Selective Breeding | EDITING

Part 11

Ratok stood outside with his group of beast kin. He sipped on one of the only alcohols they were allowed on this planet. His body, mind, and soul all felt low, he had felt this way since knowing Ruma had chosen herself a brude, once she had a Meager he will be set away no longer allowed to touch or worse see her.

The badger though not seeing his coworkers distraught kept going on and on about his plan to breed her, Ruma- Ratok's girl. He growled. The other animals looked up at the bear.

"Do you have a problem with something Ratok?" The snake looked up.

"If Joseph would shut his trap then everything will be fine." Ratok stared daggers at the badger named Jospeh hoping he would get the message to quit while he was ahead.

Joseph cocked his head, "What? Have a problem, Ratok? Don't want to hear about someone else with that lab experiment?" he hissed.

Ratok was trying his best to keep his cool, but he was warm-blooded for a reason.

Joseph stepped forward into the circle closer to Ratok, "You don't want to hear what I have done with her, or plan to do with her?"

"Back off Joseph you know Ratok's thing with her," the cat said trying to step in and stop the badger man from causing a fight.

Ratok was locked onto Joseph but tried too not to react, trying to keep himself from doing what his mind wished to do.

"No, Beskra, I will not. I want to see how much this messes with the big guy. He had an easy life before this, he wasn't a project like the rest of us, so he get to bare some pain. So- Ratok, you want to hear how I forced her into my room the other night, while she was on her way to find you. How she squirmed and squealed-" Joseph stopped as Ratok's large hand came flying out and grasped his throat. Anger boiled in him.

"You-" he squeezed hard on his throat to the point Joseph was turning purple and the noises he made weren't human or animal sounding.

Beskra and the snake grabbed ahold of Ratok and tried pulling away though their strength didn't quite match his.

"I- Will- Kill- you," he said through pure primal rage. As the snake was about to slither their hand under Ratok's and slowly but surely pry it open, giving Joseph some much need air. The badger dropped with tears running down his face, his own hand touched his neck nursing his growing bruise. Gasping, coughing, and snot running down his nose.

"Ratok, go chill the fuck out, man," Beskra said shoving him away. Ratok quickly shuffled away to his quarters slamming the door shut behind him. He slumped down on the chair next to his bed. Just rubbing his face roughly against his hands.

"She's just a girl- just-" he heavily sighed, "She's just my heart." he rolled back with his arm over her eyes. Letting his mind attempt to settle.

Ratok spent the rest of the day in that position. It wasn't until he heard a knock at his door. He sat up and rubbed his neck which he didn't realise was tense. "Come in," he called still massaging his neck as the door opened.

"You doing alright in here?" Berska asked, the cat animal kin strolled in and climbed up on the bed, and lay there.

"That is my bed," Ratok grumbled ignoring the cat's question.

"As of lately, it hasn't been," Berska said rolling around on the mattress. 

Ratok watched him for a moment and then rolled back into the chair again avoiding the company he had. "So Ratok, you wanna talk about why you are so upset?" 

"No, I am fine," he grumbled. 

The cat stretch over the edge of the bed, "You know keeping things bottled up will just make you violent." 

Ratok moved to glare at him. 

"See like that, you are being violent." 

"I am going to skin you and use you as a fur coat," he growled. "What do you want?" 

"Just to talk," he said probing himself up on his arm.

Ratok just shook his head and turned away, "I have no need to talk, you should just leave me alone." 

"Want me to fetch Ruma?" 

Ratok's ear perked. 

"Is that a yes?" 

"No. I think she will be busy with something she has," 

"She has something going on?" 

"No-" Ratok paused, "Just- has something now." 

The cat tilted his head, "What is going on?" 

The bear kin shook his head, "Nothing, will you get away from me." 

The cat jumped down, Berska shrugged, "Welp I tried." he strolled out.