Meeting the new Enemy

Naylee's estimate was right, they had reached shore just before dark and set up tents on the beach with campfires.
'I don't know.' said Tashee, looking at them with the binoculars. 'They remind me of lizards from the looks of their heads and their long tails. They wear simple clothes, most of them only loincloths. Some a tunic of sorts. Weapons seem to be nothing more than spears, bows and swords.'
'Bad enough.' said Rafe, wishing he had his usual full complement of weapons at his disposal.
'I estimate there's around fifteen of them.'
Naylee frowned. 'If they stay, they'll probably find our beach hut tomorrow, and if they leave there's still a good chance they go around that side and see it.'
'Nothing we can do about that.' Tashee said. 'We can only hope they won't find us here and leave after thinking this island's abandoned.'
'We could have used the previous owner of this place now.' Naylee chuckled.
'They'd probably revere that dinosaur thing as a god.'
Rafe laughed at the memory of a very old movie where an island tribe worshipped a dinosaur. 'They'd still end up as food.' he said and moved a chair to the window. 'Anyway, I'll take first watch again like we did before, okay?'
Tashee and Naylee nodded, Wendy barked.
'Staying with me again like the old days when we had only ourselves and the rest of the island were enemies?'
She barked again and wagged her tail as he scratched behind her ears.
Mina and Nami looked puzzled at him and he chuckled. 'That was before I met your mothers.'
'You weren't together?' Mina asked and looked at her mother.
'No, I was alone when I came here on this island and at that time your mothers and I were enemies. Although we hadn't seen each other before.'
Nami came closer while he sat down and placed her hands on his arm. 'You were enemies?'
He nodded.
'Why?'
'Well,' he said as Mina moved to his other side. 'My people and their people didn't like each other much and there were small fights between us. Just like how those big lizards and Wendy's species don't like each other.'
Mina looked at her mother, then back at her father. 'That's why you look so different.' she said. 'I thought it was because you're our dad and they're our moms.'
He nodded. 'Yes, your mothers and I are different species.'
She looked worried. 'Did you fight?'
He smiled gently at her and saw the same worry on Nami's face. 'We did have a short fight, but it turned out okay.'
The girls still looked worried at their mothers.
Tashee squatted in front of Rafe and laid her hands on the girls hands. 'It was actually thanks to that fight that we found out how kind your father was. He saved my life.'
Their eyes grew bigger.
'Remember that dangerous crevice we saw on one trip?'
They nodded.
'I fell down in it and barely held on with help from Naylee.' she said, smiling fondly at Rafe. 'And even though we had seriously wounded your father and no one would have blamed him for leaving us to ourselves to save his own life, he reached out for me and pulled me up to safety with Naylee.'
The girls looked at their father. 'I could not live with the thought I'd let someone's mother die by doing nothing.' he said looking into Tashee's adoring eyes.
'So then you became friends?' Nami asked.
'Well,' said Naylee, moving behind Rafe and resting her hands against his chest. 'I still didn't like him.'
'Why?' Nami asked, looking up at her mother.
Naylee sighed feeling a little ashamed. 'Because at that time I hated men because they had done bad things to us, and because he was one of our enemies. I didn't trust him at all and even hurt him despite him only showing kindness.'
Nami gripped her father's arm tighter. 'That's mean!'
Naylee nodded and balled her hands into fists but Rafe rubbed his cheek against her arm, relaxing her. 'Your mother had bad experiences with men. I never blamed her for it.'
'I even ran away.' Naylee said, smiling softly at the memory. 'But your father came searching for me. When he convinced me to come back we heard the monster we told you about and we ran, but because I had twisted my ankle and couldn't run much he picked me up and ran while carrying me in his arms.' She bend down and kissed his cheek. 'That's when he melted that cold heart of mine and I found myself falling in love with him.'
'The rest you know.' said Tashee. 'We killed the monster and made this into our new home, and some time later you two were born.'
'So, while officially your mothers and I may be enemies, they, and you, are the ones I love the most.' Rafe said, smiling at his family. 'And that includes you, Wendy.' he added when her ears drooped.
Her ears perked up and she gave him a cheerful bark while her tailed wagged energetically.
'Now.' he said and gave his daughters a pat on their tushies. 'Time for you to eat and then get some early sleep. Who knows what will happen after tonight.'
Mina looked at him and smiled. 'I'm glad you're my dad.' she said and gave him a kiss on his cheek.
'Me too.' said Nami and kissed his other cheek before she and Mina left the room.
Naylee leaned over again and kissed him softly on the lips. 'I'm also glad you're their father.' she said, then let her hands move slowly from his chest to his shoulders before following the children to the kitchen area.
He looked at Tashee who straightened her legs and bend over with her hands on his knees. 'I almost wish you'd been Naylee's father too, but then things would have been very weird right now.'
He chuckled at the thought. 'Indeed. But then I'd only have one daughter instead of two. And none of this would've ever happened anyway apart from me being stranded here alone and meeting Wendy.'
Tashee looked at Wendy. 'Sorry, girl. I guess we stole your sole place next to him.'
Wendy put her paws on Rafe's legs and gave Tashee a soft lick, murmuring softly.
Tashee smiled softly at her. 'Thanks.' she said, then kissed Rafe softly. 'Had you been born with some of her genes, you might just have had more children now.'
'Ah.' he said, watching Tashee leave with a little smirk on her face and looked Wendy in the eyes. She looked back at him with a little smile and slow wag of her tail and he blushed.
'Don't look at me like that.' he said. 'I'm aware you never looked for a mate, but that sort of thing would be a little too much for me.'
She gave him a soft bark and crawled up on his lap to give him a soft kiss and nestle against his chest to observe the activities on the beach with him. He put his arms around her and scratched her fur softly, not entirely getting the image out of his head of puppies calling him daddy.

Tashee came back later with meals for Rafe and Wendy and smirked at the sight of the two of them lounging in the chair together. 'Maybe Naylee and I should take the children somewhere on the island like Wendy does, so that you two can have some alone time together.'
'Very funny.' said Rafe as Wendy got down on the floor for her bowl of meat. 'I'll be dreaming of little puppy people chasing me and calling me daddy next.'
Tashee chuckled. 'Now that would be a sight to behold.' she said and gave him his plate.
'Meanie.' he said.
She bend close enough to kiss him again. 'Your fault for making every woman you met here fall in love with you.'
'With just me you didn't have much choice.' he chuckled.
'We could have exposed ourselves to the probe and had us rescued.'
'True.' he said and kissed her. 'I'm glad whatever I did worked.'
She ran her hand through his hair. 'I'll see you in a few hours after I get some sleep.'
'Sweet dreams, my love.'
'I hope so. It's going to be the first time without you since our first night up in that tree.' she said, nodding at the tree they used to observe the bunker back then.
'We never spent any night alone again since then, yeah.' he said poking his fork into his meal while looking up at the tree. 'I forgot what it's like to sleep alone.'
'Luckily you'll have Naylee to sleep with first, then me when she's on watch.'
He smiled gently up at her. 'Still not the same without both of you by my side.'
'I know, but now we need to fall back on our old military skills.'
He nodded. 'Good night, love.'
'See you later, sweetie.'