IN THE ARMS OF YOUR OWN KIND
Location somewhere in the galaxy. getting ready for the Iron Year to open her cargo bay doors, the hunter vessel is still waiting for reply.
It's so frightening to think that you're going to meet your own kind again. The world you left behind that seems more alien to you than it's ever been. You no longer feel like the human but the alien who's arriving. I want them to say no, I want them to tell as to leave. I don't want to dock with that huge science vessel. I mean I'm not like them. I was once but it seems like a lifetime ago when I was afraid when I was a coward. I don't want to be that person again! I don't want that boring life! They'll try to drag me back in to it, say that's where I should be. Make out that I've had some horrible existence and have been bastardized by it. That I'm unclean and need to be washed of my dirt, turned back in to the scientist who has no life. The scientist who was useless and no one listened to on a daily basis. The one who got shouted at for trying to give out idea's, hell was that my life? When I think of it, it was meaningless. I was just a cog in a wheel that wasn't going anywhere.
Honour, pride and self worth meant nothing in that world. You don't gain anything but a promotion. A half assed promotion, which they give you more, credits for getting and try to make out that you're more important. Yet it's all just bull since they pull all the strings and you're just on the end of them helpless. Maybe they'll make out I'm some kind of hero. Geeze… the thought of that makes me want to puke. You're a hero for surviving Callisto and being the only one left. All because someone blew up everything, which was brought about by someone else who believed he was a god of science and could control anything. It disgusts me; I'm really here because my race put me here. I love being here though. I don't want to return to those who made me suffer. I don't suffer here my life means something I feel that I have worth. And that every time I hunt and bring down a kill I gain something.
Yeah it has its hard days and it's dangerous but it's thrilling and meaningful. Having a hunter's honour means more to me than having some stupid hero message given to me! I don't hunt to be a hero I hunt because I feel it's my calling and I feel that I belong. I don't care for credits, power or stupid titles that mean nothing. There just words. I know I'm beating myself up over this I just don't want to go back. Please make them say no. Make them say that they'll open fire on as for hitting their vessel. Emma looked at her note pad nervously. She felt her wrist blades click out due to her nerves. Jeuki looked up slightly he could almost feel the tension in the room. He watched as Emma clicked her wrist blades in then out again. He couldn't understand the nervousness that was hitting her it was so strange. Why was she so nervous and afraid these where her own kind?
Oomans just like her who where no doubt like her in appearance and she could talk to them. She needed to speak to them it would be good for her. Perhaps she could cope better feeling that she wasn't alone. He looked down, she was never alone he was always here. He always wanted to be here. No matter what happened. Even if she pushed him away for a male ooman he'd stay. He hated that thought, what could some ooman male give that he couldn't? He would be just as good a mate and partner as any one of them! He was stronger, bigger and in his prime. He was protective and gentle he also saw himself as loving. He stopped himself mid thought, but he wasn't an ooman. That was it wasn't it, it was because he wasn't an ooman. Maybe if he were an ooman male she'd be in his arms by now. Maybe she didn't think that he understood love. Because love was an ooman word and his race normally bred not out of love but to have the best offspring.
He wasn't like that! He didn't want to mate to for fill his lustful needs. He didn't want that he wanted to be with someone and for it to have meaning. Wasn't that what love was? To have meaning and understanding for another being to take care of them and share things as a couple? If that wasn't love he didn't know what was, his thoughts matched those in her note pad about love so why couldn't he make her see? Why couldn't he break her shield and get her to look past his appearance? He so wanted her to see, if only for one moment. Even if nothing came of it just to see that he could be her mate and partner. He lowered his gaze watching her flick out her wrist blades nervously again. He had to tell her soon he had to do something, anything. Emma listened as a sudden crackle suddenly came through on her note pad. She leaned closer hoping it was a message to tell them to get lost. Jeuki leaned over listening as the message came in the same male human voice hitting the air.
"Well you gave as something of a scare."
"We weren't expecting a human signal since you're not on a human ship, still no matter."
"If you look to out of the window if you have one, you'll see that we are opening the cargo bay doors. We'll have a dock waiting for you dock nine."
