The hunt begins

On top of the building from across the chaotic diner, Khalon, who had been watching for quite some time now and cloaked, let out a low chuckle as he watched how his now fully grown son had taken down the older male in a blink of an eye. The sudden action of violence didn't surprise the hunter since his son did carry the blood of warriors instead, he felt proud for his son's actions. He punched in a few buttons on his wrist gauntlet, causing the vision on his Bio-mask to turn a solid red giving him the ability to see through solid surfaces.

"You ain't got shit!" He heard his son shout at the man before being pulled away by his mother. The word shit made Khalon tilt his head to the side as he had never heard that particular word in his years of living yet again, the world of the oomans was extremely different from his own. And, up to this day, there were some words Khalon still didn't quite understand. And, Shit is one of them.

"Scarlett...Alex."Khalon mumbled as he looked at his family. The family he had missed for 18 long years.

One thing Khalon regretted was not being there for his family, there were days where he wanted to sneak out of Yautja Prime and visit his mate and their son, but the thought of being followed and bringing problems to the two had always made Kahlon restrain himself towards doing so. Hell, he wasn't even sure if Alex knew who his father was nor did he wish to see his son's reaction when being told that his father is a humanoid alien from another planet.

Cause that conversation would go well...

Khalon snapped out of his thoughts as he heard Tha-Ti'ke's voice coming through his Bio-Mask, asking what was his current location. Khalon stepped back from the ledge of the bricked building and answered "I'm in the town, looking to see if the nest is somewhere near." He lied.

When they first arrived a few miles outside of Woodhaerest, he had volunteered to go into town in search of the nest and seeing that it was his only opportunity to go and look for his family, he took it. It was the only reason why he decided to come along to this mission, not just to please his father.

"Good, Bhih'kea and I are looking as well. I did have one question though." Tha-Ti'ke said through the earpiece in his mask.

Khalon made his way back to the ledge, still cloaked, and asked "What is your question?" he looked down to the dinner and saw both Scarlett and Alex talking outside the dinner and seeing how Scarlett had both hands on her waist indicated she was upset.

"Let's just say we don't find this nest, what exactly would we do then?" Tha-Ti'ke asked.

Without taking his eyes off his family, he answered in an assertive tone "We will find this nest and once we do we'll destroy it. We'll make sure none of the xenomorphs stay alive." he was determined on finding this nest, destroying it and at least get to feel the soft skin of his once mate. He also wanted to be face to face with his son, maybe even have a small talk with him before leaving once again.

"Understood. We'll contact you if we find something. Tha-ti'ke out." He spoke before ending his conversation with Khalon, leaving Khalon alone in the ooman world.

Once alone, he began listening to the conversation both Scarlett and Alex were still having. He kneeled down on one knee and began to listen.

"You had some nerve on doing that to Travis." Scarlett angerly spoke as she looked at Alex with a disappointed look. It seemed she was ready to slap the boy due to his choice of actions. "Do you have any idea what could've happened if my boss saw that?" She added.

"I'm sure that your boss would've thanked me for taking care of it. Besides he was asking for it ." Alex replied as he removed the green apron from around his neck. "Plus, he yelled at you which is a big no, no on my list. Also, I think I did everyone a HUGE favor." He added, throwing the apron onto the concrete floor.

"No." She said as she picked the apron from the ground, "I would've gotten fired and you would've gotten a pretty bad report on your paper." She answered.

That part was 100% true, Alex knew that if he got one bad report back to the principle he would've been sent to either boot camp for his rebellious side or he would have to move schools which meant moving towns since the second nearest school was five miles away from Woodharest and gas wasn't cheap neither.

Alex, seeing that his mother had a good point, let out a small sigh and said "Look, I'm sorry for doing that to Travis ol' boy, but he didn't deserve to yell at you like that"

Scarlett smiled. She placed her hand on her son's right cheek and said in a gentle voice "I understand that and I appreciate what you do for me."

Alex smiled at hearing this. He then placed his hand on top of hers and with a cocky smile asked "So, why get mad at me for doing something you appreciate?"

Her smiled then turned into a serious one. She leaned forward and whispered in a harsh voice "I'd appreciate it more if you didn't cause problems left and right." She gave him a gentle slap on the cheek and added "Also, I'd appreciate it more if you'd listen to me more than your instincts. You should try it."

Alex let out a small laugh "Yeah, sure."

By seeing this Khalon could easily tell both Scarlett and Alex had a good mother and son relationship and by seeing this made Khalon feel happy. Although he wasn't there for his son for 18 long years, he was glad that Scarlett had taken good care of their child over the years. This also made Khalon let out a small purring sound.

"Anyway, let's go back inside. You still have a few tables to attend to." Scarlett said as she handed him his apron from eariler. "Well, come on, those tables aren't going to tend themselves." She added with a small smile.

Alex grabbed the apron from her hand and placed it back on. "No ma'am they ain't," Alex said as he followed his mother back into the diner. He stopped when he was a few inches away from the door and asked "What about Travis?"

Scarlett looked inside the diner and noticed the businessman sitting at the booth he was sitting on earlier and with a small smile she said "I don't think he'll be a problem anymore."

And with that being said they went back inside the diner and began doing what they were being paid for.

"Khalon, come in." Tha-ti'ke spoke in a dignified tone.

Khalon removed himself from the ledge of he building and spoke in an eager tone "What is it Tha-ti'ke? Did you find the nest?"

"It's better if you came and saw it for yourself." The warrior suggested.

"Very well, I'll be there in 5 minutes." Khalon spoke as he began punching in a few codes in his wrist gaunlet, giving him the location where his fellow teammates were located. He ended the conversation and before leaving he took one las glare at the diner and spoke in his native language "I'll see both of you soon..." and with that, he jumped off the building and made his way into the woods where his companions were waiting.

Once he arrived to the location where the other yautaj's were waiting he noticed they were standing on an entrance to what seemed to be a cave. He pulled out his combi stick that was resting on his back, extanding it to it's full length and asked "Is this is?"

The warriors nodded. The three warriors made their way into the entrance and could hear the faint sound of hizzing within the dark cave. The cave where xenomorphs were waiting.