Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Creatures of Nightmares
Chapter 29 (hehehe I’m excited)
“Hey KJ,” Jane said.
“Hey. You and the newcomers coming to help us tame this wolf?” He gestured to 4 other men holding rifles with tranq darts.
“Yeah. We want in on the action.”
He smirked and began preparing five rifles.
He handed them to each of the people.
“Ready? Three! Two! One!”
There was a deafening crack as Reign was hit in the side with a dart. The other man began shooting.
Astra lifted her rifle and shot at a man, making him fall unconscious.
“Hey!!! What?!?” KJ slammed his foot into her stomach, almost making her cough blood.
“Sorry. You seem like a nice guy,” she said as she thrusted her fist at him.
He dodged but punched her in the nose. Blood splattered on the ground.
“Ridley, we good?” She asked, dodging KJ.
“Yep!” He said, firing at another man, making him unconscious.
Then, the five secret wolves began battling the humans in the civilization.
Astra created ice swords for the boys.
“Now we’re talking!” Prince cheered as he swung his sword.
“What?!” KJ shrieked.
“Don’t you understand?” Astra asked, kicking his face. She pushed him against the wall, holding an ice dagger.
“We aren’t humans. We’re wolves.”
Ridley paused the manipulation for a second and Astra was a glimmering white wolf. Then it stopped.
KJ snatched the dagger Astra had held and cut her arm. She yelped in pain.
Prince had wounded many people with the sword. The other boys hadn’t done as much damage as him.
Ridley accidentally shattered his sword on the wall and was now relying on his fists as he battled a girl with pink hair. “You know, I really hate hitting girls.”
She smirked. “Too bad.”
She whirled around and kicked him in the stomach, preparing to use a knife.
Jane kicked it out of her hands and knocked her off of her feet. Ridley blushed. “Thanks.” He muttered.
Jane scoffed and whistled, signaling to Astra. Astra created two thin lightweight swords and tossed them to Jane. She gripped the swords and brought humans to their feet.
Pax used his powers to slow his opponents down and steal their weapons, using daggers and thrusting them speedily at humans as he ricocheted off the wall. (Did I use that word right? lol) Like Ridley, he had broken his sword as he hit a shield.
Astra dodged KJ’s attacks, but he kept slicing her arms. They were bloody now, and Astra groaned.
Prince ran toward her, knocked KJ off his feet, and thrust the sword in his leg. Then he lifted it out and impaled a human’s arm. That human had headed toward Astra with a sword.
Prince smiled at her and continued to wound the humans.
Astra finally had time to break Reign’s cage. She ran out, becoming a human. “Ridley!” She yelped angrily.
Then she fainted. “Oops,” said Ridley. “I forgot she was hit with darts..”
He thrust a dagger at the last rifle man. “There we go,” he said.
Prince had paused to watch. “Nice one, Rid-“
He groaned in pain and collapsed against the wall. A human had sliced his side with a sword. Prince’s sword clattered to the ground as the human headed for the final blow.
Astra pushed the sword away from Prince, cutting her hands in the process. She grabbed Prince’s sword and impaled the human who dared attack her friend. The human groaned as the sword went through his leg.
Prince’s sword now had blood on the blade and handle.
It almost was broken, so Astra snapped it on the wall, letting sharp ice litter the floor. Humans slipped on it.
She saw the injured humans scattered about.
“Let’s go. Reign is safe. We haven’t killed anyone.”
They all ran toward the door, Ridley holding Reign. Astra made an ice wall to stop the humans as the six secret wolves slid on an ice trail (also created by Astra).
They stopped in a cave, filled with ice stalactites. Ridley sent Reign against a wall.
“How did you three escape without injuries?” Astra said, flopping on the ice floor and lifting her bloodied arms.
Pax pointed to a large cut along his leg. Jane flexed, showing off her arm muscles. She had no injuries. Ridley was bruised and had a few small cuts.
Prince had flopped down, near Astra, and fell asleep. His breathing was labored. Despite the fact that you could not see the skin on Astra’s arms through the blood, he had gotten the worst of it.
Ridley manipulated some stone into a bucket and collected water from a stream nearby, grabbing Astra’s arms gently and washing them. She bit her lip and winced.
She had some slightly deep cuts on each arm, but it wasn’t too bad. KJ was not as great at combat as she thought.
“Why are we still humans?” Astra asked.
“If we were wolves, you would not be able to walk,” Ridley answered.
Astra laid back and nodded, then looked at Prince. She used her powers to lift some water out (she couldn’t scoop water because her hands were cut. And the water turned colder because of her magic) and wash Prince’s deep wound.
Ridley, Jane, Pax, and of course Reign were all asleep now.
Prince slowly opened his eyes and lifted his hand toward Astra’s face. She had been looking at the cave entrance.
Astra turned toward Prince as she felt his hand touch her face.
He reached back and tucked some of her hair behind her ear. “Even prettier as a human..” Astra lifted her hand toward Prince’s hand on her cheek.
Then he lowered his hand and fell asleep again.
Astra laid down too, looking at the roof. Maybe she could love again. After all, Prince was the first wolf to ever meet her and be nice.
She looked back at him, noticing his handsome face. -He’s most handsome as a human too ...- she thought, then fell asleep.
Her hand was mere inches away from Prince’s.
Thanks Achatina writers! I was able to write without out a chapter 30 part 2! This is one of my favorite chapters of all! Please let me know what you guys think of this one!
-DiploLover24