Chapter eighteen: As above so below..

(Shane's pov.)

Shane is shocked awake.. He sees he is in a dark room strapped to a device.. Something is around his neck.

"Wake up buttercup. Welcome to project harbinger.. Your new home.. Your new grave.. You won't ever see daylight again.. These last moments will be painful and oh so long.. Your friends.. Sorry family.. Won't come to save you here.. Not this time and we will see just how puny you really are.. You can't best science Shane.. I'm sure you remember Chris Clyde and Amanda? Yep.. You four are getting well acquainted..First of all let's show you the new toy around your neck… You try and tamper with it or remove it.. You will get an even more painful shock than before now go on.. Try.."

"Fuck you Mr D I'm not playing your game.."

Shane feels a massive shock drive through his body.. He holds his breath and lets out a hiss..

"I said try and take it off.."

Shane with a huff grabs the ring around his neck but with a metallic grind he feels several pricks in his hand and neck..

He growls in slight pain..

"Ooooo! There we go! Obedience! The Yautja human is learning.. I own you now.. Right with that out of the way.. Clyde..Begin preliminary tests.."

"Right away Ivan.."

The speaker shuts off and Ivan walks up to Shane with a bottle of tracer fluid..

"I need you to drink this Shane.."

"Ell-osde pauk.. C'jit.."

A guard walks up and forces Shanes mouth open then covers his nose and mouth forcing him to swallow.. He feel drowsy.. Then falls asleep.. It wasn't just tracer fluid.. He wakes up again in a light room Amanda is stood next to Shane writing down notes. A flash of sympathy is detected in her eyes. Then Shane feels a pain like no other as he feels needles dig into him from his legs arms torso.. Everywhere.. Then.. Sucking.. A feeling of blood being taken only a hundred times worse.. He sees his blood being extracted into dispensers. And taken away.

He grits his teeth.. Then the ring comes off..

He is taken from the machine.. He has cuffs that forcefully fist his hands and cover his forearms.. With a special bracer around his neck. Connecting to his back he has cuffs around his ankles with bars across restricting his movement. Two guards use some kind of rod and attach it to either side of his neck then force him to move.. He is taken to a door where two turrets unfold and train on him.. He stumbles onto his knee when he is lifted up.

"Come on keep up freak.." He struggled to stand when they force him up.

He is sent into the quarantine zone..A window to the left shows several monitors and a scientist typing away when Mr D walks in. Shane is connected to the struts. He is injected in the back of the neck.. And the guard puts on a new collar.

"Jesus Ivan.. This guys bios are off the charts.. Where'd you pick him up?"

"Is the chip inserted?"

Yeah but i like to think of it as a harmonic recalibrate-"

"It could be a monkey riding a poodles ass for all i give a shit egghead! So long as it keeps him shut down!"

"Yeah i get it Ivan.. Chip activating now.."

Ivan walks out to Shane.. He licks his lips.. "Now then dip shit.. We put a little chip right up in your noggin.. Call it a housewarming gift.. You see.. We don't need you using your super powers in here like before. I ain't taking any chances.. Let me be the first to welcome you to your new hell asshole.. Enjoy your stay.."

Shane feels a pounding in his head as he feels the chip cause a feedback. Then a headache like no other.. It causes him to shout in pain before being forcefully dragged to a cell.. He is drugged yet again..

Darkness greets him.. Becoming his only friend.. An escape from his torment..

Two days later..

(Ghardeh's pov.)

I snarl and thrash as i wake..

A nightmare caused me to almost fall off of the bed i was laying in.

I see Ry'kar holding Avamar defensively away from me..

"Apologies.. I never meant to scare you.." They slowly approach.

"I was having a nightmare.."

"About Ze'rei Sain'ja?" Avamar asks.

"Do you mean Shane? Yes.. About Shane.. I fear for him.."

"Tell uss about hiim?" Ry'kar asks sitting beside my bed..

"Sei-i is he like d'toudi shur'ie our mother?" Avamar asks looking from her brother to me.. I huff.. "He is very special like Nina.. I hold you all close to my heart but.. Shane.. Two years ago.. I came home.. After helping your mother and father's deal with the world eater threat. I met Nina briefly before the battle.. The plan if the mission went awry was for me to take you Ry'kar and Danny to keep you safe.. Thankfully it never came to that. It extended my mission by several months.. Seven to be exact.. I came home to find my whole tribe.. Killed by Sovereign ic'jit.. With my original mate near death.. My two daughters.. Murdered.." I say rolling a talon over Avamars forehead.

