber pulled me in front of a rock then stood on it so she was face to face with me.

First she pointed to the ground, telling me to stay where I was. Then she brought her fingers up in between us, lifting each one of them up one after the other until all ten of them were standing tall. She did that again. Repeating the process, she pointed at my chest, then the ground, then at my chest again, then she covered her eyes, then pointing at me one more time, than she did the thing with her fingers again. A game? With a smile on her face she pointed to herself, then to the large rocky outcrop. I stay here, cover my eyes, and count to twenty while you go to the outcrop? Pointing at my chest again she showed me her ten fingers twice then pointed to me, then the rocks. Then I understood the game. I was to count to twenty while she hid among the rocks and when I had finished counting I had to go find her.

I nodded my head in understanding, only to be pushed around so I was facing away from the rocks. Placing my hands over my masks lenses I began to count aloud in my language.

"Je'ha,
Je'hu,
Ke'hu,"
I heard her quickly scamper off the rock and over toward the mound of rocks.
"Ge'hu,
Te'hu,
Jek'hu,
Kek'hu,
Gek'hu,
Tek'hu,
Kkub'hu,"
Her sent drifted by on the breeze.
"Kkub-je'ha,
Kkub-je'hu,
Kkub-ke'hu,
Kkub-ge'hu,
Kkub-te'hu,"
A smile slowly crept up as my anticipation and excitement grew.
"Kkub-jek'hu,
Kkub-kek'hu,
Kkub-gek'hu,
Kkub-tek'hu,
Je-Kkub'hu!"
Removing my hands from my mask and spinning around, I quickly began to scan the rocks for her tiny heat signature.

But no heat signatures were to be seen, not even footprints. No footprints? That is strange... I began to walk around the huge boulders, scrambling up, around and over every single one, but still no Am'ber. Just when I was about to give up I heard a quiet giggle coming from underneath a rock not too far away from me. Smiling under the mask that was way too big for me, I began to creep over to the source of the noise.

At my feet a large, cold hole burrowed deep into the pile of rocks. I had over looked it before because there were no signs that Am'ber had entered it. The rock was smooth underneath my knees with the exception of the occasional loose pebble, as I knelt down to look into the cave. My short locks hung loosely above my head while I looked around the cavern, half of my body hanging upside down.

A cold hard blackness met my gaze, the cave was empty, and Am'ber was no were to be found. I swore I heard her giggling... Suddenly the warmth of two small hands obscured my vision, startling me from my hanging perch and sending me tumbling to the ground.

The hard floor made contact with my back and shoulders, slight pricks of pain covered my skin as loose stones dug into my shoulder blades. The rest of me fell to the floor with a large thump, leaving me shocked and dazed. Looking up from my place on the floor, I saw a pair of thin, to my vision almost bluish, legs before me.

My gaze left the cold legs and travelled up to the owners face. At first shock and worry was written on her face but was soon followed by a smirk that she disparately tried to hide behind warm hands. My eyes narrowed. How come I didn't see her? Well at least I can see why I didn't spot any footprints; her feet are as cold as the rock. Looking past her I noticed that there was more to this cave that first meets the eye. Another tunnel wove off to the side and out of sight. It also didn't help that I looked mostly in the opposite direction.

With lightning reflexes, my arms shot out from my sides and wrapped around her legs, pulling her down on top of me. She squealed in shock from my sudden attack on her legs, the high pitch making me cringe a little from the pain it brought my sensitive ears. She lay on my stomach, her chin resting on my knees. Before she could take action on my sudden attack, I hugged her legs and quickly flipped over, pinning her underneath me. I made no effort to stop her as I felt her arms wrap around my legs, and with much effort, lifted them off of herself and onto the ground beside her. Grinning under my mask, I tightened my hug on her legs then pretended to sleep. Letting my breaths come out slow and deep, my body relaxed but my grip did not fail.

At first she was confused by my antics and just sat there waiting for me to stop but just as I had planned, Am'ber began to panic a little, thinking I had really gone to sleep. She yelled something to me in her own language, my own name at the beginning of what she had said.  Then she had her soft, cold hands on my shoulder, shaking it rather violently. Distress was evident in her voice as she repeated my name a few more times before I decided to end the game. Laughing, I let go of her legs and sat up. Not knowing my next move, she quickly shot her legs back up to her body, holding them tightly against herself. She gave me a stern glare, but was soon laughing as well.