"Just to put your mind at rest you didn't cause any injury to my science vessel or it's people. I mean it's only a graze nothing a little hard work can't fix."
"Please feel free to dock when you're ready.
Marcus walked towards the docking bay where the large alien ship was going to land. He turned slightly to the female scientist who was walking next to him. "This is going to be so great Lucy a real alien ship docking here." Lucy adjusted her lab coat "Yeah I know and Mr Oran gave as the privilege of meeting them along with Carlos it's such an honour." Marcus adjusted his classes "Think of it, if where able to communicate with them, I mean think of the possibilities." Lucy turned, as the Leo walked up behind them. Her smile slowly faded "Oh so they let you in here, couldn't they have sent you back to level sixty to clean materials." The young man with his black hair sneered slightly, "Get bent you arrogant bitch."
Lucy folded her arms throwing her long blonde hair. "Yeah you should go back to cleaning things Leo it's about your level of expertise." Leo grunted "You just hate the fact I made level two when I retook the IQ test. Which put me higher than average with you people. Now you resent that you can't boss me around and treat me like your lower." He leaned forward "I don't have to clean up your crap anymore that must get to you." Marcus pulled up his hands. "Quit it both of you! God all you two ever do is argue." Lucy put her hands behind her back. "Leo there's still crap around your it." Leo slowly made a fist. "You know if there wasn't a law against hitting people on this ship I'd hit you."
Lucy raised an eyebrow "Would you know Leo, I doubt an asshole like you can hit anything." Leo leaned over slightly "Oh yeah I would hit you! I'd wipe that bitchy little smile off your unattractive face." He turned watching as a short black haired woman came up behind them. She turned slightly "Sorry I'm late someone spilt coffee over my lab coat and I had to get a new one." Leo looked up "And you are?" The girl put a hand on her chest "Oh sorry how rude of me I'm Julia from medical on level twenty. Carlos sent me the details this morning after the crash on level forty." Marcus smiled "Welcome aboard." Lucy grinned evilly "Well the brown haired guy with glasses is Marcus I'm Lucy." She turned eyeing Leo. "Oh and he's an asshole."
Leo growled aloud. "Where do you come from again Lucy? Oh yes that's right some rich pent house in California, did daddy pay for your grades?" Lucy turned slightly. "I'm surprised you even have grades Leo." Leo pulled up watching as five fully armoured marines came towards them. They where no doubt the leads who where going to guard them. He stared as the female marine with her short hair eyed them. While the butch commanding man next to her moved forward pulling up his large pulse rifle. "Come on get moving! Your holding us up!" Leo eyed the woman's gun "They call you marines but I'd say your more like mercenaries." The woman looked at him. "Would you move already I don't have all day." Lucy turned grinning at the butch leader "Hi Lexington." She watched as the big man smiled. Leo rolled his eyes "Oh now that makes a lot of sense you like to chat up people not as smart as you." He felt the woman push him with her gun "You know that remark wasn't aimed at your commander just the blonde idiot next to him."
Lucy turned sharply "Leo, go screw yourself." Leo sniggered "That's real funny is that the best you got?" Lucy growled aloud "Would you just…." She stopped as the short brown haired female marine poked her gun close to her. "Listen I'm a very calm woman but you are just getting to me Blondie. Would you just give it a bloody rest? All I can hear is your voice." Lucy looked at the gun "Sure thing, miss butch." The female marine snarled aloud "It's private Samantha Stonewell to you!" Lucy swallowed slightly. "Fine I got that." They all slowly turned the corner in silence then turned another, which slowly led out in to the bay. The alien ship would be docking soon they watched as the marines closed all the doors.
There where hundreds of onlookers looking through class near by. As well as workers in other bays who'd all stopped, Samantha grabbed her com "I want all forward weapons at the ready every one!" She watched as the guns above the bay pulled down in to position. Lexington eased up his gun watching as Carlos who'd been waiting joined the other scientists. He pulled his gun up watching the moving guns above held by marines. "Okay we just sit tight, no sudden moves and no pulling of triggers you hear me!" He watched the marines nod taking up position around the bay guns ready to fire. He turned watching the scientists move forward. This was crazy and stupid, Oran was nut's this confirmed it.
