So who saw the new Predator movie? I personally liked it but the CGI kinda ruined it for me in regards to a certain character in the movie.
Summary: Lex thought she would never see the Predator that marked her with a mysterious symbol ever since the battle in Antartica. While leading yet another expedition, this time in the jungles of the Amazon, she runs into the very same alien that had been on her mind since. How will Scar react to seeing her after recovering from his near fatal wound?
Disclaimer: Aside from my OCs, I don't own anything else.
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Acceptance
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Chapter XX
The night spent in Scar's room was rather awkward and somewhat amusing at the same time for Lex. Awkward because they were in the same room and amusing because Scar became more and more confused the harder he tried to study her "hygiene" habits. It ended up with the Predator leaving the room in a huff while trying to clear his head around certain things. Lex must have fallen asleep somewhere after that point because the next thing she knew, she was covered with a blanket tucked around her body.
"Scar?" she called out sleepily, rubbing her eyes with one hand.
No response.
Wondering where he could have been, Lex yanked on her clothes and tied her boots around her legs. Then she headed out the door and made her way towards the "canteen" area of the ship. Along the way she passed by one of the rooms to the left, and when she heard it opening, looked up from her wrist-comp to find Storm coming out of his own room without his helmet on for once.
"Hey Storm."
Storm looked around and then down to find Lex waving at him.
"Yea yea I get it big guy, I'm short compared to the others."
Storm's mandibles clicked rapidly in laughter as he gently patted her on the back, being mindful of his strength.
"Have you seen Scar?"
The Predator made some hand gestures indicating towards the canteen.
"Huh, let's go find him then shall we?"
All the moaning and whining in the galaxy didn't do Winter much good. Wolf was set on remaining on the mothership for some time, and will actually train those he saw promise in.
Pa'uk.
Instead Winter decided to pay a visit to Snow to see how she was doing.
He found her among a group of females at the eating area of the ship and approached them. The other females of the group immediately became shy when they noticed him walking over towards them. Snow turned her head, took one look at Winter, and went right back to ignoring him like he was invisible. Winter felt something pierce his heart and pretended to fall over.
"Winter! What's wrong?" all the females gathered around him.
"Leave him. He's being hulij-bpe."
That elicited laughter from the other females as they all gathered back around Snow. Winter realized his little plan was foiled and got up from the floor, wondering what exactly went wrong during their partnership with one another.
"You hurt me with those words," he said.
"Never said I would be nice to you despite not being a warrior," she replied calmly.
More laughter.
"Good day then," Winter said with a flustered gesture of his hands and walked away.
Snow couldn't help but laugh once Winter was gone from sight.
"Scar! There you are," Lex said when she finally spotted him talking to Glaive and Dagger at a table.
The trio broke their conversation and waved at Lex and Storm. Bringing her tray of food over to where they were, Lex slid herself next to her partner while Storm managed to squeeze into the space beside her to the right. Feeling a bit sandwiched between the two, Lex did her best to eat without interrupting their conversation. Not that she understood anyways since she didn't have mandibles on her face.
"Have you heard anything yet?" Scar asked, looking at Dagger.
"No but it may be someone who wants Lex dead," Dagger replied, flicking through images on his Bio-Mask.
"No really? Thanks for pointing out the obvious," Glaive said.
"Idiot," Storm added.
Lex glanced up when she heard everyone directing their ire towards Dagger and desperately wished she had her mask with her.
"Uhh...is there something going on?" she elbowed Scar for his attention.
"Dagger say stupid thing," he translated.
"Huh...interesting," she muttered.
"Do you think it's one of the young bloods?" Storm asked.
"Impossible. They are under strict supervision by the Elders and their parents," Scar growled back.
Amidst the furious clicking of mandibles and the occasional growling here and there, Lex finished her food and was about to get up when she spotted one of the younger Predators staring at her from across the room. Immediate chills crept up her spine as Lex sensed hostility, anger, and hatred from those eyes alone. The intensity of those feelings was enough to send Lex clinging onto Scar's arm.
"Scar! Scar!" she yanked on his arm repeatedly.
"What wrong?" Scar looked down at her.
"There's a Predator glaring at me," she explained, covertly pointing a finger in said direction.
Scar looked over in the direction of where her finger was pointing, only to find no one at the empty table.
"No one there," he replied.
"What?" Lex glanced over and realized the Predator from earlier was gone.
"But he was...right there..."
Good.
The human saw.
That was just a preliminary warning.
She isn't as safe as she thinks she is on this ship.
Turning down a corridor leading to the sleeping quarters of Blooded Yautja, one of the other warriors nodded at their presence.
The Predator nodded back.
'Soon everyone will learn to cower in fear...'
Keera screeched in pain when another jab targeted her exposed right side.
How many more days of this must she endure?
It seemed every time she was woken, the Yautja would return and jab her with more needles.
The only comfort she looked forward to was their presence, but their musk was weak, almost non-existent as her second set of jaws sampled the air. Hissing quietly to herself, Keera circled the cage several times and settled down on her arms. Her right side stung with pain every time she moved, but Keera was used to it by now. The other two queens were shrieking several doors down, and Keera roared angrily to silence the other two.
Being older and bigger did come in handy sometimes.
Once everything was quiet, the Xenomorph Queen was about to resume her slumber when the gate to her cage hissed open. Her inner jaws came forward and scented the air, recognizing it as that of her companion and immediately her tailed thumped in excitement.
"Keera, how are you?"
She hissed quietly in response.
This time instead of waiting outside the cage like they normally did, her companion fiddled with something at the door of her enclosure and Keera could hear something opening. The next thing she felt was a warmth pressed against the crown of her head, and the Xenomorph chirped in comfort.
"I managed to get the code to your cage."
Her tail thumped against the floor rhythmically.
"In three days, I'll release you from your cage while most of the hunters are participating in a chiva. You can take those who remained as hosts for your children," they said.
Keera couldn't understand what was being said, but her mind did process the word children and she screeched impatiently, finally having a chance to breed her own.
"Wait for me."
The warmth disappeared from her side and the gate to her cage closed.
Satisfied she will soon have her own brood of children to look after, Keera settled down in her cage and sleep soon claimed her.
To be continued...
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3 days and everything is going to hell XD
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Let me know in your reviews and I'll update chapter 21 as a flashback story of sorts.
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Celsius Fate~