It was a late afternoon, almost evening time when Isla was meeting with an acquaintance of hers. He had offered up a job for her to go out and hunt approximately 15 dire wolves. Which, would be fairly easy for her, it would only take at most a few hours to complete. It wasn't the best of jobs, but she was in need of money and he was offering up quite a few pounds for it. She didn't know why he needed the dire wolves, but that wasn't her business anyway. This would be an easy job for her, surely.

But, little did she know there was more than just a few dire wolves roaming around this night. There were...creatures, she wasn't sure what they were but were big and had eyes all over them, making it quite hard to find a spot to hide. These creatures were everywhere and they were tall and she was sure that the only way to get rid of them without getting herself killed was to call for backup. Not only were the creatures big, there were tons of them and no dire wolves in sight for miles.

Isla made her way back carefully to the host of the job and explained everything to him. He had told her that it would be fine if she called backup, but she would have to split the reward evenly because that would only be fair. She was in need of money and didn't like the idea, but she didn't want to be greedy. She requested for him to send a virtual-gram around nearby cities and areas to inform people of the situation, asking for help. She had him give the location where to meet her which was the tall stone tower just by the edge of the forest of Tylon where the creatures were. It said that she would be waiting just by the entrance to the tower.

The next day she headed to the tower and sat down at the foot of the entrance and covered her mouth with a small mask out of feeling kind of shy. She had her gun laid against the wall and was sitting there patiently, hoping that someone out there who would help would come to her because she was in need of it. Their ultimate goal would be to rid of the creatures and help her locate the dire wolves. She was thinking she would do the hunting and bring them back herself but that she couldn't decide, because of reward.

"Look...It's all a misunderstanding.......I never touched her."

"My client says otherwise" Said a hooded horned figure,its face hidden in the shadow of it's cloak.

"Look man I made a mistake...."

"Mistakes don't end up with dead daughters"

"Look....I can dissapear the boss wouldn't miss me."

"No"

"I....I c-can pay you double for what he offers my head."

The figure lifted a pistol and fired a single plasma shot into the head of the bounty.The scruffy man fell limp against the wall of the dark alleyway.The figure lifted his left arm and tapped on a gauntlet causing a orb to float from a exposed shoulderpad amongst the robes that hid the armour of the bounty hunter.

The figure looked up to the moon,it's light revealing green scales of a muzzled face.It was the Varanus bounty hunter Kaiyan collecting his latest bounty and after the data-sphere took photo evidence of his action he returned to a local inn to retire for the evening.

In the morning as he was preparing to leave for his ship he noticed a request on the inn's board,it was a cry for aid among the posters of local events and this cry offered a good reward for simply helping in a hunt. Kaiyan did not need the reward considering his bounty had him settled for another week,he did however fell for his curiosity and feelings to aid in a task he was well suited to carry out.The people here where kind even towards something as alien like him,something unusual for worlds outside the Imperium. He figured he would do this small job as a offering of thanks and perhaps return with a trophy for the hatchling waiting on his ship.

------Hours later-----

The robed reptilian set towards the entrance of the forest,it was marked by a stone tower of a bygone age and sheltered a single figure clad in a mask,the reptilian kept his offhand claw on the pommel of his plasma gladius whilst he addressed the figure.

"Greetings friend.....You are the hunter that requested aid?"

Isla waited there silently in the cool air, looking up at the sky. The time has passed and she was starting to think no one was going to show up at all, until suddenly she saw a figure approaching. She sat up straight and waited for the person to come closer to interact. As he approached she slowly started to stand up, leaving her weapon perched against the wall, showing she was of no threat.

She listened to him as he spoke his first words then made eye contact. She held the mask over her mouth and pulled it up over her nose, muffling her voice slightly in an act of being shy. She stood up straight and began, "Aye, indeed I am the hunter you speak of." She took a breath and spoke once more, "I am guessing that you are here as in response of seeing my request for help?" She looked him up and down trying to get any clues on his personality and self.

The robed reptilian lowered his hood to reveal horizontal horns piercing the air at the back of his scaled head much like a horned lizard from Earth.

The reptilian bowed his head and introduced himself as Kaiyan Vivar,bounty hunter.

"I've noticed your request for aid...I was in the area collecting my bounty and I thought to help before I move on from this world.You hunting....Direwolves?"

