Chapter 1
I don't know much about my past. My earth mother told me that I was not of this world. I could tell by the way I looked and the way she looked. I had four mandibles with tusks on each end. I seemed to be larger then the average human, even when I was young I was about as tall as an adolescent human. My mother didn't believe in violence and tried to keep me as far away from it as I could, but I couldn't help it. It was like my mind said no, but my body did it any way. It was like I had to fight. My mother said that my father died in some war around the time she took me in. She really didn't like talking about his death that much.
I was still young when it happened. I sometimes felt alone because I was the only one of my kind. Mom helped me learn English and I learned fairly quickly. My earth bound name was Ten-tau-to; it meant gifted one in some strange language my mother studied growing up. But one night, I looked out my window and saw a shooting star. "Mom look," I cried, "A shooting star."
My mother came over and placed her hand on my shoulder. "Make a wish. It might come true," she said as she went back to her work. I closed my eyes and thought real hard, I wish there were others like me. I didn't believe that wishes could be granted just like that, but it was worth a shot.
The next few days were fairly normal, for an alien anyway. My mother's property was very large so I was free to roam around without scaring the neighbors. Sometimes in the dead of night I would sneak out and visit the town. It was definitely a lot different then home. I saw a newspaper on the streets and picked it up to read. The headline caught my attention. 'WE ARE NOT ALONE!!!' is what it said. It had a large picture of a crater with some sort of space ship from sci-fi movies on the bottom. My wish! I thought. I took the paper home with me to show mom. I could just hope I wasn't in any trouble.
When I came home it was almost dawn. Mom was outside, pacing herself on the porch. When she saw me coming she ran to me. "Where were you!?!?" She cried.
I held up the newspaper and said, "I went to town. I found a paper and read the first article!" My mother snatched the paper and read. Her eyes widened and she looked up at me. It was like she was getting terrible flashbacks or something.
"Ten-tau-to, come inside. I think you should know something about your kind," She said as she made the hand motion to come with her.
"I know, I'm not from earth," I whined as I followed. Mom sat down on a chair and told me to sit next to her. It not like I didn't know what she was going to say, 'Ten-tau-to, you're an alien form another world. Bla bla bla bla bla.'
"Ten-tau-to, I know you know you're an alien. But it the kind of alien you are that you should know. The government calls your kind 'Predators.' The reason why I tried to keep you away from fighting and things of that sort was because the Predators were born hunters. Your father," she paused. I knew what she was going to say. She took a deep breath and continued, "Your father was killed by one of the Predators that was in the jungles of South America. I don't know when he died or how long he lasted, I just know that one man from your fathers team lived. Your race of aliens are bloodthirsty hunters and I believe that ship is one of theirs. I think they might be coming to take you with them and out of my life." She finished.
I couldn't believe it. I was a Predator, a bloodthirsty hunter. All the times I thought she was being overprotective; she was protecting me from the truth. And now others like me are going to take me away. "This can't be true. Please tell me it's not true," I said. She began to cry a little.
"It's true. I'm sorry if it's a shock to you but it's true." She got up and walked up stairs to her room.
I went outside and walked into the woods on my mother's property. I climbed up one of the tall trees and sat on one of the branches. As I looked at the house I could a little black dot. It looked as if it was pointing to the house. I couldn't tell from the distance. Then more dots appeared. As they got closer to my house they disappeared, as if they were just in my imagination. I didn't want to take any chances. I quickly climbed down the tree and ran home to some unwanted guests.
