Sniper sat in front of the ever-growing group of multi-colored alimons. He scanned the area with his watchful eyes, trying to pick out any stragglers. He noticed, out of the corner of his eye, the yellow male he spoken to earlier, walking away from the cliff. Sniper narrowed his eyes. Did the young male deliberately disobey orders?
"Listen up! This is not a drill!" The leader shouted as the last two alimons, Sorn and Genta, took their places among the group. "I believe you all have seen it; a shooting star that freezes in the skies!"
The alimons mumbled and whispered among each other. Had they heard right? Was some out-of-the-ordinary shooting star really frozen in place? Could it really be possible? Was it magic?
"I have witnessed it freezing myself!" Sniper announced. "Just like some of you may have." He turned towards Sorn. "For example you. You told me about it yourself."
"Yes, but when I tried to find out what it was, you stopped me!" The adolescent cried, feeling furious.
"Precisely. It is too dangerous to make a move right now." Sniper responded seriously.
"Oh come on..we're a large pack. We could take them." Sorn said, and a few alimons nodded their heads in agreement. He stood on his hind legs. "What if they came here to hurt us? Hunt us down?"
This got a laugh from the fiesty female, Genta. "Oh puh-leaze, Sorn! You don't even know if there are any 'aliens' with that 'magical' freezing shooting star."
Sniper sighed as he listened to Sorn's concerns. Frankly, this had worried him as well, but not to the same extend as Sorn. "I'm afraid I share similar fears." Genta and Sorn looked up at their leader in shock. "Experience taught me to be cautious and observent of any strange new object. But I also agree with Genta; we shouldn't let ourselves feel threatened by this. After all, there might not be any hostiles with this shooting star."
"I saw one do a Hocus Pocus!" Sorn suddenly shouted, causing all attention in the meeting to turn to him.
"Hocus...Pocus..?" Another young male asked, snickering. "Dude, you pay too much attention to daydreams, ya know?"
But the yellow dinosaur wasn't relenting. "But I saw it! On the mountain! Out of the corner of my eye, something just..disappeared just like that!" He snapped his claws to prove his point. The other alimons began to laugh at his story, a few cracking jokes about how the yellow male has a wild imagination. But one alimon wasn't laughing. It was Sniper, the leader of the pack.
"You saw something disappear?" Sniper yelled, causing the yellow male to wince. He had been found out. "And just how did you get close enough to see someone disappear? I am not saying I believe this disappearing act, but please, enlighten me; how could you have seen anything disappear on the mountain when I told you to stay away?" The young male bowed his head in shame. "I'm very disappointed in you, Sorn. You directly disobeyed my orders. I'm afraid I will have to have Genta here accompany you from now on."
"What?! But..sir..I..."
He was cut off by Genta. "You heard him! I'm your cubbiesitter now." She grinned. The male groaned and sunk back down on the ground. How did he get himself into these messes?
"So anyway, I want all alimons to stick close to the caves! Do not wander too far outside! I will have our best scouts, spies, and assassins patrolling the area for any suspicious activity! If anyone just so happens to come across a stranger, bring him or her to me." He paused, and then continued, "Unharmed. Oh and the assassins are not to kill unless given a direct order by me, got it?" The alimons nodded. "All right then, meeting dismissed!"
Slowly the alimons began to disperse, going inside different entrances to their cave tunnel home. A few remained outside, discussing their opinions about the situation.
