Chapter 14: Revival

Mac-11: I finally return. Sorry for the length of time it took to update. Anyway, here's the new chapter.

The clan walked out of the ruins. They went on for two miles until they found a good resting spot. It was a spot full of many thick trees, that was well hidden from prying eyes and it worked perfectly with their camouflage.

The wounded leaned against trees and rocks to support themselves. The healthy ones sat down and began to rest.

Merc'rk looked at the wounds and scars from the battle they had been frozen in. They were extremely hideous! It looked several times worse than an acid burn scar. When the wounds were frozen the plasma freeze had disfigured the healing process in one of the most disgusting ways possible. Of course once the wounds healed the Ancient Predators would love having them, for battle scars would attract females during mating season.

Essra approached her leader and told him that the Ancient hunters were extremely hungry. "Shou'nk!" called the lead hunter. Shou'nk jumped out of a tree and landed right next to his leader as if to say "at your service". "I need you to find food, and a large amount of it," he ordered to the predator. Shou'nk nodded and quickly left to search for as much as he could get.

Merc'rk then turned to Essra. "Go to the ship and call for more hunters. Just tell them 'big hunt and only the blooded may come.' And while you're there get all the cooked meat we have stored in the ship," he commanded. The huntress also quickly left to fill her leader's orders.

He kept looking around, but he couldn't find Netak or Reco'de. Just then, both came from the direction of the ruins carrying a frozen acid spitter. It looked just like the ugliest ice sculpture ever. He looked at them questionably. "What are you doing?" he asked. The two hunters set the frozen creature down.

"Think of it as a measure of time. When this hard meat is free it will mean that the others are freed too," answered Reco'de.

"I need you two to go to the ship and help Essra bring food here. The ancients are almost starving."

The two hunters cloaked went to the ship to help Essra carry the food.

Meanwhile…

Shou'nk needed to think. The ship had enough food for about twenty full grown warriors and that would leave thirty-eight left. An average Yautja did eat a lot of food. At that moment another thought came to mind. The humans had food, but he would go to the human base and try to convince Jason to get the food they needed.

"Oh well, there's not much else I can do," he thought before heading to the marine's base.

At the ship…

Essra was standing next a Yautja version of a radio, except this one's range could stretch across a galaxy. A voice came from the other side.

"How many hunters?" it asked.

"As many as you can muster, only blooded warriors."

"And what weapons authorized?"

In some hunts the hunters were allowed only a few weapons to make it a fair fight against an enemy.

"All of them," answered the huntress.

"Sounds pretty big. I got it and the message has been sent out," replied the voice on the other side before Essra turned it off.

She headed to the storage area of the ship. The door automatically opened and revealed all the food and water the ship held. She decided that it'd be best to bring the water too. Also found inside were spare medicomps. It has been known for hunters to lose their medical equipment so they all stored extras inside the ship, which was perfect for the Ancient Predators. Instead of carrying it all, it'd be better to just have the ancient hunters go to the ship or fly the ship over to them. Since they were heavily wounded and travel was rough she decide it be better to fly it to them. The huntress walked over to the controls and began the start up process.

At that moment two creatures walked into the ship. She looked at them expecting to see Netak and Reco'de, but instead she heard the sound of an empty hiss. They were two acid spitters. She stood up and activated her plasma caster. One of the acid spitters hurled an acid spit-wad at her while the other pounced at her. The spit-wad splashed on her plasma caster, melting it instantly, while the other pounced on her. The impact knocked both of them on the ground and its sharp claws sank into her shoulder and bicep.The huntress kicked it off her body and activated her wrist blades. By the time she got back on her feet the anciet alien's accomplice was only a yard away from her. Essra took a swipe at it, but it dodged the attack and swung its tail into her stomach. The female Predator was knocked in the air towards the Xenomorph's partner. Essra shifted her body and did a back flip while still in the air. She landed on her feet and pulled out her new spear gun.The acid spitter gave a vertical slash towards her. The huntress held her spear gun horizontaly and block it, then quickly smashed the butt of gun into its head. The blow knocked the creature on the ground and Essra flipped her gun upside-down with the sharp barrel pointing at the alien's neck. She shoved the barrel down and the acid proof alloy tore through its neck. The other alien was building up an acid spit-wad, but before it could fire the huntress turned around and pulled the trigger.

The plasma charged spear went straight for the acid spitter's neck cords where it tore through them and exploded on impact. The explosion was powerful enough to rip the head off of the Alien. Its dead body fell to the ground and a small puddle of acid blood began to form.

Just then two more creatures entered the ship. The adrenalin rush was still in her and she set herspear gun to automatic and aimedit at them. This time it was Netak and Reco'de. The two Predators looked at the bodies of the two dead acid spitters she had just killed. "looks like all the ancient hard meat that aren't frozen are returning to the ancient civilization," said Essra. "The queen calls to them," quoted Netak in a way that sent shivers down the other's spines.

Essra walked over to the controls again and started the ship up.

Meanwhile...

