by The Kingpin » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:44 pm
in the past few months, Fatalis had wiped out nearly all the shadowraptors, and now, only 7 remained, of an original 40. Fatalis knew that now was the time to strike, since the ones that remained were oblivious of what the others had been doing to their leader. he grinned as he walked into the cave. 2 of the 7 were standing guard, but when they saw him, they froze. the Raptor hissed "I'm here to see Midnight. stand down and step aside, or else you'll follow your many dead pack members". the Raptors looked at eachother for a moment, expressions of pure shock on their faces, and they stepped aside. inside, Midnight, Echo and 3 other Raptors were conversing about the loss of most of the pack and the worry of them being next, and the need to go to a new place to get away from it. Echo was arguing that all they could do was get rid of the Ultraraptors, while the others said that the answer was to find a place that they'd never be found. a voice came from the entrance, the light leaving a sillhouette of a raptor whose features were hard to make out. "Dont worry about the Ultraraptors. they know nothing of your losses". Echo stared right at the Raptor and hissed "How would you know that?". Midnight stood, a look of obvious stress and pain on his face, as he eyed the Raptor. "Who are you?! what's your business here?!". the dark form walked out of the light and hissed "The very same one who was banished from the pack without your knowledge. the very raptor that your pack have been chasing and trying to kill for the last few years...i have come back, and have wiped out all those who used you for their own wishes...the ones who chased me out to avoid me becoming an heir to the pack...i have come to show you what has been happening to you without your knowledge, and to show you what i have become....Father". Midnight stared at the Raptor, astonished. as it walked out of the light of the sun, he finally saw who it was. "you.....you're the one who killed the pack...the one who led the Spinosaur to us". Fatalis hissed "Wrong, Father. I was but a juvenile at the time, however skilled i may have been, i was still a mere juvenile. a naive one at that. one that cared for his family more than himself. one who would gladly die to keep his family alive. a juvenile with no plausible reason to kill a single member in the pack. what you have been coaxed into believing is what HE wanted you to believe" snarled Fatalis, as he stared right at a black Raptor, whose head had a frill of white feather quills. "years of being alone, hunted by every other living thing on this island, chased by Troodons, Crocodiles in the water, Pterosaurs in the air, Velociraptors, Dilophosaurs, Allosaurs, Oviraptors, and countless other predators...i have lived a very difficult life...one that would shock most other Raptors....but i have not walked away with nothing. as a result, i am faster, stronger, more cunning than most regular raptors, more agile, more capable of making use of my surroundings. i can swim, i can move through trees better than normal raptors can on the ground. i have become something that would put most raptors to shame. and now, i have come to get rid of those who hunted me as soon as they found that i was alive...the bodies of the Raptors who died in this cave and around it...your previous pack members...they were using you. twisting you to their will and making use of your weakness after the accursed Spinosaur attack that THEY planned, to get rid of me. their plan succeded. they got rid of me, and the resulting anguish and weakness you suffered as a result was used to their advantage. the last remaining of them, stands beside you right now. PitchHide, the Raptor who has been playing with your mind and sending out his pathetic followers to try and kill me. telling you that i survived but blamed you for the attack, to make you give him permission to kill me. to hunt me like some insignificant compy, the whole time thinking i was unable of getting back at him. I, Fatalis, have now come to prove him wrong. to end what that disgusting foul lizard has done to our family. to end this worthless reptile's life once and for all!". Midnight stared at the Raptor, thinking for a little while, before responding "Fatalis....my son...my heir...a presumed traitor...accused by my second in command...whose used me...and destroyed my family". Fatalis nodded. "Yes, father, that is very much the case. I never did anything to lure that Spinosaur here. all i was doing, was playing with my friends, Exile and Blade, and we were on the opposite side of the nest, on the edge of the forest there, hunting compies...we heard an attack, and came back, to find a massive spinosaur rampaging near our nest. we scattered as it charged our way, and have been split up from eachother since then...until a few months ago. i found them, the alpha males and females of a very successful pack. then, i was getting attacked by Raptors which i had known from this very pack. the Raptor who organised this whole thing so that he could use the power of a pack leader without carrying the burden of a mistake at such a rank, the Raptor standing beside you, PitchHide, owes me a life. he wanted me dead. and now...i will return that favour". with that, he leapt at the black Raptor, one of only two in Fatalis' memory, only to miss and hit cold hard ground. the Raptor hissed "Midnight. you really believe a liar's words? he killed our entire pack! dont you care?! Dont you care about all the Raptors that have died to this...this monster?!". Midnight barked "Silence!". deathly silence befell the cave for a few moments, then Fatalis hissed "Father, if i am really the monster he says i am, why have i not killed the other Raptors around you? why are there 5 Raptors which were spared the fate of the others?". after Midnight cocked his head, still eying his son carefully, Fatalis hissed "Because, unlike the others, those 5 were NOT using you. they were not part of the group using you for their interests. they were NOT part of the group responsible for destroying our family, our lives before the attack. they were not responsible for making that deal with Thrasher to attack". Midnight eyed PitchHide angrily, his eyes showing that frightening insane sparkle as he realised how he had been taken for a fool, how he had been used as a puppet for that accursed Raptor's will. PitchHide, knowing he had been beaten, leapt at Midnight, aiming for the neck, but was sent barreling backwards as Midnight's clawed hand slammed into it's body. the Larger, older, more powerful male walked over to him, and lay his killer claw on his neck. "And to think...all those years...i trusted you. you lying snivveling slimey snake tongued slug!". the black Raptor's eyes went wide with fear as he tried "But it's all lies, Midnight! ALL LIE.." the Raptor fell silent as it looked down, to see Midnight's Killer claw slash through his stomach 3 times, moving so fast it was barely seen. the Raptor's former puppet swung his killer claw into it's neck, cutting off it's air supply and killing it. he then stared at Fatalis, and hissed "How did you figure it out?". Fatalis hissed "We'll be able to expand on that later. but for now, i think it's time we moved to a safer place. im expecting those predators that guarded this place were also PitchHide's puppets, and i know a predator they'd not dare attack". Fatalis looked at the other pack members, and nodded, grinning, at his brother Echo, as well as 4 of the other Raptors, his 2 sisters, BlackStorm and BloodClaw, as well as his brother ShadowFang and another Raptor, HookTooth, Midnight's best hunter and the only one not against him. Midnight snarled "And who might that be, Fatalis?". Fatalis grinned. "Crusher...". Midnight shuddered slightly at the name, but nodded. they started to walk out of the cave, and a roar filled their ears as a Baryonyx stared at them...
"Ah yes, organised chaos. the sign of a clever but ever-busy mind. To the perpetrator, a carefully woven web of belongings and intrigue, but to the bystander? Madness!"
–William Beckett, Lore of Leyuna RPG