ORIGIN

It could still feel the thing holding tight to its tail, could still feel its grip around the fluffy fur that it was whipping to and fro. It curled its lip with annoyance. This wasn't a fight, this was an annoyance! It couldn't show its worth while some thing was clinging to its tail!

With annoyance, Beta tried to swat it off, to smack its tail on the ground in an attempt to dislodge Hunter, but it was so concerned with trying to get it to let go that it might have totally forgot that it needed its tail to balance, especially with it moving around so much. As it went to swing its tail in a heavy arch, at the same time it leaned to the side to look back and see what its efforts would produce, but all it managed to do was throw off its balance, sending the beast tumbling over onto its side, burning with embaressment.

Beta quickly regained its footing and whipped around to face Hunter, who had finally let go of its tail. Eyes narrowed with a hint of anger at its teasing. He was acting like this was all a game, like he had nothing to prove, when Beta had everything to prove. It could see Master Vargas in the audience and it knew that it would be judged for how this fight turned out. And if it lost...

No, no it wouldn't think about that. It wouldn't think about the scars across Alpha's face or the threatening words that haunted its every step. The thoughts were so disruptive and beginning to grow louder and louder in its head as it went in for one last attack, but its swipe missed an easy target so it followed it up with a snarl, hopefully to pass its clumsy fail as an intentional miss - a threat display, perhaps? But it was weak and Beta felt shame washing over its body.