Chapter sixteen: A world of c'jit.

(Ghardeh's pov.)

I growl as i try to cloak but not even my technology is waterproof.. My cloak fizzles around and a beeping annoyingly notifies me it can't complete the action.. We are dangerously close to civilians and i don't want anyone becoming panicked.. "Shane stop.. I need to dry off.."

He turns his head back over his shoulder and walks over to me.

"Do you want to use my hairdryer?"

I hit his abdomen with a laugh..

"Shane.."

"Come here.." He says he unleashes his wrist blade and uses his cyan laser to make heat. His blades glow a bright orange and he gentle moves his 'hairdryer' up and down every now and then re-applying the heat. He shows much care and gentleness as he slowly dries my armour enough so i can now cloak.

"Thank you Shane." I say.

He smiles behind the helmet. Then we make our way to a safe spot where we can land the Scorpion. We find a clearing.. It's too damp near the swamps so we move towards an abandoned house.. The barn is damaged.. Looks almost like it had a fire but most importantly we could land the Scorpion behind the clearing. Still cloaked we enter the ship and immediately contact Nina.

She answers.. The icon barely flashed up..

"Oh my god Ghardeh! Where have you been we have been worried sick!"

"Nina.. We.. Were captured by Weyland Yutani.."

Her eyes flash with hate and they both hear the brothers aggressive growls in the background.

"We are on the way to get you.."

"Nina wait! They may have another queen! Remember the World eater you killed near panama?

They have samples of her tissue.. The samples was extracted to another blacksite."

Nina slams a hand down on the console with a growled "Fucking idiots! Uz we should have nuked the whole fucking Islands! Alright.. We are nearly there.. Shit i never wanted to come back to earth.. As much as I miss it.."

"Then don't bother. We can handle this.."

Shane comes around the corner of the feed.

But then they hear Danny. "Avamar it was an accident don't!"

Nina glides around and sees something..

"Fuck Danny what did you do?!"

The pair can't see but Nina holds her tight as Avamar growls.

"Give me a sec.." She turns back to Shane and Ghardeh..

"If you can handle it fine.. But one hair stands on the back of my neck.. One questioning huff from Uz or Osh.. We are coming to get you.. Deal?"

I nod.. "Deal mei'jadhi.."

Nina frowns. "Good.. Danny what did you do to A-" the connection cuts.

Shane looks and nudges me..

"Hear that?"

I cock my head to the left..

"M-di.."

Shane smiles.. "Exactly.. No shooting. No drama.. No action.. But a lot of smells.. I'm getting out of this crappy Weyland suit and burning it.. He takes a military speed shower still not feeling completely safe.. But he is right. We don't hear a thing.. After an hour of waiting i delay no longer.. I want the disgusting smells out of my hide.. I shower when i notice.. A red.. Blinking under my skin. Where my lasered subject number is.. I slit my wrist to pull out a blinking capsule.. With a rumbled growl i crush it in my thumb and finger and stamp on it for good measure "Shane?"

"Shane?" I repeat. He doesn't answer and a knot develops in the pit of my stomach.. I grab my pistol from the floor and quietly put my armour on.. I lean into the door and walk to the ramp. Cloaked.. I see several soldiers with a man holding a gun to Shanes head. I aim my pistol at the Pauk with my mate and i see roughly 12 soldiers in the same uniform. Deep blue. With Wey Yu logos on the shoulder pads. Faces covered with masks..

"Now come on Ghardeh.. I thought yautja was supposed to be smart.. Don't be illogical.. If you pull the trigger.. You both die.." He brings up Shanes arm.. And i see another bracelet over his wrist preventing him from using his abilities again..

"Take your time Ghardeh.. No ones going anywhere.. In fact.. Come to think of it.. We don't need you.. We need Shane.."

"No! No please just take me! Don't hurt her please!" He barely contains his emotion behind the plea.. He looks at Shane with slight disgust.. "Damn what has she done to you? It ain't right.."

"I'll comply.. Just let her go.."

He nods.. "Alright.. I'll let her go.." An suv pulls up and more Wey Yu goons pull their guns out and aim at me as my laser trains on the Mr D's. head. My aim not quivering completely collected..

He bundles Shane in then slams the door shut and holds open the front passenger door..

"I said I'd let you go Ghardeh.. I kept my end of the promise.. But my men.." There is a loud boom.. A flash to my left.. I felt a large calibre round hit my chest.. My shield drops then the clatter of rounds hit me.. I hit the ground.. Darkness.. Silence..

(Shane's pov.)

He tumbles in the back of the suv as his hands are bound.. He sees Mr D hold open the door to the right at the front. Shane sees Ghardeh completely still aiming her pistol at him.

"I said I'd let you go Ghardeh.. I kept my end of the promise.. But my men.." Shane sees a soldier with a large rifle to Ghardehs left Mr D gets in the suv and as it reverses Shane hears the muffled boom and his heart took a deadly jolt as he watches Ghardeh get gunned down.

