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Yautja Spacecraft
Planet Earth, 1719, Spring…
Mission for The Feral YoungBlood: Eliminate all Kiande Amedha on Planet Earth…
A Cloaked ship flew over the atmosphere of planet Earth. Descending down onto the planet, all the while cloaked. A tall, eight-foot being with heavy armor and a helmet that covered its face, and partially its mouth, closely resembling a skull. The Feral YoungBlood had been given his own mission, to eliminate any and all Kiande Amedha on a planet known as Earth. Home to a potential hardy race, known as Humans. The YoungBlood was told that Yautja and humans had a history with each other. But nowadays, humans had completely forgotten about the Yautja and what the Yautja did for them. The YoungBlood wasn't necessarily mad about that, and neither were the rest of The Yautja Clan. Humans have evolved since ancient times, in numbers, technology, and in expertise.
The YoungBlood was anxious to see what this planet had to offer. His Elder had given him this mission for both the Kiande Amedha and the hunting of other potential trophies. Humans? Possibly. It would depend if they posed a threat to him or if they simply had nothing to do with The Yautja's code.
Never kill an innocent, unarmed, sick, infant, or pregnant. Any who assist or are able to kill their own, are given high respect and perhaps accepted into the Yautja Clan. The YoungBlood could barely contain the excitement for his trial. This planet was filled with trophies and possible hunting mates. Hunting mates as in Comrades on a group mission.
The earth seemed to be quite a hospitable place. Though, of course, there was always the presence of enemies. There are always enemies or foes on every planet. It is bound to occur. So the YoungBlood will expect foes around every corner. Because after all…This was their planet, the Yautja were the outsiders, they were the intruders.
The YoungBlood stood in the cockpit, where another Yautja was piloting the Spacecraft. The Kujihad was the rank of a pilot, who was taking the Feral YoungBlood to his first REAL mission.
The Spacecraft descended into the atmosphere. Going through the clouds. Electricity sparked from its hall, the cloaking of the Mothership was holding. Even while flying through the dark clouds.
"YoungBlood, it is time to begin your trial. To end your childhood, you must hunt a Kiande Amedha, and all who follow it. It is time, to begin your dtai'kai'dte (Hunt in Yautja Language)," The Elder Yautja said in the Yautja tongue and on the communications of the Youngblood and Kujihad's spacecraft, preparing to depart.
"Ki'sei (I agree/I understand in Yautja Language)," The Feral YoungBlood said as he motioned his hands to take off, cueing the Kujihad to depart. The Kujihad then pressed a few buttons as the smaller spacecraft took off, leaving the Mothership and descending down onto the green and fertile land of Earth.
"We wish you luck, YoungBlood. This planet has many prizes, many of which you shall claim," The Kujihad said in Yautja tongue as their spacecraft became cloaked as it descended down through a large valley.
While flying through the valley. The Feral YoungBlood noticed something down in the tree line. On the top of a Mountain, he saw…an Oomani-di (Human Woman in Yautja Language). He couldn't get an exact description of her, but it looked like she was searching for something…or hunting. The Feral YoungBlood could already tell, that this planet was going to be full of surprises, trophies, and prizes of all sorts.
"H'ka-se,(Now in Yautja Language)" The Feral YoungBlood said to the Kujihad as the spacecraft hovered next to a mountain. The Feral YoungBlood then walked to the back of the craft, a large hatch opened as the YoungBlood dropped through. Landing on his feet, barely bending them.
"N'dhi-ja, (Farewell/Goodbye in Yautja Language)" The Kujihad said to the YoungBlood as the ship flew off, cloaking once again. The Feral YoungBlood then cloaked himself, now was time to hunt. He walked away from the edge of the mountain and into the forest deep.
Comanche Hunting Grounds…
Naru had returned from her hunt, empty-handed. She nearly got a deer with her axe that was merely meant for cutting plants and vegetables. Naru was heading to the river where she would meet her brother, Taabe. Today, Naru saw a sign, The Thunderbird. She saw lightning in the clouds, she knew from that point on, that she was ready, for Kühtaamia. A Comanche Tradition that would prove you are a warrior or hunter. Basically, you hunt an animal, and it hunts you back. Naru walked through the woods with her canine companion, Sarii, a dog that she had been training for quite some time. He was a smart dog, loyal, and obedient.
Naru was walking through the woods until she heard a hiss in the trees. Naru stopped as Sarii started to growl up at the trees from the origin of the hiss. Naru looked up at the trees, she pulled out her primitive hatchet. Sarii then started barking at the trees.
"Sarii," Naru said with slight concern. She looked around the trees a bit more. She's never heard a hiss quite like what she just heard. It couldn't be a snake, it was too loud, it couldn't be a cat, too high pitch and dragged on far longer. There was a slight rustling in the branches as Naru's grip on the axe tightened. She got ready to throw it.
Then she saw a family of squirrels rush out from the branches, leaping to another tree. Naru let out an exhale of relief. Her grip loosened on her axe, and she put it back into her holster. Sarii stopped barking, but his tail was up, and he continued to stare at the tree top.
"Come on, Sarii, let's go find Taabe," Naru said as Sarii followed her obediently.
