Clan of the Hunter
7/3/05
Streams of sun light pierced through the thick forest canopy that loomed above the shroom covered grouunds of Merithene Forest. It was mid-day and the air was warm and thick with the sense of spring.
The day was calm as usual as a young brown squerl was exiting from his small thatch hut, he stretched and yawned then sniffed the air around him. To him, nothing's changed. His name was Chim, a inhabitant of the local forest village known to few as Hasbrogh.
Chim smiled as the cool spring air came upon him. it was hot in his little hut, not that an open window could ever help that. His neighbors would always come by and try to climb in if it ever were left open, and Chim were asleep then they'd steal his stash of cocano nuts which he harvested and kept in storage for the long hot weeks ahead.
Chim went about his day wondering the surounding woodlands of his home, searching for sturdy limbs from large trees, he specialized in making staffs or hiking sticks for the locals who took pride in exploring the vast deep forests.
As Chim went about his business, he studied each tree around him, looking for limbs that apeared lose or hanging from the massive brown trunks of the mighty trees. He smiled as he soon came upon a large branch that apeared to had been bent to the point of breaking, suposedly from a storm that had wrathed upon the forest a week or so ago. The limb was still attatched to the parent tree and was several feet high off the ground. Chim reached into his pack and soon had readied his lucky rope to begin climbing.
He made a loop in the rope and knotted it, then proceeded to throw it up into the tree allowing it to catch and latch itself upon a large stub that extended from the ttunk, he then tied the rope around his waste then started to climb the tree, moving from one limb to another until he could finally reach his destination and retrieve the broken limb.
As he did his work, moving in a quick zigzag patern from each of the nearest limb, something in the air changed. He stopped and sniffed about trying to make sense of the sudden change. It was the smell of gas, and he could hear what sounded like a loud hum of an engine in the distance.
He clung to the nearest limb and used his other hand to shield his eyes from the tense sunlight , he was high off the ground now, and the tops of the trees filled the horizone like mountains of thick brush. The strange sounds seemed to be growing closer. Chim reconized the sound as a warning. And under his breath he spoke the obvios.
Chim: Hunters...
he struggled to keep his grip on the limb then quickly looked too and fro for a higher place to hide. The forest grounds now seemed alive as other inhabetents darted from their homes to places of hiding. The loud hum of the engines grew closer, and the smell of gas tensified.
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The meadow stood silent, and still. Not even the birds were chirping or singing their songs of the Spring glory, it was just the distant bellowing of engines that were aproaching from unknown directions, sudenly like a loud thud of a mighty hammer, a shot was fired exploding the trunk of a nearby tree. From the thick walls of the great forests darted furlings ofd many species running for what life they had on this planet. Advancing behind them were monsters of machenes, tamed and controlled by men, their large engines roared and bellowed echoing through the forests. Several more shots were fired upon the inhabitants as they fled for safety. These horrific looking vehicles sped into the opening in large numbers, gunned by atleast two to three men per unit. Huge guns were locked to their sides and manned turrets were controlled in the back. These machenes apeared as jeeps, modified for warfair of some sort, but they were owned and used by these men (humans ~ edit for Rico =P )... men known as hunters... The Hunterian Clans.
As the last of these large wheeled units came into the clearing, a larger vehicle followed further behind. As this large humvy of a vehicle came into the clearing, it slowed to a stop. Five men exited followed by a larger man, tall, wearing a large trenchcoat, his bald head glinting from the bright sun that shown upon the clearing of the meadows. The men stepped aside as he exeted the large vehicle then stepped forth observing the forrests, the sound of gunfire and loud engines were now distant.
Turk: This will be another disapointing hunt, I know... but I still must hit my target.
Zial: We have untits in the south, east, north and west regions sir... I'm sure we'll get him this time...
Turk: You better hope so, Zial... this would be the last time I allow your idiocy to trample my plans as you have done before...
