Cloaked, Kristen and Mar'ek ran through the ditch towards her house to get some stuff that was there. Arriving at the house, Kristen was about to go to the backyard when Mar'ek yanked her away. "I see some people there." He said, clicking softly. Kristen looked around until they saw some lights flashing. "I do see something..I hope that Andrea and Josh know that I'm alright..." Kristen sighed sadly. "Your friends will be alright." Mar'ek assured her. Kristen smiled and nodded before she watched Mar'ek looking at the house. He placed his hand on her shoulder, urging her to wait. "I see some Oomans in the house right now." He explained. "They might be looking for me.." Kristen whispered. "I'll let you know when it's okay to go." Kristen watched Mar'ek as he continued to scan the house until he looked at her. "The Oomans are leaving right now, wait a moment." Kristen nodded and waited until the car is gone and looked Mar'ek to give her the nod. Kristen watched Mar'ek as he looked at her and nodded his head. Together, the two went inside the house undetected. They immediately went to Kristen's room and packed all of her clothes and her photos. Looking for something, Kristen looked under her bed and found a tin box. Looking inside, Kristen sighed in relief. "It's still there." "What is?" Mar'ek asked. "The money I have saved up when I was working. I got about $5,000 in there saved up." "That amount on our planet will make you royalty." Mar'ek said. Closing up the tin box and putting it in her bag of clothes, Kristen looked around the room and spotted her stuffed orange striped kitten toy her grandfather gave her when she was born. Picking it up, she rubbed her face against the fur and smiled. "You love this...animal?" "I do." Kristen smiled. "This kitten means everything to me." Mar'ek smiled at the girl as she put her kitten into her bag. Looking around the room one more time, Kristen looked at Mar'ek and smiled. "Let's go."
Kristen and Mar'ek snuck out of the house quietly and ran back to the ship. "We have been waiting for you!" Blaze crossed his arms and looked at the couple who are carrying a couple bags of Kristen's stuff. "We are leaving in about a few hours, lets go!" Mar'ek and Kristen laughed at Blaze and went to Kristen's room where she put her stuff in the corner. Kristen then took off her wrist gauntlet and handed it to Mar'ek. "Hang onto it until tomorrow." Mar'ek smiled. "Alright." Kristen smiled and placed the gauntlet onto her dresser. "Get some rest. You will need it tomorrow." Krsiten nodded and told Mar'ek goodnight before he left her alone. Kristen immediately took off her clothes and went to bed, covering herself. She thought about the test, is she going to pass or fail? The questions can wait for her, cause she is slowly falling fast asleep.
"We are almost at the jungle, Mar'ek." Blaze said a few hours later.. "Go and wake her up." Mar'ek nodded and left the control room. Blaze turned to the other warriors. "We will give Kristen a total of 12 hours to come up with a plan to 'stop' us as part of her ritual training to become one of us." The other warriors agreed to this plan and left to their rooms to make preparations. Mar'ek went to Kristen's room and woke her up gently. "Time to wake up, Kristen." Kristen stirred for a moment until she opened her eyes and looked at Mar'ek and smiled. "Hey." "Come on, we have arrived." Kristen stretched out her arms and got up. Kristen brushed her hair and realized that her hair was messy and not braided. "I brought some clips for your hair that way it would be a lot easier than braiding." "Thank you, Mar'ek." Kristen smiled and got to work brushing her hair. She divided her hair into six medium strands and put the clips on them until they reached the end. Once she was done, Kristen smiled towards Mar'ek. "Beautiful." Mar'ek smiled giving Kristen a kiss on the lips gently. Kristen blushed and giggled at the same time causing Mar'ek to do the same thing. "Let's go." The two went to the weapons room and armed Kristen with wrist blades, the wrist communicator, shoulder and chest armor, a spear, her helmet, and a bag of supplies that she needs. Kristen and Mar'ek walked towards Blaze and the others, looking on towards her. "Okay Kristen, before we start there are some rules you have to abide on." Kristen nodded her head and paid attention towards Blaze. "First rule: never EVER leave the perimeter of the jungle. Second, make sure that you invisibility cloak is on as well as your mask. That will detect any life forms that you are about to encounter. Third, upon attacking you have to take off your cloak. It is part of the code to not hunt while the cloak is on. Finally, the last one. If you have defeat all 10 of our best warriors, you will become one of us, but only half way. There is the final test you have to take, but it will be at a later time. Are we clear on the rules?" Kristen smiled. "Yes, Blaze. I'm very clear of the rules." "Good." Blaze smiled. Landing in the jungles undetected. Blaze and the others waited for the signal. "Remember to always leave your cloaking device on when scouting, Kristen." "Understood." After getting the signal from one of the warriors that everything is clear from humans, Blaze looked at Kristen and nodded. "It's time." Kristen looked at the door way and saw the luscious jungle. Looking at her friends, Kristen smiled at them one more time, turned on her cloaking device and left the ship. "Do you think she will pass?" One of the warriors asked. "I hope so, our future with this girl is at stake. She must pass." "She will pass." Mar'ek said defending her. "I know Kristen. She will pass this test so that she can be one of us." "You know all to well that she is a human, Mar'ek." Blaze said. "What will our elder, your father will think of that?" Mar'ek thought for a moment, Blaze is right about one thing. Kristen is human, not a Yautja like he and the others are. "There is a solution." Blaze said. "What?" Mar'ek asked. " making her live longer." Mar'ek looked at him in shock. "Why? I can't force Kristen to live very long." "We have customs, Mar'ek." Blaze explained. "If Kristen is to become one of us, she has to abide our rules, rituals, and traditions." Mar'ek sighed. He is right after all. Once Kristen passes this test along with killing an Kiande Amedha, she is will become a full fledged warrior, and then he will ask Kristen to be his mate. Unknown to the Yaujtas, Kristen overheard their conversation and smiled. She will be a blooded warrior once she passes these final tests. Not to mention that she will live longer. "It's like those vampires from my books," she thought to herself. No time for this, Kristen ran into the jungle to come up with a plan to defeat the warriors and pass the first test.