Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:17 am by azrael
*A deep raw splits the night air, an immense and rumbling sound unlike any heard else where. It was answered moments later by another two growls, each distinctly different but equally spine tingling.
The cool forest fell deathly silent as every other animal for miles around cowered in fear as these three bedeviled beasts closed quickly on each other, bent on destruction and the lust for blood surging through their veins.
Of all the beasts Azrael had created only the Sith hounds did not kill indiscriminately and even they would destroy one of the other altered creatures if they strayed too near.
The giant Rancor slammed through the foliage and was met head on by its equal. They collided in a mess of biting and clawing, savage and brutal in its unrelenting ferocity. Each beast was easily half again as big as a full grown Bull-Rancor in its prime but each was plated in something metallic-esque. Like leather plating that would take anything but a close range blaster shot with ease.
Teeth dug at this plating, teeth that seamed almost crystaline and long as short swords. They raked and stabbed, broke against the tough hide, only occasionally penetrating.
Crashing back into a giant tree the two demon like guardians of the temple toppled the huge trunk as if it were hardly there. The third such creature smashed through two more huge boughs as it launched itself bodily at the other two creatures.
Slamming into them the large male tears at the semi tender patch of exposed flesh behind the second Rancor and is satisfied with a huge gush of blood which dribbles down its huge torso in a river of crimson.
The bitten creature wails in pain and anger but its legs give way and the first drives massive claws into its exposed eyes while tearing relentlessly at its throat until a sickening crunch and pop rang through the forest and the behemoth dropped in a thrashing pile of limbs.
Neither of the two remaining animals gave even a second hesitation before launching over the fallen and engaging with equal ferocity. Though the outcome became obvious quickly as the fresher and slightly larger third male Rancor dominated swiftly, a savage and bloody assault that tore and rent as he dispatched the smaller beast before gorging himself on his fallen siblings.
He devoured what he could and left the rest to rot, nothing natural in the forest would consider eating one of these twisted beings no matter how scarce food had become since the strange building had been erected some time ago.*
*Not far away Azrael watched as the battle unfolded, he smiled at the carnage and the brutality. The strong would triumph and the weak would fall. Effortlessly he reached out and took the simple minded creatures consciousness, snuffing resistance in an instant.
With a series of simple commands he forced the huge beast back to his temple. They did not fear it like others, natural animals who dwelt in these once peaceful forests and mountains, but they stayed clear where possible. Fear of what lay there was beyond even a wild killing machine to overcome.
Each of his altered creations would never stray too far from his home, they had been redirected, rewired to defend himself, his temple and his companion Kel to the last breath. But closer to the temple the hounds patrolled. These he also commanded now to allow this monstrosity through. The snarled and bared teeth as it passes but none dared disobey.
Once it arrived he would take a sample and he would ensure that the code of this ultimate beast was preserved for later use.*