As Naru and her canine companion followed her, something was watching them in the trees. A black figure with a sleek-like body, a large head, with a long tail that had a blade at the end. It watched her from the trees. Stalking her, watching her. It would follow her until it found the opportunity to strike. It then crawled on the branch and leaped on another, quietly and stealthy.
Somewhere further beyond the Comanche Village…
The Feral YoungBlood was walking through the forest, with his cloaking activated. He had been walking for a short while. So far, he'd come across small animals called, "Bunnies,". Small, but fast animals that posed no threat nor worth of a trophy. They were quite timid, though they came in a bountiful amount. They could be good food. For now, The Feral YoungBlood wasn't hungry, he was simply looking for other life, possibly trophies to claim.
As he did, he noticed a feline creature attacking an Ooman. The Feline was smaller than your average Kiande Amedha, nor was it quite as fast. But it still looked dangerous. The Feline then started clawing the Ooman in the chest. The cat then grabbed the now unconscious Ooman by his foot. Grabbing it with its jaw, dragging him to its den. However, there wasn't just one Feline threat, there were three. Two of them seemed smaller than the bigger one. The best guess was, that the larger one was a male, and the other two were females. The females seemed more aggressive than the male, though the male was stronger than the females.
The Feral YoungBlood would not stand for the Ooman to die like this. Plus, the felines could be good trophies if proven to be great threats.
Just then, the female felines sniffed the air, they could smell a large threat nearby. The male noticed too as he dropped the Ooman and looked around predatorily.
The Feral YoungBlood moved in, making clicking noises with amusement. The three cats then noticed the threat. They started to hiss, but they clearly noticed, it was much larger than them. The feline cats hissed at the intruder. The Feral YoungBlood felt like having some fun with just his bare fists, rather than using his weapons.
The three cats then circled around the cloaked monster. Hissing at it intensely. One of them went in for an attack. It leaped at The Feral YoungBlood, grappling onto it. The Feral YoungBlood didn't punch it or attempt to attack it. He wanted to see just how much of a challenge these felines are.
The claws of the cat slashed wound marks on his chest. Green blood slit from the wound marks. This immediately triggered the Feral YoungBlood, these animals were threats and great challenges. The YoungBlood then grabbed and shoved the cat off of him, sending it toward a root of a tree, that was poking out of moss. The cat hit the root, breaking it off as it rolled down the small hill uncontrollably. Before the YoungBlood had a chance to react to the other two cats, one of them, which was the other female, leaped onto his back. Hitting the equipment on his back. The feline then clawed at his shoulder but also tried to bite down on his neck. The YoungBlood made a loud roar. He then thrashed around, trying to buck the feline off his back. The Feline then tried to bite down on YoungBlood's neck, only to be grabbed by the neck from the YoungBlood's hands. Grabbing the feline by the neck, quickly and efficiently, thrown to the ground, breaking some of the dirt in place. The cat was still alive as it got up quickly. It then tried to slash at YoungBlood with its claws. In response, the YoungBlood backed up just slightly. The cat's claws miss the YoungBlood by a few inches. The feline made another attempt at clawing the YoungBlood, missing once again as he moved to the side, avoiding the cat's claws.
The YoungBlood then kicked the female cat in the side with his foot sending it into a tree. The male Feline then leaped at the YoungBlood from behind, slicing the YoungBlood's side. The cat then bites down on YoungBlood's shoulder. Biting through his flesh green blood dripped from the wound.
The cat that was thrown down the hill quickly ran up the hill and leaped onto the YoungBlood as the Feral tried to get the other cat off his back. The male feline and female feline bit and slashed down on the Feral YoungBlood. Green blood continued to ooze out from the wounds. The Feral YoungBlood let out a roar of pain and anger as his mandibles opened wider. He was clearly getting slightly angry with the cats. Now was time to finish them.
The Feral YoungBlood then grabbed the female cat that was on his chest by the throat. Soon after, he slammed the female down on the ground. Without wasting any more time, The Feral YoungBlood rammed his elbow in the Male's face which was on his back, causing the male to lose his grip on the YoungBlood's neck. After getting hit by the left elbow of the YoungBlood, it was soon followed by a second elbow slam. This time with his right elbow. Hit the cat in the face, causing a tooth to break off and blood to squirt from its face. This process was repeated once again, The Feral YoungBlood ramming his elbows in the face of the male feline on his back. Each blow loosened the Feline's grip.
The Feral YoungBlood then grabbed the feline by the tail, which just happened to be on the right side of the Feral YoungBlood. He grabbed it, then slammed the cat down on the ground, via holding its tail. Which was immediately followed by another slam as the Feral YoungBlood dragged the cat by the tail.
The Feral YoungBlood then let go of the Male Feline's tail. He looked down at it, his heat vision could tell it was still alive. Then an indicator on his HUD triggered. Something was going right for him to his left. The Feral YoungBlood turned to see the female feline that he kicked into the tree, leap directly at him. The YoungBlood reacted quickly as he stopped the cat by grabbing it by the throat. Held it in place as they tried to claw the Feral YoungBlood.
The Feral YoungBlood then turned his attention to a tree branch that was sort of snapped, but it was sharp. He then looked back at the cat, which continued to roar and hiss, clawing and slashing at the Feral YoungBlood. The Feral YoungBlood then made rapid mandible clicking, in deep amusement.
