Ch. 2
Thewi having stripped down from her general hunting awu'asa and was now only in a loincloth, breast covering, thermal netting, and wrist blades. She went through the motions of meditation, by way of Aikido, a martial art she had learned years ago on a previous visit to the backwater planet. As way of achieving a harmony with one's spirit, meditation through slow motion initial attacks are done first, so that a warrior can become one with their body and spirit, to be more aware.
She started with a chest thrust to an invisible foe, following up with a front of the head strike, and a kick to a torso; all in slow motion. She allowed her body to move fluidly throughout the motions, moving into her attacks, and then backing out as if someone else was fighting her. She did a slow backflip, before side kicking forward. She had been doing this for quite a few hours now, her body barely shining with perspiration.
When her wrist computer beeped, telling her of the Ooman's completed healing, she stopped, walking with ease to the med bay, her hair swaying behind her, the ends touching below her thighs.
When she walked into the room, she saw the female pressing against the glass of the healing tube and clicked. Having already installed a breathing apparatice and translator while the ooman was unconscious, she knew the air would be suitable for the ooman to breathe, and expected very little communication barriers.
Pressing a panel beside the tube, it slid open and her mandibles clicked together as she watched the ooman watch her. Its heartrate had increased, and its body got colder, but Thewi put that off as fear. Especially since, she could smell it in the air. It was not a heavy scent like some secrete at the site of a Yautja, but it was there none the less; which caused Thewi to mutter to herself. The female had good instincts.
Thewi waited for the female to move before she began to speak, "Yeyin Ooman, m-di h'dalk. I will not harm you, nor the pup you carry." The female watched her with big doe like eyes, blinking twice when the translator kicked in.
Thewi took one step back, to give the ooman space, gesturing with her hand that she could leave the pod. The female put one hand to her stomach and the other on the edge of the pod, lifting herself up so she could step out. Thewi watched with calculating eyes as the woman pushed her hair back and straightened her shoulders. The two lifeforms then stared at each other for a moment before the human looked away slightly.
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In a southern drawl, "What are you?" Ada asked feeling almost light headed as she looked at the creature in front of her. Judging by the build, and breasts, she presumed the creature to be female.
"I am Yautja, my name is Thewi."
Ada looked her up and down, Thewi was brightly colored, with a dark red body mottled in black and pale white spots, her chest and inside her thighs were pale as well. She was built almost like a body builder, broad shoulders with ripped muscles from her neck down to her toned calves. Her exposed stomach sported an impressive eight pack. Her long hair was inky black at the ends and a steel grey at the roots, the dreads smooth and tube like, instead of braided like she first thought, Thewi's face sported a good amount of fine spikes around the crown of her high forehead and the edges of what Ada would call her cheeks. Her eyes were a bright yellow, set under a heavy brow, they shown brightly with high intelligence and calculation…and what Ada presumed to be deep thought. What astonished Ada most though was her mouth, framed by four mandible appendages, each one sporting a sharp, gleaming tusk, framing smaller fangs that sat deeper in her face. She had never seen anything like Thewi, she was lean and mean, and looked like she could crush Ada with her pinky finger.
"I am Ada, Ada Blue," the tall woman said politely, "It's nice to meet you The-w-i."
Thewi clicked in contempt, "A-da," she tested the name.
Ada nodded, "If I may ask, why am I here?"
The female Yautja squared her shoulders, "Yin'tekai, you fought well, honorably. I am giving you a new life, as your species will likely side with your dishonorable mate. You cannot go back. I am taking you in as my apprentice."
Ada paused her breathing, eyes wide, and mouth slightly agape. This was all so surreal, like a dream, the woman had to pinch herself. "All right, if I may ask, what do you mean by apprentice…and does this mean we're leaving Texas?"
Thewi trilled a little, "Ooman, you will be taught by me, the way of my people. You and your pup will be a part of the clan. However, your status depends on how far you are willing to rise in rank. Many clans do not approve of Oomans learning our ways. Mine is not one of them. We have already left your planet."
At this Ada gaped, "We…what?"
