"Lex... I hate you. I absolutely hate you..." The small woman continued to run about the dark hallways. The exotic patterns on the wall passed by her in a blur, only further aiding to the surreal feeling she was getting. Miana wasn't one to stay calm in these situations but surprisingly her head was clear and focused as she tried to listen for any sign of life.
Her ponytail was slowly falling apart causing brown strands of hair to fall in her face. Constantly brushing it out of the way was getting really annoying so instead she stopped for a short moment to re-do her hair before continuing. However, this time she stuck with a slower jog than her once fast sprint. Miana's breath was still ragged and her chest heaved with great effort to fill her body with much needed oxygen.
"Can't stop... But I guess I have no choice," slowing down to a stop the woman leaned her head against the wall and quietly slid down to the floor. A few dots clouded her vision but other than feeling lightheaded she was in pretty good shape. The few scrapes and bruises from her rushed escape was all there was to remind her of the creatures she was encountering.
"Lex... Where the fuck are you?!"
"I could almost hear her now, cussing me out for offering to come along this damn exposition. Miana was right! This is straight out of a horror movie. To top it off I'm alone and Sebastian is probably dead by now," Lex sighed.
Feeling the chills of being watched Lex quickened her pace. She turned corners with caution and hope that nothing would jump out. However she finally turned into a dead end. Skeletons were lying around the place as if the small semicircle room was a type of ancient burial. Lex huffed and was ready to turn to go the other way when the sound of a footstep stopped her.
Slowly she looked behind her to find the large reptilian looking creature. It stood at a massive seven feet tall, well over towering her. It's combi-stick slow slid out of place with a clink.
"Wait! The enemy of my enemy is my friend," Lex slowly lifted her hands up before slowly taking off her backpack. The creature in front of her cocked its head in curiosity. Once her backpack was off she slid the advanced technology out and over to him. All the while she continued to chant with a quaking breath, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
An almost silent hiss filled the woman's ears. Right behind her so called "friend" was a large black creature. The creatures she's been running from, hiding from, and fighting. Before she could shout a warning, the two aliens clashed. Her "friend" was pushed into a nearby column before it or he could manage to throw the thing off.
Now stuck in the middle, Lex had one alien on one side and another on the other. The black creature hissed as it stood and quickly turned towards Lex's trembling form. With a screech it charged forward and out of instinct Lex picked up the closest object to her so she could slam it into her attackers chest.
Lex closed her eyes not wanting to see the exactly what was about to happen but when she felt the weight of the struggling alien on the end of spear she knew she succeeded. She succeeded in, at least, not dying just yet.
Those thoughts quickly left once the inner jaw sprang out and stopped centimeters from her face. Her startled sob was caught in her throat. The woman looked away and closed her eyes until the jaw retreated and she could remove the carcass. Lex breathed heavily as relief washed through her. Soon enough though terror overtook her. Three red dots moved up and rested onto her forehead. The predator had taken back the weapon and was now prepared to shoot her. That was until more of the black creatures came from down the hall.
Skillfully it turned and began to fire into the black hallway, lighting it up with the blue blasts. Soon enough they retreated and the predator turned back to her. Without a second thought it retrieved its spear and was ready to leave.
"Wait! Hey! Take me with you!" Lex took a few brave steps forward only to step all the way back to the wall once the predator turned on her growling. She held a bated breath as it seemed to be deciding what to do. Finally it grabbed the tail of the creature she had killed. Pulling a knife from its belt it went to work on cutting up the corpse.
"What are you doing?" Her question was followed by a disgusting noise as the skull was removed. Quickly, the bony finger was snapped off and the green blood was squeezed out onto the hard black surface. Nothing significant happened. Then the blood oozed out onto the floor causing its acidic qualities to burn holes in the stone.
"Oh. I get it," then as she said that, it- or perhaps he- motioned for her to watch as the knife was positioned over the throat. He looked up to make sure she was watching, she was, before the knife sliced down causing the inner jaw to shoot out. Startled, Lex jumped from her crouched position and took a step back. At the sudden clicking noise he was making it suddenly made sense. Big bastard thought that was funny! In turn she gave him a small fuck-you-too smile.
Miana had finally picked herself up once again and continued moving down the hallway. At the end was a massive room. The same room she had been running from. I went in circles! God damn circles!
