Chapter 11: The Ultimate Hunt

Mac-11 CQB: Well, my spring break is over and its back to writing. To answer your question Dusta2002 when Netak was captured he was not in the room from AvP2, but the control terminal was in the same spot.

The King got off its nest and roared at the clan. It was warding them away from its eggs. Essra was scanning the eggs with her wrist computer. "Half of the eggs are queen eggs," she said.

Just then a bug army came out of cracks and tunnels and crawled in the nest. Jason reloaded his assault rifle "Uh anybody got a can of bug spray?" he remarked. Instead of maiming them the bugs grabbed all the eggs and left into cracks and small tunnels leaving the area completely empty. After they left sunlight was shown though the largest tunnel. It was an exit to the surface.

The APCs and marines (except Jason and Sean) dashed for the tunnel all excited and the king didn't seem to mind. All his majesty did was watch them run into the sunlit tunnel. Jason's face lit up. "Come on guys." he said, but the clan didn't budge. They were having a stare down with the king. Sean asked them again "Come on guys lets go." "And pass up a hunt such as this!" yelled Netak. Merc'rk looked at Sean with a completely serious look that shown through his mask. "It won't make any difference. That king knows it was me and my clan who slaughtered most of his young and will stop at nothing to kill us," he said.

Jason's look went serious this time. "I guess I can't help you on this hunt then." He said. "No, Jason I'm afraid not," said Shou'nk. Sean grabbed the lead hunter's hand and put something in it. "This is my lucky grenade. I've had it with me on all of my combat operations," he said. Indeed the grenade had the words "have a nice day" written on it with a permanent marker and there was a cut across the letter "K" from what looked like shrapnel. "Thank you, Sean," replied Merc'rk. Then Jason and Sean left the clan to fight the king.

The King roared at them and opened its mouth wide enough so they could see all of its large, sharp, and pointy teeth. "So, who wants to attack it first?" asked Shou'nk. No one answered. In fact it was completely quiet, but they all stared at Reco'de. "Why is everyone looking at me?" he asked. "Because you're usually the one to volunteer and charge in headfirst without thinking," replied Netak. Essra reloaded her spear gun. "Fine, I'll do it," she said. "Before you attack, everyone, spread out so we don't make a large target," advised the clan leader.

The clan spread out to different points in the room, each taking turns glaring at the king. When they were done Essra fired her spear gun at the king. The spear hit him and got stuck in its armored skin. He ripped it out and a little acid blood dripped form the wound. It charged at her and she continued shooting it, but it seemed to have no effect. When it reached her it slashed at her. The slash was so powerful it ripped her spear gun in half. Essra didn't have time to grab another weapon so she activated her wrist blades. It clawed at her again, but she blocked it. Suddenly its powerful tail whipped around and smacked her. She went flying and crashed into the wall. Her body slumped down on the ground unconscious.

The King was about claw off her head until a shurkin flew into its palm. He looked where it had come from and there was Shou'nk activating another one. The king ripped the shurkin out of its hand and crushed it in its palm, then dashed for the young hunter. Shou'nk began throwing shurkin at it, but it smacked them away with its four arms. It rammed him and knocked the predator flying. Shou'nk hit the wall headfirst and went unconscious.

Suddenly a disc flew by and gave a deep gash in the King's side. The disc came back at the large Xenomorph. This time the King smacked it away. The smack was so hard it fractured the disc. It flew back to Netak and he put it away. The King charged at the Predator. The warrior pulled out his spear and unfolded it. The King began slashing at him and Netak began blocking. With four arms there was no room to attack and all Netak could do was block. He blocked another slash and used the other end of his spear at another arm. Then he cut off one of the creature's arms. The King roared and stepped back. Its tail swung around and the hunter thought he could block it. He blocked it, but it was so powerful that it smacked him flying. He smashed into a boulder and it split in half with debris everywhere. When the debris cleared it revealed an unconscious Netak.

A bolt of plasma hit the King smack in the side of his face. The skin on its face was all burnt and charcoal. It looked in the direction of Reco'de. Reco'de fired another shot and hit the creature's thigh. It fell on one knee and roared in pain. The Yautja hunter charged his plasma caster for another shot. A hissing sound was coming from the king's mouth. Just as Reco'de was about to fire the king spat out a baseball-size acid spitwad at him. "This is new," Reco'de quoted before it hit him square in the chest. He fell to the ground roaring in agony.

