Back to work, baby

'Woaaa... My head hurts so much. What happened ?'

'Oh yeah, that bat came and... did we won ?'

'if we didn't, I doubt I would be alive right now' sigh

I move a bit around the place I seem to be in, but I can't see much around me. What I can see though seems to be a lot of fur. I'm also hearing a high pitched snoring that I recognizes as my mother's.

' Seems like mom is taking care of me huh... that is ... nice of her' I say unsure how I should respond. Don't take me wrong here, I used to love my female progenitor in my last life and all, no problemo there. But it's not like I can just forget all of that and start anew with a bat mother out of nowhere right ? I know she cares for me and all, like all mothers do with their motherly instincts, but still...

Well, first things first in the morning, 'status'.

𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 : 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 : 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘁

𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 : 𝗖𝘂𝗯

𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 : 𝟰

𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 : 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝘃 𝟰

𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝘃 𝟯

𝗘𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝘃 𝟰

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝘃 𝟰

𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝘃 𝟭

𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 :𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝘃 𝟱

%𝟮𝟯𝘀

$#𝟮𝟭𝟰

[𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗘, 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗔 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 ]

'what the... I was expecting some levels, yeah, but that much ? Also, 2 new abilities huh ?, no wait, it's one skill too... and LEVEL 5 ? I wonder what they do ...'

[ 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 ]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵. 𝗜𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

[ 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 ]

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. 𝗜𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝘆. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗱, 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵, 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵.

'Woaa, I didn't know I could do that'

'Survivalist huh, I wonder why its level is so high. Did I really got that close to dying that it leveled up on its own ? '

'Well, what matters is that I at least now have a skill to compare it with my abilities and try to figure out the difference... lets see ....'

While hearing moms snores, I ponder over the problem at hand and at the end, I can't seem to be sure of it, but I have a hint that the difference lies in the fisical and the psyche. I can't be sure though thanks to the fact that the only skill that I have is Survivalist. But it seem to be a beginning.

While lost in existential questions inside my head, I hear a noise coming from the entrance to the hole we are sleeping. As soon as it enters my sight, I recognize the culprit as being dad coming home after what appears to be a successful hunt.

When he enters, our eyes meet and he almost instantly runs in my direction. I get a little agitated about that, but it soon goes away when his wings pull me to a batlike hug.

' This is weird, I don't remember bats having this kind of behavior'

He puts me back down and start checking me for any exterior wounds but end up finding nothing. Leaving a relieved sigh, he goes back to the entrance to get the food he left there.

Mom, waking up to dads noises, notices me awake and, just like dad, pulls me to a tight hug.

'This is DEFINITELY not how bats should behave '

Dad calls for moms attention and brings her food. He then looks at me and I could swear he gave a light proud smile when bringing me food as well.

'If I knew that saving your ass would result in weird food, I would have never done that ' I though with a suspicious face.

'Hay, at least I can train some of my skills while at it, huh '

Giving a kind of disgusted face towards the food, I give it a bite and ... its not as bad as before. Don't get me wrong, dead rat for breakfast is still SUPER WEIRD, but it actually tastes somewhat good now... Does it have anything to do with this [ Blood drain ] ability that I got ? Maybe, or maybe it is because my level increased. I don't know. At least now I can eat at ease.

I again look at dad, that seems to be getting comfortable around mom, and back to myself. 'I wonder how long it will take for me to be able to fly... will I have to have cubs too ? reproduce and all ? It is the basic instinct of all life, right ? It shouldn't be any different for me... '

'Take care of a family, feed, die... as alluring it may sound to some other bats, I can't wrap my head around it. I died and was given a new chance in life... there has to be more to it right ? '

After finished feeding of the mouse's carcass, dad takes it and throws its remains outside of our whole. We can't have our home smelling of dead bodies, right ?

If you are wondering about the... other end of it all, know that we have a way to deal with it too, well, mom and dad do... I can't fly yet to I have to use the entrance whenever I want to go to the bathroom.

It is disgusting, I know, but there is nothing I can do about it, so shut it.

I slowly get myself closer to mom and dad and find comfort in their warmth against the cold cave. My sleepiness after eating taking a toll on me.

You know, it might actually not be so bad having a bat family after all.