Story by Vakrian. IMPORTANT note: The characters Nina, Danny, Uzkielle and Osh'ikeille belong to Werewolfbleu. I do NOT own any of them and do not represent the same story lines with any of bleus work. (At least with this story.)

Prologue: A heavy price paid.

Location unknown..

Darkness conquers the world as the winds sway silently.

Within a creak of mud and rock a temple lay in ruins above an overpass, on the ground a yautja stumbles forward from around a large boulder. And props herself up with a breathy "c'jit.." Leaving a fluorescent green smeared handprint as she stabilises herself. To no avail.. She staggers forward breathing laboured and with a slight high pitched whooping as she holds her chest.. She is covered in green blood from multiple lacerations and abrasions the worst through her left hand and chest just below her armoured breasts which has two large serrated exit wounds. Blood seeping from her back and front leaving splodges of blood on the mud her biomask heavily damaged, destroyed on the right the whole temple and eye slit missing… The biomask fizzles and static fills her left eye but every now and then she sees her ship just 200 metres away beyond the trees. Ripping the mask off and dropping it to the ground with several clicks ghardeh tries to walk further,

She doesn't make it and collapses down on one her knees holding her chest with a heaved "pauk" she looks down at her hands covered in green she stands once more with a prolonged growl but the action is too much for her to handle then falls forward her leaving an explosion of mud and a heavy thud, heartbeat booming in her ears.

She claws the mud then stops she taps several buttons on her left panel.. Her red vision begins to darken around the edges of her view.

Her purple irises look towards where the ship is. Then hearing her heart beat slow she lets out a weathered breath..

Blowing into the mud.. Her grip softens. She begins to accepts her fate. She has killed the last of the 4 sovereign pauk's but has cost her greatly her work was done Ghardeh set out and completed her final mission she lays still, closing her eyes. And with it the last of her strength and life beginning to wane. Fading along with her pulse…

From the beginning you will know the end…

Two weeks prior…

Chapter one.

Final departure.

Location: On maia c-23-4.

Ghardehs home planet.

Ghardeh takes a step off the Lar'ja N'ritja greeted by the pink skies cool but tacky air and the city in the distance of Skri'jash'n you can see the tips of the buildings over the giant gates of the promenade.

She takes a deep breath and turns to see Nina, Danny and the twins. Stood just off the ships ramp.

She walks up to Nina who is smiling at her but with a glint of sadness in her eyes. "I guess this is goodbye Ghardeh." she says "indeed, this is where we part ways.." "Good luck with your future endeavours." Nina says. "And drop us a holo call once in a while." Ghardeh nods and Nina holds out her arms and hugs her. "It's been a pleasure these past few months to hunt by your side, i will miss.. Your company and.. Our conversations.." Ghardeh says lowered to Nina's height she breaks off nods at Nina then and looks at Danny stepping up to him and crouching, he is rubbing his eyes sniffing. "Do you have to go sky?" He asks shakingly trying to stop his tears she puts a thumb over his wet cheek "I'm afraid so little sprout."

"My attention is needed here.. This maybe the end of the road here for us but our friendship reaches as far as the galaxy.." "Like the guardians of the galaxy!" He smiles he hugs her around her neck and she stands up holding him tight.. "Ghardeh.." He says. "Yes?" He pulls away then smiles.. "Show me your moves!"

She laughs and sets him down.

"I've shown you some new moves.. And you learned admirably, now It's up to you to utilise those skills later in life." He nods "i will, I'll never forget" She turns with a nod and walks up to the brothers.

"You have both shown me a kindness i won't soon forget.. My only regret is not meeting you both sooner.. And not giving you a swift kick to your.. Over Inflated ego… Uzkielle.." She says with a tinge of laughter he rumbles a growl then She puts a hand to her chest and bows her head.. They do the same silent.. She extends an arm out to Uzkielle and gently shakes his left shoulder. "Goodbye uzkielle.." He nods and holds her left shoulder and returns the gesture "n'dhi-ja.." He says quietly she let's go as he does, then does the same to Osh'ikeille. "Farewell Osh'ikeille.." He holds her shoulder and nods "n'dhi-ja Ghardeh.." Then they both let go. She looks at Nina and Danny "whatever you do in the future. Keep them safe.." Osh and Uz both bash their chests twice in unison. With several clicks, It was a deep respect and they enjoyed her company. She gives the family one last look then as she walks away she gives them a nod farewell.. They all nod back then the family walk onto the ramp then as it closes,

The ship begins to take off as Ghardeh enters the city gates.

