Chapter 8: Captured, Escaped, and Revenge
Mac-11 CQB: Here's the next chapter. Please review. The only reason I'm not threatening you is because it's better to ask first then threaten.
When Netak woke up he found himself in a water tank with green liquid in it. He looked around and saw the tank was in a science lab and on a shelf far away from him were his weapons, his cloaking device, medicomp, and mask. The hunter looked at the man in front of the tank. It was Rykov. By now he looked 40 years old. The Netak felt his blood boil and his hands tightened into fists. "Twenty years in my nightmares. You have much to repay." said Rykov. Netak made a low clicking sound. The leader of the Corporate army was smiling for some reason. "I'm surprised at how strong you remain, especially after our "tests." The blood loss alone should have weakened you, but you remain as strong as ever. That will change soon." Netak didn't say anything. He was too angry to talk. Rykov walked out of the room with a smirk on his face.
An hour had past since his "conversation" with the Corporate leader. The one weapon he had on him was the wrist blades and they weren't able to cut the glass. Some scientists walked by and began taking notes. One of the scientists went to a control console with a bunch of security camera monitors and started typing on it. The other went to the front of the tank and started staring at him. Netak looked at the paper she had and noticed she was trying to draw his face. "Do you have an advanced civilization or do you live in huts and tents like ancient hunters did?" She asked. Netak still said nothing. "Can you speak English?" The hunter again didn't answer. Seeing that he wouldn't answer she quickly finished the drawing and went to the console with the other human. They left soon after.
Meanwhile Rykov went to his room to rest for the night. As he went to sleep above him in an air vent a face hugger crawled out. It was the same face hugger that grabbed the embryo Doun'ch threw up. It crawled to the sleeping corporate and implanted the embryo. With its mission accomplished it slowly crawled off into the air vent and disappeared.
The next day Netak was still in the tank pacing back and forth. The hunter saw what looked like a master control terminal behind glass a few feet above him. Many hours had past since then. It was nighttime. Much to his surprise an alien crawled by and destroyed the terminal. The tank holding him broke and an alarm went off. "WARNING! WARNING! XENOMORPH CONTAMINENT HAS ESCAPED!" The hunter saw two humans with guns run in and shoot the alien.
He ran to the shelf and grabbed all his weapons. "Time for some payback." he said as he put on his mask. The Yautja warrior dashed for the door, but heard two humans heading his way. He pulled out his disc threw it at the door. It pierced the door and flew straight through it. He heard screaming on the other side and guessed he hit someone. The doors opened and an armed man came out and started looking for the cloaked hunter. He found the predator crouching on a shelf. Just after he aimed his rifle at him the disc came back out of the door and killed him. Netak caught it and ran to the exit.
He continued down a corridor and came to an end in a large room full of science equipment. There were some unarmed humans walking around. The alarm stopped and turned off. "ALIEN CONAMINENTS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED. CONDITION GREEN." Netak didn't want to kill anyone yet because he didn't want anyone to be alerted to his presence. He stealthily jumped on equipment to the other side of the room. He got off and went through the door.
He was in a long tube with a ladder that went upward. He climbed to the top and used his wrist blades to rip open the door. He was outside on top of the observation pods. He looked down and saw it was at least 1,000 ft. from the ground. The hunter saw that all the pods were connected by some kind of extension. Two pods away was a pod that was labeled "Armory." Netak ran across the extension with an amazing balance to the armory pod. He figured Rykov would be in there.
When he reached first pod he saw no door and he could not cut or blast his way in. He looked over the pod and saw several platforms, stairs, and extension that lead to a door. The hunter went down the stairs and jumped on the closest platform. He saw two armed humans walking up the stairs. One had a pulse rifle and the other had smart gun. The one with the smart gun had detected him. He fired at the predator. Netak jumped onto the backside of the pod and grabbed an uneven part for some grip. He threw the disc and it flew around the pod. It cut off one of the corporate's legs and with out balance he fell over the rail off the stairs and fell to his death. The disc came back around and flew into its wielder's grip.
Down on the ground Rykov was armed with a pulse rifle. The Xenomorph alarm had apparently woke him up. He was with a small squad of men. Suddenly out of nowhere a man with his leg cut off fell and smashed on the ground. Everyone looked at the dead body. Rykov looked up and saw some flashes of gunfire.
