Chapter 9
A:N, wow I have never had so many reviews on one story. Maybe that's because I am still new to this site? Oh well I just really love the reviews! Just so that you know, this chapter is going to be a long one so read it when you have the time because it will be longer than the last chapters. You will see for yourself.
Well I hope you enjoy.
On with the Story!
Kim spat out her toothpaste into the sink and smirked to herself as the alarm when off. The alarm she had went off twice, first for her and second to tell her it was time to get Terre's lazy ass out of bed. She had a shower and washed her hair in its braided dreadlocks. She walked over to her wardrobe and a very naughty idea hit her.
Katel leaves tomorrow, today will be the last time I see him. I should give him a sight to remember me by. Oh this is going to be so much fun!
Kim went through her entire wardrobe and found what she was looking for. At the welcoming dinner that you first went to once hired to work in this place, she had been required to wear a certain outfit that she had every intention on wearing today. She walked over to her mirror fully dressed and looked over her appearance. She looked from her feet upwards. Her high heel, black shoes were flawlessly polished. Her see-though tights showed off her shapely legs with a tint of black and her knee length, smart/casual black skirt shaped her waist perfectly. Then she checked her shirt. It looked like a long sleeved, white work shirt but had ruffles of frills from her collar, down the sides of her buttons to the bottom of the shirt. She had the top button open, making her long neck visible. In a word, she looked hot. Yet she wasn't revealing anything to do it. unlike most of the women she had met, Kim didn't associate looking attractive to wearing as little as possible and wearing as much make-up as you can. In fact Kim never wore any make-up. She had always said if you are beautiful then it should be because you are naturally pretty, not because you cake orange foundation and plaster bright red lipstick to your face.
Kim waited for the familiar click of the door and left to the mess hall. She blushed as everyone in the hall, especially the male marines, stared at her with shock. Well she tried to tell herself it was shock but she couldn't put the randy looks completely to the back of her mind. She ate her muesli and eagerly left to her station.
Butterflies erupted in her stomach and she had never felt as nervous. She opened the final door to feel the urge to run away. Inside the room was none other than Brad.
"Kimmy Pie? Is that you?"
"No, it's the frikkin Easter bunny."
"More like Playboy Bunny. I never knew you could look hot." Brad smirked friskily at her and stood up. He was wearing his usual combat trousers and a green army shirt with a pocket on his left peck. "And you do look hot." Kim scowled as his grey eyes traced over her shirt. "But there is always room for improvements. Like for example." He walked straight up to her and Km stood her ground. "A little bit of cleavage wouldn't hurt."
"Don't even think about it." He smirked at the threat and chuckled mockingly. He reached forwards and undid the first two buttons. She pulled back and raised her fists. "Never try that again or I will."
"Or you will what? Spank me? please do." He came at her again and she ducked round him. not liking how much her high heels were slowing her movements. "Come on Kimmy Pie. We are all alone. And it is gonna stay that way, all day. No one will know if we have a little...fun."
"Back off!" Kim backed against the cell door, feeling intimidated by Brad. She was after all in very flimsy clothing and Brad, from the way he had undone her two buttons before she had chance to pull back, was obviously a master at undressing woman in flimsy clothing.
"You know what Kimmy Pie? I don't think I will." He too a menacing step towards her and she pressed her back up against the wall as much as she could. He had blocked her off from any other way of escape, so she was trapped between him and the door. The door! As Brad took another step she looked to her right. The panel was right next to her and so was the button that opened the door. Brad came inches from her and she brought her fist down on it, stumbling backwards as it opened.
Katel and Maktel had been woken up by the arguing from outside and looked up to see two humans enter. One female who looked to be falling over herself backwards and a male, who looked to be stalking the female.
"Kimmy Pie. Why don't you want to play with me?"
"Back off you sick son of a bitch!"
"Oh I love it when you talk rough. Do you like it rough Kim? Do you want me to be rough with you." He laughed evilly as she backed backwards, fear taking control. Then Brad saw a large shadow stand behind her. Kim shuddered until she felt two strong hands on her shoulders. She was about to panic when she heard a dangerously low growling and hissing over her shoulder.
"K K Katel?" she smacked herself mentally for letting her voice shake so badly but relaxed as the two hands gently squeezed her shoulders reassuringly.
"KIM! You didn't put their chains back on before you left yesterday!" Brad turned to run but Maktel appeared between him and the open door. He pulled his marine machete knife out to strike him but Kim leapt forwards, brought her fists together and swung them down, directly to the back of his neck. Maktel then reached forwards and took the knife from Brad's hands as it started to slip in his fingers. "Why you little bitch!" He span round but Kim felt Katel push her shoulder to one side and launch past her.
The huge Yautja warrior collided with the unsuspecting human and crushed him beneath his wait as they hit the floor with a thud. Katel brought a fist into the air and beat Brad's face mercilessly, blood erupting from the human's nose, mouth and even his eyes. Kim had to run forwards and try to pull Katel off of Brad before he killed him.
"KATEL! Stop it!"
"But he wanted to defile you! That is one of the greatest crimes there is! To try to force yourself on a female is dishonourable and must be justified!"
"Oh he will get his 'reward' later but do not kill him. He isn't worth it Katel!" Katel stopped his onslaught of powerful punches and simply stared down at the bloody pulp.
"You are right. He is an unworthy ooman and not fit to be pray. Filthy little ooman male!"
"Oh I get it. I can't touch Kim because you are screwing her. Is that right Kim? Do you prefer to hump aliens to your own race?"
"Insolent ooman! How dare you!" Katel raise his fist again but felt Kim wrap both hands around it. He stopped and roared in the oomans face before standing to his feet. "You better have a good reason for stopping me!" Katel barked at Kim, she scowled back.
"I won't talk to you if you talk to me like that! And I think I should be the one who gets to have revenge, don't you?"
"But it should be the male that avenges the female."
