BE FOREVER HUMAN WITH A YAUTJA SOUL, WHICH BURNS WITH GLORY
Location somewhere in the galaxy, aboard our ship waiting for the right moment to open the space door.
It's hard to say what a moment will bring; it can bring so many things. A moment in time can change your life. It can forever bring about a cascade that's ever changing. They can strange or wonderful or ever depressing. There are the ever mellow moments in existence that are unforgettable and those that some would rather forget forever. Life is such a strange thing, full of wonder and changes. Some bad some good but all work there way to an end result. It's strange some human beings value there life and existence in terms of results. While others value the person they are by the event in their life. It's hard to really say who's better because both get to there goals. They just get there just in different ways. I guess at the end of the day the journey is all that really matters, not the how you got there. It truly comes to define who you are and who you're going to be. If soul is what they say defines a persons being then does your soul define who you are? Is it the true driving force?
Is it a driving force that takes you to your destination and ignores that the ever changing world around it. They say that eye's are a window in to a person's soul. That always surprised me when I think about it. Because people say they see the person when they've changed but the eyes are different some how but they don't know how. Funny when I think about it Jeuki's eyes used to scare the hell out of me, they where just yellow eyes that reminded me of some kind of reptile. I guess it was the colour since to me it wasn't human and I couldn't relate to it at first. I never even considered at first that there was a soul or even warm feelings behind them at all. I say this because when I look at it now I feel so different towards them, it's the same yellow eyes but I know there something there. Something I can't describe but I know it dwells with in. I even found myself referring to them as amber instead of yellow. Since it felt right and made me feel better deep down inside.
I guess yellow was the colour of my fear, which is why I prefer amber, amber being the soft colour of ancient tree resin. A pure amber resin that encases life in a beautiful way, insects trapped in it almost seem alive. A life that is bound in time in such a beautiful way, they are motionless but still moving. It is a Stunning feat of nature. Timeless and ageless beauty trapped in amber glass that shines with its precious moment locked in time. I guess some things have so much beauty that you can't really put them in to better words but it doesn't stop me trying. I spent most of my life not feeling like I really found my way. I just felt lost and with out a clue. If I were to say that I made a difficult journey then I wouldn't be putting it in to the right words. I think my journey was more one of self-discovery and truly finding out more about myself and where my morels lie. I guess it's been as much of journey of soul as it has been a journey of understanding. I feel that I found out so much from it.
I think mostly that other races like Jeuki's are so similar to my own his race. He has feelings and contemplates his existence; he has his own weaknesses just like I do. The world through his eyes is just as daunting and exciting as it is through mine. People look in to faces and judge them by appearances, yet few ever try to see the real person beyond the face. Few ever vision a soul behind the eyes they stare in to because most forget that one is behind those eyes. A soul that is just as fragile as their own if you can't look in to the eyes of another. Then see deep in to there gaze, then how will you ever come to really know them? If you can only look at the surface layer then you'll never see anything apart from what you want to see. If a soul is what makes you and defines you then I guess that is where you have to look for. If you want to see a person for whom they really are. I know if I had never looked past Jeuki's mandibles and appearance I would've never really seen how kind he is. I wouldn't still be seeing a yellow-eyed monster and not the partner who I love so much. Emma flicked her wrist blades slightly she slowly raised her hand punching the code in to the door. She moved her head slightly watching Jeuki pull up his weapon through her sight lens. She breathed in deeply as the door began to slowly lower itself. It was slowly lowering so it was inside the drop ships lower deck.
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Lucy turned sharply watching as the door come down she moved closer as it came down further. She turned slightly. "Finally I was beginning to wonder if they'd open it or not." Marcus pushed up his glasses. "You know I hate to say it but I was starting to get concerned." Lucy moved closer watching as smoke began to leak in to there ship. She turned slightly. "Should I be floating here?" Marcus raised an eyebrow. "I don't see any harm in it, I mean we haven't been sucked in. Maybe there ship compensates for different gravities." Lucy watched as the door finally hit there deck, she turned looking through. She couldn't see any thing but the red and mist. She moved closer putting her hand on the side of the door. "Well I guess the clamps are on right…I mean where not dead." She floated a little closer narrowing her gaze. "Okay I still can't see anything!" Marcus floated slightly closer. "Well it's just best we go through no point in waiting any longer." He watched Lucy float closer.
