The Birthday Party and Swift Deer Lube

*Unknown persons POV

"Today is my birthday; I became 7 and we had a great party. All of my friends came. Ma baked a great milk-cake, my favourite. Borat uncle gave me a Rockstar Set, it is too good, I loved it.

Papa, Ma were trying to smile and look happy, but I know. They aren't. This is going to be my last birthday. I won't live till my next.

Everyday my body hurts, I eavesdropped when doctor uncle talked with papa, something called nerves in my body are stopping to work, and one by one my organs are failing. What is an organ? If they fail, can't we repair it? I don't know. But Doctor Uncle said that I have only 3 to 4 months to live.

Thamma(Grand Mother) once told me that after people die, they becomes star in the sky, Thamma has also become a star, I think it is the big one at the west side of sky, will I also become a star ? But Thamma was old, so she became a big star, I am not old so will I be a small star? Will Papa, Ma be able to see me? Will I be able to see them? I don't know. I wish someone knows God's number, so I could have called him and ask.

When I was blowing the candles, I thought to wish to not die but Ma once said that God needs good people to make star, so I didn't ask it, instead I ask God to make Ma and Papa happy. They always look so sad. I think god will make them happy, he always fulfil birthday wishes.

Since God wish me to be a star, I will become a star, but I really don't want to leave Ma and Papa."

Unknown persons POV end*

Alex jumped awake.

"Not this dream again."

Yep, Alex started to have this type of dreams for a long time, at the beginning they were just a flash, a voice, a song, a flash however as time went on, the dreams started getting weirder and weirder. Recently they were like short movies.

Alex had thought multiple possibilities for this dreams and eventually given up. Besides she preferred to live in the moment and worrying about these free movie clips was not her cup of tea.

She looked around; it was around 1:00 AM, so she still had some time, there is still an hour and half left before the swift dears came to the water hole she was scoping.

Alex waited patiently; Swift Deers had a particular gland known as Choral Gland at the end of their large intestine. These glands secrete an oily liquid which flowed to the urinary tract and help the deer to cleanse their body of toxic substances. It also helps the deer to lubricate the friction during a certain . However was in huge demand among the upper class ladies of zone-A. Apparently bathing in them made the skin supple, aromatic and glowing, considering the fact that due to the advancement of medicine and technology most of the human lived a long life and looked quite young despite his or her age, the need of this oily goo was really beyond Alex's scope of understanding but then again whatever brings money.

Alex rechecked all of her traps, the main issue to with this good business was the fact that the Swift Deers were pack animal and extremely sensitive to their environment. Each pack consisted of around 100 to 150 Deer with one pack leader, multiple pack queens. Each pack contains a plethora of scout deers who survey the grassland, waterhole, sleeping cave prior to the pack. After a survey which could put the most capable of army in shame, the pack would move to the area. The Pack also have several vanguard deers, who in face of slightest threat, would charge and fight to death, their long antlers, strong legs, wind blade and exceptional co-ordination would make even the ferocious dark fire tigers to retreat.

All in all, hunting these wild deers were quite difficult and rarely profitable, the number of resources and hunters required for initial investment didn't generate much revenue. Most of the "lube" usually came from domesticated Swift Deers; although original oil of the wild deers are much more expansive and a symbol of status, not many hunters, especially solo ones, hunted these deers unless it was a custom order.

But not Alex.

As a special case, she had plans for the lube, not to mention since she had been running solo for all her life, she had multiple ways to get the matter done.

The faint rustle informed her that the scouts were coming. She became completely still, it's either payday or mayday.

The scouts came slowly, sniffing the air, sensitive to the smallest trace of danger. After a considerable time spent in surveying the waterhole, the bigger one gave a shout.

"Buckkkkkkhhhheoh"

Slowly the whole pack came out, first the Vanguards strode in and made a perimeter, next came the Alpha, he didn't come to the river but stood a little way from it, beside Alpha, there were another six deers, known as royal guard, in an event of sudden threat these deers will protect the Alpha with their life.

Next came the females, there were only 30 to 40 female in each pack, and most of them are Alphas's property. After Alpha done with them, then the other deers get their share. There were also 2-3 alpha females or queens, who were related only to the Alpha and enjoyed pretty much same treatment in pack. Usually, these queens drink first and then the rest of the female followed by the guards, Alpha didn't come near the hole, the queens usually fed him after they had their fill.

The standard practice of any hunter team was to attack the females once the males were drinking causing the Pack to be more cautious and gather around the Alpha and queens, after which suppress the pack with superior fire power, the pack would mostly retreat, leaving behind dead female and some dead guards. The golden rule of this hunt was to never touch the Alpha or the queens unless you can annihilate the entire pack.

Alex waited till the queens and females finished and returned to the pack. She looked through the scope and after making sure that everything as as per her plan, she shot the Alpha.

Yep, the Alpha.

And unlike norm, when the Royal Gurads would cover the Alpha, not a single guard moved from his position and let the Alpha got shot. Afterward, the first thing these Royal Guards did was to attack the Alpha and directly skewer it in their antlers, ending it's royal life.

The Vanguards were also didn't stay idle, the nearest guards directly jumped on the females and tried to conduct holy mating ritual only to be shoved aside by others. Forget the normal doe's, even the queens were attacked and mounted by other deers like there was no tomorrow. Soon the entire area became a blood bath with deers mulling each other and some lucky few performing mating ritual without a care in world.

The culprit of these massive orgy/ blood bath, Alex put down her rifle and calmly took out a bag of harvester robots. These small spider like robots were quite good at harvesting animal glands. She started them, set the parameters and tossed them out.

Thirty minute latter.

The water hole had turned bloody red, there was a lingering smell of blood in the air. The entire area is filled with mangled bodies of swift deers. Among the hell hole, around 20 survivor was mindlessly engaged in riding their female counter parts, there were also some dead does, died by getting ridden over and over.

Alex, finally start shooting, soon there wasn't a single deer left alive. She waited for another couple of minute and then called back her robots. She had managed to collect 73 intact glands and 14 somewhat damaged ones, 4 robots had been destroyed, she had fired a total of 40 rounds of normal bullet and 1 explosive one. Including the cost of aphrodisiac, it was a rainfall of money.

Yes, aphrodisiac, Alex had earlier planted a large amount of aphrodisiac at the bank of the water hole. The female deers had a habit of lick the ground and rub them on skin after they had quench their thrust. The mud stimulates their digestive track to purge the parasites out while on screen, it protects them from insects. Alas due to Alex's poking, it turned them in heat.

While the royal guards and regular deers normally maintained the status quo, but once in heat, the female deers secrete some pheromone which got the males raging with lust. Not to mention the aphrodisiac Alex used were also quite potent. At that time the Alpha was just another threat to the deers to prevent them getting their mate. The result was the blood bath in front of her. While sounds easy, but concocting the actual cocktail was much difficult and apart from some very isolated tribes, not much people had the know-how to make these roofies of hell. Years ago, during her trip into a mountain village Alex learned some of these type of devilish recipes, and then, well as it says, "Knowledge is power" and as for ethics and other honors, well there is a famous quote "Good luck hunter, we will mention that you maintain your Ethics and Honor in your epitaph"