Chapter 14: Call the Exterminators.

Jack's mouth dropped open at the sheer size of the queen of the kiande amedha, but as Tik reached the back of the clearing she waved her arms frantically and the signal brought Jack to earth, quickly he snatched up the small green device the that was on the ground next to his rifle, quickly he hit the clacker three times and set off one more surprise he'd set up for these fuckers.

Just as the queen let out a blood curdling shriek calling all her minions to attack Tik eleth a massive series of roars ripped through the air, when the smoke cleared most of the kiande amedha lay dead or crippled and the entrance to the cave was completely sealed shut with massive amounts of rocks, it seemed that those little curved mines that Ack had found really did pack the punch he'd said they did, out of the fifty kiande amedha that had swarmed out of the cave only about twenty were left standing and the rest were now buried under all those rocks that Jack had dropped on them with high explosives in the cave entrance.

The queen looked around herself in confusion as most of her warriors had just been shredded, the claymore mines and C4 combo had done their job beautifully, Jack could see the anger painted all over her face from where he was,

"Suck on that bitch" he said quietly before lining up the scope on the AS50,

she was just about to signal for her remaining warriors to attack when two spinning discs whirled through the air and took the heads of two of them clean off, as he glanced left Jack could see Tik in full on dance of death mode, he had to admit that when she was like this she was one of the most beautiful and scary creatures in existence, quickly he decided to help her out and as he watched he saw one of the bug circle around to her back, it's head exploded in a shower of acidic mist as the big .50 hit it square on,

"Nope" he said, the queen looked around for where the shot had come from but at this distance she couldn't see him heavily camouflaged in the rocks, he fired again and another bug's head went pop, the queen started moving fast towards the battling huntress as she was dealing out cold metal and hot plasma death to her minions,

"Fuck that bitch is going to blind side her!" Jack exclaimed, she was dodging around too much for him to draw a bead so he decided to do the only thing he could, he fired at Tik.

As the sharp crack of one of Ack's high velocity projectiles passed next to her Tik spun around to look at where her male was camped to see if he'd lost his pauking mind, that's when she saw the queen closing in on her from behind in a zigzagging pattern, suddenly she realized he'd fired not at her but close enough to get her attention on the queen closing in on her, she was only just able to dodge out of the way as the queen's massive tail slammed into the ground where she had been standing, she at that moment decided to leave the drones to Ack and his big gun and go after the queen, standing up she tapped her chest plate and pointed at the queen and then pointed at the drones and then at the forest not pointing at Ack so she wouldn't reveal him, but she just hoped he got the message.

"Thank Christ!" Jack breathed as Tik rolled out of the way of the queen's sneak attack,

then he saw her doing some signalling with her hands, she pointed first at herself then at the queen, then at the bugs and then at the forest,

"Read you loud and clear" he said grinning,

then he lined up the closest bug and vaporized its head, he was going to give Tik a clear path to the queen, so now it was weapon's free time, so Jack began to fire as soon as he had a bead.

As she squared herself off against the circling queen Tik eleth noticed the drones dropping left right and centre as Ack picked them off, she couldn't help but be impressed by the marksmanship of her mate, he really was something else with that projectile weapon of his, the drones never stood a chance out in the open like this, suddenly the queen rushed her and broke her line of thought, she dove into a roll swinging her sword as she did, it connected with the armoured skin of her leg and bounced off with little or no effect, as she stood up she fired off a few plasma bolts at her which made her move, as she did Tik eleth charged right at her with her one remaining dagger in one hand and the sword in the other, she jumped onto a rock near to her and jumped high into the air, with both her blades sweeping down in a swooping downward arc, but the queen saw this coming and slapped her aside with her tail mid jump, the impact to her midriff knocked the air out of her as she slammed hard into the ground, her instincts immediately told her to move and she barrel rolled sideways just in time to avoid the tip of the queens tail stab into the ground where she'd been, she stood back up roaring at her in frustration, to her right the last of the drones dropped dead on the ground, now it was just the queen left and by the look of pure hate and anger on her face she knew it.

