Author's note: We're finally getting to a part where I have to actually make up details about the Yautja society, on a ship at least, I've been thinking and rethinking how to do it. I hope you like what I've come up with, I spent a lot of time considering how functional societies work and what makes them successful.
Warning: Xenomorphs, more in depth look at Javelin. Yautja with English dialogue (I know its hard to read, but bear with me its only for a little longer until Lex starts learning the language). Javelin is my studmuffin.
Disclaimer: Lex and Scar belong to The AVP owners, I sort of own Crusade (He's the elder in the end of the movie that gives Lex the spear), all other Predators are my own creations. Xeira belongs to my twin sister/editor.
Haven
Lex was showing some quick improvement. She wasn't sure how long she was in the hospital, or if the Predators kept time in days like humans did, so she simply kept time by 'sleeps'. In a few sleeps she was able to sit up completely and eventually stand. She still had trouble walking, and usually needed support of some kind.
Scar was released from the hospital before Lex was; which was good, because from the human's observations, her Predator friend did not like being confided to bed. Most of the time, if he wasn't asleep Scar was playing with his knife restlessly. Sharpening it, juggling it between his hands, it was only a matter of time before he started throwing it.
One thing Lex wasn't counting on when Scar left was how lonely it suddenly got. Even if they couldn't communicate, at least when Lex awoke with him in the hospital with her, there was a familiar face. But when he was gone, it almost felt like part of her was missing too. She was afraid to contemplate the deeper meanings of such feelings.
Especially when he came to visit.
It was almost a relief to see him. Once or twice she woke up with him sitting next to her as if he'd been there a while, waiting for her to wake up, but most of the time she was wide awake when he enter either accompanied by or followed shortly by Glaive.
He chittered to her, and made very bad attempts at English, most likely mimicked from what he'd heard Crusade, Javelin and Wrath say to her in the hospital. She appreciated it, and attempted some of his language.
"Gkaun-yte" he'd say. "Hal'oh Lehkz" After Glaive had said her name; it appeared to be Scar's goal to learn to pronounce it correctly. He was getting closer
"Guh-khan-yeeteh" she'd repeat, he'd trill in amusement, and she'd laugh, knowing how stupid she probably sounded. "Hello Scar."
During one of his visits, a rush of Predators ran through carrying a wounded warrior. Dodge and Burn followed, bearing fresh marks. They stopped next to Scar, teasing him briefly for visiting his 'future mate' before Scar changed the subject, asking about the injured Yautja.
"Dahrt had a run in with five hard meats and refused to let us help him." Burn explained.
Scar looked up expectantly, his eyes twinkling mischievously, "Is he dead?" He asked, not even trying to hide his hope. In reply Dodge snorted. Scar's mandibles tensed "Son of a bad blood..." He cursed.
"You know he wouldn't hate you so much if you didn't rub that in all the time." Burn said.
"I don't rub it in all the time. And for the record, I had no problems with him until he started on me." Scar snarled
Dodge prepared a comment, but an older warrior called him over, assigning him a doctor to apprentice to. Burn probably would have continued as well if Wrath had not appeared in the doorway with another Yautja at his side.
Scar stayed with Lex for a little while before he stood and growled "N'dhi-ja Lehkz."
"Ne dee-jah, Scar."
He stood and left. As he exited the hospital, Javelin entered. The elder too, came to visit her on occasion, asking how she felt and when she started trying to walk, he'd brought her some clothes, leather-like material that covered her only slightly better then her underwear, but was apparently more appropriate then what she already had. The outfit consisted of a tube top like shirt which completely hid her breasts, shorts that reached down her thigh just passed her fingertips, leggings and fingerless gloves.
"Kru'saad saiz yuu must see de shipp." He said. "Cuhm."
Lex stared at him a moment, "A tour?" she asked, she could barely walk across the room, and Crusade wanted her to see the whole ship? Javelin nodded and offered his arm as support. Lex slowly got to her feet. She hadn't left the hospital, so she felt a little embarrassed to be wandering around with so much skin showing.
She was put at ease, however, after they entered the hall and she saw that when they weren't in their armor the Yautja dressed in less than what she currently wore. The eyes staring at her showed simple curiosity at the creature limping at their elder's side. For the first time Lex wondered how many of them had actually seen a human before. Most of the observers lost interest quickly and returned to their previous work, but others still examined her carefully, or at least until Javelin snarled a warning at them.