"I am not weak damn it!" Kim stormed past him and gripped the bloody Brad by the neck. "And Katel? I can fight my own battles thank you very much!" she pulled him over to the wall and manually clasped the shackles over his wrists and feet. she turned back to the two hunters or Predators as the humans called them and left Brad to hang there on the wall, in pain. She saw the knife in Maktel's tight grip and ready to be used. "Back to business, you want your weapons now?"
"Yes." Katel answered since he was the one wearing the translator.
"I will be right back, and keep him quiet." Kim stormed out of the room and an angry rage.
"What's her problem? All I tried to do was punish the male for trying to take her against her will."
"So can you imagine how embarrassed and frustrated she must be?"
"She still shouldn't take it out on me damn it. All I tried to do was."
"Protect your mate?"
"Do not start this again! I am not in the mood for it!" Katel hissed and Maktel simply clattered his upper mandibles in amusement.
"But you know when we take her with us, as soon as she returns; you will have to decide whether to take her as your mate or just your pupil. I would prefer you to."
"I know all too well what you would prefer and it is NOT going to happen!"
"So you are only going to train her? So, what will you teach her? Or did you start your training with her last night when I had to tell you to watch your musk?"
"Brother. If I were you I would shut your mandibles before I rip them from your face!"
"Very well. But I will say one more thing."
"Careful of your words brother."
"If you were to choose her as your mate, you would have made a fine choice. She did after all state that she wanted to fight her own battles, so she is a fighter as we have already seen. And she is a strong female."
"She is strong. I had to actually try when I fought her. She almost over powered me. Almost."
"And she told you she found that attractive."
"I thought you said you would say one more thing? That was two."
"Very well. Well here is the moment of truth. Here she comes."
Both Yautja warriors look to the door as they here the clip clop of Kim's high heels approaching...
With Kim a few minuets previously.
Kim stormed out of the room and an angry rage. She growled to herself as she walked straight next door to the locked safe door. What? Does he think I can't defend myself? I could have beaten him myself If he hadn't have jumped in first! I can't believe he thought I couldn't get my own revenge and that I would need him to 'protect' me. Male swine! Just because I am a woman, doesn't mean I can't stand up for myself. He is so quick to forget that I beat him in the cell. Test or not, I won! Kim grunted and pressed the code into the door. She had checked that there was no one about before she entered and walked into the safe room. She continued her mental rant as she gathered up the Predators things. He thinks he is sooo tough! Well if he really was all that, then why does he need me, a female to help him escape? And to get his things for him? It wasn't him who snuck around and hacked into the safe, or retrieved his little translator. I think I liked it better when I couldn't understand what he was saying. He can't offend me with clicks and hisses. Now I can understand him he's a pain in the arse!
"But he wasn't an arse to you last night..." a voice in her head reminded her and she shrugged it off. "Stupid son of a bitch probably thought he could use me for his own enjoyment. That would explain the sudden change from ooman to Kim in about a day. He goes all out to hurt my feelings, and my body in the morning and by evening he is all will you come with me. Well I am not going to be fooled by that asshole! It is clear that he doesn't believe in my abilities or in me in general and never has. God what is this stuff made out of? It's so light.
Kim finished loading herself up with everything, making her into a walking pack mule. Well let's see how he likes it when I tell him there is no way in hell that I m going with him tomorrow. Let's see how he likes it when I am at the other side of the base tomorrow morning, sleeping in because, would you know, my alarm miraculously didn't go off! I wonder how that will happen. Oh yeah! let that be a lesson to the insensitive bastard! Let that rain on his bonfire! Will you come with me? Not on your Nelly! To think I had the guts to lower my pride to him and he used me like that, and has the ordascity to act like a jerk the next day! The only reason all this happened is because of him. To think I got dressed up for him. Humph. Well we will see who has the last laugh when I waltz in there, drop their stuff before them, turn around and walk off. HA! Up yours your sexist bastard!
Kim was still scowling furiously when she walked back in. she dropped all the armour on the floor like she 'said' she would and watched them put their things on. She couldn't help but look on in awe as the plates of metal seemed to come to life as their owners touched them. She watched Maktel though. She had no intention on making even the smallest eye contact with Katel.
Once they were fully dressed she looked to see they even had their sliver, metallic masks on. Their armour was also this colour and had a strange symbol on the front of their chest armour. It was a circle with what looked to be a backwards C, a dot in the middle and a squiggle beneath the entire thing. Like a but longer and bigger.
"Alright. Well you don't need me anymore so I will be on my way. I hope you get back home and have no hard feelings to the pricks of our race that tend to be the majority. And I hope you find your mate Maktel." She turned around and began to storm off.
"Katel! Now!" Just as she reached the door she heard large foot steps behind her, like someone was running. She turned just in time to see Katel, the taller of the two, run past her. She wasn't going to make a fuss but as he did, he reached out with one arm and scooped her onto his shoulder. Her stomach on his shoulder, facing behind him and her legs flailing close to his face. She struggled and screamed but Katel just ignored her.
"PUT ME DOWN!"
"Remember when I said that I have to take you with me on my honour?"
"Yes?" she whimpered as they ran very quickly down the hall. Too quickly by human standards yet neither Yautja seemed to tire or even break a sweat.
"I meant it. Welcome to our Clan."
"KATEL! You put me down this INSTANT!"
"Yes, I am really going to put you down because you ask me too."
"DAMN YOU! PUT ME DOWN!"
"I hope you are not always this loud. I would hate to have to get used to this level of volume."
"IF YOU DON'T PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW! I WILL."
"Scream a little louder? Because that is all you can do to me. Now shut up and stop your futile struggling. It is starting to get on my nerves." Kim was about to say and what are you going to do about it when they came to a metal door, which Katel booted clean off its hinges. Never mind then...
Alarms started to ring in her ears and she growled.
