<em>"Rickicka, grade 3 telephone engineer, emergency. Strange creatures are on the grassland to the North, I'm requesting warriors and hunters to assist and investigate."</em>The call perked Paretta's interest as it came in.  Sneaking across the lines between the Territories of Six Trees and the other cities on the border was exciting and fun, but a sighting of strange creatures on the border in the Grasslands was unheard of.  Her communications officer had picked up the call on the wire and repeated it for her.  This Rickicka had been on the North border.  They were only a short distance from that border, perhaps they should investigate Paretta thought.<em>"I have the proof right in my hands."......There's a hunting party just East of your present location, somewhere. Go find them! Out!"</em>This was definitely something that needed to be investigated for Ariadne.  She would require to know as soon as there was any new threat to the city, and Paretta excelled at finding and removing threats to her queen.  "Move out....we head east to find the engineer"  Jumping slowly from tree to tree Paretta and her five warrior team slid quietly through the jungle.<br/><br/>Paretta's team entered the region where the hunting party was gathered.  A large ram hung in a web surrounded by young hunters, while two older Arach stood off to the side holding a third bipedal creature in a web.  It appeared that one of the Hunters was pleasuring themselves on the captured creature.  Paretta ensured that her team was well hidden during their approach, then suddenly appeared at the edge of the group as if they magically appeared.  Paretta took pleasure in knowing that she and her team could sneak up even on a group of hunters.  They were picked for their ruthlessness in battle as well as their ability to move unseen.<br/><br/>"What is this report of strange creatures on the grasslands?" She barked as she walked out of the tree line only mere feet from the Engineer and the captured creature.