Koban Universe 1 by Stephen W Bennett

Author:Stephen W Bennett [Bennett, Stephen W]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stephen W Bennett
Published: 2014-03-29T22:00:00+00:00

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The sound originated from a faded and scarred blue-green wall of flesh, standing next to the outer fence of the compound. A huge rhinolo bull was sniffing the ground where the two young hunters had crawled under the outer fence.

Wandering forlornly at the edge of the trees, avoiding being seen by his former herd, it had unexpectedly detected the scent of a ripper and a human. Two creatures it was less than tolerant of on any day, but particularly now, after the defeated old bull was forced to yield to a younger and stronger competitor. He’d lost control of the females he’d protected and bred with for many years, reigning all those seasons as the dominant male of his herd.

He’d lost a battle and his herd leadership position yesterday, and was now a battered and rogue castoff without a harem. In short, he was pissed off and looking for some measure of revenge on the universe. His huge head swiveled right to look at the odd, unnatural looking formation of the building. The experienced bull recognized the territory he’d been passing belonged to the small two legged creatures it hated and sometimes killed members of his herd. As usual, death vines protected it. Scenting the ground again, he swung his head left to look towards the woods.

Unlike the partial namesake of the extinct rhinoceros of Earth, which humans had bestowed on these savanna animals, this grazer had excellent vision. He suddenly saw an opportunity for a small measure of redemption. He loudly snorted his pleasure, and prepared to charge.

It was good to feel like a dominant bull again.

The two inexperienced young hunters had been resting with their backs turned to the house, facing away from a hot white sun low on the horizon and in their eyes; they were looking deeper into the slowly darkening woods, where they had just experienced the greatest adventure of their short lives. Thus far.

They were upwind of the bull and hadn’t scented his approach, and the huge padded feet of a rhinolo were quiet on the loamy soil, unless thundering when moving their massive bodies at high speed. Achieving that speed was something the bull initiated now, and with a bellow it turned and charged at the two despised interlopers in its world, the horn with a broken tip lowered for the attack. He would pound their remains into the soil, after first goring and repeatedly tossing their lifeless and broken bodies into the air.

The instant Ryan and Kam heard the snort and looked around, the boy’s hand contacted the cat’s frill. They exchanged a rapid series of thoughts, ideas, and images, to arrive at a course of action in seconds. This was a mental exchange only possible between members of the Koban cat families, and now the Kobani.

“Good luck!” Was the simultaneous and spontaneous shared thought before they separated contact, as they stood up to face the five and a half Earth-tons of blue death charging their way, a bit over eight and a third tons of Koban fury.

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