First off, let me just apologize for the fact that I haven't updated since May. Then, let me apologize again for the fact that it's so short. I wanted to get something up for you all since it has been way too long.
Thank you to everyone that's reading and have stuck with me. My updates may be sporadic, but I will not stop writing until I am finished with this fic.
For those of you who haven't already, check out my one shot entitle, Starting Over. It tells how Sonja and Jay came to be on the ship. A few people had asked that question and I wrote a one shot a while back to shed a bit of light on that.
As always, I do not own Predator. The OC's, however, are mine.
Kenzie sat on the couch absentmindedly petting Rain. Colby's birthday was tomorrow and she didn't have a clue what they were going to do. Had they been on Earth, she, her parents and her grandfather would have taken him to his favorite restaurant. Her grandfather would have gotten him something her could make explode and her parents would have protested, before giving in. She would have gotten him something simple. Like a new game for his game system or something.
Those were the things that would have happened were they still on Earth, but that wasn't the case and she was at a loss. Her only hope was to find something at the trading post for him, but she would have to wait until Viper got back to go. He had become a bit paranoid with her leaving their home without him.
A few days after H'bu had told her that Viper would be sent on another cleanse and she'd been invited to go with him, she was caught in one of the corridors by a Young Blood. She wasn't sure what was happening at first until he began to purr at her. She knew from dealing Viper exactly what that purr meant. He had cornered her and Kenzie was preparing herself to send a mean right hook to his testicles, but didn't get the chance.
Xile had pulled the Young Blood away from her and literally threw him down the corridor. He then nodded for her to continue on her way and she did just that. Kenzie had learned that out of all of Viper's clan brothers Xile was the quietest. He rarely spoke unless he was spoken to, or he had something he felt was important enough to say.
Kenzie was brought out of her thoughts as Rain began to keen next to her. She knew the little animal had to go to the bathroom and she quickly got up, taking her there. The last thing she wanted was to have to clean up an accident.
Once Rain was finished with her business Kenzie carried her into the living room before sitting her on the floor, then laying across the couch. She was still at a great loss as to what her little brother may have wanted for his birthday. You only turned eighteen once.
After another half hour of debating, Kenzie decided to call her grandfather and see if he could help her out. She called his home, but received no answer. Knowing him the way she did, she was sure that he was probably in the lab. She was more than happy that he was getting out and was no longer confining himself to the house, but he was now eating, breathing, and living in that lab, because she knew he wasn't sleeping.
Sitting back on the couch, Kenzie pulled her knees to her chest and thought long and hard on what to get her brother. If all else failed she knew that she could throw him a party. Though it would only consist of a few people it was better than nothing. Sighing, she thought back to Colby's sixteenth birthday.
~Flash Back~
Kenzie and the rest of the guest had just finished singing happy birthday to Colby and she was cutting cake for those wanted some. In the process she got some on her hands and they were becoming sticky. Finishing her task, Kenzie made a beeline for the ladies bathroom.
She could hear someone sniffling in one of the stalls, but she wasn't sure if she should say something to them or not. She turned the water on with her elbow and began to rinse the cake from her hands before adding soap. When Kenzie reached for some paper towels, she saw Maya, Colby's current girlfriend coming out of the stall.
She and Maya had gone to school together, Maya being two years younger, and Kenzie had honestly never been one of her biggest fans. She heard all types of things about Maya. She wasn't usually one to be into the he said she said, but she recalled a few times where she witnessed her being a little too friendly with other guys since she had been dating Colby.
"Are you alright, Maya?" Kenzie questioned upon seeing the red in her eyes.
"Oh, yeah. I'm fine. Just a headache." Maya responded.
She dropped what looked like tissue into the trash can, expect it made a clinging sound as if there was something in it.
Kenzie continued to dry her hands while watching Maya leave. She had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach as she glanced at the trash can. A feeling that so far, had never steered her wrong. Walking over to the trash can, she peered inside. What Maya disposed of was the only thing in there. Using her paper towel, she reached in and picked it up.
Carefully, Kenzie unwrapped the tissue from around it. Her breath stopped and felt as if the wind had been knocked from her. The tissue consisted of a pregnancy test, the pink positive glaring up at her. Making an abrupt about face, she stormed out of the bathroom.
Upon re-entering the party, she saw Maya dancing with her brother. Blind rage took over Kenzie as she stormed over to the two. She grabbed the younger girl by her arm and yanked her away from Colby. Everything came to a screeching stop.
"What is wrong with you?!" Maya demanded getting in Kenzie's face.
Without thinking, Kenzie pushed her back and threw the test at her. It bounced off her chest and fell to the floor. Maya looked down at the test in complete shock her mouth hanging open.
"Is it my brother's?" Kenzie questioned through gritted teeth. Even though she knew it wasn't.
Colby may have been a teenage boy, but she knew her brother wasn't sexually active. Yes, they were three years apart, but they told each other everything. Kenzie had no doubt that if he were sleeping with Maya he would have told her and he was smart enough to use protection.
As she glared at Maya, she saw Colby retrieve the pregnancy test. The look on his face read nothing, but complete hurt and that was all Kenzie needed to see. She lunged herself at Maya, but was grabbed around the waist. She looked back to see her father restraining her.
"McKenzie you can't hit her, she's pregnant." Her mother told her looking every bit as disgusted with Maya as her daughter was.
"Her face isn't pregnant!" Kenzie snapped struggling to get away from her father. "I promise to only hit her in the face!"
"Regardless of that she's still pregnant Kenz." Her father stated as he struggled to hold her. She may have been small, but she was feisty.
"I'm having a hard time finding two fucks to give." Kenzie announced as she continued to try to get at the tramp.
