So here's the next chapter and I apologize if the next couple of chapters will be a little longer in the progress; my computer decided to go haywire on me and is out of commission. I'm therefore forced to use the computers on my school (which my teachers really dislike) or at the library (which is over an hours drive from anywhere).

Sorry for my rant here you have the next chapter.

Disclaimers: I do not own Aliens or predator or any other that already has an owner; however, Toh and Max and the rest of the gang are mine.

Chapter 5 – First hunt

Max stirred, opening her eyes slowly, letting the dreamy fog slowly leave her mind. Looking toward the space her alien friend should be she became a little confused. She was always awake before him and still he was gone.

"Good morning sleepyhead." Toh chuckled, sitting in her chair facing her. He had a small funny looking device in his hands.

Returning his all too cheerful smile she sat up. "Good … Good… Morniing." She said in a loud yawn. "Why so fresh, I thought a yautja needed at least 9 hours of sleep before being fully rested?" She said finally rising from the bed.

"Good morning!" A third voice sounded from the front door cutting Toh off from answering.

Shit! Max thought, looking at Toh. "It's Ian, quick hide." She whispered and as Toh disappeared into the thin air, the intruder stepped through the door also way too happy for Max's taste.

"So, you are up." He brother teased her, giving her a bunch of flowers. "Happy birthday, sunshine." He said allowing her to take the rainbow of flowers out to the kitchen and put it in water.

Max hadn't even thought about which day it had been and was now mentally cursing herself for her carelessness. "Ian? What are you doing here?" She asked, acting like nothing was wrong but like all other siblings, he detected the small hint in her voice and seeing her house he frowned.

"So… Did I interrupt something?" He smirked, looking at his sister who currently still was in her night attire.

"No, why do you…?" But didn't finish as she noticed her home; her bedroom was scattered with both hers and Toh's clothing and in the living room there was evidence of that had been two people the previous evening.

Err, it's not what you think, I…" She started to explain, not knowing what to say as she didn't like lying to her family.

"Where's the birthday child?" Another voice interrupted her and once more Max was about to crawl into herself; wishing she could transform into a turtle or had Toh's cloaking device.

"Terry, you're here too?" She questioned; feeling more uncomfortable than she had done in a long time.

"While yes sis, it sounds like you're not happy to see us." The man smirked, then he's eyes too fell on the table with the screaming evidence that she hadn't been alone. "Should we have called first?" He asked; flashing a big mischievous smile toward her giving her a paper wrapped gift.

Sighing Max let the two sit and made themselves comfortable; telling that she wouldn't answer one question without having changed.

The woman could feel the present of her friend as she stepped into the bedroom. "Toh?" She whispered, hoping that her brothers wouldn't hear her; like her, they were blessed with a hearing that was better than a normal human.

Toh let a hand trail down her arm; if it was to let her know that he was listening or just one of his games of getting her, she didn't know but swatted it away either way.

"You must leave right now, it's my brothers and they're just as blessed with abilities as I am, do you understand?" She asked, feeling him step up behind her in a way she knew all too well. "Stop acting like a teenager on hormones and get your ass out of here." She scolded and received a small growl in return.

"Why won't you tell your family about me?" He asked in her ear. They have had that conversation before.

"Because we don't want the news of you slip out; I have told you about Paul right. Yes he's my brother but I have had this feeling that there's something wrong. He hadn't been acting like himself and that is why I won't tell the others, if they know he will learn it sooner or later." She said, trying to hold her own as she could feel his breath upon her sensitive skin of her neck.

Toh let a hand encircle around her waist to hold her near him; he had sensed her so sweet smell once again and wanted to smell more. "I won't mind woman." He said still moving closer for every breath they took.

Feeling him close in on her without actual seeing him gave Max a mix of contentment and doubts. If she wouldn't be able to see him she wouldn't be able to stop him and that gave her the flow of adrenaline that made her feel both.

"Don't call me…"

"Max, are you all right in there?" Terry's voice cut her off.

This snapped them both out of their own little world and not sooner Max felt Toh let go off her and she started to fumble with random cloth and threw it on. "Yes I'm okay, I'll be right out." She called, almost banging into her table twice while putting on her pants.

"You sure, we thought we heard voices." Max could just hear the large smile he had on his face right now. She of all people had a guy in her house, living with her and in their mind, doing so much more.

Trying to make a straight face she opened the door, but that was harder than she thought as the first thing she saw was a pair of boxes. "So are you ready to spill?" Ian asked smiling from ear to ear.

Sighing again Max snapped the boxes from Terry's hands. Why was they even in the living room, Toh wouldn't even wear them, telling me that they made him feel all too covered; not that I want to know what he have under that loincloth of his. She thought.

"Well?" Terry asked, giving her his famous look. "Okay, okay, I'll tell; come sit" She said motioned for the couch. The sat on either side of her letting her explain.

"His name is Toh and yes he is living here; on a temporary base." She added as both sent her some very big eyes in disbelieve.

"So you're dating again?" Terry asked not wanting to dig too deep in the case that his bigger sister found it time to shut up.

