Smoke: 'The Hunter And Prey'
#5 of Smoke
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Smoke: The Hunter And Prey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YzabSdk7ZA&feature=relmfu
Lost... that's how I feel with the only thing I cared for in my life being dead...
It's been almost 6 months since Kiba fought with Shir and I am still not accepting the thought I will never be able to hug him... I will never be able to tell him how cute he is... I will never hear his voice saying 'brother' when I kiss his neck...
"You're okay?" - Asks Carl while driving the jeep. - "You've been daydreaming for the last two days."
"Yeah I'm fine... just tired... and the sun isn't helping either." - We were driving through middle of nowhere in Nevada. I barely talked to anyone. The flashbacks... the memories...
"Brother? Is it wrong that we love each other more than brothers normally do?" - Asked Kiba while lying in my arms on a couch. Sun entering the room through window and warming up our black fur.
I hug him tighter at the question and pet his velvet-like fur. - "Heart is not a slave... you don't choose who to love."
He cuddles up to my chest, almost melting within my arms. - "I wish this lasted forever..."
I look at him softly. - "What do you mean?"
"I will die one day."
I rest my chin on his head. - "Silly. We all die one day."
He shakes his head slightly. - "I will die before you."
So young yet he seemed to be smarter than many educated people... Even before tragedy which caused us to lose parents...
And then I realized I never looked back at our life before pain came in... even though we didn't kiss or touch... we were always very close.
"Hawdew!"
"You will fall, silly!"
"I won't! Pwease!" - A black kit on a swing, laughing like the cutest child in the world as I push, sending him above tree branches every time.
"Eeep!" - He accidentally lets go and flies at least two meters before harshly landing on the closest flower pot, breaking it in pieces.
"Kiba!" - I swiftly run up to him to check if he's okay.
The kit looks at me with blood running down his muzzle and a shocked expression before bursting out in laughter at own stupidity. He never cried... Like sign of happiness he would cheer anyone up.
"Silly pup." - I pick him up and carry home to treat the wounds as he leans head against my chest.
"Do you want to stop at the nearest town?" - Carl snaps me out of my daydream once again. I think he does it on purpose, knowing I dwell in the sorrow.
"I think it will be for the best... Can't drive in that state and you obviously need sleep too when the time comes."
In an hour or so we stop at some small town you sometimes see in films. They look half-abandoned but at same time there is something peaceful and even happy about them. We first head somewhere you can buy food. We end up in McDonald's.
"Next order, please!" - We walk up to some overweight Hyena. She seems to look like one of those cushions you place on the bed. I might look like this with the lifestyle I carry on now. Eating fast-food and just sitting in a car...
"2 Double Cheeseburgers, a Yorkshire McFlurry and Large Fries, please." - Seems Carl is very hungry... - "Oh and a large Fanta too."
She then looks at me. I straight had pictures in my head of her eating me alive. I quickly shook the freaky images out of my head. - "Oh, I'm not getting anything."
She shrugs and walks off to get food for Carl as he looks at me weirdly. - "I'd think you're starving by now, Sam."
I lower my voice. - "You want to look like her?"
He 'gulps' and makes a sort of frown. - "Want my fries?"
10 Minutes Later
So we sat by one of the tables and started eating. There was a strange person sitting nearby. A black coat with hood was completely covering it as if on purpose. I shrugged and carried on eating.
"Do you miss him?" - He looks at me worryingly.
"A lot... everything reminds me of him, mainly because if not for the entire fight with Shir we wouldn't be here." - The guy in a coat slightly lifts head up to the name; 'Shir' which sent shivers through me. I had an idea;
"Um, Carl? Mind finishing the fries for me? I have to go to toilet." - He nods so I get up and head for the toilet, walking past that person. What I spotted didn't make my heart go any slower. Two Katanas sheathed at his back... I quickly headed into toilet, took mobile phone out and typed up a message to Carl;
"Don't look at the guy in a coat. It's Shir. Take food with you and head to the car. I will be with you in 2 minutes." - So we soon met outside. I quickly get into the car. - "Go."
Just as Shir left the building we went off to continue our journey.
I frown. - "We can't stop now. If Shir found us we have to lose him in order to rest."
And thus we traveled for hours through charred lands. Any survivor plants had a very light green color, sometimes reaching out for a golden one as the sun mercilessly tortured them, lack of water also being against their favor.
"Why didn't he attack?" - Asked Carl after a very long silence.
"There were people at McDonald's. McKrein doesn't want others to know about his workers."
"So as long as we stay in crowded places we'll be safe?"
"Technically yes... but I'd prefer to lose him."
"It's been hours. He probably gave up." - It seems he doesn't realize how serious this is.
"Do you think Kiba would give up?"
"...No..."
"Then he won't either."
2 Days Later
And I was right. Throughout the two days we stopped at 2 places. Each time we saw Shir at some point of our stay. Right now we are reaching third town and I expect the same. Fortunately he waits for us to be away from other people. It's not easy to fall asleep, knowing he is lurking and waiting for us to make a mistake but we manage.
"Why aren't they back yet?"
"Mommy and Daddy?"
"Yes... It's 3 in the morning. They have been away for 6 hours now..."