~End Flashback~
Kenzie sighed as she was brought back to the present by Rain nipping at her sock covered feet. It wasn't long after that, Colby had met Hailey and following that the oversized bug came wiping out some of the city, her parents included. When the remaining residents moved, the Glass Mouths began their invasion. Every birthday since then for any of them had been unpleasant understandably. Kenzie wanted to make sure that this one was at least a little better.
Sighing, she got up and decided to fix herself something to eat before figuring out which weapon she could part with. Viper would be home soon and she would have him take her to the trading post. They had to have something there that Colby would like.
Viper was making his way down the corridor back to his living quarters when he was stopped by Br'gyt, Elder H'dru's life mate and one of the female elders.
"Why have I not met your ooman mate yet?" She inquired, getting straight to the point. Viper was at a loss for words. He honestly wasn't sure why that was. Other than the fact that he enjoyed being selfish and keeping her to himself when he wasn't training the pups.
"I will bring her to meet you when we return from the cleanse." Viper responded hoping that was enough to satisfy the Elder woman.
"You be sure to do that." She stated before walking off.
Viper continued on his way to his living quarters. He hadn't seen his little mate all day and he'd missed her. All he wanted to do was feel her soft ooman skin against his.
When he entered the living quarters her found the small animal lying at the top of the stairs leading into the room he'd set up for Kenzie. He assumed his little mate was down there considering the animal went everywhere she did.
Making his way down the stairs, Viper found his little mate rummaging through her things. He noticed she had a few of her weapons off to one side and a few things he didn't recognize off to another.
"What are you doing, Mate?" He questioned as he watched her.
She glanced at him before going back to scrutinizing her weapons. "I'm trying to find something to trade in to get Colby a birthday present."
Viper knew what birthdays were, knew that ooman birthdays were celebrated yearly because she had told him about them the full cycle before. What he didn't know was why she was trying to trade some of her possessions. He would buy her whatever it was she wanted to get the young male.
Making his way to her, Viper placed his reptilian hands on her waist to stop her rummaging. She'd been asleep when he left and he had missed her throughout the cycle. She turned in his hands facing him.
"We will go to the trading post to find something." He informed her before picking her up.
Instinctively, he was sure, her legs went around his waist and her arms around his neck. He made his way back up the stairs, making sure to step over the small animal. Were he to hurt it, or accidentally kill it, he knew his little mate would never forgive him.
Viper carried her to their sleeping chambers, where he lay her on the bed. He had missed her. Missed her soft ooman skin against his and at the moment the coverings she wore got in the way of that. He had undressed her many times and was a pro at it by now. In under a minute he had her completely naked before him.
Slowly, he ran his hands up her stomach to her mammary glands. He made sure to be gentle. He had gotten a lot of practice over the past couple of weeks and he knew just how to touch her to elicit the sounds he loved to hear from her. He ran his reptilian thumbs over both of her nipples causing her to arch her back. Her lips parted and she let out a soft moan.
Viper's tongue soon followed his thumbs and slowly flicked across her nipples while his left hand slid down her stomach to her center. He began caressing her most intimate area slowly. The scent of her arousal assaulting him. He breathed in deeply. Savoring the scent he'd come to love.
As her essence began to coat his finger, Viper began to purr deep within his chest, quickening his pace. Her hands went to his shoulders and her nails began to dig into his skin. Viper barely felt it, but he enjoyed knowing that he was pleasuring her so.
Her eyes were closed as he stared at her. Viper had found that he enjoyed the different expressions she took on when he was pleasuring her. Looking down at her stomach, he watched as it clenched, contracted and detracted. He knew she was close to her release.
Viper moved his body down and as he toyed with her clitoris, he took in her smell. He enjoyed the scent of her arousal as it built to a shattering climax.
"Viper." Kenzie whispered on a moan as her nectar flowed from her in orgasmic release.
He watched as his little mates legs shook with pleasure. Control had always been something Viper prided himself on, but he would be lying if he said it wasn't hard for him to keep from taking her. Though he found great pleasure in pleasuring her and she never left him unsatisfied, he couldn't help but to want to feel himself in side of her. Yet, he wouldn't rush her. He would wait until she was ready.
Once she'd calmed down, Viper allowed his little mate to slide away from him. She sat on her knees looking at him expectantly.
"Lie down." She stated.
Viper did as he was commanded. No sooner than he was situated on his back, his mate took his large organ into both of her hand and began to stroke him slowly for a few moment before leaning forward and allowing the tip of her tongue to flick across the top of his member. He hissed out in pleasure. Placing both hands behind his head, he closed his eyes and enjoyed just like every other time.
Colby watched as Jay skipped ahead of him. They were headed to her favorite place on the ship to look at the stars. He honestly couldn't see how she didn't get bored going to the same place, essentially looking at the same thing. However, it made her happy and he wasn't going to rain on her parade by asking her that.
When they made it there, Colby leaned against the wall as Jay went and pressed her face to the glass. It was quiet for a few moments while Colby watched her, watch the passing stars.
"So your birthday is tomorrow." She stated never moving her attention from the site in front of her.
Colby nodded, even though she couldn't see him. "It is." He then stated simply.
"What do you want?" She questioned, looking briefly over her shoulder before turning back to the stars.
Walking over to her, Colby slid his arms around her waist, pulling her small frame closer to his. He bent down, grazing his lips lightly across her neck before resting his chin on the top of her head.
"You." He finally answered.
Jay giggled lightly as she placed her hands on top of his. "You already have me." She informed him.
"Then I'm set." He responded as he watched a star fly pass the window.
A/N Don't forget to review. Feel free to flame as well if you feel it's needed. Hopefully chapter 18 will be up much sooner. - ReddWriter