Hunters moon

28: Gone

There was a moment of silence, Quintin stood in shock, he couldn't do anything, even if he could he never had the chance, it happened too fast.

He looked at the remaining white wolves and hyenas, they all stood ears down, faces in disbelief.

"Who the f**k was that!?" He roared, making them all jump and look at him, but no one answered.

"Where did she take them!?" He yelled again, but still they shook their heads, he walked to the hyenas, they backed away from him "Who's second in charge!?"

"N... No one, we don't have a second in charge" One said. Quintin turned to the wolves "And you?"

"I am" A male said.

"Ok, so? What the f**k happened!?"

"I don't know, we never saw this woman before"

"Ok, where would she be taking them!?"

"I... I don't know!"

"f**k! Then who would know!?"

Silence fell among them, then one hyena peeped with a sad voice "Naledi would"

"Naledi!?"

"Yes"

"Good!" Quintin bolted into the darkness, heading back to Ezbar's labs, hoping his speed would carry him all the way across Namibia before sunrise.

***

Piet was working all night on the Ratel, he had the hole cut to perfect size, but had to reinforce other areas inside the haul to reinitialize it's overall stability.

Then he took the turret turning track out of the other Ratel and fitted it to the new hole. At this moment he was busy lifting the new turret with the ninety millimeter gun from the other Ratel up using a makeshift crane.

It was originally designed to lift truck engines, so he had to build a high rise frame to clear the height of the Ratel, now on a climbing step, he had the turret hoisted halfway up the side of the Ratel, and holding it there with all the might he had, he braced and heaved, pushing the turret up with one hand then yanking on a chain with the other, the turret moved up again slightly but the crane he built broke and the whole turret came down on him.

Screaming he fell, Piet could already see Koos and Frits's faces when they find him crushed by this thing. He fell on his back and held his hands up but another arm came in front of him and caught the turret. Shocked he looked at the person "Naledi!?"

She grinned at him then grinded her teeth, hoisted the turret up pushing it all the way onto the Ratel, she jumped off the steps smiling at his stunned face.

"Oo la la" He smiled back taking her jaw in his palm and kissing her, she drew back and slapped him.

"Strong and feicty, I like it" He said and kissed her again, she allowed for a longer kiss, but slapped him with a backhand when they parted again.

"Why do you keep kissing me!?"

"Well I figured you liked it? If you can lift a three hundred kilogram turret up by your self, your slap should have snapped my neck"

Naledi smiled "So you're not stupid after all hey? But I won't just snap your neck for a stupid reason like that, why I really slapped you was why would you kiss a damaged scarred dog like me?" She asked placing her hand on her hip.

Piet smiled and headed to the steps behind her, passing her he flicked her crotch, making her bounce back "You! You mother fucker! How dare you!?"

"Stop breaking yourself down by calling yourself a damaged dog, scars tell us stories, it reminds us of the hardships we went through, that doesn't make you ugly, it only proves you've been through hell and back" He said and started climbing the steps, but she had him by his belt and yanked him back, he staggered to the wall and she pinned him there.

"Smooth talk for a shell shock victim"

He smiled "Yes, so you found out about the shell shock hey?"

"I figured, is that why you forgot about me?"

"Yip, I forgot the weirdest things, like apples I forgot those, I forgot what the colours purple and blue were called, a few names, but not faces. Even though I remembered your face, I couldn't remember where I met you, and what we did together..."

Naledi let him go, a seductive smile on her face.

"Was it fun?" He smiled back.

"It might have been"

"Oh! So what? You going to remind me?"

"Well, we had brandy" She started holding her chin in thought, looking at the roof "We talked, we ate some of that flavourless rat packs you carry around"

"Yes...?"

"We might have found each other naked at one point, especially after the alcohol kicked in"

"Might?" Piet asked thinking hard "I can't believe I forgot that"

She giggled "Now, the reason I'm not going to elaborate on that topic, is I want to see if you have the guts to find out for yourself? Now that you know so much about me" Naledi said and went to stand waist to waist with him.

"Don't test me, you've seen I'm not afraid to try my luck" He said pushing her waist back with his.

"You sure? There will be consequences" She said not giving way. Piet brought his hand up and took hold of the top of her shirt, purposefully squeezing his fingers into her cleavage, Naledi only watched him with a slight smile, he halted after drawing the shirt down slightly "You know I'm not going to do this just to see you naked right?"

"Oh, so you are having doubt's?"

Piet drew her shirt hard making the buttons rip off, she responded by hooking her arm around his neck and hoisting herself up, closing her legs around his waist, they started kissing deeply and passionately, Piet walked over and pinned her to the side of the Ratel, she lifted her hand and got hold of a latch, with her now holding herself up his hands explored her toned body, his mouth in her neck, she tried kicking his pants down, but his belt prevented her.

When his hands came up to her face she turned her scarred side away but he brought it back, placing his hand over it, Naledi opened her mouth, then through the hole in her cheek bit his fingers hard.

"Oow! Fok! De fok woman!?" He yelled shaking his fingers.

"Listen, I get it, you don't care about my scars, but feeling your fingers on my teeth and gums is annoying, so touch me there again, and I swear like the hyena I am, I will bite your f*****g fingers off!"

Piet stuck his throbbing fingers into his mouth, he was caught completely by surprise, but she gave a soft laugh, then pushed her waist into his again "What's wrong? I told you there would be consequences?"

Piet smiled and slowly started kissing her again, he was impressed by the fact that even though she spread her legs rather quickly, she still had her boundaries, and therefore respected her as a woman, not some w***e.

"Oh just f*****g undo your stupid belt already" She said in his mouth making him laugh.