|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:57 am
See Gin didn't just act like a bih. She was a bih. She was still immobile for the time being.. but her strength slowly started to return. And it was then that Gin made sure.. that the male could not get close to her but one could not sleep and heal with one eye open. That she was learning as her health lacked in betterment but still with the little energy she DID have.. she was very very frank with him...
And beyond his 'cares' and 'cures' as she saw him very far away.. and thats exactly how she wanted it.. until she was better and can fight him off. Muscles.. tightened and felt as though they were stretching to its limits.. and it ailed her.. but her face remained strong and fierce.. as she lifted her body up. Aches. Pains. Scars. Taking a few limping steps...and with her paw.. she drew a line.. She yelled so he couldn't say he didn't hear her. "DON'T CROSS THIS LINE MALE. OR YOU WILL DIE WHERE YOU STEP."
Angerily.. and bitter. See.. it wasn't that she didn't like them.. she hated them. And to her.. even now.. even if this male had not fully killed her off. He could. she couldn't trust him.. Males loved to play mind games and that's how her old pride went down the drain. Til the females got a clue and retook their land with an iron fist. Males.. By the mind games.. and she didn't want to fall for the same thing.. She huffed.. out of breath from even the short walk.. then turned around.. slowly walking back in to the soft grass leafy like bed.. walking around it for just a minute before her body gave way and collapsed where she stood. Starring at him [/ face with a lot of space but still facing him ] as she laid there..in a weakened state. but soon.. oh soon she would get the strength to drive him away..
But one thing she had not thought about. Not even once.. why.. was he still here.. But that question had yet to cross her mind.. as she looked at him with hatred in her eyes.. And a tail whom seemed to be just as affected with the weakened body.. only slightly moving.. when she wouldn't expect it. But maybe it corresponded to the brain waves that she was mentally training herself for a dual soon.. To angry to think kindly though. When he did bring her to a small pond.. she slashes at him.. and held her place.. but still pathetically weak.. as she ran but ended up falling just shortly after. THOUGH. That spot was now hers. The THOUGHT of even getting close to her.. she would not hesitate to strike again.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:00 pm
He was in the mist of holding an impala by the neck, the rest of its body dragging under him when he heard the shout. A line? What good was a line in the entire savvanah? He paused just long enough for her to fall down and gave a small shake of his head.
If she would just listen and hold still she'd heal a lot faster but she insisted on moving about. He dropped the food a bit away and came to inspect the line, sniffing at it, judging it.
It certainly was a line. She said he couldn't cross it so how was he to get the food to her? He paced in front of it for a moment, seemingly bewildered before he noted something. The line ended! Well he couldn't *cross* the line but she hadn't said he couldn't go *around* the line!
Pleased with his idea the lion trotted back to where he'd left the kill, giving a few gruff barks toward a few pesky vultures that had spied it. Once he was sure they were gone he picked it up again and dragged it from another angle, away from the line before depositing it in front of him.
He smiled, his chest puffed up proudly. Taban would be proud of his reasoning skills! "I didn't cross the line!" He announced sitting down, grinning and panting in the heat.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:59 pm
She was just about to go to sleep when the hint of what he had caught struck her nose. Her ears went up slowly and her head followed not moments after. Instantly her maw started to water with a humid that came from no where. But she realized. She made the line and when he stopped and had dropped the kill she pondered on just snatching it and running for it..
No use when he came right up to the line. Smirking inwardly as he sniffed at it. Yep. Don't cross THE line. Chuckling still inwardly until he turned.. THATS when she started laughing INWARDLY.. but outwardly she tried a chuckle but it hurt too much to continue.. Then he came back..
Tilting her head questioning what he was gunna do until he walked right around her line and plotted the food right in front of him not inches from her.. Anger set out like wildfire.. Yelling at him. Lifting herself up and going nose to nose with him. "I TOLD YOU NOT TO CROSS MY LINE YOU BIG OVERSTUFFED-" But the wildfire was then extinguished when the thick smell of blood was too much to handle and not turn away from it.
Not seconds later she started taring in to the fresh meat... after gathering in her mouth.. a bunch of meat.. she looked up at him.. Anger couldn't even set in to her face as Innocent hunger for once.. that gin from so long ago came out.. But then it was instantly turned as she tried dragging it away just a lil but tripped and growled. "Don't come ...any closer.. " The voice was muffled with some meat stuff in her mouth but still innocent sounded awkwardly enough. She growled... but not as angry anymore.. more cautious.. as she was at a weak point now and just HUNGRY. Ears back...as she tried to get a bit away from him.. Looking as though she was hugging the carcass. Tearing it to shreds.. but still ... STARING at him.. Taking each lap with gasps. Tail wagging just a bit more as the meat and protein started to give her strength. A new strength that she hadn't gone through in a while.. but maybe it was the kindness she was being shown.. She didn't know.. but she was still cautious.