The Feral YoungBlood then slammed the side of the feline into a branch, going straight through its side, blood, and guts spewing out. The Feral then broke a smaller piece of the branch off. He then began to push the cat further on the branch as it struggled to break free. Its roars and hisses slowly died down, dying down. It then went limp as it hung on the branch that skewered through its body. Blood dripped down from the wound.
The Feral YoungBlood then made more rapid mandible clicking, looking at the corpse of the feline in deep amusement. Then the other female cat leaped at the Feral YoungBlood from behind. Only for it to be grabbed by the YoungBlood by the jaw. The YoungBlood turned around so fast, that the cat couldn't even react. The Feral YoungBlood then punched the feline in the face, causing blood to splurt from its nose and mouth. Hitting it with his right hand. The Feral then punched again, repeating this action at least four times. The large Feline tried to claw at the Feral YoungBlood again, only to be grabbed by the neck once again. The Feral Predator then started pulling on its neck. The cat roared and howled in pain.
With a short pull, the cat's head then slowly started to separate from the rest of its body. Blood oozed out from all across its neck. Then, its head separated completely as its spinal cord came with it. The cat's body fell limp as the Feral YoungBlood held the head of the Feline up high, roaring in victory. He then tossed the body of the feline as he held the head in his other hand.
From behind, the last remaining male Feline hissed and snarled, but clearly, it was outmatched. The cat hissed and snarled at the YoungBlood. It then quickly took off, running as fast as its legs could take it, disappearing into the forest. The Feral YoungBlood then arched his back, his mandibles opened wider as he roared at the cowardly cat.
His roar echoed across a large portion of the woods. His roar even scared a few birds away as they flew off the trees and into the air.
The Feral YoungBlood then turned his attention to the other corpse of the Feline, the one that was impaled by a tree branch. He then walked over to it. Cloaking himself once again. He then grabbed and started to rip off the cat's head. Blood oozed out from the separation of the cat's neck and body. The Feral YoungBlood then pulled out the spine of the cat.
He would need to find a place to rest and get rid of all the flesh on the feline's heads.
He then slowly turned his head toward the Ooman, who was bloodied and unconscious. He partially leaned against a tree. The Feral YoungBlood then got closer to him. The Ooman didn't pose a threat to him, not to mention that this Ooman was sick. The Feral YoungBlood could sense something called Smallpox inside his body, which was passed on by the cats no doubt. The Feral YoungBlood then bent down next to the unconscious male Ooman. He then opened up a case that was on his waist. It brought out a majority of tools. Medical tools.
The Feral YoungBlood then pulled out the exact tool for any sort of disease or sickness. It was used for Yautja and Ferals, but Humans…Nothing changes about it.
The tool looked similar to that of his Medicomp. He then got to work as he got a Tracking Syringe out, putting it up to the Ooman's head. The needle of the Tracking Syringe then went into the Ooman's head. It was slow and non-lethal. The Ooman would be sore and weak for a few days, most likely dizzy, but nothing that can't be taken care of for just a few days' rest. After a few moments of the Tracking Syringe needle inside the Ooman's skull, the Feral YoungBlood pulled out the needle slowly. He then got his Health Shard, which he wanted to save, but it would at least help the Ooman. Not to mention he could always restock when supply drops came.
He then tore apart the Health Shard, then stabbed it into the Ooman's head, it wasn't very fast, but it was at a decent speed as the Health Shard's power was drained. The Ooman would be free of the sickness in an hour.
The Feral YoungBlood packed up his Medicomp and Tracking Syringe. He then went back to cloaking, his wounds were also pretty major, and he would need to heal up somewhere for tonight. But first, he had a Pauk-de (Fucker or Fucking) to hunt.
The Feral YoungBlood then walked off while cloaked, leaving large footprints behind.
Watching from the trees. The one thing that could make a YoungBlood a Blooded, A Xenomorph, or in other words…Kiande Amedha.
The shot of the YoungBlood slowly goes up as it shows the clouds, revealing the title
Predator
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A Yautja Roar is heard
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Comanche River System…
Naru was currently pulling a bow back, on it was an arrow. She was aiming for a Red Tail Hawk, which had a fish in its talons. Taabe was right next to her telling a story about their father. The story was about when a massive storm came down on the land, while Taabe and his father were hunting. Taabe said that everything was wet, he and his father got stuck in the mud, and Taabe's bow string got wet. This caused Naru to give a sound of disgust. Trying to concentrate on shooting the Red Tail Hawk.
Taabe then turned to the Red Tail, he quickly pulled back his bow and fired. Naru let out a slight gasp as she didn't release her bow.
The arrow went straight up and skewered the Red Tail, killing it as it dropped the fish and fell to the ground.
"You were sleeping," Taabe said to Naru.
"I was waiting for it to circle back," Naru said, contemplating her plan when she was going to fire. "Now you're going to have to cross the river," Naru continued, seeing at how the bird landed on the other side of the river.
"Don't get your bowstring wet…" Naru said, bringing up the story of Taabe saying that his bowstring got wet. Taabe chuckled slightly. "Taabe, this morning, I saw a sign…The Thunderbird. I've been practicing, I'm ready, for Kühtaamia," Naru said to her brother.
