Hades and Rayne
Chapter 12: Returning to the Ship
'Yautja'
'English'
Hades rushed to the fire and placed Rayne as close to it as he dared, worried he might accidentally burn her, curling around her and activating his thermal nets to try and warm her back to consciousness.
Hades blinked, hearing the roar of engines just as Rayne managed to rouse herself. Rayne shook her head, shaking the dark fragments of unconsciousness away as Hades carefully set her on her feet.
Rayne kneeled beside Ice Saber and pulled him to his feet as Hades quickly gathered Rayne's trophies under one arm and pulled the albino's free arm over his shoulder as the rescue crew broke through the ice wall.
Rayne staggered forwards, trying to hold the weight of the weakened Yautja but in the end it became to much and she collapsed forwards but a Yautja very quickly moved forwards and caught her weakened frame in his arms, lifting her up into his arms as another Yautja took her place, holding the white Yautja up as they headed onto the ship.
Rayne leaned against the Yautja's chest as her mind slid into unconsciousness once more, having used far to much energy to keep them warm when she had no energy to give.
Rayne jerked awake with a gasp only to have a large clawed hand gently push her down and her eyes snapped to K'herivak, "K'herivak?" K'herivak smiled at the huntress, "Welcome back." Rayne flinched when a needle was pressed into her arm and she looked over to see Tar'rak, "It's just a mix of protein and sugars. To regain your strength and energy. You used a lot to try and keep them warm. To keep them alive. Your heart stopped twice."
Rayne's eyes widened in surprise before she looked over at K'herivak, "How is Hades and Ice Saber?" K'herivak cocked his head to the side, "Ice Saber?" Rayne smirked, "The albino. The white Yautja." K'herivak blinked, "Ah. Yes, him. He's fine. Hades has actually taken quite a shine to him. He's trying to teach him how to fight again. It seems his clan abandoned him not to long after he completed his kainde amedha chiva. He doesn't know how to fight properly. Just how to survive."
Rayne nodded before she slid off the med table only to stagger slightly and was steadied by K'herivak's large hand, "I want to see Ice Saber."
K'herivak nodded before he scooped Rayne up into his arms and carried her to the kehrite. Rayne blinked when Ice Saber grunted as he was smashed onto the ground only to see Hades, "Get up warrior! Get up!"
Ice Saber groaned but forced himself to his feet only to see Rayne, "Rayne!" Hades turned at the mention of Rayne and his crimson eyes darkened slightly with worry, seeing her being carried rather than walking on her own but managed to refrain from running to her side as Ice Saber did.
Rayne held out an arm to Ice Saber and he timidly held out his arms only to have Rayne be placed in his arms.
Rayne looked up at Ice Saber and smiled slightly, patting his head, "You seem to be doing well." Ice Saber shook his head, "Not really but I am trying."
Hades nodded as he walked up, noting that K'herivak had quietly taken his leave, "He is improving to say the very least."
Ice Saber smirked slightly at the praise before he looked down at Rayne, "Are you alright?" Rayne nodded, "Yes. I'm still just a little bit tired and the ground won't stop shifting when I try and walk." Hades growled softly, "Then you need to be resting." Hades took Rayne from Ice Saber's arms with no effort and carried her over to a small bench before he carefully set her down on it as Rayne sighed, "I have been resting. It seems that all I've been doing is resting and it's annoying."
Hades shrugged, "Gather strength now. Fight later."
Rayne snorted as she lay her head down, "Oh joy." Hades turned, ignoring Rayne as he began to teach Ice Saber again, hearing Rayne slip into sleep with a soft sigh.
Rayne came to hearing twin purrs and awoke to find Hades leaning back against the bench just above her head as Ice Saber took the same position at her feet and both lay sleeping.
Rayne blinked in surprise before she looked up to see Elder Bloody Talon and having little strength to stand she bowed her head in respect, "It seems that I had the right idea to send you two to the ice planet. You seem to be getting along."
Rayne smirked slightly, "For now Elder. He'll eventually say or do something stupid and I'll have to kick his ass back into place."
Bloody Talon chuckled quietly, not wishing to wake the exhausted warriors as he sat on another bench rather close to them, observing the sleeping hunter's protective sleeping arrangements, they slept to protect the huntress between them and smirked, "I believe you will huntress. How do you fair however? I have heard that you caused quite a stir in the med bay. Dying on us twice only to come back. Not many have the strength to do that."
Rayne shook her head, "All that happened was that my heart stopped. I don't believe that counts as death, just muscular failure."
Bloody Talon chuckled again before he clapped his large hands twice, instantly awakening the two hunters who looked first at Rayne and then at him. Hades and Ice Saber immediately stood and bowed to the Elder before he stood as well, "Get some rest hunters. You look like you need it. I will take the huntress back to her guardian's room."
Hades and Ice Saber nodded, heading off to their respective quarters as the Elder leaned down and scooped Rayne up into his arms, carrying her quietly down to K'herivak's quarters, "Eventually you will have quarters of your own. This is still just a protective gesture."
Rayne nodded as she was placed on the small cot that acted as her bed before Bloody Talon gently draped the fur over her, "Sleep well pup."
Rayne smirked and buried her face against the cool furs only to see the ice saber tiger's skull and the ice spider's skull before an idea struck her.
Rayne cocked her head to the side as she sat up carefully and walked over to the ice spider's head and carefully released the fangs to find them about twelve inches long and an interesting iridescent blue.
Rayne cocked her head to the side before she found a small dagger and carefully cut out the fangs finding that the fangs curved just enough to be used as daggers as well as finding that the tips of the fangs were the only smooth point, the rest had tiny spikes going along the outside.
Rayne spent the next four hours turning the poison filled fangs into deadly daggers with thick handles, thanks to the help of a metal worker who actually came at her request and together they managed to fashion the fangs into quite the formidable looking daggers.
The metal worker covered the fangs in an extremely hard yet acid proof resin to make sure they would not break in battle yet left the tips of the fangs along, knowing that it would be easier to inject the poison if not tampered with.
The metal worker also created a small lock that was on the handle of the daggers that could be opened to allow more poison to be fed into the fangs.
After the daggers were done the metal worker took his leave, surprised by the intelligence of the ooman female but said nothing as he returned to his work station.
Rayne smiled at her handy work, with the help of the metal worker of course and spun the blades in her hands finding them to be extremely light but amazingly resilient and it seemed that it would only inject poison into living tissue and only enough to paralyze the victim not kill them.
Rayne placed the daggers under her small cot and lay down before pulling the fur up to her shoulders and slid quietly into sleep.
A/N: R&R please ladies and gents.