Then pulling it more closer to her and just thrashing in to it. Chomping with the real strength of a lioness.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:06 pm
Nyack's eyes widened slightlly as suddenly bunted his nose and yelled at him. He fell over into a sitting position looking absolutely bewildered. "But I didn't touch the line!" He protested motioning at it with his paw. "I went around it! I didn't cross over it!" He wasn't being sarcastic. He didn't understand how he'd 'crossed the line' at all!
He kept his ears down trying to figure out how he'd messed up when she began to tear into the food out of nowhere. He paused and watched her for a bit before a big smile crossed his face. She was accepting his gift!
Ah but there was that stare and that look he recognized all to well. It wasn't normal for a female to give it to a male. But he wasn't dominate and he had met one or two rouge females that would go for one's hide if they were disturbed while eating.
So he respected that and uncrossed the line carefully picking up each foot to make sure it stayed in place. When one of his long back paws did brush it he was quick to turn around and remark it. Nodding to himself moved a few feet away and dropped down in the grass, focusing on cleaning himself rather then watching. She needed her privacy after all and he was covered in blood.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:12 am
'I don't care!' Sorta look right after he said it before she dove in to the kill. For days she had been like this. Any food she could get.. she ate entirely.. She had taken it in to her maw.. then looking back at him.. rising her head. As he moved back. Messed up her line. Her eye twitched just ever so slightly but then he quickly restored it..
Staring.
He...was. So odd. These past few days... He was kind. He didn't push her to do anything nor did he get overly comfortable around her. He gave her space.. He did what she said.. and didn't fight with her. Eyeing him a moment. As she watched him leave... the days before he could be next to her for she couldn't move. He tended wounds.. he watched over her.. or so she knew so anyways. Maybe he had left to find his mate.. but why did he return to help her. It was odd. Weird. Many thoughts circled.. as she then put her gaze on the meat. Taking in piece by piece.. Until. She stopped. Karma. Something her old pride taught her. K'N. A pride of female supremacy. Days were now weeks that they had seen a lot of each other. Somehow Gin didn't like it.. but she was strong enough to move now ever so slight. Not a full on fight but move freely.
She lifted herself up.. staring down at the meat. Then at him. Did he eat? .... She was slowly regaining herself.. Quiet. Reserved. Then.. out of no where.. she took up the body of the dead animal and tossed it on the other side. Maybe even close to him. "....Hmph." Seeing the body of the carcass slid over to him. Rumbling around in the grass. She tossed her head aside.. and with that energy she gained.. she moved.. and went in to the patch of tall grass and laid there. Wanting no more to move than a lazy rock. Looking about as the winds changed course..
Then. She started to groom herself. Just her paws.. and then her face. It was the first time in a while that she had. Never being the one to groom herself.. Haba did it just fine. A wonderful job.. and that made her miss her.. and after a few minutes. She stopped to look at her paws. Absorbed for a moment.. "Haba..." She closed her eyes.. then let her head down. 'Im lost without you.' She spoke in her head.
Then nuzzled her paws.. with her snout. She had become an adult now. Remembering when she was cubbling.
'There is a male.. he ... is odd. I can't put my paw on it. But he reminds me.. of Ma. Tender.. but when she brought us food.. and our stomachs ached. He looks like your other mamma though. Its weird.. He confuses me..' Until she heard the grass rustling. Her ears went up and lead her to raise her head. Eyes squinting as she watched the grasses.. speculating. After a while of him fussing over her getting sleep. Eating. She did. Finally. Grumbling as she couldn't find the source of the sound.
A rumbling of the ground.. she spread her forepaws apart as she grasped the ground. Ready to move if needed. It was.... !!!!!! HOOVES.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:35 pm
The male was busy grunting and cleaning himself as he reached for a hard to get spot by the base of his tail when the carcass landed by him and sent him jumping into a standing position. The startled lion gazed at the dead thing beside him and glanced up at her in clear confusion.
He'd been hunting for two and it had taken a strain on him. He was planning to hunt later. Maybe she hadn't liked it? He could never be sure with her. He only stood there like some animal caught in the headlights as she moved without a word and started to groom herself.
Well he wasn't going to let it go to waste. Nyack dove into the impala going for the meat and the bones. He was hungry and was making quick work of it when he sensed something amiss. His head jerked up, eyes narrowing.
