Chapter 5 Blue Snow the warrior captain
The company happily farmed the field. Blue Snow pulled the plough, Kugo holding the plough.
Then Blue Snow and Kugo fetched water and with Toto and Mimi irrigating the field.
Kugo lived in such simple hunter, gathering and farming life, far removed from the high technology Earth he lived for most of the life.
Yet Kugo was happy about this simple way of life, and enjoyed, not just the company with Blue Snow, but others.
"Kugo!!! Time to eat!" Blue Snow hailed him.
"Coming!" Kugo came up.
Again Blue Snow and Kugo sat together and had their meals. Toto, Mimi, Idina and Nako sat at the other side of the field.
Then a big man appeared, "Hi!!! Blue Snow!!"
Kugo was startled.
"Hi, Kaydo..." Blue Snow smiled.
"He has a crush on Blue Snow..." Toto sneaked to the back of Kugo and whispered to him.
"He likes to show up like that..." Mimi was at the other side, again whispering to Kugo.
Kaydo stood a towering 7 feet, big and full of muscles. He had dark skin, looked rather like a big ape, and had facial hair.
"Kaydo, how's the patrolling ?" Blue Snow said.
"All is good! Me and the guys covered all of the boundaries...." Kaydo proudly replied.
"I got this for you!!!" Kaydo handed to Blue Snow a bouquet.
Toto giggled.
Kugo watched with his jaws dropped.
Idina started to frown, and waddle to Kaydo.
"Away...away...." Idina said to Kaydo.
"Wooaah? This girl is cute!!!" Kaydo said.
He bowed down and Idina pulled his beard.
"Ouuuuu!!!"
"Idina... let go...he's a friend..." Blue Snow said.
Idina said, "Blue Snow loves Kugo...."
Blue Snow blushed.
"Hahahahaha.." Kaydo smiled, "You must be the lucky guy!!" He hold out his hand to Kugo.
They shook hands.
"But I am not going to give up." Said Kaydo.
"Oh no...." Blue Snow frowned. That's a love triangle.
Idina stuck her tongue out at Kaydo, "Daaaaaaa..."
Kaydo laughed.
Blue Snow stood up and said, "Thanks.... Kaydo, mind doing me a favor ?"
Kaydo, "At your service!"
"I think you need to get some men and take a look....er... there!" Blue Snow pointed at the woods.
"Just check the edge beyond the woods...." Blue Snow said.
"Yes ! Captain!" Kaydo saluated Blue Snow.
Kaydo then ran and took several men with him.
"Captain ?" Kugo remarked.
"Yeah.... I set up a band of men here.... teach them to fight...." Blue Snow said.
"Did I mention that we have intruders and our village was attacked before ?" Blue Snow continued.
That reminded Kugo of Belamis' talent in military commander. Belamis was a captain both at the Queen Lacets legion as well as her own star system, and then of course she was the Major Admiral at Galaxy Union Fleet.
"She got all her talents intact..." Kugo thought.
"Let's go and check the guys..." Blue Snow jumped up, "Come with me!"
Kugo followed Blue Snow to the centre of the village, which was an open space.
There about tweny men were practicing the bow and arrow, a few practicing combating with swords, and some with spears.
Blue Snow picked up a long stick, about the length and thickness of Astro Lance.
"Kugo, you are good at this... can you teach my man ?" Blue Snow said.
"Yes...." Kugo replied.
Blue Snow handed in one of the long stick, and then she picked up one herself.
"I am now your first student ...." Blue Snow smiled.
The men at the village came and looked at them.
Kugo looked at Blue Snow, holding the long stick and ready to combat.
"Okay.........." Kugo smiled.
Blue Snow and Kugo began combating.
"That's right, weld the stick with our arms and hold your wrist tight!" Kugo said.
Blue Snow learned fast, and replied, "I want my man to be able to use this....to patrol our village..."
The sticks clashed, and the two were equal in their skill.
"Hooaaah!" Blue Snow leaped up and hurled the stick at Kugo. Kugo hold up his stick with both hands and blocked Blue Snow, but she landed on the stick and attack.
"Wow..." Kugo laughed.
Then Blue Snow jumped away, and threw the stick to a man.
"Can you teach them ?" Blue Snow asked.
"Me ? Teach them ?" Kugo replied.
"I teach them to use the bow and arrow, how to throw a spear and use a sword, but you will be a better a coach than me to teach them work the stick in combat." Blue Snow replied.
"Captain... our patrol party is back..." One man said.
That was group of four men, they walked up to Blue Snow, and said, "All's clear."
Blue Snow nodded.
That night, everyone was eating in their huts.
Blue Snow and Kugo talked, and the kids played with Nako outside the hut.
Then suddenly Nako roared.
"What is it ?" Blue Snow ran out.
Nako ran to the woods.
"Nako!!! Come back!!" Blue Snow grabbed her spear and chased.
Kugo followed, "What is it ?"
"Nako never behaved like that ... if I called she would come to me.." Blue Snow replied.
As the two went deeper to the woods, they heard loud roars and growls, and then sounds of rustling in the woods.
"Nako!!" Blue Snow ran to the direction of those sound.
"Wrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooowwwwwwww!!" It's a fierce growl from Nako the cougar.
Then Nako came out of the woods.
Then there were some strange growling, and then the sound disappeared to the deeper edge of the woods.
"Nako!" Blue Snow walked to it.
"Look...she's hurt!" Kugo said.
One of Nako's front limb was wounded, so she hopped along.
"Oh no!!!" Blue Snow ran and looked. Nako also had a wound on her back, being bitten by something.
"Purrrrrr..." Nako purred.
"Kugo, stay here ... I take a look!" Blue Snow ran in.
