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 XXIV
"What's going on?" Lex grabbed Glaive's arm when she saw Scar rush past them towards the elevators.
"Arrow gone," Glaive managed to say.
"Arrow? Scar's little brother?"
Glaive nodded his head.
Well shit.
No wonder Scar is pissed off and angry.
"We have to help him!" she said, running towards the elevators.
Dagger, Glaive and Storm shared a brief look and took off after the ooman. Scar was going to have their hides if anything happened to his future mate, and no one wanted to be on Scar's bad side when he was pissed off.
"Any idea where he went?" Lex asked when the others joined her at the elevator.
Storm pulled up his wrist-comp and pressed a few buttons on it. A map of the ship appeared before their eyes and two blinking dots marked the location of Scar and the Bad Blood called Echo. The dot belonging to Scar was quickly advancing towards the kiande amedhe and Lex knew she had to act fast before she lost him for good.
"Let's go!" she pressed a button on the elevator.
The doors slid closed and the lift began descending but in Lex's mind, it felt like forever before they finally reached their destination. The moment the doors opened, several plasmacasters were pointed in their faces but Storm growled a warning to let the others know they were allies.
"Where is Scar?"
"He ran right past us before we could even react. He's heading for the reactor in the center of the ship!"
Glaive growled lowly at this.
"They've taken his brother as a captive. We must get to the reactor before the hardmeat queen has a chance to produce an Abomination!"
The other warriors stepped aside and allowed the four to head deeper into the ship. Shrieks and growls soon filled the air as they closed in on their targets.
"I hear them!"
They turned the corner and saw Scar engaged in close combat with Echo, the latter holding an unconscious Arrow on his back with a makeshift wrap fashioned crudely out of stray bits of cloth. Echo was using Scar's brother as leverage to prevent the older warrior from closing in on him. Lex could see Scar was deliberately holding himself back to prevent injuring his sibling.
"Scar!" she yelled.
A hiss from above distracted the group as Storm shoved Lex out of the way just as a tail landed at the spot where she had been standing moments prior.
The alien queen was scurrying around the ceiling of the area they were in, using the various nooks and crannies to hide herself from view. Lex and the others switched to infrared vision on their masks and saw where the queen was hiding.
Activating their plasmacasters simultaneously, the four of them fired off shots at the queen's directions while making sure to avoid hitting any vital areas of the ship that would send it into decompression.
That was the last thing they wanted.
The queen shrieked when she saw the blasts coming and tried her best to dodge them, but one managed to injure her badly, sending acidic blood raining down from the ceiling.
"Keera!"
Lex blinked several times.
The alien queen had a name?
She didn't have time to dwell upon it because Glaive and Dagger jumped into action to take on the queen, leaving Storm with Lex as they charged forward to help Scar save his brother.
-Moments before being found by Lex-
"Echo! Release my brother this instant!" Scar roared angrily, confronting the Bad Blood.
"Scar! Save me!" Arrow cried from behind Echo's back.
"Come and get him if you can then," Echo taunted.
With another roar of anger, Scar launched himself at Echo and began engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the smaller Predator. Echo was pretty lithe and agile for his size, and he easily dodged the blows coming from Scar.
With his brother being used as a hostage, Scar had no way of seriously injuring the latter without inflicting damage on Arrow as well.
"What's the matter?" Can't land a hit on me? I thought you were the finest warrior on this ship!" Echo taunted again.
"What kind of warrior uses a pup as a shield?! You disgust me!" Scar spat.
He tried to land a hit on Echo's waist area but the latter twisted at the last second, revealing Arrow instead and Scar pulled his foot back only to be kicked in the chest by his opponent.
A growl escaped his mandibles as Scar quickly oriented himself.
"Scar!"
That's when he heard Lex's voice from behind.
Fuck.
Echo knew how to fight even with Arrow strapped to his back.
It was a three versus one situation with Storm, Lex and Scar advancing towards a disadvantaged Echo, but the latter was still somehow able to gain the upper hand. Lex ducked another blow and aimed one at Echo's legs but Arrow was in the way of her attacks. She pulled back at the last second and was rewarded with a punch to her chest, sending her staggering backwards into Storm.
"Damn it, we can't do anything without injuring Arrow."
