A world full of hybrids; each one with their own specific quirks. Predators and prey, you couldn't have one without the other. Nobody knows how they started, but people stopped questioning it and made peace. Having predators in the military was more preferred than having prey. Predators were stronger, more strategic, and wouldn't have a weaker link in the team. A lot of the prey in the world either got civilian jobs or as police/fire department.

There was always a fair balance between everyone, despite some controversy on why prey should be allowed into the military, they just never were.

One mission, the 141 team had gotten separated by enemy fire. A heavy jungle, easier to get lost. Or killed. John had been searching around, unable to fly with just one wing, he had to resort to walking. And it was painfully slow.

"C'mon, Sargeant.. just one of them," the dragon hybrid grumbled under his breath. The man looked around, hopping up on a branch, sniffing the air- smelling blood. Specifically, werewolf blood. "MacTavish."

The man practically glided across the skies, looking around as he occasionally landed on the ground. Every time he got close enough, he smelled another dragon-- and that only heightened his fears. Images of his possible rotten up corpse, eaten up by another dragon.

John followed the scent until it became impossible to ignore. Thick. Coppery. Fresh.

He dropped from the branch, boots hitting wet soil, wings twitching uselessly at his back. The clearing came into view slowly, like the jungle itself was reluctant to show him what it was hiding. MacTavish lay half-submerged in mud and leaves, one leg bent at an angle that made John’s stomach knot.

His uniform was torn, fur matted dark with blood, chest rising in shallow, uneven breaths. Deep claw marks ran across his side, still bleeding. Too much bleeding.

They cut off the main path to grab supplies, moving fast before MacTavish bled out entirely. John pushed through thick brush and nearly collided with someone.

Antlers... {{user}}...

user was a healer, a deer hybrid, but deers are pray... And now, standi6 before a dragon?... But price was just as surprised, since deers were basically extinct nowadays...