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 XXVI
-Yautja Prime-
Scar found himself restless for the remainder of the day and decided to visit the places he grew up with on Yautja Prime. Everywhere he went, others seemed to recognize him and soon Scar found himself being flanked by males and females alike. Females who were looking for a potential mate tried their hardest to gain his attention, but he paid them no heed. Other males were congratulating him on becoming a Blooded warrior and wanted tips on how to become one themselves. Scar felt overwhelmed by the sudden attention and activated his cloaking to escape from them.
Once he was far away from the crowd and back on the safety of the ship, he revealed himself and immediately headed for his room.
"What's the hurry?" Storm noticed Scar stalk by in a scary mood.
"I can't walk around Yautja Prime without being bombarded by females and males alike. I just want some peace to clear my head for a while," Scar growled.
"Safest place is on board the ship and you know it," Storm replied as he held his stomach in laughter, his mandibles clicking together rapidly.
"Funny," the latter replied with a low hiss.
"The Elders have given the order to take off. I pinpointed the location of their ship," Storm revealed, gripping Scar's upper arm as the latter attempted to stalk off again.
"Where are they!?" he demanded.
"Tyr'Sauk."
Scar felt the energy drain out of him the moment he heard the planet's name.
"Tyr'Sauk!? Don't tell me he's planning on..."
"Seems like it. We all know the locals of the planet revere the hardmeats as their gods, it's one of the reasons why we were able establish such a good relationship with them. If Echo manages to convince them to allow a queen to create her hive there..."
Neither were willing to speak of what was to come should that actually happen.
It would be a second Xenomorph Prime, minus the presence of a Queen Mother.
-Planet Tyr'Sauk-
When the ship was docked in one of the hangars and secured by Echo via his wrist gauntlet, he forced Lex off the ship with him. The natives were already aware of his presence on the planet and had gathered around the hangar to catch a glimpse of the Predator. Echo gave Lex her Bio-Mask back but not out of gratitude, perhaps he wanted the natives to focus their attention on him and not her.
"Walk and do not say a word," Echo said from behind, pushing Lex with a clawed hand.
Lex rolled her eyes beneath her mask and walked forward while the locals gathered around to stare at her in awe. This was when she got a good glimpse of them, and impulsively she switched visions in her mask to get a better view of their physique. The natives of Tyr'Sauk were known as the Re'Nlok, humanoids with a similar physique, save for their fox-like ears and eyes.
Oh there was the fact that they had fox tails protruding out of their backs as well.
Might as well just call them fox people.
One particularly well dressed Re'Nlok with ornamental beads and a staff made out of an animal skull that was highly decorative to the eye stepped out, she was clearly a female and she locked eyes with Echo.
"Lower your head," Echo ordered.
The leader fixed her attention onto Lex at that moment and she felt a chill run down her spine as a warning. There was something about the leader that gave off a bad vibe to the human, forcing her to quickly lower her head in case something unpleasant happened to her.
Echo stepped in front of Lex and began conversing with the leader in a strange language that was neither Yautja nor English. Thankfully her mask had a translator function which Echo was seemingly unaware of, otherwise he would've kept it off her head. The Elders had the hindsight to install that function in her mask to help her translate what the other Yautja were saying back on the ship, but this was the first time she'd ever use it to this extent.
What she heard sent more chills down her spine.
"We welcome you to our home, it has been far too long since we last had a visit from one of our deities," the leader said.
"I have brought what you desire with me. Have you prepared the sacrifices necessary?" Echo responded.
"Yes of course. Six volunteers have been chosen, they are glad to have been selected and are willing to give their lives to birth our deities."
Echo nodded in satisfaction.
"Good. The ceremony will take place tomorrow for I have traveled a long way. I require a room to rest and food for a meal."
"Of course great one, but what of your companion over there?"
The leader pointed her staff at Lex at that moment and it took all of her willpower not to look away.
"She is not to be harmed nor used as a sacrifice. I have plans for her, just give her a room and some food."
"Understood."
The two finished their conversation and Echo came back over to where Lex was standing. She glared at him defiantly through her mask but he merely snorted at her attitude. Two of the Re'Nlok came forward and began leading Lex away towards a lavish building that resembled a palace. A series of thoughts instantly flashed through her head as she was being led away. What the hell just happened? What did Echo mean when he said she wasn't to be harmed and he had plans for her?