Then jumps from planet side with a thunderous thoom..

The gates are old and runes and glyphs dot the white stone 'welcome to Skri'jash'n' she makes her way through the city she left her weapons on the brothers ship as a gift. She no longer needs them and finally plans on retirement. All her life she has hunted bad bloods or troublesome game.

Now she feels ready to set it all down. Several yautja notice her and nod she curtly nods back. Ghardeh is well known in this city and was one of the guardians charged with protecting the city during the scourge. A long five year battle with separatist yautja claiming that the land was their right and threatened to level the place, it didn't work and ghardeh was one of a few survivors of the onslaught. She fought the elder and best him in honourable combat but refused the rights of being the new leader. It became the mantle of a lesser yautja.. But she did not care, she was never into yautja politics. Didn't have time for it in her life she trusted only in the hunt and the strength of your blade hand and nothing has changed that.

Ghardeh walks past the white weathered buildings that house stores and other conveniences. Hearing the bustle and hum of thousands of yautja talking bartering.. Laughing.. She makes her way over a white bridge when she is stopped by a voice her view slits in her mask clear "Ghardeh.. You cannot just walk through the city without saying greetings.." The voice was high but raspy.. She knew this voice.. And sounded drunk the cjit..Again..

"And you cannot just allow me to walk in peace and dog my footsteps." She turns to see a yautja with an orange garb pinned at the shoulders. His face is spiked with a smooth frill on his forehead. His eyes a yellow with a ring of red.

"Riz'ghah." she adds he clicks.. "Have you been drinking that c'nlip again? It addles your brain and makes even the most respectable yautja a rambling pauk." Ghardeh advises turning to him fully, he was anything but respectable and always thought of himself as payas gift because his father is the elder of the city. The slippery cjit.. "M-di…"

Her brows raise detecting his lie.

"Sei-i.. But what does it matter..?" He sways. Her frown descends.. "Because last time you… You. Tried to claim that we had.. Mated causing every yautja in the city to ask me what was i thinking making a ridicule of myself do you have any idea the complications that caused to not only me but Tenjra? Even your father was ready to have my head on a wall you krit.." he snorts..

"Preposterous.. I was merely.. Oh pauk.. No use.." She shakes her head "m-di.. Go home talk to me when you are not so clouded…"

"Why?" He says "can't handle a strong yautja like meeee?" He lets out a laugh holding out his arms. She shakes her head. "Goodbye Riz.." "No wait i haven't finished!" he shouts he grabs her arm but she yanks it forward and holds him high do NOT test my patience Riz.. For i have none to spare.. Now time for some clarity! " she throws him into the water below the bridge "pauk'n c'jit…" Ghardeh snarls she looks to see several yautja staring in amusement then watches Riz splash around trying to find purchase, she takes a deep breath and marches off curling her fists so help him if he tries again.. As she walks off she hears sploshing and garbled nonsense she has had just about enough of his charades.. And it's been 5 cycles.. She only puts up with it because he is the elder's son but one day she feels a beating will sway his ludicrous blatherings into something useful to society.. Who is she kidding.. He has always been a thorn in her side but he's harmless.. Mostly.. Only thing he seems to chip away at is her sanity. She makes her way to the south side and sees a shuttle.. She enters it and several glyphs flash in blue she heads to the tribe. And presses a glyph.

She can't wait to see her children all growing up so fast. She missed them all so much, her mission took longer than expected when she ran into the issue of a human boy and yautja being taken away.. She remembers throwing her glaive at a xenomorph and yanking it out seeing Danny get picked up.. She had a feeling something was off even though they hadn't met. Then Osh'ikeille being incapacitated by emp flechettes two bad bloods carried him away while a huge battle ensued she saw a white flash as a beam of energy hit the giant flying abomination sending out a piercing scream. Then following the badbloods to the ship further in towards the forest.

She blinks almost like she was there again.. The smells the sounds.. She huffs and thinks of Tenjra.. He was understanding when Ghardeh told him she would be late the clan has a large amount of respect for humans and knew he wouldn't mind he would have loved to see Nina and Danny.. A smile creeps up on her face they would have been treated like royalty but they had to go.. Their lives headed elsewhere and with purpose. She looks as the city fades and clouds of pink fly past she sinks into the seat and closes her eyes.. A dream slowly takes shape a memory..