"You really think you're ready? You wanna hunt something that's hunting you," Taabe said, wondering if Naru was truly ready for something such as Mountain Lions, Bears, or Wolves.
Naru didn't know what to say at the moment. The Thunderbird had to be a sign for her, who else could it have been for? She was the only one to see it at the time. Which was just this morning.
"You should probably head back," Taabe said to Naru, telling her to return home. Naru obeyed obediently. Naru and Sarii then started making their way back to the Comanche Settlement.
Once she did, there were a few horses that were being escorted by some tribemates, some children were out and about. Naru walked through the settlement, heading toward a hut to sharpen her axe. It had gotten slightly dull after she threw it at a few trees for practice. She had a fish in her hand so that she could feed it to Sarii.
Naru entered the hut and started chopping up the fish. Aruka, Taabe and Naru's Mother, was currently crushing up some vegetation with a stone rock. Making some tea for some of the hunters. Sarii laid on a bed near where Naru and Aruka were sitting.
"Sarii," Naru said as she held out a piece of the fish, Sarii then got up and took the piece of fish with his mouth, taking it outside so that he can eat.
"You trained him well," Aruka said with a smile.
"It's easy, he's smart," Naru said.
"Not every intelligent animal can be easy to train," Aruka said, giving some motherly wisdom on nature and life. Naru took those words in a little, she continued to sharpen her axe.
"I see it got slightly dull," Aruka said looking at the axe that was in fact, slightly dull.
"Almost got a deer with it," Naru said, briefly explaining her hunt. A failed hunt of course.
"You know we can't eat all of that…Naru…You are good…at so many other things…why do you want to hunt?" Aruka asked, curious to know why Naru was so desperate for hunting.
"Because you all think I can't," Naru said looking at her mother. Aruka had no words for that. Everyone doubted Naru, even with her skills.
Then Taabe came into the hut, with a dead Red-Tail Hawk in his hand.
"Ah, He returns with a Red-tail," Aruka said with slight joy. Taabe then looked at Naru with a smile.
"You should've listened to my story," Taabe said as a joke.
"Didn't think we had time for folklore," Naru said, she was nearly finished sharpening with her axe. Aruka then noticed it was sharp enough.
"It's sharp enough…go find us some Calendula flowers," Aruka said as she gave a small, hide pouch to Naru. Naru took the small pouch and walked out of the hut. She went to where she and most of the other female Comanches came to cut the flowers and flora.
She started cutting a Calendula flower by its roots since they would need the entire thing.
Just then, there was a horn blown, and yells were heard. It sounded like some of the male warriors were calling out to each other. Naru got up and saw Itsee grab a spear.
"Itsee, what's going on?" Naru asked.
"Puhi, we've got to find him," Itsee said as he rushed off to join the search party for Puhi. Who had been missing all morning. Naru watched the search party take their leave as they went into the forest. They would need her help.
Watching everything in the tree, A Kiande Amedha watched the entire scene play out. It now knew where the humans had been living. This would be the perfect chance to continue their reproduction on Earth. This specific Xenomorph had a name. He had a number six on his forehead. The Yautja gave him this, engraving the number on his forehead. Giving him the name, "Six". Back in his time on Yautja Prime, he fought and killed many YoungBloods and UnBloodeds. So many, that even an Elite Class Yautja had to take him on. Six was a skilled and efficient fighter. Instead of relying on strength in numbers as his other alien hunting mates, he used more strategic and smarter ways to fight his enemies. He mostly outsmarted his foes, which is how he was able to defeat so many YoungBloods and Unbloodeds, including escaping an Elite Class Yautja who went by the name of "Wolf". Six barely escaped Wolf, managing to get out by using his own weapon against him. Damaging his Biomask and escaping without a trace left for him to be tracked.
Six was currently trying to find victims to bring back to the nest. Alive. It was to help them reproduce and grow in numbers. Six was willing to capture at least one human, the infants would not be sufficient since they would not produce good hunting mates. Not to mention they would be too weak. Six came from a strong host, he has no memories of who they were, or what they were, but he gained the traits of their intelligence and strength. Able to outwit and outsmart his foes within a few seconds of a brawl. He would follow the group of humans, and seize the opportunity when it comes.
Deep into the Forest…
The group of Comanche hunters kept their bowstrings at the ready, as they moved through the forest, searching for Puhi, a tribemate of theirs who had gone missing for quite some time. Taabe, Itsee, Wasape, and Paaka, were part of the search party.
Paaka stopped where he was, looked behind him, he pulled his bowstring back, knowing that something was close.
But then, he was stopped by Taabe, who put his hand on Paaka's arm, lowering the bow. Paaka was slightly confused until Naru, with Sarii, came over the hill.
"You could get shot, sneaking up like that," Paaka said.
"Who's sneaking," Naru said. She clearly wasn't sneaking. Nor was she trying to.
"Who invited you? We won't be gone long enough for you to cook," Wasape said. This caused some of the male members to laugh slightly.
"She should stay, she tracks well, and if we find Puhi alive, she knows medicine," Taabe said, encouraging his sister should come with them.
