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 XVIII
After spending a while in the shower just letting water pour over her, Lex wiped herself down with a towel and pulled on the Yautja version of pajamas given to her by Flare. Heading back to the bed so she could throw herself onto it, her eyes caught sight of a egg-shaped object near the headboard of the bed and her body immediately froze.
"Oh hell no," she whispered.
What's even scarier was the fact the egg had already hatched, which meant there was a Facehugger scurrying around her room somewhere.
Scanning the room for signs of movement, Lex made her way over to the desk where her Bio-Mask was and placed it around her face. Switching to infrared vision, she scanned the entire vicinity, her breathing shallow as she scanned the proximity very carefully. She found it perched on one of the vents above her head, as if waiting for the correct time to catch her off guard to deposit a chestburster down her throat.
"Scar! Get in here!" she breathed in a urgent voice, speaking directly to the Yautja through her wrist-comp.
Praying the Predator heard her calling for him, Lex reached around blindly for anything to arm herself with.
Just as the tips of her fingers curled themselves around the familiar outline of a smart disc, the Facehugger chose that moment to launch itself at her.
A lone figure made its way towards the lower areas of the ship where the hard meat queens were being held captive. Slipping through security and evading cameras, the figure walked towards the cages. The eldest hard meat queen screeched at the silhouette but the figure remained unfazed. Thumping her tail against the cage in warning, the queen hissed again and only settled down when the figure moved past her cage. The second queen was in another part of the science wing, leaving the youngest caged several doors down from where the biggest was kept.
Instead of screeching and hissing at the figure like the eldest did, the youngest queen growled softly and lifted up her head when she scented who was in the room with her.
"If this works, we'll escape this place together," the figure said, sitting down in front of her cage.
The queen hissed quietly and thumped her tail once, indicating she understood the words.
"Soon everyone will cower before us, and they will pay for what they have done."
The Xenomorph hissed in agreement and whipped her head around when she scented someone coming towards her.
"I'll be back later," the figure said before activating stealth mode.
The Facehugger's sliced up body fell harmlessly to the floor as Scar's smart disc flew right through the gap of the opening doors to her room. Lex's legs gave out from underneath her as she slid to the floor, with Scar catching her in his arms as he walked into her room. She didn't even realize her body was trembling until his arms tightened around her shaking frame.
"S-Scar?" she managed to mutter.
"Here," came his reply.
"I-Is it dead?"
"Yes," he confirmed.
"Thank god," she breathed and relaxed in his arms.
He helped her stand up and went to check the egg after bringing her over to the bed.
"How egg get in room?" he asked, anger evident in his voice.
"I don't know! I didn't even realize it was in here until I came out of the shower and saw it hatched," Lex shuddered as she thought about the consequences of having a Facehugger attach to her.
Scar growled loudly in anger and headed towards the control panel on the side of the room and hooked his wrist-comp up to it.
"What are you doing?" she asked curiously.
"Looking," was all he said.
Assuming he was looking for video image of the perpetrator, Lex went over to the dead Facehugger and kicked the foul thing out her room with a well-aimed swing of her leg.
Growling in frustration due to lack of evidence as to who planted the egg in her room, Scar disconnected his wrist-comp from the panel and stomped out the door.
"Where are you going?" she shouted.
"Elders, go ask for you change rooms."
"Change rooms? Change rooms to where?"
"My room."
"Oh," Lex was about the close the door when the words clicked.
"Wait what!?"
Winter groaned and found himself lying in a bed, upon closer inspection it was his own bedroom, though Wolf was currently inspecting the quality of his trophies as the Elite slowly walked around the room.
"What happened?" he croaked, feeling a throbbing pain emanating from his temple.
"You still have a long way to go, my young apprentice."
"My head..."
"I knocked you out so you could cool down. Are you feeling cool now?" Wolf asked, turning to face Winter.
"Yes."
Wolf nodded approvingly at several trophies belonging to hard meats Winter had killed with his time spent in the clan.
"Never forget your origins Winter, your roots are the most important. You may be one of the Elite, but at the end of the day, you are a Yautja like any other."
"I understand."
Every female in the room were surprised when the doors opened and Snow walked in, her mark no longer visible on any part of her face.
"Snow! What happened?" Wisp gasped, rushing over to her friend.
"The Elders stripped me of my rank as warrior," she replied.
"What!? Why!?"
"I don't want to talk about it," Snow told her friend, going over to the empty space that was once her bed.
"Good thing we didn't throw your stuff away when you were marked then."
Several other females came forward and laid her stuff on the empty bed. Snow was grateful her friends never turned their backs on her despite her becoming a warrior. She was just glad to even have friends, now that she was no longer able to participate in hunts.
Maybe starting over as one of the females wouldn't be a bad thing after all.
The others swarmed her at that moment and began asking her questions left and right. Snow realized she had a lot of stories to tell her friends.
When the Yautja saw Lex chasing after Scar, they knew right away the plan had been foiled.
"I should've put three eggs, not one."
Slipping inside Lex's room while no one was in, the figure hastily made their way over towards the discarded egg and poured a little vial of blue liquid over it. Watching in satisfaction as the egg dissolved into nothing, they quickly cleaned up the remaining mess by pouring the rest of the liquid over the Facehugger corpse just outside the door. With no traces of evidence left that could point back to them, they quickly left the area before the cameras could pick up their presence.
Once they were sure no one was following them, the Yautja made their way towards the holding area where the queens were being kept.
"I'm sorry. I failed you," they said as the Queen hissed slightly in anger.
"Don't worry. Just give me some more time and I promise I'll break you out of here alright?"
Three thumps of her tail.
"I love you too," the Yautja said, resting a hand atop her crown.
"I need to go but I'll be back later."
To be continued...
Review?
Sooooooo who thought the one who planted the egg in Lex's room was Snow? XD
Bet you didn't see that plot twist coming eh!?
Anyways, the relationship between the Xenomorph Queen and the mysterious Yautja will be revealed later on!
Right now I need to create more...mysteries? Cliffhangers? Eagerness to find out more?
But yea, you'll find out why the Xenomorph Queen and Yautja are close and how they're soul mates in a way.
Does this pique your interest? ;D
The true antagonist has yet to be revealed! Let's just say this Yautja wants Lex off the ship and Scar dead.
Who knows, maybe Snow can redeem herself later on and become a warrior again eh? ;3
See you all next time!
Celsius Fate~