Chapter XVIII

Alexandria Ehiztari Woods smiled in true happiness for the first time in her life, taking what she thought would be her last breath as she closed her eyes and surrendered to the soothing darkness that was slowly consuming her consciousness.

Both stopped what they were doing when they started to hear the Ooman's heart rate slow down, turned and watched helplessly as the Queen's tail hit the dark beauty that was the female Ooman, they knew that she would have been accepted by their clan, as she was strong and didn't depend on another to defend herself, she was perfect in every way that mattered to the clan and the Yautja race.

A moment passed as they watched her fly through the air before hitting the ground hard, she would have been knocked unconscious if, of course she hadn't been killed; Scar was reluctant to delude himself into believing that she was alive, no Ooman could have survived such a blow, no matter their skill.

Range glanced between where the female Ooman had landed and his Chiva-mei'hswei worried, he knew that soon enough Scar would become enraged, he sighed and in that moment he hated his races way of courting, absently he wondered if his father and Scars would let him lock Scar in a small room if the female Ooman was dead, but then again he wouldn't mind if he was allowed to do it if the female was alive, both options presented Noble goals, the former to get over the grief that Scar would undoubtedly experience and the latter to force Scar to admit to exactly how much he cared for the Ooman.

Scar stared at the location where the female had landed for a moment, not sure how that had happened, he wasn't even sure what exactly he would do in retaliation, he had thought that she had been too strong to let such a blow to get near her, but then he remembered her little quirk, the one that seemed to tell her the future. Did she willingly sacrifice herself to obtain a favourable outcome? Or, did she have to let herself be killed so that some unknown future would be the only one that came true?

Scar just continued to stare at the female Ooman wondering whether or not she would ever get up, but those musings were put to rest when he saw her breath, it was shallow but it was better than her being dead. He turned to the Queen and roared, it was the only way that he knew how to display his anger and grief at the, currently, near death of the female, soon to be death Scar was sure.

Range stared when he heard his Chiva Mei'hswei roar in anger and grief, he glanced between the Ooman and Scar, noting that the Ooman was well on her way to Cetanu's embrace, which made him nervous as he didn't know how this was going to affect his clan, he knew that Scar would grieve as she had been a potential mate. He turned towards the Queen and sighed as he saw Scar launch himself towards her.

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Adrinle watched as the hunt was speed up in places so they could catch up to the current events, in fact they had just reached the point where the new Young Blooded had started the detonation sequence on their wrist devices, which was a smart move.

His clan watch in silence as his daughter provoked a conflict between the Kiande Amedha and the new Young Blooded, moments after the conflict had been provoked it became clear that his daughter had a goal that she was going to achieve as she was heading towards one such beast, once said beast was dead she turned and began to make her way back to the Ooman contraption that was to be their escape vehicle.

He watched tensely as they were launched into the air, but his daughter pulled a stunt and managed to get off of the infernal contraption, though happy about it he wasn't going to calm down until he had her at his side.

Moments later when he saw her get hit by the Queen hard enough to send her flying, he growled loudly, fully prepared to go down there and rip the Queen apart with his bare hands, but his SIC put his hand on his shoulder and shook his head.

Adrinle growled in frustration, not liking the fact that he couldn't save his only daughter.

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The Queen snarled in frustration as the one that was the descendent of her children's slaughters wouldn't die, it was like they refused to die; no matter what she tried they just refused to even let her injure them!

And that bitch of a Queen! She had been a good opponent whilst she was alive, but eventually she had succumbed to her better, like these bastards wouldn't do!

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Scar and Range ducked and weaved around the attacks that the Queen sent at them, attacking when they had a chance and opportunity. But they were determined to stay true to the Ooman's plan.

Scar Moved towards the building that the Ooman had gestured to, with Range following close behind, once there both threw themselves towards the building and started to push, when the Queen realised what they were trying to do she tried to move in the opposite direction, but her effort was futile against one Yautja that was level headed, and the other enraged over the loss of a potential mate.

Scar roared for a second time as he pushed using every ounce of strength that his body possessed, to move the building over the edge of the cliff, like the Ooman had asked them to, he was determined not to fail her, it was the least he could do for not protecting her.

Range stayed quiet as he pushed the building, the only noises he was making were grunts and pants that showed his exhaustion, but he wouldn't give up, his mei'hswei was counting on him helping to avenge the one that he had wanted for a mate, his honour would demand no less of him.

