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

P.S. I will be going to bed once this chapter is done but I will be posting a new one in the morning when I wake up. :)

Chapter Seven

D-Did he just say that I am his mate?!

Marion stood in complete shock at him having told her that she was his mate and that he was her mate although he had told her to head back to the camp since the others would be coming to look for her if she stayed any longer. She never expected to hear him speak to her in such a way that sounded almost like a decree that she was now his and belonged only to him. Not only that, but he was prepared to take out any man out of the picture that attempted to put their hand on her or go so far as to take her away from him. Cohra was determined to make sure that no one took her away from him.

It took her several moments to work through the shock that had taken hold of her in order for her to regain mobility in her legs so she could walk away from where she had been with him. She managed to get a few feet away from him before she found herself looking back towards him to find him watching her movements. Although being told by him that she was his did alarm her to some degree, there was something about him that spoke to her in a way that had her interested in him. He had said that she belonged to him but he was not pushing himself onto her like Michael had planned on doing before he intervened. He had respect for her to keep from doing something that would dishonor her by taking her when she was not willing for sexual intercourse to take place yet and it would dishonor himself if he forced his mate into something that she wasn't prepared for.

Marion looked to him for a couple more seconds before she pulled her attention away from him and proceeded to make her way onto the path some that she had used in order to get there to where his residence was nestled. Her eyes glanced over to where Michael was laying to see him starting to groan some from where he had been sent through the trunk of a tree and knocked out due to him having done what he attempted to do to her. Seeing him starting to show some life in him sent her hurrying down the trail that was before her out of fear of him coming to in time for him to come after her. Marion had managed to move several feet when the sound of Cohra's voice called out to her for her to hear clear as a bell, soothing her worries from her mind.

"He will not hurt you, Marion."

His statement towards her had her turning around from where she had gotten to in time to see Cohra standing in a spot on the trail, looking at her. Marion found him to be standing at attention. She gazed upon him from where she was nestled before her eyes looked to a fallen Michael and back to him in time to hear him speaking to her, making a vow to her.

"I will not kill him...yet. Head on to the camp. He will know to never come after you again."

Is it me...or does Cohra seem to resemble men from days long ago when men actually had value in women and didn't overstep their boundaries with them if they are not opening to their intentions?

She found him resembling almost that of knights who lived by a code, and it left a strong impression on her. He had a strong view on honor and didn't wish to do anything or behave in a way that would cause him to tarnish it. Witnessing this from a being like Cohra gave her a sense of relief in knowing that he wouldn't do anything to her that would bring any type of pain towards her, and it also provided her with a feeling of respect by a man she had never been able to experience even though Cohra wasn't completely human.

Marion gave a nod of her head towards him so he could know from her that she understood and accepted what he said to her before her frame continued to move down the path she had been trailing down in order to get to where she had been. Her curiosity ate away at her, fueling a need to turn around and see what he was doing. It was wanting her to stay there and witness what he was going to do once Michael had come to and was up on his feet since it wanted to see if he would keep his word and not kill him unless he gave him a reason to do just that. As much as it wanted her to do just that, she kept herself moving down the trail that was before her as she got closer to her camp site.

Marion wasn't going to turn back around unless he had called out to her again. He had already told her that he would be coming to her later on. She knew that if he wanted her to stop where she was and come to him that he would have made it known to her that was what he wanted from her. She had to do this to show him respect in doing something that he asked of her and to show him that she could be trusted to follow a request he had made of her. She was going to be staying in the area for two weeks, and didn't wish to start it on bad terms with a being like Cohra being around that could easily snap any one of her group, including herself, like a twig on the jungle floor if he felt like it.

Reaching the opening that she had entered the rainforest through, she stepped back out into the campground area to find the others having conversations with one another by the firepit area. They were laughing and giggling to one another, completely unaware as to what had occurred in the jungle with Michael, Cohra and herself. She watched Bridget wave to her, motioning her to join them. It was a relief that they were not aware as to the dangers that lurked in the rainforest and that Cohra's presence wasn't known to them for the time being. Giving a nod towards Bridget, Marion glanced once more to the jungle, wondering about what was going on at that moment between Cohra and Michael, before making her way over to where Bridget and the others were waiting on her to join them as the sun was starting to slip down some in the sky as early evening was approaching.