Zial gulped and stepped back, Turk took out a pair or electronic banoculars and began to scan the area around them
Turk: Arm yourself, men... we've got a hunt to do...
ooc: the target that Turk speaks of belongs to Rico, so I'm giving Rico the go-ahead to take what part in this story as he would desire
"With the breaking of limbs they made the trees cry, their only goal to make our people die. The Arts embrace will keep them warm, as two warriors soon will face the coming storm. -- Book 1 Chapter 34 Verse 13"
"Ricky stop writing in that dang thing and make some small talk for once." The hedgehogs usual smug voice made the fox roll his eyes and close the worn book he'd been writing in. He was tall, too tall to be a mobian like his counterpart. He wore full clothing, like one of the humans that he and the infamous Sonic were out to stop. But his appearance was animal-like, like the Mobians he was protecting. The fox put his writing equipment away and popped his neck from looking down so much. "I don't like 'small talk', Sonic. This the place?" He said stiffly, looking around the cluster of typical mobian huts that made up the village.
The hedgehog fiddled with a headset before asking the same question into it. The tinny but undoubtedly youthful voice of his fox friend Tails can back, "Yeah, I don't know its name but thats where the eye in the sky said the hunters said they were headed."
Rico looked around, he knew 'eye in teh sky' meant some passing winged mobian saw the humans, but as part of his nature he didn't trust winged creatures much. The fox sighed and surveyed the seemingly deserted village again. "Looks empty. I don't think the... Hey!" He yipped out watching the hedgehog bounce into a tree and vanish momentarily. Before returning with a semi-frightened squirel in his arms. "Yeah, this look empty to you?" Sonic smirked at the fox. Rico sneered lightly before forcing a less threatening look to his face, "Where is everyone else?" Then adding a little sheepishly, "...And are you ok?"
Chim was trembling, but was able to forced himself away from the strange hedgehog, he quickly dusted himself off trying not to look too startled
Chim: There is no time for names, the Hunters are in the forest! If you have brains, you'd best find a place to hide!
He looked at Sonic and Rico then to the forest, they could clearly see the fear his expresion held
They listened, hearing the distant bellowing of the large engines, Chim took no chance and quickly darted into the forest, calling back at the two new-comers
Chim: Run for what your life's worth!
"Does this kid know who he's talkin' too? Why should we hide from humans?" Sonic complained folding his arms. Rico shook his head and jogged after the squirrel muttered back, "Doesn't matter, if you don't wanna hide then make sure noone else is still in the village, mister speedy." The hedgehog snorted, "Sure, that'll take all of 3 seconds. Catch up to ya then so I can save yer fuzzy butts." The blue blur darted into the village to do a light speed search for anyone still there, the fox did his best to keep up with the squirrel intent on hiding.
(OOC: I'll join, if that's ok^^ Just a quick question though...any rules on charater creation etc, or is it pretty much anything goes (save for powerplaying)?
EDIT: Hm ok I won't do anything too crazy then. Let's see...^^)
IC:
He woke with a start.
The roar was still dstant, but it was getting closer.
He raised his head, staring out of the cave mouth from his topsy-turvy position. Nothing moving out there.
He considered staying where he was, hiding. It was unlikely the Hunters would come into the cave. Then again, there was always a possibillity...
Then he thought about the village a short way away. The inhabitants could be in trouble. What sort of a Mobian would he be if he didn't try to help them out?
He scratched his long, fox like snout with his claw. Not like he would be able to do much anyway, but at the very least he should go check.
Opening his talons he released his grip on the tree root in the cave's cieling, allowing himself to drop to the floor. On the way down he spread his long, bat-like wings, expertly flipping himself from his upside-down position so he landed feet-first on the floor.
He was a loner, and didn't crave the company of others much, but he did have a strong sence of honour, and to sit and do nothing just didn't feel right with him. He streached his wings to their full seven feet and yawned long and hard, then he jumped into the air and flew off out of the cave mouth. The village wasn't far, and it would take him less than a minute to reach it.
(OOC: Bio
Name: Rhymane
Spicies: Australian Flying Fox
Appearance: About four-and-a-half feet tall, with dark brown fur. Long, bat-like wings, with a roughly shaped hand at their apexes. Long, powerful talons for feet. His face has a long, canine-like snout and big, pointed ears, looking almost too big for the rest of his body! Large eyes are a brown color. Wears no clothes.
Personallity: Very brave and noble, but also dislikes company, so lives the life of a loner in his cave. Will fight for injustice with a vengance if nessecary, but rarely is involved in it because of his reclusive nature. Takes him time to warm up to and begin to trust people, but he is very loyal to his few friends, and when he knows someone well he will willingly give his life for them.
