Jed-Chrizt,
Undefined,
18 years ago
Chapter 2: Return and Depart.
Taxa mothership was set for the yautja homeworld. It was their return in years, after all. During the voyage, Jad had finally gone through the most important ritual which would mature him into the blooded. Jad was a bit loose-minded, as seeing his fallen commrades die, and killing off foes. But the aliens are dead-brained bugs? Who cares? Jad was happy, yet at the same time disappointed. He blamed himself for letting Aidin-Kai and Batasi die. Uaiki T'ch called Jad into the headroom, he wanted to have a word with him. Jad entered the room diligently, his dreads were tied to the back of his neck, and he wore a light armour at the moment. Uaiki T'ch stepped over to Jad, and placed a firm arm on his shoulder. Uaiki T'ch was right, Jad could of done it! He also knew, that Jad could of also died along with all the other unblooded yautjas that went along with him.
Uaiki, was not fond of the selection for the place for the manhood ritual, but Lackia-si was 'certain' they could handle it. Even putting Uaiki under pressure by taunting him saying 'We should go to probably the most dangerous place we can find, remember we're trying to train ourselves strong, strong we are 'training' thy selves, and not weak....we are the hunters...'. Uaiki didn't want to turn out as nothing more than a weak leader, although he reckon to take heed, and know which place was a safe enough place for the unblooded trio to get their success, he was forced into going to Valls. Uaiki took a seat and began moving his mandibles at Jad 'I'm proud of you, you prove, you prove.....honour, you prove you are ready'. Jad responded 'I am thankful...'. Uaiki lower his head, and grabbed a mask. He threw it at Jad, as Jad merely caught it with one hand, it was heavy! The mask was heavily armoured, it was a firm mask, one that can witstand xenomorph's headbites or acid. One that can witstand any headshot! Jad watched the mask closely, and smuged one of his fingers on it, at the eye piece of the mask.
His mandibles began what is known as a 'yautja smile' as he responded 'I am very thankful...'. Uaiki smiled back at him, and told him 'I just had to congratulate the yautja infront of thou who hast witstood the Kiande Amedha Chiva , Paya has surely granted you a gift, and I'm proud Jad-Kaiti, now that is all, Bpi-de to thou now' Jad shook his head communicating he understands, and headed out of the room. As Jad was walking back to his room, Lackia-si grabbed his arm and tossed him on a nerby wall, he then released his wristblades at Jad pointing it directly to his face. Jad would have been killed if he had moved a muscle!. Lackia-si talked 'Pauk you yautja!! How can xenomorphs even wish to fight a Tarei hsa such as thou self? suit up for a Jedhin! ( a wrestling match)' he released Jad and walked off with his shoulders high! Jad was annoyed, he was already beating himself up about what happened, and Lackia-si was just being a thorn to his side.
Jad didn't hesitate, he procceeded to his room and looked for his armour. It was another armour, an upgrade which had Jad's mandibles smiling. He grabbed the armour and headed for arena. The arena had a few unblooded and just little blooded from the clan watching. Lackia-si opened his combi-stick and began roaring to the crowd, he had just defeated another yautja. The other yautja was so badly bruised, that medical subordinates had to take him out for immediate treatment. Jad stepped into the arena head up, and shoulders high. Jad was sick and tired of Lackia-si attitude towards him, he was annoyed and stressed!! Lackia-si stanced at Jad, while he got the same reaction from his enemy. The atmosphere was tense! the yautjas look at eachother like if they wanted blood, and death... Lackia-si cloaked quickly, and jumped unto the wall. Jad switched quickly to his PredTech vision, only to be netted by the incoming net from his foe yautja.
He opened his wristblades and burst through the net, and now he finally had Lackia-si locked on sight, directly. Lackia-si shot another net, which nearly got Jad, who merely missed by sidestepping and jumping unto the nearby wall. The crowd was going wild, as Lackia-si tried jumping to Jad; Jad landed a kick directly to his stomach sending the other yautja flying downwards. Lackia-si regained his balance and flipped to the ground, shoot another net at Jad. This time it didn't miss the target, and Jad went flying with the net. Desperately, he started to slash out of it...again. Once out, a punch was landed to his face, followed by a blow to his stomach by Lackia-si, delivered perfectly. Lackia-si then tripped Jad to the floor and grabbed his foot. He threw Jad across the arena slamming him unto the arena wall. Jad was battered, but ...not out.
He worked his way to his feet, but the sneaky yautja shot a net at him again:: pinning him directly to the ground. Jad released his combistick and broke the net with ease, as he got out of it, Lackia-si attempted to claw Jad with wristblades, but instead, Jad countered it and kicked him off. Lackia-si shot a plasma at Jad, which knocked the Yautja back several feet. Jad was near-knocked out at the moment. He was floored, and Lackia-si was now walking to finish him off. The match rules was broken! No yautja was supposed to use any shoulder cannons, or any sort of plasma weaponry that would mutilate the other, killing them. This is sparring, not a deathmatch.... But, Lackia-si changed all that, he didn't care for any rules:: he cared for winning. Jad struggled to get to his feet, but Lackia-si grabbed his hair and slammed him to the wall, followed by tripping him to the ground and point his claws at Jad. Jad was defeated? No! he grabbed Lackia-si's hand and threw him to the ground and pointed his combistick directly to the predator's chest.... Lackia-si was defeated, a move could result in death outside-training session.