"Ghardeh wake up!" She opens one eye to see Danny crouched beside her.. "Jeez sky you have been sleeping for ages!" She moves her head up, "apologies.." She gets up and Danny stands up "what's on the to do list today?" She rubs her neck.. "Ship check.." His eyes widen "we are exploring the ship more?!" "Not without your mask.. Go on.." She puts a hand on his shoulders as he jumps up and down and scoots to the table picks up his helmet then puts it on. As Uzkielle walks past Danny makes suction noises.. "Uzkielle…" He stops and looks at Danny.. "I AM your father! Come over to the dark side.." Ghardeh laughs as Uzkielles mandibles open and close in a confused motion..

Danny bursts out laughing "Danny! Stop confusing the big dummy!" Nina shouts from around the corner.. "Buuut Neens! It always works!"

"Come on sprout.." Uzkielle shakes his head.. "Zabin…" Danny turns sharply. "Did you just call me ZABIN?" He snorts and holds Danny's gaze. "Well you are a big fat ogre on a spit stick!" He takes off his mask and blows the biggest raspberry spitting out his mouth..Uzkielle starts forward with a growl. "NOO UZ I WAS PLAYING!" he runs down the corridor as Ghardeh watches Uzkielle march walk towards Danny growling, Danny turns the corner and face plants into Osh'ikeille falling on his ass, who was coming around the corner "Krud sorry Osh! Emergency!" Danny falls to the floor and scoots under his legs he gets up and runs just as uzkielle rounds the corner with a clenched fist Danny runs into the kehrite and hides behind the stands and fits in a small alcove holding his breath he hears the doors open.. Ghardeh walks in as uzkielle does so and activates his cloak. Ghardeh hums a laugh. "Danny.. Its Ghardeh.." Uz has gone to the fuel lines she lies."

He comes out of hiding with a smile and walks up to her cheese and rice Uz i- he shouts in a laugh as Uzkielle picks him up with a roar and tickles his front "NOOOO YOU TRICKED MEEEE! ST-OOOP I'M SS-SSORRY!" he cries with laughter Uzkielle lets him go and walks off with a laugh Ghardeh looks at Danny.. He frowns at her "oh I'll get you back sky.. You just wait." He makes the most cheeky.. No.. Devious smile.. "Wonderful.. I'm sure your prank with the toilet will get me one last time." She says with a laugh.. "Shall we get started before we.. Have anymore ideas.. With Uz?"

He laughs "he is so easy to wind up. Neens keeps telling me to be careful."

"You should.. Next time he might get his own back.. Have you ever seen a m-jel hij'e? It's a flesh eating bug he might be inclined to.. Put some in your berth…"

His eyes widen. "Uz wouldn't do that.. Would he?" She lowers to his level. "Would you put it past him?" But she snorts and laughs "I'm joking.. I detected a small trace of fear there Danny.. Of course he wouldn't.. Now let's go!" With a smile he runs out of the kehrite then left putting his mask on.

A beeping disturbs her sleep she wakes up and notices the shuttle is nearing its destination. The shuttle descends and a small tribal yautja village can be seen. Just beyond the tundra.

It lands on a pad then opens the door upward she gets out and the door closes then begins to ascend leaving her on the ramp. She makes her way down then follows the road towards the smoke. She can already taste the smoky air. "Final departure.." She says to herself.

Ghardeh walks on towards the smoke the village always had fires going mounted with meat or near tanning racks.

She looks at her gauntlet and turns off her biomask. And takes it off.

Her forehead is white around the bony structure with orange gradient towards her boney frills on the edges. She has speckles of black on each of the six small bumps that makes her forehead. Her eyes are purple with black rings around her sockets, her eye colour is rare for yautja but a small defect in her genes caused them to turn from blue at a young age to purple.

Her orange patterns extends her from her back and ends in tiger-like strikes on the sides of her legs and arms. With mottled black and deep rust coloured specks across her hands and feet and down the outside of her arms.. Her skin like most yautja is scaly and thick but she is much larger and stronger than male yautja. She stands a full head over Uzkielle and Osh'ikeille. And they were at least 7ft.

She finally enters the village. But something feels.. Off..

"D'larne…?" She calls "Hih'ghan..?"

No one was here.. She has a slight worry settling into the pit of her stomach.. It's quiet.. The village is never quiet..