The steady rhythm went through his paws and into his body. He swung his head poised as he noticed dust raising up not far from them and the sound growing in intensity in their direction. He waited a moment longer by they weren't changing course and he could see now their black horns.
A stampede. He didn't think, just shot into action. His first priortity was Gin. The males powerful legs pushed against the earth as he ignored her line, smearing it in a powerful bound. He took her neck in his mouth and tugged her once. "Move!" He warned pushing against her body. "There are wildebeests coming and they don't look happy."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:20 am
As she saw the horns.. her body like stopped for some reason. But it all went so fast as he came swishing past her in slow motion; to her. Then pushing her made her get up the very litter strength to move.. and on instinct was all it was when she bounded forward. A situation that when she looked back they were already bad broken the distance to a third. His words shooting him through all her nerves as she tried with all her might to move but it was hard with everything zapped away.
Having the extra push of him.. and fear just making its way in her stomach. Having her maw on her neck for that brief moment.. what we he gunna do anyways! Then started their bound and tried to catch some distance between them and it was very apparent that she wasn't the lioness she used to be and she hadn't fully recovered but making a damn attempt at surviving this. THIS, would be a stupid way of dying. Growling as she didn't think she could keep a distance away from them and every other step it felt like they were right at her heels and it was a horrid experience.. but she wasn't alone and with her karma already to hell she looked to him. If she could help.. she would HAVE to.. that was what the karma of one was about. Helping others ... and it took her this long to realize it for sure..
She'd have to repay him back.. but she hated the thought of it.
The stampede was indeed close to her heels and it wasn't long before they had caught up. Of course.. lions couldn't out run them and they were fleeing from the ambush they had gone through earlier with the hyenas attacking them. Their run was also out of fear and once they saw lions.. they wouldn't stop. They KNEW that if they trampled them.. they wouldn't survive and it wasn't like they could stop now.
"You know we can't out run them!" She shouted.. the ground beneath them sounding like the earth had broken in half. Pushing forward as much as she could be she was lagging and lagging behind! Almost to the point of feeling herself dodging them .. ALMOST but it was more her mind playing tricks on her.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:52 am
The male beside her wouldn't let her slow down even if she wanted. He kept right against her moving her, pushing her forward and never looking back. The roar of the the hooves on the ground reminded him of the oceans deadly waves. A sea of horns and sharp hooves waiting to crush them.
She was loosing her speed. She wasn't going to make it. He could at least jump out of the way but she... He looked back at the mass finally and survayed the area. He had so little time. She wouldn't be able to keep up much longer.
His eyes landed on a soft decline where the ground receded. A hill! He could use that. He glanced over at her with a soft smile. "I'm deeply sorry, Gin. I just wish to protect you."
With a sudden change of course he collided with her shoulder and sent her out of the way of hooves and down the hill. He had no time to follow suit. He'd do his best to get back to her as soon as he could.
But his leg was acting up and he was slowing down.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:44 am
Rushing.. and she could see his paws almost in sync with hers but when she tried and failed.. it was inevitable that she would fall and get crushed.. Unknowing of her surrounds like he had.. she looked at him when he got closer.. shocked almost when he pushed her. Colliding and just barely seconds.. before she fell.. they hit the very ground she fell from..
His words being the only thing she could hear.. and then as if karma just slapped her in the face. Literately seeing him save her.. no. Her Karma was probably the worst- how could he save her so many times! Then not being able to repay it put her more in dept! It took only just barely under minutes before hitting the ground in a tossing roll.. But as soon as she fell.. she was limp to get up but she did.. Watching him running. Then he was lagging behind. Enough for her ..something. In her. Made her sprint forward and take off after them!
Trying to follow them on the lower grounds.. her tail waving about wildy as she tried to pick up her speed.. but when he slowed down.. she gasped purely out of instinct ... "No.." She thought out loud and mutter before dashing through mud and having the wake up call of the one that saved her so many times ..........die. She just couldn't let it happen as she pushed herself even harder as she yelled catching up to him.
"JUUUMMMMMPPP!" She yelled out.. Her tomyboyish voice just past the air ... maybe he couldn't hear..
"JUMP!" She cried out.. then falling over a bush as she slammed in to it.. rolling and tossed on her side before looking up.. Did he...? Almost terrified to look.. then seeing the hill end just in front of them. "No.." Almost glued to the floor this time..by the shock factor..feeling like there was nothing she could do..trying to get to her feet. "NOOOOOOOO!!!"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:56 am
"JUMP!"
