Tank Borne

Part 12: The stallion

Hah! Worried about him. He can take care of himself but he better not come back without a kill or something! Liana was thinking while she grit her teeth. She was upset and worried that she lost her Youtja.

Wait when did I start thinking he was mine? My friend maybe...  shethought and her thoughts were silenced when a loud roar echoed through the trees.

Liana looked past the trees where she was standing and listened to something running through them and raised her rifle.

"Fuck fuck fuck!" She said under her breath.

Something big and on more than two legs was bounding towards her. She couldn't see it but the sound of its feet was like a hammer on soft silk. Thump thump, thump thump, four thunderous hits with each stride.

It was getting close and Liana aimed right at the noise where some tall flowers and ferns were hiding the creature running towards  her. Then suddenly a huge, hairless, blue horselike creature with two toes with hooves on foot cane at her! It's horse like face had a vertical crest the shape of an ax blade pointed straight forward as it charged through the trees and giant plants! Liana didn't have time to shoot and dodged the creature! She turned and aim shooting at the creature but it paid no attention to the bullets that hit its hind quarters and kept running away.
Liana was dumbfounded by why it was running till she heard something chasing it from the trees.

She looked up and saw something leaping from tree to tree over her. Looking hard before aiming her rifle she saw it was a muddy Synsyn! She kept her weapon low and laughed then yelled, "get that fucker!" She laughed some more then walked to the shuttle chuckling and saying, "damn Youtja! That scared the shit outta me."

Going inside to tell Parker she needed help because they might be expecting a big dinner later. She let him out and told him her findings being all excited about the whole thing. All the while she was talking Parker couldn't understand why she cared to tell him but felt maybe he could forgive her and not have to go back in that prison cell.

When Liana was done talking she slapped Parker on the shoulder with her right hand had him change while she too changed into a rain jacket and grabbed buckets to pick new fruits or vegetables to have with oncoming at a high rate of speed steaks.

As they picked fruit Synsyn was stilling working on how to move through the trees after his target. He was hungry and could smell animals close to where he was following Liana. He didn't even want to follow her to some water in the first place. He wanted fresh meat and not another damn whatever the hell that was she fed him. He knew he wanted meat, something alive, something to take down. His instincts and imprinting was telling him in his gut and his heart!

Moving through the trees by grabbing the trunk or jumping from large branch to large branch. He found it quicker to stay above in the trees out of sight than running on the ground where small animals tried to attack him for getting too close. When he found this creature he was looking while walking at potential prey. When he saw the blue horses the wasn't even close. In fact he was standing in some tall grass that came up to his torso. He watched them, the females and their young and then this one with the horn. The females had smaller ones while this guy came over to inspect what was in the grass and illuminate all threats. As soon as the stallion truly saw Syn he was upset and sounded his honking alarm and his heard ran along with some other smaller males. After they ran he charged at Syn but missed when Syn stepped out of his path but grabbed the stallion then while gripping on its withers he took out his knife and started stabbing the back of its neck but didn't realize how much muscle it really had protecting it.
The stallion then nicked him off and Synsyn hit the ground then leapt up on his feet. Barely in time too because the horse was charging and Synsyn had to leap out of the way and climbing. The creature kept up his mad charge and Syn then realized that it was charging straight towards Liana!

That female was just in that direction! Shit she's already wounded! Synsyn growled and pressed forward as fast as he could figure how. Bounding through the trees he saw the shuttle and then he heard gunfire and saw Liana below. He heard her laughing and thought she was laughing at him so he didn't stop. He thought, I'll bring it back and she'll be thankful and not laugh!

The stallion turned around and honked at him rearing up and displaying his size. It thrust his front hooves into the ground then stomped forwards at Synsyn. Syn leapt from the trees and landed on the ground I'm front of him at the edge of the clearing. The stallion began to prance and dig his hooves deep still displaying his size and strength along with the message you fight I'll take you on!
Synsyn was ready for a fight. He needed to fight and win! Something in his heart was aching for it and driving Synsyn to stay focused and find a weak spot on his prey.

At they circled each other in the clearing, stallion on defense while Syn looked for a marker, something that stood out as a soft spot for his knife.
Then he saw it! As the stallion shook his he'd up and down there a his throat where veins puffing out and Synsyn could see them pumping fresh blood supply to the beasts brain.

Synsyn stopped and faved the stallion square and so did it. Synsyn spread his arms in challenge and roared at the stud making it charge and swing its horn downwards at him. When the horn was as close Syn grabbed the top and swung around to the right side of the creature and sat behind the horn on poll of its neck. It reared it's head up and that's when Synsyn took the knife and stabbed its throat and cut through the wind pipe.

The stallion was trying to pick up speed to gallop at the moment but it's front legs gave out and it collapsed on its own head and fell on its side making fresh and deep skid marks in the soil. Before it was even started to fall though Synsyn leapt off and was on the ground watching the scene unfold. His right hand had blue blood dripping from it as the rain was washing all the filth on Synsyn away.
He walked over to the stud and grabbed the horn pulling the head out from between the legs and laid it down. He looked at his prize and took his right foot and rested it on the bridge of the horn and roared. He spread his arms again and bellowed to the raining sky.
He then knew that this creature was made of meat and went to the place where he heard the beating coming from and stop. Taking the knife he cut through the flesh on the chest exposing the chest cavity then stabbed along the rib cage making weak spots before he put the knife down, in bedding it into some flesh off to the side, then sun punched and broke through the ribs.

Blood was now all over his face, arms, and clothes. He didn't care though and grabbed one of the hearts inside the creature. He ate the first one and was glad there was another. Still hungry he needed more so he grabbed the second and scarfed it down enjoying every shredded bite.
Synsyn knew he could eat more to satisfy his hunger but decided it was time to stop and proceeded to cut off one of the back legs from the thigh and carried it over his shoulder. The whole leg was truly too much but it was tender and Synsyn wanted to impress the laughing female. He wanted to show her the size of it but could only bring back this leg, and well, he cut off the blade like horn and carried it as well. On him it looked like a giant machete or ax in his belt.