Wolfeana Protectors

Encounter with the Son of Claw

After a while of walking I found a bush that had a decent amount of berries. Setting down my bag I took out a jar and started to fill it up. As I did I started to hear some sound behind me. Looking around me I finally saw something. Shining blue eyes came from a dark area under some trees behind a bush and what looked like striped pattern fur?

They came out of hiding and I saw what looked like a humanized tiger? By the look of their stripes they were specifically the bengal. All we did was look at each other for a second, then he lunged at me. Quickly ducking I rolled onto the ground and dodged him. Looking back he was on all fours and growling.

"My my what's someone doing so far out into the forest?" He asked with a dark chuckle standing up. "This is Claw territory."

"Look, I don't want any trouble." I said as he backed me up against a tree.

"Hm, it would be a shame to hurt someone too pretty." He lightly dragged one of his claws up my neck. "I'll let you go this once kitten, but don't come into my fathers territory again."

Saying the last part in my ear he turned around and ran back into the woods away from my base. A little scared and shaken up I grabbed my bag and went back to the base. He mentions a few things that stuck with me. Claw, territory, and his father. Putting together the few things I could by the few things he said, Claw is most likely a group of poachers and by the sound of it that very attractive tiger's father was the leader of it. Shaking my head I mentally scolded myself for calling someone who nearly killed me attractive.

Making it back to the base I walked over to the last building that needed to be cleaned. Setting down my bag I looked around and saw this looked like a storage house along with a break room. Mainly because I see some chairs, couches, and other comfy relaxing stuff near the front. Behind that was an area that was raised up. Half of it was a kitchen, the other a dining area, and there was a ladder between them. Looking up I saw it went to some rafters and I bet there were a bunch of places to store stuff up there.

Getting to work dusting and cleaning it didn't take long til I brushed off that account with the tiger. Putting the last clean cushion back on the couch I smiled at the clean area. Hearing a bark I turned around and saw Crystal come in. Smiling, I took her head and petted her. After she licked me for a few seconds she stopped and I saw her growl as she looked at my neck.

Confused, I walked outside and across the field of our area and over to the stream. Looking down at my reflection I saw I had a small scratch on my neck from the tiger. Just great. Standing up I walked over to the Care building and went into one of the back rooms and found one of the containers of bandaids my family brought over here. Covering up the scratch I heard everyone come into this building to hang out for the day. Smiling, I walked out there.

"Hey guys." I smiled at them.

"Hey Abby." Via said.

"What happened to your neck?" James asked as he cleaned his glasses.

"Hehe, funny story." I let out a sigh. "When I went to explore by myself earlier I bumped into a humanized Tiger."

"You what?" Hondu said, kind of scared. "Are you ok? Are you alright?"

"Yeah, had a bit of a fight but he ran off." I said. "He did mention something about territory and Claw's? I actually wanted to ask you guys, Hondu and Nadel about it."

"Claw is the name of one of the groups of poachers," Nadel said. "They are all big cats. Lions, Tigers, Jaguars, Cheetahs you get the idea. Each group of poachers has their own territory to do their own hunting. It always shifts as they always fight each other to expand."