OOC: Last I asked its pretty much open to whatever.
ooc: only rules are the rules that these boards supply... that also includes avoiding plot changing from those who are NOT hosting this RP... anyone can join .. and welcome ^^ 
oooc: Also, my apologies for the delay... last night I had to stay over at my folks so the internet was not accesable.. again sorry....
Chim scurried through the forest, the sound of the hunter veicles blazed around him. He could not tell how close they were nor what direction they were coming, but they sounded extreamly close.. He panted as he tried to keep his speed, not knowing that the fox was right behind him
OOC: I'm guessing you want filler because theres no plot movement to post.
He's fast. Or really scared. Or both. Lets hope that crazy rodent can find us were ever it is we're going.
Following the squirrel almost became a game, reminding him of a one of the trials on Kyzarie. They'd prepared the Warden children for it from the day they could walk. Starting with what amounted to dodgeball with a machine opponent. Then as they got older it became faster and more painful. He still remembered the final test well. One gun, One target, you. Five minutes, you had to stay in and dodge REAL bullets for five minutes. He remembered watched the ones that failed with extreme vividness. All the while unconsciously following the squirrel's movements with uncanny precision.
Rhymane arrived at the village and landed on a tree branch, looking round. The noise was much closer here, almost deafaning to his extremely sesitive ears! He gritted his teeth and ignored the pain while he looked around the forest floor.
Nothing. Looked like the village was deserted. He streached his wings again and glided to the floor.
Wait...there WAS something...
A quiet swishing noise, similar to the wind, but distinctly different enough to be noticable. Almost as though something in the area was moving around the village at tremendous speed, disturbing the air as it went...
"Hey who are you?" Rhymane jumped out of his skin at the sound! Quickly he turned round to see a blue hedgehog in bright red sneakers stood staring at him inquisitivley.
Was that Sonic the Hedgehog??? He'd never seen a blue hedgehog before, and there certainly weren't many of them around!
"My name's Rhymane." he replied slowly. "And you are?"
ooc: Aves I dont think you remember me but I used to be in the wingedfox rp forum awhile back.
name: Josh also goes by spyder.
species: Human
gender: male
weapons: sig 552 and desert eagle
abilities: some forms of martial arts but kinda rusty on them. His driving ability is the best on mobius earning him the title to second fastest thing on mobius.
vehicles: Nissan 240 sx se w/ some go fast goodies.
ic:
A few miles away a vehicle of another caliber sat on one of few paved roads left on mobius. unlike the hunters vehicles It sat only inches from the ground with sweeping lines and curves. A beautiful piece of engineering meant for one thing. Speed. The driver leaned on the side of the car watching the mayhem through the binoculars it was bringing back horrible memories. He could remember it like it was yesterday...
-at a palace west of mobius a year ago-
"Josh hurry up the sun isnt going to keep the shoreline lit all day for us ya know", a beautiful young meerkat said as she ran down the stairs and out the door.
"Tatiana hold up.", Josh replied as he ran out the door after her. He caught up to her she had literally froze on the front stairway of the palace.
"what is it?", He asked.
He looked up to see the vehicles and men. All were armed to the teeth. All had their guns pointed right at them.
"What do you want?", Tatiana asked them.
"Well missy you have two choices you both can stand there and get shot to bits or you both can run and make this interesting. It is your choice", the lead gunman called out.
Josh stood in front of her and told her to run inside. She did so and the guns started going off. Josh dove to a corner and crawled into the palace basement through one of the open vents. He had several bullets graze his arms and legs but nothing serious. He made his way up the stairs to look for tatiana. There was no sign of her anywhere. He had ran up and down every flight of stairs dodging bullets a small fires to find nothing. There was a small stream of blood towards the back of the palace which disappeared as it went into the grass out back. Josh could hear the vehicles closing in and ran towards the guest quarters about a 1/3 mile away. Once again he was checking everyroom. nothing. a few moments later he found himself in the garage throwing some of his belongings into a jet black unmarked car.Josh threw open the garage door and he jumped in and started it. The car screamed out of the garage and down the narrow twisty road right past he hoard of vehicles. Out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of them throwing her into the back of a truck. seconds later gunfire riddled the road behind him some even tried to give chase. The car slid around corners coming only inches away from cliff drop offs and jagged ravines. The car reached a final stretch of road and disappeared into the darkness.
-Back to the present-
Josh cringed at the thought of what might have become of tatiana. He had hope that maybe just maybe she was still alive. He knew he had to help those below somehow. He just didn't quite know what to do yet.
