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 XXVIX

"What do you mean your parents were killed? By who? The Re'Nloks?" Lex still refused to let Echo into her room, instead talking to him through a tiny opening she discovered after slamming the door shut in his face when the Predator wasn't looking.

"The Ez'is are not like us. We are bound by a code when we hunt other races and species, but the Ez'is only know one thing; destruction. They will stop at nothing to conquer their enemies. Multiple planets have already fallen under their rule or have been completely annihilated without a single trace. They tried to attack Yautja Prime in the past previously, but all attempts were repelled because our weaponry were just as advanced as theirs are. The Ancients of our planet signed an uneasy truce with the Ez'is royal family. They would no longer attempt to invade us as long as we did not interfere in their affairs."

Lex narrowed her eyes.

"What does this have to do with your parents?"

"The Ancients never fully trusted the Ez'is so my parents were sent on a mission to observe them to ensure they honored their end of the truce. I was just a pup back then, no younger than Arrow. I remember my parents telling me they would return soon, my father and mother were both warriors at the time. They infiltrated the Ez'is fleet and gathered intelligence on the enemies. Before they could return, they were caught and subjected to experiments which eventually claimed their lives."

"How do you know all of this if you were just a pup back then?"

"My parents managed to send a distress signal back to the ship prior to being captured," Echo said quietly.

Despite hearing his background story and about the death of his parents, this still did nothing to ease the tension in Lex's mind as she continued to stare at him suspiciously.

"That doesn't explain why you can still speak English fluently. It's even better compared to Scar and Nova."

"Keera taught me."

Now Lex was surprised by this.

"Keera? But she's a Xenomorph!"

"She was a human, the one who saved my life when I crash landed on her planet."

Scar and his team were on the bridge moments after receiving the message on their wrist gauntlets. The four walked in on the Elders discussing a strategy quietly while pointing at something on the map.

"We are here," Scar said.

"My son it is good you are here. We have an important mission for you and your team. The Ez'is have arrived on Tyr'Sauk, we want the four of you to go down to the planet and find out what is happening. Do not engage under any circumstances, you are merely there to scout and report."

"What of my mate? I cannot just leave her there if a hive has been established," Scar growled, keeping his temper under control.

"Your priority is to stop whatever the Ez'is are planning and prevent Tyr'Sauk from turning into another Xenomorph Prime!"

Storm and Glaive restrained Scar from lashing out at the Elders but subtlety standing on either side of their leader. As much as Scar wanted to disobey the commands and rescue his Lex, he could feel his comrades silently urging him not to do anything rash or stupid. Clenching his talons repeatedly to calm himself, he merely gave a curt nod and departed the bridge with his other three brothers.

"Glad you kept your cool back there," Storm said.

"We thought you were going to punch Ember in the face or something," Dagger added jokingly.

"Even I'm not idiotic enough to do that," Scar growled in response.

The four of them turned the corner towards the hangar where a small ship had been prepared for them by the engineers. Since their main mission was to gather information and remain hidden from view, the ship's smaller and sleek designed allowed it to blend easily with its surroundings without arousing suspicion. The engines were also much quieter compared to the other ships they were used to, which made it perfect for quiet landings.

"Look at this beauty," Glaive said in appreciation.

"Shame we couldn't have access to this earlier," Dagger grumbled.

"Just shut up for Paya's sake and get in the damn thing," Scar ordered, walking up the rampart and into the interior.

"Someone is grumpy."

Storm elbowed Dagger sharply in the ribs and gave him a look.

"Don't forget Echo has Lex with him, put yourself in Scar's shoes and think about it."

"Let's just hope we can rescue her before things get really out of hand."

Echo ended up pouring out his entire life story to Lex as they stood on opposite ends of the door. By the time the Predator finished speaking his tale, nothing but sympathy filled Lex as she held a hand against her mouth. She was expecting some sort of sob story from him in order to earn her sympathy but this...this was a bit too much to take in. So Echo was once enamored with the human girl who saved his life, that human girl was then impregnated with an alien queen embryo, and when it burst out of her chest, they were taken back aboard the ship where the queen quickly grew to a huge size and rampaged around until Echo calmed it down. For some odd reason, the queen retained bits of her human consciousness (or memories?) and didn't attack Echo at all. The Elders realized they could study her by using Echo as means of communication, but he quickly grew upset by the experiments done on her and plotted this...entire thing as revenge?

Lex wasn't sure if she should be afraid or somewhat proud that Echo managed to plan things out this far.

"Do you understand now?" he growled from the other side.

"S-Somewhat...I...this is a lot to take in..." she breathed, sinking to the ground on her haunches.

Holy fuck.

Was Scar and the others aware of this at all?

They have to be...right?

"Don't fool yourself Alexa, if they were aware of the relationship between Echo and Keera, they wouldn't have kept them on the same ship."

She heard shuffling footsteps leaving the door after a moment of silence, at which she cracked open the frame a tiny bit and saw Echo was gone. Just when she was finally able to relax, her eyes caught sight of a shadow moving in the corner and she nearly popped her eyes out of their sockets as she strained to see what was going on.

It was Va'Alu, the High Priestess of the All-Seeing Eye.

"Winter, where do you think you're going?"

Snow cornered the Elite after catching him sneaking his way towards the hangar where Scar and his group were. Winter looked genuinely shocked and pleased to see her wearing her warrior gear.

"Snow! How? Why are you wearing your gear?"

"The Elders gave it back to me, but that's not the point! Are you spying on Scar and his team?" Snow folded her arms and cocked her head to the side.

"This doesn't concern you!" Winter tried to shoo her away but Snow remained immobile.

"Fine! You caught me. I was hoping to quietly tail them to Tyr'Sauk to find out what is going on."

"You just want to reap the rewards from the shadows while Scar and his team risk their lives for this?! What in Paya's name is wrong with you!"

Winter growled a warning as his mandibles flared in anger.

"I'm doing it for you!" he hissed angrily.

"For me? What are you talking about?!"

"I'm sick and tired of you pining after Scar like a lost pup searching for her mother. Scar made it very clear he'll always pick that ooman female over you! What am I lacking that Scar has!? He's not even an Elite like I am!"

Pauk.

This was giving Snow a major headache.

Raising her hand in the air while Winter was still ranting off about Scar, she slapped him hard across the face and growled when the impact injured her own hand. The forceful slap brought Winter back to reality as he broke off his sentence and literally stared at her in shock.

"Snow..."

"That's for thinking you're better than Scar."

Spinning around angrily on her heels, Snow stormed away from the area while a dumbfounded Winter watched in silence.

To be continued...

Review?

Winter got slapped XD

Never insult Scar in front of Snow lol

See you all next chapter!

Celsius Fate~