Storm clicked his mandibles in agreement and made several gestures with his hands. It took Lex a moment to realize he was going to go invisible and try to cut Arrow free from Echo's back.
"So you want me to help distract him while you do so?" she asked, tilting her head back to look at him.
Another nod.
"Right. I'll distract him as best I can," Lex said.
Activating his camouflage to disappear from sight, Storm stealthily made his way towards the other side of the room while Lex focused her attention back on the two battling Predators. Scar was still trying to land a fatal blow on Echo, but Echo used his smaller size to his advantage by making sure Scar would end up hitting his brother every time he tried something funny.
"Let's even up the odds shall we?" Lex pulled out a shuriken and took a deep breath.
Once she was sure where Echo would land, she threw her hand out and watched the disc sail through the air, avoiding Scar as it slipped under his arm and scratched Echo's upper arm deeply, drawing blood from the wound as the Bad Blood howled in pain.
Scar monopolized on this chance and managed to land a hard blow to Echo's chest.
At that very moment, Storm struck and slashed at the wraps holding Arrow in place before catching the pup in his arms. He camouflaged from view, making sure Arrow was hidden as well before making his way back to where Lex was to hand him over to her.
"I got you," Lex whispered, cradling a terrified Arrow in her arms.
Arrow sniffed several times and looked up at her with terrified eyes, prompting Lex to hold him even closer against her chest.
With his brother out of harms way and safe with Lex, Scar roared and resumed his assault on Echo only for the latter to block the blow as a combistick appeared in his hands.
"Give it up Echo, you're not going anywhere!" Storm said as he stood beside Scar.
"You two are fools if you think I'm going down this easily," Echo responded with a bitter laugh.
"You're the only one left and soon that kiande amedhe will die as well. You've done all of this for nothing," Scar snapped.
Echo clicked his mandibles together in laughter at this.
"Who said Keera was the only freed hardmeat queen aboard the ship?"
Two more screeches echoed loudly in the air at that moment and everyone aside from Echo whipped their heads around in alarm. The other two alien queens that had been contained descended from the ceiling and circled the four cautiously. Lex held a trembling Arrow against her as the pup whimpered in fright.
"Keera!" Echo shouted loudly.
A crash from left brought the four back to reality as Glaive and Dagger flew in the air like two puppets, landing harshly on their backs beside Storm and Scar.
"Sorry. We tried to kill her but she's way more intelligent that the other queens we've fought," Glaive said, grasping Scar's hand to stand up.
Keera emerged from the torn hole and shrieked again, summoning the other two queens to her side. Scar carefully studied the three queens and noticed the one called Keera was abnormally larger compared to her brethren.
"Is it me or is the one called Keera bigger than the other two?" Lex said.
"Empress..." Scar finally replied.
"Empress? What's that?"
"Mean Keera older, stronger, command more power. Normal queen bow to her," he explained.
"Oh.."
That explained why the other two queens listened to her commands.
Echo let out a sharp whistle and the two smaller queens advanced on the four. Immediately the Predators formed a defensive formation around Lex and Arrow, with Storm and Dagger taking on one queen while Scar and Glaive fought the other. Lex picked up Arrow in her arms and ran for safety while the two opposing species fought it out in the middle of the room.
Arrow trilled in terror as he watched his older brother fight a giant hardmeat queen, his claws tightening around Lex's wrists as she held him close.
"It's ok. Scar will win," she soothed in an attempt to reassure him everything would be alright.
"Worry about yourself first," a voice beside her hissed.
Lex attempted to jump back from the shock but a hand snaked its way around her wrist and she found herself staring face to face at Echo.
The coward had used the distraction of the battle to make his move towards her while her guard was down.
"You! You speak English!" she said in surprise.
Wait.
Why should she be so surprised?
Ember spoke perfect English.
Scar can somewhat speak English.
'Snap out of it Alexa! This isn't the time for this!' she mentally scolded herself.
"One move and your head comes off," Echo threatened, pressing the blade of his smart disc against her throat.
Echo whistled sharply again and Keera screeched loudly, ordering the two queens to back away as the four Predators focused their attention on him. Upon seeing Lex being held hostage, Scar let out an angry roar but that only motivated Echo to push the blade deeper into her neck.