"No! He's just a friend okay. End of discussion." She snapped; not knowing why she was so defensive. Both gave her a 'yah right' looks but didn't say anything further: not until later that is. The two thought it would be nice to eat some birthday breakfast, though Max tried to tell them anything that would make them leave. She didn't like the way she had been forced to drive Toh out of her house. It was now his home too and he had no where else to go than this place.

She opened her present after the meal; inside the little box she found a couple o keys. Looking rather bewildered, Ian motioned for her to come with him outside and there in her drive way stood an older but still nice looking car. Wide eyed Max looked from the navy blue SUV to her brothers; not believing her eyes.

"So what do you think?" Ian asked almost laughing at the look Max gave them.

"It's winter soon and after the last years experience we thought this would be handy instead of the bike." Terry said before she could answer.

"I love it! How did you get it?" Max exclaimed as she walked to the car looking at all its beauty.

The two brothers shared a glance before joining the excided girl. "With joined forces and a good price is how we got it sis." Ian said.

"Almost joined forces." Terry mumbled for himself but both had heard his words of displeasing.

"What do you mean?" Max asked, stepping out from the car.

Ian looked at his brother. "We decided not to talk about it any further." He almost hissed.

"What?" Max asked again.

Terry looked at his brother and gave him a look that told him that she needed to know and Ian just threw his arms up in defeat before letting Terry answer. "Paul has not been that supporting lately. He refused to join in on our present; told us that you didn't deserve something like this."

"Don't worry about it sis, he's just being his old grumpy self." Ian stated hoping that it wouldn't start a fight between the two.

"It's okay and I won't say anything to him." She said, letting the two come back inside as the wind was starting to bring more cold air with it.

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"Sis, what did you say you did again?" Terry's voice came from her bedroom. Cursing at his oversized curiosity Max stepped away from the dishes and saw why he was asking.

"I'm an archaeologist, why?" She called back but saw why as she entered the room along with Ian on her tail.

"Wow, where did you find that sis?" Ian asked, stealing the oval object out of his older brother's hands that after a 'hey' was now looking at his sister ready for some answers. "It's a communicator of some kind. I have never seen this technology before." Ian continued as he inspected it.

"I know you haven't." Max snapped as she took the strange looking device Toh had worked on that morning from the man's hands. If there was someone who knew about technology, it was him.

"Where did you get it?" Terry asked looking at her like he already knew she had done something wrong.

"Well I…" She trailed not wanting to tell them that it was Toh's and it in fact was alien.

"You didn't steal it, did you?" He asked with a hint of 'not again' in his voice.

"No! No I didn't steal it." She defended herself. Sighing once again she decided it was time for her to come clean. "It's Toh's and I appreciate if you won't touch it." She said as she saw Ian looking almost dreaming at the device.

"What have you done Max? He's not…"

Frowning Max cut him off. "No he's not anything that you would think him to be. He's an alien and that's his long range communicator." She said waiting for the laughter to come.

Silence.

"He's a what?" Terry asked looking at her like he was checking her over; maybe she had been out here for too long.

"He's an alien, he call himself a Yautja and have been living here for the past three weeks."

"So what you're saying is that there is an alien in here?" Terry asked; his eyes started to double check the room for any sign of another being.

"No, he's not in here; I don't know where he is. He crawled out of the window when you two came this morning."

"Well, that's not something you hear every day." Ian said, still having his eyes on the device.

"Don't tell anyone, not even Tanya or Paul, do you hear me?" Max said in a serious voice; looking at the both. After they swore that they wouldn't Max started to tell them about Toh and how they met. She left out all the details like that he at first tried to kill her and that his favorite sport was hunting people and then kill them or that they every night was sleeping in her bed.

"Okay, so he's an alien and how did that happen; don't tell me that he just fell from the sky."

Max looked at Terry a little annoyed at his comment.

"He came from space, if he flew or fell I can't say but I met him that night when I had my clash with George and his men."

They talked a little before Max practically threw them out, telling them that she was really happy with her present but needed peace and quiet to get some work done. They just gave her a 'yeah right look' before waving good bye.

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"What is a birthday?" Toh's familiar voice asked from behind as Max had said good bye to her brothers and saw them drive away.

She smiled at his question; who didn't know what a birthday was. "It's that day at the year you were born. It's a celebration you have every year; those around you celebrate that you was born." She explained, leading him into the house after closing the door.

He looked at the car through the window. "And that is why they gave you a present; because you were born so many years ago?" He asked more puzzled than before.

"Yes." She replied.

Seeing his expression she couldn't stop a smile appear.

"What?" He asked a little defensive.

"Nothing." Max walked back toward their bedroom in a desperate attempt to hide her smile.

Toh stopped his chase for a moment thinking this whole thing through. "Max stop!" He called and she did; giving him a questionable look.

"I have something for you; stay here." He said letting her stand alone before he ran outside.

Max looked at the disappearing form wondering what he would see fit for a present if that even was what he had in mind. The minutes went by and still no sign of her friend. Max was starting to doubt if he meant stay where she stood or just inside the house. After 10 minutes she started to get restless and decided to spend her waiting in front of the TV.