"Can those alarms be any louder? Grrr!" Kim, starting to feel slightly sick from the constant swaying of her body as Katel ran, placed her palms on his shoulder blades and pushed herself up to see over his shoulder. She lost her grip as the Predators suddenly ducked round a corner. "Ouch. Can you be a little gentler with me as you KIDNAP ME!"
"Quiet! We are going to cloak and we need to be swift. And silent."
"And why the hell should I do as you say? You are after all taking me hostage!" Katel growled and dropped Kim so she fell to the ground, landing on her bum with a nasty sounding bump. "Ah!"
"Listen ooman and listen well. Once we are of this Gods forsaken backwater planet of yours, you will be my pupil and if persuaded, I a very harsh master. Do not give me reason to be a hard teacher and be quiet!" Katel became silent as Kim's green orbs grew cold and distant.
"...Ooman... You called me ooman..." Katel cringed inside as he saw the hurt in her face.
"Just..." He struggled to form words for a moment. The feeling of betrayal was clear in her emerald eyes. It chocked him at first. "Be quiet and we can talk about it later." Like ordered Kim grew silent and didn't put up a fight as Katel lifted her back into the same position on his shoulder. He then turned his cloaking device on in his wrist armour in sync with his brother.
They ran down the hall and she looked up to see Maktel behind her, and whispered to him.
"I know you don't have the translator on so I don't expect you to answer me." Katel listened to the conversation that he was probably not meant to hear. "Please Maktel. You are the kind one. I can tell you are the compassionate one." Katel screwed his face up and had to try hard not to let his lower mandibles flare open in rage.
He is the kind and compassionate one? And what am I? Cruel and emotionless? Pauk ooman female! Why do you hurt me so...
Katel stopped his thoughts as she continued. "Please. I beg you. Please, don't let him take me with him. Please. I freed you both because I do not believe in you being kept against your will. But that is what Katel is about to do. He is about to take and keep me against my will, like a prisoner. I don't want to be like you were back there, in chains. The chains don't have to be physical but they will be there. I can't leave! I don't believe in what they did to you. That's why I helped you. Don't let him take me please."
"I can not help you Kim. By his honour he must take you with him and it is partially my doing that forced his hand in taking you."
"I wish she could understand you." Katel had turned the translator off as he had no desire to talk to Kim anytime soon.
"Brother! You heard?"
"I heard everything. She thinks I am a monster..."
"She will not think that way once you get her off this mud ball. She will see a better way of life and she will thank you."
"I wish I thought like you did brother. For she doesn't."
Kim didn't like the clicking conversing between Maktel and Katel. She could only hope that Katel hadn't heard her and that Maktel was trying to help her.
"She will have a change of heart brother. She is strong."
"I am not stupid brother. I will not like the many years to come in her company. I know it."
"Just wait and see. I can see the same fire in her eyes that burns in yours brother. The Gods themselves destined this meeting. For your and Kim's meeting. She is only hurt because you called her ooman. Just keep your anger in check and she will warm up to you."
"So all you want is to play match maker do you!" Katel stopped and span round to face Maktel. Luckily they hadn't come near anyone yet, despite their swift running. Kim could only hope this argument was in her favour of leaving as she couldn't understand the Predators native tongue.
"Brother. You know it is more than that."
"But that is why you forced me to test her and into this situation. Isn't it? Your obsession with getting me a mate has condemned me to caring for an ooman female who hates me and everything about me!"
"So you want to leave her here do you? To be punished for helping us get our asses out of here!" when both squabbling brothers pushed chests together and started hissing their words Kim's worries, doubled. It wasn't going well what ever they were arguing about.
When Katel took his time to answer Maktel smirked.
"She hurts me and I don't like her!"
"If she hurts you Katel, it must matter to you how she feels about you for it to hurt you. So you do care about her whether you like it or not. And whether you like it or not you must take her with you!"
"I hate what you have done to me brother!"
"Tough hard meat milk glands big brother!" (A:N in other words, he just said tough titty) (Bad words!)
"Erm, guys" Kim tried to get their attention, marines were starting to creep through the walls.
"C'jit Pauk-de!" (Damn fuck!)
"Kainde Amedha Aseigan!" (Hard meat servant!)
"Gkei'moun Thwei!" (Easy blood!)
"Ell-osde' Pauk!" (Fuck you!)
"Guys!" she tried again, in vain, as the marines came dangerously close to them.
"I should beat you right now!"
"Bring it!"
"WILL YOU TWO KNOCK IT OFF! WE HAVE COMPANY!"
At the sudden yelling the marines started to shoot everywhere. If it wasn't for the fact that they were cloaked, they would most likely be dead 'beings' lying. But they were cloaked so the two brothers jumped into action instantly and dodged around a corner. A full thick corner of metal hid them from the marines and Katel dropped Kim to her feet. But held her arm tightly.
"Are they armed? Brother?"
"Yes. Brother."
"Then they are armed pray. And will die."
"Let the hunt begin."
"We are not finished. After we clear the area of oomans, you are next little brother."
"Gladly Big Brother." They hissed the 'little' and 'big brother' parts and anger. Kim could have smacked them herself.
"After all you said to me about being quiet, you two can't stop bickering for 5 minuets." Katel switched the translator and barked at her.
"This is none of your business ooman!" he instantly cringed at calling her ooman again. He wanted to smack himself and felt a pang of guilt when she looked away from him and closed her eyes. He had hurt her again, only mere moments from the last time. "Listen I."
"Just turn the translator off. I don't...want to understand you anymore. Please just...speak your own language. I won't talk anymore..." Kim lowered her head. Her spirit well and truly crushed and hurt. Katel hung his head slightly and switched the translator off.
"She doesn't even want to hear me...now do you understand why I can't take her with me brother?" after a short silence Maktel hung his head.
"I guess technically, she isn't honoured pray. You could leave her if the ooman males got her. But be it on your head of these filthy oomans harm her!"
