Location: Khuul'de-katel.. Pleiades sector 349-223-ce.
Week two..
Ghardeh slams a hand on the console when she sees the Descent has jumped again. They have been following it for the past week and her patience is waning. Shane looks on the star map. "Pauk! One week! We are running out of fuel and the last few stars were not fuel stars!" Ghardeh roars.
"He does know we are following him.. Right? Shane asks and She nods.
"He must do.. But this jumping is not sporadic.. He has jumped to a system in the pleiades sector.. We have several jumps.." The holo console signals a call.
She looks at Shane and walks over.
Tenjra flashes on screen..
"Tenjra… Are you alright?" She asks shocked to see him.
"I am i haven't heard anything since Riz'ghah told me about you killing two of the 4 sovereign ic'jits he has allowed me to use his console.. I'm currently in skri'kash'n.. I've cleaned up the place for your return.."
She looks away.. "Tenjra… Theres a chance.." But he shakes his head
"Don't you say it Ghardeh! It has plagued my mind since you left on that cursed mission of yours.. Just promise me you won't be a different yautja than when you left.."
"I can't promise that Tenjra.. It depends on the manner of my return." He nods.. Deep inside he knows.. She may never come back..
"Tenjra.." Shane says walking up to the screen..
He looks and trills. "A… Human.. Yes.. Yes Riz'ghah mentioned a human.. Is my mate treating you well?"
Shane nods.
"Yes she is indeed".
"Are you on this mission with her?" Tenjra asks tilting his head.
"For my part yes she is very persistent."
Tenjra laughs. "Not always so.. She was once an elusive yautja.. I worked hard to finally claim her."
Shane nods "so I've been told.. Played hard to get.."
Shane glances at Ghardeh who narrows her eyes at him.
Tenjra belts a laugh.. "History lessons Ghardeh?"
"The human was curious so i indulged his tiny brain.."
"Is that all Ghardeh?" He leans in.
She collects herself.
"No.. I have been learning about his home and Tiger.. Fist.." She says.
"Human don't go easy on her.. She will not extend the same courtesy."
Does flirting count? Shane thought.
"Working on it." Shane says.
"what's your name human?"
"Shane.."
"Well Shane i hope Ghardeh at least brings you here before sending you back to earth I always have a fascination with humans.
Well i best get back to doing nothing.
Ghardeh.." He calls.. "I do hope we see each other soon.. I'm missing you greatly.. Goodbye.." Shane if you can keep her from doing something.. Erratic.. She is all i have left.. Will you keep her safe Shane?"
"If i have to carry her myself i promise." Shane says. "Good bye Shane.." The call ends..
"Should you have told him about..".
She shakes her head. "M-di."
Shane turns his head slightly to the left "No?"
"Males are possessive in my species. Females also but males are a whole lot worse.. If i told him about you he would take it as a challenge.. And i have enough to deal with without him trying to send a ship out to do the Yautja rumble and tumble with you. I'd end up smashing him in the face anyway.."
"So.. Why do you warm to me honestly?" Shane asks stepping back. "You remind me of Nina.. She helped Osh'ikeille.. Patched him up.. They didn't get along at first.. But slowly.. They changed together and became mates. Our situation is different. I found you needing help.. Only difference is your personality is far more open than i imagined you have no qualms telling events or situations how they are, almost dangerously so. Honesty i like honesty… You have a certain quality that you don't find in many humans. Your attitude towards me also gains you merit. You also told me that story about the terror attack. How you want to do the right thing that has extended here. I've been watching the way you act around me, like we have known each other for years.. It's been quite dangerous of you to even contemplate how i would react to your actions.. But at the same time i like defiance.. It shows you are not easily swayed by fear.. Even if you should.."
She looks away slightly losing his gaze..
"Tenjra maybe my mate Shane I will always be grateful for the memories we have together but.. He is no longer the only male I've come to admire anymore.. You give me a reason to keep going as much as Tenjra, Danny, Nina even the twins.. I'd be lying if i said i felt nothing towards you these past few days.."
She pulls away.. She makes several trilling noises like she said something she shouldn't have..
"I'm sorry Shane i shouldn't have said that.." She storms off and walks to the foodstocks.
Shane follows her to find her leaning on the side with her back to him. He stands next her but gives her space.