The first stop on the tour was a large trophy case filled with the yellowed skulls of hundreds of creatures from all across the universe. They must have been in this case for centuries, maybe more. Some were familiar enough in their structure Lex could guess what type of animal they had been in life, others she didn't even want to begin to contemplate what they'd looked like. One skull in particular caught her eyes. It was a huge skull belonging to a hard meat queen. Below the skull was a plaque with an inscription in the Yautja's language.
"Dese sk-ullz b-long'd tu de graat G'r'aal de fo-nd'r ov our tri'b..." Javelin explained, "Ledge'nd saiz dat 'e kil'd dis Kainde Amedha cwene ol on 'is own."
Lex stared at the skull nodding in understanding. She remembered the alien queen she and Scar had fought; the creature had almost killed them. She was much faster, stronger, smarter and all around more dangerous than her children. Lex had heard that to kill one usually took an entire clan. If this G'r'aal had killed one by himself, then it was no wonder he was able to start a clan, and that his trophy case was an important part of the clan's history.
Silently she added to herself a mental note that G'r'aal did not have a name that sounded like a recognizable English word.
They moved on. Javelin had to keep barking for Yautja to move out of their way, and stop staring at Lex. The two entered an elevator, Javelin pushed some buttons and the human felt them descend, when the doors opened he tugged her forward, but Lex asked to rest a moment, the ride had made her nauseous.
Finally the world settled back into place and she gave him the signal to continue. Their next stop was a room that Javelin opened the door to, but did not enter. She understood why immediately, from within heat billowed toward them, making her skin boil, even from this distance. The human peered inside. Fires burned, machines bellowed, and Yautja stood over smoldering metal, bashing tools and shaping the materials into usable instruments.
"De for'j." Javelin said.
"Blacksmiths…" Lex whispered, "They're blacksmiths."
Javelin nodded, "Dis is whea'r wep'uns ahr for-m'd. Yuu hav met Sckeahr's fre-nd, Buhr'nn, yus?" Lex nodded, " 'e az want'd tu work 'ere sinze ch'ld-huud."
She cocked her head, "Is that so?" The elder nodded, and began to pull away from the forge, as he was shutting the door Lex heard a piercing roar of pain, but was only able to catch a glimpse of the source as the door shut. Inside one of the Yautja had gotten too close to the flames, and they were now feeding on the flesh of his arm. She hoped that the Predator didn't get too badly hurt.
"Du not feer,Dese thinz happ-n free-kwent'lee." Her companion assured, he pushed her across the hall to a room filled wall to wall with weapons "Dis iz de Arm-or'ie." Lex marveled at the room from the doorway for a moment before Javelin pushed her gently forward, encouraging her to take a look around.
She took slow steps, occasionally the woman picked up one of the many weapons, carefully examining it. She remembered that once she was well enough, she would be expected to learn how to use these weapons. Lex's eyebrows furrowed and she shivered at the thought, but she'd accepted the trial, so she took second looks at the weapons, trying to determine which ones she'd prefer to use. At last Javelin took her arm again and they headed back to the hall.
He led her away, stopping next at a room on the same level, but across the ship. "De trane'ng arina." The elder told her. Inside there were Yautja, marked and unmarked alike, practicing with the weapons she had seen in the armory. Youngbloods and Jehdin battled each other in gladiatorial manner, testing the strength of the unmarked clansmen before their hard meat trial.
One Yautja turned away from an intense fight and noticed them at the door. It was Scar, "Lehkz!" He waved.
She smiled and waved back. Scar trotted over to them, back in his armor, and holding his spear, which she'd learned was called a Ki'cti-pa or Combi-stick, Lex was reminded of when they'd first met face to face in the pyramid. He looked just as dangerous as he had in that first instant, but as she looked at them Lex realized there was also an strange excitement within her at the sight of the mesh and metal that had not existed back them
"Gkaun-yte." He greeted them both, bowing his head to the elder and shaking her shoulder. Lex and Javelin returned the greeting; Scar gave his attention to the elder, making a quizzical purr, followed by a series of clicks and chirps and a twinkling in his eyes that informed Lex that Scar was making a request to the elder. Her heart skipped a beat.
Javelin shook his head and rumbled lowly. Scar's eyes and shoulders dropped disappointedly, he turned to Lex and brushed a claw across her cheek growling dejectedly. Javelin growled again, Scar's eyes lit up again, this time he shook Lex's shoulder more vigorously before turning away and returning to the arena.
