Nightwalker Offering

by cainegreene

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Nightwalkers bounced up and down with each bite much like bobbers. A low chanting “Burrgarz” began to well up from what was left of their vocal cords.

Bringz me zee heartz and brainz! she commanded through the hive mind.

The Tyson drone stopped his feeding frenzy and removed the requested delicacies and placed them on what was left of her clothing.

A Nightwalker emerged from the bobble headed mass toward Tyson. As he approached, the blood drenched Tyson lifted the delicacies over his head like a sacrificial offering.

“Burrgarz. Burrgarz. Burrgarz.” the drones intoned.

“She will be pleased.” said drone leader 88 as he received the gifts. With great restraint he carried them to his Queen. Oh how he wanted to eat these savory morsels.

He stopped and sniffed the air. He looked toward the tree a human was there. As one the Nightwalkers stopped their inhuman chant and focused on the tree. “ BURRGARZ !“

88 continued on while the Tyson drone ate and the swarm attacked.

Well done children.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.0 stars out of 5

  1. Nightwalker Offering

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 7 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Nice idea of the communal action, and the hive mind makes them so much more dangerous. Not sure I dug the LOL Cats reference with ‘Burgarz’ as the chant, but hey, to each their own. I just thought it took a bit from the horror of the scene introducing such a comic element (and believe me, I’m usually all for comedy).
    LoA

  2. Nightwalker Offering

    cainegreene's Buddy Icon cainegreene

    Posted 7 months ago

    Wasn’t thinking of the Cats thing I was going back to the original Hive mind I set up in the hive http://ficlets.com/stories/12201. If Burgarz doesn’t do it give me some ideas. As the lesser drones are more worker ant types getting food for themselves and their queen I believe their language to be limited
    what about something more guttural. Gurrz or maybe name the Queen

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