The queen rushed Tik eleth again and swiped at her with both her claws, she saw these coming and jumped out of the way, what she didn't see was the low stab of her tail which she felt pierce her right calf, she let out a roar of pain and dropped onto her back as her legs were swept away by the long tail, the queen lined up and stabbed at the wounded huntress but she was able to move out of the way at the last second and with a blast from her plasma caster blew the tip of the queens tail right off, the queen screeched in both pain and anger, then with a swift flick she flicked acidic blood onto Tik eleth's breastplate which instantly started fizzing and melting, she rapidly tore it off which also disabled her plasma caster which was attached to it, a sudden crack filled the air and the queens head jolted, she shrieked angrily, but the massive projectile from Ack's rifle had just bounced right off her thick skull armour, but it had pissed her off royally as did the next two that did the same thing, but before Tik eleth was able to recover from her own hit the queen charged her choosing to ignore the sniper fire and this time connecting and opening up three large slash marks on her side as she tried to twist out of the way, it knocked her to the ground again and she was only just able to roll out of the way of the queens massive bite and her inner jaws shot out and tried to impale her, then as she watched the queen's inner jaw was blown away in a shower of acidic blood at the thankfully missed her, the queen reeled back and screeched in agonizing pain, then a second blast took her left arm off at the shoulder and Tik realized what was happening, Ack had managed to draw a bead on the queen's weak spots and had opened fire on her, quickly she seized her chance and while the stricken queen was reeling from the loss of her arm, she jumped up and ignoring the pain from her leg she jammed her dagger into the queen's open mouth and closed it with a mighty punch to her lower jaw causing the dagger to burst out of the top of her head fracturing the armoured hide and skull around it, the queen began to spin in a lazy circle like a drunk, the melting dagger sticking up out of her head had completely ruined all of the queens senses but had not killed her, she was swiping blindly with her claws and tail all around her as she spun in circles, but the massive hole that opened on the side of her head taking pretty much all of the brains in her skull out with it did the trick, the queen stood there motionless for a full ten seconds with no brains remaining in her now empty skull before falling dead on the ground.

Tik eleth instantly knew that the finishing shot had come from Ack, he'd somehow managed to hit the weak spot in her armoured head created by her dagger, she hobbled over to the fallen queen and placed her injured foot on her dead body and roared their victory beating her chest as she did, in the distance she heard a return roar and she knew that her mate was also celebrating their joint victory, finally the kiande amedha were no longer a threat to them.

Jack hurriedly climbed down the rocky outcrop and then ran full tilt through the jungle to where Tik was waiting for him, he burst into the clearing in front of the cave and the huntress whirled towards him, he charged right up to her and threw his arms around her and felt himself instantly being hugged to death by the massive huntress, she actually picked him up off the ground and swung him around in a full circle, but he didn't care that would be the best way to die in his opinion.

"We are victorious my life mate" Tik eleth said releasing Ack from her tight embrace,

he took a deep breath and flashed those wonderful hunter's teeth at her,

"Damn straight, but damn those fuckers put up a hell of a fight" he said,

"They are not considered the most dangerous prey in the universe for nothing my love" she said, he nodded and then his eyes were drawn to her wounds,

"We'd better get you patched up my love she really did a number on you" he said with concern plastered all over his face, Tik eleth felt her heart swell over her mate's concern for her wellbeing,

"They will make good scars to remind of a battle hard fought and won, me must claim a trophy of our victory" she replied proudly, he flashed her his warrior's teeth again and shook his head, "Come on let's patch up first, trophy gathering later ok my love?" he said,

she huffed and clicked her mandibles in a little bit of annoyance, her blood was really fired up over this victory and she wanted to gather some trophies to celebrate their shared honour, taking down a kiande amedha queen was no small feat and taking down an entire nest was a feat reserved for only the most elite of their warriors the ranks of which they had just entered, for the two of them to have achieved it was a testament to them as warriors and she wanted to celebrate it, she looked at him defiantly, but then he stood up from inspecting her leg wound to his full height in front of her, he reached one hand up and stroked the side of her face under her mask and her anger instantly melted away,

"Come on my love, let me tend to those wounds of yours, it pains me to see you hurt and besides I need my mate to have her strength for later" he said with a soft tone to his voice,

this caught her attention and she wondered if he was hinting at what she hoped he was, that would most certainly be the best way to celebrate a victory of this magnitude especially given how much her blood was fired up, so slowly she allowed herself to be led over to a log on the edge of the battle field where he sat her down and began tending to her wounds.