Therefore the match was over! Jad had won the fight. The crowd was in deep shock, but Jad didn't bother to taunt to his victory, he threw his weapon down and walked out of the arena. Lackia-si kept repeating 'No...no...no...' as he pulled of his mask and slammed it to the ground. Lackia-si rose up from the ground and shouted 'GET BACK TO YOUR TRAINING YOU PAUKAS!!' The crowd quickly dispersed and left the arena. Lackia-si stood alone, enraged, and tormented with just a blooded managing to bring him down. Lackia-si kept recalling his training, and kept asking himself 'How can I be defeated by a blooded???!'. It was sickening to him, and very disturbing. He didin't leave the arena for another hour, just staying there and provoking himself 'You are weak, you are worthless'. Jad climbed unto his bed, it was hard and nice, just the way he liked it. Jad began to sleep, and sleep, his wounds he had no concern about : to him, it will heal, all he wanted is sleep. The Taxa mothership was on docking in the yautja homeworld . Uaiki walked out, along with the rest of fhe clan behind him. Greeted by another elder, 'Laik-san' , Uaiki and Laik-san walked off discussing their own affairs, while the rest of the clan split up throughout the city. Everyone was happy to be home from their interstellar trip, it was afterall a long one.
Jad was walking into a small , run-down old hut. Lackia-si appeared cheered up, pairing with two female yautjas. Jad just noticed him a little, and sat in the hut. It was a lonely one, showing some traces of a feminine breast-plate and that of another predator mask. It was obvious, Jad had some sort of history here, just by the looks of his mandibles. As he watched the door of the hut, it merged into a memory:: We were now seeing two young yautjas, one being a male the other being a female. They were running in a forest, fast. The male jumped onto a tree and the female jumped right after him. The male appeared to be a younger version of Jad, the female was unknown. They began communicating with eachother, talking of what they're hunting. A extraterristial being was crouching on the ground from where they jumped, it was pouncing back and forth. It wasn't anything they had noticed before, but they wanted to hunt it. Jad watched the being closely, and noticed it's movements. It jumped away, as it was apparently looking for something, but never found it. The desert world, had turned into freezing night, and Jad was wide awake. The female yautja was asleep. Jad turned on her cloaking device for her, and jumped from tree to tree. Where was he going? The monster was finally spotted in Jad's eyes. He grabbed his netcaster and shot it at the monster trapping it to the tree.
Jad jumped down to the ground and tried to stab the monster with his dagger, only to have the monster grab him by the neck and throw him to another nearby tree. Jad got up and tried knifing the monster again, but this time the monster tripped him. It's speed was outrageous! supporting such a huge upper torso with such little foot support, would be almost impossible! Jad kept thinking. This time, the monster won't be so lucky as it tried to claw Jad. Jad slashed it's hand, then grabbed it and slashed it completely off. Missing a limb, the monster sought to retreat running in the direction of where Jad originally came from. Jad quickly followed him, as fast as he can. The monster was quick, Jad had to use the trees to keep his advantage. The monster could smell the scent of the female yautja, and knew she was close. Thankfully, Jad had turned on her cloaking device so she wouldn't seen as she slep quietly.
The monster started crawling up the tree, where the female yautja layed. It was smelling her scent strongly, and it kept pacing back and forth. Without delay, Jad threw his dagger at the monster, tearing it right in the stomach. The female predaotr woke up, as Jad walked to the monster, looking at the dead beast. Jad walked over to the other yautja and said to her 'Sorry, I am Lirai'. She woke up when the monster was killed off, and decloaked herself. She responded 'Sorry....for what? Thanks, for cloaking me'. It went back to Jad sitting in this 'hut' just watching the wall blankly. Jad got up, moved his mandibles again, indicating something of disappointment and sadness and walked out of the room. Just as he walked out, Uaiki was behind him and signal him. 'Jad, the Elders is calling upon, you'. Jad didn't waste anytime, he went with his clan leader immediately. Jad entered the room, he was a bit afraid of what the ELDERS would call just a Blooded for, but he was prepared. Uaiki was seated among them, watching Jad as the others did. One of the elders spoke to him:: 'Jad-blooded hunter of Texa...' Jad quickly responded 'Who calls upon I?'. 'Why, elders are we, call upon thee'. Jad responded 'Why have I been summoned?'. The elder with the red cape stood up and said 'Here you are, because we need you...'. Uaiki was silent, but he was watching Jad closely. 'Need me for?'. The red-caped elder responded 'Earth, your going to, you have to prove your worth. Alone, thou blooded hunter will be going, alone...'. Uaiki was displeased at something, he voiced himself immediately 'I don't approve of ooman (human) hunting... I reckon they are intellegent beings, and are not or equally brain-dead as that of the Kiande Amedha'.
Another elder responded 'Uaiki T'ch, be smart, he needs to at least claim seventeen of the ooman's skulls before we can use him in the field we need too...'. Uaiki quickly replied with a sting 'There are, spieces of several varities lurking there in vast space. Oomans, belong to just one of these many!'. Jad replied finally 'Do it, I indeed shall'. Uaiki turned quickly and looked at Jad, although he knew it was an overule of an 'elder's desicion', he was still upset with what they had appointed. The red-caped predator finally announced 'Good, we will deploy you, in a week's time...the session has ended'. Jad moved his mandibles to a form of respect and walked out of the room. Uaiki started to walk beside him , and began speaking to him 'Jad, hunting humans is dishonourable to me, I don't want this type of honour to fall to you'.
Jad responded 'What is it with oomans?' Uaiki replied 'They are intellgent beings, they are not animals like the Kiande Amedha , respect they deserve equally. Killing intellgent beings can force you to regret so much....so much...' Uaiki left him with the thought as he went off the his own personal business. Jad stopped in his tracks and rethinked what he was doing. He still wanted to go, but Uaiki gave him a deep thought....a deep thought..