We sat there for some time, just laughing. It felt so good to laugh, to feel happy, and to have fun. Things I have witnessed may have made me a quite pup, but it did not change the fact that I was one. No amount of deaths of my own could change that fact, nor could the amount of loved ones who fell at hand of the black worrier; only time could change that fact.

Finally our laughter settled and we sat in silence for a few minutes. I used this silence to take a good look at her using the different vision modes in my mask. She was not much smaller than me; I was probably only a head taller, but her body was thin and there was very little muscle, making her look very small and fragile. Her hair was deep brown in colour; it also looked soft and thick, unlike that of my own species. Her eyes were the deepest shade of amber, which seemed to hold a hidden spark filled with courage and hope.

Seeing her unease when she shifted nervously, I quickly diverted my gaze.

.........

"One, two, three..."

I looked up to see Am'ber; now sitting cross legged; hands over her eyes; large grin on her face; and apparently counting.

"Four, five, six..."

The game was on again. With adrenalin pumping through my veins and my excitement soaring, I leaped out from the cave and left to find a good hiding place.

Finally after much searching and a stubbed toe I found a small cave that was not much different from the one we were in only moments before. It was dark and had an area that went off to the side and out of sight. Moving into the dark shadows I sat and waited for Am'ber to come and find me.

The strangest thing about this game though was the small fact that we had one very similar among my people. Except in my case we would have more than two people playing at one time. When we would play one of us would be picked to be the prey while the rest would be the hunters, the prey would get a five minuet head start then the rest would set out to find him or her. The last hunter to find the prey would then have to be the prey in the next round. It was quite a fun game and also taught us some life skills, one: how to hunt, and two: how to avoid other hunters. Our mothers called it Ch'hkt-a Kv'var, the name stuck and it was not long until everyone was calling it that.

The soft crunching of feet stepping over loose rocks filled my ears as Am'ber walked dangerously close to my hiding place. She paused for a moment, more then likely looking into my tiny caverns mouth. The same soft crunching began again, slowly moving away from my hiding place. I released a breath I didn't even realise I was holding, closed my eyes, and lent back against the smooth cavern wall. Wow that was a close one. Hmmmm maybe now would be a good time to get my revenge... Putting on an evil grin, I turned on my cloak and silently crept out of my hiding spot.

Am'ber stood with her back facing me, peeking into a hole that could never hold even her let alone me. Closer I crept, taking every step with caution, and being extra careful not to let the small crunching pebbles to give away my position.

Yet again I found myself standing behind her, deciding just how to scare her. The same trick would not work twice so I opted for a different tactic. I moved my hands down to her waist just as she began to pull her head from the tiny hole. In a quick motion I squeezed yer sides lightly making her yelp with what I assumed was surprise.

Amber span around quickly making the cloth around her waist rise with her turn in such a graceful way. If looks could kill I would probably be on the ground squirming in pain. She began to move towards me, I began to move back. She gave me a playful glare and lunged at me, hands outstretched and ready to 'kill'.

I casually stepped back and out of reach from her first lunge. She stumbled forward and nearly went face first into the cold hard rock.  I tried my hardest to hold back the laughter, but I could not. She looked so funny with her ass in the air, trying to regain her composure and not fall flat on her face.

Am'ber gave her own growl of frustration and ran at me again, but this time without lunging. Grinning like an idiot I turned and ran. I leapt from the rocks and onto the ground with a silent thump, then continued running at a slow pace. A moment later I heard Am'ber's feet making contact with the forest floor, then the light padding of her feet hitting the ground as she gave chase. We weaved our way through thick and thin trees, dodging the roots that seemed to spring from the ground. A practically cold and wet looking patch of earth came into view and I leapt over it with only a bit of grace. Clearing it easily, I continued running.

A huge slurping noise could be heard behind me, followed by a squeal of surprise. Spinning around I saw... nothing. I cocked my head to the side in confusion. Where is she gone? She was here a moment ago... Walking back down the path, I came to that wet patch again. I studied the ground carefully, it looked as if the earth had been disturbed, but there were no heat signatures. If you looked really carefully it was almost as if a figure lay covered in the... mud?

