Whew, finally got this done. I'm a slow writer so it takes me about four days to write the chapter, two days to translate it and then one day to finally get it on the computer. This chapter is mainly written at night, so it might get a little weird from time to time. I don't know really, I'm too tired to read this again after I get it finished. :p

But thank you again for the awesome comments, you're the best. xD

I stiiill don't own Lex or Scar.


"I don't believe it…" Lex whispered, not knowing what to think. "There has to be a perfectly good explanation for this."

Stealth said something and Scar translated:

"It looks like they came prepared just for us."

"But that's not possible!"

Scar raised an eye ridge and his mandibles twitched in amusement.

"For a human who is having a conversation with two alien hunters from a strange planet, you judge pretty easily what is possible and what is not."

If the situation hadn't been so serious, Lex would have laughed at herself.

"I have to get to the bottom of this", she announced; ready to spurt out of the cave to look for the others.

Scar put his hand on the woman's shoulder to prevent her from leaving yet. A gentle, but firm grip convinced her to wait and listen for a moment.

"You don't even know if they are still alive."

That was one possibility Lex hadn't thought of. She couldn't bear to do that. Sure, Antonio was a pain in the butt sometimes, but she knew that he didn't deserve a fate like that.

Stealth had apparently lost interest in listening to the strange woman. It didn't concern him what a slave thought. Still staggering like in a bad hang-over, the predator shuffled further into the cave and slumped onto a block of stone. There he started to examine the non-functioning wristdevice, like Scar had done before. Fixing it proved to be impossible, since Stealth couldn't get a hold of his tools. The tranquilizers hadn't managed to knock him out, but they were affecting his movements and hand coordination.

Those two would definitely pay for this humiliation.

Lex shook the hand off of her shoulder and marched straight in front of Stealth, feeling much braver now that the life of her friend was in question.

"What did you do to them?"

Concentrating on getting his fingers move like they were supposed to, the predator paid little attention to the woman.

"Nothing I would have wanted to do."

From this Scar knew he had been right. Stealth had been forced to flee.

"They are alive", he stated to Lex who sighed in relief.

The warrior couldn't stop a gloomy look from appearing on his face. What was so great about that human male that made her worry about him so much? Scar didn't pause to think that Lex hadn't even mentioned the man. He just knew she was thinking of him.

The woman headed towards the exit again and this time no one tried to stop her. She did notice Scar's sulky expression, but had no time to ponder its cause.

"Are you coming with me or should I try to find my way out of here by myself?"

Of course Scar would go with her. He wouldn't let the woman go anywhere near that suspicious creep alone. Without much delicacy the hunter caught Lex's hand in his own and started to lug her into the dark passage.

"How do you know she's not working with those other humans?"

Stealth's question made Scar stop so suddenly that the woman bumped into him.

"How do you know that your dear slave isn't leading you right into a trap?"

The following silence was like ice, even Lex could sense it, even though she once again had no clue what had been said. She was pretty sure Stealth hadn't just wished them good luck.

"Come", Scar said briefly and continued forward, leaving his thoughts a mystery to the woman.


The journey through the darkness wasn't any easier the second time. The behaviour of the quiet predator made Lex more nervous than the lack of light. On top of that, he was moving too fast for her. After hanging on for a while, doing her best not to fall over, the woman had enough and snatched her hand back.

"That's it" What wrong with you?"

Scar had been lost in thought when Lex had stopped unannounced.

"Nothing", the predator mumbled and took the woman's hand again.

And again Lex fought back.

"You said the same thing back in the cottage. Now tell me what is it."

This strong-minded side of the woman was equally as bothersome as intriguing in Scar's opinion. Though, right then it was mostly bothersome. Why did she have to be so stubborn about these things?

If Lex hadn't felt the predator's large hand around her wrist, she would have feared that he had left her alone; the silence was so overflowing. She wished she could have seen Scar and been able to interpret his body language. That seemed to be the only way to get something sensible out of the warrior.

"Have I said or done something wrong?" The woman inquired.

"No", Scar finally said and hoped that Lex wouldn't have the energy to continue on the topic if he didn't give her proper answers.

Fat chance and he knew it.

"Well, if I'm not the cause of your bad mood then who is? Stealth? Don't tell me that it's Antonio. You obviously have something against him, I just can't understand what."

No reply. The woman sighed. This could go on forever.

"I can be just as stubborn as you, so don't think I'm going to give in before youu…"

Lex was interrupted in the middle of the sentence. Scar had unexpectedly yanked her closer to himself and placed his finger on her lips.

Since words wouldn't have done any good, the predator had decided to do something that was guaranteed to shut her mouth.

The woman's lips felt enchantingly soft against his finger, as well as her body that was leaning lightly against his. Scar let out a purring sound, starting to get more and more aroused. Slowly the hunter moved his hands on the woman's hips and pulled her tighter against him, almost unable to control his desire to throw her on the ground and take her right there.

Lex could hardly breathe. The predator had held her in his arms the previous night in the cottage, but this wasn't the same. Then he had only been teasing her, but now…

His other hand was moving, feeling her curves under the cloths, approaching her privates…

She couldn't take it anymore.

"Stop!" The woman gasped in panic, sounding so anxious that Scar snapped out of his excited state of mind and let go of her.

Lex knew she had probably offended the hunter, but she couldn't withstand a touch that intimate in that darkness, not seeing who was standing in front of her. Scar's hands, body, even scent were too similar to Stealth's.