Between them Jack and Tik eleth treated and sealed up all of her wounds with what was left in her medical kit, it never failed to impress him just how hardy and just about unstoppable this woman he loved really was, she was like a force of nature, right now as he sat on the tree watching her she was buzzing around the battlefield collecting trophies from the felled bugs, he had to laugh when he'd seen her sizing up the queen's head to see if it was worth taking, but in the end she'd settled on her hand and a few teeth and tail tips from the various others that lay dead, she also managed to find the queens tail tip which she held up triumphantly, then once she was satisfied she headed back over to him by the log, "Ack may I ask of you something?" she said in quite a serious voice, he cocked his head to one side in curiosity,

"You can always ask anything of me" he said which caused her to smile under her mask, then she reached up and removed the hunting mask revealing her beautiful face, with her other hand she moved her dreadlocks to one side to reveal a mark on the side of her face, Jack was quite surprised that he hadn't noticed it before given how close they'd got, it looked like some sort of brand or burn but in the shape of a Yaujta letter, after inspecting it he looked back to her beautiful purple eyes which were watching him closely,

"This is the mark of a full blooded huntress or hunter who has proved themselves against the kiande amedha, it is a mark of honour among my people" she said, Jack's eyes flitted to the mark and back to her eyes, "Would you let me apply the mark to you to symbolise your honour?" she asked with what sounded like a mixture of nervousness and hope in her voice, instantly he could see just how much this meant to her and without another thought he grinned at her,

"Go for it" he said, her face instantly brightened in a mixture of joy and surprise,

"Really?" she asked with sounded like a squeal of joy which made his grin even broader, he nodded placing a hand to the side of her face,

"When I told you that to me your happiness is worth any price, I meant it" he said, Tik instantly threw her arms around him again and squeezed him tightly, then once she released him she took one of the bugs hands and broke off a finger, Jack moved and sat down on the log as she straddled it to his side and slowly she began to draw the symbol onto his cheek, it burned like absolute hell but he bore it with a smile knowing that it made Tik happy to mark him like this, but after she'd finished drawing the first she drew a second one on the other side followed by a third one which she placed on his forehead.

Using a bullet case from the .50 he looked at the marks reflected in the shiny metal, "What's the other ones for?" he asked,

"This one means queen killer and then this one is the highest one a hunter can receive, it means hive killer" she said first pointing at his cheek then at his forehead, the whole time she had a massive smile plastered on her face, he smiled at his new impromptu brands/tattoos, then her turned and took the finer that Tik had used to draw them on him,

"Ok then your turn" he said, Tik looked at him wide eyes and then shook her head,

"It was your strike that killed the queen and it was your trap and skill that killed most of the drones, I deserve no such honour" she said, Jack took her jaw in his hand softly and turned her face to look at him,

"Don't give me that, you fought just as hard if not harder for that victory, we are a team, honour for one is honour for both, I wouldn't have stood a chance on my own, we did it together so the honour and the victory is shared" he said, her eyes searched his and she saw the fire and determination that she shares in this victory, "And besides if you hadn't stuck that dagger through its head then my bullet wouldn't have got through, so as you can see without one the other would have failed" he said, the logic and kindness in his words fluttered her heart and she nodded, then she turned her head and pulled her dreadlocks back and allowed her life mate to apply the marks of honour to her skin, he decided to give them a matching set and put them in exactly the same spots that she'd done for his, with this done they shared a final embrace, "Shared honour, shared love" she heard him murmur into her ear, then slowly they got to their feet and began to make their way back to the home cave with Tik now supporting a new limp.

The walk back to the cave and the climb up to it was murder on Tik eleth's leg but she endured it happily as she knew with every step she took she drew a step closer to her love fulfilling his promise to her, by the time they entered the cave her blood was firing on full burn, she closed the cave up with the wooden block and watched as Ack walked over to the weapon rack and put his weapons on it including his newly acquired ones, then off came his armour and as he pulled it up over his head his shirt came up with it revealing his toned muscled torso, that was as much as Tik eleth could stand, tonight she and Ack would consummate their pledge to each other and become true life mates.

