A/N: Luekr-ke is turning to be a bit of a brat! Yikes! Anyway, this story is starting to take on a life of its own and is starting write itself. But I'm really glad you really like the stories, makes me very happy! Thank you for the reviews and feedback! Sorry, no new drawing tonight.

Disclaimer: I don't own AvP, wish I did though… that would be awesome… would've made them an all male race, might as well right?

Chapter 4

This would be the forth day Sahara would be reliving the movie E.T. and so far, Luekr-ke was proving herself to be a bit of a brat. Though, once Luekr-ke decided she wanted to know why humans don't put metal in microwaves, Sahara was ready to send her to a government lab! Fortunately, she was able to get the spoon out of the microwave before it blew up and then she screamed all Hell at Luekr-ke. Luekr-ke decided that a female's fury was enough reason not to put metals in the microwave.

Before that, Luekr-ke was trying to use a knife to take apart the toaster to see how human technology worked- again, it was for the Grace of God that Sahara walked into the kitchen. Sahara couldn't help but wonder how much of it was child curiosity and how much of it was just being a brat. She decided she didn't want kids, Luekr-ke would be enough for five kids. Oh yes, and Luekr-ke figured out how the heater worked so the ranch house was a constant 90 degrees or more, and summer was on its way and so was the bill.

"Just, please! Don't touch anything!" Sahara pleaded as she guided Luekr-ke away from the stove. "I still haven't forgiven you for the microwave!"

Luekr-ke needed something to do, maybe she should head over to the nearest Walmart or Target and buy some Legos? Or maybe k'Nex? Mmm… that would mean leaving the house… can Luekr-ke, or more important: the house, survive her absence for half an hour? Then she saw that Luekr-ke was gone, she panicked as she ran into the living room and saw Luekr-ke's attention glued to the TV as it was on Animal Planet. Sahara considered this for a moment- this may be a God send as she watched Luekr-ke sink into the couch as her brain slowly left her body.

She walked behind the couch and leaned her upper half onto the cushions, "Oooh… big cats! I like big cats." she said softly. Luekr-ke trilled, not taking her eyes off the TV. She looked at the clock, it was five after three, so the show must have just started. If she could go and get back before the show ended, her home might still be intact. She quietly walked out the front door and ran for the SUV.

She sighed with relief as she turned the SUV on and backed out of the drive way. She turned the radio on, expecting music only to have the news alert instead.

Three more murders have been sighted in the preserve! Three adult males were found hanging twenty feet above the ground, completely skinned, one of them decapitated.

Sahara winced "Jeez!"

Detective Jose, do you think this may have been a group that killed these three men? The reporter asked.

As of this time, we are not sure.

How can you not be sure? Surely, one person could not have hung three adult males twenty feet off the ground!

"My name is not Surely" Sahara chuckled to herself.

We have our suspicions that it might be a group effort, but for the time being, we don't have all the evidence, so please, let us do our jobs! Detective Jose's voice was starting to rise. Suddenly the station switched from its news report back to the disc jockeys.

Wow! Three bodies hanging twenty feet in the trees! the female disc jockey commented with her obnoxious air headed voice.

Sounds like something out of Friday the Thirteenth. the young male jockey laughed, he didn't sound that much more intelligent. These jockeys were notorious for having their sentences go up on a period, so everything they said sounded like a question. They played good music though.

Sahara pulled into the Walmart parking lot before the jockeys on the radio starting proving how little intelligence they had. Sahara couldn't stop thinking about the murders and the explosion. She started to wonder if they had anything to do with Luekr-ke… it made sense, right? Explosion in the preserve, little alien girl shows up, murders start happening after that. She started to wonder if the one who was killing people was also trying to look for Luekr-ke? She shuddered, the idea of the murderer being led to her home because of the alien brat did not sit well with her. She had a common shot gun locked up under her bed. She wasn't much of a shooter, but she was good enough to protect her home at least, if nothing else to scare the shit out of some home invader. Suddenly, ADT was starting look good, why not? Cops were everywhere, right? When her home security alarm went off, they'll be there before you could scream bloody murder! The only reason she never got one in the first place was it was pretty expensive for her budget. Of course, if it were an alien killing people and looking for Luekr-ke, she can't imagine how much protection an alarm system or the cops are going to provide.

Sahara shook her head as she walked into the store, smiling and nodding to kindly old customer greeter. She headed over to the toy's section and started going over the legos and k'Nex. She took five of the biggest boxes of k'Nex she could find and a toy box to dump the k'Nex in.

"Sahara!" Sahara jumped when she heard her name called. She turned to find a tall woman with a dark complexion and huge smile on her narrow face.

