The Hunter's Mark – Chapter 2

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Author's Note: First I would like to apologize for misspelling Lex in the last chapter. All I can say for my self is that I like it spelled with two x's. Second, I would like to say that I am trying to set up a set schedule for updating. I am hoping for every two weeks but I will try to make sure it is not much longer than that. Third, I'd like to say thank you for the review and favorite. -Carmyn

Chapter 2

Elders POV

Turning to the nearest of my men.

"Daikar, have them taken aboard and treated. Also, Have the medic implant a translator in the female. I have things to attend to before we rendezvous with the other council member ships."

"But Elder Marr, we should leave her behind, she is ooman, she is unworthy, and she is of an inferior species. She's…"

"DAIKAR! She is a warrior, A fully blooded warrior. WHO ARE YOU TO SAY WHAT SHE IS AND IS NOT? HOW MANY HUNTS HAVE YOU PARTICIPATED IN?"

"None Elder."

"She and Scar have killed a hard meat Queen! I 'll not listen to a young unbloodied whelp, with no hunts tell me who is worthy and who is not. Now see to it my orders are obeyed."

With that Daikar and the others loaded them into the ship.

I walked through the corridors automatically, deep in thought. my mind racing replaying the scenes from the surface of the human planet. I must admit I was not expecting this. My thought processes are so overwhelmed that I didn't really see any of my trip through the ship. I was in my chambers sinking into my favorite chair before I realized it.

I worry that the future of my nephew has just gotten infinitely more complex. From what I know I should be happy for him. He has found a mate even though neither him nor the female know it yet. This is not good. This has not happened in a long time.

Most for the generations now don't know of this history. Our current leader of the Elder Council has seen to that.

The way M'Cek runs the council so much of our heritage has been lost. Over the centuries, I have tried to keep records of most of proud culture. So, that it does not wind up lost to time. It is one of the reasons I joined the council. There are very few on the council that remember the old ways. All the ones that did not fall in line with M'Cek 's way of thinking have been killed in battle with the Kiande Amedha, ostracized as bad bloods, or hiding their feelings like me.

It's a shame what he has reduced us to. Our race was once strong and eclectic. We had cities and an empire. We had the ultimate in technology, science, medicine, art, and literature. We had so much but now, 200 years later under M'Cek, we are reduced to a few hundred warrior ships. All this lost to his obsession with the hard meats. Yes, I believe that the hunt is important, but not for the reasons M'Cek and his supporters have cultivated are youth to believe. They believe the only purpose of the hunt is for trophy and status. but the only reason for a trophy and status is to attract a mate.

We have more unmated Yautja now than ever before, and I believe it is because of M'Cek 's views on species mixing. If things continue like this, we will be extinct in but a few short centuries.

I remember when M'Cek first voiced his views on it. It was a few months after M'Cek took over as head of the council. He, my elder brother wolf, and my cousin Teka had just finished their 20th hunt.

During their hunt the encounter a human warrior named Wyatt Earp. He had assisted in their hunt. I don't have all the details of what happened but from what I remember wolf telling me. Teka had given the mark to Wyatt and it had glowed and they mated. Wolf told me that M'Cek was very upset at tis and convened a special meeting of the council to deem Wyatt unfit to mate Teka because he was human. I don't know much about what happen after that council meeting. Only that the following night Wolf came to me with his infant pup and asked me to raised him. Wolf said the M'Cek had Teka, Wyatt, and himself declared bad blood and they had to leave the ship. That was many years ago, And I have watched over Scar in his stead. Now, Scar faces a similar situation.

Maybe it is time I tried to contact my brother. His son is sure to have need of his guidance.

I need to also contact any allies, I have within the council. It is time things changed. I can only hope they change in Scar's favor.

GPOV- In the Med bay

"Elder Marr, wants them healed and he said for you to implant a translator in the female." Daikar sneered to the medic.

"We will take it from here" the lead medic replied as Daikar stormed from the med bay.

"That unbloodied whelp will never get to his first hunt with attitude like that." The lead remarked to his team as they moved their patients to medical beds. Every one of them made so form of noise to consent. The team had no sooner got Scar loaded on to the medical bed, when a low droning alarm pierced the air. For a moment, every one froze, and then the med bay was a flurry of activity as all the medics knew that alarm well.

"Place the female in a rejuvenation tube quickly. We must operate to save him." The lead medic yelled to his two of his team. He calls for assistance and a containment vessel. Through the log procedure, if anyone had been watching the human female they would have noticed that every time Scar's vitals dropped hers' doubled.