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 XXIII

Lex was asleep on her bed when loud banging from the door jolted her from her dreams. Hurriedly throwing on her under armor, she hobbled to the door while pulling on her boots and pressed the button.

Scar was on the other side, his mandibles flaring in alarm.

"Scar? What the hell is going on?" she demanded, waiting for him to give her a reasonable answer for waking her up.

"Hard meat Queen escape, we hunt now!"

It took several seconds for her brain to process what he just said through the haze of sleep that had settled within.

"How did it escape?!" she exclaimed, running back inside to grab her armor that was hanging in the wardrobe.

"Not know. Elders order hunt, must take back ship."

"Before we're all turned into those blasted aliens right?"

Scar nodded.

Throwing on her mask and slipping every weapon into the various holsters and sheathes, Lex ran towards the elevators with Scar and her mask already picked up sounds of fighting coming from the lower levels. Then the recognizable screech of an Alien Queen echoed loudly in the air, prompting Lex to change the vision mode on her mask. The outline of said Queen showed up a further down.

"How many are fighting her?" Lex asked, turning the corner.

"All warriors."

"You're telling me you have literally everyone fighting and still can't kill her?" her voice laced with disbelief.

"Bad-Blood fight with hard meat, turn on us."

Those words nearly made Lex stop in her tracks.

"We have Bad Bloods with us? How in Paya's name did you not figure that out?"

"Not know everything."

Well, he had a point.

If Bad Bloods were behaving like they would normally as a marked warrior, there was no way the others could've figured out their true intentions from just observation alone right? Could it have been that Predator who was glaring at her the other day from across the room while they were eating?

"I think it might be the Predator who was glaring at me that day..."

Storm appeared from one of the corners of the corridor and began communicating rapidly with Scar. Based on the way their mandibles were clicking-in anger mostly-Lex had a feeling it wasn't good news he was giving Scar.

"What did he say?"

"Echo."

"Echo?" Lex was confused.

"Bad Blood."

So Echo was the name of the Bad Blood?

"Was he the one who released the Queen?"

Storm was the one to nod.

-Five hours earlier-

Echo slowly made his way towards the science wing of the ship, making sure to keep his composure calm and collected at all times. Everyone had basically retreated to their rooms for some rest, which meant there wouldn't be much security around the science wing of the ship aside from several scientists who rotated on a set schedule. Slipping out of his room and calmly making his way towards the elevators, Echo casually nodded his head towards several other warriors who saw him.

Once he was inside, he pressed the button for the lowest level and then activated his cloaking when the doors slid open. Quietly slipping past the guards and scientists on watch duty, Echo made his way to where Keera was kept and entered the code to her cage.

"Keera? I'm here," he called out.

A soft screech from the darkness answered his calls and Echo carefully crept his way towards her. Even without the need to switch visions on his mask, Echo could tell right away she was injured.

"Did they hurt you?!" he hissed in anger.

Another soft shriek answered his questions.

"No more. We're getting out of here tonight," he informed her.

The Xenomorph Queen perked up her head at this and Echo rested a hand on her crest.

"Are you ready?" he asked quietly.

Keera snarled in response.

"Let's go!"

Needing no other invitation aside from those words, Keera charged through the gate and began tearing down the corridor with Echo following in camouflage. The scientists weren't expecting any of this to happen and were alarmed to see a hard meat queen barreling their way. The guards on duty tried to pull out their combi-sticks but Echo silently killed them from the shadows. He watched in satisfaction as Keera killed the scientists herself, her inner jaw snapping forward to pierce their foreheads before their bodies fell listlessly to the ground.

"Revenge is at hand."

Keera roared in triumph.

"Are we there yet?" Lex inquired, feeling her legs starting to give out underneath.

"Close," Scar replied.

"My legs feel like they're going to fall off."

They turned the corner and were greeted with more warriors making their way towards...wherever the hell the queen was at that moment.

"Elders have given us the order to take down the kiande amedha queen and any Bad Blood we find," Scythe informed Scar when they spotted him with Lex.

"Any signs of Abominations?" Scar trilled back.

"Not yet, thank Paya no one was taken away and the loud screech from earlier was warning enough."

"Have you located Echo yet?"

"We've pinpointed his location to where the kiande amedha is," Scythe said.

"I knew there was something wrong with him! The way he keeps glaring at the Elders and keeps to himself," Strike growled.

As usual, Lex had no idea what was going on but decided to keep to herself. The tension was thick enough as is, and the last thing she wanted was for Scar or one of the other Predators to get mad at her for asking a silly question.

The entourage turned another corner and Scar halted when he saw his mother frantically rushing over to him.

"Scar! Scar!"

"Mother, where is Arrow? Why isn't he with you!?"

"He took him! You have to save your brother my son!" Dice wept, cradling her daughter closer against her chest.

Scar roared in anger and charged off towards the elevators before Lex could even stop him.

"Let me go! Let me go!" Arrow demanded as he tried in vain to get Echo to release him.

"I'm sorry little one, but I have no other choice."

Echo didn't want to target a pup, but this was the only way he could send a message to Scar. For too long has he watched as the latter was bathed in glory and praised left and right for what he had done during his chiva. Had the others forgotten what he had done!? He took out an entire planet of kiande amedha, more than any the others could ever hope for. If it weren't for Strike and Crusade back then, Echo would've had far more kills. Instead they overlooked his achievements and took away the one he truly ever cared about, even if she had been reborn as a hard meat queen.

No.

No more of this.

This time, he will make the others acknowledge what he had done.

Even if he had to sacrifice an innocent life to do it.

Keera's nest was a little further ahead and she will require offspring to guard her while she prepared to lay eggs.

Scar's brother will make the perfect offering for her.

It was time to make the others pay.

To be continued...

Review?

Arrow has been kidnapped!

Someone save the little pup!

Scar is gonna have Echo's head impaled on a combistick and paraded around for everyone to see XD

See you all next time!

Celsius Fate~