Death of the cervidae and rise of the Šahíyena

Cheyenne is one of the last wolf deer rapterians along with Archer and Maple. Cheyenne and Archer’s mother were sisters, Making the two cousins. They never were close like siblings but being the only kids in the tribe, they played together a lot. They both were shy kids and didn’t know how to be that much social which made them actually get along well. However, While Archer was focused on practicing control on the knives his mother gave him. Cheyenne learned how to control his new found ability of earth control. He could control any plants and roots underground. His family was very supportive and encouraged Cheyenne to keep on learning. However, one day while Cheyenne was practicing his abilities outside of the tribe’s borders. Cheyenne was frightened by the sound of gunshots. Being a rapterian, his sensitive ears couldn’t take the sounds and he curled up in a ball in fear. When the noise finally stopped, Cheyenne ran back to the tribe to see what was going on. He came back and was horrified at what he found. All the tribe members were dead. Some were stabbed to death while others had bullet wounds. Some of the large and older adults had their antlers cut off. Cheyenne was terrified and all he could think about was if his family and Archer were okay. He looked everywhere for his family and his cousin, and It didn't take long for him to find the corpse of his mother. The little deer doesn’t know how to take all of this in. He hugs his mother's corpse and just continues to cry. His crying caught the attention of the killers, hunters. Instead of executing the little deer, they decided to capture the deer. But when Cheyenne saw one of the hunters hands moving towards him, Cheyenne panics and defends himself with his vines. The humans found his defense hostile and Cheyenne was hit with a blow dart. He fell to the ground unconscious. Cheyenne was taken to a containment facility that held young animals and rapterians like him. They were experimented on and tortured for their ability for the humans own personal gain. But because Cheyenne was assumed to be the last of the deer rapterian, the experiments were worse than any nightmare. The humans were fascinated by his plant manipulation ability, but Cheyenne refused to use it for their own gain. They decided they would torture him until he did. Cheyenne was subjected to horrible tests and experiments. And he was awake to witness it all. Cheyenne was torn apart like a doll and stitched back together again. The humans would saw off his limbs then sew him back together, day by day. Experiment after experiment. All his screams were ignored, no one ever came for help no matter how much he begged. Cheyenne would spend nights in his small cell, trying to find a way to escape, afraid of the horrors the humans had planned for him. But he was either caught and subjected to more terror. Eventually Cheyenne gave up and just accepted this was his life now. He stopped fighting, he stopped trying to escape. He just gave up. One day the same routine took place, but something went wrong. Cheyenne's body couldn’t take anymore of the pain and Cheyenne died in the middle of one of their experiments. But the humans wouldn’t accept that, Cheyenne held too much power for them to just give up on. It took a lot of tests and experimenting. But using plants to replace his wounds and enhancing his blood. They were able to revive Cheyenne. It was probably a miracle to the scientists, but just a loss to Cheyenne. Cheyenne was different. He couldn’t show any expression. He couldn’t smile, cry, or even show any emotion of sadness or anger. He was like a doll now. After that, the scientists decided that any more stitching would cause more damage to Cheyenne. Cheyenne was just left in a dark cell only fed once a day. for 13 years Cheyenne dealt with the torture. Until something snapped in him. He had enough, and everyone who tortured him would suffer. It took a lot of practice and control, but eventually Cheyenne was able to gain back control of the plants and environment around him. Now to escape. Suddenly out of nowhere, sharp thorns and vines grab a hold of employees and scientists. Slowly crushing their inside and organs. Cheyenne was able to knock a scientist unconscious with his vines and take the keys. Finally, he was free. After years of torture, no one coming to save him, he was finnally free. But it didn’t satisfy Cheyenne. The humans didn’t get to get off the hook so easily after all they put him through. Now with his new control, Cheyenne made vines surrounding the whole containment facility. Crushing and killing everything in its path. Screams of the humans were heard but Cheyenne felt no sympathy for them. They never cared to stop when he screamed for help, why should he. Cheyenne ends up freeing all the other trapped animals and rapterians and the facility. When Cheyenne gets to a certain cage, he sees a small female rapterian curled up crying. Cheyenne does all he can to comfort her and assures her she will be okay. He breaks open her cell and gently guides his new friend out. The rapterian has never been outside her cell before, so this is all a shock to her. She can’t put into words how thankful she was for Cheyenne’s help. The rapterian is named Rogue and she explains how she was tortured and locked up all her life just like Cheyenne. Despite Cheyenne’s emotionless nature, he’s happy to have made a friend. Cheyenne and Rogue became very close ever since. Rogue has always followed and has been loyal to Cheyenne and became his right hand. Cheyenne knew he couldn’t go back home after everything that happened and nothing will ever be the same even if he tried to live a normal life. So together, Rogue and Cheyenne chose the decision to live a life without law. They made their way back to Sakura and at first started stealing small items for survival. But it quickly turned to bigger things until they became criminals. This caught the attention of Thale and he eventually started going after the two. Cheyenne and Rogue were nervous from this and didn’t know how to move on. That’s when outcasts, outlaws and rapterians with no homes came to Cheyenne and Rouge, asking them to join their group. What once was a small group for survival was now a full on outlaw gang. Cheyenne became the leader of the gang while Rogue is his most trusted and second in command. Although it was a bit tough with the National Felonies unit trying to arrest each member and hunt them all down, Cheyenne and Rogue know that even if they tried they could never go back to a normal life. Besides, the gang was their new family now. Why give it up just to follow the law? Although Cheyenne is usually busy protecting his gang, Cheyyene deeply cares for his adoptive daughter. Caitlyn. Caitlyn was a runaway from an abusive household. Cheyyene found her in the rain, starving all alone in the forest. Although their relationship isn’t perfect with Caitlyn’s anger issues and attitude and Cheyenne caught up attention, he still loves her very much just as much as he loves the gang.