Even with the protection of her armor, Lex could feel the blade slicing through her skin slowly.
One wrong move and she'll lose her life.
"Release her you coward!" Scar demanded.
"I'm the one making the demands here, not you Scar."
Storm placed a restraining hand on Scar's shoulder before the former could leap at the Bad Blood for vengeance.
"One wrong move and Lex will die. We cannot act hastily," he said to his leader.
Scar snarled in response but fought his urges back and glared at Echo.
"What do you want? Release Lex and Arrow and I promise we won't kill you all," he said.
Echo's mandibles clicked in amusement at Scar's hollow threat.
The ooman female was Scar's weakness.
As long as he had her in his hands, Scar wouldn't act recklessly to try and save her.
"I'm not falling for that. I originally planned on turning you all into Keera's first brood of hardmeat, but it seems that's no longer an option. I saw the trajectory of the ship, the Elders have already set a course for Yautja Prime. The moment this ship arrives there, we'll be stormed by every single Yautja on the planet. Therefore, I want you to help me get off this ship with Keera and the other two queens."
The four Predators exchanged looks.
"If we do as you say, you will release Lex and Arrow back to us!" Storm growled.
"Get the ship ready first, then we'll talk."
-Ten minutes later-
Once the ship was fully prepared and everyone else aboard the ship were aware of the current situation, the Elders gave Scar the authority to grant Echo his request. Pressing several buttons on his wrist-comp, Scar called the ship over to the hangar where they had relocated to. Echo watched carefully as the ship landed and after scanning with his mask to ensure no one was waiting to ambush him aboard, had Keera and the other two queens board first.
"You got what you wanted, now release Lex and Arrow!" Scar demanded.
Lex had a feeling something wasn't right and noticed Echo pulling out a small dagger from his belt before hiding it in his hand.
"Arrow, run!"
She shoved Arrow away from her and whirled around in an attempt to stab Echo with her own dagger, but the latter saw through her and parried the blow easily.
"Brave but foolish," he said before plunging the dagger into her chest.
"Lex!" Scar roared her name as he charged towards them.
Her world began to turn black as Lex felt her consciousness slip into darkness.
The last thing she remember was Scar's silhouette running towards her before she succumbed.
Echo caught Lex and picked her up as the engines roared to life. He watched in satisfaction as the ship took off from the hangar with the ramp slowly rising to shut itself. The look of agony on Scar's face was enough to make up for the lack of a brood from the mothership.
For the first time in a long time, Echo was happy.
"Lex!" Scar chased after the ship but it was futile.
The moment it was out of the hanger, the ship initiated a warp jump and disappeared into a wormhole.
"Get me a ship! I'm going after them!" Scar said as he stormed past the other three.
"The Elders ordered us not to do anything until we returned to Yautja Prime," Glaive said.
"I don't care! Echo has my mate and I'm going to kill him for it!" Scar snarled angrily, shoving Glaive aside when the latter attempted to calm him down.
Storm casually stepped up beside his leader and knocked him out via a blow to his solar plexus before Scar could even react. Of the four of them, Storm had the fastest hand-to-hand combat techniques and it wasn't just for show either.
Scar's body slumped to the ground and Dagger caught him in time.
"Let's report back to the Elders. I placed a tracking device on the ship so they won't be getting far."
"Way to go Storm."
"That's our second-in-command."
Storm gave the equivalent of a sigh and started heading towards the residential quarters with an unconscious Scar in his arms. Arrow was clinging to Glaive's chest in terror and the older Predator tried his best to soothe the traumatized pup.
"Arrow! My son!" Dice called when she spotted Arrow being held by Glaive.
Arrow untangled himself from Glaive and ran straight into his mother's arms as the two burst into tears.
"Thank you! But where's Lex?" Dice inquired when she saw Lex wasn't with them.
"Echo has her," Dagger spoke for the group.
"Save her! You must save her!" Arrow finally implored, looking up at the four with round eyes.
"Of course we will. First we need you to look after your brother, can you be a big boy and do that for us?" Glaive said.
"Yes!"
While Glaive brought Scar inside Dice's room to wake up on his own, Storm and Dagger went to the Elder's quarters and reported on what happened.
To be continued...
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