Desperate Fighters

High Stakes Survival

Lucian went in and was in the storage area first where he tossed the collar down at the small slide door and then he moved through the room up to the plant room. It was muggy in here, and the sound of running water came to him. He didn't have to go to his containment room yet. They'd let him roam around with the unwary until they knew what was at stake. Sometimes he'd have to tell them if they were being stubborn about it. He became his animal moving about the rooms gaining more information with his senses this way.

He moved around the rooms investigating and found two men. Neither were ones that came with Dawn, so they would be put in later. He found the first woman in the plant area. He'd passed by her the first time as she'd been in the back of it. He came up and had his nose close to her, she smelled a lot like soap. His canine like head tipping slightly.

His muzzle however was more pointed and almost lizard like. She was going to be an easy kill he knew it. She would panic and run, probably be a screamer too. He turned from her and went down the stairs and through the dining room before circling back into the storage area and found the last one.

Which was Dawn, and he moved up looking down at her like he had the other woman. This excited him, she was in early which gave him time to play with her. Though he wasn't allowed to interact with the humans until one attacked him. He didn't have the collar so he didn't always follow that rule. Sometimes he'd get anxious or really hated one of the humans.

This one though, he really hoped one tried to take a shot at him quickly then it was fair game. Let's face it, he didn't get much joyful things in his life. Yeah there was a rush through him at the kill or hunt, but physically he was stabbed and hit a lot, got bones broken. He'd take what he could get. Since she'd been nice to him, it was easy to make the decision on whom he'd let live to the end. Assuming she didn't piss him off and he would feel like killing her.

He inhaled her scent, that mango and tangerine scent was kind of addicting, he took a stronger breath of it. A definite quick response through his body, so much easier than normal and the primitive part was ecstatic. When it boiled down to it, animals did two things, survived and mated. If you wanted the fast and easy version of life, that's what it was. So that part of him was happy to find something interesting and suitable in his eyes. After all that was what he'd been taught, what was your use? What could you provide others, and what did others want you for?

He moved a bit placing one clawed hand on the other side of her, he let his tongue flick out. It got her across the neck and jaw bone. Her scent rushed in even more with that movement and her taste was good too. That slightly salty taste to skin, but also an odd sweetness. She took a slow strong breath in and her eyes moved a bit. He backed off knowing that she was going to wake up soon. So he moved back crouching between some storage crates that were empty and just watched her.

It was about ten minutes before she really moved, and was clearly disorientated, she sat up slowly looking around. The confusion on her face was clear and she didn't call out, though she opened her mouth like she might. Smart, she was clearly assessing the situation and if it was even worth it to call out.

She touched her head, and took a slow look around the room with the dim blue light. He could see her just fine. He watched the way that she moved, she slowly went to stand up being quiet and looking for something. Her gaze moved over where he was, but he wasn't moving at all and this corner was dark. A minute went by and they both heard the woman upstairs call out.

He needed to stop watching her, or he'd act on what his imagination was now picturing. He had the time to do what he wanted, just not yet. She'd been put in first, and they weren't going to come and remove her. Since she was in, and Debutant didn't know he already had an interest, he wasn't going to manipulate Lucian's actions that way.