Kaiyan eased his stance but kept a eye on the weapon and the masked figure.The curious reptilian would also look towards the dark wood with rounded eyes.He carried little besides his plasma gladius,armaros-issue plasma pistol and his data sphere that rested inside the shoulder pad of his armour hidden under tattered red and black robes.

The exiled Gurand would try his best to smile with sharp serrated teeth. "Never hunted a direwolf before...Any tips?"

At seeing his face Isla did her best to smile. She has never seen anyone who looked liked this before and to be honest she was petrified. She looked down at the ground quickly and spoke, "Y-yes, I am hunting dire wolves, but their seemed to be a problem." She sighed then began again, "One, the dire wolves are no where to be seen and two, there are these creatures that seem quite dangerous and are large in size."

She eyed her gun laying against the stone then back at him. At his question about having any tips about hunting the wolves she found this an opportunity to share lots of knowledge on them. "Well you see, these aren't regular dire wolves, they are Brottigr dire wolves which are on of the most dangerous of them. These wolves usually move in smaller packs instead of large and are very aggressive. They are strong and are built for hunting prey and defending themselves, which leads to them having sharp fangs so watch out for those." She took a breath of air, stretched slightly then began once more, "Besides from that, they are very social and usually live in forest areas like here. They usually come in the colours of dark shades so like dark brown or black." She looked back up at him then realized she was sort of rambling then frantically apologized for this.

The reptilian nodded,and smiled at her apology.

"No no there is no need to apologize,these creatures you claim to have seen what are they like?" He would ask as he tapped on a armband activating a holographic journal he kept within his armour that fed the data to the data-sphere that rested within his shoulderpad.

*Arrives on planet* 

- Looking around it sees wonder upon wonder, large colorful plants reaching towards the sky, flowing bodies of liquid, and something entirely new, some form a creature. It is . . . dark . yes that is the word . and lopes on four appendages. With a skin of flowing fur and two golden eyes the creature entices our wanderer-

After hours of wandering it has found many a creature, from ones that soar in the up, to ones that glide within the liquids. And during this all, our Torivor wandered, and pondered ~What is this place~

Isla looked curiously at the device that this man was holding. She had never seen anything like it before, even though she has been to many, many places. She wanted to ask so many questions, about everything really, but she knew she had to keep on topic. Otherwise, this mission would slowly start to fall apart and that is not what she needed right now.

She proceeded with his question on how these creatures looked. "I didn't stay long of course because I certainly didn't want one of them spotting me, but I did get quite a good look at them." She rested her hands on her hips and her face turned slightly more serious, "They were very tall, not as tall as these trees, but the trees here are known for their height. They're legs were what made them appear tall and they had long arms that went down to about their knees if I saw correctly. They had sharp teeth with two long canine sticking out in the front and long horns curling off from their heads." She motioned with her hands while she said these next few words, "and their eyes were weeee tiny. I don't know how they manage to see that much" She made a small noise which appeared to be a small laugh she was hiding. "They also had scaly skin, which I believe would be hard and not so tender."

"Tall creatures....Hmm small optical organs....They may hunt with smell or other senses.He smiled at her strange description but grinned as no record of this creature popped up from his holo-gauntlet. "Well let's go search for your wolves and if it comes to it I'm sure we can handle these creatures if we are careful.

He threw his robe to the side creating a opening where the reptilian pulled a metal rod from the back of this armour,the rod creaked with energy and the M-2 Rail-rifle began it's activation cycle,the empty space in the centre of the rifle spiralled with a blue energy of solar plasma.The reptilian then began walking into the dark wood,the energetic hum of the rifle blending into the sounds of the woods.

Isla stretched her arms and listened to what he said. "Yea, they probably use some kind of others to hunt or do whatever kind of stuff they do." She turned around and grabbed her gun and slid it over her shoulder, since it had a string so she could easily carry it around wherever she went. She glanced at the rifle he was carrying, curious then strutted alongside him as they approached the forest.

It seemed much darker inside the forest than it was really was outside of it. The trees seem to loom overhead and cover up the sun, moon and/or stars that appeared in the sky. It was a eerie type of quiet inside the forest, besides the sound of crickets somewhere in the distance. She turned and faced the man, "Where the animals, mostly the wolves and the creatures are, are only a little bit further ahead. They aren't too far in, but far enough that they aren't at the very edge of the forest."