15 minutes later the yautja came inside; cloaked.

"Toh, what are you during?" Max asked still puzzled by his actions.

"Close your eyes Max." Was his only respond.

Frowning she crossed her arms. "Not until you tell me what is going on." She stated; following the blurring form inside the room.

In one swift move she felt a strong arm around her waist. "Close your eyes woman." He whispered into her ear. His voice soft but held all the strength in the world and made her obey him smiling in expectations.

Smiling when he saw her comply, he led her inside their bedroom; letting her get used to being forced to follow he lead when she couldn't maneuver herself.

"What are you doing?" Max was starting to have second thoughts as she felt Toh trace her arm down. The only response was a purring that she had heard so many times before, mostly followed by the unmistakably scent. But let it be as the scent never came.

She felt a cloth cover her eyes; likely to ensure her not to look. She felt something hard but not too heavy was placed on her left shoulder; the material was tightened to her torso to be kept in place. Something was strapped onto her right wrist; it felt like a fingerless glove or something like that. She was about to reach over to touch it when Toh swat her hand away with a grunt.

She was about to say something but didn't; deciding that she would let him finish what he had started so she could see what he have done to her. The image of herself in a silly costume came to her mind and that made her smile a little; thinking that it would only be fun if he did, it would be fun, course she would kick his ass afterwards if he did.

Something was strapped onto her thigh and with that the woman forced away a blush as he brushed a hand up against her inner thigh to secure it. Finally he strapped something similar to her shin.

Max felt him lead her into another room; her bathroom. Then they stopped and she felt the man step up behind her. "Are you ready?" He asked and with a nodded from the woman he removed the blinding.

Max let out a gasp. There in front of her could she see her own reflection in the full size mirror; she had an armored plate on her chest to cover her heart. What she had thought was a glove was indeed a wrist blade. On her thigh and shin she saw two knife strapped to her. Looking at Toh through the mirror she could see the pride in his eyes as they looked at each other. He too was dressed in his light armor and with that she understood; we are going on a hunt.

"Are you ready?" He asked again, locking her eyes with his.

"Yes." The word came almost without she knew it came. Was she really ready for a hunt; would she really be ready to hunt and kill people she didn't knew. She had done it before but that was a lifetime ago and back then she didn't have a choice; she did now and still she agreed. She didn't take her eyes of Toh as he secured his mask to his face and together they walked outside.

He lead her into the woods and for a long time Max just followed not wanting to disturb him as he trailed something she couldn't make out.

Raising a hand he signaled her to stop and she did; tracing his stare. There, not more than 50 yards in front of them stood three men. They all were in their late 40's and didn't look all that friendly. She knew them; they were wanted for murder and rape on at least 5 young women all over the country.

Toh turned to look at me. "I have traced these oomans for some time now and they are definitely bad bloods. I have seen them stalk young women, steal from the locals and attack people without reason. I want you to do the honor and take these as your trophies." He whispered only loud enough for her to hear.

Looking at him and then at the three males she nodded. Toh would never lie and if these men had followed women from the local town there would soon be rape, murder or both in the news and that was not something the woman would just stand let happen. Showing how to extend her wrist blade Toh let the woman walk up to the oomans.

She was fast and soundless as she neared in on them. They looked like they hadn't seen soap for several months and their stench almost hurt her sensitive nose. She walked up to one of them and as the man turned around she gave him a good and hard punch to his face; it was more to let it be a little more interesting as it would alert the others of her present and maybe give her a little fight before she would end their lives.

It worked. The two men at first looked startled at their fallen comrade, who now was struggling to keep awake, before they saw her. She smirked at one of them took out knife and the other a gun. The gun fired a couple of rounds and with that she flip-flopped away from the bullets like they were nothing to worry about. Nearing them she cut the gun in two with her wrist blade. She love the weapon so much already as it felt so familiar to fight with it and the clean cut surprised her as the gun fell to the ground in pieces.

She stepped back for a second giving the men enough time to see her before she would attack and make this their last doing before meeting the eternal sleep.

"What? It's just a girl!" One of the men yelled to his comrades in a mock; confident that they would have a good time with this one. The first man she attacked decided that he wanted to stay awake a little longer and stood now beside his fellow bad bloods.

The only response they received was a smirk as Max ran faster than they ever had seen a human run right toward the one who had spoken. The female felt the familiar feeling as she heard bone braking underneath her crushing grip. The sound of the man's screaming only gave her a resurrection that what she succeeded. She let go of the crushed hand and with a hard tug she broke his fragile neck. The others just stood starring as the bad blood fell to the ground lifeless. They stood as if they should go for a run or go for her. She hoped for the last and she was pleased when they did. Both holding a knife each, they attacked. She blocked their attempts to hurt her and not long after the last of the men fell limp. Contacting the bloody weapon she turned to see Toh stand not far from her looking proud at her.

"Take your knife woman." Toh said as he walked up to her. She did; knowing that this was not the time to complain about given nicknames.

The yautja instructed her in how to separate the bad blood's heads from their bodies; making a clean cut. After during so and three new trinkets hanging at her waist they headed home. This was a birthday she never would forget.

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