She storms over to the centre and the sight almost makes her crumble. Piles of yautja bodies mangled and shredded.

"No.." Nnnn.. She runs to her home "Tenjra!" She shouts, the door to their home closed she tries to open the door her mind racing. "Pauk'n open!" She smashes through the door and stumbles.. Her face turns and she lets out a cry.

What remained of her home was Tenjra laying on the ground with a glaive sticking from his chest. But worst of all was he children.. Piled together their heads having been smashed by the stove rocks..

She curls up into the wall. Beside the door and hysterically cries out.

A noise comes from Tenjra.. A gargled faint noise she scrambles over and his eyes find hers.

"Gha-.." he manages she holds the glaive and she feels his hand on hers. "m-d.."

He looks into her eyes..

And tries to speak.. "T… The.. Pur…. Ha… B...beg…" he coughs out..

"Tell me.. What happened.. " She says holding his head..

She goes to remove the glaive but he tightens his grip. And leans his head up.. "The… Purge...haaas… begun…" He roars out as she removes the glaive and green blood slowly seeps onto his chest and over him.. She sets it down. "What purge?"

He evens out his breaths .. As she begins to take out her medical kit from her shoulder.

She uses a clear liquid on his chest and he growls as his breathing heaves.. She takes the gritty blue salve and rubs it on his chest and he squirms with a roar..

"Our.. Children have been murdered." Ghardeh says shaking with grief.. She claws into the concrete like ground closing her eyes trying to stay collected…

Tenjra looks and then towards Ghardeh.. The salve immediately doing its work.. "They were unlike us Ghardeh.. They were abominations.. Four of them… I tried how i tried.. But they were too much… Even for me…" Ghardeh looks at him with a sharp glance. "Why didn't you call me? I would have come straight back you know that!" he shakes his head "there was no time… No time… I did the best i could but… When one of them entered the house i…"

She dares not look at the corpses piled together. She stowed her anger.. And stands.. "What are you going to do?" She looks at him her eyes blazing a fiery purple.

"first I'm burying the dead. I'll deal with my emotions later.."

He gets up shakily but her clawed hand holds him in place "M-di.. I'll do this alone.. Rest and heal.. "

She slowly approaches her children's corpses and places them outside her whole body shakes and vibrates violently.. If yautja could cry like humans she would be flooding the village.. Every member of the clan dead. Apart from Tenjra who was teetering on death.. It was a message. Why had they not killed him? Ghardeh had many enemies but none would ever go so far as to attack her whole clan. They would realise that by the last hour of the next day they would all be killed by her alone..

This was something new.. This 'purge' that Tenjra said about..

She will see the elder about this..

Every memory a painful shard as she begins to bury the clan.. As nightfall falls in she finishes the last burial and tenjra walks up behind her. As she silently preys for the god of the long sleep to allow them all to pass over. She flinches as he touches her shoulder with a deep inhale.

Then holds him in a long embrace..

"Jehdin.. What will you do..?" he asks in a wheezing breath.. She closes her eyes he feels her anger and sorrow pulsing through her.. He feels the same.. But is now more worried for her sake. He has seen what these monsters can do.. The memory will haunt him till death..

She pulls away her eyes glowing in the dark night. She meets his light blue orbs. "Do what i do best..

I'm going to hunt them down and carve our clan mark into their chests.. Every pauk'n one of them.. What they have done here i will cause twenty fold.. Every breath they take while on this planet is going to be their countdown to the death song." he nods there is absolutely no use trying to talk her out of it. She will come down on them like the end times and there is nothing tejra can do to prevent it.

She pulls away wheres the ship…

He shifts his head towards the house. Still cloaked under the chamber.. Good.. She takes her leave and storms towards the house.

She pulls open the hidden double trap door under their berth. And follows the steps down she sees the lights flicker on as it reveals the distorted cloak of the small ship.

She taps on her gauntlet and it decloaks. Tenjra walks up behind her.

"I'm going with you.."

"M-di… I'm doing this alone.."

"this is madne…"

"DON'T ARGUE WITH ME.. Tenjra!" she roars slamming a fist next to his head into the concrete wall.. It crumbles. "We have lost too much already.. And I'll be damned if i lose you too.. I need you to stay please.." She says slowly lowering her volume and hostility. "You are in no condition to fight.." he takes a step back with several clicks.. "Go.." He says.. Not meeting her gaze.

