Chapter 2: Entrance

Sitting behind the controls of the small cruiser they were taking to the planet Ke'varde could feel that his hunting partners were as edgy as he was. "You have been most quiet Ke'varde" The large Yautja glanced at his fellow hunter "I am anticipating a great hunt Ek'tan" Ek'tan and Hul'sin both nodded to him. They were all excited. Since this was to be the last hunt on this planet for hard meats they were determined it would be one to remember. The trophies and stories they will bring home from this hunt will impress their females and all others. The queen in this pyramid was rumored to be one of the largest, oldest and most vicious of the hard meats.

The small cruiser the three of them were in landed quietly half a mile away, behind the structure. Disembarking they followed the oomans in to the pyramid. Since it would be bad if the hard meats escaped they stopped just inside the entrance. Ek'tan turned to the wall that held the mechanism which would close them all into the hunting space with the prey. Turning a few dials in the right sequence a very large slab of stone slid into place closing them in. The hunters looked at each other and turned on their camouflage.

Moving soundlessly into the near dark passages, they heard the first of the screams and random gunfire. The queen had already laid her eggs and the oomans were being implanted with the chestbusters. Roaring their readiness, they were off in separate directions.

She could smell the metallic tang of blood in the air, it was so thick she could almost taste it in her mouth. Looking out from her hiding place she could see the dead bodies of five men. Chests with gaping holes in them. Their ribs pointing out. Men that she hired to be her team on this little adventure.

Getting up and dusting herself off, she didn't really care that they were dead it meant she didn't have to pay them after this was over. Movement on her left caught her eye, raising her gun she shot the crab like bug running in her direction. "What the fuck are those things?" She was so focused on her thoughts she didn't hear the coughing at first. Turning her head in its direction she could hear shuffling feet closing in and then a raspy voice "You still alive Mina?"

"Yeah, I'm still here Gabe" She watched him walk in cautiously, looking at all the bodies of his friends and scanning the room for those things. His dirty blond hair was full of cobwebs and his tall muscular frame was covered in dirt and dust. Gabe looked right into Minas eyes and he could tell she didn't give a rats ass about the crew they lost. Smiling back, neither did he.

A loud screeching was all the warning they had as a black beast slithered down the wall in front of them. Astonished and frightened they both raised their guns and fired at it. The beast jumped down dodging most of their bullets baring its silver teeth, saliva dripping and hissing in bloodlust.

Suddenly the whole structure started vibrating looking around in panic they thought it might be an earthquake. Then the walls started moving!

It took Cat about an hour to reach the pyramid, she was in no hurry, this place seemed lost in time and there was no real sign that anyone had been here since its creation, civilization was thousands of miles away.

At least that's what she thought until she saw a few broken branches and misplaced soil on the ground near the base of the pyramid "I guess I'm not the first one here, and these tracks are too fresh to be ancient" she thought with wide eyes. They seemed to be leading to the entrance which was "blocked…damn, now what?"

Looking around, she decided to circle the pyramid, if she was lucky she could find an entrance on ground level. No such luck though. "I remember that some pyramids have airshafts to circulate the air in the great chamber… maybe this one has at least a hole I could climb through"

She started climbing the massive structure. Well more like hauling her ass up huge stone slabs that reached up to her breasts. Chuckling she thought "now I'm almost positive men built this thing"

Half way to the top she was just about to haul herself on another slab when she felt a slight whisper of airflow on her bare lower legs "bingo!" Crouchingdown she brushed away some rocks and dead leaves. The vent was going to be a tight squeeze. She wasn't exactly petite. Being 5.8 and curvy in the right places, she just hoped she wouldn't get stuck. "I'd hate to become another set of bones in this place… I really need to stop talking to myself"

Shaking her head, she positioned herself flat on her stomach and started to wiggle herself into the opening. First she could feel she was going straight then the vent suddenly dipped about 60 degrees. Even though she was so cramped in there she could feel herself sliding uncontrollably down the tunnel "Ahhhhh…!"

Trying to slow her decent she dug her nails and feet into the shaft walls. Seeing a small glimmer of light approaching fast, she knew this was the end of her ride. Closing her eyes tightly she screamed "oh god please let me land on a fluffy bed!"