So who saw the new Predator movie? I personally liked it but the CGI kinda ruined it for me in regards to a certain character in the movie.

Summary: Lex thought she would never see the Predator that marked her with a mysterious symbol ever since the battle in Antartica. While leading yet another expedition, this time in the jungles of the Amazon, she runs into the very same alien that had been on her mind since. How will Scar react to seeing her after recovering from his near fatal wound?

Disclaimer: Aside from my OCs, I don't own anything else.

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Acceptance

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Chapter XVII

"Thank you for coming on such short notice Wolf," Nova said as he nodded at the Elite.

"No, I should be the one thanking you for informing me of my pupil's...behavior as of late. It seems he needs to be reminded what it means to be an Elite," Wolf said as he glared at Winter.

Winter said nothing as he hung his head in shame after Nova released his grip.

"Follow me," Wolf said sternly, turning around to head out the door.

"Where are we going?" Winter called, immediately following after his mentor.

"The Keh'rite," was all Wolf said as the two made their way towards the lifts.

Snow wandered through the lower areas of the mothership in an effort to clear her head and gather her thoughts. Of all the possible routes the Elders could have taken, with her exile and branding as a Bad Blood the most obvious, being stripped of her warrior status was definitely not what she saw coming. Should she be thankful the Elders spared her from being a Bad Blood?

Turning the corner, Snow realized she was in front of the science wing of the ship, where Yautja researched and studied various life forms and organisms. She knew there was a hard meat queen aboard the ship, she had seen a group of warriors bring it back aboard heavily tranquilized and kept under tight control. Snow made her way over to the observation area and looked down, realizing there were three queens instead of the one she knew of.

Maybe the others brought aboard the other two a while back.

Of the three hard meat queens, one was clearly stronger and bigger than the other two, overshadowing them by height and size alone. The second one was a bit more timid and backed down every time the larger one hissed at it, but the third was rash and fearless, biting and chewing at the edge of the cages only to be shocked by powerful bolts of electricity every time it tried.

Moving along the observation area, Snow could see an assembly line where the eggs were being harvested from the biggest queen, though prevented from hatching thanks to cryogenic technology that froze the eggs the moment it passed through a gate.

Something clicked inside her head and Snow turned back around, making her way towards the area where the females were located.

Several hours later Flare deemed Lex strong enough to walk on her legs and released her from the infirmary. Scar was waiting for her outside the doors when she walked through, pulling on her fingerless gloves and adjusting them.

"Ready?" he croaked.

"Pretty much," she replied with a smile.

The two of them made their way towards the Elders' chambers to report on her situation, and Lex felt butterflies in her stomach. Nova was Scar's father and one of the Elders, how is she supposed to act around him?

"Breathe," Scar instructed upon realizing how nervous and jittery Lex was.

"Easy for you to say," she muttered.

Coming upon the door that led to the Elders' quarters, Scar pressed several buttons on the panel at the door and steam escaped as the doors hissed open slowly. Swallowing nervously to calm herself, Lex felt Scar's hand on her back giving her a gentle push. Her legs were on autopilot at that moment and she found herself standing in front of the three Elders.

"H-Hi," she said with a nervous wave of her hand.

The Elders all turned and trilled at her warmly, Ember stepped forward and towered over the human but Lex felt no animosity radiating from the Yautja. Instead the Elder gently tilted her head upward with one finger to look at the mark on her cheek.

"Scar marked you well," Ember said in perfect English, surprising Lex as her eyes widened in shock.

"Y-You speak English?!" she squeaked in shock.

"Where else did you think Scar learned so quickly?" Ember said as his mandibles clicked together in amusement.

"How?" was all Lex could muster.

"Young one, I have lived for far many moons than you have. One tends to pick up new languages when exposed enough," Ember said.

Lex gave a nervous laugh.

"Come, we have much to discuss."

Winter snarled in frustration as Wolf yet again parried his attacks with ease.

"You're getting sloppy and losing concentration," Wolf chided, easily side-stepping Winter's next attack.

"Fight me seriously!" Winter hissed, charging at Wolf for another attack.

Wolf had set the rule of no fighting with weapons, which left them with only hand-to-hand combat as the only option. Winter was glad to have a chance to fight his mentor, eager to prove how much he's grown as a warrior, but Wolf was putting down every single move of his with ease.

"Do not let anger cloud your judgement," Wolf said.

"I am not angry!"

When Winter ran towards Wolf for another attack, the latter swung his leg out and knocked Winter off balance, then pinned him to the ground.

"Let me up!"

"You still have lots to learn my young apprentice," Wolf merely said before knocking out the younger Yautja with a strong blow to the solar plexus.

"Help me," Lex said wearily once the Elders dismissed her from their presence.

Scar's mandibles clicked in amusement as he supported her by letting her lean against him.

"How it go?" he asked.

"Horrible. I thought they would never stop questioning me, your father especially."

"Elders want make sure you want be warrior," he explained.

"I never knew Ember spoke perfect English though!"

"Ember learn from mate."

"Oh? I didn't know Ember had a mate."

"Mate died long time, pups die too, Ember have no family."

Lex lowered her eyes when she heard this. She could understand perfectly what Ember went through, since her father died of a blood clot and her mother...well, Lex never really knew what happened to her mother after her father died. She just simply...stopped coming home one day.

"Is that why he sees everyone on this ship as part of his family?" she murmured, mainly to herself.

"Yes."

The two of them found themselves in front of Lex's room and the doors slid open after she punched her code in. After bidding Scar farewell for the evening, Lex stripped off her armor and hopped into the "shower" area of her room.

She failed to see an egg-shaped object in the corner of the room as the water began running.

To be continued...

Review?

I was originally going to post this earlier and longer but I was diagnosed with a serious case of tonsillitis by my doctor yesterday so I went to bed earlier after taking like 4 different kinds of pills. Also had a fever of 39.4 celsius last night but thank god it's broken now.

I probably won't update for a day or two so I can focus on getting more rest and recover faster (lemme tell u, getting jabbing bouts of pain every time u try to swallow is no fun).

See you guys in the next update!

I promise things will pick up XD given the cliffhanger I have heehee

Celsius Fate~