Chapter 11: Coffee Quick Challenge and the 4th Door

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Essra walked out of the 2nd challenge room. She had large bruises on her and several deep cuts. "I'm done," she simply said. "So, who goes next?" asked Reco'de. They all looked at him and that was their answer. Essra sat down in a corner and began to use the medicomp on her sore wounds.

Reco'de automatically walked into the third door, but before he did he drank his frappachino. The coffee hit instantly. Once he entered to next door all his weapons fell off including his plasma caster. His challenge would be a melee only fight.

The room went dark. After few moments it lit up again by torches attached to the walls. He was now in a ring and in front off him was a large termite-like Xenomorph. He activated his dual sets of wrist blades. At that same moment his wrist computer went off to the count down. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Outside the clan heard some pretty strange sounds. First they heard Reco'de give a battle cry, then the sound of something braking, along with an Xenomorph shriek. These sounds continued to go on and get louder over only a few minutes. Then it suddenly went silent.

A hyper active Reco'de came out without a scratch on him. "What happened?" asked Shou'nk. "Hey guys, did you know coffee it poisonous to hard meat? He stole mine other bottle and drank it, but then he started to choke. I, however, got pissed off at him for taking my cup, but I made sure he paid for it. As soon as he started choking I tore out its lungs and ripped off it head," he told them, but he was speaking so fast they could barely understand him. They were still amazed at how fast and quick that went, but of course almost no alien could best a coffee charged Reco'de in hand to hand combat.

Netak, without a word, walked to the 4th door. He entered and continued down the small hall way. He knew his weapons would fall off so he took them off anyway, except for his disc and spear.

Once he was in, the room went dark. It was lit up again and Netak found himself in a jungle-like maze. The walls were made of stone and it looked like it was about a mile and a half long, at least from how far the other end of the room's wall was.

The Predator looked down and found a brick with a message carved in Yautja language. It read "Get to the end." Netak smirked. "Too easy," he said to himself. The Predator ran forward and down into the maze, but stopped when he heard something. It sounded like a secret door opening somewhere. "It's letting something inside the maze," thought Netak. The Predator grabbed his spear and unfolded it.

He continued to run dow the way he guessed was the exit when suddenly he stepped on a loose brick in the ground. It sank a into the ground. Netak stopped when he noticed it and at that instant a few feet infront of him, where he would have been if he hadn't stopped, Spear heads shot up from the ground out small holes that where hard to be seen. These were not just any spears though, they were all Yautja spears and made out of the fine alien alloy for all other Yautja weapons. This maze was booby trapped.

Just then he heard the sound of something crawling around close by. Netak started switching through vision modes and looking for whatever it was that was prowling around nearby. Suddenly something sharp pierced the wall and tried to stab him. Netak jumped out of the way and readied himself.

A large, black figure crawled into the maze. It had a one segmented body, eight legs, one long tail with a stinger on the end that was dripping with acid, and two pincers. It was the scorpion version of an Xenomorph. Netak smirked at his worthy prey.

He made the first move and charged at it with his spear and slashed. It blocked the attack be clamping on it with its pincers. The Predator slashed with the other end of his spear, but it was also blocked by the other pincer. Just then the stinger stood up. Netak knew what was about to happen next and jumped away. The stinger smashed into the ground where he once stood and shattered the stone floor.

The scorpion crawled forward and attaked with its pincers. Netak blocked the strikes and slashed back. It grabbed the middle of his spear and threw him. The Predator, wh flew through a wall and into a different part of the maze.

The hunter felt something on his back sink into the ground. It was then he realized he had fallen on another trap! He rolled to his right just in time to dodge several darts flying out of small holes in the walls. After they stopped Netak got up and realized that he'd lost sight of the Scorpion. It hadn't come through the wall he was knocked through or it would have come through much sooner.

Netak looked at his wrist computer. He had it scan the area around him. It made a small map of the maze, however, none of the traps showed up and the Scorpion Xenomorph didn't show up either. The Predator walked down the corridor and continued his way through several twists and turns.