Emma slowly closed the straps around her armour plating she heard the click as Jeuki pushed on her mounted shoulder gun. She moved her head watching it turn before she lowered it. She leaned down tightening the armour on her thighs and lower legs. One thing she never minded was the weight of this armour it was incredibly light. She pulled her spear of the wall clicking the middle so each side went inwards. She calmly clicked it in to its holder along with her net gun and dagger. She watched Jeuki ease on his helmet. Then move his shoulder gun checking it was working. He pulled out his spear and his cutting disc. He never really used the cutting disc but then she never really used the plasma gun it was just a spear item.
She heard the sound as Jeuki's helmet's air changed. He pulled on his final armour moving his clawed hands before turning to look at her. She slowly eased her helmet free of the wall looking at its red eyes before slowly placing it over her head. She eased the air pipe in place hearing the hiss as it started to move oxygen through the helmet. She breathed in watching Jeuki walk over to the controls. As the ship moved slowly towards the huge ships open cargo bay they didn't even match the size of this vessel it was a living breathing population. She flicked out her wrist blades they weren't taking any chances though better to be armed. This could all be a trick or a ruse.
She just hoped Jeuki would stay in the shadows of the ship just until she got out first. It was probably easer for them to contemplate a human presence before seeing an alien one. Plus this place was probably crawling with marines or mercenaries. She hated marines they were stupid foolish morons. Who made chooses with out thinking about them. She'd never liked them on Callisto and there was probably no chance she would get to like them here. She looked out of the window seeing the huge port come in to view. It was full of smaller ships. As well as other ships, which were being filled up with cargo by the lumbering power loaders. Her gaze drifted as the dock that they were going to land in came in to view. The message had stated dock nine. Now it made sense why, the dock was split off from the others so that if anything went wrong they could blow there ship to bits. She breathed in turning to look at Jeuki who was looking back at her. They had one chance to get out of this dock if all hell broke loose. They'd have to smash there way out. Still that wouldn't be a problem they had hyper speed this ugly rust bucket didn't.
Lucy looked up watching as the huge alien ship came towards them. She grinned slightly "Well it's not handsome but it is different." Leo put a hand on his chin. "Funny you say that it looks a lot like a hunter ship to me." Lucy turned sharply. "Oh please everyone knows predators are just a myth told by colonists who have issues." She folded her arms "I mean please you don't believe half those little incidents do you?" Leo strengthened his lab coat. "Tell me how does men having their heads lobbed of count as a little incident? I also read a report on earth from 1995 about a ship that looked similar to that, his description was clear." Lucy laughed aloud. "Oh you read that twentieth century cops report…you utter moron."
She turned slightly "I can't believe you'd buy in to some dead idiot's report from that century." She pulled up her finger. "No one believes that report and no one ever will in the science world. Lieutenant Mike Harrigan was from a century that had no violence control. Everyone was deluded back then. That's why anyone can read his report and it's not locked away." Leo grunted aloud. "Oh you're so sure of yourself, I know I'm right and you're wrong." Carlos turned sharply his gaze moving across the ship as it stopped above them getting ready to land. "You know something if you two don't both shut up I'm going to cut both your weeks credits by half!" Lexington turned slightly watching the two arguing scientists go quite "Thank you I was hoping someone would shut those two up!" He eased up his gun watching the others do the same as the huge ship landed in front of them. He breathed in as the huge engines died down slowly as they made contact with the bay. He pulled back as a few of the side panel raised blowing out liquid and a gas of some kind. He couldn't see anything the ships panels of glass where black as pitch.
He didn't even know how it opened. The strange vessel seemed silent so silent you couldn't hear a thing. Everyone around him was quite and still. He heard some of the pulse rifles rattle slightly "Easy now…no need to fire arms they just landed." He turned seeing the guns above move as a huge side part of the ship began to come down. He could see some kind of fog drifting upward making it impossible to see inside as the huge vessel. Its opened part hit the surface of the docking bay with a dull thud. He pulled up his gun waiting anxiously, nothing not a damn thing. He turned his shoulder light on shining the light in to the opening. He still couldn't see anything as he moved closer. Marcus pulled of his glasses "Nothing there's! Can any of you see anything?" Julia looked closer watching the marines as the lit up there shoulder lights trying to see in side "Oh please if this ship is on auto pilot I'm going to be the laughing stock of level twenty." Lucy grinned. "You see Leo this confirms that your full of bull and I'm so right."
