Chapter 10: Water Strider

Mac-11: Hi guys. Well, I'd like to thank all the people that reviewd my story. By the way I updated my bio and now it has info on my stories and the characters in my stories. Here's my new chapter.

Netak eyes snapped open. He found himself in the main room lying on a table. Next to him was his clan and the humans. They were all discussing something. He stirred and their attention turned to him. "Hey your awake!" said Meagan. Netak opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Merc'rk. "Don't worry I told them all about how those two praetorians pushed the tree trunk on you," he said. Not only had Merc'rk spared his life, but he had also spared his honor. At first they were rivals, but when Merc'rk became leader and Netak had to obey his every word that rivalry turned into hatred. Netak felt shame. Without a word he got up and left to his room.

"Well, now back to business. You say there are five doors with a challenge in each one and that spider came out the first one?" asked Sean. "Correct," answered the clan leader. "I'd hate to see what's in the rest of them," remarked Jason. "We need you to do us a favor," asked Reco'de. "Sure, what is it?" said Richard. "Well, we need you to..."

Meanwhile...

Meagan headed down the hall way to Netak's room. The door was automatic and opened as soon as she walk up to it. The door just opened up in time to see Netak smash his fist into the wall. Meagan glanced around the room and saw his weapons wall. It was a wall filled with racks for his weapons and the one at the very center was his old disc. It still had the crack in it from fighting the king on Lv-1201.

"Are you alright?" she asked. Netak looked at her as if just noticing she was there. For once in his life he felt like he needed someone to talk to. The only person there was the human female. 'Why not? She's a human, he owed her his life anyway, and if given the proper threat she wouldn't tell anyone,' he thought. She took the first step into his room and that same strange feeling that made Netak feel better came over him. "Do you really think a tree fell on me?" he started and began a conversation with her.

Meanwhile...

"Okay, well do it," answered Richard. "It's time for us to go," said Jason looking at his watch. "Hey, Meagan! We gotta get out of here before dark. You know the bugs are nocturnal," called Sean. Meagan left Netak's room and now knew the truth. She understood him very well for a human and told him 'Not to give up.' That was good enough advice for a Predator. She got in the room and her and the marines left back to their base.

The Next Day...

It was early in the morning. The Richard headed to the front of the breakfast line holding a large black suit case. He waited till he got to the front and order ten bottled versions of the starbucks carmal frappachino. He packed them in the suit case and headed out away from the base. He stopped next to a large tree where the clan told him to wait.

Suddenly two predators jumped out and decloaked revealing themselves to be Merc'rk and Reco'de. "Did you get it?" asked the clan leader. "Yep," he answered and opened up the case with the ten bottles of frappachino. "Whoa! I want to drink them already," said Reco'de looking at the starbucks coffee. Richard grabbed a special can out of his C-rations. "Merc, here. Only use it if it's your last resort," he strictly warned. Merc'rk took the can and read the label. It was a Starbucks doubleshot espresso; the most powerful coffee Starbucks had to offer. "Thanks," he said. Then they cloaked disappeared.

Richard returned back to his base and informed the rest of the gang that he had finished their agreement with the clan of hunters.

Meanwhile...

Merc'rk and Reco'de returned to the ship. The clan was fully armed and ready to return to the ancient ruins. Reco'de showed them his new upgraded close range weapon. They were just another set of extra long wrist blades on his other arm so he now had dual sets of wrist blades, but he would indeed need that other set. They all looked very anctious for the challenges that awaited them (except for Shou'nk who already completed his). The spots for the mini explosives on their belts had been removed and was replaced with two bottle containers. Each warrior would carry two bottles of the frappachinos.

"Is everyone ready?" asked the clan leader. They all nodded. "Then let the hunt begin," he quoted. The clan left back to the ruins. They went through the opening Reco'de had made with his plasma caster and through the secret door with the picture of the Predator batteling the Alien on it. They went through the long hallway and stopped at the five doors with the numbers on them. The first door was still left open, but the others remained shut.

