Hades and Rayne

Chapter 10: A Crazy, Intelligent Idea

K'herivak and Bloody Talon sat purring for a few more minutes before slowly stopping as K'herivak looked over at Bloody Talon, "Is there something wrong?" Bloody Talon shook his head, "No. I just came to check and see how she was fairing. I heard from Hades that she received most of the damage when they were forced to fight back to back."

K'herivak nodded, "I was only a few feet away from her. She fought well and hard until she was wounded and knocked unconscious. I thought I had no rage left until I heard her scream but I saw Hades move to protect her so I kept my own post."

Bloody Talon leaned back slightly looking over at Rayne as she lay on the med table before he purred softly in contemplation, " Elder?"

Bloody Talon stood and walked beside the med table before he gently grabbed her pale hand, " I have an idea." K'herivak cocked his head to the side, "An idea Elder?" Bloody Talon chuckled before he looked over at K'herivak, "You say that Hades protected Rayne rather than trying to get rid of her. There may be a way for me to force them to get along better." K'herivak stood, "What do you have in mind Elder?"

Bloody Fang smirked and shook his head, deciding to keep his thoughts to himself as he went to go get Hades. Rayne jerked awake with a choked cry of pain before she was instantly pinned by K'herivak and Tar'rak as her body arched in their grip.

Rayne groaned as she bit back a scream before she clenched her teeth, feeling as if her arm had been broken again before Tar'rak and K'herivak began to purr softly and she slowly relaxed. Rayne sighed as the pain stopped before she snapped, "Warn me before you do that! I was sleeping for crying out loud!" Tar'rak nodded, "Apologies. Elder requested you given healing serum."

Rayne growled before Tar'rak carefully took off her cast and looked the bone over through the mask to find that it was completely healed as was the muscle damage.

Rayne sighed as she jumped off of the med table grumbling about not being able to sleep in peace without Yautja waking her up with agonizing healing serums.

Rayne walked out of the room only to blink in surprise when Hades walked past her and grabbed her arm and pulled her carefully after him. Rayne yelped and tripped, falling towards the grid floor but in a flurry of motion Hades turned, catching her before he lifted her 130 lb frame up as if it were nothing and to him it wasn't.

Rayne blinked in utter shock but didn't fight him as he carried her down the halls before he set her on her feet in the training room. Rayne looked at Hades curiously before he turned to face her, "Teach…katas." Rayne cocked her head to the side, "As in martial arts katas?" Hades nodded, "Yautja katas." Rayne nodded, eager to learn before Hades began to go through them before he looked back at Rayne, "Follow with me." Hades looked down at Rayne before she moved forwards until she was just inches from him, "Go."

Hades slowly began to go through the katas and to his surprise Rayne caught onto them instantly as he began to advance through them but the movements were always fluid and slow in motion. For several days Hades taught Rayne several katas and was pleased when she remembered them.

Rayne walked to the kehrite actually looking forwards to meeting Hades now before she spotted him donning his armor on and he motioned for her to do the same and she blinked in surprise, "Where are we going?" Hades shook his head, "Just put on awu'asa."

Rayne nodded and began to put on the armor that had apparently been custom made for her having a little trouble before Hades moved in front of her and began to fix her armor, "Keep tight. Close to skin."

Rayne nodded and held still as Hades tightened several straps before he looked up at her, "Where is thermal net?" Rayne blinked, "What?" Hades sighed and began to pull Rayne's armor off leaving her in her bra like top and loin cloth before he grabbed what looked like a mesh shirt and placed it over her head and it draped to her waist before he slid some of the net up to her thighs, having two pieces before he began to put her armor back on.

Hades looked over Rayne before he nodded and began to place her weapons on the special hooks on her armor before he held up a mask and she grabbed it before she placed it over her face and felt it practically glue itself to her face, having to resist the urge to try and pull it off of her face as she slowly began to breathe.