Netak finally decided to switch his vision modes. He found it three walls away from him crawling toward a spot where his corridor and its corridor would meet. This Alien was not stupid. He then remembered Aliens have very excellent hearing. The Predator decided to experiment. He stopped walking and waited. The scorpion stopped crawling too.

"Perfect chance," thought the Predator. He grabbed his disc and activated the heated edges. The hunter threw it and its sharp hot metal pierced all three walls. The shocked Alien didn't expect this and, thusly, got surprised. The disc cut through the wall and flew twords the Xenomorph. It sliced off the Scorpion's right pincer and then flew back into Netak's skilled hands. When Netak looked back in the direction the Alien was it was already on the other side of the wall.

The stone wall that separated the two creature began to melt. It had melted away almost instantly.

The Scorpion leaped out of the hole it just made and attacked him with its pincers. Another close range battle began with attacks, dodges, and blocks. The creature raised its tail again and stabbed. Netak jumped back dodging the sting.

The predator stood still and waited for the scorpion to charge him. Instead the Xenomorph aimed the tail's point at him. A stream of acid sprayed out of the tail at him. Netak jumped in a turn of the corridor just in time to dodge the acid.

Netak was just getting on his feet when a large claw punched through the wall and grabbed his leg. It pulled him through the wall and into the same corridor with the scorpion. The Xenomorph turned on its legs as fast as it could. Its whole body turned and it smashed the Predator through another wall.

Netak landed on his back. A click came from his wrist computer. He looked at it and the map said behind him was a straight path to the end. The Hunter got up and aimed his spear at hole in the wall he was knocked in. The Scorpion wasn't there. It was almost as if it had vanished.

Netak looked behind him and saw another corridor, but this one was different. It had several turns and was shaped like a tube about 3metters in diamiter. The walls were still made of stone, however, several markings were written all over it. It was almost as if the Scorpion shoved him in there on purpose.

The Predator looked at a passage written next to it. "Enter," it read. Netak walked in side and his first step landed on a brick that quickly began to sink into the floor. Another trap had been activated. The Predator turned around and saw a large Sphereric boulder roll in the middle of the entrance. It was just the right size of the tubic hall way. Then Netak under stood why the Scorpion was so "helpful" in letting him find the end. Why fight a Predator when you could have a boulder crush him instead.

Netak ran as the boulder began rolling down the tubic path way. He dashed as fast as he could through several twists and turns. It seemed like he had run an hour, but it was only ten minutes when he reached the end. At the very end was the scorpion standing in the exit door way. Netak fell on his back causing him to skid down the path. He put his feet out in front and kicked the creature back a few feet.

Netak slid right under the Xenomorph. He quickly got on his feet and looked back at his opponent. It was still in the path of the boulder. The scorpion turned around and sprayed acid at the large boulder. The acid was very effective and began to quickly melt the boulder. By the time it reached the Xenomorph it was reduced to a pebble.

Netak took this opportunity to attack it and drew his spear. It turned around and started, yet, another close ranged fighting frenzy. It raised its tail and tried to stab him again, but Netak jumped twenty feet into the air and the stinger smashed into the ground. The Predator aimed his spear head towards the Scorpion intending to fall on top of it with the sharp extra terrestrial metal to cut through its body, but its stinger was faster. It was aimed at him and sprayed at him in mid-air.

The acid skimmed his right leg. The scorpion quickly jumped out of the way. The Predator, without the use of his right leg, didn't land properly. Netak smashed into the stone floor. He soon found he couldn't get up in time to dodge or block the next attack. Then he realized his arm had landed on a loose brick. At that same moment the Scorpion turned around and aimed its stinger at him. Netak looked at the floor under the scorpion's feet and immidiately recognized the trap.

The Predator smashed his fist into the brick and shoved it into the ground. Suddenly several Yautja spears shot up from the ground and pierced the Scorpion's body. The creature died instantly.

Netak slowly got up. His body ached all over and his his leg was rendered useless.

Once he got up the room went dark and the only light shown was from the exiting door. The victorious Predator entered.

Mac-11: Sorry it took a while for me to update. I had another busy as hell week. I've decided to stop doing the reviewer replies, because it takes too much work. I will however answer any questions you have. Remember to review if you want me to update.