Once a Predator - Anonymous Rex fic - PG13

[tigriswolf]

Title: Once a Predator
Fandom: Anonymous Rex
Disclaimer: not my characters.  just for fun.
Warnings: vague spoilers for movie
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 330
Point of view: third

It’s in the blood. The killing. Millions of years of training, of pretending, of hiding, can’t change that.

Once a predator, always a predator. Forever. End of story.

Humans, of all things, should understand that.

Maybe, the problem is that they do.

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There’s always an anomaly. A rogue. A killer caught up in bloodlust and DNA.

It is so very easy to lose control. And humans are so fragile.

They walk the top of the totem pole, but they cling only by guns and thumbs. Take away weapons and humans will fall.

Take away weapons and the game is over. Finished.

Once a predator, always a predator. No matter what.

It’s that easy.

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Rebels can’t be chained forever. Can’t be leashed, pushed away. When enough voices clamor, they will be heard.

Councils come and go, but dreams are forever.

Like the lust for blood.

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Humans stand on a shaky pinnacle and predators from history’s mist prowl the darkness just out of sight.

Lock the door, they can knock it down.

Fire a gun, they have one, too.

Declare war and you’re already dead.

This is the day they’ve been waiting for.

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It’s in the blood. No matter how many millions of years it’s been, that dog sleeping at your feet is still a wolf. The cat purring beside you is still a lion.

All they need are triggers.

Once a predator, always a predator.

Humans should know that.

So fragile, for all their weapons. So breakable.

So tasty.

All anything needs is a trigger.

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Walking the street, mingling in a crowd, smelling their blood, he licks his lips.

It’s easy for herbivores. They’ve never tasted blood. Can’t feel it sliding down their throats, warm on their faces, painting their claws as they rip and shred. As they snarl and tear and feed as nature intended.

It’s easy for herbivores because once a predator, always a predator, no matter what.

No matter what.

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All anything needs is a trigger.