Leo watched as something moved through the smoke almost shaping it before disappearing. He blinked "Did something just move?" Lucy narrowed her gaze. "No nothing moved…only in your imagination." Leo sneered at her "I wasn't imagining thing's!" Lucy folded her arms. "Nothing moved so why don't you just admit you're wrong?" Leo growled aloud. "Your wrong I know you are…I bet there outside of the ship it's just we can't see them." Lucy snarled, "Using what an invisibility cloak? That's real impressive thinking Leo your really showing off your IQ." Leo leaned over. "Well at least I'm thinking outside the bottle unlike you!" Lucy turned sharply "Asshole like you'd understand thinking out side of anything let alone a bott..." Her words felt her as from the smoke something appeared. What looked an invisibility cloak dropped around the being. All she could see was two red eyes gleaming as what ever it was walked through the smoke.
Marcus eased on his glasses watching Carlos rub his hands together with pleasure. The being moved through the smoke all he could see was armour silver armour and some kind of headpiece. He stopped noticing wavy brown hair as the being stopped in front of him. He swallowed as it slowly lifted its hand to its helmet causing the marines to pull up there guns. Carlos stopped short this wasn't a predator! It was dressed like one but it wasn't a hunter, or was it? It looked human he eased up his hand eyeing the marines. "I think it's taking of it's helmet." It was hard to make out the form because of the smoke with in the ship rising but he swore it looked female. He watched as the pipe to helmet was pulled causing a spray of air. Julia found herself staring in utter surprise, as the mask was slowly pulled free. He heart suddenly missed a beat only to hit her stomach in half disappointment and shock as a human face came in to view. It was a woman who looked in to in her mid twenties with very long wavy brown hair, which had metal bolts in places.
Her long fringe hung down while her piecing green eyes stared back. She could finally make out the rest as the woman stepped out of smoke. She was about 5.6 in height wearing this strange armour. That almost seemed to wrap around her on the lower and upper half only leaving her stomach bear. She could see some kind of dagger. They're where other things including blades that came out of some kind of wrist armour. The rest she wasn't sure what was armour and what was weapons. The only things she was sure of was the two parts of metal hanging that hung down the front and back covering her underwear. As well as the braced metal armour that covered her chest. Leo blinked just staring he wasn't the only one. Just about everyone in the room and behind the glass looked surprised. He looked at the woman who was just looking at them waiting for someone to say something. He stepped forward grinning, "Well know there's something you don't see everyday! Welcome to the Iron Year."
Emma blinked before smiling "It's nice to see people again." She knew that was such a lie. Carlos grunted pulling Leo back before moving forward himself. "Yes welcome to the Iron Year, my I can't believe your signal was really human sent by a human. You see we just thought it was some alien using our technology." Emma narrowed her gaze, idiot did he have any idea how rude he sounded? Wasn't he even going to bother asking her name ether? Carlos put both hands behind his back "I trust the aliens are all died and you got that ship and armour from them?" Marcus moved forward. "I'm sorry our head of science is very rude, may I we ask what your name is?" Emma eased the staff free clicking it watching as it went to her height. She watched as the marines pulled up their guns suddenly. She ignored them leaning on the weapon slightly. "Emma, Emma Wingates." Lucy folded her arms in annoyance watching as Lexington came closer to the woman. She turned to Julia "How annoying I wanted a fringing alien."
Lexington moved a little closer. "Now I know you're a guest but your weapons are not permitted here." He moved closer "You'll have to give them to as." Emma looked at the tall marine. "No! There my weapons marine!" Lexington smirked moving closer. "Now look here lady its just procedure. We do it to all the people on colonies and space craft." Emma sneered at him. Procedure the same procedure that had cost so many scientists there lives on Callisto. Even if half of them couldn't fire a gun it might have saved their lives against the hard meat. They had died bloody deaths because the jack assed marines wouldn't give them anything to fight with making them sheep to the slaughter!
