Alien vs Predator: An unscheduled hunt...

XenoHunter, Undefined, 16 years ago

Prolouge:
Shak'li, a well-respected yautja Elder, walked through the corridors of one of the greatest Yautjan hunting grounds in the galaxy. These great hunting grounds were located on Xixus, a planet that had been unknown to the rest of the universe at large. Shak'li had been here the first day it had been discovered, being then a young unblooded. He turned a corner, looking through various windows as he went, witnessing horrible things happen to xenomorphs. Horrible...even to him.
The reason for the horrifiying experiments on the xenomorphs was directly related to the fact that all yautja loved to hunt. When the yautja had found this place, they had brought xenomorphs with them, infecting the planet's wildlife. They soon brought other yautja, and evntually colonized the planet and made it their own. But eventually the hunters got bored of the easier and easier hunts, and they left. Fortunately, the scientists had already started experiments with xenomorphs to make them stronger for the more experienced yautja. They contined this program with every xenomorph on the planet, adding limbs and other devices of torture to the hard meat.
It was horrible, but Shak'li did not care. All he cared for was a good hunt, and to protect his honor. He walked into the ground transport vehicle, down a hallway, constantly checking his gear again and again. He sat down in his seat and saw the other yautja in the vehicle. All unblooded. How sad that he was the only experienced one in the group, possibly having more experience than all the other yautja in his group. He sighed and put his mask on, the weather on the planet was harsh, desert-like in fact. The ground transport vehicle dropped him off, along with the unbloods. He looked around at them as they put their cloaking devices on. How inexperienced, they actually had to use their cloaks ? All any good hunter needed was stealth, with or with out cloaking. Shak'li climbed into the highest branches of the trees, being careful so as to not make a sound.
Suddenly there was a large booming coming from under the sand. One xenomorph came up, having scythes for arms. One of the unbloods made a fatal mistake by firing his plasma caster. And missing. Suddenly more and more came up. One of them slayed the unblood by brutally tearing his head off. The foolish unbloods body fell to the ground, lifeless. This was an ambush! More and more unbloods were being slayed, their cloaks having no use at all to the vicous Hard meat. Soon, only Shak'li was left.
The xenomorphs circled him. He looked around and saw that more and more hunting parties were being slayed by the mutants.They were rebelling, taking over the planet. Shak'li fought the remaining hard meat with his combistick, watching as they circled him. He suddenly lunged at one, but it pinned him to the wall with his tail. Then he roared at the xenomorph, tugging at its tail, fighting for his worthy trophy. Then he realized that his prey was not worthy, that it was just a mindless creature, with no will for trophies, or honour, or pride, or any of those things.
He watched as the xenomorph extended its head ever longer, prepared to give him the kiss of death. It did it silently, as a theif in the night. Shak'li layed his head down, and accepted the final rest.
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Jack shuddered as the criminal pushed his gun up against his skull. The thug looked at the door behind them and, motioning toward it asked "So, buddy, whats behind this door?" Jack opened his eyes wide and tried to tell him not to go into the room, but all that came out was a muffled yell. The thug smiled, and called his friends over to break down the door.The door fell and behind it was the most horrible sight anyone could ever see....
A few days ago, Jack wouldn't have suspected that he would stand in the position that he was in now, held hostage by a couple of common street thugs.Of course, he was just doing his job.A few days ago...
An organic looking yautja ship flew through space. Inside were seven yautja, resting up for the hunt to come. The ship seemed to come alive at the touch of a button. Seven tubes rose out of the ground, slowly revolving round and round. Silently, they opened, one by one, revealing seven yautja.One moved, and climbed out. The beast opened his one eye and roared loudly at the others,yelling for them to wake up. The hunter opened a door and put his armor on. The others did the same, and sat down at their positions at each chair. This was a badblood hunt...