Without warning two hands shot out of the mud and pulled me down into the cool gooey slush. We rolled around a bit, wrestling each other, trying to get the other to submit. It was hard for me to clearly see her as her temperature matched that of the mud making her almost invisible to me, not to mention it was beginning to make some lovely smudge marks on my masks lenses. She was on top, trying to pin my arms into the mud with her feet, but I just grabbed them and flipped her onto her back. Somehow she managed to slip away from me and tackled me from behind, sending us both into the mud. I lifted myself up and growled playfully, Am'ber still firmly attached to my back. The play fighting continued for a few minutes with no victor in sight. Even though I was bigger and stronger then her, she was slippery from the mud and easily slipped from my grasp, making up for her lack of strength.

Finally, covered in mud and panting slightly from the exercise, I managed to pin her arms to her sides. She squirmed and wriggled in protest, trying to break free from my grip, but to no avail. Giving in she relaxed and I let go. We sat there for a moment in silence as I waited patiently for her to catch her breath. Here head was bowed to the ground but rose up and she met my gaze. She smiled a warm happy smile that filled my chest with hope, joy and courage. It was a smile that broke all uncertainty between us; we were going to be good friends...


A worrying discovery

We stood in icy cold water that rushed noisily past our knees. The single sun of this planet hung loosely above us, sending little warmth it could offer on this chilly day. The river was shallow and rather rocky, it ran threw a small gully that lead down from some mountains off in the distance. All around me many silver aquatic creatures seemed to be making their way upstream, I considered for a moment catching one but was too cold and tired to really make the effort.

I splashed the water over my body trying desperately to remove the mud from my skin. It had hardened while we were walking over to the river and had made it quite hard to move, but somehow we had managed to get here. My skin felt numb from the cold and the chilly breeze was not helping one bit. I looked over my shoulder at to my Ooman friend, she appeared to be trying to rub some mud off of her clothing and looked rather humorous bending over her garment rubbing furiously and muttering under her breath. She was still covered in a lot of mud, mostly on her clothing and hair, which stood out at unnatural angles.

A slight shrill of laughter escaped my throat making her look up from her futile attempt in removing the stains from her clothes. She gave me a curious yet stern stare, silently asking me what was so funny. Trying to hold back my laughter I raised my hand and pointed at the nest of hair that was on top of her head. Slowly she raised her arm up to her head and felt the twisted and knotted mass upon her head. The look she gave was unrecognisable to me and was quickly gone when she dunked her head and hair into the icy cold water. While she took care of her hair I took the opportunity to study her more. There was really nothing new to note about her, she was still pale and skinny, her hair was kind of brown still and shoulder length, her wrists still had horrible bruises around them... wait, bruises? They were not there before! There was no way of asking her how she had got them so I let it drop... for now.

Am'ber had finally managed to remove the mud from her hair and was now gently squeezing the excess water out. She looked down at her clothing again and huffed. She gave me a 'look' then turned around. I wonder what's up with her... my question was answered when she slowly began to peel the top half of her clothing from her body. She seemed to wince a few times and it was not long until I saw why.

Along her back were huge, oozing, scabbing cuts that were obviously made with some type of whip. Her back was truly a mess, and that was not just the current cuts the truly disturbed me the most, it was the layers and layers of scars the completely decorated her back. I was shocked, so shocked that I could not even gasp; my eyes had gone wide under the mask.

Am'ber whole body stiffened, as if she had just remembered something she was suppose to keep secret but accidently told someone. Snapping out of my shock induced trance, I clicked my mandibles a few times to gain her attention. Slowly she began to turn around to face me, sadness and hurt filled her eyes but also pain. The entrancing smell of fresh blood drifted by on the cool breeze, filling my nostrils with its primal sent. I quickly snapped out of it as I realised just whose blood it was... Am'ber's.

Blood dripped down her back in a steady flow from the newly opened wounds. I could see her body shiver and sway from the cold and steady loss of blood. Her eyes fluttered, her vision must have been failing. Stepping forward I caught her unconscious body before it could fall into the icy cold river. Lifting her up into my arms, carefully avoiding the wounds and blood on her back I walked out of the river and off into the woods...

I walked among the trees that we had playfully ran through only an hour ago, my Ooman friend limp and bleeding in my arms. Her breathing came ragged and rushed that only pushed me on further and quicker. This reminded me to much of when I first saw what the disease could do and what happened to Kan'tra, and it was scaring the shit out of me. I only just got her, I can't lose her now! We were going to be the best of friends! My mind screamed. I began to jog; I had to stop the blood before it was too late.

