Chapter one: A wolf amongst sheep...
(Through the darkness of the night, lit only by a few stars seeping through the clouds above him, a young and only recently blooded yautja ran over the rooftops of an alien world...)
His breathing was paced, his footsteps were silent, but nevertheless this mighty hunter ran with great speed and grace as he perused yet another one of the fortunate oomans he'd selected to go on his trophy wall.
With nothing but the thrill of the hunt on his mind, only hearing the heavy breathing of his prey just meters below him, scurrying along the old dirt road and through the streets. Waiting for the just the right moment, he pounced landing on the oomans back and cracking his spine with the hunters heavy foot, the ooman whimpered in pain for a moment before becoming still.
Wiping the sweat off his brow Dto'rauta drew a heavy and satisfied breath, before he cleaned his kill, stripping away at the flesh till there was nothing but a clean skull and spinal cord left for his trophy wall.
"There, that oughta shut Kwei'ja's big mouth..." He grumbled through the guttural clicks that made up most of yautja dialect, along with growls, roars and body language. Kwei'ja had been Dto's rival since the blood ritual almost a cycle ago, when he'd killed his first kainde amedha, or hard-meat.
Remembering the yautja temple under the Earths snow, Dto liked to think he earned his mark, in one of the harsher environments, yautja weren't built to live in the cold, and that only made him feel more proud he'd overcame the challenge, welcoming it like a breath of fresh air.
Not bothering to wipe the ooman blood off his green patched skin, Dto turned to face the dark browned male with stripes across his back behind him, "Only one? I've killed five in the last hour." Kwei'ja clicked in amusement behind him, the skulls decorated his belt along with his favored weapon of choice, his combi-stick was fastened to his belt beside the ooman skulls.
Dto sighed annoyed, "You think of nothing else but blood Kwei..." He muttered getting up, again Kwei clicked in amusement, "Not true, I also think of females..." He ended his statement with a hearty laugh, Dto chuckled playfully punched his shoulder before walking past him, cloaking himself as navigated back through the human dwellings and back towards the direction of their ship, on the edge of a nature-reserve their ship was safely cloaked and hidden.
Taking note of the landmarks before climbing into the ships cargo hold, Dto took note of the ship being just on the border line of Nairobi national park, it was only a short walk from the ooman city known as Metropolis. They'd chosen the African country of Kenya as their destination, as there was plenty of crime and therefore plentiful prey to chose from, especially in the night where ooman activity seemed to be at its to peak.
The night also provided cover making it easier to sneak up on the oomans as well, there were impressive game wandering the natural park, Dto compensated on whether he should make room for a lion or rhino skull on his trophy wall as both creatures had charged him earlier that day.
Stopping at the ships loading dock to watch some nervous giraffe wander past, Dto drew his attention to a buzzing insect in front of his face, he'd grown bored watching the herbivores. He grabbed the flying insect in his hand, "Mosquito" He said to himself, remembering earlier how he'd observe the oomans swat the flying parasites, that's how he'd learned their name.
Opening his hand to inspect the now crushed insect Dto growled in irritation as Kwei'ja pushed past him carrying a large cats clean skull, "By Lil-ka you're at it again..." Kwei chuckled a he strode past him and into the ships hold, Dto shook his head in amusement, remembering Kwei'ja fondness for the yautja goddess of beauty, he fancies himself somewhat of a stud amongst the females but had yet to attract the interest of any of them yet.
"You should spend less time studying creatures and enjoy the hunt..." Kwei'ja added coming back down with hands on his hips, Dto'rauta sighed, "I enjoy exercising my mind more than you enjoy flexing those oversized muscles of yours." Dto said smartly chuckling, he only laughed harder as Kwei flexed only to prove Dto's point.
"I don't see whats so wrong with that..." Kwei'ja added heading back to the ship and leaving Dto to his own devices, Dto'rauta was an aspiring scientist, it was rare for a male to think beyond that of the hunt and mating and want to learn something more.
Dto had been secretly hoping he could find a test subject, not just any specimen like a lab-rat, he wanted a challenge, something to prove his intellect to the elders and gain some respect. Dto'rauta got up and strode back towards the ooman city, still under the cover of night. He wanted a ooman test subject...
(A few hours later at approximately three am in the morning...)
Still cloaked from the oomans vision, Dto scanned his surroundings with his mask. Leaning over the thick tree branch he was sitting on for a better look, Dto spied a ooman female wandering through the park, she was wearing a white lab-coat and a clipboard was in her hands.
She had short dark brown hair, pale skin and dark brown eyes, he watched with interest as she glanced around taking notes. "I've found you finally." She exclaimed reaching into a wooden box at the base of the tree Dto was sitting in.
She pulled out a small shrieking bat cupped protectively in her hands as it squeaked, he watched curiously as she used a ruler to measure its wing span, and a small set of scales to weigh the tiny creature.
