Red Hawk the Spear Maker(Part 4 The Battle)

This takes place on the planet Surnova during the end of their dinosaur period. The human’s here evolved faster than did their counter part on Earth.



In the middle of the party, a loud cry went up, and we were under attack. All the chieftains ran back toward their tribes. Wolfgard and I raced back toward our tribe. The only weapons we had on us were our knives. We came upon a couple of raiders attacking some women of another tribe. We made quick work of them as we slashed their throats.

We got back to our tribe, and I was so proud. War Hawk had the bows out with the hunters in formation, and their helpers behind them handing out arrows. Looking out in front of them, there was a pile of dead raiders. Wolfgard and I grabbed our bows. We helped the young hunters defend our tribe. The raiders attacking our side of the camp soon fled in full retreat as we were killing them one by one, with the help of our bows.

“Have a few hunters go out and retrieve the arrows. Wolfgard and I are going to go help some of the other tribes.” I told War Hawk. “You did a great job here.” I praised him.

“Lets take two of those special spears that were dipped in the snake liquid.” I said to Wolfgard.

We grabbed the spears and our clubs and left to help the other tribes. I did not want to expose our bows to the whole group if I could help it. We were the only tribe on the south side of the camp, and I hoped that the rest of the tribes were to busy protection themselves to notice us using the bows.

The fighting was the heaviest on the west side of the camp, which is where we went. The first raider I saw had a spear and shield. I used the butt of my spear to knock the shield aside, and raked his neck with the tip of my spear. Within a few seconds he dropped his weapons and clutched his neck and dropped over dead. I grabbed his shield and looked for another raider to attack.

The fighting was fierce, with many dead on both sides. I noticed a few warriors standing in the back watching the battles, and issuing commands. I whistled at Wolfgard, and point out toward them. We sneaked around the backside of them.

“I will take the one on the right. You take the one on the left.” I whispered to him.

We attacked and threw our spears at them, hoping to just make contact and let the snake magic work for us. Both spears struck the leaders, and they jumped up and down in anger. Within a couple of seconds the snake magic worked, and they both laid there dead.

When the two leaders toppled over in a strange unexplainable death. The warriors surrounding them fled in terror. We grabbed our spears and stripped the two dead leaders of anything of value. With the loss of their leaders, the tribes were able to drive the raiders out of the valley.

It was a great victory against the raiders/slavers, as they suffered a devastating loss. Hopefully this will bring the tribes some peace for a while. As with most battles, the victor’s reap the spoils, and they stripped the bodies of the dead, keeping the valuables.

There were some major losses for the tribes, as many chieftains were killed or seriously injured. We were lucky as Wolfgard drilled us to be ready, and just what to do if there is an attack. War Hawk reacted quickly in getting our hunters ready, and in the proper positions. We suffered no losses, very few injuries, mainly to Wolfgard and me. As we both supported many cuts and bruises.

Wolfgard and I met with War Hawk to set up our strategy. We directed him to move the dead bodies away from our camp. Also, set up a couple of fires on the south side of the camp. I then surrendered myself to Sparrow and the girls.

They took me back to our tent and washed my wounds clean, and put some awful smelling sap over my cuts. I laid down on my sleeping skin. I was exhausted and fell asleep quickly. I slept
the whole night away, waking up just before first light. Dam I was stiff and sore. I am too old for this shit. Fighting is a young man’s job.

I got up and hobbled out to talk with War Hawk. He filled me in on the quiet night.