"Two weeks ago.. I thought i was going to die.. I didn't care much, there's nothing on earth left for me..When i was 18 My parents were killed in a car accident.. A topless man was throwing rocks at vehicles one of which was my parents car.. They swerved lost control and smashed into an oncoming lorry.. My sister frieda and i were supposed to be close but we drifted apart.. Rest of the family weren't much better so i kept myself to myself. 3 years later, one day at work i get a call.. My sister.. Was going away when the plane she was on went down.. Catastrophic engine fault.. Everyone onboard was killed.. I don't recall much of the time after that i just focused on work and making ends meet. Then 6 years later that terror attack i mentioned happened. I..err try not to think about the past too much. But when I was strapped to that tree on that planet i thought i was finally done for.. Then i see this alien out of a film.. Knock me out with a hand that would crush the hulk.. Come to, and find you stood over a corpse. I can't describe the amount of fear going through my body.. But when you finally spoke.. And told me not to run.. The moment you had me on your ship, you have kept me safe, nurtured me and gave me a purpose.. I wouldn't find anywhere else. I would be dead if not for you so have a bit of a chill.. Give yourself some credit Ghardeh because the here and now? It wasn't just me, it was US."
Ghardeh slowly walks up to him.
"Remember when you said we finally understand one another Ghardeh? I think i know what it is.. We are two sides of the same coin."
She makes a strange trilling noise as if to calm down.
"You do have a way with words krit!" she says with a grin..
"I was being serious Ghardeh do-"
She stops him from continuing by putting two fingers up against his lips. "So was i." she says she sits him on the side and she closes her eyes as his head meets hers.
"Hurdle two done?"
She nods gently.
"So now what?" She opens her eyes pulling away and clicks. "Now i have to try and be gentle…"
"What do you mean gentle? Wait.."
He moves back but she leans into him. "GHARDEH." He shouts as she laughs in a low rumble he slides off the side and backs away and moves around the table. She stands on the opposite side waiting for him to make his mistake.
"Is Yautja mode on Ghardeh?"
He asks keeping her on the other side of the table she doesn't answer but her eyes slowly lose the purple glint he is used to and replaced by a deep purple with her irises slowly ebbing away.
The table is swept aside and in a clicky tone she says one word..
"Run.."
"Oh Fuck!"
He presses the foodstocks door panel and closes it shut, he runs towards the forcefield holds his breath and enters. The area is sweltering and he runs into a room he sees a giant yautja mask of sorts with a micro tank he takes a wild guess and inhales. It was oxygen but his head is way too small for the mask…
Ghardeh opens the mess door and walks into the cockpit. He asked for it.. He's getting his wish. She thinks to herself. She walks into the restroom and throws open the storage doors then she walks into the ramp section with the storage rooms. She checks the two rooms and walks out her gaze fixed on the forcefield.
"Naughty naughty Shane.."
She walks towards the door and enters she activates her cloak and proceeds on.
Shane walks further and hears the whirring of the core and the lighter crying of the engines, he finds a small alcove and fits inside and waits.. Taking another hit of oxygen.
Ghardeh walks into the storage to find the mask and tank missing she clicks and moves on. She walks down the corridor silently. And makes her way into the core room..
Shane pokes his head out as he sees mist swirl.. As if someone had passed. He hears the core door open then close and makes a run for it.
He reaches the forcefield when a force.. Pushes him forward he torpedoes past the forcefield then slams into the wall the air winded from him, he falls on his back but he gets up and brings up his hands. He is trying to focus. As the invisible Ghardeh walks up to him, he strikes out but she grabs his arm and picks him up and takes him to the ready room and slams him down on the bed.
"Fuck me Ghardeh that hurt! Waddaya doing?!"
She de-cloaks and he sees she has slowly gained control and sits next to him..
"I told you to run." She says running a taloned finger again from his right temple down to his cheek.
"I did run, you had me chasing my skeleton just now.."
"You should never go into that mist Shane.. I'll unlock the rest of the ships o long as you show me your human moves.."
"Shane feels a shudder at the request it was metaphorical. He has not only kicked the hornets nest.. He damn well drove his foot into it.
Pins and needles attack his spine as the realisation hits him..
She has finally taken down her wall and propped up a ladder so he can reach over the last hurdle.. He is now hers..
"Do i need a defibrillator?" Shane asks.
"You are going to need a-" Shortly after the ship whirs stop the whole ship shudders..
"Was that me or?" Shane asks. But there was a hint of caution in his tone.
She growls and runs to the cockpit..
In front of the ship the Descent fires upon the Scorpion..
An alarm sounds as the hologram to the left of the pilot seat shows '
Under Attack' in yautja, the three rings of shield that surround the hologram of the scorpion hold..