Adjusting her classes she let the bat go and watched as it fluttered away into the night. Dto'rauta watched as she visited a number of other boxes before heading back to her small blue sedan parked nearby.
Dto clicked with satisfaction as he watched her leave, "I believe this specimen will do." He mused to himself jumping out of the tree and landing silently with grace on the ground, he had looked at several oomans during the week he and Kwei'ja had visited Earth again, and none so far had sparked his interest more than this ooman, Dto made up his mind, "Pauk Kwei'ja, he can look after himself." He grumbled to himself, deciding he would follow this ooman home.
It was a number of minutes before he arrived at her dwelling, Dto had been following her car home, careful he wasn't seen. Still camouflaged he stood by a large window overlooking the living room, sure enough there she was sitting on the lounge stroking a small cat, humming to herself as she combed her hair.
After observing the female for a number of minutes Dto'rauta decided to enter the home for a better look, silently walking to the front door, he used a claw to pick the lock with ease. He slowly turned the door nob, but grimaced as the door opened with a loud piercing creak, "Pauk!" He mentally cursed stepping aside back against a nearby wall as the woman looked up from her seat, "What the...?" She said puzzled looking at the open doorway as it let in warm summer air.
Dto held his breath as she stepped within inches of his camouflaged body and closed the door, that's when he noticed, "She's taken off her glasses." Dto'rauta thought relieved as some oomans noticed the
translucent effect the cloaking devices he wore gave off when seen at close range.
Shrugging the woman started to walk up the stairs unaware a yautja was watching her in the living room, that is until the small black cat trotted over and sniffed Dto's still cloaked leg. The creature puffed up its fur and hissed. Dto'rauta couldn't help it, against his better judgment he growled back instinctively, causing the creature to retreat running up the stairs and past the female, its tail tucked under its belly in fear as scurried away.
The woman jumped startled, "Meiko did you growl?" She called up after the cat, obviously getting no answer Dto held his breath again as he heard a loud thump on the door. "Now who could that be...?" She wondered tying her bath robe up tighter as she went to the door.
He quietly retreated to hide behind a lounge for better cover as the female opened the door, "Open the door!" He heard a hostile male voice call out, as the female opened the door a five foot middle aged ooman male stood frowning at her with crossed arms and a riffle resting in his grasp.
"Mira you haven't paid your rent in three months!" He said angrily, Dto watched as the female now known as Mira tremble with fear, "I..I only make minimum wage...I'll get the money Harold I swear!" She pleaded raising her arms in defense, she squeaked with fear as he grabbed her wrist, "No, not this time..." Harold leaned close to her face smirking evilly, he however didn't notice the snarling cat looking over him growling from the top of a nearby bookshelf.
It took all the decades of training to prevent Dto'rauta from intervening and risking being seen, he watched the cat with interest, felines didn't usually have loyal traits from what he observed in his travels. The cat growled some more and leaped at the mans face, mauling his neck and face and leaving multiple gashes on his neck and shoulders as well.
The man panicked and started firing in all directions, hitting both the cat and the defenseless female in the reckless gunfire. Dto felt a deep growl rise from his chest as the female known as Mira collapsed onto the floor and the man threw the brave little cat against the wall.
"Bad blood coward attacking a helpless female!" He growled angrily uncloaking himself, the man looked like he was about to soil himself seeing a seven foot alien appear in front of him growling with angry clicks, unsheathing his wrist-blades the man started to tremble uncontrollably, "What...Are...You?" He managed to choke out, Dto merely growled again before swinging his wrist blade making a clean cut across the mans stomach and watching the blood gush out onto the floor.
As the mans lifeless body fell to the floor, Dto'rauta went over to inspect the female first, "Two shots to the chest..." He growled remembering he forgot his med kit, it was too late for the woman. Dto kicked the dead mans body in blind anger, "Waste of flesh!" He shouted into the empty room, he stopped however when he heard the panting of the cat from before, heaving its chest in and out as it lay bloodily and bruised against the wall.
It didn't growl as he placed a hand on its side, "Brave little cat..." He whispered with some admiration for the animal, having tried to protect its ooman companion.
Deciding he didn't want to let the creature suffer Dto carefully put both hands on its neck and snapped the animals spine, giving the brave little creature a painless and quick death. Noticing through his mask he saw that the woman's body was already beginning to go cold, so he did what any respectful yautja would do.
Dto'rauta carefully cleaned the hide off the cat taking its skull so he could proudly display it, he then took samples of hair and nails from the woman's body, "Your death will not be in vain ooman..." He clicked closing her eyes so she looked at peace, he'd found a test subject...Of sorts...
(Sorry I'm terribly bad with yautja names, anyways what do you think so far?
If you have better idea's for yautja names I'd be happy to hear them, story will get better I promise :)
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