Arwa

5- Mynx

My heart was racing, I tried to stay still. A literal Mynx Guardian was standing there, claws bared and ready to strike. They turned around, their red, pupil-less eyes looking side for side for anybody. I saw them open their mouth to show teeth (red teeth, not white, it was the same red as their eyes) and lick their lips, taking a step forward chuckling...

And then they dug into the honey.

I was extremely surprised at this as I watched the Mynx dig into the honeycombs, snapping them in two and putting the giant half in their mouth before swallowing it whole as if they hadn't eaten in weeks.

They supposed to eat humans I told myself, but I don't know why I was starting to believe what the government had told me now, I never had before. Maybe it was because I was kidnapped when my mask fell off, chased and read a screen that I somehow had enhanced strength.

But I couldn't stay here, it was my best chance to run now while this Mynx was distracted. So I pressed my mask on my face, got up to run...

... but somehow they had already notice me get up in the less than second it was.

They stared at me. I stared back. I looked at their claws that were sopping in honey and then back at em. And they pelted up a tree, their voice quivering in fear,
"Y- you can 'ave it okay?! Ju-just take it at scram if... if that's all... all ya want!" I stared back at where this Mynx was in the tree only realising what they were talking about.

They were talking about the honey. I looked down at it and stepped back, they didn't seem much of a threat. Thinking about it, this Mynx was unusually small. Mynx supposed to be as big as lions, bigger than a fully grown man, but this one was a little smaller than me. And I wasn't that tall.

And they hadn't changed form: when in danger Mynx would shift into a shape that would fit before for survival. But they just nimbly climbed up the tree. I stepped back,
"You can have it... I don't want it. I'm not gonna hurt you it's ok." The Mynx snarled, but it wasn't very intimidating, not taking their red eyes off of me.
"How does I know that? You's- you's coulda stay all nice and then BAM I'm dead and hungry, what a worser way to go outs?" They were then able to see the hammer in my pocket which impressed me a lot,"Yup. Ya got a weapon and ya just says that 'Oh I don't wanna hurt you' but then ya 'ave a weapon in ya 'and?" I held the hammer and dropped it on the floor. They growled,"Away." I picked it up (they flinched back) and threw it a bit more. They growled once again,"Away!" So I did what they said and kicked it away out of my reach and into a pile of leaves.

They slowly climbed down cautiously and picked up a honeycomb, snapping it in two once more and feasting on it a little more warily. I backed away and sat on a rock, my stomach growling.

The Mynx noticed this and looked down. Then they threw me the other half of the honeycomb. I looked at it, and then at the Mynx. I realised that this Mynx Guardian was male. He sorta nodded towards it in a way that meant 'Take it' so I did and started snapping off pieces and eating it slowly. I'd had honey before, you can easily just buy it from a store, but for some reason having the pure honeycomb tasted better.

I guess eating with others does make things better.
But I'd never really know what that was like.
I'd always been alone till now.