"I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU! YO-" Shane is shot in the knee. "Shut the fuck up you freak! You fucked everything up and now I'm going to rip everything you love out of your miserable life!"

Shane is seething as he holds his knee.

"You have no idea what you have done.. You are a dead man walking Misster Dee." Shane says.. Barely passing breath.. "If i were you I'd be counting your last breaths.. Everyone a countdown.."

Mr D smirks..

"Shane it was just an alien! They have you so wound round their digits you think you are one of them?! You may have her blood but I'm going to bleed you dry.. Then dump you in a fucking ditch.. You ain't human.. I pity you.. Oh and as for.. Nina and Co? I decided to err.. Send a welcoming party their way.. They'll be joining your precious Ghardeh in whatever lala land they deem the motherfucking afterlife.. Night night.."

Shane is smashed in the side of the head with the butt of a gun. Silence.. Darkness.

(Lar'ja N'ritja: Ninas pov.)

"WHAT THE FUCK?"

I immediately get up with Osh.. Being woken He was up and out before i had chance to scramble up from the rocking of the ship.. We were being fired upon..

"Nina its a Wey Yu ship called the Pathfinder! Hurry to the cockpit! Uz is firing back!" Danny says over the comms system.

The ship shudders violently almost knocking me on my ass. I reach the cockpit and see it as Uz brings us about. It's not as big as the pred but still packing a punch a fire erupts from the right console as we take damage. I grab the nearby canister and shoot it out with a flow of smoke. Osh storms out with a violent growl.. "Osh where are you going?!"

"Shuttles.." He growls ever more as he looks at the ship attacking..

"I'm coming with you.. Danny Uz.. Keep the siblings safe.. Ry'kar.. Avamar stay here.. Do not move.. I pass Avamar the extinguisher.. "Use this on ze'rei.." She nods and holds it close.. Osh and i walk to the hangar and each get in a combat shuttle..

The hangar opens up and with a boost forward we are in the vacuum of space.. The engines whir close behind and the weapons systems activate.. A small orange hud shows important information. I follow Osh under his left wing. His orange thrusters flair as he picks up speed his rumbled tone picks up in the comms.

"D'toudi shur'ie.. Aim for.. Weapons.. I aim for engines.."

Suddenly from beside us we see combat drones as Danny pipes in.. "Uz gave me control of the drones.. They explode on impact guys so don't touch them.. We only have about a hundred left.. And our shields are at 74% and falling.."

They hear Uz shout and cuss..

"72% and falling.." Danny corrects..

We break off each surrounded by a bubble of explosive drones.. We cloak. The pred flys over the battle Frigate. It looks like a cheap knock off of the enterprise b.. They don't have shielding but reinforced hull plating to which i nearly smash into as it flies off when Uz fired a barrage of seeker plasma missiles.

I see 4 weapon stations.. And Danny lets rip.. I see the swarm of missiles hit. Causing a monster explosion. "Neens fire now!"

I do so with gritted teeth as i see the front of my ship glow with a red as two gatling lasers fire at high speeds. The weapon is destroyed.. When a muffled boom hits my attention.. Osh has hit one of its engines below. It begins to rotate.. I don't pull up in time and the side of the hull hits my small craft sending it spinning violently but i manage to regain control.. "Ok.. Ok.." I breathe.. "Next target you bastards.." The pred flies over me as Uz fires out more drones…

"Osh! One left.. Here.." Uz pilots the ship as Danny launches more drones.

"Neens shields are at 59%!"

"Working on it Starlord!"

Danny snorts. "Drax keep us behind the ship!"

"Tryying Daanny! Uz says with an annoyed growl.

A smile hits my lips.. Even in danger Danny cracks out the humour.. He won't let fear drag him down. Definitely growing up.. I aim at the next weapon when something happens.. The ship comes about as Osh destroys the second and final engine cell..

"Engines.. Destroyed.." Osh says over the tinny comms.. He circles round and fires a barrage of rockets at the back of the saucer..

"Neens.. Shields at 50%.."

"Uzkielle.. Move back.." Osh says there is a crack forming at the impact point of Osh's missiles.. There is a white flash and a muffled crackle as the ship tears itself apart and explodes violently.. We see people in blue uniforms fly out into space and i look away.. They attacked us first.. They deserved it.. I think.. We head back to the ship and Dock.. We are going back to earth. And finding Shane and Ghardeh.. "Uzkielle contact Ghardeh.. We are going back.. We are going to help end this."

Author note: Holy shit is there going to be a war when they find out what happened to Ghardeh and Shane! Wey yu will need to find a new planet and learn to speak swahili, oh but they won't get the chance.. Not so long as Nina and co draw breath. A tense chapter but we ain't finished yet! No way hosé.. Hope you enjoyed the read.. Keep on rolling guys and gals!

Yautja words:

M-di- No.

Mei'jadhi- Sister.

Ze'rei- Fire.

D'toudi- Little.

Shur'ie- Storm.