The woods where eerily silent after a few minutes.

"Oh...It sounds like you frequent these woods,what is your tale human." He asked the {man} spotting a deer in the shadow of a open grove to the east.The Varanus hunter would stop and look back but see nothing in the dim shadows of the trail behind them.

"Hmm....Sorry continue" He would say,he had a feeling that they where being followed but he saw nothing,the robed reptilian would continue leading following the directions of the human hunter as they sought out the strange creatures that plagued the woods.

Isla glanced at him then back at the forest around here. At the words "your tale" she let out a small sigh. "Well, you see, when I left my h-home-" She choked over that word everytime she said it, due to her past. She ignored that and continued, "I took up every job I could find, which led me to traveling around this whole planet for years. I've seen lots of things, yet so little since I haven't ever left this planet. But anyways, I decided to settle down around this area and I just so happen to have taken up quite a few jobs that involved this forest." She took a breath because she realized she was saying everything in one breath. "So, I am familiar with these woods. I wouldn't say I know every corner, but I do know the basic mapping of the area."

As she finished her quick little 'story' she stopped and looked behind her. She got the sense that something or someone was tailing them. "Hmm...", She turned and looked the man that was coming along with her and looked him in the eyes, hoping he would get what she was thinking about.

The hunter's tale seemed tragic and he did not press any questions further,but then they got that feeling again....

Kaiyan nodded confirming that he too had the feeling that they where being followed.He thought it would be some beast but if so the beast might turn tail and run if faced with danger.

So Kaiyan raised the rail-rifle and with a crackling charge shot a blue beam that tore through one of the more thinner trees causing it to fall with a cloud of leaves and dust.Perhaps the show of force would scare away lesser beasts but if it was a pack of creatures they would have problems.

Isla didn't expect him to do that and she jumped, startled. Out of embarrassment she pulled the mask covering her face up, masking her mouth and nose and just below her eyes. She realized there were a few tears, Must of been from bringing my past up, even though I didn't talk about that, she thought to herself.

Noticing the tree that was that had been decapitated she sighed, not only at the now dead tree but, at the fact there was no one there. "You must of scared whatever was there away, that's a good thing I suppose. We don't want any creature spoiling this 'mission'." She nodded after saying this, but still couldn't shake the feeling that someone was following them. She could use her ability Far Sight, but that wouldn't help since all the trees would block her view and she would get exhausted after that and not be able to trek through the forest without taking lots of breaks.

"Well whatever followed us ran off...." Kaiyan said with hope.

He turned back towards the path..."On the downside that might have scared off some of your wolves."

He stopped at a pair of tracks he couldn't identify and dipped his claws into the mud,placing it against his nose and sniffing it.There was a faint smell he did not recognized so he asked the hunter if these tracks where of the direwolves they sought.

Isla frowned at the thought of the wolves running even farther away. That indeed would not be so helpful, and would slow down the process of hunting them.

She watched as he stuck his claws in some tracks and sniffed it. She found that quite strange, but didn't stop and ask. At his question she walked passed him and bent down near the tracks. Looking at them she recognized the shape, she was positive these were the tracks of dire wolves. Just to make sure, Isla took out a hardened paw print from her bag she carries and laid it next to the prints. "Hmm..they were made from dire wolves if I am correct. They seem a little small, but it just might be younger ones." She looked at him hopeful that they were on the right track.

As Kaiyan neared the hollow he saw the young pups,alone and yelping crying out for the attention of their parent.....Hold on.

Kaiyan turned his eyes slitted. "Where is the parent?".He kept his rifle lowered and stood between Isla and the hollow pit where the pups lay.He heard a faint growling but between the wind in the trees he could not determine the position.

Isla looked at the pups, they were adorable when they were young and couldn't bare to look at their faces any longer. She came to a realization and right as she was about to ask a question the man asked what she was about to. "The parent...", the words slipped out of her mouth as she heard a low growl from somewhere around them. Her ears were just able to pick the sound up, but she knew it was in the shadows of the trees somewhere around them.

She slid her hand behind her and took out a handgun and pointed it at the ground, "You heard that, I would think." She glanced at him then back around them at the trees.