Whatever it was the Predator was planning, she wanted no part of it at all.
The two Re'Nlok brought her to a lavish room in one of the wings of the palace and bowed before disappearing back out the doors. Lex rubbed her wrists repeatedly to get blood circulating after Echo removed the bands around her hands earlier. Taking several steps into the room, the first thing that caught her attention was the giant light hanging over her head. It resembled a crystal chandelier like the ones back on Earth, but the materials weren't exactly the same. The stones used looked like crystals but the composition of it was different.
There was a bed smack in the middle of the room and off to one side housed a smaller area that suspiciously resembled a bathing area.
"What the hell..." Lex murmured as she slowly walked around the room.
Was she a prisoner or a guest?!
Before she could fully digest what was going on with the room, there was another knock at the door and two female Re'Nloks entered, one bore a basin of liquid between her hands while the other held new set of clothes in hers. The first one beckoned for Lex to go into the bathing area and when she refused to budge, basically pushed her into the smaller room by force.
"Hey!"
Ignoring her outbursts due to the language barrier between the two races, the two maids proceeded to strip Lex down before pushing her into the pool in the middle of the floor. Falling backwards unceremoniously into said pool, water rushed up Lex's nose and she broke through the surface, coughing and sputtering as she wiped her eyes.
"Hey! What's the big idea?!"
A bucket of water was then dumped on her hair, followed by some sort of oil the maids worked through her scalp and follicles. By the time they were finished raking their claws through her scalp, Lex felt her head was rubbed raw by their harsh treatments. Just when she thought the worst was over, one of the maids began to scrub her body vigorously until her body turned red.
"Ow! That hurts! Stop it," Lex shoved the maid away when the maid tried to go for her nether regions.
Seeing they weren't going to be able to wash that part of her, the taller Re'Nlok handed Lex the towel she was using earlier and the two left the room, leaving the change of clothes on the rack beside the pool.
Unwilling to stay in the pool any longer than needed, Lex jumped out and yanked on the new set of clothes. Glancing down at herself to see what kind of outfit she was wearing, she saw a strange design on the front of the robes. The material itself was soft and silky to the touch and seemed to hug her body perfectly in every curve. There were a pair of sandals next to where the robes had been in a soft shade of brown. Lex bent and tied them around her legs, realizing the straps went halfway up her calves. As much as she hated wearing these clothes, the ones she had been wearing were taken by one of the maids moments ago when they left her alone.
"What the hell is going on..." Lex mumbled, walking out of the area.
The doors to her room flew open and her instincts kicked in as her body adopted a defensive stance.
Keera screeched and thumped her tail against the floor in anticipation as Echo rubbed her crown with one clawed hand.
"Are you excited?" he asked, watching as the six volunteers entered the room before laying themselves down atop the sacrificial tablets.
Another screech.
The alien Empress had finally grown an ovipositor after the Re'Nloks provided her with a room that acted as her makeshift throne. Now that she could begin laying eggs, Keera was quivering with anticipation at the thought of finally having her first brood of children. The other two queens were given to two nearby tribes who have ties with the Re'Nlok people. Echo had no doubts they were going to be given a chance to hatch their own hardmeats as well.
With Keera as an Empress and listening to his orders no matter what, he had complete control over the hardmeats that were soon to be born. As Empress, Keera was dominant to the other two queens, which meant she could make them order their children to follow her orders.
Or his.
It didn't matter.
What mattered most was he will soon have his own army.
Scar and the others are in for a surprise when they finally land on the planet.
Yes, Echo knew about the tracking device placed on his ship.
He deliberately didn't remove it for this very purpose.
No doubt those idiots were on their way to the planet to hunt him down and save the ooman.
"Let's show them what happens when they make us their enemies," he said, rubbing Keera's crest affectionately.
The eggs were taken by several servants and placed before the willing volunteers. Upon sensing movement on the outside and potential hosts, the eggs opened up simultaneously and six parasites emerged, latching onto the faces of the Re'Nloks. Echo watched in satisfaction as the eggs were deposited down their throats before the parasites released their grips and died.
Soon.
Retribution is at hand.
To be continued...
Review?
Echo knew about the tracker all along!
The others are heading for a trap!
How will they contend to an army of Xenomorphs under the command of a Yautja?
Also, who is the mysterious stranger that entered Lex's room?
Find out next time!
Celsius Fate~