Jack just about had time to turn around to see the huntress charge at him, he had no chance to pull is newly acquired top back down before she pulled it off over his head and pulled him into a tight embrace and he saw her mandibles open wide before his face was pulled into the kiss, her tongue plunged into his mouth and instantly began wrestling with his, he could feel the raw unbridled passion in her kiss and in her actions, her hands were rapidly moving all over his muscles as she drank in the feeling of his body and his skin, he knew exactly what she wanted and there was no way in a million years he'd ever say no to her especially as he'd all but promised her this as her rewards for their victory, there was no way he'd take that from her, or from himself.

Tik eleth felt one of Ack's hands moving up her stomach and under her coverings till it was on her breast and instantly began playing with her teat, the other had found its way up under her battle skirt and was currently caressing up the crack of her rear, with a deft flick of her arms the top was gone, the feel of his hands on her skin and in such intimate places drove her crazy with desire, while still locked in the kiss with him though now his tongue had fought its way out of his own mouth and into hers, she managed to release her battle skirt and it fell away as they danced in circles around the cave their hands exploring the other in a frenzy, she felt his hands leave her and the clicks of his belt being undone and his lower coverings being removed, suddenly the air in the cave was filled with a mixture of her sweet spicy scent and his earthy musk, both of them drank in the scent of the other and felt their minds clouding with the most primal urges towards the other, Tik eleth felt Ack's malehood spring up and bump against her stomach as it stood proudly between their now naked bodies, just as she reached down to grip it and claim it as hers she felt his hand travel round from her rear and over her hips till it slipped between her inner thighs, she felt his fingers slide up between her outer lips and straight up inside her fully aroused womanhood, at their intrusion inside her love canal she released Ack from the kiss to roar in pleasure as he began to feel around inside her, his thumb also seemed to have managed to find that hard little thing at the top and was now playing it in circles sending star bursts into her vision, she managed to find his malehood and gripped it roughly and began to stroke eliciting a hiss of pleasure from him as well, she looked into his sapphire blue eyes and saw the pure fire of desire burning within them, he wanted his female as much as his female wanted him and want him she did, no, want wasn't strong enough she NEEDED him right pauking now.

Jack was pushed backwards down onto the bed rather roughly but not violently, Tik sprung onto it and climbed on top of him trying to pin him down to the bed, but as she about to he sat up grabbed her arms and a very deftly executed move of very surprising grace that caught her completely off guard he whipped them out from under her and rolled with her, this managed to flip her on her back with him now on top of her pinning her down and holding her arms above her head, Tik growled in passion at her male's spirit which added fuel to the already raging inferno in her loins, his face was only inches from her face as he gave her a passion filled but gentle enough to not break the skin bite to the side of her neck, this sent shivers of pleasure cascading down her spine, this male really knew his way to a female's heart and she gripped him and powerfully flipped him again, but to her surprise his agility kicked in again and he was able to use her weight to pull her further over than she wanted to go and they she ended up on her back again, this time the bite was to her left breast and he even gave her teat a quick lick and suck before she roared at him and tried again, this time she succeeded in pinning him down and she gave a victorious roar,

"Now I will claim my prize" she said in a passion filled voice as she looked into the equally passion filled sapphire eyes of the male she loved dearly, he flashed his warriors teeth at her and she plunged downwards to kiss him and she darted her tongue into his mouth and as she did she felt his hard blood filled malehood bump against her inner thigh as he moved his hips to support her weight as she mounted herself on top of him, she knew that he had finally submitted to her but the fight he'd put up had got her blood pumping even more than before, she reached behind herself and gripped his thick sizable human malehood and guided it upwards till it was lined up with her now dripping entrance, she was going to claim her prize but she was going to gift him his as well, herself.

As Jack lay there pinned under Tik's weight he grinned up at her, never had he met a woman so passionate and he loved it, he'd decided that making her work for her prize was what she would have wanted and it had work beautifully, his resistance had driven her crazy with desire for him and she'd fought even harder to claim him, he'd had every intention of submitting to her in the first place but given that she was a huntress he'd figured she'd enjoy a bit of a chase, turned out he was bang on, he felt her grip his manhood with her hand but her love for him showed in the way that she was not rough with him as to hurt him and the look in her eyes told him that she was desperate for him to enjoy her as much as he was for her to enjoy him, she lined his manhood up with her dripping hot entrance and he could see from his angle as her dark green flesh parted to allow him entrance, he instantly felt the fully exposed head of his manhood being engulfed in what could only be described as hot liquid silk as she slid him a little way into herself, then she adjusted the angle to make sure she had it right before she dropped completely in one go and to his surprise he felt his manhood pierce straight through a barrier before it travelled all the way to her hot molten core, Tik had been until this very moment a virgin.

