A/N: I know the yautja mating rituals but I decided to do something a little different, after all it is called fan fiction.

Disclaimer: Me no own predator or aliens

Chapter 3: Meeting

"HEY LET GO OF ME!" I screamed but the creature did not release me.

I stilled in the creature's hands and just hung there.

"If you do not put me down I'm going to kill you" I said devilishly.

My captor trilled and I suspected that he was laughing at me.

"Stop laughing at me!" I yelled and he stopped and stared at me in confusion.

"What are you looking at?" I asked, still angry.

He started to make strange 'clicking' noise as if responding to my question. His clicking suddenly started to sound like words.

"What do you think I'm looking at?" he said to me, I was staring in wonder.

"You speak English?" I responded with wide eyes.

He trilled and shook his head

"No but it appears that you speak my language" he said.

"WHAT!" I exclaimed "how is that even possible?"

"I know nothing of how you are able to speak my language all I know is that you are coming with me to my home" he responded to my question.

Malkior was impressed about how this little ooman female stood her ground when she noticed that something was watching her. When he grabbed her she fought with the strength of a warrior, he never let go of her as she fought and as she stilled in his hands he trilled at her threat and stopped when he realized she knew what he was doing. He also realized that she was speaking in his native tongue telling him to let her go so he put her on the ground but did not release her arm.

"You are a great fighter, a good quality in females on my planet" he said.

"And why are you telling me this?" I asked.

"Because I have chosen you for my clan leader's daughter" he said.

I stood in shock at what I heard.

"I cannot be your clan leader's daughter, I am human and you are not" I said in response.

"I know you are ooman but you show skills that most of my kind does not learn until their first chiva" he explained. "How have you learned these skills without a master?"

"I do not know they just come naturally to me" I replied honestly.

I was unsure why this intergalactic predator wanted to take me to his leader and make me his daughter 'can they not just have another baby like humans do?' I thought but did not say anything.

"What is your mission?" I finally asked after moments of silence.

"My leader and his mate have lost their pup and he sent me and some other hunting parties to search for a suitable replacement for his daughter, the other groups returned empty handed that is when he summoned me, to come here in search of a new daughter" he explained.

"Why can your leader's mate not just have another pup?" I asked.

"She had twins and she lost her first born while exploring this back water planet and her second born to the serpents we hunt on our chivas. While the queen was giving birth the medics ran into some complications that rendered her unable to produce more pups" he explained to me.

"Paya that is a terrible loss" I said without thinking, almost in tears at what I heard.

"What, did you just say Paya?" he asked in a surprised tone.

"I suppose I did what about it?" I asked.

"Paya is the name of one of our gods, the main goddess only we yautja know of her so how is it that an ooman such as yourself knows of her?" he asked in a conflicted voice tone.

"Well I did not know that Paya was an actual goddess, I just used it because I felt that I needed to whenever I was in a dangerous situation" I said truthfully. "What is your name?"

"Oh, pardon my disrespect, I am Malkior of the Scar clan I am an honored warrior and desired mate" he answered.

"Wow, Malkior so you have a very high status in your clan" I said and he nodded.

"I bet females cannot get enough of you" she said jokingly.

"I may be a desired mate but I have yet to mate" he revealed to me.

"Oh, excuse my disrespect, I had no knowledge of this please forgive me" I apologized.

"No need to apologize, you were unaware that I have not mated yet" he reassured me.

"If you are of high status then why have you not mated? Surly you have a mate by now" I said out of curiosity.

"I was betrothed once when I was a pup but my mate-to-be was taken from me and once a yautja is betrothed they cannot be mated to anyone else" he said in a sad tone.

"Who was she and how was she taken from you?" I asked.

"I was to be mated to the first born daughter of my clan leader but the exploration on this planet took her from me and her family, that was twelve years ago and she was presumed dead" Malkior said almost crying.

"That is so sad you two must have been really close" I said, also to the point of tears.

"Actually we never met, our parents are close friends and wanted us to be mates when the time came" he revealed.

"Oh but you made it sound as if you two never left each other's side" I said, curious.

"Sei-i but even though we never met we had a strong connection like…" he started.

"Soul mates" we said at the same time.

"Do not cry Malkior all will be well" I cooed.

"Thank you…uh…I do not believe you told me your name" he said

"Oh, my apologies, I am Maya of Earth, orphaned and left for dead twelve years ago."

"You are an orphan?" Malkior said stunned.

"Yes I have been an orphan all my life, I had been adopted but a tragedy took them from me when I was twelve so here I am alive in the forest and eighteen years old" I told him.

"You are a fighter if you have lived out here for six years on your own" he replied.

"Yes I have always enjoyed the thrill of the hunt that is why I am out here and not in the city" I revealed to him.

"Spoken like a warrior" he said to himself.

"Maya" he said to get my attention.

"Yes Malkior" she answered.

"Will you accept my offer to come to my home world?" he asked.

I thought about it for a few minutes then realized that I there was nothing for me here.

"Yes" I finally said after moments of hesitation.

"Really you are going to leave your home just like that?" he asked, surprised by my answer.

"Yes Malkior there is nothing here for me and everyone I have ever loved are dead or involved with some gang that I do not to be a part of. I also feel that I do not belong on Earth and that my destiny is somewhere out there" I said pointing to the stars.

"You will fit right in with my clan… do you have any last requests before our departure?" Malkior asked.

"Yes I want to see my home one last time" I said pointing in the direction of my house.

So we set off to my home for me to take it in one final time. I only packed a few things that I was never going to leave behind.

"Maya I-I'm curious" he said.

"About what Malkior?" I asked.

"Why do you wear that garment on your head?" he asked.

"Well if you must know I have strange growths on my head and I don't want anyone to see them and think I'm some kind of freak" she explained.

'How could anyone look at you and see a freak?' Malkior thought. After Maya was done packing she walked up to Malkior and said she was ready.

"You did not pack very much" he said.

"I know and it's because I travel light" I said.

"What all are you taking?" Malkior asked.

"Some food, water, my bow and arrows, some spare clothes, and the medallion I've had since I can remember" I said.

He was a bit caught off guard by how little she wanted to take but he supposed it was for the best so they set out for his ship.