Chapter 15 Say What?!

Summary: Ghost heads back to his home world to introduce Viciousa to his clan.

Scar: The author owns nothing from either franchises.

It was almost 5 days since the 2 aliens had escaped from Heinrick's men. Ghost aka Sniper was fully recovered from the injury. He was steering the ship to his home planet of Yajuta Prime. Meanwhile, Viciousa was sleeping in the engine room. She preferred the humid room for sleeping. "Hey Viciousa, we're here." Ghost said on the intercom. Viciousa hissed as she stretched. She soon made her way to the cockpit. "Why does your planet look like Earth with red seas?" Viciousa asked. "The continents are shaped different but other than that, it's mostly humid like a rainforest. We'll be landing soon." Ghost said. Viciousa held on for impact. Ghost's ship zoomed into the atmosphere. Viciousa saw the beautiful planet. It was like a rain forest with different types of plants growing, there were large temples that reached for the sky and small areas of open fields for landing. Ghost soon found his clans' temple and landed on the clearing nearby. "Who knew Predators were good drivers?" Viciousa remarked. The 2 aliens carefully disembarked the massive ship. "Now my clan is used to hunting your kind so don't be surprised if you see some Xenomorph skulls hanging around." Ghost explained. "I might be offended but I'll try to ignore it." Viciousa said. They soon entered the temple. "Striker! Echo! I'm home!" Ghost shouted. Two Predators of different heights walked into the room. One named Striker, had a broken tusk, a scar over the left eye and ornaments on his skull. The other named Echo, had smooth tusks, was taller than the other, had light brown skin and was pregnant. "Bhu´ja, why do you have a Kainde Amedha Queen alive with you?" Striker asked. "Because this is the beast that helped me escape the oomans. Her name is Viciousa." Ghost explained. "So what is this guy like your son, cousin, brother...?" Viciousa asked. "Bhu´ja are you that nuts in the syra´yte?! Your supposed to take her syra´yte off! In fact why don't I do it for you?!" Echo growled. "Please no Echo, your carrying my future son in there. Besides, I'll need a new one anyways." Striker snarled. "But Viciousa isn't like other Kainde Amedha queens." Ghost said. "It's true. I let Bhu´ja fix me so my eggs wouldn't ruin our chances of escape. I saved his life from the oomans and he did the same. I let him kill my spawn so they didn't have to live such horrible lives. I let him ride on my back like an Earth pack animal. And he even gave me a pill that lets me speak like an ooman. I owe Sniper- I mean Ghost my life." Viciousa explained. "Look, I may be pregnant but that doesn't mean that I still can't behead a Kainde Amedha!" Echo growled. "Your pregnant? Then I have no reason to harm you. I'm actually jealous cause when I'm bearing spawn, I'm stationary." Viciousa said. Echo didn't know whether to be sorry or proud. "Dusk is approaching, the hunt will start soon. Bhu´ja, let Vice Versa go so we can add another trophy to our collection." Striker said. Ghost shook his head no. "Fine, in that case, I ban you from hunting for 70 solar passings. I'll go with some of the other Yajuta." Striker said as he left. "How long is 70 solar passings?" Viciousa asked. "That's equal to 48 human months. Go into the ship tonight, there you'll be safe." Ghost said. Viciousa, not wanting to risk her life against other Yajuta, walked into the ship and hid in the engine room. "You seem to care a lot for the serpent Queen." Echo said. "She has a name you know." Ghost growled. "You know I could have you thrown out the clan for smart mouthing an alpha? So watch the language." Echo said. Ghost snorted and walked away. "I guess you were right about how they would react." Viciousa thought. "Yeah but I just hope they leave you alone. After all we've been through, it would be difficult to say good bye." Ghost thought sadly. He stopped on a rock that overlooked a valley. "Don't worry Ghost, I'll let you know if I'm in trouble. But you'd better get back to the Pregnant one. I smell something bad in these trees." Viciousa thought. Ghost made his way back. No other Predators were in the area. Ghost stood watch in front of the ship to make sure no one dared go near Viciousa.
Next day...
The night was event less. The morning however was also boring. Viciousa walked out of the ship carefully so as not to startle Ghost. "There he is!" Shouted a voice. Ghost jumped awake and saw Striker with 5 other Yajuta. The 5 were like their world's police force. "Striker, what's wrong?" Viciousa asked. "Ghost, you are to come with us to be judged for sparing a trophy without circumstance." Said one of the 'officers'. "I can't, Echo will spawn at any moment-" Ghost was cut off by Viciousa running into the pyramid. "After her!" Striker ordered. They all followed and found Echo alright, with 6 safely born pups. "Echo, What-" "The serpent Queen told me to rub her saliva on my forehead

