Chapter 3: Arrival

Narration:

On the surface of the planet Earth, the Predator's pods land at two of the many temples scattered across the globe. One being the Temple in which holds the Xenomorph Empress and the other in which is holds a very normal but soon to be 'special' Queen Xenomorph. Lar'ja, commander of the th'syra, is leading the hunt to the Temple holding the Xenomorph Empress.

Lar'jas Hunting Party:

"Split up and check the outside for any movements, if it's clear then we will continue inside." The lead Hunter said, activating his camouflage and jumping atop a tree. He began cycling through different vision modes and scanning the temple's surface, watching for any activity.. His fellow hunting partners nodded in acknowledgment and split up, moving to their own location for maximum coverage.

"Status?" Lar'ja asked once he was clear on his side of the temple, looking towards the locations of his allies.

"Negative movement on my side." One Hunter replied, flashing his helmets visor as a signal of his 'all clear'.

"Same here." The other Hunter responded, also flashing his visor. Lar'ja jumped down from where he was perched and hit the ground with a soft thud.

"Let's go then." The big Hunter replied, walking towards the temple. The other two jumped down and joined their comrade, their plasma weaponry powered up and ready to fire.

The 'entrance' was quite large for an average human being, standing at around twenty feet and decorated with alien symbols. It was more of a side vent as the actual temple was miles underground and only the tip of it was really above ground, bringing up the question of how massive this temple was to a human if it was fully unearthed. Each slab of stone had multiple alien carvings and drawing on it, telling the story of it's creation. Though this would be a marvel to human paleontologists and historians, the creatures entering the temple weren't human or interested at all in digging and reading. All they were here for was the ancient beast inside, they wanted to claim it as their trophy for their hunt.

"Check every hole and crack, we all know these hard meats can hide anywhere." Lar'ja ordered, activating a certain vision mode that highlighted their prey. The hunter's did as they were told and kept a watchful eye out as they continued into the temple, their prey was know for ambushing as well as being unforgiving to trespassers. As the group walked onward, they got the feeling of being watched. With their kind of prey, their was no escape from that feeling.

The trio reached a room that was designed specially for their combat effectiveness, the arena. This is where, in ancient times, gladiators of their kind would face off against waves of serpents to prove their might and gain respect. It was a 'right of passage' in most scenarios, right now it was a thrilling hunt.

"The combat arena, get ready. This is where they will launch their attack." Lar'ja informed, extending twin serrated blades from a wrist gauntlet on his right hand. The other Hunters also unsheathed similar blades, spinning up shoulder mounted cannons that were capable of firing focused blasts of plasma. Hissing could be heard from the multiple tunnels ahead along with the sound of claws on stone, by the sound of the patterns, their were massive amounts of these 'serpents'. Their enemy was nearing…

Author's Note: I know this is very late and I apologize for the inconvenience, but I was having some problems with saving my chapters and I lost a whole lot of work on the story. Again, I do sincerely apologize and I will try to get more chapters in faster.

Now, due to this long delay, the RP story has progressed tremendously which means I am very behind story wise. This is a good thing for you guys but a bad thing for me, meaning you guys will get the enjoyment of reading the story pretty fast while I type till my fingers bleed. So, enjoy the next few chapters I will be posting... daily, maybe? I had to bleed for them...