He couldn't. There was no place for him to go. He was pushed forward by fear alone.
"JUMP!"
He glanced just behind him to the red and black lioness chasing after them in a mad furry. She was safe and able to move. That was enough for him. He gazed forward again, resigned to his fate.
The stampede slowly dwindled to a close as the animals spread out and winded down, exhausted from their run. There was no lion in their ranks in front of them. It seemed Nyack hadn't been fast enough.
And he hadn't. The older lion was laying on his side covered in dust and bruises. His saving grace had been taking a tumble that sent him to a weaker side of the raging animals. He'd gotten kicked more then his fair share of times but none of them were direct hits. The animals were loosing steam and jumped over him rather then run him down thinking him to be already killed by those ahead.
He lay on his side covered in dust and dirt, mouth open in a pant. His eyes slowly slid closed as he decided to rest. He was in pain, his body completely worn and battered. He was lucky to be alive. Lucky nothing was fatal or broken passed a hairline fracture. He was alive.
He just needed time to rest in the grass and let his wounds stop bleeding.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:41 am
But her body moved to a haste swiftly taking a moment to pull her strength enough to catch up to him. He didn't make the jump.. she didn't see him as he got lost in the wildebeest.. Her ears up for any sound as she got up close enough to look.. and not far in to the bush.. he laid there.. Bleeding.. 'No....' Her face horrified.. Another death.. another life she killed..
Quickly coming to his side ... examining the damage with the bruising she saw.. cringing from what had happened. Oh.. what had she done.. Looking over him.. almost scared to touch him or he'd just disappear in to nothingness.. then she looked away. Pained.. her eyes swelling up; watery just a tad and getting there as she lifted her paw.. not knowing what to expect. As she slowly touched his mane.. to see if he was dead.. if he stopped breathing.. But when she did. The sight of his chest still rising and falling made her just hopefully enough.. Jumping over him from a stand still as she nudged his snout a little with her own. Ears planted to her head..Quickly retorting her paw back.. almost... happy.
"Damn male.. you trying to kill yourself." Huffing at him. Her watery eyes slowly becoming those of slight joy. Lifting her head and surveying the area.. then back down at him. "Yea know.. I'm not.. good with taking care of others..." Her voice was low.. and unusually tendered for some odd reason. Only the voice that Haba heard many of times.. "So.. I think luck has run slim here." Almost as if she were TRYING to joke.. But then the tole on her own body exerting itself made her flop to the ground. Her tail whipping about as she took a moment to rest and pant.. before she would go off in search of something to wrap wounds with. She was SOMEWHAT knowledgeable with healing even if it wasn't much of her strong point. For now she panted.. looking about and licking her maw a tad. Shallow breaths became hardy ones and definitely her strength was coming back to her.. with every passing moment. Not FULLY capable of what she used to but definitely able to not lean against this male..
But it seemed, the tables turned. But this was her chance.. to repay the dept she had fallen in to.. Looking over him.. before getting to her feet again and going off to get water and leafs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:55 am
For a while Nyack felt himself drifting off. He was so tired. Exhausted... He had to find her. Make sure she was alright and start to help her again but he couldn't find the strength. She might be hurt or scared or alone....
He felt a gentle touch against his mane then against his muzzle. His unfocused eyes slid open just a slit so he could get a glimpse of the stranger. The voice rang in his head a bunch of muffled words but a voice that he recognized. She was alright. He thought maybe she'd come to laugh at his misfortune but the tone didn't suit something like that. No, she sounded... concerned and scolding like a parent or a close friend, upset but happy the other was alive.
He went to rise his head but the female had already disappeared. He rested it back down. So she no longer needed him. She would leave. He would make it here once his strength returned and the tender flesh wasn't so sore but he would be all by himself again. He wouldn't have her company foul as it was.
It saddened him and after she was gone for a while he let out a few soft lonely grunts, trying to call anyone to his side.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:01 pm
As an amazon she was taught many things. Not just the brute strength- but she learned various healing techniques. Especially the ones that she could use to cover wounds. Maybe the obvious one was mud. It stopped bleeding but then something could have been in it and thats was bad so she set off to look for a big leaf and just tossed in common leafs. Then pulling it with her tail as she found her way back to him with a flower full of water. It was the only thing she found ON the way.
Before she got there though, she heard a grunting sound.. Her ears went up then back down as she knew whom they were from. Somehow it felt as though their weeks together had made her realize something.. But she couldn't put her paw on it as she slowly made her way back to him and sat beside him. Getting to work on his wounds and smashing the herbs to 'paint' it on his wounds. Afterward.. she leaned forward.. and as ungraceful as she was.. she couldn't get it .....in the hole. Then dumped the flower's contents all over his maw..