"We need to find Puhi," Taabe said to his sister as Paaka walked off into the rest of the group.
"I will," Naru said.
"I know, 'cause you have to," Taabe said with once again a slight chuckle. Naru gave one herself.
Further out into the Forest…
The Feral Predator had found a place to sit for a short moment. There was a fallen log, he sat down on it, resting up for a moment. There were stone rocks in front of him. He then grabbed the two feline cat's heads, which were still attached to their spines. He then placed them on the stones, and shortly after, he pressed a few buttons on his gauntlet. Particles started to spray on the cat's heads. Dissolving the flesh and cartilage of the cats. It wasn't until there was nothing but the skulls. The Feral Predator looked on in satisfaction. He grabbed both of them, examining them closely. Rotating them from side to side. He then placed them on his skull holder. He then gently touched the wound on his shoulder. It was still bleeding, green blood oozed from the injury. He growled slightly when he touched the wound.
It was far too large for a medicomp or Health Shard. There were also many slashes across his chest. He would have to tolerate it for now. It had been well over three hours since his encounter with the three cats. He hadn't seen the large male since then. Nor had it left any signs. For now, he would take a short moment for his wounds to heal, at least so he wouldn't pass out from extreme blood loss. He then heard some shouts in the forest. Which immediately put him on high alert. He quickly cloaked and stood up. The shouts sounded like Oomans. A large group of them. Most likely searching for one of their own. The one that he saved from the cats.
The Feral YoungBlood calmed down, knowing that the Oomans were not after him, only shouting to each other. It sounded like a battle cry if anything.
The Feral YoungBlood felt a need to go and see what the Ooman search party was looking for. If they were to find the Ooman from earlier, then they would most likely see the corpses he left behind, and possibly track him or the remaining cat down. Either way, he needed to track and follow the Ooman search party.
The Feral YoungBlood then walked slowly in the direction of the shout. Making sure to stay stealthy. He quickly recloaked, becoming almost unseeable.
Just fifty meters away from the YoungBlood…
An ant slowly crawled on a log but was quickly eaten by a rat. As it munched on the ant, a rattlesnake was curled up, preparing to strike. Then in the blink of an eye, the snake lashed forward, catching and killing the rat in its jaws. With its food in its jaws, it slowly slithered away. But, was quickly stabbed in the back of the head by a sharp, black blade. The snake was then lifted up off the ground, lifeless and dead. Then it was stripped of its skin. Soon after it was eaten. By a Xenomorph Drone, who had been scouting the area for Six and prey. A small snake would have to do it. The Xenomorph drone ate off its tail, consuming half of the snake. It then dropped the other half and started crawling off.
Comanche Search Party…
Naru, Taabe, Wasape, Paaka, Itsee, and Sarii, along with a few other Tribemates were searching for Puhi. They traveled through the forest, hoping to find some sort of clue or mark that could lead to Puhi. Saree then found manure.
"Great, nice job, your Dog found shit," Wasape said.
"We're not looking for wolves," Paaka said after Wasape.
"It's not wolves, It's Lionskin, and from what it looks like, there's more one. Best guess is there's a pack nearby," Taabe said, pointing out some footprints that were left behind.
"If there's a pack of them, then we'll have to find them," Naru said looking at her brother.
"We will, but first, let's find Puhi. We're not risking losing a whole search party from a pack of lions," Taabe said. Naru nodded.
"Sarii," Naru said to Sarii, Sarii then started barking as he took off, getting the scent of Puhi. But also something else.
In the trees, Six was leaping from tree to tree, stealthy. He watched the human search party. Though he was confused as to why there was only one female in the group. Even among an animal. Six was technically gender neutral, he was neither male nor female. He wasn't Queen Status, but he was Warrior status. A Rank higher than Drone. Which gave him the ability to move faster, become stronger, and produce acid from his mouth, acid that would dissolve flesh with ease. For some reason, he grew curious about the female human. If she was the only female of the group of humans to go with them, could she be the most worthy of all the females? Only time would tell, Six would continue to follow them. But he sensed that a Drone was nearby and could ruin his plans. He would have to deal with it, the death of one Drone would not matter to the Queen.
Six would keep a close eye on the group of Humans, but first, dealing with the Drone was a necessity.
Six then leaped off the tree and toward the Drone, which could not be seen, since it was rather far away. Six was extremely fast for his kind, far faster than many of his hive mates.
Naru and the Search Party finally found Puhi. Who was bleeding majorly across his chest. He was barely conscious at the moment. Naru bent down and checked his pulse.
"He's steady, but he's losing blood fast," Naru said, just before Naru could get to work on Puhi, something fell on Naru's hand. She halted, looking at it for a short moment. It was too warm to be water, it wasn't sap, it was too loose. Then another drop fell on her hand. Puhi, then pointed upward on the tree, his hand shaking rapidly. Naru, Taabe, Wasape, Itsee, Paaka, and the other tribemates, looked up…and saw a mutilated corpse of a Mountain Lion, whose head was missing and hanging on a tree branch, stabbed right through its side.
"Well, we found one of our lions," Taabe said as they shined their torches up at it. What kind of animal could have done this?
Puhi then rambled on by saying one word, "Mupitstl". Mumbling it over and over. Though it was difficult to tell.
