The Lords Part 1

Luke and the rest of the Hellhounds brought the carcasses back to their home and began to eat their food. At this time the little boy was awake and stared at the carcasses with a look of confusion. "Here eat" Luke said as he ripped a big chunk out of a dead Hider and tossed it towards the little boy. The boy caught the meat and looked at it with disgust.

"Why aren't you eating" Luke said as he ripped a big chunk off the carcass and swallowed it whole. The little boy stared at the dripping meat and began to lightly squeeze it in his hand "it's so squishy." Luke was confused as to why the boy was acting like this, but finally realized the problem. "That's right, he is a human, so he has never eaten raw food before" Luke thought as he called for Sors. "You called me" Sors said as he stood next to Luke, "Yes you burn this piece of meat?'

Luke lifted a chunk of meat the size of a hand with his weapon tail. Sors looked at the meat for a moment before lightly blowing out a small flame from his mouth. The flame latched onto the meat and the meat soon began to sizzle a bit. "Ok, that's enough" Luke said and soon Sors stopped breathing the small flame. Luke looked at the little boy and tossed him the now grilled piece of meat. The boy caught it but dropped it due to how hot it is. The boy quickly grabbed it and placed it onto the table before blowing on his hands. "I guess I should make plates and utensils for him to use when eating," Luke thought as he took a big bite from a nearby carcass.

As he and the others were eating, Luke felt his spine shiver for a moment. Luke looked outside his cave and could see a small flying disk hovering above the pit. "Is that a drone?" Luke said as he stared at the flying object. After looking at the object for some time Luke concluded that it was a drone of some sort. "If there is a drone, then that means there are people nearby" Luke concluded as he soon began to growl. Hearing Luke growl the others stopped eating and stared at the black flying object.

"What is that?" a Hellhound asked. "That's a drone. It's something humans use to spy on other creatures" Luke said as he walked deeper into the cave. "What's a human?" another Hellhound asked. "You see that little creature I brought in" Luke said as he pointed at the little boy, the others nodded their heads, "That's a human in their younger days. They aren't strong or smart enough to pose any threats, but once they reach adulthood then they become dangerous" Luke said as he grabbed a small rock using his weapon tail. He soon walked towards the entrance of his cave and stared at the drone for a bit before throwing the rock at the drone. The rock collided with the drone and soon the drone began to fall down in the deep abyss.

"Since that thing is here, then it means that there are humans nearby" Luke said as he began to climb towards the surface. Hearing this Sors and the Hellhounds began to climb towards the surface but were stopped by Lukes's growl. "Go back and defend the young one, it's possible that the others might try to attack him while we are gone, '' Luke said as he climbed up. The others did not protest and went back down to the cave.

Luke soon made it to the surface and could see several drones flying in the air. There were several flashes of light coming from them and red dots blinking from now and then. Luke walked towards several Shriekers that were hanging on a nearby tree. Seeing Luke come to them, the Shriekers began to shriek at him, this caused many nearby creatures to run away from them. But Luke continued to walk towards them ignoring their sharp painful cries.

Soon Luke sat in front of the group and said "listen I will be quick, you can either join my pack or you can die." Hearing this, several of the Shriekers were ready to let out a loud cry, but stopped when they felt the nearby surroundings become colder. After a couple seconds the Shriekers could feel the temperature around them drop at a fast rate. They stared at Luke with fear in their eyes, "so what will it be?"

The Shriekers looked at one another before nodding their heads. "Good, so the first thing I want you to do is get rid of those flying things in the sky," Luke said as he pointed at the drones flying high in the sky. The Shriekers listened to Luke's order and began to fly towards the drones. One by one the Shriekers tore and ripped every one of the drones apart until there was none left. The Shriekers soon flew back down and looked at Luke, "good, as a reward you can follow me to your new home."

Luke walked towards the pit and the Shriekers followed behind him. Luke climbed down the pit and entered his home. As he entered his home several of the Hellhounds looked at him confused, wondering why he came back with nothing on him. "We have some new pack members" Luke said as the Shriekers soon flew into the cave. Seeing this, several of the Hellhounds freaked out and retreated back to their passages. The only one who was left was Sors and the little boy.

"Is this the reason you left the cave?" Sors said as he stared at the Shriekers. "No, I just came back to drop these guy's off. If you can, can you and the Hellhounds make a home for the Shriekers?" Sors looked at Luke with confusion written all over his face "what are Hellhounds and Shriekers?"

Luke sighed and began to explain things such as Species and the different types of species Luke has come across and categorized. "I see" Sors said as he looked at the Shriekers, "so what is my species?" Luke looked at Sors for a moment before speaking "your species is Helios."

"What is Helios?" Sors said. "Helios is a human God that rules over the sun, and since you named yourself out of the sun and star. It would be reasonable to name your species out of the God of the sun." Sors nodded for a bit before becoming confused, "what's a god?" Luke looked at Sors as if he was looking at a little kid who was always asked so many questions at school.

"I'll tell you once I come back" Luke said as he soon left the cave and headed back to the surface. "Where are you going?" Sors said as he peaked out of the cave. "I'm going out to hunt some humans down" Luke said as he climbed up towards the surface at a fast rate. He soon jumped out of the cave pit and ran towards the exit of the facility. As he ran, he noticed a creature glaring at him from one of the facility windows. It had a white and red body and seemed to be a type of insect.

"It couldn't be" Luke thought as he ran out of the facility. Luke threw the thought out of his as he had to focus on something else. "But still, what is a lord doing out of their territory" Luke thought as he continued running.

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While staying in the Hollow world Luke categorized many types of creatures based on how strong they were. They were ranked from the weakest to the strongest. The Weakest were the Regulars, they were the common creatures you would see such as the Hiders, Shriekers, and Dipos. Next were the Soldiers, they were uncommon to see and were much tougher than the regulars, these included Thunder Hooves, Nightmare Blobs, and Stingers. The next would-be Captains, they owned a small bit of territory and were uncommon to see but are much stronger than the Soldiers. These include Night Shades, TV Addicts, and Stalkers. Next would be the Generals, they were creatures that owned a bigger territory than the captains and were much stronger, they include the ferocious Ice Tooth and Helios. Second to last are Lords, they are creatures that have three to four times the amount of territory of Generals, they are ruled by several or one Lord. The rest of their pack would contain mainly Generals and Captains. They were creatures that not even Luke could 100% defeat. The last would be the Kings, they were creatures that have no territory since the entire land was their territory, these include the Rulers, a species that dominated every creature and was the true apex of the land.

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"Screw the humans. If she is here then that means she is trying to expand her hive to the surface, and I will be damned if I allow her to get any sort of foot hold on this land" Luke said as he stopped running, turned around, and ran back to the facility. As he ran towards the facility, he remembered some memories that he would rather forget.

He remembered facing a giant insect the size of a truck that looked like leech with two bulky arms and long hands. Its body was entirely white with little streaks of red moving throughout its body. It used its giant hands and arms to hang off the tree branches as a gorilla or orangutan would. The creature was not alone as several smaller versions could be seen crawling on the ground, hanging on tree branches, or climbing up trees.

He remembered killing many of her children but faced much more children than he had killed. Their claws ripping small bits of his plating off. He remembered the feeling of severing their heads from their body by just swinging his weapon tail at them only to see more come at him. He soon remembered himself running away with cuts around his body and blood dripping out of them. He could remember seeing them stare at him as if mocking him for running away from them.

"Not this time you damn brats" Luke said as he felt something in his chest stir as he reached the entrance of the facility.