Author's Note: One quick response to TheMadPuppy—no, I have not read any of the novels except the movie novel—which is not bad considering the author did some screwy things. And my answer to the part about the Yautjas not knowing anything about the human language is that I believe that partly untrue. I don't think they really know everything—why would they have to? Its kind of like one of us taking a language in school becuase we have to 'cause they tell us its necessary to graduate; though we take it for however long, we wouldn't learn everything there is to learn. Anyway, if Scar didn't understand what Lex was saying to him during the movie, there'd be little hope of them coming together and working as a team, really, considering Scar's personality and heritage. For example, she asks what he was doing when he was cutting off the alien head—he knew what she said and demonstrated, although he couldn't tell her with words. Also, in Predator 2, the Yautja had the capability of "speaking" the human language(s)—the predator in there replied to the main character's "you are one ugly mother—" and so on. Hope that answers it for ya. He had to have some understanding capality in order to reply the right word to that sentence.

And once again to all (those, that is, that don't particularly like it), please pardon the language to follow—our predator is not having a good day.

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6. Doom

Inu was semi-annoyed that he couldn't pace himself as he wanted; the human's shorter, less powerful legs and muscle structure all together kept her further back. He constantly stopped to let her catch, but eventually he ended up walking so she could catch her breath instead of him.

By now, Inu had killed six kainde ameda and two face huggers. Glory would be all his once he was back on the ship and journeying home. The Elder would highly approve of his skill, and his family would be very proud. His father had killed eight kainde ameda during his test one-hundred years ago, but still wondering the damp corridors of the pyramid gave him the potential to meet, maybe even surpass his father's record.

If anything, he had beaten Prient'De. Many of the hunters believed him to be the most suited and favorable of the Yautja of this hunting group sent down to the ancient temple.

A pity he wouldn't return.

The only ting he questioned was this human. He highly doubted any other would've allowed her to tag along—then again, she did prove useful. While she fought for her life, he was able to properly secure his gun to his shoulder pack.

Inu let the human get ahead of him as they started down a new path. The pyramid wasn't due to shift for another few minutes, since it already had while he took the time to equip the human, although he was unaware until they left the unchanged dead end.

They had been moving for some time now. The human's heart rate had become steadier since she joined him, not to mention her breathing was fairly normal. He himself had no physical drawbacks, except the tiny scratch under his warm where the kainde ameda managed to swat. It was barely a thought, since no blood emerged, but every few moments he had a terrible urge to scratch the itch it was given by the heated mesh.

The human was cautiously stepping around a corner, turning left and looking around. Inu came up behind, head turning sharply to see something very unexpected…and knowing how certain aspects of the day had been, probably something very bad. The entire floor and surrounding walls were littered with some sort of fleshy nesting material. He could see each piece with the infrared scanner, indicating this material was heated with an unknown energy source.

The human continued on, but Inu squatted down and ran his fingers through thick, slimy, and very warm mucus. No matter how far his fingers spread, the mucus stretched to that length. A sudden snap of stone made him turn his head to the other end of the new path, where light could be seen peaking from around the corner. Silence and lack of shadows gave him the idea that it was just a piece of stone falling.

When Inu looked up he found the human had wondered into the nearest room. If he guessed right, from the current setting of symbols on the wall behind him, it was the breeding chamber. He sighed with a small click of his throat as he went in after her. Humans were much too curious and lacked a certain amount of common sense.

When he passed through the entrance he saw that she had found the human she was escaping with earlier. The other human was bound to the wall with the same fleshy material that completely engulfed the chamber and hall. Inu spotted several other dead humans, large holes with organs spilling out indicated there had been a baby kainde ameda inside at one point.

The humans had been conversing, but Inu didn't pay any attention to their words. He was much more concerned with the other human's situation—if he was on the wall, the terror was already inside.

He stepped up, laser scope targeting the male human and cannon shifting towards it. The female spun around instantly and tried telling him no, but he pushed her away.

"No! No! I have to help him!" She cried.

Inu stared at her—did she know what would happen if this human live? She couldn't help him—her kind hadn't the technology to save him now. He scanned the human; sure enough inside his body swam a limbless creature. There was no hope for him, whether the female wanted to believe it or not. He wondered of half a second if this could count as one or two kills, seeing that he'd be getting both if he shot now.

