Author Note: I do not own Predators. Sorry for the cliffhanger last chapter. Thanks to those who read and review Predator: Apocalypse. I will update as often as I can. This might only be once a week, but each time I do update, I will try and upload more than one chapter, so you'll be able to read more of my story. Enjoy!
Chapter Twenty
-Yeyinde-
Yeyinde blindly ran through the thick forest, panic giving him extra speed. How could he and Bakuub have forgotton to tell Paya-sain'ja that Nexvas were deadly poisonous? What kind of teacher was he if his apprentice died because of a stupid mistake?
Don't think that way! he told himself sternly. She'll be fine. Just find Al'nagara!
Still, he couldn't help but think about how tiny and frail Paya-sain'ja was. Sure, she'd already survived so much, but if Yeyinde couldn't find Al'nagara in time, she would die. And it would be his fault. As he ran, he was surprised to find he was thinking more about how he'd fail Paya-sain'ja than Guan-thwei. He definately didn't want to have let Guan-thwei down, but he also worried about letting his apprentice down.
He tried unsuccessfully to silence his morbid thoughts as he tracked down Al'nagara, relief making him almost sick when he finally found the medic picking herbs.
"Al'nagara!" he roared, skidding to a stop. "Come, now! Paya-sain'ja needs your help!"
Al'nagara nodded and clutched the plants in his fists as he followed Yeyinde, matching his fast pace. "What happened?"
"She's been poisoned by a Nexva," Yeyinde said, fearful that he'd been gone too long to save her.
"A Nexva?" exclaimed Al'nagara. He began to run faster. "It's a good thing I have some Sk'nix," he said, gesturing to an herb he was carrying.
Yeyinde felt a stab of relief that he had the plant that cured nexva poisoning, which was just as quickly replaced by dread and regret. He didn't want Paya-sain'ja to die. If she did, everything would have been for nothing. Guan-thwei would have died for nothing. Besides that, Yeyinde had grown close to the little ooman in the time he'd known her. He couldn't let her die.
He heard Bakuub yelling Paya-sain'ja's name as they burst into the clearing, roaring at her to wake up.
"Bakuub!" shouted Yeyinde. "I got Al'nagara!"
Al'nagara immediately went to Paya-sain'ja, getting to work crushing the juices out of the leaves. As he did, he checked Paya-sain'ja's pulse. "She's not doing well."
He pulled a syringe out of his medical kit, filling it with the antidote from the Sk'nix plant. When it was nearly full, he swiftly jabbed it into her neck.
"Will she be okay?" asked Bakuub in a dead tone.
Al'nagara gazed at his brother. "I've done all I can. She might pull through, or she might not. She's in the hands of the gods now."
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