AAR - The Free Hive

[Surukai]

The Chronicles of the free Hive.

Chapter 1. Entry 1

Noted by Tlix' Kat, founder and Prince of the free Hive


It is now twelve moon circles since I left the villages of my kin. Changes go on there. Bad changes. Not like the Hive used to be in the past seasons.
I wander the territories of the No-Hives long time. I see too much.

My kin being sold, to groups of marauders, to the No-Hive Empire and United cities. Drones running from their Princes. Princes being exiled. The queen is silent. On her island she sits with her obeying drones. Idle.
All for profit as the western hive does now.
Not like the southern kin.

Here is my story.

I grew on on the island of the Queen of the Queen. Far away from No-Hives and marauders we keep her safe. We trade with the No-Hive for Metal Blades and all we can. Also with the Horned Devils of the desert, "Shek".
Until one day I was told to leave the Island with some other working drones and a Soldier Drone.

We joined a caravan east . Past our villages, picking up more drones and three princes. Avoiding the no Hive worshipping the flames and their metal statues. They are like our southern kin – Attacking all not belonging to them. And all Hives killed on sight.
We moved around them on the southern border of their territory, fighting marauding groups of No-Hives – and to my shock drones were with them, working drones and soldier drones. Hive attacking Hive.
Asking the caravan leader he told me to be silent. And obey the will of the queen.

And I obeyed.

But something changed. For the first time since I hatched I felt strange. Something was not right.
Hive do not attack hive I thought. And why are the drones with the No-Hives?

All changed. And this night i did not rest. I could not. The same night a No-Hive came into our camp. The prince welcomed him and started talking about the price.
And I heard them talking about the price of me and other drones, to be sold to the No-Hive, one of the "Ninja" Colonies of the No-Hive people in the desert.
And I could also see the irriation and confusion in the other drones around me. But a drone obeys.

This time I decided not to obey. I will not join the No-Hive, fighting Hives and leaving my Kin behind. Better I die in the desert, fighting for the Hive.
The leading Prince heard my thoughts, He came running, two soldier drones with him. He hit me with the blunt ends of their polearms. EXILED !! It hit me like the beak of the monsters roaming the Vain. Leave the Hive. You are exiled.
I felt a snap in my head, losing some of the connection that was there always, but not all.

In shock I looked to all the drones now watching, and the other princes in the group.
I spoke the message, not sure if the communicate still worked:
Run east across the Black desert with the rain burning the No-Hives, and more. Run until you reach the end of the land.
Stay in the wilds, we find us by scent.

The Prince and the drones went for me, blades held high this time, ready to strike.
And so I ran off into the night.