"Right."
"You have a plan already?"
"Yes. Here goes nothing." Kim heard a crackling and saw Katel and herself materialise and was dragged round the corner. The marines aimed their guns instantly but didn't shoot. Kim was being held in front of Katel and was in danger. He raised his fist, clenched it and Kim gulped as two long blades shot out of his wrist armour. He lifted his arm so the blades were in front of her neck but not touching. She watched as the marines stepped aside and a familiar face appeared. General Snide came to the front and held his plasma gun at arms reach, aimed at Katel's head.
"Let her go you crab faced bastard."
"General that is hardly going to make him do as you say, now is it?"
"Kimberly, this is not the time to be a head strong bitch with me. Can it understand you?"
"Yes sir." Kim answered but didn't stop looking at the two intimidating blades in front of her.
"Then tell the bastard to let you go, to drop its armour and weapons and we won't kill it." Kim sighed. Knowing that Katel would have heard the general but still relayed.
"He wants you to let me go. And drop your armour and weapons. And they wont hurt you if you do." She turned her head to one side and whispered. "Your going to kill them all, aren't you?" he nodded and didn't take his eyes away form the marine unit. She turned back to the general. "I have told him sir. Anything else?"
"Tell him to do it NOW!"
"Please comply immediately." She huffed, too crushed to care. She could really do with Terre's goofy face to cheer her up right about now...
She came back to reality as she felt herself being pushed forwards. She was caught by the general and she couldn't help but open her eyes wide. He is...letting me go? She turned back to him and didn't get a chance to say thanks as every marine in the room opened fire on him. Katel quickly ducked round the corner. Only one bullet had penetrated his armour, imbedding itself in his shoulder.
"C'jit!"
"Are you hurt?"
"Yes. But I will live." Katel looked to his fellow hunter and brother and nodded. They both ran round the corner, both fully cloaked and collided with the front of the unit. The marines were sent flying in every direction. One had his head severed and thrown to the other side of his room. His body hitting the wall and his head dropping near the door. Another suddenly screamed as two gapping, bleeding wounds weeping from his gut. He fell to is knees and his head twisted with a jerk and he fell limp to the ground. Many more just yelped and lost their lives just as quickly. The unit circled around Kim so she couldn't escape. One by one they were picked off at a rapid rate. Until there were 20 men out of about 100 left around her. One was Snide and she saw Joe and Dom there too. The walls painted fresh with marine blood and corpses in awkward positions, unnatural positions, were everywhere. Even in the circle around her. She looked down to a man by her feet. He had no head and half a neck, his right arm was missing and she cringed when she located it near the general's feet. She looked back to him and saw he had a long machete knife in his cold hands. She reached down and only Maktel saw her take it. Katel was far too busy; he leapt onto Dom and dragged him in front of the others. Kim looked up and saw him scream in the air, being held by an invisible force. She watched the marine scream a blood curdling yell as a wet ripping squelching sound came from behind him. His body went into spasm and she saw why. His head hung forward but his yelling didn't stop. But she held her free hand over her mouth as white bone slowly appeared, bit buy bit, being pulled from his back straight upwards. She immediately recognised it to be his spinal cords and spine. With a sickening squelch it was ripped clean from his body and he was dropped to the ground. He yelped as the spine seemed to have a mind of its own and lashed out at him, whipping his back mercilessly. Then she realised what was happening. She had herself wished to do that to Dom and the others, and said she did. But she never meant it! Katel, she assumed, was doing this for her as she couldn't and in a way, this might be his way of saying he thought of her and would remember her. She didn't know why, and it sickened her to think she did, but she smiled at the display.
Katel saw her smiling in his direction and beamed. She had noticed that he had remembered her request and wish from when they first met. He didn't usually kill this way; he just killed them quickly, never like this. But actually, it was quiet...invigorating. Or was that from the way Kim was looking at him? Somehow, he knew from the look in her eyes that she knew it was him, and why he was doing it. He threw the spine to the side and pulled out his knife, and turned the handle to face him. he knelt down and took a fistful of the oomans hair, lifting his head to look at his people. He used the blunt handle and started to quite frankly, gauge his eyes out. When he saw Kim giggle he stopped and dropped him. He stood and looked over to see his brother smirking at him.
"Dedicating a kill to her are we? Yes Katel. You do not care for you at all."
"Silence. When I want you to make comments on my methods I will ask for them!"
"YOU SICK BITCH!" The Yautja looked round to see a few marines, the ones that were left, had turned to face Kim. They had noticed her smiling and giggling at the torture that their fellow marine had been put through and one of them lost it. He turned on her and both Katel and Maktel ran forward to protect her, but Katel seemed to run faster.
Kim stood low and used the machete knife to slice the side of her black skirt, to free her restricted manoeuvrability. She ducked as he flew at her. His fist was aimed at her face but her ducking made him miss and she brought her leg round, sweeping his feet from under him and letting him land on the floor. The General saw her and instantly assumed betrayal.
"She is with them!"
The marines were about to turn on her but Katel took their attention and backhanded the general to the wall. He fell unconscious and slummed to the ground. They all turned to face forward and made a move that Katel didn't expect. They all launched forwards and at least 7 of them landed on him. The rest clambered to him to make a huge dog pile, punching him and trying to stab him with the ends of their guns. Maktel managed to move and kill half of them and Kim rushed forwards. Her top splattered with the blood of a marine that had tried to jump her and got 'caught' on her knife. He was now 'sleeping' on the floor. She didn't know why but she started to try to move the marines off of Katel and was punched in the face. Her yelp of pain was responded with a punch to the attackers face, and a mighty roar. Katel stood up, green blood dripping down his invisible form. But the blood was visible and was oozing from his legs and arms. His chest wasn't too bad because of his armour. But his legs had really suffered. All the same he came to the aid of Kim and pulled another Marine from the floor and snapped his neck as he was trying to run at Kim. Only about 12 or so of them were left they all stood back to back. Their rounds had run out and they held their guns like baseball bats and looked around. Since they could only see Kim, one launched at her. She brought her machete forwards and pierced his chest. She sliced straight through his body and pulled back, wiping the blood on his shirt.