I leaped over the rocky outcrop that we had played a version of Ch'hkt-a Kv'var in not that long ago. The memories of the games we played, and the tricks we played on each other floated around my head, still fresh on the mind. This only made me feel even sicker in the stomach and I pressed on.

Finally the edge of the, oh so familiar clearing came into view, along with the curtain like tree that marked out were my cave was. I sighed in relief and rushed over to the edge of the cliff, but was soon faced with another problem: how was I going to get her into the cave? Oh paya... Taking a deep breath I juggled Am'ber around a bit until she was safely tucked under my arm. My arms were already tired from carrying her here and my single arm screamed out at taking all of her weight, after all she was not much smaller than me...

I felt the sticky warmth of her blood and the rough rocky surface of the cliff face as I slowly made my way down to my cave. I was glad that she was unconscious or she would have been feeling the terrible pain that her position was bringing to her body, it was obvious that the pain was still there as her body twitched painfully with every step I took down. I felt relief wash over me like a river when my feet firmly planted themselves on the floor to the entrance of the cave. Quickly I moved forward and set her gently down on her stomach next to the now dead fire.

I went over to my things and took out the medikit, flipping it open and scanning over the contents I found what I was looking for. I pulled out a small bottle of liquid that was a glowing blue in the colour spectrum and felt hot in my hands. There were two types of glowing blue liquids that my species have, one of them was the type I had with me which is a cauterizing substance. The other is a flesh eating agent that is used on hunts to destroy any evidence of the pray killed by the hunter.

Stepping back over to my friend, I knelt down beside her and tipped a small amount of the cauterizing liquid onto a piece of cloth I had found. Time to return the favour...

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Pain

Hot, searing pain, stuff that burnt straight past your skin and right down the very heart of your body. That was all I could feel, I tried to scream but no noise came out. I tried to move, but nothing seemed to respond. I gasped for air, but nothingness filled my lungs. I tried to cry, but no tears came. The only thing that did come to me was the soft, painless, darkness that fogged and swirled my mind back into its unconscious state...

.....

A comforting warmth wrapped around my body, like a big blanket, but not soft. No this was more of a rough scaly texture, kind of reptilian. Another source of warmth spread over my back, that kind of warmth you get from a fire. And there was a sound; it was soft like a purr that was sweet and calming and kept my body at ease. I turned my attention away from these strange comforts and to my back. A dull thump of pain ran down my back occasionally but otherwise felt numb.

Slowly I opened my eyes and was met with the scaly green skin of my friend's chest. A small smile slipped onto my lips as I realised that it was Guan that was acting as a blanket. It felt good to be held by someone who wanted nothing but to comfort you, to make the pain go away. Even though we had just met, and we could not understand each other I still felt a strong bond to this creature and deep down I knew he would never hurt me. To know this brought a strange uplifting feeling to my heart, a feeling of happiness and joy. And I felt something I had never truly felt before, I felt safe.

Rolling over, I looked around to discover we were in a cave. I took in the sight, the fire, the roots coming out of every surface, my wet and slightly bloody shirt, thank god for sports bras, and the brilliant sunset that lit up the sky. Sighing, I closed my eyes and let myself fall back into the deep darkness of sleep...
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Words:
I think you can figure out the numbers for yourself
Am’ber- Amber
Ch'hkt-a- hyper active, nervous energy
Kv'var- exercises, hunts
Ch'hkt-a Kv'var- hyper hunt
Kan’tra- Guan’s female friend that was killed by the disease in the second chapter
Paya- Their goddess of life. (I think)

Yayness!!! Chapter 6 is complete!!! :D :D :D

I hope the cuteness in this chapter made your brain frizzle!!! Hahahahaha!!!

Note: Amber does not have freaky powers, you will find out what that’s all about later... Amber and Guan are not in love or making sexual advances on each other in any way. Guan has not matured yet and is still VERY little.

Ok guys, gotta let you know even though I don’t update a terrible lot (because of school and lack of inspiration) You aint gonna see much of me for a while... Except for my art :D

This is the deal. I am going to write a few chapters, perhaps 3 or 4, before I post another up. This way I can hold ppls interest for longer.

But for me to do this I need lots of feedback on how I’m going so far! Over the last couple of chapters I have had only the rare review here and there and it’s rather sad. :(

So don’t be afraid plz plz plz RnR!!!!
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I almost cried in the last chapter and I almost cried in this chapter