Lex felt her face get hot and turned to Javelin, "W-what was that about?" she asked, clasping her side, pretending that the stutter in her voice was from slight pain.
The elder trilled in amusement, "E waz cure-e-us a-bout wat we were do'ng." He trilled some more, "E want'd yuu tu wat-ch 'im fie-t ay dule."
Lex's face got hotter, "Wh…Why can't I…um…watch this, uh, duel?"
Javelin's mandibles twitched as he chuckled, "We sti-l ave mu'ch ov de ship tu toor." He explained, as he led her away from the training room, away from Scar, back towards the elevator. Lex was loathed to enter it again, but Javelin tugged her in. The descent was slower; the silence was a little awkward as Lex tried to will her face to return to its normal temperature. Suddenly Javelin nudged her gently. "I told 'im yuu'd be bak tu sie 'im fie-t sum odur tim-e."
Thank you Javelin, my face is now burning, and my heart is thumping like crazy.Lex let her inner voice carry on, but she didn't listen to it, instead concentrated on keeping the world in focus as the two stepped off the elevator once again.
"De com-unin-tie lev'ul."
This floor was filled with Yautja, hustling in every direction. Some went to elevators to higher levels, while others went further down. They entered and exited small rooms which Lex realized were personal quarters. Large doors stood at the end of the hall, and entrance of a great auditorium where the Elders gathered the clan for important need-to-know news.
In another direction, there was a mess hall. From there, Lex also noted a storage room where fruits, vegetables and meats were kept cool. Javelin urged her forward, leading her to one of the rooms for personal use among the warriors. He opened the door, there was a cot against the back wall, and an empty trophy case, but other than that the room was completely empty.
Lex looked at Javelin, wanting to ask the purpose of showing her this, but the elder spoke first, almost as if he'd read her thoughts. "Dis rume b-long'd to a Jehdin that did not sur-vive 'is Kainde Amedha Chiva," he explained, "Wen yuu leev de hos'pital, yuu will be mov'd heer."
Lex looked back into the room surprised. Of course, she realized, she couldn't stay in the hospital forever, eventually she would have to leave but…She hadn't really expected to get her own room, maybe a storage unit that had no current use, but her own room? "Th-Thank you." She stuttered.
Javelin pattered her shoulder, "Iit waz Kru'saad's idea. Cuhm now, still mach moor tu sie." He told her, She was lead past the mess hall to another set of large doors which Javelin opened, revealing a room full of shelves that held book-like items, "De ar-kaivz; dis iz whea'r de ledge'ndz are khept."
In his visits, Javelin had mentioned the archives and the legends. Lex remembered what he'd said, "It's the dream of every Predator to be written into these legends. Right?" The elder nodded, "I guess that should be my goal then too, huh?"
"Yuu ahr al-red-ie, well ahn yur wait tu b-cuhm'ng a ledg'nd," Javelin clicked, "there haz naut bin a fii-male ooman warrior ever, and yuu are de first ooman tu bie marc'd sin-ce Fii'shur."
"Fisher?" Lex had heard that name used a few times, but she'd thought it was another Predator with his name taken from Crusade's dictionary. Her heart began to race. Fisher was human?
"Ro'c!" Javelin barked. From behind a shelf a Yautja, even older then he, Crusade, and Wrath, appeared, a questioning trill answered. "Fii'shur." Javelin chirped, Rock, the archivist, bowed his head and vanished deeper into the room, returning moments later with one of the books in his claws, holding it out for Javelin to take.
The elder nodded his respects and opened the book, which was more like a computer then a book really. He pressed the blank surface, red codes of the Yautja alphabet appeared. Javelin snorted and scrolled down until found what he was looking for. "Fii'shur." He repeated holding it out for Lex to see.
She looked, next to the text she could not read, there was a picture. In it she recognized much younger versions of Crusade, Wrath and Javelin, along with five other Yautja she could not name, and in the center of the group was another man clad in armor.
"Fisher." She whispered.
He was short compared to his Predator companions, but he was still a good foot taller than Sebastian had been. He had peach skin that had been tanned gold by the sun, red hair that had been braided and styled to match the others and a short beard, also braided in a manner that reminded Lex of the character from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. He had been trained by his comrades, had the same fierce look of a hunter in his green eyes, and nicely toned muscles.
Lex looked at Javelin, "Where is he?"
