The Saviour of Pink Haven

The Hunt - Section 2

"Hey Loon, found some food for ya, catch." 

[Tech gently tossed a pink fruit to Loon, who caught and inspected the foreign item]

 "The fuck is this?" "That's a 'Boyabl', according to the locals. They.. have these names for food, people like us would just call it a pink fruit." "Ah. It's.. not poisonous, right?" "Why would I give you poisoned food?" "You never know." 

[Techno rolled his eyes and continued scavenging. A long while after, the two of them encountered a pack of Orange Lizards (Called Saymans from Pink Haven), which were oblivious to their presence. The two of them inspected their surroundings and planned their route]

"I would try to avoid wasting precious resources by trying to fight these things head on, rumor has it that they are always seen in packs of at least 3 or 5, and the antennae they have on their head lead to a hivemind, so their strategy is much higher above ours." "Tech, it's food." "It's also our lives." "I doubt we're gonna die to... about 5 Orange Lizards."

[Tech wanted to point out that they were called Saymans, and dismissed the thought.] "Let's just find an alternative route, I'm sure Ruby can find a way that won't cost us our stuff."

[The red being nodded, but before a consensus was made, Loon jumped down into clear view, and the attention of the entire pack was turned to him.] "God damn it." 

[Tech checked his slingshot and jumped down as well.]

[Loon crystalized his arm, and prepared for a battle, while Tech did the same, albeit unwillingly. The pack split up into one group of 2, which focused on Loon, and the other group of 3 on Tech.] 

"I hope you understand that if we die I'm blaming you in the afterlife." "We're NOT going to die, idiot." "We'll see about that." 

[The Saymans got more agitated as the two stalled, seeing the slugs more and more as a tasty lunch. The group of 2 attacked first, and shortly after, the group of 3. Loon jumped away from the initial bite but was knocked down by one of the lizards that charged at Tech and missed. Tech was keeping the 3 at bay with a slingshot. He slung pebbles until he found pieces of splintered wood, which he quickly began to fire at one of Saymen The Sayman avoided 2 shots, but was left with no time to prepare for the last one.]

"Gotcha, now for-" [Tech noticed that one of them was missing, and went to look around before being interrupted by a request for help.]"TECH COULD USE SOME HELP HERE!" 

[Loon, after being knocked down was narrowly avoiding several rapid bites given by the 2 lizards, until one of them was dispatched by yet another piece of wood, and the other received a metal fist through his skull.] 

"Thanks... You're gonna add that to the list, huh?" "You know me too well." 

[They turned their attention to the remaining Sayman, before the one that was missing dropped from the ceiling, nearly crushing the both of them before Loon pushed Tech away as he evaded the attack] 

"That makes it even." "Maybe I didn't wanna be saved." "Bullshit." "Loon, the one that just dropped, his antenna is longer than the rest, which means he commands the pack, if he dies, the rest won't have the courage to fight." "There's one more left, what do you mean 'the rest'?" 

[Tech pointed at the cliff from where they entered, where 15 more glowing orange creatures seemed to appear.]

"You know what, for the first time in your life, you're right, we need to get outta here."

[The two stared down the leader, which made the rest seem to stay in place. They kept staring. The Sayman's antennae twitched. Tech grabbed more splinters. The Sayman bit the air twice in anticipation. The leader lunged at Loon, which is when Tech took the creature by surprise and wrapped his arms around its head, giving enough time for Loon to impale it with both hands and rip it in two. The new pack frenzied and outraged, but eventually retreated. The two slugs sat in exhaustion, eventually gaining enough energy to speak again] 

"Hey, Loon?" "Yeah?" "Fuck you." "Nah, not my type." "I'm the type to smother you in your sleep." "We'll see about that."