Okay, I realized I never set a due date for the contest (blonde moment, even though I'm not blonde) but it will go on until July 5. (2013)
Gritting my teeth, I sliced open my wrist. I knew what I was doing. I had done it before. The chip was located close to the surface of my skin, so it was easy to cut out, but it still hurt.
Minutes later, I was holding the chip in my hand. I closed my fist to crush it, but then a thought came to me. I knew they had information about me and the Lab on it, if I could dislocate the tracker and the shocker, I could show everyone about this awful place. I turned the chip over in my hand. The tracker was easy to take off. So was the shocker. Not for an average human but for a Tiger-human hybrid, it was.
I tore off a bit of my shirt, and wrapped my wrist up. Without saying a word, I left the room, with Blade following close behind. The halls were dark; blood streaked the floor, both acid and human. But there were no bodies. I walked ahead and studied my surroundings. It was quiet, almost too quiet. I didn't like it. I turned to Blade. "Where are the bodies?" I asked. He stared at me through his mask. "Gone. Taken to the nest." I stared at him. "The Hard Meats take hosts to their nest, there they are implanted with juveniles, which hatch and then the whole cycle starts over."
I nodded, still not quite understanding it. Hopefully, I could just escape and be done with all this alien business. "Alright, so the quickest way out of here will be-." I didn't get a chance to finish. "We're not leaving." He said.
"We're not?"
"Yes."
"Why? That's the whole reason I freed you! I could lock you back up, how would you like that?" I screamed. He said nothing. I crossed my arms. "What, do you not believe I could beat your ass in battle?" I sneered. "I don't doubt it. But if you did, how would you escape?" He asked. I growled. He had a point. I couldn't escape without him.
We started walking down the hallways in silence. I began thinking. Obviously Blade had dealt with these creatures before. He knew what he was doing. That's what had injured him, thus, allowing him to be taken captive. The scientists had taken the Hard Meats captive as well. Apparently, you could reason with Blade, but not the Hard Meats. Now the scientists were dead.
I shivered, realizing something else. If I didn't stop these things, I would be too. I heard a hiss and whirled around. I took a few steps forward and scanned the shadows. I saw nothing. "I could've sworn…" I fell to the ground, cracking my elbows against the tiles as Blade shoved me down and blasted another monster. I sat up, panting. He turned to me. "Your welcome." Then he walked away. I felt embarrassed almost. I was supposed to be an elite hunter, bred for killing and fighting. I had been taught battle strategy and how to hunt with nothing but my bare hands. I was prepared for everything! I didn't need some extra terrestrial hunter to save my ass! I could do just fine on my own.
But then I realized, I couldn't. I had been bred to fight, but not aliens. No one had expected this to happen. I needed Blade if I wanted to survive. Once we got to the woods though, he would need me and my survival skills. I stood up and ran after Blade. I walked along side him for at least two hours; we were walking down halls I had never been down before. At one point, Blade put his arm across my chest, signaling my to stop. He peeked around a door way, and then motioned for me to take a look. I gasped. It was the nest. It had to be.
Slime oozed from the walls, millions of egg- like things covered the floor, and I could see people stuck to the wall, some with holes in their chest. In the center, was the Queen. It had to be the Queen. I looked up at Blade. I felt so short next to him. He was at least seven feet tall; I was barely five feet tall. "What do we do?" I whispered. "Blow it up." He answered. "I thought we were gonna fight." I asked, slightly upset at not getting to redeem myself. "We're outnumbered." He told me.
I watched as he set the bomb. "Run." I ran. I was fast. It was only natural, being part Tiger. As I ran, I began to lean forward, more and more, until I was running on all fours. Then I was outside. And in a matter of fourteen seconds. Blade came running out. "You're too close!" he shouted. Then he grabbed me and swung me over his shoulder. "Hey!" I shouted. "I can run on my own! Put me down!" He didn't. Then the explosion happened. It threw us both to the ground. I heard a crack as my wrist snapped. I screamed.
Then slowly, the dust settled. I sat up, struggling to mask the pain. I looked up. Dressed in armor, was a woman, and next to her, were two more Hunters, like Blade. And they didn't look happy.