ベラミス - The Blue Snow story - her love adventure (7)

Chapter 7 Bravery and beauty

Blue Snow rested in her hut, with Nako sleeping with her. Idina came in.

"Hi there..." Blue Snow smiled, and she hugged Idina.

It was another day. The strange raptors were not seen for the third day.

Kugo made Blue Snow rest, "If I caught you running around..."

Blue Snow smiled as she thought of Kugo's look - Kugo cared about her a lot.

"Hi... are you well?" Kugo came in, along with Mimi and Toto.

Mimi said, "Here... food..."

Toto remarked, "Kaydo told me that everything's fine..."

All of them wanted Blue Snow to rest.

Blue Snow took the food and began eating.

"I cannot stay here another day... I really should go out and help the others..." Blue Snow said.

"No.." Kugo said.

"I am well...." Blue Snow took the bandages off her body, and her wounds were healed.

Kugo could not stop her, "She's just as stubborn... and brave..."

Blue Snow picked up her sword, spear and her bow and arrows.

"I have to venture out further to investigate..." Blue Snow said.

"Investigate ?" Kugo remarked.

"Yeah.... Come Nako!" Blue Snow said.

Kugo replied, "I will come along..."

The pair went into the woods.

Blue Snow looked around, with Nako sniffing.

"She got good sense of smell....and could track those strange beasts..."

Nako purred, and walked along.

"Let's follow her..." Blue Snow said.

Nako walked ahead, and looked around, sniffing around.

"Look..." Blue Snow found something. She ran forward and picked it up: it's a broken claw, about six inches long.

Nako went a few steps a head, and sat down.

Kugo looked, it was a dead goat.

"Some villagers told me that they had livestocks missing.." Blue Snow said.

The carcass of the goat had only bones left.

Blue Snow looked around, and saw clues - snapped twigs, broken branches. She ran ahead and checked the blood on the carcass and the leaves.

"It was new.... probably last night they were here..." Blue Snow said.

"Can I have the claw ?" Kugo said.

"Sure..."

Kugo took the claw and went back to his craft by himself. He called Earth again.

"You found this ?" Dr. Joey said.

"Yes... can you analyze it ...?" Kugo asked.

Medora was at the other end helping, "You can use that sensor Professor Dodge gave you, hit the scan button..."

Kugo said, "Got it." He use the sensor to scan the claw.

"Then you plug it into the port in your craft, we can read the data from it!" Dr. Joey said.

"Good!" Kugo said.

"But we need time to analyze it..." Dr. Joey said.

"Keep in touch!" Medora replied, "...and let me know how Belamis is doing..."

"She...she is doing good..." Kugo said, and he signed off.

He returned to the village, and found Blue Snow working on the fields again with Toto and Mimi.

"I am not fighting.. just farming..." Blue Snow smiled.

Mimi and Toto were helping to cut weeds and tend the crops with Blue Snow.

Idina walked around, helping in small things.

"Soon we can have corn..." Blue Snow said, as she looked at the crops.

"Blue Snow!!!" Penelie walked in a limp slowly, carrying lunch to them.

"Mother...." Blue Snow ran to her mother, and said, "You don't have to bring it over..."

"It's all right... anyway I'd like to sit out here with you..." She gently touched Blue Snow.

"It's not save out here.... if the predators attacked...." Blue Snow said.

"They didn't come for days..." Penelie smiled.

Kugo went forward and said, "Let me help you with the basket of food..." Kugo helped Penelie carry the food, and Blue Snow gently holding the hand of Penelie.

They all sat down beside the field and began eating

"I cook this porridge for Idina..." Penelie said, as she used a large bowl and pour it out from a jar.

Idina smiled, "Blue Snow..feed me!!"

Blue Snow smiled, and she hold the bowl and spoon, and began feeding Idina.

Idina ate each spoonful happily....Blue Snow smiled.

"Blue Snow.. you..eat.." Idina babbled.

Blue Snow tried a spoonful, and said, "Mother... why didn't you cook such good stuff for me..?" She was joking.

"It will take a whole large a barrel to feed you..." Penelie laughed.

"Mother...don't tease me..." Blue Snow replied.

"Here's your portion..." Penelie handed out bowls of porridge to the others. Kugo got his bowl, and so did Blue Snow.

They ate happily, temporality put aside the threat from the predators from their mind and enjoyed the time together.

Kugo watched the warm family scene.

At the same time the scientists back on Earth was busy.

