Just Business

Waiting till night fall and everyone asleep but the guards, Ki'oli snuck away and headed to the labs with Juslia following close behind with saddle bags and rope. He knew that the Bad Bloods would be watching him and he knew where to find them and how.

In the distance a Bad Blood watched him, watched him close as Ki'oli heads to the Joka's lab. But the strange thing is, this Bad Blood was wearing Elite Guard armor.

"The lab."

An hour has passed and Ki'oli finally made it to the lab, no one was around anymore since it happened so long ago yet they were still looking around the place and Ki'oli knew where to look for a clue, a memory he received when Ellipsis was depressed. A Bad Blood had torn a piece of clothe off himself as they fled and it was somewhere under the rubble. Ki'oli ties a rope around some of the fallen wall and Juslia pulled as Ki'oli lifts. It soon rises and falls outside, under the rubble Ki'oli found the clothe, he picks it up and smells it.

'Ugh, they really need to bath more.'

Silently the Bad Blood crept up behind him with gauntlet at the ready but Ki'oli was one step ahead as the Bad Blood attacked Ki'oli knocks the Bad Bloods knee out with his tail then swings his tail hitting the Bad Blood hard on the side of the head knocking him out, Ki'oli points the tip of his tail at the Bad Bloods chest but halts his actions. Ki'oli looked at the cage behind the Bad Blood, the corpse of Malka was still in it.

"Malka..."

Ki'oli steps over the Bad Blood, rips the cage open and carries out his dead brother. Soon dawn came, Ki'oli buried his brother.

"Sorry you didn't get to see your freedom."

After tossing dirt over the grave Ki'oli walked back to his campsite deep in the jungle. A fire pit burning, Juslia watched the Bad Blood who was tied tight against a tree, the rope wrapped around the tree would smash in his chest if the rope was pulled, the Bad Blood was muffled so he could not yell out for help, but Ki'oli knew no one would miss him. Juslia growled at the Bad Blood as the Bad Blood shifted his head to watch Ki'oli.

Ki'oli looks at the Bad Blood's gauntlet, he opens it and reads the info on the Bad Blood, he memorizes the name and soon sat in front of the Bad Blood.

"Mister Rowis. On behalf of myself and my late family, I thank you for coming." Ki'oli removing the clothe in the Bad Blood's mouth. "Do you remember the female Yautja sitting at her desk?"

"She was dead anyway, I swear she was."

Ki'oli grabs the satchel the Bad Blood had on him, inside Ki'oli finds a sandwich with lots of white creamy stuff and little meat.

"Eww. So much laoe, Mister Rowis."

The Bad Blood had terror in his eyes, he watched Ki'oli carefully. Ki'oli grabs a loose rope and rubs laoe all over it and then tucked the rope under the Bad Bloods chin. Ki'oli showed the other end of the rope tied in a noose, Ki'oli swings it back and forth slowly intimidating the Bad Blood.

"Where are the others?"

"I-I don't know."

Ki'oli grabs the rope and takes a few steps back, the rope under the Bad Bloods chin tightens as Ki'oli pulls, he grunts and Ki'oli relaxes the rope. The Bad Blood then watches as Ki'oli walks over to Juslia purring to him, Juslia looks at him and lets Ki'oli wrap the rope around him.

"Yes, I know where one of them is. Holje. I know Holje."

Ki'oli looks at him and slowly walks over to him.

"Holje?"

"In Kop'ka. He got out just before the Elite Hunters found us."

"What did he look like?"

"Swarthy with rings on his chest. They wouldn't promote him because of that."

"Now I remember, he was the one that always followed your leader like a dog. What about the others?"

"All dead, they're all dead, from the Elite Hunters attack."

"What about your leader Gutas?"

"I don't know, I don't know. Please! Please let me go and I will testify against Holje."

Ki'oli slowly shook his head, he slowly walks back to Juslia purring.

"Do you remember what you Bad Bloods were singing after you killed Joka?"

The Bad Blood shook his head as Ki'oli lead Juslia, he began to sing the song in the Yautja language, the Bad Blood watched as the rope got longer and then tighter around his neck, he struggles to breath. Ki'oli halts Juslia and looks at the Bad Blood.

"You're not singing. Sing for slack, Mister Rowis."

The Bad Bloods eyes began to bleed and he struggles to sing along, the rope getting ever more tighter.

"It's Futa! Futa deals with him!"

Ki'oli halts Juslia and pulls on the rope as he walked toward Rowis.

"Deals with him."

"And where is Futa?"

"The city Gualas."

Ki'oli began to sing again, getting louder and louder with anger in his voice. Rowis begins to roar, Ki'oli finishes, he quickly wipes his hand back with a loud shriek and Juslia pulls with great might. Rowis kept roaring till his head is ripped from his shoulders, blood splatters across Ki'oli's face. Juslia roars in victory, Ki'oli smiles.

"A great victory indeed."

