Hades and Rayne
Chapter 7: Fighting for Acceptance
K'herivak carried the female with him to the map room and gently lay her down on one of the small fur cots the Yautja used for sitting on but the female, though long limbed was small enough to sleep comfortably enough after he had punched in the codes to unlock the usually locked doors.
K'herivak settled comfortably at the large computer and began to search for Yautja anatomy. K'herivak stood and bowed his head in greetings and submission to Elder Bloody Talon as he walked inside. Bloody Talon nodded in acknowledgment before he sat down next to the huntress who slept unknowingly inches from him.
Bloody Talon looked over at K'herivak and motioned to the seat he had stood from which K'herivak obediently sat in again, "I hear that the female is doing quite well. The match with Hades was no surprise only a surprise that she won."
K'herivak nodded, "Huntress Rayne is strong, Elder. Most of it I think she is hiding in her casual stances." Bloody Talon reached out and carefully traced his claws over the claw marks that he could see barely outlined against the bandages causing Rayne to shift with a soft growl before she went still again.
Bloody Talon chuckled before he looked over at K'herivak, "What brings you to the map room old friend? You rarely come here anymore."
"Rayne asked for a detailed view or book on Yautja anatomy. I pulled it from the archives and saved it to a small file on my room computer so she can access it at any time."
K'herivak stood when Rayne shifted slightly, curling up into a small ball and grabbed a large fur and draped it over her as she relaxed again in sleep. Bloody Talon nodded when K'herivak sat down again, "It seems I was right to place you as the female's guardian of sorts. But even as her guardian you will not be able to protect her from all who hold hostility towards her. She is going to have to fight for her full acceptance into the clan."
K'herivak looked over at Rayne and chuckled softly, "And fight she will." Rayne shifted, feeling a soft fur beneath her and opened her eyes to find that she was once again in K'herivak's room. Rayne looked over at her watch and her eyes widened slightly, she had been asleep for four hours. Rayne stood and walked quietly out of the room and headed off in search of her guardian, ignoring the few hissing taunts sent her way as she continued to roam the dark halls of the ship.
Hades blinked in surprise when the ooman female passed by him without so much as a glance before he spotted a few young bloods whispering to each other a few feet behind her before one of them strode forwards and grabbed her arm firmly.
Rayne managed to refrain from wincing as the grip bruised her flesh but she went still as she looked up at the Yautja keeping her stance relaxed before he hissed, "Pyode Amedha you do not belong here. Do not deserve clan mark." Rayne's eyes widened slightly when the Yautja raised his arm to probably backhand her into next year but in an instant she was moving.
Rayne smashed her fist up into the Yautja's mandibles, breaking it as he roared in agony before she kicked him hard in the sternum, momentarily locking his chest and preventing him from breathing before she hit several points on his wrist which went limp and slid from her arm before she smashed her foot into the Yautja's stomach and he fell back with a grunt.
Rayne glared at the remaining two Yautja who looked at each other before they began to move forwards. Rayne blinked in surprise when a Yautja suddenly moved in front of her and roared at the two younger males who instantly picked up their recovering friend and took off.
Rayne looked up at the Yautja only to discover that it was Hades. Hades growled as he turned back to the female who showed no sign of fear before he snarled and grabbed her shoulder, slamming her back into the metal wall.
Rayne grunted as her head smashed into the metal wall and darkness began to cross her vision as she slumped forwards slightly only to hear Hades hiss, "Foolish ooman."
Rayne grit her teeth trying to fight off the darkness clouding her vision but she had hit to hard and was unable to recover as she slumped in Hades's grip. Hades blinked when the female suddenly went limp in his hold but pulled her away from the wall as he quickly scanned her over with his mask to find that she was just unconscious.
Hades snarled, momentarily torn with the idea of leaving her there and the dishonor it would bring to leave the female unprotected before he closed his mandibles in irritation and twisted the female into his arms, cradling her to his chest as he began to walk through the halls, searching for K'herivak having locked onto his signal with the mask.
K'herivak blinked when he spotted Hades carrying Rayne's limp form in his arms and immediately rushed forwards as Hades handed her to him, "Ooman attracted trouble. I brought her to you." K'herivak blinked in shock before he bowed his head slightly before Hades turned, nearly smacking K'herivak with his dreads and walked back out of the room.
