Thread: Mysterious Jungle

The naga warrior suppressed the urge to suffocate the human to death when he felt her struggling to get free but he contained his irritation. Once he entered the village he was immediately filled with relief and released his grip on the woman. His formerly broken nose wrinkled into a deformed lump in the middle of his face at the sight of the female now sprawled on the dirt covered ground. Even if she looked appetizing she was still a sweaty dirty human. Probably tough as hell too seeing as her fighting spirit would give the poor naga that ate her indigestion. He ignored the humans as he turned to give the approaching elders his attention. A deeply tanned male naga with loose hip length salt and pepper hair slouched over the human female and peered down at her between narrowed amber colored eyes that seemed to flare with a living fire. He remained silent while other elders gathered around to examine the woman but none of them touched her. The naga child from before poked his little head out from behind the deep grey and silver tail of an elderly female who seemed to be in charge of him. However, she was obviously neglecting her duties seeing as the boy cleverly slid his tiny frame between the adults and weaved his way over to the human. His big caramel colored eyes were wide with both curiosity and fear. Even so the little creature was brave enough to slink behind the woman and lean in to smell her hair. He then became dangerously curious and reached out his delicate claw tipped fingers to touch the humans hair. Seconds before the young nagas fingers would have touched the newcomer his little hand was grabbed and he was roughly pulled back behind the elders. Finally it would seem the wise ones had come to a silent decision that had the warrior turning pale and suddenly looking quite terrified. One of the other naga leaned in close to him and whispered something into his pointed elf like ear. Whatever the elder said had pleased the man because when he drew back his head he had a smile on his face. Turning to the human the warrior approached her but instead of wrapping his tail around the other he reached out his hands and picked her up, being mindful of his sharp claws. With effort he pulled the woman up over his shoulder and began to slither out onto a dirt path that seemed to lead to a rock formation. When they were closer one would be able to tell the large rocks were randomly scattered along the ground in front of a huge mountain that seemed to have small passageways that would most likely lead into a tunnel or a cave of some sort. The warrior had his powerful arm firmly wrapped around the womans waist so she wouldnt fall off his shoulder or be able to escape by wiggling her way out of his grip. The air around the base of the mountains where the passageways were was warm compared to the rest of the jungle. Vegetation was still abundant but there was nothing edible or living around the area at all. The only sounds were those of non living nature, no birds, no other naga or any other beating heart animals. The warrior stopped at the entrance to one of the passages and seemed to freeze on the spot. He remained still and stared at the rock like doors for a long while before he pulled in a loud breath of air as if he were preparing himself for something. Finally he moved forward and used both his tail and his free hand to nudge the rock slab doors aside. Immediately a rush of heat rolled up out of the ground and drifted out of the hole where it appeared the entrance of a cave resided. Pulling the rocks back in place behind him the naga carefully made his way down into the hot claustrophobic tunnel that seemed to go down quite deep under the mountain. The lower they got the hotter the area became but it was never lethal just enough heat to make one sweat. Coiling his tail around the base of his body the warrior shifted his shoulder and carefully moved the woman so she slid off his shoulder. Placing the human on her feet he preyed he would stay there and not run or do anything as equally stupid, especially here of all places. He looked around at indents in the rock where long smooth and flat stones separated spaces. Oddly enough one had what looked like water in and around it, similar to an enclosed bathtub. Across from it was a dark section that seemed to be the hottest and within that area was where the warrior noticed some movement. When he saw the movement a soft almost scared hiss slid out between his lips as he suddenly turned his body and slapped the end of his large tail against the back of the body of the human. This action would force the woman to trip forward into the dark sandy area of the cave where he saw the movement. Almost as if he were scared to death the warrior turned and moved at a neck breaking speed up and out of the tunnel before the human would have the time to run after him.