One of the Marines had managed to get Katel to his feet and blood clogged his cloaking device, so he was now visible. They all tried to pounce on him. Most died but got a few vital stabs with knifes on his arms. He was laid on the floor and Maktel was preoccupied with more marines. A full unit arrived and Maktel was holing them off. Kim ran to Katel and saw a marine, Joe, stood over Katel's bloody form.
"You sick son of a bitch! I will make you pay for killing Dom! He was my best friend you bastard!" Katel closed his eyes and Joe raised his knife high. When the final blow didn't come Katel opened his eyes to see Joe was still stood over him, arms high and ready to strike. But his face was like he had seen a ghost. Blood started to seep through his mouth and he coughed blood on his shirt. He fell to one side and was replaced with a panting woman. Her black braids hung around her face making her look like a Yautja herself. Her bright Green eyes twinkled with a type of ecstasy. She has the lust! The lust for battle! She...saved my life... She dropped the bloody knife and fell to her knees.
"Are you alright!" she ran her hands over his belt and switched the translator on.
"Yes...thank you."
"That's ok. Now let's get you and your brother out of here."
"You mean...let's get us...out of here. Honoured pray..." Kim raised one eye brow but didn't get chance to question it as she was swooped over Maktel's shoulder. He had seen and heard everything and smirked madly as he took but his brother over one shoulder and the ooman female over the other. He had to remove his plasma cannon to do it but he simply clipped it to Katel and ran. His cloaking device hid them all.
"Katel? Katel!" Kim started to panic when Katel didn't answer. His limp body just swayed behind Maktel as he ran. "Katel you ignorant bastard you answer me right now you hear me!" Kim whimpered when he didn't answer again. Blood was flowing quickly from him and he didn't look to have much time left. "Katel..."
"Damn you are loud..."
"KATEL! You're awake!" Kim reached round and took one of Katel's lifeless claws.
"How could I rest with your infernal screeching."
"Oh Katel. Stubborn to the end."
"Damn...right..." Kim was smiling madly, happy that he was alright. But his head hung down and she gave his hand a squeeze. "Damn let me rest..."
"No! you stay awake you hear me! if you go to sleep you might not wake up! And how will we finish our argument if you don't wake up?"
"Yes...our argument."
"You just hang in there. I'm here and I won't leave you till you are safe."
"You will never leave me..." Katel surrendered to his bodies needs and fell completely limp.
"KATEL!" she squeezed his hand as tightly as she could, to the point where his talons dug into her hands, making them bleed. "Maktel! Katel's unconscious! We have to hurry!" She looked over shoulder and saw Maktel nod. That was good enough for her and she returned to staring at Katel's motionless face. When a cool breeze hit the back of legs she looked round to see forestation. Maktel was heading straight for it, but the door was locked. "Maktel! Please say your not going to." she didn't get time to finish as Maktel brought up a large plasma weapon from his belt and shot the wall. The smoke didn't even clear as Maktel ran straight through it. Feeling afraid she squeezed Katel's hand tightly and pulled it to her face. She watched as the moon became visible, showing it must be night. She felt Maktel's grip on her hips and Katel tighten as they entered the foliage of the wood. She only heard yelling and gun shots from behind her for 5 minuets before it all went silent. Maktel came to a stop and lowered to one knee. Kim uneasily slid off him to her feet, wobbling from her high heels digging into the uneven ground. She saw Maktel lower his brother to the ground on his back.
"Is he alright? I know he isn't but I mean."
"I know what you mean Kim and he will be alright."
"When did you put the translator on?" She looked to his hands and saw him holding it. "Oh. Right."
"Stay with him."
"Yes." Kim dropped to her knees and crawled up next to Katel. She didn't like how shallow his breathing was and how raspy it was. "I think his lungs are damaged."
"As do I. wait with him."
"Why? Where are you going?" but of course he was still cloaked and only heard his foot steps as he ran to where ever he was going.
She looked down on Katel and unbuttoned the bottom of her shirt. She tore long, thin strips off and pressed them on his wounds, trying to at least lessen his bleeding. "Oh Katel. You fool. This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't have lost your focus."
"If he hadn't been showing off for you ya mean? If he hadn't have devoted that kill to you then he wouldn't be injured no."
"Maktel?"
"I am here. With the ships." Maktel's clocking device crackled and he materialised. He was stood behind her and looking over her shoulder.
"Ships?" He held a small remote and pressed a button. A large crackling met with her ears and then she saw them. Two large ships appeared in the clearing. They were large, bronze and had markings on them that looked a lot like Aztec hieroglyphics. They were long, wide but had a pointed front for aerodynamics and manoeuvrability. Yet it was bulky like it would be fit for head to head stand offs and ramming. There were no doors or windows in sight and looked to have reptilian like scales covering the entire body of the ships. She also saw that it had a large clamp between them, joining them together.
Yes ships. What? Did you think we walked here?"
"No. I am not that stupid." She frowned and looked away. "No matter what Katel may think."
"He doesn't think you are stupid."
"Yes he does. Well." She stood to her feet, not taking her eyes away from the still Katel. "I hope you get home alright and tell Katel, that even though I didn't talk to him much, just argued, I thought he was a skilled warrior and I hope he finds a mate. good bye Maktel." She walked to him and wrapped her arms around him. he didn't understand the custom but allowed it, and used it to his advantage. In putting his arms around her in response, he was perfectly able to lift her from her waist, over his shoulder and carry her away. And that is just what he did. "Oh no! Not this AGAIN!"
"We will be off this flying mud heap soon." Kim thrashed her fists and legs, trying her best to escape.