She eased up her hand. "I seriously thought we'd get sucked in but I guess not." She moved closer. "Guess your right I guess there ship does compensate for different gravities." Marcus raised an eyebrow dragging the floating hyper drive closer to the other ships door. "Well it more a theory, but I guess I got this one right." Lucy moved closer putting her hand through in to the other ship she stopped feeling something pull hard on her arm. "Err…something's pulling me." Emma moved closer there was someone coming through. It was hard to tell who she took a step closer. They where probably having just as much trouble seeing her as she was them. It wasn't the greatest time for the cleaner to clean their air, it had really caused the room to be covered in smoke. She slowly took a step closer trying to see the figure better. She could hear Jeuki moving slowly closer behind her, his clawed feet making very slight tapping sounds as he moved position. Lucy didn't get a chance to think as she was suddenly forced forward.
Emma leaned closer only to feel agonizing pain as something slammed in to her. She didn't get a chance to think as she was sent pile driven in to the ground back first. She felt the person move on top of her, which caused her to slam her hand out grabbing their throat. Lucy didn't get a chance to think all she could see was two spears aimed at her head. She could feel the air in her throat being sucked out as someone tightened their grip lifting her up. Jeuki turned sharply what on earth had just happened! He moved forward feeling his shoulder cannon lift as it aimed at the person's head who Emma had grabbed by the upper throat. He could see the two young bloods spears where raised at the intruder oomans back. He could see Emma's other hand as she raised herself pulling the intruder to their knees. He looked at the young bloods they where waiting for the signal. He moved closer seeing Erisoki take a slow step forward. Emma yanked the person up fully she found herself staring in to a pair of brown eyes which looked shocked.
She squinted recognizing the face with its long blonde hair and slightly tattered white lab coat. Lucy looked up despite the pain in her neck slowly meetings Emma's gaze. She coughed looking up painfully seeing Emma's eyes change from anger to utter shock. "You know…the last time you did you were talking about Xeno's and fear." She looked up. "You…where right about both." Emma let go quickly she watched as Lucy hit the floor coughing as the air slowly started to move through her lungs again. She quickly pushed her hand down watching as the three dots disappeared from Lucy's head and the two young bloods lowered their spears very slowly. Emma looked down sharply "Lucy!" Lucy rubbed her neck painfully. "Sorry about banging in to you, it seems nether ships compensate for the each others gravities." She found herself stopping in mid sentence as Jeuki's huge forms materialized behind Emma who was still looking shocked beyond belief. "Hey there big guy, you don't know how good it is to see you again."
Emma blinked hearing Jeuki start to laugh behind her. She breathed sharply finding her voice. "I'm really sorry…I didn't know it was you." She paused easing up her hands trying to ignore the blood on them. "I never thought I'd see you again." Jeuki turned slightly watching as Erisoki brought his cloak down. The huge elder came forward slowly. Erisoki tapped his lower mandibles. "Do you know this ooman female?" Jeuki tapped his upper right mandible slightly. "Oh yes I know her, she's a very good friend of both myself and my mate." Lucy eased herself to her feet. "Eddy Ida gave us a helping hand, thanks to him we got of the Iron Year." Emma looked up slightly. "Us?" Lucy grinned widely. "Marcus made it out, he'll be coming across any moment now." Emma turned slightly. "You don't know how happy I am to see you again." Emma eased out her hand grabbing Lucy's hand. "I thought you'd died, I saw Leo pull his gun on you." Lucy looked at her still bloody shoulder which still had the bullet embedded.
She grinned slightly. "The asshole just blew a hole in my shoulder, nothing serious." She looked down slightly noticing Emma's bloodied hands the woman looked like she been through hell and back, numerous cuts and wounds could be seen. She breathed in. "Looks like you had some fun to." Emma looked down noticing the blood on her hand. She pulled it away slowly putting it behind her back. "Sorry, I meant to wash that off." She was about to say something else when Lucy grabbed her giving her hug. Erisoki tapped his mandibles looking at Jeuki. "Strange ooman female behaviour." Jeuki moved a little closer to Emma who was still being hugged by Lucy. "It's a type of ooman female bonding." He moved watching as Lucy stopped hugging Emma. He slowly put a clawed hand on shoulder squeezing slightly. "It's wonderful to see you again." Lucy pulled up her hand putting it on his clawed one. "Like wise." She turned slightly. "I think Marcus is having problems bringing the hyper drive through the gravity field." Jeuki looked up sharply.