She is being called. By the vessel..
She answers.. A Huge mutated Yautja looks her in the eyes.. Glowing green.. "Black.. Angel.. I must say i am surprised that you have slain my pack, a formidable yautja indeed. I may have met my match." She looks and lets out a dry growl. "You must be my final target.. Would you like to record your final words ic'jit?"
He nods and says something in yautja..
"Dtai'Kai-dte sa-de nau'gkon dtain'aun bpi-de."
The fight that begun would not end until the end.
"And you?"
"You are one ugly motherfucker."
He disconnects.
And with that he fires again.
The ship shudders the scorpion evades and fires back.. Its red disruptors fire in small bursts
The Descent comes about as Ghardeh uses the lateral thrusts to keep her target in front of her.
His shielding is failing not least for the Scorpions hard hitting weapons.
He boosts towards the small vessel and Ghardeh just barely ascends with a flip in time he flies towards a planet while his backward firing weapons continue to hit the scorpion… Two rings of her shields are down and the final one slowly fades a rune flashes up.
'SHIELDING CRITICAL' the lighting of the cockpit slowly pulse a deep red with an woop woop alarm. she fires at the descents engines as the shields collapse on her target. She aims for one of the jutting nacelles that most Yautja ships have and fires.. She sees an explosion in the left nacelle and it spins violently as it careers towards the planets surface. They see a large bulbous pod break free from the ship as it continues to spin out of control..
"Shane… Shane take the ships controls.. Fly us towards his pod I'm getting ready.."
He jumps over and sits on her pilot seat.
She walks to the armoury and takes all of her weapons.. She is ending this with all she has..
Her shield module installed she makes her way to the pods.
Enters one and fires at the Yautjas coordinates.
The scorpion dives with her pod and she sees a town…
Her pod lands with a thud and opens. And is greeted by the night.
But a massive hand grabs her and throws her out sending her flying she smashes into water, she rolls to a stand and looks to see nothing there.. Her view modes change.. She looks around.. Nothing.. She is hit with a force and a pain in her shoulder. .. She turns off her view modes to see him.. His cloak reverses the masks abilities to see him.. His huge hand crushing her shoulder.. "Let's end this little warrior!" He snarls and throws her upward. She twists and lands in the towns plaza unleashing her sword as he jumps in front of her.. He is huge.. Towering over her making the incredible hulk look like a petulant child…
"I am the Hunter…" He says..
"And you are my prey little angel.."
She growls tensing her whole body..
"You're not a hunter… You're just a parasite waiting to be squashed. " He sees her artillery pack and a barrage of rockets hit him..
With the patter of booms his outline slowly emerges stood exactly where he was. A glowing green shimmers around him and he brushes his shoulder with a snort..
"My turn." He aims a laser at her. And a huge cannon unfolds from his left shoulder.. She steps back and runs as the whirring intensified and she feels a massive force hit her in the back sending her flying into one of the buildings like paper sending her onto the second floor. She gets up her shield module bar flashing red.. Blue Sparks fly off her armour before the shield recharges.
"Krit… C'jit.."
She gets up throwing debris from her..
Ghardeh hears him make several roars that echo and she leaves the building and drops from the second floor..
The townsfolk emerge.
Armed with weapons.. "Let the fight begin!" He shouts walking up the temple steps.. "Then i kill you after." He says.
She brings up her sword..
The townsfolk move on slowly around her.
"Wait you don't have to do this.."
She feels a hand on her shoulder.
And with a huff..
"Ok maybe you do.."
She grabs the males arm and throws him over she sheathed her sword and resorts to knocking the townsfolk out.. They are innocent in this and are merely looking out for their own.
The berserker is manipulating them somehow..
She smashes a female in the head and punches a male.. Sweeping another yautja off his feet.
She is grabbed from behind as a yautja throws his bladed weapon she ducks causing the Yautja to stab the grabber. And throws him off before slamming her wrist blade into the attackers jaw.. Then ripping it out..
She turns her cloak on and they all stop looking around they are each one subdued until she is the last one standing. Conscious..
In a flash she sees something fly towards her.. A pain in her abdomen then a coiled wire.. She is flung into the clawed hand of the berserker.. He has no mask but wears thick full body black yautja combat armour
He holds her in his grip as he rips out the grapple tool..
She lets out a sharp exhale..
"Not so much as a scratch.. I think i can work with this.. I'll mark that body of yours.."
She lets out a roar and he throws her as she slashes his huge forearm.
He stands at full height as she recovers and unleashes his huge wrist blades..