Sean, Jason, Richard, Steve, and Bebop were walking through the jungle with several carts loaded with enough food for thirty eight soldiers. Meagan was helping them and for the first time since they'd seen her she wasn't carrying a camera. Jason had no idea how Shou'nk had talked them into it, but he did mention that there were several other predators. He just figured "better get the food and giveit to them before they become so hungry they kill all the humans and take it from them."The others were thinking it too and they all sighed at the thought.

"Any idea how many Predators there are?" asked Richard.

"Shou'nk said that there were thirty-eight he need and they could take care of the rest so all I know is it's over thirty-eight," replied Jason.

"That would need a little over seventy cups of coffee," said Richard doing the math in his head.

The others gave a small laugh and continued on, each thinking something different.

Jason was still woundering on how many predators there were and how the they would react once they met him. Since he brought the food they would most like be friendly or ignore them. Sean was wounder werethese new predators came from. Richard's mind was focusing on the coffe he was drinking. Steve was thinking about what it would be like to meet several other predators. Bebop was trying to figure what the hell was going on, while Meagan's thoughts were on Netak. She hadn't seen him in days and was hoping he would be alright.

At that moment they all heard something russling in some bushes. It was silent for a moment and then the heard the sound of a tree branch snap. Silence came over again, but only for a short period. Suddenly, out of no where, laser sights from all around were pointed at them. They froze, but knew they'd be okay since they weren't holding their weapons. A massive cloaked figure walked up to them.

"Oh, crap on a stick," cursed Richard. The large figure decloaked to show himself as Merc'rk. He held his hand up and opened it widely. All the other predators decloaked and put away their plasma casters, it waseasy to tell they still had their guard up. "You befriended the Oomans?" asked Deckn'ov. "I can assure you that each one is an honorable warrior, cable of proving their strength anytime," answered Merc'rk. Had these words come from any other hunter it would have meant nothing, but coming from the leader of Doun'ch's current clan they immediatelybegan to show a sign of respect for the humans.

"I sent them here," said Shou'nk. They all looked at him questionably. Then the young predator remembered that he forgot to tell his leader they were coming. "And why is that?" asked Merc'rk. The young hunter walked up to one of the carts they were pushing and opened it. He reached his hand inside and pulled out a nice big, juicy slab of meat. "They carry the food." If anything all the Ancients had just taken an immediate liking to these humans. The other humans opened their carts and allowed them to eat from it.

Suddenly a ship flew over their heads. It was cloaked, but it was easy to see in thermal vision. It landed a few meters away from them and a door opened, alone with it a walkway. Out came Essra, Netak, and Reco'de. Each pushing large cart carts of Yautja, cooked meat, water, and medicomps. In a few hours after this the ancients would be revived to full strength and ready to fight again.

For a while they sat there and ate. Essra informed her clan leader of the news about the ancient aliens that weren't frozen heading back to the ruins.

Meagan went searching throught the army of predators, but she couldn't find Netak. She kept searching after a few minutes and found him sitting on a tree branch, inspecting his new spear with a massive grin on his face. He had his mask off and was eating some meat in one hand while checking out his spear with the other. He began to think of all the creatures it was going to cut through and all the blood stains he would need to wash off of it and all the queens it would... "Netak!"

Someone had called his name and interrupted his thoughts. He looked to the direction the voice came from and found the human female he had owed his life to. He would need to repay that dept some day soon. The Predator jumped out of the tree and landed right infront of the human girl still holding his spear unfolded. "Yes," he said. The first thing she noticed was the spear he was holding with a metal shaft and a vicious looking spearhead. "Nice spear," she complimented. Netak's mandibles curled into another smirk. "Yes, it is," he said while turning on the plasma charges edges. His smirk then turn into a deathly one looking at the heated glow from the spearheads. She took her hand and touched the shaft. It was made of the light, strong metal that the yautja used. To her surprise, Netak let go and let her hold it. It was extremly light and tough. "Whoa!" She then said as she was impressed by its low weight. She did a twirling move it and then handed it back to Netak. He turned off the glow and folded it up. "So how have you been doing," she asked. "The hunt has been good so far," he said and began to tell her of what had happened to the clan since they'd entered the ruins. Netak found he had like talking to this human girl. It was strange since he hated everyone else, but had taken a liking to her only. Mabye it had something to do with her saving his life or was it something else. He dismissed the thoughts quickly and contined to tell her what happened.

Merc'rk was sitting next to Sean in a short convesatoin with him. He just told him what happened and about them being chosen warriors. "That's some story," said the marine.

"Did he tell you who would win?" asked the soldier.

"No, he lost his power making the orb for us to find and setting everything else up for us," answered the Predator as he took another bite of the cooked meat.

"Well, I just want you to know we're with you all the way."

These words meant a lot to Merc'rk. He began think mabye there was more to life than just hunting. At that moment Shou'nk walked up to them. "Almost all the food needed has been consumed," he informed. For some reason this almost made Sean laugh.

"Good. Ready the ship for take another flight," he ordered.

Shou'nk turned real quick towards the ship. "Um, where are we going?" he asked before moving.

"The ooman base."

Mac-11: Remeber to review if you want me to update and, again, sorry for the long delay.