The sounds of fighting filled her ears and she cautiously stepped further into the room. Following the wreckage of the stone pillars and walls she found herself in sudden, eerie silence. Then screeching followed by more loud crashing sounds. She passed carefully by acid burns and a few corpses of the black creatures. Reaching the center of the room she found a large humanoid beneath one of the black creatures, attempting to fend it off bare handed.
By Miana's feet lay a strange cylinder like weapon with pointy ends. She looked at the struggle then back down at the weapon. The struggle. The weapon. The struggle. The weapon. Only when a large roar filled the room did the woman finally take the weapon and slid it across the floor to the predator. He quickly grabbed it, extended, and stuck it straight into the creature's face. With one last shove, it flew off him and slid across the floor.
"Bad idea Miana. Bad, bad idea," as the predator jumped to his feet and turned to face her Miana ran in the other direction. On her way she found her bag and grabbed it before disappearing back into the shadows. However, what she hadn't realized was the predators masks focused on thermal imaging and finding her wouldn't be problem.
Focusing on the kills around him, he set to work grabbing a few trophies and his cannon before following her trail in the maze.
"So stupid! Why did I have to just walk in there?! Why help him?!" Miana had been running only for a couple of minutes before her leg gave out. She was turning the corner cursing herself when it happened. Ungracefully she skidded into the wall and slumped to the floor. Her shoulder throbbed painfully from the hit and her knees wobbled as she attempted to stand again. This time she slowed her pace and rubbed her shoulder to sooth the pain.
When she finally reached another room, she noticed a very small cache in the wall. It was about six feet off the floor. Luckily a statue was nearby and allowed the 5' 3" woman to get inside. The small hole was about four feet high, just enough room to be comfy, and was a couple feet deep.
"Okay," opening her bag she began to rummage through the materials," first aid kit, flashlight, matches, a couple of good throwing knives... That Lex didn't want me to bring... Oh granolas bar! Yummy~!" Hungrily she devoured it in only a few seconds. Placing everything back into her bag she took of the small black veil to reveal two twin swords.
"At least Lex didn't make me out these back! But with their acidic blood there is little these guys could do except towards those bigger guys-" Her small rant was cut short by the sounds of footsteps. Holding her breath she watched as the predator uncloaked himself in the middle of the room.
Miana held her breath and prayed to God he'd move on. That it was only chance he entered this room. All hopeful thoughts left as he turned and those cold metal eyes looked straight at her. He began to walk up and when he finally reached her small refuge, he clicked. Then he trilled as if amused.
"Hey! A woman needs to be able to eat in peace. Shoo! Shoo!" She waved him off and sunk deeper in her hole until she could go no further. However his arms were still able to reach as he grabbed her elbow to tug her out. "Uh... How about we just like... Not..." He growled this time as the woman began to struggle.
In a panicked attempt to get him to leave, our, not so sharpest tool in the shed, decided to scream. As loud as she could. And attract about a dozen nearby aliens. Looking out as they swarmed her small den and rude attacker, Miana suddenly felt bad. For like a second.
As soon as they charged forward, the green hunter extended his weapons and let the metal fly. The smell of burning acid on the huge stones filled Miana's nose, causing her to begin coughing. Nasty!
However, as good as he is, everyone has their limits. His stamina seemed to begin waning as more and more flooded into the room. As much as Miana wanted to continue to tell herself that she was safe in her little hole, it was time. Time to choose the lesser of two evils. And sadly her choice was losing... Horribly.
Pushing herself out of the hole and into a crouch behind him, Miana waited. Neither predator nor alien noticed her sudden movements. Silently and quickly she slipped her knives out of their hiding place in her bag.
The large predator then turned to look at her and clicked in an interesting manner. Miana simply gave him a nod in response, even though she couldn't decipher the noise- his language- to be a good or bad thing. Determined to find Lex in one piece and get out, Miana took her stance. There's a reason I'm here, a reason you're here, and a reason you came looking for me. I'm going to find me some answers. One way or another.
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Well, here it is! I know. Probably boring and such but I've been trying to go back into writing fanficiton and this seems like a good start. Tell me what ya think. If there are any errors let me know and no this is not edited by an editor just proofread a couple times. Enjoy!