He moved a clawed hand out. "Help the other ooman with the hyper drive!" The two young bloods sped in to action moving through the mist they both grabbed a huge object as it came the gravity field both held it tightly so it didn't hit the ground. Jeuki watched as both of them heaved it in to the room slowly placing it on the floor carefully. Lucy turned sharply as the form of Marcus came flying through the mist. He hit the floor shoulder first before looking up in anger at her. "A little help would've been nice!" Lucy turned helping him in to a standing position. "Its okay Marcus the hyper drive is fine, Jeuki and Emma's friends have put it in a safe place." Marcus adjusted his glasses. "God I'm so glad it didn't hit the floor when I put it though." He watched as two other hunters who looked far younger than Jeuki kneeled down looking at the ship part. He turned slowly meeting Emma's gaze. "Oh you have no idea how happy I am to see you again Emma Wingates!"
Emma didn't get a chance to move as Marcus grabbed her pulling her in a rip-cracking hug. He grinned squeezing tighter. "I'm so glad Eddy Ida was there to help you out, he helped us no end." Lucy folded her arms seeing that Emma was starting to squirm in his tight grip. "Marcus do you want to stop her lungs from working?" Marcus pulled back freeing Emma from his grip. "Sorry didn't mean to crush you." Emma breathed in sharply feeling the air start to move through her lungs again. "It's okay I'm fine really." Marcus turned seeing Jeuki who was standing opposite he grabbed the huge hunters arm feeling Jeuki take hold of his. "I'm so glad you made it out to Jeuki." Jeuki clicked his lower mandibles. "Glad you made it as well." He pulled back feeling Marcus let go. "We thought at first your locking on to our ship was something bad." Lucy eased up her hand watching as the white haired elder came closer. "About that we are really sorry if we made you jump. We had trouble docking with you at first."
Jeuki laughed slightly. "We gathered that." Emma turned seeing the elder come to a stop behind her he leaned over looking at Lucy and Marcus curiously. Emma breathed in meeting Lucy gaze. "Please allow me to introduce the elder of our clan." Erisoki watched in surprise as both of the oomans turned sharply they both slowly bowed to him. He looked at Jeuki. "They're bowing to me?" Jeuki turned slightly. "Yes a sign of respect as you are the leader." Erisoki pulled back. "What do I do back to show that I'm grateful for there respectful gesture?" Jeuki folded his arms looking at the two young bloods who where standing watching quietly. "Shake the ooman males hand then pat the ooman female's shoulder." Erisoki slowly leaned forward doing the gestures Jeuki had told him to do. He had no idea what the handshake was all about but he knew that Jeuki understood oomans better than anyone on board this ship. Lucy looked up swallowing as the elder put a huge hand on her shoulder squeezing gently. He was bigger than Jeuki.
He was almost nine foot tall, which surprised her, since the two younger hunters where smaller than Jeuki. Saying that though both where still far taller than ether her and Marcus. She watched as the elder took Marcus's hand shaking slightly. She couldn't really understand the elder's expressions but she was sure he looked a little confused. How old was he? She had no idea how long Jeuki's race lived for, but he had to be really old if the white dreadlocks and slightly white crest areas where anything to go by. The huge elder even had an over grown lower left tusk as well she wasn't really sure if he'd made it grow that way or if it was to do with age setting in. She breathed in slightly slowly meeting his gaze as he turned to look at her. "We came here with a message for you from the Earth battle ship." Erisoki pulled up his clawed hand. "What did she say?" Jeuki turned slightly. "They have a message for you." Erisoki eased out his clawed hand. "Please tell them to begin."