"I have the next level of experiance of this clan so I'll go in the second door," said Essra. She walked up to the door and it automatically opened at her presince. She entered the long narrow hallway and continued to the next door. It also opened automatically. The huntress entered the dark and cold room and as she did all her weapons except her Spear gun andfell off.

Suddenly the room went pitch black. A moment later it lit up again by torches that were attached to the side walls in a row. She was now standing on a diving board on the side of a wall. The huntress turned around and the door was gone. She looked over the diving board and there was a large pool of water. The water was still and not moving, however it was also very clean and she could see the bottom. It was about twenty feet deep. All around in the water was a forest pillers that were connected from the ground to the ceiling. The pillars also had torches on them to help light up the room. She looked to see how far the pool and pillers went and it seemed like they'd go on for miles.

Essra jumped in. The water was quite cool. She swam with her head above the water and began to look around. The huntress couldn't find anything at first. She switched through vision modes and tried to find anything. Suddenly she heard something. It was coming from under water. It was the sound of a hidden door opening. A few moments passed and she could feel that something just entered the room. Then came the same sound of the door closing.

Essra waited a few moments. Nothing happened. She looked at the water that was once still and only her ripples were there. Suddenly more ripples in the water showed up from somewhere else. Essra grabbed her spear gun and unfolded it. She readied herself.

Suddenly something grabbed her by leg and pulled her under the water. Since she her mask on she could breath under water. The Predator turned around a saw a large figure, but it was cloaked by bubbles from very fast movement. A long leg with a webbed claw had grabbed her leg. She aimed her spear gun at the large figure and fires. Her spear left a stream of bubbles behind it from very fast movement as it hit the large figure. An Xenomorphic shriek came from it and the hand let go of her leg. It swam up to the surface. Essra followed it and stuck her head above the water.

She saw it crawl onto one of the pillers. It was an alien, but not just any alien. It had no tail, four very long legs with clawed and webbed digits, and it had mosquito-like wings. It jumped on the water and stood on the water surface with its legs. It was a water-strider version of an Xenomorph. Its body was about the length of a praetorian, but when it stood on the water surface it was three times her height.

It suddenly dived down on her. Essra drew her wrist blades as it tackled her down into the water. Essra slashed at it, but all she cut was bubbles. It suddenly disappeared leaving a large cloud of air filled spheres behind it. 'That thing is too fast for me under water' she thought. The huntress swam to the surface and grabbed onto a pillar. She stabbed thee pillar with her wrist blades for some grip. She jumped to another piller and got higher up about three meters over the water surface.

The huntress looked down and could see the water strider looking for her under water. Suddenly it came up and its wings began to flap. It lifted off the water surface and saw her. Essra grabbed her spear gun with one arm and set to automatic. The Xenomorph flew up towards her and attacked. Essra fired her spears at it. The alien water strider was hit a few time and immediately flew away behind a piller.

It suddenly jumped out at her. Essra jumped off the pillar and fired at it in mid-air. Three of her spears hits abdomen. Essra held down the trigger and and watched the spears fly out of her gun while she was falling. At that moment her clip ran empty. The huntress reactivated her wrist blades and a stabbed them into another piller. She quickly began to reload her weapon.

The water strider saw her reloading and flew at her at top speed. Essra just finished reloading when the water strider collided with her and they both fell down into the large pool of water. Essra felt sharp claws run over her shoulder and stomach and the once clean water now had neon green blood floating in it. The huntress landed on the floor of the twenty foot deep water. She tried to grab her spear gun, but it was no longer in her hands. She looked around and spotted it ten feet away from her current position.

The huntress swam toward it as fast as she could, but before she could reach it four long legs landed between it and herself. The water strider Xenomorph lunged for her. Essra quickly jumped up and swam upward. Suddenly a long arm grabbed her ankle. With incredible force it swung her into one of the pillers. Essra gave a roar of agony as her back hit the solid stone. Another arm went straight for her head, but Essra jumped out of the way just in time to dodge it.

