Bonded

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Chapter 4: Know thy Enemy!

E’os looked to the other side of the fire where the Female Neko was sitting. Her back was turned to him, her tail twitching. E’os looked up at the night sky and stared at the stars.

3 hours before…

“So you want to explain what you’re doing on my World?” She said as she put her hands on her hips.

E’os, still stunned that he could understand the Female, just stood there and stared. Neko rolled her eyes and sighed. Men, she thought to herself. She waited another minute and then let out a soft growl. She moved closer to him so that she was standing right in front of him. She looked up and stared straight into the cold metal stare. She crossed her arms on her chest and said, “I ask you a question. Would you mind answering it?”

E’os watched the Female as she walked towards him. He looked her straight in the eye when she stopped in front of him and looked up. He heard her ask another question. He was wondering wither or not he should kill her when he felt himself falling. He landed on his back with an elbow pressing at his throat and a knee at his groin. He blinked a few times before he realized what had happened. She had attacked him! A female had attack and pinned him. He looked up as a shadow covered his mask and looked straight into the females Silver eyes. It was then that he felt it. A low, angry growl and it was coming from the Female.

Neko was about to turn around when she caught the thought from E’os’s mind. He was going to kill her. He can try, she thought as she used her tail to trip him. As he fell she put her elbow at his throat and her knee at his groin. If he tried to get up she had two ways to put him back down again. She growled at the thought that he was about to attack her for no reason. She had been friendly. She hadn’t attacked him or been hostile to him. All she had done was ask a question. She moved her head so that it was right above his mask and she deepened the growl. It was then that she noticed the two small tubes coming from the side of the mask. *Well then,* she thought, *let see what you look like*. She put a bit more pressure on his throat and with her other hand gently pulled the tubes out. Hissing sounds came out as they were removed. She looked the mask over and saw that it came off easily. She gently lifted off the mask and put it to the side. E’os struggled under her as she did this. She was removing his mask. He had to get her off before she did, but it was too late. He heard a soft gasp and looked. Her silver eyes were wide and her mouth slightly open. She moved her face closer, her eyes darting all over his face, taking everything in. Neko was amazed. He had a wide, sloped forehead. His hair came out of the side of his head rather then all over. He had deep set eyes, which were a deep Amber colour. His mouth was the strangest part of his face. He had four mandibles, like a crab, that seemed to be an outer mouth. Then he had an inner mouth, it had no lips, instead it had sharp teeth. Neko wondered if he had tongue. She looked back to his eyes and just stared. She couldn’t help it; his eyes were so different from her own. They look like the eyes of the big cats that roamed Gaia. They were beautiful. She could feel something in her chest tighten as she stared at those eyes. She could hear a soft voice in her mind telling her to fall into them. She had to get off him. She started to slowly ease her elbow and knee from him and got up.

While she had study his face he looked at hers. Her whole face was covered in fur except her lips. Her ears had small pointed tips that were cover in tuffs of soft fur. Her mouth opened a bit more and he could see her teeth. They were just like Oomans teeth except the canines were longer and sharper. Her hair was done up in braids like what the Oomans called ‘cane rows’. Her small muzzle was feline-like with a small cat-like nose. He looked back to her eyes to find her staring at his. Her eyes were so different. The eye ball itself was light silver while the iris was deep silver. Her pupil was black, like his own. He could feel her fur covered body on his skin through the heat net. It was soft and silky. He started to find that he like the feeling of it when she moved. He felt her elbow and knee move away. He watched as she got up and moved a few steps away. He shook his head and picked himself up. It was then that he realized that he could breathe the air. They had been on the floor for at least five minutes and he didn’t have his mask on for most of that time. He took a deep breathe and it didn’t hurt his throat. He shook his head again but in amazement this time and picked up his mask. He clicked it to his belt and looked over to the female. She was standing a few feet with her arms crossed and her eyes closed. She was shivering and her tail was swinging violently behind her. He wondered how someone so small could have pinned him. It was then he noticed the movement behind her. “Behind you!” He cried as he took out a knife.

