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 XXX

"Pauk, I hate this place! Nothing but sand everywhere," Glaive growled, pausing to pour sand out of his armor for the tenth time.

"We're almost there. Suck it up and bear with it," Storm replied with an annoyed look which was obscured by his mask.

Glaive was right though.

They were more used to wet and humid climates.

The sand was just brutal on their skin as they trudged their way through the endless desert in search of the Ez'is army.

"Wait, I'm getting movement up ahead."

The four of them activatd their cloaking and vanished from view while splitting up, with all four detecting heat signatures on their bio-masks, only they were rather familiar and reminded them of...

"Is that...Dachande!?" Dagger said.

Everyone knew of Dachande and how he took in a ooman female into his own tribe.

Machiko Noguchi.

Just as they suspected, a small ship uncloaked itself and Dachande stepped down the rampart with a smaller figure beside him.

"It is them," Glaive breathed.

While clans rarely interacted with each other as it was their nature, there have been times when two clans allied themselves for the same goal should it benefit both sides. Dachande's clan was clearly one of the nicer ones and have worked with Scar's clan in the past previously. Perhaps they could figure out what was happening and see if there were any chances of allying with one another.

"Dachande," Scar called out, revealing himself to the leader of the other clan.

"You...You're Nova's son aren't you? What in Paya's name are you doing here of all places?" Dachande was just as surprised to see Scar on Tyr'Sauk.

"I can ask you the same thing!"

The smaller figure beside Dachande removed her mask, revealing herself to be Machiko. Scar and his group did acknowledge her presence but that was it, just mere acknowledgement as they were from different clans. Not to mention the only ooman he'll ever hold to standards in his eyes was Lex. Still the common courtesy between clans was something every warrior respected.

"We tracked the Ez'is royal fleet here because they kidnapped several of our clan members," Dachande growled.

Scar was beside himself when he heard this.

"The Ancients signed a truce with the Ez'is royal family! Are they going back on their word now!?" Glave hissed in anger, his mandibles flaring to show his disgust.

"We're going to rescue our clan members and get to the bottom of this," Dachande said.

"Get in line," Scar grunted.

Lex was uncomfortable.

Very uncomfortable.

After trying to spy (rather unsuccessfully) on Va'Alu last night, she found herself tossing and turning in the huge bed. The foreign environment just didn't sit well with her, and that's when she realized she had grown accustomed to sleeping aboard the Predator ship. It didn't help that her handmaidens woke her at an ungodly hour in the morning to dress her in a ridiculously sheer robe that nearly exposed every inch of her body.

Now she was seated besides Va'Ilu in the throne room as they were expecting very important guests from another planet or something like that. As usual, Va'Alu was present in the room but she sat to one side. Apparently diplomatic matters like this were best left to the King to handle, while spiritual inquiries were handled by the High Priestess of the All-Seeing Eye.

You seem nervous, Va'Ilu's voice interrupted her thoughts.

You try being in my position and tell me you wouldn't be nervous, Lex answered, having gotten used to telepathically communicating with her "husband."

The Ez'is have been negotiating a treaty with us for quite some time. The previous king, my father, managed to draw up a good deal but now that he is gone...

It falls to you to keep the peace?

Yes.

Va'Alu cleared her throat conspicuously beside the duo and Lex focused her attention back to the front. Va'Ilu spoke in the strange language from earlier and the doors opened to allow an entourage to walk in.

These had to be the Ez'is.

The Predators were already tall in Lex's eyes, but the Ez'is made them look like dolls compared to their towering height. They all had to bend down just to get past the doors leading to the throne room. If the Predators were around six foot something, the Ez'is had to be at least seven or eight feet tall. They were also a warring species, as Lex noted their thick armor and carapace. Not to mention every one of the Ez'is had a weapon on his or her back. The females were slightly shorter in stature and had a slender figure compared to their male counterparts, but they were still fierce nonetheless.

If anything, they resembled the Uruk-Hai from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series.

One ornately dressed Ez'is stepped forward and knelt to greet Va'Ilu.

He is the leader of the Ez'is, known as the Bloody Conqueror.

That's...reassuring.

Va'Ilu spoke with the King of the Ez'is in yet another strange language but this time, the King was able to respond perfectly. Maybe Va'Ilu was talking in the language of his enemy? Lex tried to listen but she couldn't make heads nor tails of the language. Several moments later she spotted the King pointing at her curiously and her body tensed up as the Ez'is ruler locked eyes with her.

"A human? This is interesting," the King said in perfect English.

Va'Ilu said something sharply beside her and Lex settled down slightly when Va'Alu added her voice to the conversation while calmly resting a hand on her shoulder.

"My apologies. I did not wish to come off as rude but it has been a long time since I've last seen a human as Queen of the Re'Nloks."

"I wasn't exactly brought here on my own terms," Lex muttered.

Hush. Do not reveal too much about your origins, Va'Ilu mentally chastised.

Getting the hint about not revealing too much about herself, Lex closed her mouth and leaned back against her throne.

Later that evening the Re'Nlok royal family would be hosting a banquet to welcome the Ez'is and to celebrate the signing of a new treaty between Va'Ilu and king of the Ez'is. Now they were talking about something which had no interest to the human until the King snapped his fingers and the entourage parted to allow several guards to bring forth several captives.

Predators!

Lex was startled and shocked to see Predators being kept in chains as the Ez'is pushed them harshly with their spears.

Calm yourself, Va'Ilu warned, sensing her distress.

I can't keep calm when they have Predators captive! Can't you do something about their release!?

I will negotiate and see what they have planned.

While Va'Ilu spoke with the king, Lex noticed movement out of the corner of her eyes and cautiously turned her head. Echo was cloaked from view and hiding behind one of the huge pillars. At that moment Echo locked gazes with her and Lex silently pleaded with her eyes for him not to do anything stupid. She slowly shook her head from side to side to discourage him.

Beside her Va'Alu noticed Echo and gently tapped her staff three times on the ground.

The Predator got the message and backed off.

They have heard of the goddess being brought here and wish to turn these captives into her followers.

They what!? They want to turn the Predators into hosts!?

It would appear so.

You can't let that happen! Lex squeezed Va'Ilu's hand for emphasis.

I will do what I can.

Those words did little to comfort Lex.

To be continued...

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