"What's he saying?" Wasape asked.
"He said he saw a Mupitstl, whatever killed that cat, Puhi saw it," Naru said to the group.
"I thought there were three, where's the other two?" Paaka asked as he kept guard. Sarii then started barking as he was near the slope of a hill. Itsee and Taabe walked over and saw yet another mutilated carcass of a cat.
"Here's the second, Its head and spine are missing as well," Taabe said as he stood back up, examining the carcass of the lion.
"Over here!" Wasape said, he shined his torch on the ground, tracks were left behind.
"Tracks, Looks like a lion," Wasape said.
"If there's another one alive, then we need to find it after we get Puhi back home," Paaka said.
Taabe then bent down next to Naru, who was pondering her thoughts on what exactly could've done this to two lions.
"What do you think could've done this? Bears don't hang their food, and why were only the heads missing?" Naru asked Taabe. Taabe wondered as well. Something was out there, it was more than strong enough to kill two lions. Taabe then looked at the rest of the group.
"Get a bed ready, and keep your eyes open, whatever killed these cats, couldn't have strayed too far," Taabe told the group. Itsee, Wasape, and three other tribemates went around the area and started building a mobile bed to carry Puhi back home.
Puhi kept moaning "Mupitsl" over and over. Naru was working on the medicine.
Watching them from the darkness, fully cloaked and curious. The Feral YoungBlood was watching the group of Oomans. Curious about how there was only one female amongst them. The Feral YoungBlood hid behind a tree that was forty yards away from where Naru and Taabe were. He watched the Oomani-di, closely, she had been the only female Ooman he'd seen thus far. He watched her closely as she seemed to be making some sort of medicine of a sort. The Feral YoungBlood tilted his head in curiosity.
Not far from the Comanche Search Party…
The Xenomorph Drone was perched on a tree branch high above the ground. It was at least thirty meters from where the Humans were. It would move in for the kill, no matter how many there were. The Xenomorph Drone then leaped to another tree branch. As soon as it made it to the tree branch, something pounced on it, pushing it toward a different tree, a much thicker one. The Xenomorph Drone quickly realized that it was yet another Xenomorph. Six had come to stop it from interfering with his plans.
Six pinned the Xenomorph Dron against the thick tree. His mouth opened as his secondary mouth came forward and hit the Xenomorph Drone in the forehead. Killing it on the spot. Six hissed in satisfaction. He then grabbed the Xenomorph Drone by the head and dragged it further up on the tree.
Its blood oozed down the bark. Sizzling away as it drizzled down.
Back with the Comanche Search Party…
Naru had gotten the medicine to work, she then fed Puhi the cut-up Calendula flowers. He swallowed them his body then started to shiver, he was freezing. The rest of the Search Party had gotten a mobile bed ready.
"We'll head back, Taabe wants to stay and hunt the last lion," Wasape said. It was now pitch black out in the dark, only their torches lit the way.
"I'm coming with you," Naru said to Taabe as Itsee, Paaka and a few other tribemates got Puhi into the bed.
"Naru, stay with Puhi, he's going to need you," Taabe said, but Naru wasn't buying it.
"Taabe, there's something else out there. It killed two lions and all it did was take their heads, a bear couldn't have done that," Naru said to Taabe. Taabe understood how she was feeling. She was afraid for him. Naru was right, something was out here, and it was strong enough to kill two lions at the same time. The last remaining one managed to escape by fleeing.
"I'll deal with it Naru, If I need your help, I'll come back to the village and get it, alright, but for now, just stay with Puhi until he gets back home," Taabe said as he walked off into the darkness.
"We don't have time, let's move," Wasape said as the group walked off, carrying Puhi in his bed.
The Feral YoungBlood was caught between following the Oomani-di and the Ooman search party or following the lone Yeyin Sain'ja ("Yeyin" means Brave)("Sain'ja" means Warrior).
The Feral YoungBlood slowly followed the Ooman Search Party with the Oomani-di. He followed them through the forest, making sure not to draw too much attention to himself. As he did, his thermal heat vision picked up blood…Kiande Amedha Thwei ("Thwei" means Blood).
The Feral YoungBlood slowly looked up as his thermal heat vision saw it lead further up on the tree. The Feral then gruffed slightly. He leaped up high, grabbing a thick branch with one arm. Then twirling around the branch like a trained gymnast. The branch bent slightly but supported his weight. The Feral then leaped to another branch, but instead of twirling, he grabbed ahold of the bark. Gripping it tightly as he climbed the tree. After a few short moments, The Feral made it to the top. The Thwei seemed to be dripping from behind some pine needles, a very thick bunch of them. Almost as if they were placed there for a reason.
The Feral then grabbed the pine needle branches and jerked them out of the way. He then saw, a dead Kiande Amedha Drone. Its mouth was agape as blood oozed out from both its forehead and mouth. The Feral YoungBlood cocked his head to the side, looking at the corpse of a Kiande Amedha. He then examined the wound in its head, looking at it closely. This wound was from another Kiande Amedha…but why would one of their own kind attack each other, let alone kill. As The Feral YoungBlood thought about it more and more…he realized that there was only one Kiande Amedha that would kill their own kind. The Yautja had used him to test YoungBloods and Unbloodeds. But not even an Elite Class who went by the name "Wolf" could kill this single Kianda Amedha. It was none other, than Six. The one Xenomorph that had escaped and killed more Yautja and Hunters than could be counted. The Feral YoungBlood needed to keep his guard up excessively high. He must not underestimate his enemy, Six was beyond dangerous. The Feral then dropped down from the tree.