"It is strange...." Dr. Kitty and Professor Dodge analyzed the data with Dr. Joey.

"It looks like this animal is genetically engineered..." Dr. Joey said.

They were looking at the gene sequences.

"There...and these..." Medora pointed, she helped the analysis. Nick was looking too.

"All clear signatures of using advanced technique to import genes...." Dr. Kitty said.

"We must inform Kugo...." Nick remarked.

Kugo was with Blue Snow and her family, enjoying a good time. He felt the buzz on the transmitter he wore on the wrist, but he ignored it.

Blue Snow got up, and said, "Time for another round of patrolling..." She picked up her sword, spear and her arrows and bow.

Kugo looked as Blue Snow watched him - Blue Snow wanted Kugo to be with her.

"I'll come with you..." Kugo said.

"No matter what you do.. where you go... I will be will you..." Kugo thought. He grabbed a thick pole as his weapon.

"Come Nako!" Blue Snow called Nako, and she meowed and came with her.

Blue Snow, Kugo  with Nako walked to the center of the village and greeted the other men doing the patrol, and Kaydo was there.

"Hey! Blue Snow!" Kaydo ran forward.

"How's everthing?" Blue Snow asked.

"Well, not a single sign of that grissly thing..." Kaydo shook his head.

"Thanks for helping out when I am resting..." Blue Snow smiled.

Kugo then remarked, "We still have to keep our eyes open. Who have volunteered to patrol tonight ?"

18 men were available.

"You split in group of six. Kaydo, led this group to that side of the village. Kugo you take this group to  that edge, and the rest come with me..." Blue Snow said.

Kugo watched Blue Snow went with the men, and yelled, "See you in the morning!"

"Yes!" Blue Snow smiled and replied.

Blue Snow went with six men and began her patrolling duties with them.

"Bert, Cano and Mena, you go and stay up at several trees, so you can see farther. Blow your whistle if you spotted those predators..." Blue Snow said. The three men went up to three trees.

"Ollan, Sika and Notu...the three of you stay close together and watch over the ground in this area.. remember keep yourself within the eye sight of one another..." Blue Snow assigned the other three men.

"I will go further to the woods and check with my big cat..." Blue Snow said, and she ready her bow and arrow, and Nako followed her.

"Nako....you have better eyesight at night and better sense of smell, and you have sharp hearing too.. alert me.." Blue Snow said and Nako purred.

Blue Snow and Nako moved cautiously in the woods. Blue Snow turned back and looked from time to time.

It was a moonless night, and the woods was very dark, and Nako being a cougar, could see well in the dark.

Blue Snow hold her breath and kept her footsteps light, moving slowly and quietly with Nako following her.

Then Blue Snow sensed something, and Nako pricked her ears up.

A whistle....then a loud scream.

"Nako...go up the trees!" Blue Snow said. Nako leaped up the trees with Blue Snow.

Blue Snow shot three arrows to where the whistle came from towards the large dark shadows.

A loud squeak sound and then three of those raptors came jumping around.

Then another whistle sound...it was were Kaydo's party were.

"They come in numbers...and splitted up to groups!" Blue Snow thought.

Blue Snow shouted, "up the trees! up the trees ! alert other!"

Then long whistles.... this was the signal for all to climb up the trees for safety.

The raptors were heavy and could not climb the trees.

Blue Snow pulled another three arrows and shot them.

The three raptors were hit and ran away.

Meanwhile Kugo heard the whistle at Kaydo's direction and Blue Snow's direction.

"What the ....."

Then a man screamed as he was lashed by one raptor. "Damn!" Kugo yelled, and he hit that beast' head hard with his pole, and cracking it's scull.

"Up the trees.." Kugo pulled the injured men up, and the others also climbed up to the taller branches.

"They are too big to up the trees..." Kugo signed. He heard whistles from Blue Snow's direction, and in the pitch dark woods he could not see a thing. "Damn!"

Then he saw shadows leaping across trees. "Belamis!"

Blue Snow and Nako leaped across trees and she shoot arrows to the predators on the ground. She aimed at their hind legs causing them to limp and fell to the ground. Then Blue Snow leaped from the tree and killed them with her sword.

"I got six of them....." Blue Snow checked - she only got four arrows left.

"Pssst..." It was Kugo at another tree.

Blue Snow leaped up the tree.

"They came in numbers, and they know how to attack in groups... they are clever..." Blue Snow said.