to ease the birth and, it worked. I felt no pain. She even told me to talk to my pups as they were being birthed and they all came out healthy." Echo said. "I was just making sure she was successful. But I have to admit, Predator pups are weird looking at first." Viciousa said. "So says the Queen who claimed that chestbursters and Facehuggers are cute." Ghost remarked. If Viciousa could blush, the front of her face would be red. "Ghost, you still have to be judged." The police said. Ghost sighed and went along quietly. Viciousa roared angrily and began to go after the police. Only Echo's youth's cries stopped her. Viciousa stood there and watched Ghost leave with the police. Her rage began to boil.
At the Judgment Colosseum...
Ghost was standing in the middle of a large crowd of fellow Predators. The Colosseum looked exactly like the one in Rome except bigger, with Yajuta statues and it was in much better condition. Where the emperor would have stood, was an old Predator named Retro. Ghost was in the middle of an arena. "Silence! Ghost of the Overlooker clan, you are here on the charges of Illegal trophy sparing! False claims of friendship with a serpent Queen! Improper protection of an Alpha female! Smart mouthing an Alpha! But the worst crime you have committed is letting a Queen serpent live on your ship! How do you plead?" The elder asked. "Guilty to all except the false claims of friendship. Viciousa-" "It has a name?" The elder asked. "Yes she does. Viciousa is the reason why I'm here right now. She helped me escape the oomans' traps, she gave me rides on her back and she even helped heal me. We've been around each other so long, we can communicate telepathically and she even let me kill her young without getting-" "Enough! If this queen is such good friends with you, call her for help so you both can go down by the claws of an Empress serpent, and a king serpent!" The elder said. 2 panels in the ground opened up to bring out an Empress Xenomorph and a king Xenomorph. "Viciousa, if you can hear me, I need your help. They have an Empress Xenomorph and a king Xenomorph fighting me!" Ghost thought. The 2 aliens ran towards Ghost. He jumped out of the way and whipped out his wrist blades. The Empress stuck first and launched at him. Ghost held up his wrist blades in defense but the King bit them in two. "Viciousa! Hurry!" Ghost thought. "Any last words?" The elder snarled. Ghost couldn't run away as the 2 Xenomorphs had his escape routes blocked off. Ghost decided to try to make a break for it and failed. The King grabbed him by the legs and flung him against the wall. Ghost was stunned yet not hurt. Before the Xenomorphs could do anything else, there was the familiar sound of a hiss. Then Viciousa rammed her way into the arena. She snarled angrily and charged the Xenomorphs. The King decided to fight Viciousa. Viciousa angrily grabbed it by the mouth and stabbed it in the side with her tail. The King hissed loudly in pain. Viciousa kicked it to the ground and gave a simple head bite to kill it. Then she went after the Empress. The Empress was larger than Viciousa by about 10 feet but Viciousa didn't care. She rushed the massive beast and head butted her. The Empress held her head down and mirrored Viciousa. Viciousa came back and leapt into the air. She landed behind the Empress and slashed her throat with her (Viciousa's) tail. Viciousa then ran around the Empress and rammed her with full force into the wall. While she was close to her, Viciousa, with all her might and rage, yanked off the Empresss' arms. The Empress was furious. Viciousa didn't care as she felt Ghost climb onto her back. The Empress screeched loudly and ran towards Viciousa. Viciousa moved out of the way and leapt onto the Empress Xenomorphs' back. There, Viciousa began to bite the Empress's neck. The Empress tried to stab Viciousa with her tail but Ghost grabbed it. The Empress began to die. Viciousa wasn't done yet. She stabbed the Empress in the face with her inner jaw, sliced off the Empress's tail and ripped her body apart. Viciousa then decapitated the Empress, held her head high and screeched loudly in anger. The other Yajuta were shocked. This serpent Queen not only came to Ghost's aid, she killed her own kind. Everyone was speechless. "You ok?" Viciousa asked. "Other than a little sore, I'm alright." Ghost responded. "See what I mean Elder? Viciousa is my friend and ally! Now what do you have to say?" Ghost asked. "A serpent Queen and a Yajuta, best friends? I never thought I'd live to see the day. But I decree that you are banished from our home for 97 lunar cycles! Yajuta and serpents should never be friends! Guards, kill the Queen!" The elder shouted. Ghost hopped onto Viciousa's back and the 2 ran off. Everyone was frozen in confusion.
Meanwhile...
Ghost and Viciousa had finally made it to his ship. "Sorry I got you banished from your own kind." Viciousa said. "It's ok, we've been hunting you so long that we can't imagine being friends with one." Ghost said. "So what now?" Viciousa asked. "Feel like heading home?" Ghost asked. "No, like I said, there's another Queen there already." Viciousa said. "Then why don't you travel the universe with me?" Ghost asked. Viciousa hissed in surprise and answered, "Where to first?"
Viciousa: So is that it?
Me: Well, since I've gotten so many people who like this story, you ready for anything?
Ghost/Viciousa: YES! R & R!