She growled at him "I know your procedure and you can shove it up your ass!" Carlos moved forward. "General Lexington leave the girl in peace you have no idea what she's been through." Lexington turned sharply until he was face to face with the woman "Give me your god damn weapons!" Emma twitched her shoulder causing her shoulder gun to unlock its three red beams aimed at his forehead. She moved it slowly down to his chest stopping dead centre. "You want them you can pull them from dead fingers." She turned slightly hearing all the guns load. Lexington pulled up his gun hearing the cries of horror from all the scientists. "You're an annoying one! Did the space go to your head? Or have you always been a hard assed bitch looking for a fight?"
Emma didn't get a chance to reply as the marine, was suddenly grabbed by the throat. He was lifted high above her then slammed in to the ships side. She watched Jeuki appeared his invisibility cloak disappearing as he held the marine up. Her gaze widened as he leaned forward until his helmeted face was level with the man's. His mandibles underneath made threatening clicks which could be heard Jeuki held the male ooman up he could see the interred skull through his helmets vision. How dear he! The little bastard! Trying to force her to hand over her weapons then threatening her with his weapon because she wouldn't do as she was told. He could hear the male's gargling through his helmet. He turned seeing the oomans raise their gun while hearing commotion all around.
Samantha eased up her gun "Oh god there's an alien on board! Shoot it!" Emma pulled up her hands watching the head marine's gun fall out his hand. As he struggled against Jeuki's grip. She eased up both hands "No please don't shoot! He's not your enemy he's with me!" Se turned sharply watching Jeuki red helmeted gaze meet hers "Jeuki! Drop him!" Julia watched as the huge gleaming armoured alien dropped the marine on the ground. The general got up grabbing his gun half choking as he moved away. This woman was with this alien? This terrifying looking thing was friendly? It all seemed so unbelievable. Lucy turned grinning. "Finally something to work with." Leo sneered at her. "You disgust me."
Jeuki pulled the pipe free. He eased of his helmet ignoring the other oomans looks of horror and disgust mixed with panic and fright. His gaze turned to Emma as he raised up his clawed hand. "Did he hurt you?" Lexington pulled up in surprise. "Did I hurt her, you've gotta be kidding me? Wait you can talk like a human?" He pulled back as the ugly crab like face opened roaring at him. Its four mandibles flaring outwards and it's inner razor jaws opening. The yellow eyes glared at him from under the crested head. He watched the ugly mouth close "You're ugly as hell." Jeuki turned tapping his upper left mandible "So are you male ooman, you'd win a prize for ugly." He slowly started to laugh mocking the male ooman.
Lexington snarled in anger. "Son of bitch is mocking and laughing at me!" Samantha leaned down "Sir you did just call him ugly." Leo moved closer "My god that's amazing he understands the human language and speaks it perfectly." Lucy moved forward "A human and an alien interaction. This is so great, studying this will win awards back on earth." Marcus cleaned his glasses "Well I can see why you tried to hide him Emma he is rather scary." Emma folded her arms. " It's not he, his name is Jeuki." Marcus smiled "Jeuki it is then." He moved closer to the towering alien who dreadlocks huge down "Pleased to meet you Jeuki." He took the aliens hand shaking it he noticed the alien's confusion.
He grinned hearing all the guns lower. "Human handshake it's like a greeting." Jeuki cocked his head to one side. "Oh ooman greeting." He took the ooman males hand shaking it slightly. Lexington growled aloud "I can't believe you people! That asshole just tried to strangle me and your just greeting him like he's human." Emma turned slowly meeting his gaze "The only reason I'm alive is because of Jeuki." She walked past the head scientist who was grinning at the situation. "I owe my life to him you should show some respect. He only harmed you because he thought you were trying to harm me." Jeuki pulled up his clawed hand "As if he knows respect, he doesn't have a code of honour." He shrugged his shoulders "Ugly ooman male." Lucy clapped her hands together "Oh this is so great, he's a perfect specimen he talks perfect English and understands as, this is better than we could've hoped for." Leo rolled his eyes walking up to the huge alien he turned to the Emma "Did you teach him to talk in our language?"
