Author's Note: The following arc was just made up and wasn't in the original plans so there's no telling how long any of the chapters will be, except for this one which will be very short (sorry, I hate doing this to ya'll but I don't write things to be long, I write them to end when I feel like they should.)
Warning: Scar's POV light Lex/Scar, foreshadowing, made up star system, planet, and species.
Disclaimer: If I quit College and went to work for 20th century Fox I could claim slight ownership, but I'm not leaving College, I'll have you know I enjoy being a Clark Penguin.
Haven
Scar was exhausted after the match. Dodge had told him to check into medical and Lex had helped him get there. His injuries didn't seem like anything he couldn't take care of with his medicomp, but still the doctors wanted him to lie down, in case he had some internal damage.
Scar tried to stay awake and talk to Lex about what was next, but he simply couldn't keep his eyes open once he was on the bed. She clasped his hand while he slept; reminding him even while he slid between the worlds of dreaming and waking that she was there. She would always be there.
He awoke to the sound of his father's voice.
Lex still held his hand, but the three elders had her attention as they spoke to her. Scar tried to sit up, but his body was still wracked with pain and he grunted in agony. The elders stop talking immediately; Crusade looked over his son, "How are you feeling?" He asked.
Scar tried sitting up again growling, "Like I could take on a hundred Kainde Amedha and their Queen." He was being half serious. Physically, no way was that true, but he felt like he could. He had before, with Lex at his side, and now he felt like he could do it again.
Crusade snorted at his son's response, "That will not be necessary." He snorted, "But we have been discussing the mating ritual you and Lhrueckz must now complete."
Lex was starting to look worried, "What is it father?" He asked.
Traditionally when a male had picked and earned his right to a female the final ritual before they were considered a true mated couple was for the male to hunt a beast from a planet not too far from the home world and bring its skull back as a gift for his mate within the time of three moon changes, or else the courtship was canceled and the female could be approached by a different male. Scar could see that something had changed from the looks the elders were exchanging.
"We have been talking, and Lhrueckz has agreed, that since you two are not traditional mates, your final ritual will differ from the original…" Wrath said.
Lex herself picked up this time, "We're going on a hunt together." She said stroking his hand, "Just the two of us. If we both come back alive by the three moon changes they were talking about, we will be accepted as a… mated pair." She slowed down at the end, still uncomfortable with the idea of moving on to the next level.
"Do you too, agree to these terms?" Javelin asked.
Scar looked at Lex and nodded.
Crusade sat down next to Lex at his son's side. "Very well. We will take you to the planet in the V'mali-on system, where you shall find and kill one of the Navt'ghil." He instructed, "Bring back its head by the third moon change, and you will be mated, if not…"
"We'll both be single again." Lex finished.
Scar nodded again, and bowed his head to the elders as they left. He turned to Lex, "We will hunt together." He growled.
She smiled at him, "Just like old times."
Author's note: Yeah, I said short and I meant it. Please review any questions or comments.
Editor's note: Since the next chapters are not completely thought out yet, you're also welcome to leave suggestions for what the planet terrain is (Jungle, evergreen forest, grassy plains etc), what the creatures known as the Navt'ghil look and live like (ie, humanoid or bestial, solitary, clan-based or packs?). Thanks for reading!