Ki'oli slowly wipes the blood from his face, he looks at it then tastes it, a smile came across his face. He soon took Rowis head and tears the flesh from it, he roasts it over the open fire and eats it.

Soon Elite Guard swarm the area, someone told them where to look and as soon as they arrive noone was around, only Rowis head on a tree stump. Some of the Elite Guard check the surrounding area while the others look at the campsite. One Elite Guard checks the fire pit, he finds some burned flesh and other edible plants.

"Flesh and plants... he made fired food. What do they call it?" Asked the Elite Guard to another.

"A shish kebab? I heard that Ellipsis can teach you how to make them. Various meats and plants put on a stick."

The Elite Guard in charge looks at Rowis head and takes a picture of it, a holograph image is displayed by his gauntlet.

"We need to report this to Inspector Polie."

After they gathered everything they quickly return to the city, a few miles out Ellipsis sat on the deck looking up at the sky she soon returns inside and into the room Ki'oli was staying. As she looked around, Ki'oli walks in and is surprised to see her. Ellipsis quickly walks over to him and hugs him and he hugs back.

"Where have you been? Training the Elite Hunters is hard enough without you." Ellipsis could smell something on him. "You smell of smoke and blood."

Ki'oli looks at her as she notices hidden blood under his shirt.

"I found them. They're here on the mainland."

"Where?"

"Gualas."

Ellipsis quickly runs to her room and gets ready, Ki'oli watches and soon runs after her as she leaped out her window to the hover bike below. As they ride off, Snake-Eater watched and knew what they were going to do, he had three theories. One: they find the Bad Blood and kill them, Two: they come back and get help to defeat the Bad Blood. Three: one of them is captured and is used as a sacrifice to the Bad Blood's Mad God, Takan Ki'ale. He knew the Bad Blood leader well, if any of his men question any of his actions they were dead in a heart beat and the rituals they preform on captured Yautja, humans and other species would drive anyone insane.

'This is one group those two shouldn't try and hunt down alone... I know one of them is going to die.' Snake-Eater thought to himself.

As they enter the city, they asked around for a Yautja with the description Ki'oli remembered him by. They told them that he owned a restaurant, after finding the place they waited outside, and sure enough he showed up with mate and kids. As he entered the restaurant his mate and kids looked around outside. Ki'oli sings a small song to draw one of the kids to him, he continues to sing as he rubbed his fingers over the child's dread locks placing the cloth on the child's shirt. Futa came back out and walks over to his mate.

"Where's Kula?"

Futa looks over at Ki'oli and Ellipsis but doesn't recognizes him, he claps his hands together to get Kula's attention.

"Come, come."

As Kula ran over to her father Ellipsis looks at Ki'oli.

"He has kids, what do we do now Ki'oli?" She asked to see what his answer would be.

Ki'oli quickly takes Ellipsis deep into the ally and hides in the shadows, for now Futa came over looking form them for he found the clothe Ki'oli got from the lab with a message on it.

'Blood for blood.'

"Well?" Ellipsis asked tapping her foot.

"First off, we see where he lives. After that, when he leaves we take something of his children, a toy or a dread lock, we then find where he is at and threaten him to tell us where their leader is."

"Very good, I would have it no other way but what if he tries to kill you after he learns his children are safe?"

"Kill him."

"Good."

Ki'oli could feel the darkness again, could it be from Ellipsis? After awhile they head back to Snake-Eater's place to help train the Elite Hunters.

Futa on the other hand had plans, he quickly head to find Gutas and warn him. As he entered the underground tunnel network he enter Gutas' chamber.

"Sir, we have a problem."

Gutas looks up at Futa and chuckles.

"What problem?"

"Rowis was killed and his face eaten. That means his killer knows who we are."

"Rowis searched the labs for any signs of us." Said one of the lower ranking Bad Blood in the room. "Gutas asked him to do it."

"Poked around with his gauntlets the lazy bastard." Gutas said sighing.

"Who is he? The poisoned little Yautja, that killed Rowis?" Asked the low ranking Bad Blood.

"He's a hybrid and a shop keeper. He's the one we left alive at the lab."

"What's his name?" Gutas asked, his mind couldn't recall much about that day.

Futa sits down on a chair and leans forward.

"Ki'oli."

Gutas chuckles, the low ranking Bad Blood looks at Gutas.

"You know him?"

"So do you. We, busted in during one of his naked moments."

The low ranking Bad Blood laughs he now remembers that day.

"Go home Futa, go home to your mate and kids."

Futa stands up and walks to the door.

"Hey!"

Futa looks at Gutas.

"Bring me a meal next time." Gutas said with a deep growl.

Futa soon leaves and Gutas relaxes even more.

"What are we going to do? What if he's helping the Elite Hunters?"

"Bov, I want you to go and find the hybrid, Ki'oli. You'll know what to do."

Bov stood up and quickly leaves the room, Gutas soon falls asleep enjoying the screams of his captured humans and Yautja in the tunnels being tortured, raped, and killed.

"Music."