"Maybe they awe doing biiiiiiig shoppin'? - Said Kiba with excitement.
"I doubt any grocery shopping takes half of the day..."
"Maybe thei' caw bwoke?"
"The thing is; they gave me mobile phone for a reason. They would call me or-" - And as if just waiting for me to say that, room got filled up with my funny ringtone 'DJ Chicken'. I instantly picked up. - "Mom? Where the hell ar-... Yes, it's me... who's speaking?"
Kiba watched as my face expression went from shock to anger. Soon I hiss into the phone, saying 'liar' before throwing the phone at the wall, making him shiver. I walk up to him and wrap arms around his tiny body, crying into his shoulder as he tries to understand what's happening. We've spent an hour simply hugging, my tears soon made him cry, slowly realizing what happened. Soon the walls swapped between blue and red color from the flashing light source outside along with a car engine being switched off soon followed by knock on the door. The events which happened later changed our life forever...
2 Weeks Later
We were sitting in our new room within orphanage. Yep... we were orphans. They offered us separate beds but we both wanted to sleep together, wounded emotionally by the tragic loss of our parents.
He was always the one cuddled up within my arms. - "Bwother? What will happen to us now?"
That was the first time I simply couldn't answer his question. I hugged him tightly, glad I still had someone. - "I don't know..."
"Why they shot ou' pawents?"
I never understood why our parents got shot... I still don't.
"...Some... people are evil..." - I hold him like a baby, alone in the bedroom. Other kids that sleep here are outside, playing. We had no intentions to play... no intentions to be happy... even Kiba.
"Sam, wake up!" - Carl shakes me while starting the car we've been sleeping in. It must be middle of the night since it's still dark and cold with only thing moving outside being the fog.
"What's wrong?" - I mumble, annoyed, knowing I won't be able to fall asleep again.
"This is wrong." - He points at the figure meters away. Even from such distance I recognized them black, leather clothes and hood.
"Quickly, move."
He instantly accelerates backwards onto the street before shifting gear and starting to drive out of the city.
7 Hours Later
Once again we were going through long, nothingness... not even sure when we will be free from that lizard chasing us. Dry ground all around us and the never-ending single road simply leading us ahead, away from the danger. At least... that's what we thought.
*BANG!*
We looked at each other, knowing one of the tires just failed. Before we fully stopped I spotted an old jeep in the mirror, driving out of hiding... and a wolf looking out the window with a rifle in his paw and grin of success.
"Don't stop! Go! Go! Go!"
"But the tire..."
"Look in the mirror!"
He did so and instantly speeded up, not caring for the difficult driving. - "Oh shit!"
The broken tire caused our car to go slower like a feral with broken leg as well as harder to control and soon the smugglers caught up with us and hit our car from the side, causing us to fall off the road straight into a giant but not too deep pit. Our car twisted two times before landing on the roof, ending the crazed ride as they carefully drove down and left their jeep, aiming guns at our vehicle.
I groaned and unbuckled, landing my back on the ceiling. I also felt blood in my muzzle and glass in my skin while slowly crawling out of the car, followed by Carl. The wolf which holds a rifle walked up to us. He had a dirty undershirt on and some ripped jeans as well as a straw hat like some sort of poor ranch-guy.
"Well, lookit that... Danny! Cheek out their trunk!" - He shouted at a boar.
The swine walked up to our car and managed to open the trunk. - "Hey guys, we're lucky. They've got lots'a stuff."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXKWBcaV3A (Skip to 0:32)
And then we heard an engine echoing around... but it was too high-pitched for a car...
Soon a black motorbike; Kawasaki Ninja 1200, jumped off the pit's edge like in a stuntman cutscene and flied into air from its speed as the rider backflipped off it and gracefully landed on one knee, grabbing mini-UZI guns from holsters and shooting the motorbike just before it reaches the bandits' car, causing a chain explosion of both vehicles, sending all 5 smugglers on the ground. The rider appeared to be Shir with his black outfit and hood somehow still over his head as he gets up.
The wolf gets up first as well, followed by rest.
He angrily looks at the newcomer and growls. - "Bring me his head, boys!" - He then aims his rifle and shoots just as Shir grabs one of his katanas and spins it, reflecting the bullet back to its owner, hitting him in the chest.
Wolf drops to the ground which angers rest of them. They growl like angry group of tigers and grab their weapons. Three of them grab handguns while fourth one takes out from the car a self-made wooden mace with iron spikes before charging at Shir. The lizard charges as well while grabbing second Katana and doing a few lightning-fast moves, literally slicing the guy's front in so many places it can't be counted. The others start shooting, making Shir sprint to the side and throw his blades, aiming perfectly and killing other two guys by piercing their heads with the long melee weapons.
I try to get up but my leg rejects the idea so I just slide closer to our car and watch with my heart beating like a drum.
The last one screams almost like a girl and starts running away but Shir doesn't chase him. He turns towards us and starts walking. ...We were his target after all...
I could feel Carl holding my paw tight, knowing what's coming.
I wasn't scared of death as much as I thought I will be... I lost point in life anyway. I lost Kiba...
To Be Continued...
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