There behind the trees were many broken twigs and branches, and a few spot with blood. It was too dark, but Blue Snow could tell Nako fought with a large animal.
Worrying about Nako, Blue Snow had to return.
"We must take her back..." Kugo said.
Blue Snow nodded.
There Nako laid quite still, with Blue Snow and Penelie tending her wounds. Nako purred.
"Is she OK ?" Mimi asked.
"Is Nako hurt badly ?" Idina asked.
"Nako has a few bad wounds, but she's tough cat, she will live..." Penelie said, putting herbs on Nako's wound and banding her up.
"Poor Nako..." Toto said, patting the big cat, Nako purred.
"What kind of animal could wound a big cougar like Nako ?" Blue Snow said.
"When it is daytime tomorrow, we can go back and take a look more closely." Kugo said.
Blue Snow was sad - she was very attached to Nako. Nako slept with Blue Snow every night for as long as Blue Snow could remember.
Blue Snow gently hugged Nako, and Nako licked Blue Snow's face.
Idina came in and babbled, "Nako... you hurt ?"
Nako meowed at Idina. Idina came and huddled beside Nako.
"Thanks for caring for Nako..." Blue Snow said, and she kissed Idina.
The next day Kugo and Blue Snow set out to check.
They arrived at the place where they found Nako injured.
Apart from the many broken branches and twigs, Blue Snow noticed something.
"What is it ?" Kugo said.
Blue Snow looked at tree trunk, there were three deep marks.
"They were made by an animal with three sharp claws!" Blue Snow said.
She looked at the ground, and there were tracks.
Blue Snow knelt down and looked.
"What do you make of that ? " Kugo said.
"Look at the size of this track..." Blue Snow compared it with her hands, "..and its deep impression..." She turned to the tree with the three claw marks.
"Its a big animal....bigger than Nako by at least two times in weight... it's lucky that Nako is a strong and agile couger..." Blue Snow said.
She then followed the tracks, and said, "This animal seemed to be a loner..."
Kugo remarked, "Will it come back..?"
"Have to warn our people... the women and children must not come out after dark and stay away from the woods...." Blue Snow said.
Blue Snow gathered all the men, and Kaydo was there.
"Duh.... that guy is here again..." Thought Kugo.
"We believe there's an wild animal that lurked in the woods and it is active at night. Warn your family, children and women should stay at home... We need three shifts of patrol...." Blue Snow said.
Hands raised up.
"Kaydo, you lead this band..." Blue Snow assigned 6 men to Kaydo.
"Kugo, can you lead these six men ?" Blue Snow asked.
"Sure..."
"The rest will follow me..." Blue Snow said.
"Have you all got your whistles with you ?" Blue Snow said.
"Yes..." The men took it out and all started to blow on it to test it.
"Good.... tonight we need one patrol that work at the first half of the night, and one the second half, plus one shift which will stay up. If you spotted anything unusual just blow the whistle and alert others. If it is an emergency, a long whistle. Everyone understand ?"
"Yes..." The men replied.
Kugo watched in silence, and he recalled Belamis' being a captain.
"Still has that kind of charisma as a leader..."
"Kugo, come with me..." Blue Snow said.
"Where ?"
"Follow the tracks and investigate..."
Blue Snow returned to the spot in the woods, and she looked at the tracks.
"It headed that way..." Blue Snow said. She brought with her bow arrows, her spear and her sword.
"What are you trying to do ?" Kugo asked, carrying his long stick.
"I have to be certain this creature is alone.... it is a big one.... if they come in numbers... our men cannot handle it... Nako is a big cougar...and you know what happened to her.." Blue Snow said.
Kugo nodded.
They followed the tracks carefully, but then the tracks ended at a river.
"Damn...." Blue Snow was frustrated.
"Let's head home..." Kugo said. Blue Snow nodded.
That night everyone in the village ate a quick dinner and retired.
The patrols were out.
Blue Snow gathered her gears, and patted Nako, "Dear girl... have a good sleep..."
Idina was beside Nako, fast asleep.
"Hey..." Kugo whispered.
"Coming.." Blue Snow said softly.
Kugo and Blue Snow jointed the other men.
"We have to split to different patrols now... remember... blow the whistle.." Blue Snow handed a whistle to Kugo.
"Got it.." Kugo replied, he turned to the other 6 men, and said, "Let's go....." Then Kugo turned to Blue Snow, in his mind, Belamis, and said, "Be careful!"
Blue Snow nodded, "You too.."
They splitted.
It was a long night.
Kugo and his patrol looked, and Kugo was anxious.
Then a long whistle.....
"There!" One man at Kugo's patrol party pointed.
"It's from the area of Blue Snow!!" One said.
"No!!!" Kugo thought.
He ran....
"Belamis.... she might not have her powers...." Kugo ran.
Then there were sounds of shouting.
"Go..."
"It's over there!!!"
"There are more than one of it!!!!"
Kugo looked around, and called, "Bela.. Blue Snow!!!"
Then he saw up on the trees, Blue Snow was with her bow and arrows.
"Duck!!!" Blue Snow yelled.
She shot out multiple arrows from her bow.
Then a series of strange squeaking sound mingled with growls...
"Pull back!! These are large killers!" Blue Snow yelled.
The men pulled back, already there were a numbers wounded.
Blue Snow pulled her sword, and leaped off the tree, and ran into the woods towards the sounds of the strange creature.
"No!!! Don't go there by yourself!!" Kugo yelled, and he followed.
Then there were more growling sound coming from the woods.
"Belamis.. she's out numbered..." Kugo was very worried. He ran to the woods.
The he saw Blue Snow battling several large animals by herself....
1 comment:
I bet she will turn into a giantess!
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