Squinting and a light whimper. "Opps." As she turned around placing the flower down then slowly leaning in to him.. nudging her paw against his maw cleaning him up. "Told you I'm not good at this." At least his wounds were covered.. then she slowly sat back.. her tail whipping about behind her as she watched him.
For the first time.. Taking him in. All of the sight that she neglected to see.
"Hmph." Turning around and sitting as she started to lick and groom at herself but forgetting the darn herbs were on one paw as she took a big lick.. "Aww accckkk!! Arrg!!" She splurred out as she trying to hack it up then started spitting. "Ohh eww.. aww hot cold tongue! EW EWWW~~!" Flailing her arm about. "Oh thats just nasty~!" Forgetting the male was next to her as she displayed one of the most girlest moments of her life. Literately. NOTHING phased this female til that nasty taste just swarmed in her maw..
After the ordeal.. she took a moment to walk around the perimeter. Watching out for any hyenas .. before slowly going back to him.. then slowly laying about a couple of feet away.. Looking the other way. But slowly ... she turned.. Looking at every detail. She heard the wild outdoors yet she still stared. Hours pasted before.. something.. just something happened as she brought herself up~ the dark of night before moving over to him and curling herself around him. Coiling as if highly protective of him. Laying her head down after a few hours.. then to nod off just slightly but now always an ear open for danger. She was getting back to her older self. A warrior.. but also a protector. Feeling like the air blew another direction now.. and it was different. Something felt different and she slightly felt her heart warm up just EVER so slightly..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:28 pm
Paws on the earth beside him attracted his attention. He lifted his head again so he could see her but it was still hard. All he could make out was her silhouette.
He let out a soft sound of pain and dug his claws into the dirt as she worked on his wounds. They hurt and his chest heaved from the effort it took to move.
The water brought him back closer to consciousness. He shook his head but it caused such vertigo he had to lay his head back down. Otherwise he felt as though he were falling and loosing solid ground. Not a pleasant feeling. His maw stretched out into a small smile at her sudden display and he had to fight down a chuckle. It would have hurt his sore body anyway.
He didn't speak. After a few moments with the pain numbing, he felt himself slipping off. He fought to stay awake when she left him but it was too much. His eyes closed and he slept.
He awoke sometime when the sun had started to rise. There was a warm, calming presence that had come to him during the evening, protecting him from the desert's harsh cold. He lifted his head, he was feeling much better already, to glance at the lioness beside him.
He paused. She was willingly beside him...? He hesitated only a moment before putting his head next to hers and sighing contently. Progress... he was making progress with her. Good... because he was rather fond of her.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:11 pm
It was a struggle. The fast now could be a month in counting.. it was all a struggle. But the night's sleep was.. incredibly warm... and her sleep wasn't built on nightmares.. but this time it was a good night. Where she had a dreamless night. Which meant a good night. After the night went and morning came, she had stayed quietly sleeping for that time. Til the brush of the sun's rays made her eyes squint. Lightly.. she grumbled.. then slowly.. she woke herself inwardly before even dreaming of moving. Once she was able to successfully open her eyes.. she focused on her surroundings.. and thats when the face came to view..
Her cheeks started to fluster without her knowing... as she starred at him.. then let her eyes slit.. as she took him in a kindly way.. almost irritated at the fact that his face was so close but she looked over that. Then closed her eyes.. that was a bad idea. For it brought upon many ill thoughts.. What happened with Haba.. could easily happen to this male as well. She.. couldn't get too close.. ill wills followed her everywhere she went.
Was when her eyes snapped open and she realized.. What the heck was she doing!? Giving the death tole on someone whom saved her life.. though it was then it could not be spared.. Slowly.. she rose with much caution.. looking down at him with soft eyes... then slowly did she come closer to almost brush his cheek with her snout.. but stopped only cms before hand. Giving the risk of him waking.. he'd likely follow. Like this. He couldn't. he would be spared. Turning her face as her paws- dried out had lifted her and slowly she moved.. quietly and precisely away.. and when she got a good enough distance.. she turned back from where she was upon the hill. Looking down at him... it. Hurt. and thats what made her want to destroy herself. "I won't forget you. Nyack.. but please. For your sake. Forget me." Her heart and stomach turning and tightening.
Turning away and giving a heavy sigh before she picked up her feet and ran.. Her tail waving and only the morning rising. Her black pelt looking like a blurr in the desert ~ grassland..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