"We must stay  on the higher branches ...they could get that high up.." Blue Snow continued.

Nako was up at a tree and watched.

"Look!!!" Kugo exclaimed.

"No!!! They are heading to the village!!!" Blue Snow exclaimed.

The raptors figured... the defenders were out and the village was vulnerable.

"Go!!!" Blue Snow yelled, as she landed on the ground and began chasing the raptors.

Kugo followed.

"Quick!! We must not let them enter the village!!" Blue Snow yelled. She then whistled.

Nako growled and ran at her top speed. She's a cougar and could run very fast.

"Go and warn the others!!!" Blue Snow yelled, telling Nako to warn the villagers.

Nako ran to the village.

"We must our run them..." Blue Snow said. She pulled her last four arrows and shot at the raptors in front of her. Two of them had their hind legs hit by Blue Snow arrows. Blue Snow used a very strong bow with high tension, so the arrows shot out at high speed, impaling the raptors' hind legs.

The two fell to the ground, and could not run.

"There are another four of them!" Kugo exclaimed.

Blue Snow took out her spear and threw it with all her might, and one raptor's back was impaled.

Then there's a sound of a baby screaming.

A raptor ran in the opposite direction - it held Idina - it used it teeth and bit Idina cloth, carrying her away.

"Idina!!!" Kugo yelled.

"No!!!!" Blue Snow roared and leaped to that raptor. Blue Snow pulled her sword and stood before that raptor.

That raptor looked at Blue Snow - it gave out a sly look, and shook its head. Idina cried.

Then it looked at Blue Snow's sword.

Blue Snow dropped her sword.

The raptor walked towards her, then reached its claws and stabbed into Blue Snow's breasts.

Idina cried loudly as she saw Blue Snow was hurt.

Blue Snow waited the chance, then she pulled out a short dagger from under her small skirt, cut the clothes which Idina was hanging from and grabbed Idina.

Kugo was slower and came, "Take her to safety!!" Blue Snow yelled and threw Idina to Kugo.

Kugo caught Idina in his arms.

"Now its my turn!!!!" Blue Snow yelled, she grabbed the jaws of the large raptor, and pulled.

The raptor tried to pull out its claws from Blue Snow's chest, but it couldn't  - Blue Snow's breasts were muscles...and grabbed the claws tightly as Blue Snow exerted them.

Blue Snow pulled and broke the jaw of the raptor, killing it.

Then Blue Snow grabbed her sword, and her breasts still bleeding.

"Kugo.. there were still three of them!" Blue Snow said.

"Blue Snow!!!" Kugo hold Idina and ran to her.

"Go... we have to protect the village..." Blue Snow gasped, and she ran first.

Kugo bit his lips. "No matter what... I will be at her side!"

Kugo ran holding Idina in his arms.

"Be..la ..ms!!!" Idina said.

"Yes....she's Belamis.... " Kugo said, and tears rolled out of his eyes.

He followed Blue Snow back to the village. Nako was there in time and most were retreated.

Nako growled at the three raptors attacking.

Nako was clever, and she knew she had to be careful to avoid the claws and the jaws, and Nako danced around.

Blue Snow came with Kugo and Idina.

Blue Snow's breast was injured, but she was unafraid. Kugo saw all that and remembered Belamis' courage.

"She is Belamis..." Kugo took his long pole, and placed Idina beside a tree.

Blue Snow saw that, and whistled, "Nako... protect Idina!"

Blue Snow leaped into the middle, and she was surrounded by three raptors.

Kugo leaped and stood beside Blue Snow.

"Kugo....." Blue Snow smiled.

Kugo nodded, "I am fighting with you!!!"

Blue Snow was touched.

One of them jumped at Kugo, two attacked Blue Snow.

Blue Snow welded her sword, not to the ones attacked her, but at the one attacking Kugo!

Kugo used the thick and long pole he got and hit the two attacking Blue Snow.

Their mutual selfless act of saving the one they loved worked - Blue Snow killed the one attacking Kugo.

The two hit by Kugo's pole were wounded and they ran away.

The villagers came out and cheered.

Idina laughed, "Papa Kugo!!! Blue Snow..!!"

Blue Snow smiled, and hugged Kugo, and she kissed him on his lips.

Kugo hold Blue Snow in his arms, and said, "Good team work..."

Blue Snow fainted... when she defended Kugo... the raptor bored a claw into her chest.

"No!!!" Kugo yelled.