Author Note: I do not own Aliens or Predators. Sorry if the last few chapters weren't as good as previous ones. I've had a terrible case of writer's block lately...and I just don't feel as creative as I was when I was starting out. Also, it doesn't help that in a week I'm going to California and am so excited I keep forgetting to write...sigh. :/ But please be patient with me and if you have any suggestions for the story, do share them! I really am doing my best to write good chapters often enough, so bear with me, everyone. Enjoy!
12: THE HUNT IS ON
SAIN'JA crouched in the thick undergrowth just outside the Ooman building, carefully scanning the area. His brother was in there somewhere-he just knew it. He'd searched the entire island with Setg'-in and hadn't found him, only a trace of a half-finished camp in the hills. Which left the Ooman complex. Unless his brother had decided to swim all the way to the mainland, a feat no Yautja was capable of, from this far away.
Captured by Oomans! How weak his brother was! Just wait until the Clan heard this hunting tale! The great Lar'ja-thwei, banished to N'ithya, and captured by weakling Oomans. It made Sain'ja want to roar with laughter...but that would alert the Oomans to his presence. He wouldn't be a fool, like Lar'ja-thwei. He simply couldn't wait to gloat. Soon, Sain'ja would be recognized as a better warrior than he ever was!
"Sain'ja," said Setg'-in.
Sain'ja shifted his gaze to his comrade, whose own gaze was fixed on a certain point in the building. "Have you found him?" he asked.
Setg'-in gave a curt nod and jerked his chin in the direction he was looking. Following his line of sight, Sain'ja spotted Lar'ja-thwei's large heat signature. He was being transported by Oomans through the building. He appeared to be unconscious; he wasn't struggling. Sain'ja smirked behind his mask. He wondered what the Oomans were going to do to him. Part of him wanted to stay and watch, to savor the sight before him-Lar'ja-thwei at the mercy of the pyode amedha!
However, if the Oomans were going to kill Lar'ja-thwei, he would have to go now, before they had a chance. His brother's life belonged to him! It was a risk he knew he couldn't afford to take.
"Let's go," he said to Setg'-in.
He moved out, invisible, toward the building, Setg'-in silently following. Every time they saw a Ooman, they crouched and stayed still, so they wouldn't alert the creature with any noise. Luckily, there weren't too many of them outside-just two at every entrance, armed with their primitive projectile weapons, as well as a few driving around the outside doing whatever it was the strange beings did.
Sain'ja and Setg'-in silently approached an entrance and swiftly slayed the Oomans guarding it by breaking their fragile necks. The Oomans went down without a sound, unable to fight back or sound an alarm. Sain'ja longed to take an Ooman skull as a trophy (or whatever reason the pyode amedha were considered highly honorable to kill), but he had to find his intended prey. He could pick up a few Ooman trophies later.
The hallway they entered was empty, but they stayed cautious. Running quietly, they made their way through the complex, staying locked onto Lar'ja-thwei's heat signature.
"Wait!" hissed Sain'ja in an undertone, coming to a halt.
Setg'-in looked at him, head to one side, then at Lar'ja-thwei. He then saw what made Sain'ja stop short. It looked as though the Oomans intended to cut him open!
Sain'ja growled. "Forget stealth! We need to get to him, Setg'-in."
They blasted a large hole in the ceiling and pulled themselves up, then quickly got on the move. Any second now, the Oomans would come to investigate the noise. They crashed through walls, scaring the Oomans into a panic. The warriors shot at them, but missed the fast Yautja. A...bullet, was it called?...grazed Sain'ja's shoulder, but he didn't pay attention to the sting. All his focus was on reaching his brother.
At long last, they reached the room with Lar'ja-thwei, just as an Ooman was touching a knife to his chest. Startled by the wall breaking open and by the presence of two Yautja, the Ooman dropped the knife and ran. The rest of the Oomans, screaming, followed him, yelling, Sain'ja assumed, for help.
He approached Lar'ja-thwei, who appeared to be in deep sleep, lying on a table. The bigger Yautja was snarling slighly in his sleep, mandibles twitching.
"Let's release him into the jungle, then hunt him down," Sain'ja said.
Setg'-in shrugged as if to say "whatever you say", then slung Lar'ja-thwei over his shoulder.
The two of them went back the way they came, only this time, they had more Ooman warriors to deal with.
"Onto the roof!" ordered Sain'ja.
Blasting open the ceiling, they made their escape. There were two...helicopters?...hovering above the building. Sain'ja and Setg'-in shot at the drivers through the glass that protected them, breaking it and killing the Oomans inside. The helicopters spiraled out of control, crashing. The resulting explosion shook the building.
"Let's go," said Sain'ja.
They made their way to the jungle, leaping off the roof. A few Oomans shot at them, but missed. Sain'ja and Setg'-in didn't stop until they'd reached their ship, sitting on the far side of the island. Setg'-in dropped Lar'ja-thwei on the ground, rolling his shoulder.
"Setg'-in, behind you!" barked Sain'ja.
The hunter started to turn but a pair of powerful clawed hands grabbed either side of his head and twisted it violently to one side, breaking his neck with an audible snap! Setg'-in crumpled to the ground, much like the Ooman guards had when he and Sain'ja had broken their necks.
"I knew you would come, Sain'ja," snarled Lar'ja-thwei. His expression was one of such fierce rage, it bordered on madness. "I knew it."
Sain'ja smirked, though he knew Lar'ja-thwei couldn't see it. "Really. Glad to see me? I'm here to finish the job, brother."
Lar'ja-thwei snatched up Set'g-in's spear. He grinned, mandibles spread wide, then roared a challenge to Sain'ja. "The only one who's going to finished anything here is me!" he declared.
The two charged, each seeking to end the other's life.
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