He searched around for a few seconds, realizing the Ooman Search Party was out of sight.
"Pauk!" (Meaning Fuck in Yautja Language). The Feral YoungBloog cursed himself for losing the Ooman search party. He took the best guess as he followed the trail that would most likely lead to where the Oomans were. But then he saw an orange light coming in his direction. He quickly hid behind a tree, all the while, still cloaked to prevent from being spotted. The Feral YoungBlood then saw the Oomani-di again. She seemed to be going alone. At least the Feral YoungBlood didn't lose sight completely.
Though he was confused about why she was going alone…but quickly saw that she wasn't alone. One of her tribe mates was following her. The Feral YoungBlood started to follow them. Watching them carefully.
Naru was trying to find her brother, she had found tracks of something she'd never seen before. They weren't as big as a bear, but the shape they took was unfamiliar to Naru. It even skinned a snake, leaving only half of it behind. It could've been the potential killer of the lions. If it was, then it would prove to be quite dangerous. However, Puhi said he saw a "Mupitsl". A Mupitsl had to be much larger than whatever left those tracks.
As Naru continued her way through the forest, she found more tracks…this time, they looked like a lion, one that she was familiar with. She shined her torch down closer to it. Just then she was grabbed and pulled down lower.
"Naru, we don't need the torch, you'll scare the cat," Taabe said as he put out the torch and whispered to his sister. "Why'd you come back?" Taabe asked Naru, curious to know why his sister would come back.
"I found tracks, they weren't as big as a bear but they were bigger than a lion," Naru whispered back.
"Could've been another lion," Taabe said.
"I don't think so, I don't know what it was, I've never seen anything like it," Naru said.
"Well, whatever it was, we're in the Cat's den now, We have to take care of it first," Taabe whispered back, dealing with the cat was the first priority at the moment. They would find out whatever left those tracks and/or find the thing responsible for killing the two lions. Naru then nodded her head in response.
Taabe, Paaka, and Naru crawled forward, staying low so the cat could not spot them.
"It won't think we're hunting it. It'll think it's hunting us. We use bait, hide up on the tree and wait for it," Naru said pointing out to the tree.
"A hunter doesn't wait, he hunts, we could be here all night," Paaka said, reluctant to just wait for the cat.
"We could also search the entire forest and not find anything either," Naru said to Paaka.
"If you're too scared to hunt, then go back to the village, Taabe and I can-" Paaka said but was cut off by Taabe.
"We'll try it Naru's way, we'll bait the cat and kill it from there," Taabe said. Naru was about to get up and prepare for the cat. But she was stopped by Taabe.
"Hey, It's time, Naru. For Kühtaamia. When the cat comes, you tell that thing, This is as far as you go, no more, this is it," Taabe said to Naru. Naru nodded her head in acknowledgment.
They then prepared for the Lion. Meanwhile, The Feral YoungBlood was out hunting, keeping a good perimeter of the land. He made sure not to interfere with the Oomans' plans of killing the cat, even though he had a score to settle with the lion. He still had two of the Lioness skulls on his backpack. Six was out here. Watching the Oomans? Most likely, he/she was probably trying to figure out his/her next move. Making sure that no other Kiande Amedhas interfere with his/her plans? Even more so. Six was by far the most intelligent, if not the most disobedient Kiande Amedha The Feral YoungBlood had ever seen or heard. He/She was known to disobey the Queen Kiande Amedha to an extensive degree, even going as far as refusing her summon of her brood.
The Feral YoungBlood then came across another Kiande Amedha corpse, this one seemed more mangled up, he looked around at his surroundings, there was conflict, heavy conflict. And there seemed to be more than one Kiande Amedha Drone corpse. In fact, there were at least three, and neither of them was Six. If anything, Six was the cause of their deaths. Meaning, that the Feral YoungBlood needed to keep his guard up higher than normal. He too needed to find a Kiande Amedha to kill in order for him to complete his adulthood.
Back with Naru and Paaka…
Naru sat on the branch of a tree, sharpening her axe, waiting for the Lion. Paaka finished setting up the bait, which was a rabbit. He climbed up onto the tree sitting on the other branch. Paaka looked at Naru who was sharpening her axe.
"Sharpening your weapon won't matter. You've never fought a Lion, have you? Their mouth full of teeth like knives, able to crush your bones," Paaka said, trying to scare Naru, but Naru wasn't the least bit scared, if anything, she was excited for the Lion to come. Behind Paaka, the wind blew strong enough to where the grass swayed.
Meanwhile…with the Feral YoungBlood…
The wind blew in his direction, The Feral YoungBlood, then got an indicator on his Biomask. He jerked toward the direction of where it signaled. Off in the distance where the moonlight lined up with the tree, He saw the Oomani-di and the male Ooman, sitting on the branches of the tree. The Feral YoungBlood's heat vision then picked up something moving fast toward them.