Slowly, ever so slowly the building moved towards the edge, but then it started to gain momentum slowly making it easier to push the building, which meant that soon the Queen would be trapped, and they would have avenged the Ooman that was slowly being taken to Cetanu to join the endless hunt, both Yautja were sure that she would be accepted by Cetanu, for she was a formidable hunter, the only reason she had been hit was because she had been distracted by the quirk that she possessed, one that they were currently cursing.

Eventually they managed to throw the building over the edge of the cliff, trapping the Queen with the wires that the Ooman had prepared and the rest of the trap fell into place, or more accurately sprung into place. Whale bones, that gleamed in a way that no bone could or even should, shot through the snow piercing the Queen's extremities, wires suddenly became taunt and began to press the Queen into the icy floor, the lone building that had been close to The Cauldron started to collapse sideways, in the direction of the Queen, the debris fell onto the Queens neck and slowly began to suffocate her.

The two Yautja stared at the trap in stupefaction for a second, they hadn't thought that the Ooman had had something like this in store for the Kiande Amedha Queen, even if the whale bones where being eroded slowly due to the substance that the Ooman had coated them in, the wires weren't pressing down with enough force to split the skin, so they would survive as they would never come into contact with the Queen's acidic blood, the same for the debris of the building that had collapsed sideways, both Young Bloods were impressed at the complexity and well thought out plan, but they were also saddened as the didn't know if the Ooman would survive or not.

After the second Scar suddenly jerked, before turning and running to the Ooman females side, holding some hope that he could save her, even if he knew subconsciously that it was a pup's hope, but never the less he would try.

Range was startled out of admiring the end result of the Ooman's plan by Scar practically lunging towards the Ooman's side, a moment later he followed his mei'hswei to the resting place of the Ooman.

#Brother,# Scar said as he looked at Range. #please what can we do to try and stop her from going on the Endless Hunt?#

Range looked at Scar and sighed, he was no healer, but his mother was and he hopped that enough of what she had tried to teach him had stayed with him to save the Ooman.

#I might be able to delay her death but the clan need's to land soon for her to truly be able to survive, and they might not land soon enough for that to happen.# Range said, as he taking out the First Aid packet that they all had been given, and started to remove some items. #Brother I'm going to need yours as well if this is to be successful.#

Scar didn't even hesitate to hand his First Aid kit over to his mei'hswei, who took it with a nod of recognition.

Range started to prepare the solution that he needed, vaguely remembering what his mother had told him about Ooman's, how they had a more fragile constitution to them, but Range had a suspicion that the Ooman he was trying to save was different, although he thought that it wouldn't work, he had to give his mei'hswei some hope after all, he still did it, that was stronger than those of her race, so he made the solution a bit stronger.

Once it was done he looked at the wound and growled lowly earning a look from his mei'hswei who didn't like the sound of the growl, but he ignore him and went to work, still considering it completely futile. At that moment Ranged wish that the clan ship would appear so that his mother could help him.

#What is wrong brother?# Scar asked worriedly, not believing that Range tried to act like he hadn't growled, but Range ignored him.

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On the clan ship everyone was watching as Ryend yelled at the Na'tauk, Scars father and the elder that was in charge of saying whether or not a Chiva was finished.

#You will declare the Chiva over Na'tauk!# Ryend yelled. #Or so help me Paya, you won't like the results! Range is to unskilled in the arts of healing to save the Ooman, he needs my help, and your son needs your help! Does he not want the Ooman for a mate, even if he has yet to admit such an intention?!#

Na'tauk looked like he wished he could be anywhere but, in the room that he was in at the moment.

#Ryend, you know I cannot declare and end to a Chive unless all parties are marked.# Na'tauk replied.

#But that can not happen yet!# Ryend yelled back. #You know that the mark must be taken willingly, and she will not be able to make the decision if she joins the Endless Hunt!#

Na'tauk considered what Ryend had said, she had raised many valid points, also he found that as he thought about the rules there was no rule, that he knew of, which stated what would happen in this type of situation, as it had never been a problem.

#Alright, we will land and you will aid your son Ryend.# Na'tauk said as he turned and made his way to the bridge. #We shall remain in Earth orbit until she is able to and has made her decision.#

Ryend cheered as she was given leave to dispense aid, and understood that this was the best she would get, now all she had to do was make sure the female Ooman survived, or they would have a very unstable Young Blood on their hands.