Heroes of Pandora

Chapter 13

They ran and ran, even though they knew Bones was probably not chasing them.

They ran until they were stopped by a small ravine, it was like a scar on the land, there was colored ribbons attached to the trees and rocks inside the ravine, the colors dimmed by sun exposure, and ripped. “where are we?” Ping asked. “My old home..” Nash said. “Then were are all the sinomacrops?” Caesar asked. “Gone.. they were wiped out.” Nash said sadly. “How did this happen?” Ron asked. “Mantises.” Nash said.

They made camp in the ravine, it was like a ghost town, there was no birds, no insects, just silence. “What happend here Nash.” Caesar said. “It’s not a tale I like telling Caesar..” Nash said. “That’s a first,” Jaxz said, the others looked at him angrily, “oh sorry was that insensitive? sensitivity isn’t something desmodus really do...” he said apologetically. “It’s alright,” Nash said “how about we make a deal,” he continued “if I tell my story, you all have to as well, Alright?” He said. “Ok.” they agreed. “Ok,” Nash repeated “I’ll tell you my tale. It’s a tale of sadness, a tale of heroics, a tale of romance!..—they all looked at him with disgusted faces— ok fine I’ll leave out the romance.. your loss. Ok it all started with an egg, a small egg in a nest for two, just me and my mother,” Nash said, “how’d the egg fit if it was for you and your mom???” Ping asked. “Obviously I was the egg Ping! Can you just let me tell my story! Anyway one day the egg hatched and from then on it was me and my mother, ahh we had the best adventures, and she always caught the best bugs. Then the raids began.. the mantis raiders pillaged our nests, tore down our trees, and killed many of us. We finally fought back, but the mantises were strong, and they were not happy that we attacked them, they wiped us all out. my mother.. died, to save me..” Nash said. tears forming in his eyes. “I’m so sorry,” Ron said, “my parents were eaten when i was very young,” he said “ I was raised by a group of carnos who decided not to eat me.” Ron said. “That explains a lot.” Caesar said. “you know my story I was a lab rat the only one who survived the experiments.. all my family is dead too.” Caesar said. “You know mine too.. I was never liked by any desmodus, they thought I was weak, and treated me like garbage, you guys are the only friends I’ve ever really had,” Jaxz said, “what about you Ping?” He asked. “ oh my story? well it’s not as sad as yours. i had a Whole flock, they always played funny games with me, they called them “”dump king in this random spot and hope he don’t come back.”” Or something like that,” Ping said, “it was pretty fun I always won until one time when I came back to find them they were gone, I think they were out fishing or something, —they were actually hiding in a cave, hoping he wouldn’t find them— but I decided to go off on my own and that’s when I found you guys,” he said “wonder if I’ll ever see those guys again..” Ping said. “Probably not if they have anything to say about it.” Caesar said. They all laughed except Ping who was confused on why they were laughing. “What?” He said, cluelessly.