"Dammit", Josh thought to himself.
Chim sudenly dove under a nearby brush as the sound of gunfire rittled the air, the Hunters had spot him and the persuing fox.
ooc: 2 hunters in this post, one named Galah and Dufey... they're none important characters that you'd concider extras =P
Galah: D##n almost got'm!
Duffy: Dun jest stand there, ye bleedin tit! Go get em!
Duffy snorted and turned pointing his gun at Rico who just then noted the hunter's presense
Duffy: Got ya where ey want yeh.. Now em gonna shoot yeh!
The fox looked at the bush, then back at the human. "Hehe, boy did you evolutionary rejects stumble into the wrong place. If theres a scratch on that guy you shot at you're going to wish I killed you."
Duffy looked somewhat bewildered the unarmed fox's cocky expression and his somewhat long winded rant. He braced himself for the recoil from his gun and aimed, but something was wrong. Shrugging off the feeling he aimed at the fox, who green eyes stared straight back at him with an almost eerie intensity.
*bam bam bam*
Chim winced from his hiding spot, knowing that sound meant someone behind him was dead. Then he heard a loud pop, and an explosion, curiousity overcame his judgement and common sense and he peeked out. One human was on the ground motionless. His gun lay to one side with the side literally blown out of it, almost as if the ammunition had spontaneously exploded in it.
The other two more lively figures were the second human and the fox he'd run into earlier. The fox raised one paw as if threatening the second human, who kept his gun down as if the fox was holding him at gunpoint with his bare paw.
"I ain't no mobian you hairless babboon. And I AIN'T playin around. I hope yer friend ain't dead, probably is though since he pretty much shot himself. I find out that kid in bush has one hair outta place... Well, you'll be envying him."
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"Bored. Now lets hurry this up. Anyone else left in the village? We got humans crawling all over the place." Sonic said quickly tapping his foot waiting for the answer.
(OOC: lol very in-character with Sonic there Rico...rofl
And good writing for the rest of the post! Good writing from everyone!)
Rhymane frowned at the hedgehog. It seemed he wasn't particularly taking this seriously! It could prove dangerous for him in the long run...
"I haven't seen anyone." he replied, glancing round. "Looks like everyone got out in time,"
A robot looked on in the distance. It's eyes were shapped in a thin visor, with one red eyeball in the middle that beeped on and off. It had a humanoid like head, and it was usually covered by a black cloak. But not right now it wasn't. It blinked as it straightend it's black trenchcoat and tapped its wrist revealing a switch. He tapped the switch and from his back a gun slid out. A Scoped Handgun of some-sort. Machine Pistol.
He held it in one hand as he jumped down on a lower tree.
A voice was picked up on his short range censors.
"Well duh!" the cocky voice of SOnic the Hedgehog ringed in his censors.
`Sonic the Hedgehog: Classification - Terrorist` a report read in his system. He shook his head, he no longer served Robotnik. Hadn't in a long while.
He blinked as he jumped on a tree close to the group. He examined them.
A hunter approaching the village looked up above the tree tops to see a figure laying in a prone position with a rifle. The hunter raised his gun quickly. A gunshot rang through out the village. The hunter dropped both his legs collapsed out from under him. The gun had also been thrown somewhere into the bushes. The hunter looked up to wear he had seen the figure, It was gone. He heard a vehicle start up and drive away. Unlike the one the hunter was in this one was quieter and there was no smell of gas present.
Josh drove into the village the bright blue lights flooded the surrounding walls in a xenon haze. It had been awhile since he had been back in knothole. It now seemed very deserted. Josh stepped out of the vehicle leaving his weapons in the car.
"Hello.", He called out seeing if there was any sign of life "Anyone here?"
Rhymane spun round as his sensitive hearing picked up another engine, somewhat nearer than the others. It was getting closer!
"We could be in trouble!" he muttered to the Hedgehog, who he was now pretty convinced was Sonic. "Maybe we should find cover."
The engine stopped a short way away, hidden by thick bushes. Rhymane listened as a veichle door clicked and slammed, then he heard the voice:
"Hello. Anyone here?"
He tensed his wings, ready to fly, but that didn't sound like one of the Hunters! Why call out and warn your quarry of your prescence?
He turned back to Sonic. "What do you think?" he whispered. "Answer, or keep quiet?"
Josh started walking back to the parked car.
