CHAPTER 7 REALISATION

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Lore woke with a thick groggy head, and soon realised he was strapped to an upright, cold metal table. He tried to brake free 'But, with his weakened state he didn't have enough strength to break the thick leather straps that held his wrists and ankles, his chest was strapped firmly to the table also.

Lore felt a sharp pain and looked down to his chest remembering the knife wound inflicted on him by the male ooman warrior, the wound wasn't bleeding anymore and had clearly been touched by ooman hands as the stitching well showed.

Lore's vision was slightly blurred as he only could see white blobs running backwards and forwards in front of him, he could hear the oomans talking and decided to snarl loudly to let them know he was awake and very pissed with them, it seemed to stop the blurry white blobs for a second 'but, then caused them to run around faster, his head was spinning as he watched them so he rested his head back on the table and let out a sigh.

Lore's vision returned fully in a matter of 5mins helping him see his surroundings more clearly, the room looked like a large laboratory that was made of entirely glass which was situated inside a huge stone building, he could now make out the ooman's properly as he watched them run backwards and forwards to their technology screens, the white he saw was their clothing as all the oomans apart from one female ooman wore them.

One ooman started to pass in front of Lores table, Lore knew this skinny male ooman was scared of him as his hands shuck and his eyes looked to Lore every few seconds, as if to expect Lore to brake free and grab him at any moment.

Lore waited for the male ooman to get closer and then quickly out stretched his mandibles and roared fiercely.

It pleased Lore to see the male scream like a female would, the males clip board and paper work went up in the air. Lore laughed 'but, he quickly went silent after catching the sight of steph who was at the opposite side of the lab, even though there were lots of ooman's running around his eyes where drawn to hers as she stared back, they kept each others gaze for along time before steph was interrupted by the ooman female who was in charge of the whole situation.

Lore growled low at the slightly tanned ooman female for interrupting his and steph's gaze.

He watched them talking and tilted his head to try and make out some of the ooman words, his hearing was good but the language he couldn't understand, he growled with frustration and looked down at the straps that held his wrists, he stiffened the muscles in his biceps as he tried to break free, getting angry and upset with himself for not been able to brake them caused him to roar as loud as he could and tried again with more determination, the oomans started to panic and ran out the way.

Lore stopped after seeing Steph and the ooman women come closer to him, Lore was soon trapped in Steph's intense gaze again; he started to calm his heavy breathing and lowered his palms back down on the table.

"You have done well, Steph" the women said.

Steph didn't look at her; she kept her eyes on his all the time.

"Even thou his DNA show's he's not a full bread Predator, which was kinder obvious as his facial features are slightly different to ones we have encountered in the past" the women said as she looked to and from Steph and the Predator.

"He's part human" Steph implied.

"No, Not human" The women said knowing this would certainly tear her gaze from him.

Steph looked at the women curiously "Not part human, then what?

The women gave Steph a wicked smile and turned around to retrieve a mobile phone from a desk.

"A promise is a promise Steph. Here phone your mother and you will see I kept my side of the deal as you have done" the women said handing her the phone.

Steph quickly dialled the number and waited for her mother to answer.

"Mum is he there" Steph's worried voice said.

Lore picked up on Stephs UN easy tone; even if he couldn't understand the ooman language he knew something wasn't right.

"He's here darling, he's home and safe. Please come home sweetie he's asking for you, I'm so happy my beautiful daughter, you have brought him home to me" Steph's mother said on the phone.

Tears ran down Stephs face with happiness as she switched off the phone." You kept your word, thank you" Steph said to the woman.

"Well you stuck to your part and we stuck to our's, and plus your father was getting to old to experiment on, and you wouldn't do as your only a mere speck of a Tarazile" the women said with an evil tone.

Steph's eye's widened and she launched forward to hit the women when two guards grabbed her and kept her restrained.

Steph looked at her with hatred and spat at her.

"Err Steph, I always thought of you as a lady, ladies don't do that dear" the women said with a

Laugh.

Lore noticing Steph's distress, started to roar and tug at his straps again.

"Like I was saying Steph, he is the real bonus" the women said as she pointed her finger at the outraged Predator.

"He's more then half Tarazile" the women said.

Steph gasped as she was taking in what she had heard, she couldn't believe it! Why hadn't he told her? Steph's surprised stare at Lore had him suddenly stop thrashing around and stared right back at hear, wondering what had been said.

