What Happens in the Cave...

Posted on Fri Aug 7th, 2020 @ 1:31pm by Lieutenant Trei Jansum & Lieutenant Azusa Nakano

1,245 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Caverns of the mind
Location: Planet Caves

Azusa stirred, her head hurt. She wasn't even sure what had happened. Slowly she managed to open her eyes and get a glimpse of the world around her. The first thing she noticed was the cold, she was cold. She was sat against something hard in some sort of twilight. She couldn't find the strength to move or even speak, it was like she didn't know how.

She put a hand on her head, holding it where it was throbbing. 'Where's my sleeve?' she thought noticing her arm was bare. She looked down at herself to discover that her grey and black Starfleet tunic and trousers had been ripped and damaged. They were in tatters. Luckily her gold cropped undershirt and undergarments were still somewhat intact.

She had no idea where she was, there was a strange feeling running through her body. She tried to remember what had happened, but she couldn't recall the events. The badge on her chest, she knew that it did something. But what was it again? She pulled it from the rags of her once tunic and looked at it.

'This... it's a...' she couldn't recall. It didn't seem like any practical use, so she threw it into the darkness. It hit something, or someone in front of her. Another person who seemed to be standing guard, as if watching for something.

Trei stood in front of her, leaning forward, guarding her from the Alpha Male of the group. The Alpha tried again to get past him, and Trei knocked him down. Screaming his defiance at him, the Alpha rushed him again, only to get Trei's boot in his face. Trei's mind might be gone, but his body remembered his Starfleet training just fine. He picked up the Alpha, and threw him into the rest of the group which were cowering at the fight between the two males.

Azusa couldn't move but simply watched as... she didn't know what he was called. The male in front of her fought off the other. She wasn't sure why but she seemed to want that male.

Once the Alpha Male who had been thrown across the save had retreated, Azusa looked over at Trei. She held out a hand to him. He was strong and seemed to want to protect her. That made her feel... strange. She couldn't seem to form any words, so instead she made a rather strange noise towards him to beckon him over. It was a sort of whisper. 'Male. Strong. Offspring strong too' was the thoughts going through her mind, in images not in words.

Trei looked over at his tribe as the new leader and roared out his dominance. Strange thing was, he sensed a bunch of things in his head that didn't belong to him. Behind him, he sensed a stronger urge: that of mating. He whirled around and looked at the young female. She seemed...small...not very strong. But...he cared about her. Didn't he? He bent down and carried the female over his shoulder to one of the other caves...

..:: Two Hours Later ::..

Trei got off the female and went to the others. The others were cowering away from him. He was hungry. He wanted food. Somehow, he had to get food. How to get food? He pushed the other males, trying to force them out of the cave. Unaware that he was projecting his desire for food, he still knew it felt good when they did what he wanted. They went to find food.

Azusa, rather satisfied with managing to get the attention of the Alpha Male returned with Trei. She had had most of her clothing removed, however her old uniform had been put together to form rags across her chest and hips, covering her private areas. She seemed rather tired from what had happened. She wasn't sure in her mind what she had done was correct, there were other females which would be more capable of her at carrying and raising off spring.

However, one thing she did seem to know. Her instincts told her that now she had been 'chosen' by the new Alpha. She would be protected, she would be able to feed first, especially when mated with. She would provide him with strong offspring for those privileges to survival. She wandered over to the other females and sat with them. Protection came in numbers. Several of them were older than Azusa, they seemed interested in her, patting her stomach, arms and legs like congratulating her for being 'chosen' by the new Alpha.

The other males brought back the food and dropped it at Trei's feet. One of them reached for it, but Trei snarled and slapped his hand away. He took some for himself, and he looked at his mate and held his hand out to her, motioning with his wrist to come and get food.

Azusa approached and took some of the food gently. She started to examine it. It seemed like some sort of meat, ripped from an animal. No doubt they other males had taken it and killed it. She put it down on a rock and looked around the cave.

She had something in her mind, it was telling her she needed to do something to the meat. She found a dead bush, not far from them and pulled it out of the ground. Slowly she broke it down and indicated to the other females to break it up with her. They began to do so.

A small pile of twigs and branches now sat in the center of the cave. Azusa then looked at Trei and pointed to a large rock pile. She wanted the rocks.

Trei looked at one of the other males and grunted. He shrunk away, but Trei quickly leaned forward and yelled close to his face. The male slunk by and handed the rocks to Azusa.

She took the rocks and began to smack them together. They caused a small spark, it seemed to catch the others off guard. She smiled, she crouched towards the pile of branches and twigs. She struck them again, this time the spark it caused ignited the smaller dry wood. This caused it to catch fire. Somehow Azusa knew that the rock was flint, just from looking at it. She didn't know however its name or where it came from, only that it could be used for this purpose.

She retreated from the smile and looked up at Trei as she placed the meat next to the fire.

Trei sat closer to the fire than the others. It gave light. It gave heat, warming him. It was causing the meat to turn colors. He knew that this...thing...was fire. He knew it was good. He didn't know how. But he knew. When the food was done cooking, the others rushed for the meat, but Trei forced them back. He looked at the food, and took the best for himself and his mate. He pulled her back and they sat and ate their food.

The former Alpha resented Trei. The larger male had taken his place. He wanted it back.

Trei knew this. As the tribe ate their food, the two rivals watched each other, and waited.

OFF:

Lt Trei Jansum
Former Chief Sec/Tac Officer,
USS Aurora
New Alpha Male of the Caves

Lieutenant Azusa Nakano
Former Chief Engineer
USS Aurora
Alpha Male Mate

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