K'herivak quickly scanned Rayne over to find that she was only unconscious, due to her head hitting something and there were two large bruises one on her left upper arm and one on her right shoulder, both inconsequential as he sat down, carefully settling the ooman to where she sat on his leg and her upper body rested against his own as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders, keeping her head cradled against his arm as he continued his reports from hunting Yautja checking in.
Rayne came to with a soft groan only to hear a purr start up before she recognized the pitch of the purr and smirked slightly, "K'herivak?"
K'herivak nodded, "I'm here Rayne. Mind telling what happened?"
Rayne shrugged, noting that she was sitting in K'herivak's lap but ignored it, "I was looking for you and happened to run into three young bloods who seemed to think I didn't belong here. I knocked one down and the other two came at me before Hades got in the way and roared at them. He smashed me into the wall after that before I guess carrying me to you."
K'herivak purred softly before he noticed Rayne's discomfort at sitting in his lap and carefully picked her up before he set her beside him and held out a small gauntlet that had been specially crafted for Rayne's forearm.
Rayne blinked before she slid the gauntlet onto her arm feeling a slight current run through her body that made the hair on the back of her neck stand on end before she relaxed. K'herivak noted Rayne's curious look and went on to explain the gauntlet's uses, "It houses a small computer when you flip open the top you can access any information needed. I took the liberty of putting in the anatomy of the Yautja as you requested."
Rayne smiled in pleasant surprise before she flipped the top of the computer open and with a quick show of how to work it she had it going through the Yautja anatomy.
Rayne paid close attention to the bones of the Yautja as well as the muscle and nerve structures, memorizing what it taught her for part of her fighting style was using pressure points and if she could learn the right ones on the Yautja she would easily be able to defeat any she came across.
K'herivak stretched with a groan as he finished organizing the last of the reports before he looked over at Rayne to find her studying the Yautja's nerves intently before she looked over at him and smiled, "May I try something?" K'herivak cocked his head to the side and nodded before Rayne held out her hand and K'herivak placed his large hand on hers before she quickly hit several areas around his wrist and his entire hand went numb.
K'herivak stared at Rayne in shock as he tried to move his hand but it remained limp in Rayne's grip before she quickly hit several more points on his arm and then up to his shoulder.
K'herivak's arm hung limply as he stared at it, ordering it to move but it remained still and non-responsive. Rayne smirked slightly before she looked up at K'herivak, "Thank you for the anatomy diagrams. It has helped quite a bit. You should be able to move your arm again within the hour. In case you're wondering I used pressure points to render your arm useless." K'herivak nodded before he stood and motioned for Rayne to follow him as his arm hung awkwardly at his side.
Rayne obeyed, following K'herivak back to his quarters before he led her over to a small door, "If you ever want to bathe it is in here. We have a bath and what you would call a shower. We have no towels for there is no need for them. Hot air will come up from the floor and dry you in an instant. The sensors in the grid floor controls the temperature making it just hot enough to dry you off but not hot enough to burn or cause damage." Rayne nodded before she smirked, "A shower sounds lovely." K'herivak nodded, "I will retrieve another loincloth for you as well as another top."
Rayne nodded again in thanks before she walked into the room as K'herivak turned and headed out, allowing the doors to close behind him. Rayne carefully untied her loincloth and set the Elder's dagger on a small ledge before she stepped into the small cubicle and turned the water on, at first it was cool but it warmed to the perfect temperature as she unbraided her hair and began to rinse the dried blood off of her.
Rayne chuckled when she ran her hand over the bandages and shook her head before she carefully took them off. Rayne hissed softly when the warm water ran over the claw wounds on her back but leaned her head against the cool tile before she spotted a small bottle with her name carefully written on it.
Rayne cocked her head to the side before she opened the top of the bottle and carefully smelled of it before she poured the contents onto her hand and found that it was shampoo.
Rayne smiled broadly before she poured more into her hand and lathered it into her hair thickly before she rinsed it out and found yet another bottle filled with conditioner and another bottle with soap.
Rayne scrubbed her body with the soap but didn't bother to put any on her wounds, not knowing what the soap was made out of and didn't want to risk hurting her wounds more.
A/N: So hopefully this saves right and you guys can see this. Chapter 7 is UP! Finally I know. I've had serious trouble trying to upload this thing since forever. Hopefully I can do more than one chapter at a time.