"Lex, they mustn't reach the surface!" the male told her. Inu was unfamiliar with the first word, "Lex." The only logical explanation was that the word was this female's name.

"I know," she said. Inu watched with interest as she raised her arms, her hands holding a human weapon. It wasn't until now he realized she had abandoned her spear.

The other repeated his words and she nodded. Inu scanned her vital—she was extremely nervous. He wondered if she had the guts to kill of her own kind.

For the third time, this female—Lex—amazed him. She shot the male with the small metal "gun," (if one wanted to call it that considering its puniness), shattering the top of his face. He could tell she hadn't wanted to do this when she dropped the weapon and slowly, trembling, turned and walked passed him.

Inu's own gun titled back and went on stand-by. He dropped his head as far as he could without turning around so he could watch her leave. A large amount of…well, he wasn't quit sure what it was, exactly. Pride? No…not really. Admiration? Perhaps….He just couldn't help but stare at her backside for a moment as she stood still and kept her head low.

Moving his attention back to the now dead human, he saw the monster inside moved quickly and rammed its head against the chest cavity. With a sudden snap it flew free, blood spraying forward and a shrill escaping the tiny serpent's mouth. Inu's arm reflexively came up and caught it by the neck with his clawed fingers. Examining the wriggling creature he secretly smirked at its helpless struggle.

Placing his thumb under the creature's jaw, he pushed forward, snapping its neck and killing it instantly. Inu wildly cracked his neck and let out a laugh. Pathetic creature, he thought.

Lex had been standing near the entrance of the room when Inu turned back to her. He held his head cocked to the side, a gentle purr escaping his covered mouth. Interesting, how the human felt after taking the life of kin compared to killing for self defense. She stood still, hand covering her face and other arm wrapped around her waist as if in self-comfort.

Inu purred again in a curious way, this time causing the human to look up at him.

"Guess it doesn't bother you does it?" She questioned and let her hands drop to her sides.

Inu didn't answer verbally. His foot kicked up the spear he had made for her, his hand grabbing it in mid-air. He held his arm out to her, silently urging her to take it. She was still for what he thought was a long moment, but finally she took the weapon from him.

A sudden shriek rumbled through the entire temple, alarming anything that heard it, including the Yautja and human. Lex gasped and Inu looked around, a sudden wave of panic—a first for him—lurched in the pit of his stomach. He feared to think what that sound came from. There was no way he could take something like that on; even if Prient'De and Boccob were there, the three of them together would still probably die. Yautjas only go after something like that in mass numbers….

If it was the kainde ameda queen, it was all over. The queen, as far as he knew, was massive and very strong. Her mouth would be the size of his body and the tail could easily squeeze his bones into dust.

A gurgling noise made Inu's head look down at the floor and triple scan the room. Fucking hell, he thought. It was as he figured; the breeding room was filled with dozens upon dozens, of not near a hundred, kainde ameda eggs. Each egg bore a face-hugger twirling around a sack inside. Some eggs even started to open and although he was protected by his mask, Lex was not. The shuriken would be good for one or two at a time, but a slew of them would destroy any odds.

He couldn't let Lex…no, this human (as he corrected)…suffer the fate of the face-hugger. Not that he really cared; no, it was all about her killing the monster and human. That's all; he vowed to keep telling himself that.

There was only one alternative—one that he had hoped he wouldn't have to come too even before he stepped foot on this stupid planet. With the pyramid still shifting and the amount of time given, getting out would be a close call; that is to say if nothing stopped them on the way. But Inu decided being blown up was a hell of a lot better than being jumped and murdered by what he came here to hunt.

Inu raised his arm and the computer flipped open. One finger pressed in the code that would set the timer. Before pressing "activate," though, he looked over to the curious Lex…human. His free hand held up a fist, then spread the fingers apart.

"It's a bomb…" she replied.

Very good, Inu thought as he gave a short nod and stared at the red Yautja digits blinking at him. "Well, I hope it kills every fucking one of them," she spat while looking at the opening eggs.

And if you don't run your little ass off, you'll be one of them, Inu replied mentally.

The press of one last button and the timer beeped. Inu hurriedly pressed the side-release button and pulled the computer off his wrist as it hissed at him with steam. With a simple toss to the center of the room, he turned and started away, the human following close behind.

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