Thewi turned her back on her, as the woman had not earned her full respect, and walked out of the med bay. "Come," she commanded over her shoulder.
Frowning, at the dominant tone, and in confusion, Ada kept a hand to her swollen belly and followed. The two went down a dim hallway with engravings covering the walls on either side, depicting some of Thewi's greatest hunts and battles. At the end of the long corridor, right before it turned, was a large window that Thewi opened by pressing a panel.
Ada cautiously stepped forward and could barely believe what she was seeing; in front of her were billions, and billions of stars. In addition, about three football fields away from her was her planet. Earth. Beautiful and graceful just like the movies and books always depicted; maybe even better. She was in space, with an alien, pregnant, looking at her own planet. "If mama and daddy could see me now." She whispered to herself, absolutely besotted with the view in front of her.
Thewi watched the ooman in front of her; she was not surprised by her reaction. Oomans hardly made it this far outside of their own atmosphere, unlike Yautja who were sometimes born and raised on the Clan ships. Thewi herself raised five of her pups on the ship, while still maintaining order and trade with other clans. Her hunt brothers/ fellow Clan Leaders Bhu'ja and Than-Guan knew better than to question her decision not to retire from running the clan like most females do to whelp and raise pups. Thewi was a dominant female with lots of ambition and strong will; she had a wise, fair way of running things, and could rule with an iron fist.
"You must be hungry, come, your pup needs nourishment."
Ada followed the red female quietly, looking at the intricate walls and several doors that they passed, "Is this your ship? I've never been on a ship of any kind, not even a plane."
Thewi held her posture proudly, "It is mine."
Ada trotted a bit to keep up with her, "I'm a nurse, an ER nurse…or I was. Will I ever see home again—"
"You are very loose with your words."
They turned into a galley of sorts, where a large black table sat in the middle of a room, with an odd sort of kitchen counter space and what looked like dried meat and vegetables hanging from the ceiling. A large bowl of fruit like objects sat on the table. Ada, satisfied with her inspection of the room, climbed onto a stool like seat and placed her elbows on the table, "When I get nervous or excited sometimes I talk too much. Dean hated that. My mama always said I had the tendency to ramble at the most inconvenient situations. How can we communicate so well?"
Thewi sat a plate with a large chunk of red meat and purple fruit in front of her, "I installed a translator into your brain and I learned you language many years ago. You will still learn to speak mine properly. Eat."
Ada sat back from her plate, ridged, "You installed something in my brain? How could you!?"
Thewi ate a chunk of meat idly, her eyes unwavering from Ada's who stared at her in outrage. Giving a growl, "It was necessary. I installed a breathing apparatice as well; otherwise you would suffocate and die." She could tell the woman was upset as she saw her body temperature heated, but was unfazed, the procedure was necessary.
Ada was very disturbed that this being had already probed and prodded her without her knowing, but she could see Thewi's point, and feeling on the losing side of this potentially dangerous stare down, she looked away and began to eat quietly.
Thewi watched her for a moment more, "Tomorrow you will learn my language and writing, since you are pregnant and ooman, and you will only learn light sparing techniques. New life is precious to my people, to give life is just as important as taking it. Until your child is born, which will be by the time we reach the Clan ship, you will learn to write, speak, and how to act in society. You will learn religion, weaponry, geography, trade, and battle strategy. A sharp mind is just as powerful as any blade."
That being said, Thewi would then be silent for the rest of the evening, except for taking Ada to a shower room of sorts and showing her how to bathe there. Then directing Ada to where she would be sleeping and wishing her a fitful sleep.
As Ada laid on various furs belonging to who knows what kind of creatures, she recalled the past days previous events, how she had come from being beaten by her husband, running for her life, killing her husband, to now being under the care and tutelage of an alien warrior woman. God must have big plans for her. Feeling the weight of everything crush down on her, Ada rolled over and suddenly began to cry.
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Bhu'ja =Ghost
Than-Guan = Midnight
Ooman = Human
Thewi = Blood
Yeyin Ooman, m-di h'dalk = Brave human, no fear
Awu'asa = Armor