The next chapter is posted!
WARNING: Strong Violence & Gore in this chapter.
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"Why are you doing this? Why couldn't you just leave him alone?" Thea shakily asked.
"Because he ruined big mission we plan. One that give us many trophies." The bad blood growled.
"You're talking about when he destroyed those hard meat eggs aren't you?" She implied.
"If he told, then no need to know more. Now, shut up." He snapped.
The young woman hissed in pain when he squeezed the back of her neck painfully.
Soon, Setg-in came through the trees off to the far left. He fought down his growing anger when he saw Vor'metka had Thea in his hold. He wanted to do a sneak approach or attack.
But he couldn't risk that now, not when that bad blood bastard had his mate.
The warrior knew he would most likely have to do a direct approach. He started over to them, letting his cloaking drop. The bad blood's masked face shifted to his direction.
"Let her go, Vor'metka. This is between you and me." Setg-in said.
The bad blood sneered behind his mask.
"Now, why would I do that? She seems very enticing. I can see why you pauked her. Quite the cute little thing, isn't she?" Vor'metka said, as he ran his other hand through her long hair, like he was petting her.
"So, what then? You just going to hide behind her like the s'yuit-de you are? Or you going to face me?" Setg-in snapped.
Thea obviously couldn't understand a word they were saying.
But she had an idea that the bad blood was taunting her warrior in some way. It was hard not to flinch when he ran his hand through her long hair.
She let out a small yelp of pain when he pulled her hair, making her head snap back a little.
Setg-in clenched his fists at his side, trying to keep it reigned in. He cannot go into this fight all fired up and pissed. He knew he had to remain as levelheaded as possible. Otherwise, he will die, and Thea...he didn't want to even think about what this sick motherfucker would do to her.
"It is wise you don't anger me, Setg-in. Wouldn't take much for me to end this little bitch's life. Or that of your unborn pup." Vor'metka warned.
The young hunter's eyes widened behind his mask.
At first, he didn't believe the bad blood. Until he rapidly switched the vision mood in his mask and looked at his mate's internal vitals. And that is when he saw the small fetus around the size of a marble inside of her lower abdomen.
He could even make out the faint heartbeat from the tiny life that was still forming and developing.
Setg-in knew it was a possibility but didn't imagine she would get pregnant this fast. She must've conceived sometime last month when they first started mating.
"Then let's end this. Fight me now." He told the bad blood.
Vor'metka chuckled, "Really, you think you stand a chance against me? Sure, I may only be a couple years older than you. But still, I'm the more experienced fighter here."
Setg-in slowly withdrew his combi stick and twirled it around, poising it in front of him.
"I'm willing to take that chance. Question is, are you?" He inquired.
The bad blood didn't say anything at the moment.
Then suddenly, he shoved Thea away a good couple yards, and she fell to the grass covered ground. She let out a gasp as she landed hard on her side.
The bad blood bellowed out a challenging roar and quickly charged Setg-in. He pulled out his own combi stick as he drew closer to his opponent.
Setg-in eventually met him when Vor'metka was little more than halfway and closing in.
Thea watched in both horror and amazement as the two ginormous males collided with each other. Then observed as the they started parrying back and forth with their weapons.
Every now and then the combi sticks would make a loud metallic twang as they made contact with each other.
The bad blood had a good couple inches on her warrior and was a little bulkier than him. But Setg-in appeared to be holding his own just fine.
His leaner frame made him a little more maneuverable and quicker on his feet as he and Vor'metka engaged in this deadly dance.
It was a pretty even fight for the first few minutes until the bad blood used his combi stick to roughly shove Setg-in back a few paces. This made the young hunter back pedal on his feet as he tried to regain his balance.
But when he tried, Vor'metka slammed into him and tackled him to the ground.
Thea watched from a nearby tree as they rolled around on the grass, both trying to get the upper hand. Setg-in was able to effectively knock Vor'metka's combi stick from his grip during the tussle.
Still, it was also during their rolling around that the shoulder cannon came lose and came off of Serg-in's shoulder.
The bad blood retaliated with a sucker punch to Setg-in's masked face.
The hit hurt quite a bit, but the young hunter did his best to shrug it off and keep fighting. He used his hips and bucked Vor'metka off to the side and off of him.
Then Setg-in got on top of him and poised his combi stick at his abdomen with the intent to drive it through him.
When he pulled his arms back to drive the sharp end of the spear into him, the young hunter abruptly halted, and growled in pain as the bad blood quickly unsheathed his wrist blades and drove them through Setg-in's side.
Blood poured from the deep wounds, and Setg-in howled in pain as Vor'metka twisted the serrated blades a little before ripping them back out. Then he pulled one of his legs free from beneath the dark green yautja and kicked him in the stomach.
Thea gasped when she saw Setg-in get stabbed and then flew back several feet as the bad blood kicked him off of him.
She couldn't take watching this anymore. She knew she had to do something to help. Her gaze quickly shot to the shed a little off to her left a few yards away.
The bad blood had his back to her and was too busy paying attention to the wounded warrior who was struggling to get to his feet.
Once Setg-in sat up he felt a foot come down on his chest and roughly push him back down into the grass. Then a hand reached out and wrapped around his throat and hauled up the upper half of his body.
He looked up to see Vor'metka standing above him, and watched as he slowly raised his arm up and two the side with his deadly wrist blades poised.
The bad blood was about to make the finishing blow that would've decapitated the other warrior.
Setg-in tried to think of a way to block it or get out of the way somehow. But his side was screaming as more of his neon green blood continued to gush from the two holes in his left side.