"I began a new mission to kill those responsible.. That's when i found Shane.. At the time a scared welp a long way from home.. Afraid.. Confused.. But eventually.. Our relationship grew.. Friends.. It then blossomed into something i would never have even imagined.. He stood by me.. Supported me in my darkest moments.. You can learn a lot from observing humans.. He showed me the concept of.."

i close my eyes remembering him crouched over tenjra..

"For we walk in the tears of the sun. I'll keep her safe Tenjra.."

I say with a breathy voice..

He had done just that.. He never left my side even when i broke the code.."

They look sharply at me..

"You.. Broke the yautja.. Code..?"

Ry'kar asks.. Mandibles flicking.

"Once.. But my name carried much weight.. My elder allowed me time to make my escape. Uzkielle was the one who landed the final blow.. Killing the Black Angel.".

"Then who are you now?"

Avamar asks playing with my dreads.

"Ghardeh Etur'sek…

Zi'toll Ahra.. Purple Flame.."

"Because of your eyes?" Avamar asks again rolling her short talons around my brow and orange eyesockets.

"A name my father gave me"

"What does Ghardeh mean?"

Ry'kar asks leaning into the bed over my legs.

"Jewel of the west."

He nods.. "Will Shane like us?"

I laugh.. "Shane gets along with everyone.. If he 'likes' Uzkielle.. Then I'm sure he will love you two.. He is very likeable.. Don't be shy around him."

I get up and they move away

"You should be resting.." Avamar says holding my leg.

I look at my gun shot wounds. They have almost healed. My insides still feel tender. But i can live with that.

"You are very pretty.. Your markings are vibrant.. Like.. A butterfly.. From Danny's earth books.." Avamar says remembering what such a beautiful creature looks like. I smile and look at the pair. "And you both look as beautiful as an ocean.."

I make my way to the cockpit with them in tow.. Danny looks behind sensing the pair and his eyes widen with pure glee.. Uzkielle and Osh both walk up to me. They both look me over and nod silently.

Nina smiles.. "Welcome back to the land of the living sis.. You are a tough cookie.."

"She's like a cockroach just can't kill er.." Danny says with a smile but Nina slaps his head at the back.

"I meant it figuratrally"

Nina huffs "It's figuratively Danny and calling her a cockroach is just asking for a slap.."

I let out a huff.

"Have we found Shane?"

Uzkielle looks and lets out several clicks

"Possibly… In the desert.. Nevada…"

"Another blacksite possibly.. We followed their emission trails but the scent goes cold 200 miles in past area 51. Danny is calling this place Area 52..I'm calling it the devils arsehole..That's where we are heading.. We took the liberty of moving the scorpion on board.. Danny.. Flew it in.. Apparently having.. Flying lessons.." Nina says in a suggestive tone.. "But I'll hold off my tongue lashing.. You have been through enough lately..We'll arrive soon.. Danny.. You stay here on the ship.. With the siblings.. While we get Shane.. We will need your expertise again being the eye in the sky. We have no idea what to expect.. But what i do want is everyone coming back here in one piece.. No heroics.. Get Shane. Deal with the company get out.. Uzkielle.. Once we have Shane. Blow the place."

"Sei-i.."

"Osh'ikeille we don't know our opposition.. But I'll need you close If i burn out.. I'll need your help.. Ghardeh.. I've only seen you in action once.. But i know what kind of shit they are in.. I know it's personal.. But keep your head clear.. Keep safe.."

I nod.. She is right.. This is personal.. But I'm not looking for revenge.. I'm looking for blood.. Every bullet that hit me.. Every drop of blood that i spent.. I will kill them dead.. No second chances.. No saving grace. Only just cause and effect.. I will retrieve Shane.. We come home together..

Author note: Looks like shits about to get turned up to 9000! Will we see another bloodbath like before? Wait and see! Avamar and Ry'kar have taken to Ghardeh.. Seeing that she survived her ordeal and is apart of the family. Now all they have to do is meet Shane! A shorter chapter here but i wanted a small slowdown.. This chapter went through several re-writes and changes, until i was happy with the final iteration.

Even then i was like errmmm... Until Werewolfbleu gave me a verbal smash and said leave it how it is! I'm glad i did in the end. Sometimes the wall is too high to climb and you need rocket boots. Anyway I'm rambling sorry readers.. Take care. Words of interest down below!

Yautja words:

Ell-osde pauk!- F^ck you!

C'jit- Sh^t.

Ze'rei- Fire.

Sain'ja- Warrior.

Sei-i- Yes.

D'toudi- Little.

Shur'ie- Storm.

Ic'jit- Dishonoured/Badblood.

Zi'toll Ahra- Purple Flame. (Non-cannon my own words for 'Purple' and 'Flame'.)