Disclaimer: I do not own Predator. Fox does and the person who created them to start with. I will try to be as original as possible but in this day and age that will be hard. I also have some reasons to believe in the one sub-consciousness theory. So don't flame me if my story resembles yours.
The blaring alarm pierced through the haze of sleep that still had a hold on her mind. Shay moaned and rubbed her eyes. The tone her alarm was playing was a happy marching tune. Wait. That alarm was her ten minute warning alarm. Crap! She flung the sheets off her self and dashed across the room to her wardrobe. She had ten minutes to get dressed, eat and get to her temporary job. She normally worked at an art studio but work had stopped there due to constructions. Now she worked part time at a convenient store till one of their full time workers came back from maternity leave. Well she would skip breakfast this morning. Throwing on her work clothes she grabbed a bagel from her counter and raced out the door. She arrived at the convenient store with only two minutes to spare before she had to clock in. That day at work was just like every other day. Except at the end of my shift my manager called me into his office.
"Shay, I have news." He started out, "Mary is returning from her maternity leave tomorrow so we have no need for you to work here any more. But thank you for filling in for her."
So I'm being laid off. How nice of them. Shay thought bitterly. But this was only supposed to be a temporary job. Mary had come back early from her leave after her pregnancy and now Shay was out of a job. She smiled and thanked her manger for letting her fill in for Mary. Then she left and drove back to her apartment. She was in a bad mood; Mary could have given them a little advance warning so Shay could have been prepared for the lay off. She huffed and tossed her keys into the bowl on her counter. She sat on her ratty couch and thought for a moment. Picking up her phone she called her friend Susan.
"Hey Shay what's up?" Susan said when she picked up the phone.
"Nothing much just that Mary is coming back to work tomorrow and now I have no job."
"That is the pits!"
"Ya, tell me about it."
"Hey tell you what, how bout we go to dinner somewhere tonight, my treat." Suzan said trying to cheer her friend up.
"Well since your paying then I would love to go," Shay said.
"Good where would you like to go?" She asked
"How about Pizza Hut?"
"The Pizza house with the Red roof! Meet you at seven!"
"Okay see you there!" Shay hung up the phone. Looking at the clock beside her she saw it was 5:30. She had an hour to get ready before she walked to the Pizza Hut down the street.
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On a roof top near Shay's apartment
He watched his target as she moved around her living complex. What was she thinking about, he wondered. He thought back to the transmission he had gotten earlier.
"Did you receive my last transmission?" a holographic figure asked.
"Yes, and I shall be able to carry out your request in one earth moon cycle. I shall contact you when I have what you want. Are you still sure this is sanctioned by the Counsel?" He had asked.
"Yes it is sanctioned by the Counsel." The figure had answered. "If there is any trouble collecting the specimen then I shall pay you extra. Just make sure it isn't damaged, understood? I want the specimen delivered to me by the end of one of Earth's moon cycles."
"Yes, of course. Till' the cycle ends, over and out."
Bringing his mind back to the present he stalked his target as she left her living complex and followed her as she walked down the streets. She entered a building that had a red roof. Settling his large figure down on a roof he waited for his target to reappear.