A dark grin appeared on Vor'metka's face, and he arched his arm back and swung downwards.
Just when the fallen warrior thought it was over, the bad blood abruptly stopped mid swing and roared in pain. Setg-in didn't know why this was.
Until the bad blood moved away, and he finally saw why that was.
Thea saw Vor'metka about to make the killing blow. So, she ran up behind him, and raised the ax up over her head. Then right before he could slice through her hunter, she brought the ax down hard on the unprotected part of his back.
The young woman felt and heard the thick skin tear and give as the ax's blade tore through him. His neon green blood spurted from the wound as the ax made purchase pretty deep into his back.
In anger, Vor'metka pulled his arm back and slammed it into Thea.
Setg-in watched in horror as his mate flew back several feet from the hit and landed on her back on the grass. And she didn't get back up.
He roared in rage, his rage and adrenaline overriding the pain as he made his way to his feet. The young warrior quickly drew his sword and charged at the bad blood.
Vor'metka still had the ax sticking out of his lower back and was trying to get it out when he heard the roar and whipped around to see his opponent coming at him fast and hard.
The bad blood hardly had time to block when Setg-in ran him through with his sword. The blade went all the way through Vor'metka's abdomen and came out the back.
He howled in pain and raised his wrist blades once more to stab the younger warrior.
But Setg-in was very fast and vicious in his attack. He quickly pulled the sword free and swung it at the bad blood's arm. He severed to arm then brought it back to severe the other arm.
Vor'metka roared in pain as he now lost both arms. Neon green blood spurted from the stumps like a geyser as he dropped to his knees.
His roar eventually ended after a few seconds, and he weakly looked up at the masked face of Setg-in from his knees. Then the bad blood did something surprising, he started to laugh.
Setg-in was about to deal him the killing blow when he halted upon hearing his opponent's laughter.
"Even if you kill me, Setg-in, you still lose. Right before you ran me through earlier, I had quickly activated the bomb on my wrist comp. And there isn't much time left. So, enjoy your little victory while it lasts. Because you and your ooman whore will be joining me in thei-de very soon." He said, weakly.
Then Vor'metka started to laugh again.
His laughter abruptly stopped when Setg-in drew the sword swiftly across his neck and decapitating him. The bad blood's head rolled to the ground and the body fell shortly after.
The grass around the body was quickly starting to pool with the bright fluorescent blood.
Setg-in didn't have any time to savor this victory though. His gaze shot to the bad blood's wrist comp and he both saw and heard the bomb settings as it drew closer to exploding.
He made a dash over to Thea and picked her up. Then he quickly sprinted into the woods.
He can only hope that the bomb wasn't set on a huge setting. Otherwise, he may not have much time to get out of there. Judging by how fast the beeps and flashing red lights were, he only had a small handful of minutes to clear the area.
The young hunter made for the ship that headed west of them.
Setg-in is unsure he may make it to the ship in time and prayed that the explosion wouldn't be big enough to reach it or him as he went. At least he knew Thea was still alive, he could see and hear her heartbeat through the vision settings in his mask.
The yautja ran as fast as he ever did in a long time to the point trees were blurring by. He even took the path so not to be obstructed by too many obstacles like fallen trees or large rocks.
He was still a bit far from where the ship was sitting in the woods, when he heard the unmistakable sound of the bomb beginning to go off.
Setg-in pushed faster and harder, running on pure adrenaline now.
The young hunter could faintly pick up the bomb expanding in the distance behind him as it started to take out trees.
Finally, he pushed through the clearing where the drop ship was. Now, he can only hope they were dumb enough to leave it unlocked. Otherwise, they were screwed.
He ran over to the ship's entrance, and to his surprise and relief, the door slid open, allowing him entrance.
Setg-in kept running until he made it to the control deck. He carefully placed Thea into one of the seats, then he went to the controls. He rapidly began tapping holographic buttons to start up the ship.
The plasma like explosion was quickly drawing near.
He grasped the lever and quickly pulled it back. The ship started to quickly ascend into the sky. Then he hit the buttons for the thrusters and took off.
The ship jerked a little as the explosion practically nipped at the outer metal of the ship as it took off into the sky.
It continued to shake quite a bit as they raced away out of the explosion's reach. And for a moment there, he was unsure they would make it out without some damage being done to the ship.
But after several seconds of the ship shaking quite violently, by some miracle it leveled off, and they were able to escape the blast as they jettisoned into space for safety.
Setg-in sat back in his chair and let out a very audible exhale of a breath he didn't realize he was holding.
It was then he heard a soft groan coming from the chair beside him. He quickly got up and went over to Thea. He lightly pressed his hand to her the side of her head and brushed back some hair.
That's when her eyes fluttered open and she slowly looked around.
It took her a few moments for her vision to settle and land on Setg-in.
"Thea, are you ok?" He asks, worry ever present in his voice.
She slowly sat up with a small, pained grunt. One of her hands automatically went to her front.
"I...I think so. Though it kind of feels like a fucking car slammed into my chest." She rasped.
"I will get you to the med room then." Setg-in replied.
He then carefully picked her up and left the control room with her.
Thea looked around a little at her new surroundings. Of course, it didn't take long to realize she was on a yautja ship. But she wanted to know how they managed to get here and what happened after she was knocked out.
The ship was on autopilot at the moment with no set coordinates. But at least, they were safe and alive. And they now had a working ship to take them to the destination they would need to get to.
Until Next Time ;)