Professor Rikkor studied the creature below the viewing deck. He rather disliked standing on the viewing deck. Though the glass was nearly a foot thick, his stomach still lurched at the thought of walking forty feet over a screaming monster. Held fast by chains suspended from the ceiling of the chamber was a glistening black demon, a twenty foot tall screaming death. A crest rose above its head like antlers. The beast sported two sets of spindly arms, though they seemed to have no use. All the beast did all day was lay slime encrusted eggs and yowl. Rikkor was suddenly glad he wasn't the one that had to go and collect the eggs. Though, finding a way to open them and not have the spider-crab inside latch onto your face wasn't much easier. A few deaths had occurred, but the company was being very quiet. They couldn't let bad news seep into the minds of the workers and ruin the business. No, this was too valuable. Too much had been lost to let it go now. Even so, Rikkor shook his head and left for the incubator.
Melony let out a long sigh, all but collapsing onto the boggy ground. After hiking through a humid, bug infested Indiana Jones rain forest, her entire body felt like it was on fire. "Damn Spaniards," she muttered, stretching her sore legs. Well, really they would be…well what would they be? Puruian? Melony grumbled and got up shakily. The guards to the rainforest, leading up to a small town, had not let her drive her truck up to the town. And one of them muttered to her, "Beware the hunter. The hunter takes no prisoners." Whatever the heck that meant. All she knew was that she had to walk a lot of miles with camping gear and luggage on her back through a maze of green to get to a town in the middle of Nowhere, Peru. "Of all the places, why Peru?" she muttered to herself, slumping inside her makeshift tent. She wasn't planning on doing much hiking anytime soon, so she decided to get comfortable. Hard task in the middle of Indiana Jones Land with a canvas tent and a duffel bag or so. Grabbing her knapsack, Melony grudgingly went to retrieve the rest of her bags from the truck. A burst of blue light blasted by her arm. "What in the!" Melony shrieked, promptly dropping her bag. Another blast and she turned tail to dash back to camp. She only had her hand gun and taser, but it was better than nothing. Whatever was back there, she knew she wasn't going to like it.
The leaves seemed to shimmer in the tree. A form then came into view, dropping to the rain forest floor. The thing was huge, near eight feet tall and twice as wide as any human. Armor covered the creature's chest and shoulders; a metal mask covered its face. Muscles bulged all over the thing's body, a sandy-yellow sort of color. It cursed in an odd language, approaching the knapsack. It kneeled down to inspect what was inside. Reaching in, it pulled out something made of a thin, flimsy metal. Something was inside. Sniffing the object, the creature figured it was food of some sort. Grains and honey, perhaps. What an interesting combination. Intrigued, it searched for other articles. Another metal thing, a hard cylinder. How strong was it? The creature tossed it into the air and shot at it with the caliber on its shoulder. The cylinder exploded, showering the creature with dark, fizzing liquid. Annoyed, the creature hissed. Something else caught its attention. A shiny bit of paper. With humans on it, frozen in time. A tall male, a smaller female, a young male, and a human pup. The creature emitted a clicking noise. So the human he had shot at was female. Dishonorable. At least she had not been hurt. Looking at the paper, he saw the male was taller than the female. Opposite from his own kind. He cocked his head. Why was the female alone? Shouldn't she be caring for the pup? Perhaps ways of life were opposite, as well. What a confusing race the humans were…
Melony watched, petrified, as the beast searched her knapsack. She was going to need something better than a hand gun, but she hoped it would stall long enough for her to get to her truck. Hiding behind an enormous tree, she slowly stepped forward. Snap. A branch snapped under her boot and the creature looked up immediately. Still holding what it had been looking at, the creature marched over to Melony. The giant grabbed her neck with a brawny arm and studied her over. Melony's shaking hands dropped the gun. She whimpered in fear as the beast examined her through the emotionless mask. "Please," Melony whispered, her voice wavering, "if you're going to kill me, make it fast…"
The creature looked back at the shiny paper. He recognized the female as the same one that was babbling now. Glancing between the paper and the woman, he figured she may want the paper back. He let her go and handed over the paper to the woman, who was on the verge of tears. I did not think oomans would be so weak, he thought to himself, watching the female drip water from her eyes.
Melony could not help it. The sight of her family, alive and well. Happy. Together. Her shoulders shook as she sobbed before the great beast. She looked up at the creature, who seemed to be studying her. Finally, he pointed to himself, and gruffly said, "Va'nat'san." He pointed to Melony. She shook her head. "Va'nat'san," the creature said again, pointing to himself, then at Melony. The human babbled something in her language.
"May'on'ee?" Va'nat'san said, pointing at the human. The tiny female shook her head. Va'nat'san was getting annoyed. The human babbled again.
"Mae'lon'ee?" he guessed again. Distraught as she was, the human nodded. She attempted to figure out the creature's name, but her attempt was in vain. Instead, she pointed to the creature's hand and babbled something.
"Four Claw," Melony repeated, gesturing to the reptilian hand. Va'nat'san studied his hand reflexively. Indeed, the last digit was absent.
"Frr Claugh," Va'nat'san growled. It was not his name, but he supposed it was suitable. Noticing the paper again in Melony's hand, Va'nat'san was suddenly interested in who the others were. He looked at the paper, head tilted to the side.
"What?" Melony backed up a bit, hitting the tree behind her. "This?" She waved the paper. Va'nat'san nodded. Melony held out the paper for him to see. Using a clawed finger, the creature pointed to the first figure.
"John," Melony told him, starting to tear up again. Va'nat'san moved his finger to the smaller male.
"Luke." By the time Va'nat'san had gotten to the human pup, Melony's voice was a whisper.
"Marie…" Melony shuddered. She remembered how quickly they had gone. They had been on a road trip to Colorado, quite a long way from their home in Massachusetts. Passing through Ohio, they were hit head on by a car being pursued by the police. Both vehicles severed off the road, flipping over. The man in the other car was able to get away. The police were close behind, first stopping to assist Melony's family. The crash had instantly killed Luke; John suffered broken ribs and a near-broken neck. Marie had been sent into shock and remained silent. Only Melony had gotten out with only a gash on her head. She shook and sobbed, even as the police helped her out and tried to calm her. Paramedics soon arrived, carrying the others out of the totaled car. All that was in Melony's mind was the argument that had been going on between the family not but ten minutes before they were hit. They had gone angry at each other…
As Melony broke down in front of the behemoth, she had a moment of realization.
"Huh, great. Now I'm talking to some…alien that I can't understand and I don't know where the heck it's from!"
"Huh, great. Now I'm talking to some…alien that I can't understand and I don't know where the heck it's from!" Melony heard something repeat her phrase. She realized it was her own voice, coming from the alien. The giant titled his head once more before vanishing into the rain forest. Melony stood blinking stupidly, having no idea where the huge thing could have gone. Looking around, she figured she wouldn't see it again. "I need to get out of this place…
Author Note: So...There's my first chapter. I have somewhat of a plot, don't worry. It may take me a while to update and stuff. I'm new here. That's all I have to blabber about.