Jack looked out of the window of the omni-terrain vehicle, at the beautiful, sunny planet's forest. What a great ecosystem, he thought. Perfectly fine. Not like what the Company's been doing to Earth."Well, what do you think? What should we tell the company? I think we've hit a jackpot," Jack shouted to the other people in the vehicle. It was a sentence he used often, and sadly. Just thinking about what the company would do to it... Jack turned his head away from the window and moved toward the only female of the group, his best friend."Yeah, but I dont think we should tell that to them," was all the quiet young woman said. "C'mon Sara, you know we have to," yelled the driver of the vehicle over the loud noises of the vehicle."You c'mon, you know it was a joke,Stephen!" Sara exclaimed."You're so naive, Sara!I think we should stop here." Stephen stopped the vehicle and got out. He took the groups bags out and placed them in the makeshift base they had set up a few hours ago. Sara didn't get out before asking Jack "You've been awfully quiet Jack, what's wrong?" Jack's green eyes locked with Sara's clear blue ones. Under his black hair and scruffed face, his eyes were the only thing that was bright about his face. His five o' clock shadow even furthered this appearance with sunken in cheeks and all." I-I don't know. I have this awful feeling that everything is going to go wrong, and-" " It's okay Jack, everything's going to be fine. All we have to do is radio in to the Company." In contrast to Jack, her bright blue eyes were not the brightest thing on her face,her skin was pale, and she had a few freckles. Her hair was scarlet and her face was round.She was still young... and Jack would do anything to protect her.
"Alright, but I'm just saying..." Sara nodded and walked into the base where Stephen was setting up the radio. Jack put his button up sweater over the shirt that he was wearing.It was a nice tempeture out, a cool 69 degrees. Jack put his revolver in his backpack. New policy was that all personnel had to carry a gun with them. He hated it. Stephen started up the radio, having no luck at first, then, finally picking up a signal, called Mr.Thomason Weyland, the great, great, great grandson of Charles Bishop Weyland. " Hey, Boss, the planet you told us to investigate is clear. Looks beautiful. Seems like you can colonize it."A minute later came Mr. Weyland's reply" What? Oh, yes, thank you for your group's help, it will be remembered. Now report to Space Station C." "Roger that, we'll be there in about an hour.Alright people, lets move!" Jack nodded and got into the Omni-terrain vehicle. Sara and Stephen started up their shuttle. Jack drove the vehicle into the ship's cargo bay, then climbed out and got into his seat on the shuttle's bridge. "Alright, I'm gonna start up the thrusters now... 3...2...1. Alright, Sara, start up the nav control, and Jack, you pilot us out of here." shouted Captain Stephen to his two-man crew. Jack watched as Sara did her job, then Stephen did his. He was an A-class pilot, but that didn't really matter compared to his medical skills.He pulled he ship up and they finally broke the atmosphere. He wiped his brow and set a course for Station C. He set it and put it on autopilot. He sighed in relief and lazed in his chair.
Lefty, the leader of the yautjan bounty hunters examined the rest of the hunters with a piercing eye. He then looked down at the dot on his navigation system. His brother...the badblood. He had been hunting his brother,Snaptooth ever since Snaptooth had killed his father.He stared at the dot with extreme disgust. Not only because it was his brother, but the planet... Xixus. It had been one of the greatest yautjan hunting grounds, until they had been overwhelmed by Xenomorph mutations. As far as he was concerned, the scientists were criminals, and they all deserved to die. Lefty watched as Xixus came closer and closer. He ordered the other yautja to grab their weapons. The hunt was about to begin...
Jack pulled the ship up closer to the landing docks and lit a cigarette. The shuttle landed nicely in the docking bay, and the trio walked out and breathed in the air inside. It felt good. Jack walked over to the room where Mr. Weyland was waiting...
Lefty and the others climbed into their dropship. Bull started it up and the ship blasted from the larger ship. It sped like a rocket, as quick as lightning toward the mighty planet Xixus. Lefty roared at the other predators, insulting them. The others roared back at him. He did the predator equivalent of a smile.They were ready.
The dropship settled down on the planet. Lefty climbed out, followed by Crusher and Tri-Mark. He looked around at the barren, abandoned surface of Xixus.Lefty put his mask on and sniffed the ground. Snaptooth was nearby.... He signaled for Bull to open the door of the main hunting facility, the place where yautja used to hunt. They would be used again soon, very soon.