"Let me GO!"
"Kim. What did my brother say to you the last time you asked his to let you go?"
"He was a sarcastic bastard and I will do more than yell!" Kim flung her legs round and span on his shoulder so she was facing upwards. She pulled her feet up and slid off his back backwards. She was on her feet and retreating before he knew what she had done. He pressed another two buttons on his device and two things happened. firstly a huge, transparent blue energy shield, pulsed from the two ships and surrounded them and half the forest. It then retracted backwards and halted in front of Kim. Oh great. Now I guess I am not going anywhere. Damn stubborn Predators! "You guys just don't take no for an answer, do you!"
"We never have. No come here. I would hate to have to face my brother if I harmed you by dragging you onboard his ship."
"Remember before when I said you were the kind and compassionate one? I take it back."
"My heart bleeds Kim. Now come here and stop being unreasonable."
"UNREASONABLE! You're trying to kidnap me and I am the one being UNREASONABLE!"
"Yes. Now come here."
"Sure, I am really going to give in to you because you ask me to!" Maktel smirked at her and she scowled. "Alright I get the point you were trying to make about asking doesn't make you do something but still. I am not going with you."
"Is that what you think?" Maktel made very slow steps towards Kim and she stepped back just as slowly.
"Yes."
"Well Kim." Kim looked behind her to see she had just run out of backing off room. But Maktel didn't stop coming and he would soon he upon her. "I happen to think differently." He swiftly jumped forwards and hooked his huge clawed hand around her waist and hoisted her onto his shoulder. For the second time that day.
"DAMN YOU!" Kim used the last of her strength to punch the back of his armour, which only hurt her and annoyed him.
"Here we are, Katel's ship." Kim then saw what the second button had been for. The armour plating on the larger of the ships had coiled back into the roof and the door was open with its boarding ramp down and waiting. Maktel strolled up it and threw her inside. He then closed the door and left her. Kim stood up and brushed herself off.
"Just you wait until I get my hands on you Mister! I do not like being handled like a RAG DOLL!" she looked to her side to realise she had her machete knife tucked in her belt. A devilish smirk played across her lips and she held the hilt of the knife tightly, hiding it behind her back. The door opened and she forced a smile as Maktel walked in with Katel over his shoulders. He paused and tilted his head to one side, obviously curious to her change in attitude but ignored it. The door closed behind him and he pressed a button on the controls. She could hear the clanging of the shifting metal and could only assume that the plated armour had covered the ship again. She watched silently as Maktel walked deeper into the ship. She followed, careful to keep the knife from view. Maktel made a few worried glanced back to her but she simply smiled at him, wide eyed and her plan hided beneath her charade. She giggled as he looked forwards again for the 5th time. He won't know what hit him he he. she followed him down a hall, eyes shut and smug. So she didn't see Katel open her eyes and look up at her. Katel clicked to his brother so she didn't hear him.
"Kim is up to something."
"I know. she is being way too quiet. I think as soon as I put you down she planes to jump me with that ooman knife behind her back."
"You saw it too?"
"Yes brother. Nice to see your awake."
"Just get me to the med room and I will take it from there."
"Are you sure? I could stay and."
"No. get me there. Lock her in with me before she gets chance to realise what is going on and beam to your ship from the bridge. I will handle her."
"Very well. She is certainly very...spirited."
"And she is honoured pray. I have no objections to taking her with me now. She saved my life and I will train her as my own young blood pupil."
She certainly did. To think. we were going to let her go and tried to. but her own actions forced us to take her with us."
"So it is her own fault she is here." Maktel clattered and made a trilling noise, getting Kim's attention.
"What's so funny?"
"Oh? Nothing. We are almost there."
"Good." Kim clasped her knife tightly in anticipation. She followed Maktel round a corner and took the time to look at the walls. They weren't like the outside walls. They were red and had an unearthly gleam to them. The walls weren't flat either. They were straight until they met the ceiling where they curved. She also saw pillars and noticed just how high the ceiling was. Kim suddenly felt small against the huge ship. She was like a mouse compared to whom this ship was meant for. Well, after all, Katel and Maktel were both about 7 feet and that could be the average height for their species. They could even be bigger.
Kim snapped out of her trance when she followed Maktel into a large room. It had a metal table in the middle but didn't scream science project. She leaned against the wall as he lay Katel on the table. Her grasp on the knife increased as Maktel turned to face her. He walked right up to her and she prepared herself.
Ok. He is 7 feet tall, as muscular as hell and could probably snap your neck in a second. All you need to do is slip past his many, many years of training in the art of killing and get the knife near his throat. No pressure...yeah right. Well, here goes nothing.
Maktel smirked under his mask. He could see the unsurety in her face but almost wanted to double think approaching her as her eyes seemed to glaze over with something. Is that...no. it couldn't be. She is ooman. Only Yautja have the lust for battle. Only Yautja have the focus when afraid. Once more he came at her.
"Come at me and regret it. I have nothing against you and mean no disrespect Maktel." Kim lowered into a fighting stance and brought the knife into view. "But if you don't let me off this ship then I will take the remote from you and escape myself."
"You have guts Kim. I like that and I am sure that will help you through my brothers training."
"You still don't understand do you? I cant come with you. I cant go into space with Katel...and learn your honourable ways...and see so many different worlds...and leave my life of false happiness and lies...and leave this money oriented planet and its corrupt ways..."
"From the sounds of it, you want to go with my brother."
"I cant damn it!" Kim regained her focus and held the knife ready. "I have a friend down there. I can't just leave her. She needs me to guide her. She is really sick. I mean the Xenomorph Queen tried to suck her brains out and and and she is still down there. Unconscious and alone. No one else will care for her. if she doesn't have me then who does she have?" Maktel grew quiet as he saw tears form in her eyes. But she didn't cry. It was as if she didn't know how to let it out. As if she wouldn't.