He watched her nod he could see the guns above slowly being lowered. He looked up at the huge alien "Strange face though." He eased up his hands "Not that you're ugly in any sense of the word Jeuki. The general just has a narrow mind he can't see the impressiveness of your faces design." He looked up at the two scars "Are your scars something you were born with?" Jeuki shook his head he turned slightly looking at Emma who still looked nervous. He wasn't sure he liked this so many oomans all crowding him asking questions. It was funny the ones in the white cloth like Emma used to wear seemed nice but the others with there weapons seemed horrible. So willing to hurt another ooman just to get what they wanted. It wasn't honourable behaviour from a warrior even if they carry a gun. What had that asshole meant by procedure anyway? They weren't prisoners they had come as guests through another oomans invite. Yet these ooman warriors had been rude and vile putting guns on them. He didn't come here to hunt oomans he was here because he cared about one.
He hadn't wanted to harm any of them. No matter how tempting breaking that rude warrior oomans neck might have been he would've never done it. Some of his races elders would've killed for such rude behaviour even if not for the same reason. He wasn't a murder and he wasn't bad blooded. He would've never killed the foolish little ooman male. He looked around hoping they could leave here soon. The faces and the millions of oomans were unnerving him. Emma turned she watched Jeuki click his upper mandible on both side a sigh of nervousness. She turned quickly to the head doctor "I know this is a lot to ask but we need to go somewhere quite and talk about all this." She looked up slowly noticing the many faces crowding the glass all around. "There's to many people here." Carlos smiled "Why of cause, we are sorry this has just been such a shock. I mean a human who's spent so much time with an alien race it's extraordinary." Jeuki turned he was so happy to hear that they could leave he turned hitting the button causing the open bay to close.
He quickly typed in the code noticing that the human's weren't paying attention, which was good. No one could get in to this ship and he wasn't going to allow it. All the elder's codes had been changed and there was a secondary code that Emma imputed in to the central computer. It also needed his code to activate all the doors and bring the ship to life. If they tried to access the inner ship it would blow up probably taking half this rust bucket with it. Normally he wouldn't care for all these codes but in a place like this and with oomans all around he was unsure of them all. On top of that the code that locked the door he'd just closed was a not the old elders code but a double code of there making. This was their ship they worked so long to fix it and make it home; he didn't want anyone getting in to it. The thought of some being nosing around his trophy room disgusted him. Unworthy prey of any kind had no right to see two hunters most honourable and prized items. None of these oomans had gained his respect yet ether.
He slowly followed Emma and the other white cloth oomans. He turned to the disrespectful ooman warrior flaring his mandibles in both disgust and in a half threat. Next time he was so disrespectful to Emma his leg would be broken. Maybe a good dose of punishment was what he needed to learn how to be a better warrior. Lexington snarled aloud "I'm going to go to Oran about this." Samantha sighed aloud "With all due respect sir, the alien only attacked you because he thought the girl was in danger." Lexington rubbed his neck. "No human or six foot tall alien is going to undermine my authority!" Samantha shook her head "You go tell him that, I mean come on I wouldn't threaten that thing." Lexington shook his head "I would." He folded his arms "It disgusts me everyone goes by the rules. Yet some little girl can just walk in here with her six foot ugly faced alien and undermine me." He turned sharply "She's probably just hiding behind him little coward." Marshall moved forward from behind him grinning while pulling up his gun "I think the six foot alien is more like a boyfriend."
Her watched as the others laughed. He grinned, as Fern came up behind him with Eddy "I think she's a bitch personally, she should've listened to the general." She snorted aloud "I mean she knew the procedure who the hell does she think she is?" Eddy looked up from his pad "No way!" Samantha looked up sharply "What?" Eddy looked at the picture on his note pad "You're not going to believe this." Oran folded his arms "What? You can't be serious." Luther turned slightly "It's true sir unbelievable as it may sound." Neil slowly tapped the screen being up the image of a woman with combed brown hair and a ponytail wearing a lab coat. Who was grinning at them all squeaky-clean "Emma Wingates, level two researchers in to breathing apparatus?" Luther breathed in "Presumed dead after Callisto blew up." He turned slightly "Something of an idealist, Utro believed the word rebel was more fitting though which is why he was always kept her out of mayor projects. He also ensured that she never reached higher than her level." Neil folded his arms "Probably wise of him."