Tik eleth felt Ack's malehood pierce her purity seal and a flash of sheer pain tore through her enough to make her roar in pain, but his manhood filled her so completely that she felt how tight her flesh felt around him, it felt like she'd been split in two and she had to hold her position for a moment in order to get used to the feel of him so deep inside her that he was pushing against her womb, but very rapidly the sensation of his malehood twitching and throbbing inside her and the sheer heat of it began to create a feeling of raw pleasure inside her, she opened her closed eyes and looked straight into the sapphire blue eyes of her male, he had some point sat up under her and was now sat with her kneeling over his lap looking up into her eyes, she could see the passion in his eyes, but also mixed in there was love and concern for her and it made her heart melt, she place her hands on his broad shoulders and she felt his hands take hold of her hips and using his shoulders for leverage began to move slowly off his malehood assisted by his lifting her hips, she instantly felt the large throbbing tip scraping along every ridge and fold of her inner walls, she pulled it almost all the way out before she sank back down onto him sheathing him inside herself again with a loud wet slap as their equally wet flesh made contact and she heard a moan of sheer pleasure escape him and it drove her crazy knowing that she was bringing him the same pleasure he was giving her.

The look in Tik's eyes told him that she was ok, then she placed her large hands on his shoulders and he took hold of her hips and as she began to push up he lifted her, it was as his manhood began to retract from her that he realized just how deliciously tight she was and he could feel every muscle of her womanhood trying desperately to hold on to him and they pulled him out, then as she plunged downwards forcing it back into her to the hilt with a wet slap he felt his tip slam into the neck of her womb and he groaned as it sent a starburst of pleasure through him, slowly but surely they built up a very steady rhythm and the air of the cave was filed with the wet slaps of their flesh connecting over and over again and with their grunts and growls of pure passion and pleasure, each of them moaned the others name on more than one occasion, Tik let out a few roars of pleasure and soon enough their rhythm turned into a frenzy as the intense pleasure built up within them both, Jack could feel every one of Tik's muscles pulsing inside her and trying to grip him tightly, it felt like he was being milked by a super tight molten silk glove as she bounced up and down in his lap, he growled with pure pleasure and Tik responded by opening her mandibles and gripping his face with them to kiss him, before she could react though he pushed his tongue into her mouth and their tongues wrestled in her mouth as he found himself inside her body in two separate places, then Tik released him and looked right into his eyes as she rode him harder and faster, "Together my Ack let us release together as one!" she said in a passion filled breathless voice, he couldn't speak only nodded as his mind had melted in the pure pleasure that her body had induced in him then he actually felt the deep growl of pleasure that escaped from her vibrate her entire body and he felt his orgasm come completely out of nowhere with such force that his mind was no longer capable of any thought other than the sensation of her clasping him so slightly inside her and every muscle milking him of every drop of his seed which was now being pumped straight into her alien womb, along with it he released a roar of pure primal passion as he called Tik's name to the heavens.

The eruption of Ack's intense release inside her body tipped Tik eleth over the edge, it was like an explosion of liquid heat pumping into her stomach and it blew her mind, she could feel her whole body spasming as his human seed pumped into her Yaujta womb filling her completely with his essence and the intensity tipped her over the edge and her own release ripped through her like a flash fire of pure pleasure,

"OHHHHHHHHHHH ACCCCCCKKKK!" she roared at the top of her lungs as she felt her tunnel clamp him and hold him in place and begin milking every drop of his delicious seed from him into her womb, as the spasms subsided she collapsed into his arms and he lay down on his back with her now panting on top of him, with her head on his chest, neither of them could speak for a solid ten minutes and it was nearly that long before her internal muscles released hold of his malehood, though finally it slipped from her body having now deflated and she shifted into a position where she was now laid properly on top of him and she wrapped her arms around her male and clung to him, the vulnerability had come back and she felt him grip her tightly against him calming her, then without saying a word she began to purr for him deeply and with that noise the only thing filling the air exhaustion claimed them both and they fell into sleep.