Marcus breathed in he could see Jeuki was speaking is his own language to the elder who was listening intensely. Jeuki turned slightly. "Please begun I'll translate for him, he doesn't under stand ooman speak very well." Marcus watched as Emma turned calmly watching the situation. "A message was sent to you from the Sirun." He breathed in listening as Jeuki clicked his mandibles talking to elder. He breathed in again. "We give you this hyper drive back as an act of good faith. As we believe that what has been taken from you should be returned." He looked up slightly remembering the rest of Eddy Ida's message. "We admire the hunter's way and show you our respects as warriors." He paused listening to Jeuki's clicks as he slowly translated to the elder, he watched as the elder nodded saying something back. Jeuki turned slightly. "He understands your actions and approves of them. He knows that a group of very dishonourable oomans where mostly to blame for all this. He does not hold the rest responsible in anyway."
Marcus breathed in. "I know this was not for us to say but I'll say it, we deeply apologise for all the misery and pain your clan has been put through." He stopped listening to Jeuki's mandibles click as he slowly translated. Emma watched as the elder's eyes widened as he was slowly told what Marcus's last line was. Jeuki turned listening to Erisoki's mandible clicks. He moved back looking at Marcus. "He say he's grateful for your statement, he only wishes more oomans where like you." He turned clicking his upper right mandible. "I have to agree with him on that one." Marcus adjusted his classes. "I think what Oran did was disgusting." Lucy grinned looking at the empty escape pod lying near by. "Yeah out of curiosity what ever happened to that disgusting bastard?" Emma leaned over slowly pulling out the served arm from the pod. "Lets just say he's in a lot of agonizing pain which will last for the rest of his life since he's going somewhere that makes hell look like a petting zoo."
Lucy cringed looking at the served arm. "Geeze Emma that's just nasty." Emma looked at the arm. "You want proof he's died don't you?" Lucy slowly pulled the served arm out of her hand. "Ah, right I get it, this is the proof and we have to tell Eddy Ida and the rest of the Sirun that he's died. How did he die out of interest?" Emma grinned widely. "Oh his pod hit the floor really hard." She turned watching as Jeuki put his clawed foot through the pods class causing it to smash full force. Emma turned slightly. "Guts everywhere, such a terrible scene lets just say we where cleaning him up when you came on board." Lucy smirked slightly. "I'll be sure to pass that on." Marcus leaned forward. " So can we see him?" Jeuki looked up slightly. "No it's forbidden for you to enter the trophy room. Marcus smiled slightly adjusting his glasses. "We understand still we could record a message for him on our note pad and send it yours. Amusing you do actuality have one and you weren't being honest about it about it before this all happened.
Emma breathed in. "Your right I wasn't honest about it, but I wasn't sure who to trust." Lucy put a hand on her shoulder. "Look we understand I mean with people like Leo, Julia and Lexington around I don't blame you." Marcus laughed looking at Jeuki. "I guess I was right, you could only use ours, because you knew how to use Emma's." Jeuki nodded calmly. "Emma asked that I not tell any off you, I respected her wishes." Emma smirked "I'll make sure Oran sees your message, believe me." Lucy laughed slightly. "Oh I know you will, you hate him as much as we do." She looked up slightly. " Emma raised an eyebrow. "He's a coward." Jeuki leaned down slightly. "A coward who going to suffer so much before he dies."
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Eddy leaned back in the chair. "I really wish I knew what was taking so long." He watched as the Bishop android turned slightly. "This is such a delicate time General sir. I think its just taking time, I mean Oran did do very bad things and I'm sure the wounds run deep on both sides." Eddy raised an eyebrow." To deep if you ask me." He sighed aloud. "One race shouldn't treat another like animals full stop. Despite that Jeuki's race are hunters they are very intelligent beings." The Bishop android turned slightly. "Few that I know would look at them in that way, they are known for hunting us." Eddy breathed in deeply. "Considering what men like Oran try to do to them I'm not surprised that they hunt us." Bishop looked up slightly. "This whole event could've started a terrible war." Eddy felt his grip on the chair tighten. "It still could, if our act is looked at with disgust." He leaned forward looking at the screen which had the two ships docked together. "I mean it when I say we aren't ready for war with the Yautja their technology far advances ours."
