Kelly sat with her knees to her chest. The cool night air whipped around her and rustled her hair. Kelly looked out over the expanse of the base from the rooftop beside her window. Her parents had never liked her sitting on it, but tonight she couldn't stand being inside, confined. She rested her chin upon her knees and closed her eyes.
The soft blowing of the wind could be heard, as well as the banter between the MP's assigned to protect her. She felt it comical that her protectors didn't seem to mind her being so precariously perched. The wind suddenly shifted across the young girl's body, and instantly a scent filled her nostrils.
"Rainbow." A guttural snarl emanated from Kelly as she scampered on all fours back into the house. It was time to prepare.
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Nyo'Tak was prepared. He had a full complement of Yautja armament as he trudged through the woods, his vision filled with a green hue. Ako'Ten followed closely behind, but came with a lighter load. Ako'Ten gripped the staff tightly as he wondered if they really would be able to bring down the hybrid. It seemed like such a menial task on the surface, but Ako'Ten felt sure that they had not seen the true extent of their creation's abilities.
"Wait here." Nyo'Tak held up his hand as he cut the communication with his partner. The cluster of trees was about to give way to the human military installment. Any other time and this would have been prime grounds for a hunt. Tonight was different, however, and suddenly the powerful Yautja warrior found himself regretting the decision to ever create such a prey.
Ako'Ten stared out into the Dessler's back yard as Nyo'Tak engaged his cloaking and disappeared. Ignoring his order, Ako'Ten also cloaked and followed a distance to the side of the house.
"Did you hear that?" The recording system in Nyo'Tak's helmet recorded the two MP's, who were getting more nervous by the minute. "Let's check it out."
The two multi-colored forms began walking toward Nyo'Tak as he readied himself. He had to kill them quickly without them firing their weapons. He would have to rely on stealth to surprise the hybrid.
The strike was quick and powerful as he swiped through the neck of one human, tearing part of it out and cleanly decapitating the other one. Both fell to the ground with minimal sound.
"Let's hope you deal with the experiment as easily." Nyo'Tak glared over his shoulder at his former assistant. "I thought I told you to stay back!"
A fake coughing sound got their attention, and both warriors turned to see the small form of a girl standing about fifteen feet away. The girl's eyes were glowing a bright yellow-red hue that seemed to pierce the darkness around them. Her skin was thinner from stretching across the mass of muscle and altered skeletal structure.
"What do you want from me?" The two were shocked to hear their native tongue come from the girl. How could she know the language?
"You can see us?" Both warriors looked to each other in shock.
"Yes stupid, I can see you." Kelly's voice had returned to that of a little girl's, but somehow it still sounded menacing. "You two need to go away and leave me alone!"
An idea suddenly hatched inside Nyo'Tak to distract the girl. "You would have us leave? Your… Creators?"
The girl's defensive posture gave way to one of curiosity. "What do you mean?"
"He means that we created you." Ako'Ten's voice was cold. "We fertilized your mother with Yautja DNA. You are nothing more than a prize to be hunted."
"My… Mother?" Kelly spoke to herself softly as her eyes began to water. Suddenly anger flashed back across the young girl's face. "Where is my mother? I must see her.. now!"
"That is not possible, for she was disposed of when you were born. She almost didn't outlive her usefulness to us and died while giving you life."
The tears had returned, but they weren't tears of sadness. Everything within Kelly began building as her mind raced to process what she was just told.
"Then have your hunt." Kelly broke into a sprint right past the two warriors. Nyo'Tak targeted her as she ran for the woods. A single bolt of plasma leapt from his shoulder and quickly gained on the girl. Kelly quickly darted to the right and entered the tree line as a nearby tree splintered from the bolt's impact.
Wind and pine needles whisked across her body as she leapt a downed log. Heavy crunching came from behind her as the two warriors entered the forest. Kelly leapt from the ground and grabbed a nearby branch. Quickly she scaled the outstretched limbs and climbed higher. The young girl stopped suddenly and began trying to control her breathing, although it wasn't as rapid or deep as it should have been.
Seeing in this environment was difficult, and as Kelly rested she closed her eyes. Her other senses heightened and suddenly she could hear them. They were close. One appeared to be going to her left and the other her right. This made her smile. Fighting them together would be certain death, but apart she might have a chance.
Kelly focused on the one to her right, as the creature seemed to be moving away from her. However something familiar came to her sense of smell. "Rainbow." She would deal with the other one later. Rainbow would have to be dealt with first.
Turning on her branch, she slowly and carefully oriented herself to his direction. At the same time, she readied her hand around another branch, ready to snap it. With a deep inhale, Kelly snapped the smaller branch and jumped toward the hulking warrior. The sound of the snapping branch got his attention, just as she hoped it would.