"Mandy! Oh my goodness, what's up!" Sahara held out her arms.

"I could ask the same thing! You haven't returned my phone call yet and why are you buying a bunch of k'Nex? Is there something you would like to tell me?" Mandy eyed her suspiciously.

Yes, I have a little alien girl living with me, "What? Oh no, things have been kinda busy when I got back, I received a lot of orders while I was camping. As for the k'Nex? Ehh… for my cousin's kid, he's a bit of a little engineer…" Sahara smiled, hoping Mandy would buy it.

Mandy nodded, "Oh yeah, I won't forget when your cousin's kid decided to take apart my blackberry a few years back. But if you're busy with a bunch of commissions, you know you got volunteered help right here!" Mandy indicating herself by placing her hands on her chest.

"Well… it hasn't been that bad. Besides, I feel so bad using free labor to run my business."

"Its free labor of love, girl!" Mandy looked down at her watch, "Whoa! Gotta run, me boyfriend's waiting at home watching the game. We ran out of chips and beer, so guess who had to go out and get some, right?" Mandy rolled her brown eyes. "Anyway, gotta run, see you later and don't forget, if you need help, call me!"

Sahara smiled and nodded, "Later!" as Mandy ran off, "That was close!" Sahara breathed as she pushed the cart out of the isle. As she left the isle, she felt a slight discomfort in her lower abdomen that all women were familiar with. Shit she thought and made her way to the women's products.

Sahara was throwing the shopping bags in the trunk when she heard sirens. She looked over and saw three police cars fly by, then there was a two more police cars and an ambulance. She shook her head, she didn't want to know.

oOo

"Well, fuck me in the ass…" the Sheriff mumbled as he stared at the five headless and skinless bodies hanging from an oak tree, twenty-six feet off the ground. "I think we got ourselves a serial killer."

"Or multiple serial killers… who would do this?" Detective Jose just scratched his head. "Who" wasn't really the question to ask, it was "How" Peering up at the bodies, so far the M.O. was adult male that had weaponry, since they found guns and knives in the crime scene.

"I think that one over there is female." the sheriff pointed to one of the hanging bodies. Jose looked up at the body, it was female alright, though it was a large female.

"Sir?" a female officer walked up with a shaken little boy towing behind her, "This little boy was there when this happened." the kid had to have been ten, his face was white and he couldn't stop shaking. Detective Jose knelt down to face the kid.

"Hey there," he tried to speak as gently as he could, "Could you tell us what you've seen?" the little boy stared at Jose with wide eyes, shaking his head- not willing to relive the murders. "Look, I know that what you saw was traumatizing, but I really need you remember what you saw, it would really help us out." Jose wanted to bring the little boy into his arms and tell him that it was all going to be ok, but he refrained himself. The only response he got from the little boy was a face full of tears and wailing.

"Alright!" the Sheriff yelled, "Just take the kid back to the station and get him some milk and cookies or something! We'll question him later!"

Jose watched as they escorted the boy to the police car, "That's odd." he commented.

"What is?"

"Five the adults were brutally murdered, skinned and hung, but the boy was spared. I wonder why they didn't kill the boy as well?"

"Cause he's a kid?" that answer made sense to the Shariff, being a father and grandfather himself, the idea of killing children was- well, unthinkable. "Besides, the kid was probably hiding, this was out in the woods and there are tons of places for a little kid to hide."

Jose nodded, that had to have been it… he wasn't so niave about the world as the Shariff of a small town seemed to be. He can see a lot of people willing to take a child's life… that's why there are laws specific made for just that.

Nine brutal murders, and so far, the four previous ones seemed to have one thing that definitaly linked them both: death by a serrated, double blade. He wouldn't be surprised if these victims were also done in by a serrated, double blade. Jose shook his head, got up off the ground and headed to the police car.

oOo

Nine o'clock at night, the TV was still on Animal Planet and Luekr-ke has done nothing but fiddle with k'Nex toys, and that was O.K. with Sahara! If watching a show about animals and playing with connectable toys kept the alien monster busy for hours and hours, Sahara was happy. She would be a lot happier if her period hadn't started, but so far Luekr-ke didn't seem to notice.

Sahara was sitting at the dining table, sipping her tea. Then she noticed that Luekr-ke was being awefully quiet, she bunched her brows as she got up and walked over to the couch. She peered over and saw Luekr-ke sleeping on the cushions, k'Nex all over the place. She glanced over at the coffee table to see if Luekr-ke built anything and what she saw was what looked like an oddly shaped star. The k'Nex started at a network that shaped into an oblate spheroid, and then more k'Nex networked into five curved spikes. Sahara cocked her head, wondering where Luekr-ke could've seen something like that, probably some type of technology from her home world? Sahara shrugged, what it was she'll probably never know. She got a blanket and spread it over Luekr-ke and turned off the TV.

oOo

Meanwhile, at the police station, the little boy was sitting in an office with a blanket wrapped around him, a cup of sweetened warm milk tea in his hands. Detective Jose sat down next to the little boy.