The Feral then sprinted toward the tree, but also trying not to give away his location.
Back at the Tree…
"When your brother comes back, he and I will find the Lion, and kill i-" Paaka was immediately grabbed off of the tree branch as the large male Lion leaped onto him, knocking him off the tree branch and sending him into some tall grass. Naru widened her eyes in shock. Paaka screamed for a few moments but was then silenced. Naru stood up as her grip tightened on her axe.
Then she saw the Lion run through the grass, seemingly circling her. Naru then grabbed a spear as she spun around, frantically looking for the Lion.
Out of the corner of Naru's eye, she saw the Lion leap at her. Naru quickly twirled around and got onto the other branch. Keeping her spear at the ready. The Lion then climbed onto the branch. It was the last surviving member of its pack. They were killed off by a monster of some sort. The cat's mouth had blood covering it, most likely from killing Paaka.
Naru backed up a little bit from the Lion as the Lion drew closer. Hissing and roaring at its prey. The Lion then went in for a slash, but it came too short as Naru backed up a little further away. Naru then went in for a stab, but the Lion was smart as it moved to the side and bit down on the spear, and jerked it out of Naru's hands. Naru was nearly flung off of the tree branch as she tried to rebalance herself. She then quickly pulled out her axe. The Lion hissed further on as it inched closer to her. Just then, the branch below Naru's feet broke as Naru fell to the ground.
When she hit the ground, she landed on her back, her ears started ringing from the hit she took on her head. She looked up at the tree branch as the Lion leaped down at her, Naru quickly rolled to the side before the Lion pounced at her. The Lion was on the ground as it hissed at Naru more.
Naru then threw her axe at the cat, hitting it on the side. Causing it to roar in pain. Naru got back up on her feet as she climbed the tree again. The Lion bore the pain on its side as it leaped at Naru again, but missed as Naru scrambled onto the tree branch. But then…another Lion leaped onto the other branch on the other side. Hissing at her. It was smaller than the one she was fighting, most likely a young male. It hissed at Naru. Naru had no weapons to fight the cat. She backed up away from the cat as it approached her.
Then the larger Lion leaped at her from the ground. Naru rolled off the Tree branch as the Lion scrapped at the tree, trying to get up on the branch. Naru fell off the tree as she rolled to the ground. Hitting her head on a stone. Her vision became blurry, her ears started ringing again. Naru clenched her teeth, causing her to groan at the pain. She looked up and saw her axe laying not far in front of her. Naru tried crawling for the axe. Her hearing started coming back. She heard a roar behind her. A powerful force slammed down on her back, as Naru tried to reach for her axe.
All of a sudden, heavy teeth bit down on the side of the neck, causing Naru to scream in pain. The Lion then lifted Naru's head up as she howled in pain. Naru reached for her axe in a desperate attempt, blood dripping from her mouth and shoulder. She then felt her side get clawed as her clothing ripped and blood seeped out from her side. Naru then finally managed to grab her axe. She swung it at the head of the Lion. Releasing its teeth from her. The Adrenaline fueling Naru sparked inside of her as she wasted zero time turning around and hitting the Lion in the face again, creating a huge slash on its face. Causing it to howl in pain. Naru then threw herself on the Lion as she put her weight on it, she lifted her axe above her head, holding it with two hands.
She then slashed down on the Lion multiple times, slashing it frequently in the face. She raised it higher as she slashed it a few more exhausting times. The Lion was becoming immovable. She then grabbed it by the head as she raised her axe one last time, then slashing it down as blood splattered on her face, she slashed it again. She screamed as she did it. Then with her other arm, she pulled the cat's head off. The Lion was dead. She killed it…she finally got her Kühtaamia. She looked at the cat corpse in utter exhaustion. She looked up to see the other much larger Lion. Naru realized that she had killed the smaller one.
Naru's vision was becoming fuzzy and blurry. She could hear herself breathing loudly as she was on her knees, her head swaying side-to-side. The Lion inched toward her hissing at her, it was about to pounce.
But then, it saw something behind Naru. It then slowly started to back away, hissing at whatever was behind her. It then took off running as far away as it could. Naru let out a heavy sigh of relief.
But then, the thing behind her came in front of her. Naru saw, what seemed to be a moving being, but it was difficult to see, the shape of it could be made out but, it was almost like it was camouflaging. Whatever it was, it was huge. She looked up at it, she could feel herself losing consciousness. Then, the being uncloaked itself. Naru's vision was blurry and difficult to make out.
The creature tilted its head to the side. Naru…then saw it looked like a…Mupitsl…The very thing that Puhi said he saw.
The Mupitsl then bent down on one knee, but before anything else could happen, Naru fell to her side as everything seemed slow and cut out. But, she felt herself being gently lowered down as something grabbed her on her shoulder. Gently letting her fall to the ground. Naru then laid on her back, more blood seeped out from her shoulder and waist. She then saw the creature. Sort of. It wore a seemingly skeletal mask of some sort.
After that, everything went dark for Naru, as she closed her eyes, losing consciousness.
Before she did, she heard the sound of a rapid mandible clicking together frequently. Then, it was lights out.
To Be Continued…