"What are you going to do to him? Steph asked slowly without breaking eye contact with the predator.

"That my dear, does not concern you" the women said as she signalled to two guards to escort her out.

"The Guards will drive you to a camp 5 miles from here, where you can rest before a helicopter picks you up in the morning. You will be with your family soon" the women said with a smile.

Steph saw the Guards approach her and quickly stood in front of the women.

"Please let me speak to him before I go" Steph said turning her head to look at the predator again.

The women bit her bottom lip and looked too to the predator.

"You have 2 minutes" she said and turned her back to Steph to retrieve some paper work.

Steph walked over to him cautious as she knew he would have gathered that she had something to do with his capture.

Lore growled at her and shook the table he was bind to.

"Look I know your pissed at me 'But, I can't leave until I tell you the reason behind what I have done! Steph said in the Yautja language.

"Pissed isn't the word STTEEEFFF, you just wait until I get out of here, I will kill all these oomans and, and" Lore stopped his sentence.

"Please, hear me out" she said as she went to touch his arm 'but, stopped when he looked at her with so much hatred and hostility in his eyes that she didn't even think she recognised him anymore.

"I'm listening STTEEFF" Lore said while still trying to brake the straps.

"I was in this right from the start, I went to them after learning they had my father, they said with me been part Tarazile I could help them capture a Predator a Yautja.

So of cause I agreed, and they kept their word. My father is home and safe now" Steph said with tears in her eyes.

Lore looked at her with emotionless eyes and rumbled a growl in his chest while turning his head a way from her.

Steph wiped her tears "Why didn't you tell me you are also part Tarazile?

"Would it of made any difference? No, I don't think it would have! now leave me alone" Lore said as hegrit his teeth together with anger.

Steph knew any such bond they had made together was now non existent, she knew he would never forgive her; she had betrayed him and most likely sentenced him to death.

Lore turned his head away from her again, "Now leave" he said with a deep voice.

Steph turned her face and shed more tears, she was about to walk away 'But, paused and said

"Would you have not done the same for your father?

Steph said that to him, and then walked of fast towards the door in tears.

The short black haired women watched Steph storm off, and then looked at the predator as he dug his nails into the table as he watched Steph walk away, his eyes where wide and he gasped for air as if he was hurting.

A lab attendant saw the predator's reactions and walked up to the boss women "Maybe his stitches are hurting him? The male said.

"No" the women said which caused the lab male to look at her with confusion.

"It's not the wound that hurts this beast" she said and demanded the man gave her a translator, the man got back to her in seconds passing her the predators wrist communicator, she then walked right up to the hunter.

Seeing the ooman women come towards him caused him to react with aggression, until she held up his wrist device.

Lore's eyes were wide; he even stayed still while she put the device on his arm. The male lab attendant brought his mask too, and the women placed it over his face.

"Now you can understand me predator" she said with her arms crossed.

Lore growled and clicked loudly at her.

"We have made some adjustments to your device, enabling you to understand some of our language. Unfortunately, we can 'not translate yours yet! She said.

Lore took his attention away from the ooman female, and looked to the door Steph had walked out off.

The ooman female laughed causing Lore to look back at her with a serious stare, she was laughing at him, he growled again and tugged at his straps, oo he wanted to tear her head off.

"I never thought a race as fierce as yours could ever have many floors 'But, here i am stood in front of a mighty predator, who has just had his heart crushed" she said as she looked back to the door.

Lore didn't understand a lot of what she said, maybe the device wasn't working as well as they thought 'But, as soon as the ooman female looked to the door which Steph had gone out off, he knew she had picked up on his feelings towards Steph.

Lore started to get very angry and tugged hard on the weakend straps and snapped one holding his right wrist; he quickly took a swipe at the ooman female's face, and scratched four deep wounds across her face. The ooman female cried out in pain and dropped to the floor.

Guards came running to the situation and aimed there weapons, each guard were about to pull the trigger when the ooman female stood up holding her blooded face with a cloth and held her hand up stopping the guards from firing.

Lore's realisation of his feelings towards Steph and her gone from his life before he could tell her, tortured his heart and soul.

He didn't flinch or react when they re-attached the strap to his wrist and then stuck him with several needles; he just let them as his mind focused on the last image he saw of her.

Lore was so deep in thought, he didn't even hear the huge explosion at the main door…..