With a quick turn he began targeting her, but she was on him too fast to get a lock. The small girl impacted his chest as she jammed the end of the branch through his chest. She then quickly kicked off before he could react.
Nyo'Tak let out a pain-filled roar as luminous blood began running down his chest. He began to jerk the small branch out, only to find out that a small nub was keeping it in place. New pain swelled through his body. Suddenly a new sensation filled him as another blunt stick was forced through his thigh, exiting out the back. The warrior swung his wrist blades downward as Kelly rolled out of the way, slicing off short strands of flowing hair.
A sudden awareness made Kelly turn to see Ako'Ten not ten yards away. He would surely have had her in his sights, but did not fire.
"Leave her Ako'Ten. She will be my trophy!"
"I don't think so Rainbow." Kelly swung with a large stick and hammered the end of the stick in Nyo'Tak's thigh. The small piece of wood was driven flush with the creature's skin. Although he didn't have a lock, Nyo'Tak's plasmacaster let loose a volley, hitting the dirt beside the girl. Earth flew in all directions, and covered Kelly's face.
Before she could recover, a strong hand impacted her face, sending the young girl flying through the air. She hit hard against a tree and fell to the ground. Suddenly a hand gripped her neck and lifted her off the ground.
"I will savor every moment of your death." Kelly screamed as Nyo'Tak's wrist blade cut a small incision on her cheek. Her scream was quickly muted as the warrior squeezed her neck and cut off her oxygen. Everything began to grow dimmer; her limbs began getting heavier as she continued to gasp for air.
"I do not understand the council's fear of this nuisance. No matter, I will restore my honor here and now."
"Just hurry up and finish it. I grow tired of being on this wretched planet." Nyo'Tak had averted his eyes toward his fellow warrior when suddenly a growing scream caused him to snap back to the young girl in his hand. Her wail became tremendous as her right arm began twitching uncontrollably. Tears streamed down the girl's face as she cried out, but Nyo'Tak realized it was not himself who was hurting her.
The girl slowly brought her arms to her chest. Her cries became more guttural as her eyes once again began to glow. With a sudden jerk, Kelly cast her arms to her side and there was the sickening sound of flesh being ripped. Her right arm burst open in two places as the hardened bone appendages erupted from underneath. The young girl's blood covered them fully and streamed off their tips.
Suddenly the screaming was silenced. Kelly peered fearlessly into the Yautja's mask as a smile more evil than thought possible embellished her face. Without effort or sound Kelly forced her blades underneath Nyo'Tak's mask and into his cheeks His grip loosened and Kelly instantly planted her feet into a repelling stance. The blades tore through the Yautja's face as they didn't have the benefit of his sharpened metal coatings.
Luminous blood spilled from beneath Nyo'Tak's mask as the creature roared in pain. The warrior fell backwards upon the ground and almost instantly Kelly was on top of him, jabbing him about the chest. Luminous green mixed with red was slung into the air, littering the ground and trees nearby.
The wounded creature swatted at the girl on his chest, but his weakened arm was merely brushed aside. Kelly's facial features flexed as her face became a mash up of two distinct species, stealing the stronger features between the two.
Kelly suddenly realized that the creature was no longer moving. Looking at the mess she had made out of Nyo'Tak's chest, humanity began to rush into her being. Her soft facial features returned. The appendages on her arm retracted inside, which didn't hurt as badly as their exit. Nothing seemed to hurt as Kelly sat their straddling the dead warrior's body.
"Just go ahead and kill me." The request caused Ako'Ten to pause. He already had her locked for his plasmacaster. Kelly couldn't take it anymore. Couldn't take the changes she was going through. She didn't even have a clue what was happening to her. She just wanted it all to end.
"You have fought well… Kelly. It is not my intention to hurt you. I don't care if you destroy your race or not. I care even less for this pathetic excuse for a warrior. You have just begun to understand what it means to be a Yautja, and you yourself will learn to hunt. It is not the normal way of our females, but you are by no means normal."
The warrior might as well have been speaking in riddles, as Kelly didn't understand any of it. Destroy my own race? The notion was absurd.
"I will never hurt people again. You have done this to me. If I am going to hurt anyone, it is you!"
"No, you can only do so much, but there will come another."
"What do you mean?"
The Yautja warrior began to walk closer when suddenly shots rang out. Two high-powered shots pierced the warrior's head and sent him to the ground.
Kelly began to run over to the fallen Yautja when she began feeling herself being pulled away.
"C'mon Kelly you need to get out of here!" Suddenly the woods erupted with soldiers. They came from every direction and all armed heavily. Some wore weird suits that looked like tin foil to the small girl. She tried to look back to Ako'Ten's fallen form but saw that the soldiers had completely surrounded him.