The elder didn't reply right away, but lowered his head sadly for a moment, "'e proov'd 'imcelf wor-th'ie ov 'is marc, but…'e diy'd, not long aft'r…"
Lex stared at him a moment, then looked back at the man in the picture. He looked so strong and passionate about his new life. If he died not long after proving his worth as a hunter, what chance did she have?
Javelin took hold of the book, shut it off gently, calling Rock back over to return it to its shelf, and led her back out. He seemed out of it suddenly, Fisher must have been good friends with the hunters in the photograph. Lex wondered for a moment if, say she didn't last any longer than Fisher, would she be missed as much. Javelin said something suddenly.
"I'm sorry," she said, "What?"
"One laas-t floo'r." He repeated, changing the subject.
They were in the elevator again. Standing and walking was doing her a lot of good, Lex realized, the elevator wasn't bothering her as much as it had the first time. When it opened again, Lex stepped out, and took a quick look around. There was a large glass window to the right which revealed a room full of exotic plants and creatures. A Predator was in the room as well, stalking an animal about the size of a big dog.
To the left was a white room, filled with alien equipment, and more Yautja using the tools on the tables to cut open dead creatures, take small samples and move them under apparatuses that she concluded were microscopes of some kind. Lex needed no explanation for this floor.
"The science wing." She said.
It was starting to make sense now. Not all Jehdin continued to become hunters after receiving their marks. There were all kinds of professions they could choose from, Burn had wanted to become a blacksmith, and earlier she had seen Dodge called over to one of the doctors, he was following a medical path, but all were warriors. That was why they all took the hard meat trial, to have as many warriors as possible, in case of a war.
The scientist on this level studied creatures and plant life the hunters brought back, researching for medical advancements among other things. Javelin pulled her forward, letting her see more of the science wing. There were many rooms with captive animals being studied and tested, calling to mind for Lex how Sebastian had said humans once worshiped the Predators as Gods, and how mankind to experimented on animals.
They turned a corner, Lex jumped and gasped at the sight of a facehugger. Javelin trilled in amusement, making the woman take a second look. It was in a container, floating in a liquid apparently in a comma-like state. There were several containers with as many facehuggers, one of the scientists approached a tube and pulled one of them out, stabbing it with a syringe to ensure is would stay unconscious. The Predator laid it across a table and pulled a ceremonial dagger from his thigh, cutting a small piece of the creature off and dripping the acidic blood onto a piece of metal.
The acid melted right through it. The scientist snorted and pushed it away, pulling another metal forward and repeating the process. Trying to find a metal more resistant to the creature's blood then the kind they used to make their armor.
Javelin tugged her arm, "I want tu sho yuu sum-th-ng." He said pulling her to a darker corner of the labs, to a door with a coded lock.
The elder pressed a few buttons and growled to confirm his identity to the computer, the door slid open to reveal another door which too opened, and entered the room. Lex hesitated a moment before following. The room beyond was under maximum security or something, and the human wasn't sure she wanted to know why, but Javelin called her forward and Lex limped toward him. He took her arm and led her through the darkness into the heart of the room where she began to identify red beams of light as high power cages. Something moved within them.
At first Lex only saw one alien queen, but then it became clear that there were two. Lex gasped slightly, the larger of the two queens…she didn't know how, but she recognized the queen. It was the same one she had Scar had fought after they'd escape the pyramid. The queen looked up suddenly and snarled. Lex backed up, the queen snarled louder, then let loose a piercing shriek.
Looks like Lex wasn't the only one who remembered the other.
The larger queen roared loudly and charged at her cage, rushing violently towards the human hunter who had killed her children and led to her capture. Lex gasped and ducked behind Javelin. Hearing her companion's roar, the smaller queen started up from insider her cage, roaring almost excitedly at the commotion. Lex was ready to make a break for the door when a third, even louder roar sounded, silencing the other two.
A third queen, even larger than Lex's, rose from the ground further back in the third impoundment. Marveling that this queen's size, the human wondered how she could possibly have not seen her, she was huge! The smallest alien backed down immediately, the middle one snarled at the larger one and shrieked again. The third queen roared again, rushing forward and throwing her massive body at the beams between their cages. Lex's queen submitted, bowing before the larger one and backing away. The large queen snarled a warning before returning to the corner from where she had originated, and laid back down.
As the giant queen did so, Lex realized why she hadn't seen her at first. The big alien was not only bigger than the other two, but also duller, more grey than black, and when she curled up on the floor, the queen looked like nothing more than a large bump in the floor. Lex stared a moment wondering why Javelin had wanted to show her this, the elder moved away from her suddenly, and approached the alien's cage.