Snaptooth stalked the bounty hunters from above, cloaked and silent. He aimed his plasma caster at them. His brother... Snaptooth knew the perfect thing to do. Call in the Oomans...yes he would.But first... he aimed the cannon at his brother and fired.Suddenly, a yautja moved right in front of his aiming reticle and was badly injured. He had blown his cover. Snaptooth fell to the ground and ran, dodging plasma caster shots from all over the place. He finally snuck into an empty room. He activated his communicator...
Jack finished smoking his cigarette, put it in an ashtray, and sat down at the meeting table. He propped his feet on the table and waited. Finally, the rest of his team came in along with Mr. Weyland and his two bodygaurds. The team sat down next to Jack, and Weyland sat across from them. He eyed them carefully then said "So, Mr. Corelin,Mr. Matthews and Ms.Dyson, what did you find down there?"Stephen was the first to reply."Well, it's a beautiful planet sir, and very breathable, and everything!" His ramblings eventually ran off into nervous babblings." Yes, yes thats all fine and-" Mr. Weyland was cut off promptly by the shouting of a scientist in the labs. " What is it, Laurer?" "Sir, I just recieved an unknown transmission, sir!" Mr. Weyland rubbed his chin. " XTs? Where did it come from?" "An uncharted planet sir. I think we may have found intelligent life, sir!" Mr. Weyland looked interested. " Alright Laurer, I'm going to send a team of explorers to check it out. Keepme updated if you see anything else. You're getting a raise." Laurer opened his eyes wide. "YES SIR!" Laurer scurried out of the room.
"So, who are you sending?" was the first thing Jack asked. " I thought it was obvious, I'm sending you and your team." Jack's freshly lit cigarette fell from his hands. " Look man, you don't pay us enough for us to go and find some alien. What if it's hostile?" Weyland told them" Alright, you want a raise, you got it. I dont care, but we have to find that alien lifeform. Our company depends on it." Jack rolled his eyes, moving his hand to his revolver. He knew he would get fired if he didn't go down there and explore the signal. Jack thought long and hard,then signaled for the rest of his team. They walked toward the ship and didn't look back.
Jack kickstarted the ship and set a course for the cooridinates that Laurer had given them. He prepared his radio while the others got into their cryotubes. He would have to stay there until they got there. Jack laid his head down to rest...
Lefty examined Crusher's shoulder. He had been badly damaged by a plasma caster shot. Snaptooth's.... Crusher took out his medicomp and opened it revealing a blade with a healing liquid inside. He clutched it and prepared to stab it in. A loud roaring echoed throughout the hunting grounds.
Snaptooth finished the communications and walked over to a door, hacking it instantly. He had been trained in these kind of things. The door opened to reveal the outside of the barren, deserted planet. He caught sight of the deserted bounty hunter ship, promptly running over to it and placing his self-destruct device in it. He ran away, far away, and never looked back at the destruction of the ship.
Jack woke up suddenly. It seemed he had a nightmare. Horrible beasts... aliens. He sighed and saw that they were nearly to the surface of the planet. Jack jumped up and sped over to Stephen and Sara's cryotubes, respectively.They woke up startled. " That time already?" Asked a dazed Stephen groggily. " Oh, man..." Sara got up ad got dressed while Stephen stared at her. Jack punched him in the face and said" You are such a f**ked up pervert Stephen. Did your parents abuse you or something?" Stephen looked up and spit his blood on the floor. " No. You?" Stephen grinned and got dressed as well. "Alright people, depressurizing in 5..4..3..2..go." The crew watched as the door opened and they climbed out onto the rocky, barren, and deserted surface of Xixus.
Lefty roared as the exit of the structure suddenly lit up and destroyed the ship. Lefty dodged onto the floor along with five others, but their seventh member, the wounded Crusher, had his upper half blown to bits. The bottom half's legs wriggled for a bit then went limp and slumped to the ground, bleeding luminescent green blood all over the floor. Lefty got on the floor and roared for his fallen comrade. Killed... by a badblood. Lefty stood up and clenched his fist. He would avenge his comrades death. He would have to kill his brother...
Jack and the others turned at the sound of an explosion. They were amazed at the scale of the bomb and hey backed away, covering their eyes. This was amazing. There was definitely intelligent lifeforms on this barren rock, of all places. Jack took out his revolver and trudged on. Well, at least now they had some incentive...(This post will be updated, every time I write a new chunk. Expect a few more huge portions.)

FireHunter, Undefined, 16 years ago

is this for the cartoon or just for fun?

Jed-Chrizt, Undefined, 16 years ago

I like what I read.