Chapter eleven
Serena screamed with all her might, pushing her hands against Reed's naked chest. He laughed at her futile attempts and ripped her shirt open at the same moment her fist connected with his jaw. His grip faltered but he held on anyway. Fucking bastard.
"I like when you are feisty Serena"
She screamed out when both her wrist exploded in pain. Reed twisted her wrists again, not enough to break, but more than enough to hurt.
He held her wrists in one hand and the other roamed around her chest. Tears flowed out of her eyes, limps weakening. She never thought something like this would happen to her and Cetanu….
Serena's heart ached.
Did he try to kill her….but why?
"You have no idea what-"
Reed was cut off and all too sudden, his weight was off her body. Serena scrambled up into a sitting position, forcing her aching wrist to work as she covers herself with the bed sheet. Reed was on the ground and her eyes went wide seeing two long gashes on his back, bleeding profusely.
He jumped back on his feet, jaws clenched. Reed's wild eyes fell upon her and he advanced. Serena was only able to see a blurred figure, moving like liquid. A loud roar rocked the glass doors and Reed was thrown off his feet, blood sprayed out from his mouth.
Wide-eyed, Serena stares at the invisible figure, a hunter none the less but it was not Cetanu. No, she saw him just minutes ago, lying unconscious on a metal table.
Serena felt dizzy, but she fights off the urge to just sleep and watch the fight. Reed was no match to the bulky figure and he was caught off guard. Reed screams out profanities and covered his chest where another long gash appeared.
A blue current rippled along the sides of the figure and she watched the bulky hunter from out of thin air and from the looks, the hunter is beyond mad.
Serena felt a hand on her shoulder. With a startled gasp, she turns around to see another figure, small, too small. It must be of her size and the same blue electricity rippled along with the blurred figure.
Serena's eyes could not go any wider.
A human, she is staring at a human girl wearing a leather skirt and a leather strap is around her breast. She is covered in armor and she is holding a wicked looking spear. The mask is smaller in size.
"What the fuck?!"
Reed yelled when gunshots reached our ears. The bulky hunter growled viciously as the glass around them exploded. Reed took the opportunity and jumped out of the room. The bulky hunter snarled but instead of pursuing after the coward, he turns around and scoops a terrified Serena into his large arms.
She screamed, out of instinct and struggled against the strange creature's hold. He snarled, but not as vicious and ran after the human girl, through the chaos of shouts and gunfire.
Serena screamed and hold onto the creature with an iron grip as he knocked off Reed's soldiers with his heavy bulk and straight out of the Laboratory.
"No"
Serena screamed when it dawned upon her that they are leaving Cetanu behind. But the hunter who is holding her is only keen about one thing. To get the fuck out of there.
She sobbed and struggled all the way to wherever they are taking her.
Pale blue eyes stare at the unfamiliar surroundings. He tried to get up, but he was too heavy for himself. Cetanu touched his chest, breathing hoarsely. He is not wearing his mask and he is lacking his air.
Memories flood back into his head which made him growl. That pauk-de Ooman Reed shot him. He last saw Reed holding back the ooman female he came back from his mother ship to kill and suddenly, guilt gnawed at his chest.
He is now sure that what Elder Mar'cte told him about the female ooman is definitely wrong. The female tried to help him, isn't it? Maybe Reed forced her to do the dishonorable act.
Cetanu snarled at himself.
He could not be seen as weak.
He is not weak.
With a loud growl, Cetanu pushed himself off the dirt floor. Almost all his armors are missing. His talons clenched into a fist. He will kill them. He will kill them all one by one, make them beg for their pathetic life.
But before that, he needs to find where this place is.
He remembers the coldness of the metal slab under him and the chains that bounded him. But what in Paya's name is he doing on a forest floor?
His sensitive nose picked up a scent.
Cetanu flared his mandibles and breathed in and immediately jumped back on his feet. It's the scent of his female.
His female?
Cetanu snarled at himself and looked around. Did she escape Reed? But then how will she be able to get him out of there?
The sound of heavy footsteps reached him, and immediately, the black hunter moved into his defense mode, knees bend, arms wide. But what he saw made him even tenser.
Two hunters, one was about his size, bulkier but shorter than him and the other one was….small…a female…
Cetanu's mandibles went slack. Ooman female wearing yautja armor.
The scent of the ooman female Serena became prominent and his eyes settled on the bundle that the other hunter is holding.
An enraged roar left his chest and he found himself running towards the unknown hunter, his previous tiredness disappearing at the thought of the female in the other hunter's arms.
The unknown hunter roared back and before Cetanu could reach him, the ooman female wearing yautja armor pressed a ki'cti-pa that specifically belongs to an Elder, onto his chest. He stopped himself with a curious rumble.
His eyes narrowed down at the female who fiercely stood up to him and then at the hunter standing behind her. He saw the clan mark etched on to the hunter's mask, different from his own, but he recognized the symbol none the less.
The hunter before him is from the Than-guan thar'n-dha clan, the clan his sire had told him about. The only clan who had accepted a female ooman as a warrior….and a mate.
Cetanu took a step back and bow down. He is of higher status than the two warriors before him, but he felt like bowing down, both with shame and respect. He failed himself again and let his race's technology fall into the evil hands of humans.
"Arbitrator Cetanu"
The hunter growled and bows down before him, before eliciting a sharp bark at the female ooman who is still standing defensively in front of him. She took a step back, lowering the weapon.
"Scar….is she knocked out?"
The female ooman took her time to take off the mask and Cetanu saw the clan mark burned onto her cheek. The other hunter growled and lowered the bundle in his hands to the ground and turns to him.
"That dishonorable ooman male tried to mate with the female against her will"
Scar growled, but Cetanu's growl drowned his. Anger flood into his system. How dare he?
Scar's mate knelt down and touched her neck, to feel her beating pulse. "We have to get her inside"
Scar nods and turns to Cetanu. "I'm Za'hkar but my mate Yeyinde calls me scar because she cannot pronounce my name properly"
He says with a low rumble. "Your female is weak. She needs medical attention"
Cetanu growls in acknowledgment and bends down to scoop the female into his arms. Her eyes were closed and her cheeks are red and wet. The previously forgotten guilt rushes back and Cetanu sighed.
Za'hkar's mate drops a large leather sac by his side and follows her mate towards their ship. Adjusting the motionless female in his arms, he checked the sac and a content rumble left his throat when he saw that it holds his weapons.
Thank you for your valuable time reading my story guys! I'm so sorry I wasn't able to upload after the last chapter. My exams are coming and the stress was a lot but I eventually found some time to finally upload chapter eleven. Hope you guys love it!
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