An opening appeared at the edge of the cage, allowing him in. From their cages, the other two queens started to snarl, but the third looked up again and hissed as if to say "Shut up!" and they silenced again. She then took notice of the approaching Yautja. Javelin continued toward her, the queen hissed and thumped her large tail against the ground once in warning, the elder did not even slow down. Lex's jaw dropped as Javelin stepped toward the large queen. Was he insane?
The queen's double jaw lashed out, snapping in his direction. Her tail flung out suddenly, Lex yelped, shutting her eyes and waiting for Javelin's pained roar. She opened her eyes again when it didn't come, and saw that the spear-like tail had not hit Javelin, but stuck the floor a few feet to his left, the queen lifted it free pulling back, ready to strike again. The Yautja tensed, but did not turn.
"Javelin!" Lex shouted, "Get out of there!"
He didn't listen, the queen stuck out with her tail, Lex was sure this time he would be impaled, but at the last possible moment Javelin dived and rolled away from the spot the queen hit. The tail pulled back and stuck again, following his trail, chasing him closer and closer to its owner's claws. Something wasn't right; Lex knew that, Javelin was not, to her knowledge, suicidal, and from what she knew of these creatures, the aliens were much better at aiming their tails, even with moving targets. Then it dawned on her.
The alien queen was missing on purpose.
With Javelin finally within range, the queen swiped at him with her claws. Javelin leapt, dodging the assault with grace and agility that Lex had learned the Predators were capable of, but was still surprised by. In the air, Javelin did a sort of somersault, and landed perfectly on his feet directly in front of the alien's jaws.
For a moment neither moved. Time stood still as the two species looked each other face to face. They were two veterans on a primeval battlefield; the first one to move could be making their last. Lex watched in as intense silence as they stared each other down. It was then that Lex realized how right she was about them being veterans. Javelin was one of the elders of his tribe, older enough to have the wisdom of many hunts, and this queen (Lex noted her large size and dull grey coloring again) must have been old for her species as well.
Then Javelin reached forward. Lex was sure the queen would snap his arms off, but to her surprise, the alien nudged her jaws forward to meet Javelin. Numb with shock, the human stared dumbly as the Yautja petted the giant queen. She shook her head after a moment and limped toward the entrance. She stepped through and approached the two of them, not believing what she was seeing.
Suddenly the queen looked up and began to snarl. Her tail raised ready to strike, Javelin turned around and barked, "Git out! Rhun! Now!" Lex didn't need to be told twice, a moment later the queen's tail struck exactly where she had stood. The alien let loose an angry, but confused roar, completely baffled by the presence of this new creature. Javelin backed away from the enraged alien, and made a break for the exit. The queen roared again and lashed out at him, narrowly missing this time.
Outside the cage, Javelin set up the lock again, the old queen had either calmed or exhausted herself, either way she laid back down and fell still. Lex turned to Javelin, her eyes wide with alarm. "What was that?" She demanded.
Javelin trilled, "Xeira playe-f'ul to-day."
"Xeira?" She repeated looking at the queen, "She has a name?" the Yautja nodded, Lex turned her gaze to the other queens, "And the others?"
"H'ko, on'lee Xeira," Javelin replied, Xeira looked up hearing her name and thumped her tail against the ground and gave a hiss.
"You're taming her?" Lex asked.
"H'ko! Not taam, nevah tame…" he answered "Buht…Shii iz not liek de odurz, I simp'lee trii tu undah-staund."
"How so?"
Javelin pulled up his wrist console, punching a few buttons and a small hologram appeared over his computer. The image displayed was a red-orange planet, "Xeira waz one-c hel-d un dis planit as dat one," he said indicating the middle sized queen, "waz ke-pt un yurz. Shii tuu es-kayp't 'er prii-zon. We los't haf de clann triing tu cat'ch 'er, buht iit waz mai blay'd dat sub'dood 'er. De blo dis-abe-l'd 'er re-pro'duct-ive sys'tem, leev'in er use-less for de Chiva."
"So why keep her?"
Javelin did not answer her, but instead chose to continue his narrative. "For a long tim-e, shii jus exis-t'd down heer. Den I…" He looked down at the ground as if ashamed, "…I can'not pro'duce he'irz maiself, so I…"
"Connected with her?"