"We should get going", Lex half-whispered, her eyes fixed to the ground.

Scar was bewildered. Where had that fear come from? Surely the woman must've known that he would have never hurt her or forced her to do something she didn't want to do. No matter how tempting it would have been. The predator was actually quite surprised how strongly he had wanted her.

Lex continued to walk forward, feeling her way blindly.

"Sorry."

The single word stopped her instantly. As the hunter followed her and passed her by without taking her hand, the woman hated herself.

Scar wasn't the one who needed to apologize; she was. Besides, if the situation hadn't been what it was… well, she wasn't sure what she would have done.

"Wait, Scar!" Lex cried out and rushed after the warrior, although she couldn't see where he was.

"What?"

Using the voice to locate the predator, the woman tried to search for his hand. She felt metal under her fingers. Probably the wristdevice. Lex slid her fingers downwards to find the hand.

"I'm the one that should be apologiz…" She froze, feeling something unexpected.

"Umm… Lex", Scar started with a tense tone. "If you are looking for my hand, it is not there."

The woman pulled her hand back, her face as red as a tomato.

"I-I… didn't… s-sorry…" she stuttered until the hunter burst out laughing.

"You should see the look on your face right now."

Lex tried to hide her face behind her hand, but couldn't help but to laugh too.

"If I could see something, this wouldn't have happened in the first place."

"Don't worry, I didn't mind."

Lex punched the impish predator, luckily for him, hitting him on the arm this time.

"Pervert."

Chuckling to himself Scar let the woman getoff easily and gently grabbed her hand.

"Should we get going then?"

And so the earlier argument was forgotten.


"Thank goodness for light!" Lex yelled greatly relieved as the entrance appeared in front of them. She hurried, eager to leave the darkness behind. Outside a cool gust of wind hit her, getting her hair all tangled, but that too was a welcome change to the stuffy cave air. The predator walked beside the woman, enjoying the fresh air as much as her.

Lex shut her eyes and turned her face to the sun that still provided some warmth, even though it was almost winter.

"You won't get me to return there anymore, no matter what."

"Look out!" Scar scared the woman by shouting suddenly and pushing her to the ground.

What the hell! Lex looked up and saw the hunter getting hit by the all too familiar tranquilizer darts. Unlike with Stealth, these darts affected instantly.

"Scar!" The woman stumbled to her feet and ran to support the warrior who had fallen to his knees. She wasn't strong enough and Scar fell on his side, losing consciousness almost immediately.

"Alexa Woods! You're just the person I was looking for!"

Lex took her eyes off the hunter's face and saw that everyone was there.

"Antonio…" The woman didn't know what to do. Was it true what the predators had told or did those people think they had just saved her from some monster?

"Well aimed Vincent and Keith. It sure paid off to increase the dose. We got it down much easier this time."

The shock was showing on Lex's face as she stared at the man that she had thought to know so well.

"What's going on in here?"

Antonio walked to the unconscious predator and the woman who was crouching by his side. He man knelt down next to Lex and smiled calmingly.

"Are you alright?" I was so worried when we couldn't find you after the attack. It was fortunate that we had put trackers in everyone's new utility belts, otherwise we wouldn't have found you here."

Antonio rubbed his cheek, looking embarrassed.

"I guess I forgot to tell you about it."

Lex couldn't believe what she was hearing. She saw right true that fake smile and excuses.

"You knew… from the beginning. You lied to me. What did you even need me for when you already had this group of yours?"

"Lex, Lex, Lex…" the dark-haired man tried to calm her down. "I was gonna tell you in time, but you proved to be a special case. I knew you had encountered these things in Antarctica, but I was surprised to see those little gifts they gave you."

He was talking about the spear and the mark of course.

Feeling light-headed Lex fought to get her thoughts in order, which was hard when she had a thousand questions in her mind. How did he know about Antarctica?

Antonio grabbed her by the shoulders, focusing his gaze to her.

"I know you have a lot of questions you want to ask, but there's something I want to know also. Why did you rush to help this creature? You even called it by some name."

Lex was irritated by the man's way of talking about 'it'. And she wasn't sure what to say. She... liked him very much? They would send her to a nuthouse if she said that.

Antonio continued:

"And didn't it just attack you?"

This made the woman lose her temper.

"He isn't th…" At the last moment she closed her mouth, realizing what the man had said. Hadn't they noticed that there were two predators?

"He isn't… that bad, believe me", Lex corrected quickly.

Antonio shook his head, obviously not believing this.

"I don't know everything you've been through, but 'he' and his kind hunt and kill people for fun. How can you be okay with that?"

The man got up and nodded to the others. Right away they started to take out parts that soon put together formed a sturdy-looking stretcher.

Lex was getting worried.

"What are you going to do to him?"

"We'll take it to a nearby lab for preparatory examination."

Examination?

The stretcher was set next to Scar. With the help of so many people it wouldn't be a problem to get him out of the forest.

Now Lex was panicking.

She clung onto the predator's arm as some of the men came to lift him.

"NO! Wait!" The woman screamed desperately, her mind racing to find words that would help.

Vincent glanced at Antonio, waiting for instructions. "We don't have time for this."

Antonio sighed deeply before speaking.

"I would have explained everything to you on the way back, but it might be best that you didn't come with us after all. I'm sorry Lex."

The woman reacted too slowly and got a hard hit to the back of her head. As the darkness inevitably engulfed her, one last thought lingered in her mind.

Scar… I won't… let… them…