Neko opened her eyes at his words and whipped round just as the Hard Meat tail hit her in the shoulder. Neko cried out in pain and grabbed the tail in her hands. As she tried to pull it out the Drone pulled her closer. It hissed and bared its teeth. It pulled her until she was face to face and then it opened its mouth. Neko continued to tug at the tail tip imbedded in her shoulder as she watched the black creature stick out a second mouth full of sharp little teeth. It snapped this second mouth at her and then looked over her shoulder. Neko put the distraction to her advantage. She flicked the claws on her hands out and swiped at the Drones face, leaving deep scratches along the top of its head and taking out one of its eyes. The drone screamed in pain and flicked its tail, throwing Neko over the edge of the platform. Neko saw the ground come to meet her quickly and closed her eyes. Suddenly a white light engulfed her and in her place was a falcon. Neko beat her wings hard and came out of the dive. She rolled in the sky and then flew back to the platform. She closed her eyes again as she landed and changed back to her normal form. She opened her eyes to see E’os fighting with the black creature. He had it pinned up again the tree trunk, his spear in its stomach. He had scratches all over him and a large gash on his left leg. Neko grabbed a dagger and threw. It hit the creature in the side and buried it’s self to the hilt. She took out another and was about to throw it when the creature kicked out and pushed E’os away. E’os landed on his side awkwardly and a loud crack was heard. Neko felt the flames rise from her Core. She let them lose and let out a lion like roar. She ran straight for the Drone and jumped on its back. The drone thrashed and tried to hit her with its tail but couldn’t. Neko smiled wickedly and let the flames consume them both. E’os got up slowly but fell again when he felt the pain in his arm. It had broken when he fell. He looked around and saw Neko standing over a pile of ashes. She was panting but looked uninjured except for her shoulder. She looked over and smiled. She walked over and saw that he was hurt. She took the Moonstone out of her pouch and kneeled down next to him and helped him to sit up. Putting the Moonstone on his broken arm she whispered the words to activate it and then bounded it to his arm. “Leave the stone where it is. It will heal your arm and knit your bones back together” she said as she took a small pouch from her belt and took out flint and tinder to make a fire.

Back to the Present…

E’os shook his head and looked back at Neko. She was still sitting with her back to him but her tail had stopped twitching. He looked at his arm and saw that the stone had stopped glowing. He slowly moved his arm and felt no pain. He unbounded the cloth and put it and the stone on the floor beside him. It was then that he heard the humming. He looked back to Neko and tilted his head to the side, listening. He got up and moved closer to her. “What are you doing?” He asked as he settled next to her. Neko didn’t look at him but she smiled. “I’m humming an old song. My mother use to sing it when my siblings and I were young.” She turned and looked at him then, “I’m humming because beneath us on the ground is a group of Elven Dragons. They know by my humming and singing that we mean them no harm.”

E’os nodded and went back to looking at the stars. “You asked me earlier why I was here.” He said suddenly. Neko nodded her head and sat and listened to him as he told her about his people and The Hunt he was on and why. Neko screamed and hit him when he explained what the Black creatures were. “You brought those things to my world. So that they could use us as hosts just so you can gain some honour.” E’os fended off her attacks until she calmed down enough for him to speak again. “Yes my kind brought them here but we did not know that your people lived here. Unlike the other clans, my clan respects other intelligent life. If the scouts had done they’re job properly then the eggs would never have been sent here.” Neko sighed and sat down on the edge of the platform and watched the dragons below her. She sighed again, “How do we get rid of them?” Seeing she had calmed down E’os sat next to her again, “We have to find the Queen. Kill her and you kill the Hive. After that finding and killing her offspring will be easy.” Neko nodded and get up. E’os watched as she took a deep breathe and then howled. It was a long and eerie sound. He could hear other howls but they sounded far away. Neko tilted her head and then purred softly. “Come on. My sisters have found the others members of your party and are heading back to my brother. We are closest and so we’ll get there first. E’os just stared at her dumbfound, “You got all the information from a howl!” Neko looked at him and then laughed. E’os growled at her and moved towards her. Neko shook her head and stopped laughing. “Get your things. I’ll explain on the way.” E’os continued to growl but did as she asked. As he turned round to start the climb down he saw Neko begin to glow white. Her form started to change but to what he couldn’t see. Then the light became too bright and he had to close and cover his eyes.

When he opened them a minute later he took a step back. Where Neko had been, now stood a large, Lizard-like creature with large wings. It was as black as the night but there were small flecks of silver running down its side and tail. It was at least 25 metres long and if he were to stand next to it he would have only come up to its elbow joint. It wing span was alone 50ft. He went to grab his spear only to remember that it was ashes along with the drone’s body. He growled at the lizard and was about to attack it with his smart disc when he heard the rumblings. He looked at the lizard and growled again. Then he heard words in his mind, *Throw that at me E’os and I’ll pin you with my tail point* He looked around to find the owner of the voice only to realize that it came from the lizard. He heard the rumbling again and watched the lizard lower itself so that it was lying on its belly. *This form is not called a Lizard E’os. It is called a Dragon. Now will please get on my back so we can leave* It was then that he remembered that Neko could change her form and he relaxed. He put the smart disc back in its holder and, with a little advice and guidance, got on Neko’s back. He tightened his legs and used them to hold on as Neko dropped off the platform and beat her massive wings. She rose above the trees and then hovered for a moment before heading west and back to the cave. As she promised she explained how she could talk to her sisters. She explained that her people could speak with their thoughts, just has she had spoke to him on the platform. The howl was just a way of knowing which direction her sisters were. She told him all about her people and their culture. About how intelligent the creatures of Gaia were and how they bonded to people and that the bonds were unbreakable except by death. She also explained how they could understand each other. *When The Lady, our Goddess, first gave us life she knew that other creatures would eventually come here. So she put what we call the Language Veil around our world. It lets everyone on the planet understand what other people are saying even if they speak different tongues.* E’os took this all in as they flew to meet the others and a meeting destined by the Gods.

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