Javelin nodded, "Iit tuuk man'ie at'em-pts, buht ev'n'chal'ie shii ahlow'd me tu visit 'er, we've reech'd an undah-staundm'ent. Buht on'lee wen shii wantz tuu undah-staund."
"I see…" Lex muttered looking back at Xeira.
"Shii sma'rt dou Shii knowz de na-me giv'n tu her." Javelin said, as if defending the alien from some unspoken insult, "Shii knowz big bi'tch tuu." Xeira looked up at the words 'big bitch'; and snarled, "Shii doesn't liek be'ing call'd dat.""
She thought about the similarities between to two of them. To her at least, they were both alien, killing was part of their lifestyle. Both Javelin and Xeira still had fight in them, but were past the primes of their lives, and now she learned neither of them would ever have children, and so they had come to develop sympathy of sorts toward the other.
The locked doors suddenly opened. Scientists holding cannons stepped into the room, followed by Wrath. The elder snarled something to the other, Javelin nodded and moved back to Xeira's cage, calling the queen's name and beckoning her out. Lex looked at Wrath. "What's he doing?"
Wrath turned to her as if acknowledging her presence for the first time, "Tye'm for bi-g bi'chz daylee tes't." Xeira snarled again, Javelin growled, trying to calm the queen and coax her into the open.
The Lex understood why Xeira was being kept here if she could no longer lay eggs for the hunt, "You're studying her."
"Ownlee so for bettah fite a-gainst de Kainde Ahmendha." Wrath replied as he watched Javelin approach with the queen following. "Now." He told the scientist when Xeira was out of the cage and within range. Immediately they raised their cannon, tranquilizers actually, and fired at the giant queen.
Xeira shrieked in surprise, but was only able to thrash around for a mere moment before the drugs pumped through her body and paralyzed her. She dropped to the ground, still conscious and growling, but unable to move. Javelin stepped close to her again and stroked her crest, almost apologetically and chirped at her.
A scientist pushed a button on the wall and the platform which Xeira had landed on began to rise pulling her up towards a hanger above her cage where a transport was waiting to take her to a lab for study.
Lex felt a hand tap her shoulder; she turned to be face to face with Wrath, "Yor tur'n." he said pushing her towards an elevator, much smaller then the public elevators.
"What?" she demanded, "You're studying me now too?"
Wrath's mandibles twitched in what could be called a smirk, "Inn ah mahnnah." He grumbled smugly.
This elevator moved much faster than the others, Lex was sure she was going to hurl when it opened again and Wrath led her out. A scientist was waiting, he growled to Wrath, and he translated for the human, "S'it hier, teh tes'tz beg-in short-lii."
Lex did as she was told. The Yautja chittered to each other, but there was no more translating. Large doors on the other side of the room slid open, more scientists entered, dragging Xeira, who was strapped down, on a transport behind them. The first scientist greeted them, Wrath clicked curiously. Whatever they were saying, Lex was sure she wasn't going to like it. Then suddenly Wrath pointed to the door and all the Predators headed towards it, leaving Lex alone with the alien queen.
Things were silent for several moments. The human's heart raced wildly at the thought of being stuck in this room, unarmed with the old, slightly sedated, but still dangerous alien. She was comforted slightly by the restraints, but Lex really hoped Wrath would return with some sort of guard to make sure the queen didn't try to hurt her.
Xeira's tail waved behind her large body. It was strapped down as well so she couldn't lash out with it. Lex got the feeling Xeira was just as wary of Lex as the human was of her. Finally the silence was too much for her and Lex let loose an audible sigh, "Well Xeira, looks like we're lab partners now, huh?"
At the sound of her name Xeira looked up slightly and hissed. It wasn't a threatening hiss, but it certainly wasn't friendly either. Lex chuckled quietly and started to wonder what kind of tests they would be subjected to shortly.
Author's end note: Ending it here just cause I'm a little tired of writing, the test won't be exactly relevant for another chapter or so, but keep them in mind. Until next chapter, Zaerith out.
Editor's note: If you had trouble with some of the Yautja English, don't worry, in case you didn't see Zaerith's note from above within a few more chapters it will be gone and my job will be that much easier. As for Xeira and the Aliens, this is of course still Alien versus Predator so we wanted to bring in a few queens, Xeira is my personal character so she will reappear sometimes throughout the story.
Gkaun-yte- Greetings, hello
N'dhi-ja- Farewell, good-bye
H'ko - no, negative