She walks up the ramp

The ship is alot smaller than the Lar'ja N'ritja.. But the technology is newer. She calls it the Tarei'hsan or the scorpion, It is any wonder you thought they would live in the city but Ghardeh wanted to be away from technology. Most clans prefer clad housing but her clan preferred good old fashioned pitch and thatch. Wood and resin.

Her house they insisted was made of a resin as it showed exactly who the 'boss' was around these parts and everyone was none the wiser that a war bird lay nestled below just behind the residence. She enters the ship and the lighting slits along the walls sense her presence and slowly glow to full brightness the thin mist swirls around the corridors. She walks down the corridor and enters a room to the right. 4 sets of awu'asa or armour stood on several stands she takes off her hunting armour and looks at her battle armour. Its black with a full chest plate with bladed shoulders.

There are several marks on the middle of the armour. Which translates to 'Black angel'

And the second set translates to 'blade dancer'

She replaces her armour donning the full set her legs cover from toe to knee with bladed combat armour with bladed sandals the armour does not have the metal mesh. She takes the black helmet and stares into the red eye slits then holds it under one arm.

She walks across the corridor into the armoury.. On the middle shelf is a rare yautja blade similar to a Japanese katana but serrated on the other side of the blade. It's handle made from a white tusk of a yautja hound.

And the black blade made from duranium. A series of yautja words adorn the blade just above the hilt. Which translates to:

'I belong to the warrior in whom the old ways have joined the new.'

She takes the sheathed weapon and slots it across her back..

She takes off her wrist blades and swaps it for a black gauntlet housing a bulkier set then switches the left with a black satcom that glows red with glyphs along the panel which houses another pair of wrist blades. Both sets have a special set of elbow blades that extend should she need them. Ghardeh used her bomb to help the family during the mothership attack. And missed the extra weight on her arm. She fits on her caster and another device to her right shoulder. An artillery pack filled with missiles.. Her mask bleeps accepting the new ordnance and after taking a smart disk along with a set of three small disks that house d'lex blades she walks to the cockpit of the ship passing the headroom which has many skulls of yautja xenomorph and several weapons are held in place showing what was used for the kill. Other alien game skulls sit alongside the others and not a single human skull. Perhaps a first for a yautja?

She presses several yellow runes on the central console. The engines give a small heightening whirr as they fire up she sits in the chair and presses a button on the right panel. A slatted shutter blocking the view in front lowers with a clat clat clat. Then she sees the lighting of the small landing area. She presses a button on the left and the top of the hangar opens causing dirt dust and debris to fall onto and around the ship. A flashing rune with a bar fills then flashes with a beeping.

Shield 100%

Another rune shows several weapons being loaded and also flash a rune 'disruptors and ordnance ready. '

The winged engines rotate downward to give the ship a jolt upward and as the hangar closes Tenjra walks out of their damaged home to see the ship hovering above.. He looks to her eyes and she nods the ship kicking up dust. He nods back then watches as the ship ascends turning around then with a thunderous pooom accelerates away with a flash of the afterburners blue trail..

Tenjra holds his chest and crouches down.. "And so it begins…"

Author note:

Hello people of FF! So this story here has been kept locked away in a secret vault for several months, this story also uses several characters from Werewolfbleu's stories "Can i keep him?" and "Look Nina an alien!" Bleu has given me permission to use her awesome characters. To Which Ghardeh was slowly created. This was my first story that i have written in over 7 years. So i am quite rusty at least at the time of writng this particular story. If theres a plethora of mistakes i apologise. This story is in fact part of a trilogy and i am excited to finally show them to you guys and girls. Stay awesome everyone. Feel free to leave a review, I'll take any criticism you have it will help me greatly.

Yautja words. (Please note the following words may or may not be cannon to yautja lore for entertainment purposes only)

Ghardeh - Ghar-di-ah (pronunciation)

N'dhi'ja- Farewell.

Mei'jadhi- sister.

C'jit- Sh^t.

Pauk- F^ck.

Zabin- insect.

Zazin- oneself.

Jehdin- one.

Krit- Idiot/moron ( non-cannon my own word)

Sei-i- Yes.

M-di- No.

Hult'ah- Guard/ sentry

Tarei'hasan- Scorpion.

Lar'ja- Night.

N'ritja- Dance.

Dak'te- wristblade.

Ic'jit- Dishonoured.