Chapter 6: Five Trials

Mac-11: I have returned!!! (Horrified Piano note in the background) Hi guys I got some reviews saying about the AVP movie and I must say spacefan was right I guess. Those preds were inexperienced, but still one alien shouldn't be able to kill two of them. I can't believe the director was stupid enough to use inexperienced preds in the Alien vs. Predator movie! If I ever saw him I'd give him some major pointers about the next AVP movie if he makes one. Anyway here's my next chapter.

The four marines and the reporter walked around the large structure looking for a way inside. They found none for a while, but then came across a large hole. It looked like some one blasted their way in. "Hey guys do you think whoever blew away this wall is still inside?" asked Steve. "Only one way to find out," said Jason as he took a step inside. "You said just a peak you idiot," remarked Sean. "Well, We are on patrol. So let's patrol something," Jason answered back. "Why do I listen to you?" Sean asked this question to himself.

His men and the reporter followed. They looked at the walls as they were walking through the ancient halls and saw hieroglyphics all over them. "Hey, guys! Look at this!" called Steve. They looked at the portion of the wall that he was looking at and saw a picture of a Predator entangled in battle with an Alien. Under it was dome 3D text effect Hieroglyphics. "What is that thing?" he asked pointing at the Predator. It was then that they all remembered Steve didn't know about the clan. "Um… we have no idea," answered Jason. It was a complete lie, but he didn't know that.

They continued down the long and narrow hallways in the ruins. They went through several twists and turns when suddenly they stopped. "Why are we stopping?" asked the reporter. "Shh. Hear that?" asked Sean. They became quiet and heard the sound of footsteps. Sean got read for an ambush. At the last moment he jumped out and at the same time a large hand grabbed him by the throat. The hand belonged to non-other than Merc'rk. He let go.

"Sean? What are you doing here?" asked the clan leader. "Well, I'm on patrol and we kind of got off schedule," he replied.

Steve suddenly jumped out and saw the clan leader with his clan behind them. He squeezed down the trigger on his assault rifle, but the bullets simply bounced off their armor. His clip ran empty. Before he knew it Merc'rk pinned him against the wall with his metal arm by the throat. If Merc'rk squeezed any harder it would shatter the marine's bones. He grabbed his spear. They all knew what was coming next. Sean grabbed his arm and said, "Sorry he's new." To his surprise the large alien hunter put away his spear.

"Are you actually going to let him live?" asked another hunter. It was Netak. "Yes," answered his leader. "Are you going soft? He just assaulted you with his weapon. You're going take that from a weakling ooman and let him live to tell about it?" asked the hunter again. "Yes, if you don't like my decisions deal with it for I'm you leader," ordered the bough predator. Everyone expected Netak to get pissed off, but instead it only made him smirk. 'Now is still not the time,' he thought.

The marines and reporter couldn't understand the conversation between them due to the fact it was spoken in their native language. "No idea what that was about, but I want to know what are you doing here?" asked Richard. "COFFEE!!!" yelled Reco'de as he nearly attacked the marine just for the coffee. Richard instead just shoved the cup into his chest and jumped out of the way. "Anyway I'm here on orders from the high council. We are to investigate anything here that might have a link to a rumor that we were once the inhabitants of this planet," answered the Predator.

Essra suddenly pointed at the wall they were next to. It was another 3D passage with a number 1 right on top of it. She grabbed her computer and began trying to read it. The Predator finally got a message. "This is the first of the seven passages of the prophecy," She read. Essra logged it into her computer. "Ok let's look for the next one," she said.

They continued to search through the ruins. Meagan gave a few short glances at Netak the whole time they were walking. However none of them said anything to eachother. 'So it was him' she thought. Since he had his mask on she couldn't tell if he was looking at her, but he was and noticed every time she glanced at him. 'What is she doing here?' he thought. The warrior switched his focus back on Merc'rk. His thoughts drifted on when would be the right time and how bad Merc'rk would be beaten.

They came across the picture of the Predator fighting with the Alien with the 3D text and a number two above it. "Here it is!" said the female hunter. She again sat down and began trying to read it. A few moments passed and she got it. "Here it is," she said before reading it out loud. "If you wish to here the legend you must pass five trials and recover the five parts of the prophecy," she read. She found a brick sticking out of the wall and noticed it was supposed to be a button. The Huntress pushed in the brick. Suddenly the wall began to rattle. The picture opened and a secret passageway was revealed. They entered.

They found several Hieroglyphics all over the walls, the floor, the ceiling. They were just every where. The clan came to the end and found five doors. The doors were numbered 1-5 on them. Above the doors was the Message in clear modern Yautja language 'only one may enter'.

"Five of them, five of us. The odds are even," said Reco'de. Essra looked at them and then looked at the doors. "Well, we should start by skill level, so Shou'nk should go in door one." This obviously meant that she said he was the weakest so he should get the weakest trial. "Hey!!!" yelled the young predator in retaliation. "You are the most inexperienced out of us all," she cut in. "Fine," he said in a pissed off tone. "We will wait outside just incase you fail and another of us must enter to fight the challenge," she informed.

They waited while Shou'nk entered the room. Sean looked at his watch and nearly freaked. "Damn it if I don't get back to base the commander will have my head," he yelled. They all looked at him with a surprised look when he said that. They were thinking about the head part. "No, not like that. Never mind, but I gotta get back to base. Come on guys," he ordered. They gave moans of disappointment and headed back the way they came.

Meanwhile…

The young hunter headed down the hallway, which seemed to go on forever. He stopped at another door. Shou'nk entered and as he entered all his weapons fell off of him except his wrist blades and shuriken. "What the hell?" he asked. 'maybe I'm only allowed my wrist blades and one weapon. My most skilled weapon and a close range combat weapon.' He thought. The young hunter was right.

He continued through the door. As soon as he passed it the room became pitch black. He turned around and the door was no longer there anymore. He looked forward again and found a stadium. It was just like a Gladiator's ring. He saw one door open up on the other side of the stadium and an alien came out. Not just any alien. This one had eight legs and a two-segmented body. It was the spider version of an Xenomorph. 'This won't be so tough.' Thought the young hunter. Little did he know that this thought would soon prove to be wrong.

Mac-11: I know you'll all hate me for that cliffhanger. The more reviews I get the sooner the next chapter will be up.