The King got up and roared at the last Predator standing. Merc'rk had just watched this creature knock out his whole clan in only a few minutes and he might have even killed one. The last hunter grabbed his spear, which was still folded up. He held it out in front of him and aimed it at the King. It unfolded and the sunlight from the tunnel reflected off it and made the whole scene look really dramatic. The King roared at him in an attempt to frighten him, but Merc'rk roared back with equal ferocity. The King slowly walked up to the clan leader. The hunter showed no fear at all and got in a fighting stance.

The King began clawing at him and Merc'rk blocked every strike. The King turned around and swung his tail at him, but the clan leader instead of getting knocked away quickly put a way his spear. As the tail hit him he grabbed onto it. The king began trying to swing off Merc'rk, but it was no use. He smashed his tail into the wall, but the mighty hunter was still on it. The Xenomorph King smashed his tail into the ground with the Predator and left it there. Debris was scattering. When it cleared there stood Merc'rk still holding onto the tail. The acid filled creature was now frustrated. It tried to lift its tail for another swing, but failed.

To his surprise Merc'rk used his massive strength and pulled the King down by the tail. It fell down and made a high-pitched roar out of surprise. "Now it's your turn," said the incredibly strong Predator before he pulled the tail and swung the king into a wall. The king looked dazed and it had bruises on his body. He swung it into a large boulder. The King roared as it was smashed into the enormous stone and it shattered. Merc'rk swung the king into a 360 degree angle. He kept swinging until he thought it was charged up to throw. He thew the king and let go of the tail. It flew and smashed into a wall. Debris went flying everywhere.

It was silent. Just then a hissing sound filled the air. The hunter grabbed his pistol. An acid spit-wad flew out of the debris. Merc'rk ducked to the side and dodged it. He could still hear the hissing sound. He fired his pistol in the cloud of debris. It exploded and blew away the cloud. He could now easily see the King. Another acid spit-wad flew at him. He leaned back and dodged it matrix style. When he got up he fired a shot that went down its mouth. It was still alive, but it looked as if it couldn't spit out the acid anymore. Filled with rage it charged at him. He pulled out his spear, but it rammed him and knocked the spear out of his hands. Merc'rk was on the ground all bruised up. The King stood over him ready to kill him. Merc'rk wrist blades wouldn't save him here. Then he remembered something. He grabbed something on his belt with his right hand and popped off something in it. The king lunged at him and tried to bite off his head. The hunter put his right arm in the way and it bit off his arm from the elbow down.

The King laughed in its own king of alien way enjoying the moment of superiority over the Predator. Then he saw a smirk on Merc'rk face. "Have a nice day," said the lead hunter. When the King had realized what it at it had been too late. Its stomach exploded and acid blood burst out everywhere. Merc'rk jumped behind a rock for cover. Behind the rock he found his spear. He grabbed it and folded it up.

He walked out from the rock and approached the King's upper body. It was all that was left. He pulled out his spear. The Hunter stabbed the king in the neck and twisted his wrist. The king was dead. The clan leader stood victorious over the Alien.

The hunter went to check on his clan. He ran to Essra and shook her. She groaned and began to stir. "What happened? Where's the King?" she asked. "Dead," answered Merc'rk. "Are you okay?" he asked. "I'm fine. How about the others?" They went to Shou'nk. They woke him up. "Shou'nk, wake up," said Essra while shaking him. Shou'nk woke up with a dazed look on his face. "Huh? Who are you guys?" Merc'rk smacked him on the back of his head. "I'm fine," said the young hunter. Netak began to stir by himself and got up. Just the expression on his face said he was pissed off. As soon as he saw the king's dead body he calmed down. "You okay?" asked Essra. "Yeah," he answered. They all noticed Merc'rk's right hand was missing, but no one said anything. They went to Reco'de who was on his stomach. He wasn't moving. They turned him over and saw a hideous sight that disgusted them all. The acid had burned his chest and hid ribs were showing. They could see his chest slowly moving up and down. At least he was alive. Essra pulled out her medicomp and started to activate it. The skin on Reco'de was slowly growing back, but they were happy that everyone survived.

Merc'rk went and grabbed the King's head and he and his clan left the tunnel.

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