"Let us dance with death.." He says with a growl..
She unleashed her blades..
Feeling the sting of pain in her stomach she lets out a growl and ignores it.. She angrily moves into him and with deep inhales she throws herself at him. She is extremely fast and agile with a powerful bite to her attacks, It is no wonder his pack ever stood a chance. The anger throwing off her is intoxicating to him and he sees she is not letting up.. He stops her right hand where it is and grabs it..
He begins to squeeze and lowers his mass into her..
"One arm left.." He says she unleashes her sword and in a flash he lets out a grunt as she slashes across in a reversed grip with all her strength..
She penetrates his thick black armour. But he spins her around she rips free and stabs him through the bicep.. He roars and knocks her block and kicks her away she keeps to her feet kicking up dust takes two steps and throws two throwing crescents at him he growls as one stabs into his right arm and the other in his left breast. He rips her sword from his arm and throws it aside.. She rushes at him and swipes her wrist blades down at him. He punches her in the head and swipes her across the side with a streak of fluorescent green. She swipes back with a heavy waff through the air and shoves him back.. She punches his abdomen twice and upper cuts him knocking him back but he punches downward sending her on one knee. And grabs her mask..
The mask flashes yellow around the edges then orange as it makes a metallic creak… There is a beeping when he digs his talons into it a rune flashes repeatedly Trauma Detected! And rips the whole right side of the mask off.. Causing three deep cuts with his talons across her speckled forehead..
"let me get a look at those eyes.. Before i rip them from your sockets.." He growls…
He crushes her into the floor bringing up his wrist blade he brings it down Ghardeh brings up her left hand and roars as she sees one of the blades skewer her hand green blood drips from her hand onto her face.. He drives it down further and further..
She aims her caster at him..
A fizzling static triangle aims at his chest and there is a white flash WATHOOM.. He is sent flying up and backward with Ghardeh being sent tumbling backwards across the floor. She gets up ignoring her hand with a gaping wound and picks up her sword as the berserker gets up, she smashes her sword into his chest he roars and brings her close.. She roars also as he plunges his wrist blade into her chest also. "We all fall down.." He says in the same language she has been speaking so fluently. She tries to rip herself free but he rips his blades out and drives them in again. She rips her hand from her sword and stabs him in his right arm. And he roars grabbing her right side and squeezes digging his talons into her side causing her to bleed.. She kicks off him with an agonised roaring and gets up as he slowly rises removing her sword from his chest… Oozing a black acrid blood. She staggers to her feet.. He walks towards her she feels every breath a burning fire.. A thousand glass shards piercing her lungs. She fires her caster at him again causing him to fall on his back with a loud thud. She staggers up to him and smashes her wrist blades into his chest,
once twice three times…
He grabs her right arm gripping her as he takes one of her bombs and presses the button. "Times up Black Angel…" He says with laboured breath, she smashes her blades into his head twice as the bomb falls she backs off but is sent flying from the force of the explosion.. She coughs out a bark of pain..
She hears him laughing and with a pained roar she picks up her sword and Lumbers up to him and with all the strength still in her she kneels on him..
"I… Hope.. It… Was worth… …."
He says slowly with a laugh..he coughs out a bark.
"I'll say…. Hello...to...your...chil-"
He doesn't continue as she smashes her sword into his head again and again.. Then decapitates him..
"Ell-osde pauk.. Zabin.."
She throws herself off of him and lets out a pained roar..
Memories hitting her like burning plasma.. Not least with her wounds..
For once as a yautja she lets out a cry.. Before standing weak to her feet… She feels faint… Seeing her blood all over the floor she staggers away.. Falling to her knees trying to escape the area.. She reaches the creak.. Her mask constantly fizzling in her left eye… She taps on her gauntlet..
Shane answers. "Is it do- Holy fuck Ghardeh!" He shouts. His face filled with worry.
"Shane… Land.. The.. Ship...it's finished…"
"On the way darl.. I'll be nearby as quick as i can.. Shit.. Fuck.. "
Author note: So the final Bad blood has been slain but at a cost, Ghardeh had her work cut out with that final encounter.. I hope you enjoyed the read, stay awesome people.. Yautja words belowsys!
Yautja words:
Ell-osde pauk- F^ck you.
Zabin- Insect.
Dtai'Kai-dte sa-de nau'gkon dtain'aun bpi-de.-
The fight that begun would not end until the end.
C'jit- Sh^t.
Krit- Idiot/Moron. (Non-cannon my own word.)