The huntress made another attempt to dive for her spear gun. As she was diving her way to them the Water Strider's long arm darted for her and grabbed her dreadlocks. 'Now it personal' thought Essra. Suddenly it pulled on her dreads and smashed her into another piller. It tried to swing her again, but just at that moment the Predator in all her rage activated her wrist blades and cut off its clawed hand. The Xenomorph pulled back its leg and as it did Essra grabbed onto it. The water strider unknowingly pulled Essra close to itself. As Essra reached it she hung her foot out infront and gave an extremely hard kick. It knocked the creature away and the predator, still holding onto its leg, yanked it across her and smashed it into a nearby pillar. (Note to all of you readers out there: a female predator's dreadlocks are VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM)

Essra was amazed at her own strength for a moment. Then she realized now was the perfect time to dash for her spear gun. She dived for it and finally reached it. A certain sensation came over her as she touched it. The huntress grabbed her weapon and aimed it for where she last left the Xenomorphic creature. When she looked it wasn't there.

Essra looked behind herself and saw a large cloud of bubbles moving at her at an increasingly high speed. She jumped out of the way and barely escaped the attack. The huntress realized after it passed she had a sharp cut in her side.

She aimed her spear gun at the bubble cloud and fired. As the spears flew out of the barrel the fast movement made a stream of bubbles behind it giving it a Matrix bullet-like effect. The Xenomorph ran and dodged the spears. Then Essra remembered that the alien was extremely fast under water. However she was amazed that it could dodge her spears.

Essra continued to hold down the trigger and aim. The water strider swam behind various pillers and kept dodging the shots. Essra had gotten a few lucky shots on him, but only three out of the whole 45 round clip and she had only one shot left.

It noticed when her clip ran empty and shifted its direction toward her head first. There would be no time to reload. When it reached her Essra smashed the butt of her spear gun into its head. It swam away a little dazed. The huntress swam straight up and got to the water surface. She crawled onto a pillar and dug her wrist blades into it. She began to climb up it while digging her wrist blades into the pillar.

Behind her she could hear the sound of the water striders wings flapping. It flew up and attacked her, but the huntress jumped off the pillar. It flew far up and missed her, but it before she had hit the water and was flying down towards her. It opened its mouth wide and gave a battle roar.

Essra knew what she had to do. It would be hard, but it was better than dying. While she was falling she took the most careful aim she could and fired her last shot. It went into the alien's mouth an inside the smaller mouth, but didn't stop there. It continued and pierced through the alien's entire body and came out the other side. As soon as it flew out its back its wings stopped flapping and its body went limp in mid-air. It fell into the water and died.

Once the task was accomplished the victorious huntress swam back to the diving board. She climbed out and as soon as she was on the diving board the room went dark. After a moment only one place in the room lit up again and it was the door way out. She left the room with her opponent behind her.

Mac-11: Well, that chapter's over. Thank you those of you who reviewed here's my author notes. Sorry it took me a while to update This week has been as busy as hell. Remember to review if you want me to update.

Warior: Thank you and I'm glad you liked it.

Ariyana: Yes, Netak needed to be put down and taught a lesson.

Dark Desire: Whoa! You think I'm a genius! I don't know about that, but thank you. I'd also like to say that your stories are pretty awesome too.

Higure Kurenai: Okay everyone! This is the third review I got saying that Netak's acting like a jerk. Thank you for pointing that out to me and I'll change his attitude starting now. I will however keep his loner/cool attitude.

Amouthea: As I said before I'll change Netak's attitude, but his basic personality will stay the same. Thank you for reviewing.

Bastet1023: Sorry, but Netak won't be explaining to the others. Merc'rk is just that merciful. I wonder what spider-man would do if he were in the same position as the marines in my previous chapter. Thank you for reviewing.

Hartman: Yeah, Netak and Merc'rk finally got it on. Maybe Netak will want a rematch. Who knows? Well, thank you for reviewing.

violentedd: A Praetorian is a larger and stronger version of a drone It can't wall crawl, but if you get close to it you'd get torn apart. Thank you for reviewing.