Kim started to quiver and the hilt of her machete rattled in her grip. "She has no family. Her parents died in a plane crash and she has no other family. She has no frinds other than me and no man will comfort her. they only want to hurt her because she is pretty. I had to kick a guy in the balls once because they tried to rape her! And he almost did...She is vulnerable and innocent. And on a planet like Earth, people take advantage of the innocent and weak. That is why I won't go with you. I have to protect her from the very same people who chained you up like rats. I will not just leave for a life of excitement when I know that Terre could be hurting." Maktel reluctantly jumped forward, taking advantage of her distraught state. He slapped the knife from her hands and she fell to her knees. "I didn't even get to say good bye."
"Cry it out Kim. Let it out." Maktel knew of human behavioural patterns and knew that she would feel better if she cried it out. But Kim just shot to her feet and stared him in the face. Fury encrusted in her scowl and her eyes glinted with a livid shine. Or was that a murderous shine? It could be seen as both.
"I will not cry! I will not be weak and I will not STAY HERE!" every word dripped with venom as she seethed through her teeth. She ducked down and retrieved the knife. She jumped up and Maktel was ready. He pulled out his own dagger and stood ready. He knew the look in her eyes. She had what can only be described as 'the lust'. The need for battle and the inner strength to protect herself. He would have to use all his training to out fight her. If he slipped up, even once, then she would have him without a second thought.
Kim jabbed forwards and sparks flew as Maktel met her attack with his own dagger. The sheer force of the metal pieces colliding broke Kim's machete in half and sent Maktel's knife flying across the room.
"Kim! We have no choice and it is not me who you are angry at. And neither is it my brother." He dodged to the left as her fist came for him, only barely missing him. "What is dons is done and is out of our hands now." Once again a fist came for his face but this time it hit on target and sent his mask to the floor. His mandibles flared wide and he rolled on the floor to avoid her foot. He really didn't mind her foot but didn't like the look of the sharp point on the end of her shoe. He thought it was called a heel but forgot about it as she tried to nail him again with an elbow. "We were going to leave you!"
"Why didn't you!" she held her fist together and swung at his head. This time Maktel lost his temper as it collided with the side of his face. He roared loudly and stood to his feet. He arched his back and reached forward with one clawed hand. She ducked at it went over her head but realised it wasn't aimed for her face. He had purposely aimed behind her to grab the collar of her shirt and lifted her off the ground.
"THIS IS WHY. Katel pleaded that you weren't honoured pray and I reluctantly agreed as you didn't do the one this that made you honoured pray. you hadn't saved either his or my life." She stopped struggling and just held his wrist, realisation dawning on her. "But when we did let you go, you ran to Katel's rescues and saved his ass and officially became Honoured Pray." he set her down on her feet after being sure she had calmed down. "You saved Katel and became honoured pray. he will now train you and show his gratitude and you should be honoured. As for your friend." Maktel took his time to continue, knowing this would be a sensitive area. "She is with her own kind and will never forget you." Then he realised something. "She survived an attack from the hard meat Queen?"
"Yeah. From the look of her injuries it looked like it tried to suck her brains out." He nodded.
"If she survived such a powerful creature then she must be a strong female. And capable of protecting herself. And she survived throughout her life before you came along...right?" Kim hung her head.
"Yes..."
"Then she doesn't need you." He placed one hand on her shoulder. "You need her. But not anymore. Now you have my brother. He is strong and honourable."
"And a jackass who hates me for being human." She spat at him and Maktel opened his lower mandibles. Kim sighed and looked back to her feet. "I am sorry Maktel. I didn't mean to bite your head off. I just...i am not getting out of here am I?"
"No. I am glad you finally realise that."
"I will not be happy. You know that right?"
"I know how you will be. And it is not unhappy. Trust me." He leaned forwards and lowered his head to whisper to her. "I must leave you now for my own reasons. But before I go I must tell you something that I promised my brother I would tell you."
"Oh?" Kim heard soft trilling noises in her ear.
"When you came to us yesterday, and my brother and I pinned you."
"To see if I was bugged?"
"Well..."
Kim's eyes grew wide and her cheeks grew a shade of red that made Maktel make loud trilling, clattering noises with his mandibles. "I thought you might like that. Farewell Kim of the Toj Yen Clan. And welcome. Until we meet again young one." Maktel placed one hand on her shoulder and shuck it slightly, careful not to hurt her with his superior strength. He gave her a reassuring squeeze before he let her go and began to walk off. "And one more thing. My brother, as you know, has quite a temper."
"So stay away from the fire right?"
"Yes. And good luck in mating with him."
"In WHAT!" Kim span round glared at Maktel. Only to see a steel door shut where he had once been. She ran forwards and banged on the door loudly. "MAKTEL! OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW!" Kim stopped as she heard a scratching noise at her feet. She looked down and saw the translator scuttle under the door and to her feet. She picked it up and looked over it. It came to life and she placed in on her tattered and torn shirt. To not forget it.
"You are so loud..." Kim shot round and saw Katel stir on the table. She walked up to him and clipped the device to his belt. He looked down and watched her fasten it to him, and he noted the pinkish tinge to her cheeks as she did. "Help me sit up."
"Please would have been nice. I hope you won't be this bad mannered to me all the time."
"Stop whining and help me damn it. Urgh!" in hearing his growl she helped him sit up, with difficulty. "Get me that box from the wall." Kim rolled her eyes and retrieved the box. It was black and weighed a ton! She struggled and dropped it on the table next to him with a clunk.
"What the hell is in that thing?"
"Wait and see." He opened it up and looked out the corner of his eye as Kim sat herself next to him. "Would you undo my armour please?"
"Because you asked so nicely then yes." Kim looked behind him as he leaned forwards. "Do I undo it from the back?"
"Yes, there is a latch at the base of the armour, before my hanging cloth."