Back on the pods the corporate called for back up. He ran across the stairs to the other side. He found nothing. When he turned around there stood the predator uncloaked. Netak stabbed him with the spear and let his body fall off the pods to the ground. The hunter recloaked and jumped to the closest platform. He looked down and saw the back up making their way up the stairs. Five pulse rifles and two smart guns he counted. He needed to take out the smart guns first.
The smart guns both detected him. They started shooting at him and instead hit the platform. He jumped off the platform and it fell off. Netak landed on the extension. He ran across it to the next pod as bullets were sprayed at him. He jumped onto a platform on the side of the pod and was out of the human's sights. The humans were coming across too, but as the last three were getting on a disc flew by and cut the extension in half. The three fell out of sight and the last four, one smart gun and three pulse rifles, remaining were scared stiff.
Netak caught his disc and put it in its case. He switched to the plasma caster. The humans were walking up the stairs and found the center of the extensions. There were extensions, platforms, stairs, and wires everywhere. It was hard to see anything. Three laser sights appeared on one of the pulse rifle's head. A blue bolt of energy flew into the corporate and blew a hole through him. The others saw were it came from and began firing in that direction. When they stopped they found that they had hit nothing. They continued walking on the platforms. The suddenly a small spear came by and cut off another pulse rifle's head. The smart gun picked up the Yautja and fired.
Netak quickly got behind a wall for cover. His cloaking was hit and it diffused leaving him visible. An idea came to him. He grabbed his disc and threw it. It flew around the wall toward the Corporates. The smart gun picked it up and shot at it. Netak's plan worked. The corp went for the disc and while he was shooting at it the hunter came out and fired a spear that ripped of his head. The two pulse rifles fired at Netak. Just then the disc came by and ripped through one's rib cage. Netak caught the disc and watched the last one run away. Netak jumped from platform to platform and headed him off. He landed right in front of the corp and plunged his spear into him.
Meanwhile Merc'rk and the rest of the clan were trying to get to the base, undetected. They were cloaked and standing near the entrance. The plan was wait for a passing vehicle, jump on it, wait for it to get on the lifts, once inside the pods find Netak, and get the hell out of there before they're discovered.
Finally an APC was driving by. The clan leaped on it. They laid flat on it to avoid detection. It entered the base and drove onto the lifts. The lifts carried them up into the pod labeled "ARMORY". Once it entered it they got off and ran to door. When the clan opened it they saw a tunnel and a ladder that went upward. They climbed up. When it ended there was a door to their right. They opened the door and entered.
The clan was now in an empty corridor with many lights. At the end was a door that lead to a storage hanger full of boxes carrying weapons and explosives. They went into the hanger.
Back on top of the pod Netak had collected his trophies and was putting them in a net from his net gun. Then he heard footsteps behind him. He sprung up and turned around. There stood Rykov, alone. "So, the bugs I set free did the job." Netak was shocked to hear this from him. "I want to fight you in a fair duel. My men wouldn't allow it so I fixed this myself. Now, we have some unfinished business to attend to." He said while drawing a sword. It was a medieval knight sword, the strongest sword in the world next to a katana. Netak pulled his spear and unfolded it. Just then there was a sunset in the background, making the scene all dramatic.
Netak made the first move slashing at Rykov. The corporate had a quick reaction speed for an old man and blocked it. Netak made a slash at him with the other end of his spear, which was also blocked. Then Rykov made a slash at him. Netak blocked it, but then Rykov's heel came around and kicked him in the face. The Predator staggered back a few feet. Rykov took another slash him, but the hunter blocked it. Netak was impressed with how good of a swordsman Rykov was.
Rykov stepped back and held his sword facing his predator adversary. Netak and him were having a stare down. Netak again made the first move. He tried to stab Rykov, but the corp waved his sword downward and blocked it. He slashed back and Netak held his spear horizontally to block the attack. The hunter lifted up the sword with his spear and attack with a series of slashes. Rykov blocked all of them. The predator slashed at his legs. It knocked down the corporate and left a large gash in his leg. Rykov slashed at Netak's head and left a cut on his mask that went over his left eye. The Yautja at the same time took his spear and gave the finishing blow to the corporate's head.
Netak had just killed Rykov. He grabbed the Corporate leader's head and stuck it on his spear. He then lifted his spear in the air and gave a mighty roar of triumph, while shaking his head left and right. Then he heard movement behind him. It was Rykov's headless body. It was twitching and shaking madly. Suddenly his chest burst open and a small slivering chestburster crawled out. It looked unique and had some Yautja skin and a Yautja mouth on it.
Mac-11 CQB: There you have it and I won't update until I get more reviews.