Fiction:Galactic Eaters/1

Different Day
The hot winds of the desert surface of the planet Zino heated the armors of the Zazane soldiers, walking across the deserted valley of that hell looking place, the Zazane were an ancient race, and a war was something they didn't practiced a long time ago, the group of ten Zazane were on an exploration mission, right in the middle of the war zone.

All the warriors walked closely, looking to every single orange rock that appeared in their way, there were no places to hide, and an ambush was not expected at all, since the enemy could be seen miles away, but indeed, who cares, better be careful than being nullified.

Zazck held his two big single handed blasters tight, he was the last on the Zazane line, and if the enemy were to ambush, he would be the first, must of all he was hungry, but the Zazane code obligated all the warriors to obey and not eat until officer in charge said so.

"I'm Hungry" said one of the scouts.

"Me too" said another.

The officer in charge, the leading Zazane sighted, making no noise he kept walking and his men knew it wasn't time to eat yet, but the Zazane soldiers were really desperate and could not avoid taking a rock or too for a snack, certainly those who did it were the ones with most of their strength regained and ready for any fight. Zazck was not one of them, and his stomach was empty, he could even eat the ground itself, just as any other scout in the group.

The officer tried to calm the group's appetite by telling stories about the Loron, this did not frightened the Zazane soldiers, but indeed it entertained them.

"How many here did encounter a Loron once?" asked the leader.

Only Zazck raised his hand.

"Really soldier?" said the officer, he ordered a paused, then approached Zazck, "How so, before or after the war started?"

"Before, I hated the Loron after that"

"What did they did?"

"One of them invited me for a walk across a beautiful canyon..." the Zazane started grabbing rocks in order to eat, but everyone was listening, "After a few hours of good talking and walking, we stopped for a snack, and eventually--"

"Aaaaaah" said a scout, enjoying the minerals passing through his esophagi and filling his stomach, replacing famine with energy, he then apologized and Zazck continued.

"--He realized he forgot his lunch, after a few moments he couldn't take any longer and bite my arm with his spiky mouth"

"That was a bit exaggerated soldier, Loron don't eat sentient creatures unless there are no food anywhere" said the officer.

"That was the point, I was enjoying my meal and that blasted creature tried to take it from me, when he failed; he attacked me"

"Learn this men, don't accept any invitation of a Loron anymore, if you had a date once..."

The Zazane laughed.