Note: I do not own or have anything to do with the Predator franchise. This was only written for entertainment purposes and no profit will be made from this whatsoever. Also, this is my first attempt at a Predator fanfiction. Be nice.

Chapter Six

Once the man who Marion had called Michael turned around to face him, Cohra didn't hesitate to wrap one of his claw-like hands around his throat and lifted him up high. He let out a roar from underneath his mask towards him as he looked down at him with a look of fear burning within his gaze due to seeing his life flashing in front of his eyes. Michael knew that he had the means to kill him and would do just that to someone who would make threats towards someone that he had chosen was his.

"Let me down!" Michael pleaded towards him as he pulled at the large hand that was wrapped his throat, tightening gradually over time. "Please let me go!"

As you wish.

Cohra hurled the man in the direction of where one of the trees was nestled in the jungle with such force that his body went right through the trunk of it, causing the tree to go crashing down in a direction and taking out some others in its way down. He found Michael's frame to not be moving from where he had landed due to the impact having took the air out of him and knocked him unconscious. His eyes lingered on him some before he turned his focus onto the woman that Michael had been after. His woman.

Marion looked to him from where she stood as her hands remained at her sides. She couldn't move at all from where she was nestled near the edge of the overlooking cliff from the moment that he had shown himself to her to during his encounter with her attacker. With her gaze fixated on him, she worked to keep her breathing pattern going as to keep herself from passing out due to shock of him having done everything he had managed to do in front of her, things that she had never knew of someone to be able to do.

I wasn't expecting to reveal my form to her so soon. I wanted a little more time for I did this. But...I guess that the fates have it predestined that this was meant to happen in the way that it has. It is time for me see if she is going to run and scream or stay and talk with me.

With her standing before him, Cohra made his way towards her. His movements were slow and deliberate. He wanted to take his time in his approach of her to ensure that he didn't scare her or send her running from him. No one was around to disturb the two of them. With Michael out cold for the time being, he would have the time he craved to be in the company of Marion. He needed to find out for himself if she would in fact remain there with him for a little while. Just being able to spend a few seconds with her there in his area near his home would be enough to satisfy his craving to be near her for a little while.

Reaching her body, he kept himself a few feet from her in order to not have her feeling anymore uncomfortable than she already was feeling from what Michael had planned to do with her. His gaze remained on her from behind his mask, soaking in her facial appearance and watching for her reactions to him being before her like he was. He was relieved to see that she hadn't made the move to try and run away or scream out in fear of him being there in front of her. That gave him a little bit of hope as he looked down on her. As he found her to start relaxing a little more and able to have some movement to her body, his superior hearing picked up on her voice that had been yelling at Michael to be speaking to him in a calm and appreciate tone.

"T-Thank you." Marion spoke to him, softly, as she gave a nod of her head towards him out of respect. "I was scared of what was to happen to me if he had managed to follow through on what he planned on doing to me. I am grateful that you were here to prevent that from happening."

Although the human language was not one he was born with, Cohra had been around humans enough to not only pick up several different forms of it but be able to respond back in the person's native tongue to some degree. He wasn't great at it since he was more accustomed to his native language, but he managed to speak some words and sayings that someone like Marion would be able to understand. Nodding his head towards her, he managed out a response back to her in a deep voice that had a clicking sound to it that was brought on by his mandibles underneath the mask he wore.

"You are welcome." He replied to her. His sentences were short, but they were full of the meaning as to the whole message he wanted to get out to her. "You are safe now. He will not hurt you again."

"My name is Marion. What is your name?"

"Cohra."

"Cohra? That is an interesting name." Marion glanced in the direction she had come from to see Michael still lying on the ground like he was. She looked back towards him from where she was standing as a soft breath left her mouth prior to speaking up. "Hopefully, he will not try to do that again."

"He will die if he does it again."

"D-Die?"

"He will not touch you again. I will take his head if he does."

He had an idea that his words might be startling Marion, but that didn't make him change his course of action with what he was saying to her. Cohra wanted her to see that he meant every word coming out of his mouth when it came to her safety and someone wanting to put their hands on her.

"I will not let any one touch you."

"Why would you go to the length of doing all this, Cohra?"

"You are my mate. You belong to me."

His voice had a slight shake to it as he revealed to her in that instance that he was claiming her openly. He had planned to do this at a later time with her, but it seemed like the moment was just right for him to do this. He watched her eyes widen a little from his proclamation towards her before he sensed that others would be coming to the area soon to look for her and would find her with him if he kept her for long despite wanting to keep her there with him for longer. Fighting against what he wanted, Cohra stepped to the side while looking to her and make a command towards her in a firm yet gentle way.

"They will be looking for you. Head back and I will come to you later."