Colony Omega Chapter 5
To all,
I would like to thank my two readers that have been helping me edit and learn to edit my own work. This struggle to perfect the storytelling and master the written word was a goal of 2020 and will continue in 2021. Thank you, gentlemen.
I am striving to diverge this series from the original. While there will always be the interweaving, I am hoping to keep this series ground based, while the other will look back into space.
Both the, planet bound, and space bound have issues. I want to strive to gain an understanding of what it's like to be on cusp of creating a new society.
Any aliens, real or imagined in this story are purely a construct of my twisted and warped mind.
I thank everyone so much for reading my stories and hope you continue enjoying them.
I hope all of you have stayed safe in the beginning of 2021. To those of us in the USA, I hope we can get our shit together and get in a good groove for 2021.
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Kitten went up to Nalia and placed her forehead on Nalia's stomach. Nalia was shocked to hear in her head the word of "baby" and knew it had come from Kitten. She stood there with her mouth open looking at the large predator and wondering how the large cat knew.
She was soon wrapped in the human arms of Cara. When all three beings were smashed together in an odd interspecies hug, Cara threw back her head and looked into Nalia's eyes.
"Oh, this is so unfair, pregnant and with twins?" Cara commented.
'How does everyone know I am pregnant except for me. I swear I just heard Kitten tell me the same thing!" Nalia stated frustrated.
Target hearing the news joined the scrum hug, which caused Goldie to stick her rather large head in the middle. The last participant almost caused the scrum to collapse sideways. Everyone was talking at once. DB just stood to the side alone, until Kitten broke free of the loud affair and came to rub her head on DB's hand.
He heard, 'loud' and 'silly' come from cat predator. He knew that Kitten had gone through the same process that Drew had forced on him. It had caused the final straw for Queen Tiffany, but Kitten had never directly spoke to him before.
It was going to be interesting living in a house with two empaths. Cara and Kitten may be of different species and at different levels, but within seconds they had discovered the pregnancy. It was sad to think of the pain they had both endured to gain their abilities.
He felt a nudge on his hip and heard "explore?" and looked down into the golden eyes of the large cat.
"Let me introduce you to the town first. I do not want anyone trying to hurt you thinking you were wild and hunting their children," DB explained.
He could see and feel that she was crestfallen.
"You can go explore the building that will be your home if you wish," offered DB. And she was off like a shot, with Goldie chasing after.
It was not until he heard the screams and sounds of crashing of pans that he remembered the kitchen staff were already preparing for a formal dinner tonight.
'Yes, the additions to household were going to be a bit more exciting... for a while at least,' DB smiled looking at the kitchen, as staff sprinted out of the building in fright, 'wait until they meet Hoppy,' he thought with a chuckle.
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Kitten was in a deep crouch. She scooched along her belly, getting closer to her prey. Her nose poked through the long grass as she lay hidden, on her side of the stream. She watched and waited for the perfect time to leap forward and grab her prey by the throat.
Her prey was exceptionally loud today. Not very sensible but that was why she was the king predator and they...well they were just prey. The young prey played at the edge of the water while the adult prey went in to drink and wash themselves. She did not understand the enjoyment of being in the water.
Her furry momma and smooth papa loved the water. They like to play and clean themselves in the pool in the big house. Her furry sister, smooth skin sister and new smooth skin brother loved it too. They spent too much time in the frothy water washing the same spots over and over. Her spider sister stayed away from the water like Kitten. That is why they were hunting together, something fun to do while waiting for family to quit playing in water.
She became focused on one of the younger prey. The female moved out of the water naked and grabbed a piece of cloth and began to rub her body. It was the same thing her family did after water time. Kitten knew that she could take her prey in only a few short seconds, and she was now satisfied with today's hunt.
She started to raise up to go see the village females and children at the river. She only really hunted small creatures, but practicing hunting was almost as fun. When she felt something bad close by.
As she turned her muzzle downwind, she caught a whiff of something sour. Sour human. Someone that did not groom themselves or use the water. She got only a whiff, during a momentary shift of the wind.
She lifted in the grass and started to crawl in that direction. She saw them for the first time.
Kitten spun her head and looked up into the tree. She could see that spider sister had seen the smelly sour human men too. Spider sister leapt from one tree to the next, keeping hidden but moving closer to watch the sour humans. Both hunters were working their way towards the sour creatures.
Something was not right. Human did not hunt other humans or other fur friends for play. They wanted something and it was bad. She reached out and got a human name and a sour smell from his mind too. Human named Brody and he was a sour human inside too.