Chapter 2
My name is Ten-tau-to. I always knew I was not of this world, but I never new I was called a Predator. My mother told me, how my earthbound father was killed by a Predator around the time I was found. A space ship was found and my mother believes that it is a Predator's and they've come for me. I didn't want to believe it so I ran into the woods to clear my mind. I saw figures walking towards my home, and then they vanished. I ran home to be sure I wasn't seeing things.
As I approached my home, I could hear strange voices. They were really deep and the language sounded weird. What was a shock to me was my mother was talking to them in the same funny language. I didn't understand a word they said until I heard my name spoken. Some of my questions were answered. The language my mother studied growing up was my home worlds and my name wasn't earthbound like I thought.
I slowly and quietly walked towards a window and peered inside. I could only see five of them. They were huge. They toward over mother and they also wore, what looked like protective armor of some sort. The Predator yelled at my mother, his tone seemed agitated or angry. My mom answered, but it didn't satisfy the Predator. He raised his arm and two long wrist blade shot out of a band on his wrist. He said the same thing, trying to be calm. This time my mom answered in an agitated way.
He reared his arm back and thrust his arm across my mother's throat. He blood was thrown against the wall. Two deep slashes were on her throat. Her red blood was poring out of the slashes. Before she could put her hands on her throat to try to stop the bleeding, she fell onto her knees, and then fell to the ground. "NOOO!!!" I cried. The five Predators heads jolted in my direction and then ran towards me. I backed away and then ran into the woods again. I hoped since I knew the area, I would have a bit of an advantage. I took a path my mom used to take my down when I was younger, it led to a stream.
About five minutes after I entered the woods. I stooped to look around, I didn't see them. Had I lost them, or are they hiding from me. I started to run again. I looked back but continued to run. I then ran into something hard and I fell back. When I looked up it was one of the Predators that killed my mother. I backed away but then another one was behind me. Soon, all five surrounded me. The head Predator grabbed a funny looking box and then pressed a button, he then spoke into it in his language. Once he finished talking he pushed another button and then another. A voice came out of the box, it was a translator.
'My name is Quata'de'donde. You young one are a Yatja. Your father was very proud of you when your were born. You were his first son. He brought you here when he went to hunt the oomans; he wanted you to see his skills. He must have lost you at some point. We don't know how but he was killed on that hunt by the oomans. It seems that one of them has raised you and has not done a good job. She explained to us that she didn't want you to fight or to be a hunter. That violates one of the highest codes on our home world. You must come with us Ten-tau-to, for it is your destiny to be one of us, a skilled hunter.'
I stood there, staring at them. I was still in shock about my mother's death to listen to the translator. I starred at the Predator, or the Yatja, that killed my mother. His wrist blades were still red with her blood. I then motioned for him to record what I was going to say so they could understand my words. They understood and hit the button.
"I may be a Yatja like you all, but I don't think I'm ready to be a hunter like yourselves. How do I even know I'm cut out to be a hunter? What if I don't even want to be a hunter? And why did you kill my earthbound mother?" I finished.
The Predators played back my words in their language. At one point their heads jerked and starred at me. Even though I couldn't see their faces behind their masks, I knew they had a look on disgust on their face. The head Predator recorded his words and played them for me.
'You will come with us Ten-tau-to and become a hunter like your father and the elders before you. When your training is complete you and other young Yatjas will take your blooded ceremony and hunt the Hard meat. Once you have become blooded, you may even hunt the elusive soft meat. Your, earthbound was killed because of the blasphemy she commented. Steering you away from the thrill of the hunt and not telling us where you were. If she would have told us were you hide, she MIGHT still be alive to see you leave.' The tape ended.
The head Predator said something and two of the other Predators grabbed me by the arms and started to drag me away. They were too strong for me to break free from their grip. I could only kick and struggle to break free as they dragged me to their ship. Once inside the odd shaped craft, the tossed me aside and shut the door so I couldn't escape before they left. I remember hearing loud sirens and other noises. Slowly the craft lifted off the ground. That sudden jolt of movement caused me to loss my balance. Before I knew it the craft shoot into space. I looked out a window and watched in awe as the earth grew smaller and smaller. I then looked ahead into the unknown.