He breathed in slowly. "Plus when I look at that ship and its incredible power which could spilt our ship down the centre with its forward laser. I'm forced to ask myself if this is just a small hunter vessel what kind of fire power is on their version of a battle cruiser?" He calmly put both hands together. "I consider myself a realistic thinker and frankly I don't like those odds." Bishop turned sharply. "I'm am sure that your friends will come through for you." Eddy slowly looked at the screen again he could see the nervousness on everyone's face. "I really hope they do for all our sakes." He slowly sat back in the chair grabbing the chair arm tighter. Every part of him wanted this to end it was nerve wrecking.
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Emma pulled her pad up watching Lucy's and Marcus's fleshly-recorded message download to it. She smiled trying not to laugh. "That's almost like what I said to him but I couldn't have put it better myself." Jeuki tapped his lower mandibles. "Oomans really do know how to rub salt in the dishonoured wounds when beaten." Lucy smirked watching Emma put the note pad in her belt. She could see one of the younger hunters was looking at it with curiosity and a deep interest. "I guess its part of what makes us human okay its not a great thing but its who we are." Jeuki tapped his upper right mandible. "I find it very interesting personally." Emma turned slightly. "I'm curious your drop ship seems to have some interesting changes." Marcus breathed in sharply. "Yes I wanted to talk to you about that as I feel we have a dilemma on our hands in terms of the converted drop ship." Emma raised an eyebrow. "Please explain." She felt Jeuki put both arms around her shoulders.
Marcus pushed up his glasses. "We know that your race is not happy about humans possessing your hyper drives." He breathed in deeply. "We have one installed on our vessel." Lucy slowly raised her hand. "Trust me when I say this we have no intention of going back to earth or selling the ship." Marcus looked up slightly. "Yes I remember you saying something about exploring the galaxy." Lucy turned sharply. " I…did… say that." Marcus pulled her closer. "Well I'd like to go with Lucy's dream and use the drop ship to explore the galaxy. No one will ever find us and no one will ever know about it. I mean to everyone else it's just a drop ship with no real special qualities." Lucy looked up slightly. "He's right no one thinks it's anything special apart from Eddy Ida, and he won't tell anyone." Jeuki put a hand under his chin. "I have a better idea." He slowly moved over to the draws pulling one open. "All over the galaxy the Yautja have scouts, who do many jobs. These scouts ensure the stability of clans among other things. They play a very important role." He slowly pulled out an old peace of metal with the clan's symbol.
He slowly passed it to Marcus. "Paint this symbol on your ship it will ensure that no other Yautja vessel ever attacks you. As you'll be seen as a scout for the Tosuji clan." He slowly raised a clawed hand. "We ask that you scout for worlds which we could use as hunting grounds. As well as telling us if anyone like Oran returns." He slowly turned clicking his mandibles as he told Erisoki what he was doing he watched the elder calmly nod in agreement. Emma pulled a draw open tossing Lucy a small device. "This is the Yautja version of a message sender, I was playing with it not long ago and managed to change the language to English so I could use it." Marcus grinned slightly. "Was that intentional?" Emma shrugged slightly. "I had a lot of time on my hands when I was in space. Gave me time to really try out new things." Lucy slowly put the device in her lab coat pocket. "Please tell your leader that if we fail you, he has every right to turn as in trophies with out question."
She watched as Jeuki calmly spoke to the elder who looked at them both with utter surprise. Emma took a slow step forward. "No one must ever know about your mission or your link to our clan. Not even Eddy Ida can be told about this, you can send your first message to us as soon as you leave the Sirun so we know you've begun your mission." She stopped for a moment before looking up. "If you are in any trouble and you need help go to the Eros mining colony and find Ian Wingates. I know my brother will help you if he knows your friends of mine." Marcus looked at the symbol. "Well I'm in full agreement of this." Lucy nodded slowly. "Me to I'll do this for the Tosuji clan no questions asked." Jeuki took a step forward putting a hand on Marcus's shoulder. "Then it is your honourable task, honour us well by you carrying it out." Lucy looked at him. "We owe the Tosuji clan something as a repayment for the suffering our people caused. If this is it then I will gladly do it." Jeuki looked at Emma who was smiling. "Then so be it."
End of part 28
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