"Ok. Erm." She traced her fingers down the crevasses of the sliver metal and found the latch to be very mush near the start of his hanging cloth. Any lower and it would be his hanging cloth!
She clipped it open and felt Katel put his hands on her hips, pulling her across his lap. She sat up, straddling him and wide eyed.
"You need to pull it from the front or it will not come off. It ensures that an enemy can not remove it in battle. Well?"
"Oh, right." She reached around his waist and pulled at the sides of his armour forwards. Trying to keep her blushing hidden with her braided hair. But once again Katel noticed. He decided to keep it to himself. But he did decide to enquire about her sudden and deep sigh.
"Why did you sigh? Are you in need of rest?"
"No. I am just finally relaxed. The most relaxed I have been all day anyway. Wow what's that!" engines rumbled and roared beneath them.
"My brother controlling both ships from the bridge and we are probably about to leave the planet."
"Oh..."
"That...isn't a problem is it?" Kim pulled the armour piece over his shoulders and set it down next to them. She took a firm hold of the top of his front piece, just below his neck. She looked him in the face and smiled generally. Like she had done the first day they met.
"No it isn't. I had a word with your brother and he made me think about the reason I wanted to stay." She pulled hard at the armour, pulling it into her breasts. She blushed as she saw him look at her chest and decided to continue. "The reason I wanted to stay was because there is someone down there that needs my protection. But I realise that she doesn't need me. In fact it is me that needed her. But I see that I don't. So no, that isn't a problem. Not anymore I guess." She looked down and saw that the chest piece was still connected at the bottom to his belt.
"Good because whether you like it or not you are coming with me. You don't have a choice." She scowled at him and then smirked. She had a wonderful idea on just how to punish him. She jerked the armour against her body, pulling the armour clean off and it pushed harder against her chest, until it looked to hurt.
"Agh!" She dropped the armour to the side and cupped her breasts, pushing them up and together to enhance her cleavage. "That hurt."
"Erm it did?" She smirked to herself as she saw him looking and blushing slightly. "Well erm I erm."
"It really hurts. Do you have anything for it?" she used a look that she knew killed any man in earth. She waved her long, braided hair behind her and a few strands came forwards. She turned her head to one side and tilted it towards one shoulder slightly. She fluttered her eyes once or twice and bit the side of her bottom lip.
"I...erm...I"
"Do you have any cream I could rub on them?"
"Well I don't know erm. How badly does it hurt?"
"A lot." She leaned closer to him and made sure she kept a firm hold of herself. "Man I feel really sore. Here see." She unbuttoned her shirt with one pull and fought the urge to throw her head back and laugh as his eyes grew wide. She heard clicking from his throat and leaned forwards. She decided to swallow her pride just this once, to get her own back on his for all the times he called her ooman and insulted her by being rude. She took one of his hands and gently placed it over her cleavage. He froze still and looked shocked. but his punishment wasn't over just yet.
Kim made his hand cup one of her breasts and made a painful yelp. "Ouch that hurts. See, right there. I feel really sore there. Do you have anything for me?"
"W what!"
"For my soreness?"
"Oh, you mean cream. Right well erm."
"Oh and right here too." She moved his hand under the other breast and made his thumb go round one way and the rest of his hand the other way, following the wiring of her bra.
"Damn it." He pulled away and looked to his armour. "I don't have anything for your armour so please put your...self away."
"You're not embarrassed are you? You had no problem with looking at my breasts when you pinned me yesterday." She smiled seductively as he shot his head back to her.
"Y y you saw me!" his eyes were wide. "I didn't mean to I mean you just erm I just."
"It's okay. I know."
"You...you do?"
"Yeah. You're a big." Kim traced her fingers over his chest and round his bare pecks. "Strong." she ran her fingers up his chest and round his neck. She even felt the vibration as a growl rumbled deep from his throat. "Honourable warrior. And I am a little, vulnerable woman. Alone, on your ship. With you. I understand completely." She lowered herself so she was actually straddling him now, her body pressed against his.
"You are very temperamental. One minuet you are nice to me, the next you hate me and the next..."
"The next what?" she pressed her breast against him and smirked inwardly as a certain scent, that Maktel had mentioned and what it was for, met her nose. It was pleasantly musky and she smiled, her goal fulfilled.
"The next you are very, very pleasant with me. I must say I prefer this."
"I bet you do." She giggled but stopped as two strong hands rested on her hips. He was past shocked and into participating. This was not good!
"Oh I do. Especially now that my brother isn't here to interrupt us." He leaned forward and Kim playfully pulled back. She giggled as he tried to lean into her again, only for her to pull way and grin at him, in a naughty manner. "What exactly do you want from me?" her intentions evil, she leaned into him until her lips brushed the side of his cheek. She whispered slowly and in a seductive purr.
"Nothing you can give me in your state Katel." She licked her lips at him before crawling off him and sashaying to the door. "Now I am going to get a room and a bath. You have a bath right?"
"Yes. But I am sure I can help you find a room if you stay."
"I really need a shower, a cold shower." She smirked. He obviously didn't know she had toyed with him yet.
"Well there is a spare room down that hall, to the end and make sure to take the left room."
"Why? What's in the right one?"
"My room."
"Well I better stay away from that room, hadn't I." she turned and made sure her hair and hips swayed from side to side as she left. Kim ducked around the corner and waited. After 10 minuets she heard a loud growl and he was talking aloud. She listened hard and was grateful the translator was still working.
"Damn her. I can't believe she made me pump out musk like that! And I bet Maktel told her about yesterday. I bet she thinks I am a perv ontop of a monster..."
He thinks I think he's a monster...?
She left him to tend his wounds and walked to her room. She took the left door and laid out on the bed. She forgot all about the shower she wanted as the thick, furry covers helped her drift off into a deep sleep. Kim smiled the entire night in her sleep, dreaming of the future adventures she would no doubt have. She didn't once think of her bed ridden friend on earth. But she thought of her...