Rayne jumped, hearing Hades's voice in her head, "We go on a pair hunt. The Elder has elected both of us to go." Rayne looked up at Hades in shock, "How?" Hades replied, "The Elder had them implant a small translator chip in your head while you were sleeping." Rayne snarled as rage sparked hot but forced herself to calm down before she nodded, "So where are we headed?" Hades began to walk towards the door of the kehrite with Rayne following, "We head to an ice planet. That thermal netting will keep you warmer than you think." Rayne looked down skeptically at the netting over her upper torso and legs before the vision switched in her mask and she was able to see the electricity coursing through the suit and her eyes widened in surprise but she made sure to keep in step with Hades.

Bloody Talon finished tampering with the computer in the small ship, disabling the small sensor to the engines so that they would give out upon landing leaving the two stranded together and walked out of the ship. Hades bowed to the Elder as did Rayne before they walked onto the ship and Hades closed the hangar door before he quickly activated the ship and punched in the coordinates before it launched.

Rayne watched carefully as Hades piloted the small craft before red lights began to flash as he began the end of their landing, "That can't be good." Hades roared when the engines suddenly gave out and they smashed hard into the icy surface.

Rayne awoke with a soft groan and slowly straightened before she saw Hades lying slumped over the controls. Rayne lifted her arm weakly feeling blood drip out from under her mask and she gently pat Hades's shoulder, "Hades? Hades? Are you okay?"

Rayne grit her teeth and managed to unhook herself before she shifted the chair around and moved forwards, grabbing Hades's arm before she managed to walk towards him and ducked down, pushing against his chest, actually managing to push him back as he slumped back against the chair.

Rayne shook her head and climbed onto Hades's lap and gently tapped his mask, "Hades are you okay?" Rayne growled, "Wake up hunter!" Hades jerked into consciousness at the order of the female to find her sitting on his lap. Hades stiffened in surprise before she nodded, "Good. You're awake. Let's go."

Rayne slid off of Hades's lap and moved towards the hatch as Hades unhooked himself from the chair and followed after her. Rayne flinched as the icy wind blasted over her smaller frame but in an instant the thermal nets began to work, heating her body to a comfortable temperature.

Rayne immediately began to scan for shelter, knowing that the ship would only provide shelter for so long and managed to spot a cave, zooming in on it with her mask before she looked over at Hades and he nodded before they walked back up into the ship and closed the hatch as Hades sent out a distress beacon.

Rayne shivered as the air inside the ship finally became cold after three days but had provided warmth as long as it could. Rayne sat up under the large fur that Hades had given her before she went to find Hades. Rayne blinked when she saw Hades lying curled up almost into a ball as if trying to retain heat for the thermal nets only worked for a short time.

Rayne moved forwards and gently nudged Hades only to gasp when she felt how cold his reptilian skin was. Rayne immediately threw her large fur over Hades before she managed to get him to straighten out before she rolled him onto his back and lay down on his chest, draping her body along his after pulling the furs over them both before she closed her eyes and focused on the gift that had made her unique out of all the marines tested on.

Hades groaned feeling heat sink into his nearly frozen flesh and immediately wrapped his arms around the source of warmth and opened his eyes to find that it was Rayne. Hades scanned over Rayne finding that her body temperature was a stable 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, normal for oomans but unthinkable for the Yautja who's temperatures usually ran from 110 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit.

Hades scanned the air around Rayne to find that it was a comfortable 120 degrees only to realize that it was Rayne who made the heat. Hades stiffened in shock before Rayne, who still had her head lying on his chest replied, "This is what I mean when I say I have a lot of fire to back me up. When I was in the marines I was experimented on. They found a certain gene inside my DNA and fed it, helped it grow. This is what they created."

Rayne raised her hand and in an instant fire sprang to life in it and Hades let out a roar of shock before he grabbed Rayne's hand and the fire died before he quickly scanned her hand to find it undamaged. Rayne sighed softly, "If we're going to survive out here, whether you like it or not. You're going to have to rely on me as a heat source. Now come on. Wrap as many furs around you as you can to keep the heat in while I find some spares around here."

Rayne stood as Hades obeyed, wrapping himself in the furs that Rayne had warmed before she came back with an armful of furs and tied them around him with some old hide.

Rayne grabbed hold of Hades's wrist before she opened the hatch as snow and ice cold wind roared into the ship but she remained unfazed and headed to the cave she had found days earlier.