Luther eased up a hand "Saying that though she had a clean record, on Callisto all her issues were professional." He looked at the image. "I mean she wasn't rude or threatening. I think she once tripped someone with a cord by accident. That's all the violence I can dig up from her record. I mean I don't know what's clicked in her head to make her act so strange." Neil laughed aloud. "Isn't that obvious she spent time with the hunter, he messed up her brain." He clapped his hands "I mean she was even wearing armour like she was trying to be like him." He put his hands behind his back "She's disturbed." Oran slowly lit a cigar. "I watched the recording of the landing I had to sort out an issue with the general." He watched the smoke waver from his lit cigar. "This hunter doesn't seem dangerous rather pitiful. Not like our other friend. So I believe we have nothing to fear from him. Plus if I'm not mistaken he seems to like this girl quite a bit, which could work for as." Luther turned slightly "In what way?" Oran looked at the picture "In a few ways."
He grinned widely "Once she's been reintroduced she could help as." He tapped the buttons bringing up a picture of the girl from the dock, which floated up next to the other image. "I have a project that she could be useful for. If my assumptions are right she' knows about predator technology. That in it's self is a gift." Neil laughed again. "Oh please she's a level two she's not smart just average." He looked at the screen "I mean she was a lazy collage student who has average grades." He sniggered aloud. "You don't seriously expect her to be that smart do you? Like a level three or even four." Oran slowly blew out smoke "I believe that the only reason she's alive is because of space. The dark of space changes people." He breathed in his cigar blowing the smoke in Neil's direction. "Space is black and cold and is like a monster that makes people rethink their lives. It twists you and makes you stronger. I should know space grants me the gift of playing god. On earth I was a no body but here I make my own world. I believe she remade hers."
He looked at the armoured picture "What an impressive remaking and envisioning of your self it is, no longer a weak scientist with a rebel mind but a human hunter who may hunt like a true hunter." He leaned back. "That is impressive and in four and half months earth time which may have been longer in the darkness of space, much longer." He smiled slightly. "I just hope she's twisted enough to understand how important she could be to my research in the lower levels." He grunted aloud. "Even with Oni Jui's help the job is going to slowly on understand predator's ship technology. Or maybe he's just holding back information for his own reasons. Still she could fill in the caps." He leaned back even more "The possibilities are endless." He switched of the old scientist image "Treat her kindly I want her to be trusting." He smiled "Oh and do ensure that nothing in the lower levels is found by her. I don't want this plan going to pot. Other wise Oni Jui will be tearing of both your heads and mounting them. Do I make myself clear? He watched them both nod quickly "Good now get back to work."
He watched them leave his gaze moving as he brought up the image of the predator who was with her "Jeuki tell me Oni Jui what kind of a name is that?" He watched Oni Jui appear behind him his orange eyes meeting his. The young predator flared his mandibles "A weak fools." Oran turned in his chair "So you two have met?" Oni Jui roared aloud "He was on the same ship as me with the elders. The ship he rides in with the weak little ooman female." Oran smiled "Interesting so this soft hearted hunter was an outcast?" Oni Jui snorted aloud. "No he was going to be made a high rank like me. He was never worthy of his place yet the elders loved him, not me." Oran smiled "Oni Jui you still owe me information on the huge elders ship the new hybrid queen and her helpers are close to ready I want your final info." Oni Jui turned slightly "I don't have the codes the elders didn't give me them!" He slammed his fist down in anger "Give me my hunt! I've been waiting for it for two long!" Oran clicked his fingers "Of cause you'll get your reward, you've helped so much." He looked up slightly "Just don't use the upper levels for a while, and stay away from your other friend." The predator grunted angrily "As you wish." Oran watched him vanish "Good boy."
End of part 5
Silvermoonlight
Authors note. Damn really hope this was a good chapter, and I didn't mess it up.