Spider and Fly

The dome of interest was made up of strands that at first looked like blood, given its red coloration. It was anchored to a lot of trees, many of which bent slightly towards the dome as the webbing hardened and shrunk when it compacted to become a structurally sound pillar. It was large, about the same size as a two-story house without any inner walls. Above, hidden away by a ceiling of red webs, was the creator of this fine structure. She had six legs and two arms. The lower half resembled that of a spider, or an ant if one were to be picky and not count the arms as the 4th pair of limbs a spider has, but there was one undeniable feature to her, a spinneret that had multiple needles protruding slightly out of the main body. The lower body was mechanical, but the upper half of her looked human. The flesh was similar. Her eyes were red and betrayed the mechanical lenses that were her pupils. This machine, Farea, looked over the edge of the ceiling, feeling her webs disturbed by another animal. It was reaching into her pod. It could damage it even further. Anchoring a thread on the edge of her platform, Farea jumped down, slowly lowering herself with the use of her web. Six quiet, metallic clicks sounded behind the creature as Farea reached the bottom. She wasn't going to harm her or capture her, she just wanted to make sure nothing was damaged. Farea, over the months she had been in the forest, had ran into a couple of problems with some of the local wildlife, and so she looked worn down. Her synthetic skin had a number of cuts from claws of multiple creatures, and her clothing were tattered, showing more scars on her body.

Curious. The creature didn't notice her yet. Farea thought that she hadn't been registered a threat, and was allowed to observe the creature as she inspected one of Farea's belongings. Farea followed close behind, making as little nose as possible as the creature headed towards the exit. At this point, Farea was guarded. She didn't want to lose the device the creature was taking as it could help the android with a number of things. Not exactly knowing how, but she knew it was important for something. Distracted from thinking of how to secure the device without endangering the creature should it take off suddenly, Farea bumped into the creature in question. She backed away one stride and simply observed, as what she usually did with new experiences.

Farea looked at the creature as it finally noticed her. There was a strange expression on her face, similar to the first member if its species that found her. Interestingly enough the degree was much more intense. It backed away, and Farea turned her head slightly to get a better fix on the creature, her eyes adjusting to see any shift of the creature's posture that might mean something. And then it took off with her device. This simply wouldn't do. Farea followed quickly, her six legs skittering across the forest floor. She didn't do anything hasty as it might be doing something she hadn't experienced yet. Perhaps it was leading her somewhere, like a stash where she kept her collection, much like Farea. It'd be interesting to see what sort of collections these creatures kept. So she simply kept pace. She didn't try to outrun it neither did she fall behind. She learned from mistakes, if she was too far away, she could lose the creature, and she didn't want that when she could lose something important.

Things were getting dangerous for the creature as it continued to run. Farea had an area where most dangerous wildlife avoid around her dome, but as the red webbing began being less and less abundant, the more prone they were to being inhabited by dangerous hunters. Fortunately, the creature she was following had cornered herself. Unfortunately it seemed like she hurt herself too. Farea slowly approached. She wanted to see the damage and if she would need to fix the creature as it could die if the injury was severe. She didn't know what caused it so the only thing to do was get a look for herself. The closer she got, the slower her pace, not wanting to be caught off-guard if the creature took swipes at her.

Farea immediately sensed danger when the creature turned into something else. She had observed smaller creatures turn into something different, like the long, fat green ones turning thinner and getting wings. However, that took days. This happened within seconds. From the warnings in her systems, she needed to defend herself. Farea hopped to the side, her legs clinging to the wall as she tried to scale the rocks to get away from the beast. As she did so, she sprayed a generous amount of her red webbing, liquefied, however it would soon turn sticky. It was much safer than spraying out threads where the creature could simply drag her along should it run. It could have been that strong.