"So your name is Randol? Randol Taylor?" Jose looked down at the files, the little boy nodded. "Can you tell me who those people where that were hanging from the trees?"

The little boy nodded, "My parents and uncles. My mom, dad, Uncle Jim, Uncle Kyle and Uncle Benny…"

"Can you tell me what they were doing out in the woods?"

"Hunting… we hunt all our own meat."

"What were you doing out there?"

"They were teaching me."

"I see…" Jose tossed the files on the table. "How's the tea?" Randol nodded.

"Good."

"Did they bring you any cookies?"

"They brought me Oreos."

"Good good." Jose nodded. "Um… Randol, I'm going to need to question you about what you saw. Can you do that for me?" Randol nodded. "Ok, can you tell me how many attackers there were?"

"Just one."

"One?" Jose couldn't believe it, "Did this one also skin and hang your family?"

"Yes."

Jose rubbed his forehead, with a deep sigh Aye Dios Mios, "Did you… did you see what he looked like?" Randol just stared up at him, gulping down saliva, shaking his head. "You didn't see him?"

"I…I did… I"

"Its all right, its ok, I understand," Jose rubbed the kid's shoulder, "But I really really need to know everything you saw. That way we can catch him and he'll not hurt anyone ever again, ok?" Randol shakily nodded his head.

"He… he was… (gulp)… really b…big. Huge…" Randol struggled to get past the size of the monster.

"Can you give me height, perhaps?" Randol shook his head. "Ok, what else?"

"He had long hair." Randol motioned with his hand, motioning over his head and down his shoulders, "But it was…" he shook his head, "I think they were… like… um… uh…" he used his hands to try to describe what he saw, "those hairs that are like together… like uh… tubes…um."

"Dreadlocks?"

"Yeah yeah those!"

"Did you see his face?" Randol shook his head.

"He had no face… it… it was like…he um… he uh… wore a mask… yeah."

Great… Jose sighed. "Could you see what he was wearing?"

"I don't think… I don't think he wearing anything…" the corner of Randol's lip slightly curled, as the little boy was actually amused by this notion.

"He was naked?" Jose asked.

"Uh… no… actually… he was," Randol licked his lips, "He was actually… wearing um, metal… like armor…"

"Armor?"

"Yeah… m-mostly on his shoulders and arms… and legs."

What the fuck… Jose couldn't believe what he was hearing. That last thing they needed was some naked fuckard on steriods and armor from Dungeons and Dragons.

"You know…what was really weird?" Randol looked over to Detective Jose.

"What's that?"

"My family were able to hit him when they shot at him," Randol smiled nervously, like he was about to say something unbelievable.

Oh good, blood splatter means DNA! the Detective thought.

"When they shot him, he didn't bleed red blood,"

What?…

"His blood was… was like… it glowed green, you know like glow in the dark green goo?"

"Glow in the dark green goo." Jose repeated, what are we dealing with an alien?

"And you know what also weird and … really scary?" Randol twitched, "He knew I was there… after he killed my mom and dad, and my uncles… he looked straight at me. Stared at me… like… he was trying to… read my mind. He… um… growled like… a dog I think… and then walked away…"

"He saw you." Jose was trying to wrap his mind around this. Clearly, this thing, this beast whatever it was, didn't kill kids. Well, if this thing was the only thing killing people in the woods, then little kids have nothing worry about. Armed adults on the other hand.

oOo

Pauk-de oomans! Pauk-de ju'dha (water) The predator growled at his wrist computer, pressing buttons and then finally slamming his fist into it. Pauk… he growled, he just wanted to get his daughter back, the sooner the better, and it would have been a lot faster and easier if the pauk-de oomans hadn't got in the way. But he got a few good trophies out of it, so it wasn't so bad. But he really hated himself for killing a female, a mother no less. He generally tried to make it a point to not kill females, but this one had a gun and was intent on killing him. Understandable, her pup was nearby and females are far more deadly when their offspring are in potential danger. Unfortunately, she fought and died needlessly, he never hurt the boy. He would never kill a child, only cowards and bad bloods kill children, not an honored hunter. Even though the boy saw him and is most likely going to tell the ooman authority, he couldn't bring himself to kill the pup.

He shook his head, his dreads hitting against his shoulders, he needed to find his daughter. So far, she stayed in one area. He just hoped that area was easy to get in and out of, and not a government lab.