Hi to Everyone! Here is another installment to this little drama. More like a filler. I like to thank everyone that has keep up to date on this thus far. It is being a little demon at present. So sit back and enjoy!

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CHAPTER FIVE: IT AIN'T WHAT IT SEEMS

Earth's Atmosphere:

Esh'row and Mig'pemy eyed the pods with dubious expression on their faces. Surely something that minute would fit them. Trilling at the situation that had befallen them, Tre'so thumped his chest for the send off. Esh'row shook his head before treading forward towards his pod. The thing keep getting smaller, the closer he got to it. Mig'pemy clicked his mandibles in thought. He did not like the pod. It was so cramped, just enough room for his shoulders and nothing much else. Stepping into the pods, the doors slide close after them. Feeling a slight vibration, they knew that they were just expelled from the ship and heading towards the ground at a fast pace. Mig'pemy prayed that he would reach the ground in one piece, too many hunters had been lost even before the hunt had begun. Feeling a slight pull on his body, he acknowledged that the shutes were working. Slowing their progress to the ground jolting as they hit. Growling in the back of his throat, Mig'pemy waited for the doors to slide outwards before he could move. Hurrying through the door, he knocked his head, causing him to stumble forward. Esh'row trilled at seeing this. Mig'pemy growled in return.

Doing weapons check, Esh'row flipped open his gauntlet. Reading the terrain, he move towards the closest town. Mig'pemy hissed at Esh'row, flicking his camouflage on. Esh'row followed suit, clearly displeased with himself. Mig'pemy took the nearest tree to him. Leaping up when a snap brought him back down. Looking at the tree limb in his hands, he cocked his head to the side in puzzlement. Esh'row turned back around to clatter at the picture of his dumbfounded brother. Pointing to the higher, thicker branches, they jump up. Using the trees to gain the distance that they needed to covered. The signal was last in this area. Now it was gone. Switching the video and sound recordings on, they move onwards.

Stephanie stood near the tray, making notes of the supplies that they needed. Holding her mobile phone to her ear, as she listen to the boss drone on.

She noticed a bundle on Damon's back as he drew closer, hiding a sulking Wayne.

"Damon, you got everything?" Stephanie asked him as he put the supplies into the ute. "You realise, that we are going camping?"

"Nah, thought it was for the Christmas party!" Smacking himself in the forehead, "You would be very fetching in a tent. All that canvas. Gives a man ideas." Looking off into space while scratching his chest. Wayne glanced at Damonin disgust.

"You are sick!" Stephanie laughed at him, shaking her head. The hunters cocked their heads at this exchange. Esh'row scanned the two taller humans. Nothing that would make them unworthy, except for the female. "Could try for a holiday out of this. What ya think, Dea?" Stephanie looked up at the blonde woman moving around to the bonnet. Stephanie brushing the file open for the notations that she made earlier on in the day.

"Could always try." Deanna looked over Stephanie's shoulder into the folder. Looking at the photo, she grasped. "I don't think that is right!" She exclaimed.

"What do you mean, now?" Stephanie eyebrows hitting her hairline. Handing the file over for Deanna's scrutinisation of it. Wayne coming up behind her to look himself. Not finding anything unusual in it, turned back around.

"It's nothing," Wayne muttered under his breathe. "Nothing what so ever!"

"Tosser." Stephanie whispered before turning her attention back to the photo that had held Deanna's attention for so long. Wayne sent a glare over to Stephanie, before returning to his sulking. Damon leaned up against the car, waiting for an explanation on Deanna's behaviour.

"Look around her neck!" Deanna pointing to the photo. Motioning them to take a look. "Freaky, if ya ask me!"

"I don't know anyone with something like that. She looks completely normal." Stephanie continue to gaze at the photo. Astounded that she had not pick it up before. There was something surreal about the beauty in the photo. Like she was something else. She brushed her fingertips across the face smiling back at her.

"I wonder what is it with the stripes?" Damon added in.

"I just don't know. This case keeps getting weird by the minute." Deanna shrugged her shoulders, waving her hand around indicating their situation. "I mean, whoever this Katherine Lamb is. She is in hiding and don't want to be found."

Mig'pemy hissed in surprise that she mention that name. Esh'row scanned the group again. finding nothing of interest, he keep searching the area for Tin'esse mate. He proceed forward, leaping into another tree branch. A slight cracking sound caught Stephanie attention. Searching around with the feeling of someone watching her. She glanced at the tree that Esh'row sat on, holding his position. A growl coming from his left ear. Mig'pemy stood next to him.

A strange feeling of being watch overcame her. Lifting her head, Stephanie searched around. Damon attuned to her, stood up straightly in battle mode. Glancing around but seeing nothing but simmering heat waves off the pavements. Esh'row did another scan of the group of humans standing around their transport. The heat patterns picked up. He elbow Mig'pemy in the ribs, earning himself a growl. Pointing to the group, they watched as the two tallest looked about themselves. At one point, the female stared straight at them. As if, she could sense them. Watching her shake her head, but she was still on high alert. Her movements were precise. The male followed her lead. They would make good trophies after all. Nothing was stopping them, just the rescue mission. Everyone knew that Tin'esse mate ran out on him, just not the reason of it. Recording the interactions of the oomans, they decided to follow them as their heat patterns were stored in the memory.

"Righto. Let's get moving. We are heading into deeper bush." Stephanie stated, swinging around to the driver seat. Everyone following to their seats. Jumping into the ute, she applied the accelerator pedal and left for the deeper interior of the rainforest. Esh'row and Mig'pemy reported their findings to the leader before heading off to the unsuspecting humans. they trilled for the upcoming hunt that would be begin.

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