Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ Headhunter ❯ Joy of hunting, ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: I don't own NGE. Everything except the Aliens and the Predators are

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AN, Knight One: repaired and good as new. Or its just trying to. We'll see about that.

Headhunter

Chapter 1: Joy of hunting.

Asuka was in her bed. Lying in her own comfy room for a long day of studying-learning piloting a cargo ferry wasn't easy. All kinds of calculations had to be done, like how to pinpoint a course that was safe, not asteroids in way or pirate gangs stalking unarmed ships.

In the walls there were several posters about bands, and pop Idols. Asuka had brought them along when she traveled to the platform from Germany. She thanked her luck that she had come to more civilized platform: there had many ways spend free time here; this was after all home for 5000 people. Another side of her bed was a night desk was some flowers from her dad were kept. Personally Asuka thought that vase was ugly, and after all they were artificial flowers. Next to

her door was a bookshelf and worktable where her laptop was placed. Walls were like most of the Company's platforms rooms in here, cream white.

Asuka was still little annoyed about the mistake what Shinji had made while looking at charts for finding suitable routes. It was after all one-letter mistake, but it could have lead to going of course. Navigation computer still wasn't so advanced that it recognized those kinds of mistakes.

Nothing fatal, but if it had been a real situation they both had been circling around Jupiter's moon Europa, for three months. Of course to them it didn't matter, they would be in cryo freeze for the whole trip, but the company didn't like to wait.

W&Y Company would have grilled them both, and there was long lecture about how this was unacceptable. Asuka said that it was obvious mistake, and it happens almost everyone except to her. That was an error, because next her teacher asked why didn't she then recognized it, after all being a high- grade student?

Because of that they would have to do that navigating test again tomorrow. Shinji was probably having fun watching her trying to make excuses, but those of course were in vain.

Actually she was surprised when Shinji began to apologize again. Asuka really didn't understand why he had to do that all the time, but she would take everything out of it. She really didn't pay attention about what he was apologizing, his mistake or what she had said because of it...

At least another exam passed. Misato was way much relaxed than that company's lap dog. She didn't care if little mistakes was made when calibrating gun turrets or weapons...or at least she pretended that she didn't care, she only said that it won't be so much if your aim is little flawed, just try to hit the target.

She also forgave all other boys in the class of not paying attention about what she was saying: they seemed to be being more interested about the teacher than subject what she was teaching. Almost everyone seemed to make `mistakes' so that they could ask Misato to `instruct' them.

Particularly that kinds of jerks named Kensuke Aida and Toji Suzahara.

”Perverts...” She whispered.

Shinji was sitting right next to her, but she was amazed that he could get weapons systems operate so easy, but Asuka had little troubles.

`Maybe I should ask his help---better not to.' Asuka didn't want him to understand her in wrong way.

Otherwise this day was the same old. Some chatting about Hikari what had happened in outside. Her father was working for the company. Unfortunately.

Hikari was getting worried. Rumors about appearing of some kind of things in outer colonies were spreading. Hikari was getting sick of worry because of it. Asuka tried her best to calm her, but again idiots like Kensuke were of course wallow all around how unstoppable these things were. It made her feel to punch him. `How someone can be so stupid? Idiots...'

Asuka was also worried how Hikari was getting attached to Toji. They both had same things to be worried because Toji's sister was also in outer colonies. Asuka was just hoping that Toji isn't taking advantage over her. ”I crush that guys balls if he hurts her...” Asuka grunted to herself. All though she had been thinking that it might be real deal...unlike what happened between her parents.

She and her mom again had a fight. Her mother wasn't excited how she tried to be trained for future cargo ferry pilot. She wanted her child to follow her footsteps. As a scientist, researching, development and discovering new fields. She didn't want her daughter to be mere wanderer trying to chase her utopia dream. `You could do anything! Why would you want to spend your life in stinking wreck?'

Because she wanted broaden her horizon. Her mother was never getting anywhere, always looking something under microscope or calculating some stupid equation. Whole universe was out there, waiting.

Moving to here was big step to both of them. Her mother only agreed to move under condition that Asuka would reconsider to train herself as a scientist.

Last days their fights were getting more severe.

She had called her mother a bitch.

She saw that it hurt her. She knew that her mother was still being messed up because divorce with her father. To Asuka it was almost unnatural she had always thought that they would be together. When her father left it was like a pillar in her life suddenly grumbled. Her farther said that he would meet her so often as he could.

It has been a year since they last met.

`Maybe he doesn't care anymore...like Shinji's farther.' She understood that her mother was hurt but it didn't give her right to control her. `I'm not your doll!' She didn't want to stuck inside a lab for rest of her life. To wait that life just flew right past her and eventually she would be left alone.

Her mother just grounded her. She didn't even try to understand. Now Asuka was glad that her mother was a scientist.

Mainentance men had found something on below main floors. It was some kind cocoon, leather like. She wasn't sure but it looked like something was moving inside. Her mother had spent four days trying to understand what it was...but she didn't have any clue. Now when little scientist inside her was wakened up, she ignored everything else. Even her daughter.

Asuka was feeling guilt what she had said to her mother. She would like to apologize, but she couldn't find the words. Asuka just decided to wait would she come to her senses. After when she had finished slicing with that thing.

She switched the light off and decided to get some sleep. Tomorrow would be long day...She walked beside her door and switched the lights off. She stretched a little and let out a tired yawn. She stripped some of her clothes off, and went to sleep, while thinking everything what she had think before.

After while of safe sleep, she was woke up. It was like some weird rustling noise.

She took a vase out of her night desk. `Verdammt, not another mouse...' Vermin's were quite usual in this place, no one here seemed to get rid of them. With vase in her other hand she began to stalk her visitor. She moved quietly on the steel floor, trying to get a sight from it. She let her eyes to circle her room. It was too dark to see anything properly, she could still recognize images on the

poster's but she tried not to scare her prey away by putting the lights on too early.

`Okay, Mickey, come here and you are gonna get some...'

Asuka's thoughts interrupted when she noticed something moving in a corner. `Gotcha!' She was sure that mouse was nested behind her book self. Now it had done it last move: it had wandered off its safe location. Now Asuka could crush that thing. Quickly she snapped the lights on and prepared to throw her weapon towards it.

Light filled the whole room and revealed her prey. And at the same moment Asuka noticed that it wasn't a mouse, or any rodent for that matter. Her pulse began to rise.

It was a huge spider-like creature. It was walking with eight strong looking limbs. Asuka guessed that it was size of plate. She didn't see eyes or mouth on it. It had tail, which was squirming over the floor. It was same color as her skin. Some kinds of pouches were covering its legs.

Asuka began to breath faster. Because her mothers profession she had used to insects, but she wasn't really any bug-lover like she used to call her mother when teasing her. She leaned back to wall trembling, still holding a vase in her hand. She tried desperately to find a opening panel, unable to take her eyes of the creature in front of her.

It began to move.

It turned towards her.

Rapid images about seeing how maggots were consuming her lifeless body swirled in her mind. Soon Asuka repelled those thoughts out of her mind. She didn't want to die, she would not die. Rapidly she hurled the vase in her hand towards the creature. It made a hissing sound and rolled on the floor. Sense of joy coursed inside Asuka's mind. She had won...

Then creature regained its balance. It sprung up and began quickly to crawl towards her.

”N-n-no! Stay away!” Asuka shierked and began to throw random objects towards it. Her laptop crashed pieces but somehow it managed to avoid it and it took firmer stance. It first seemed to press itself against the ground. Then it plunged. It was so fast that Asuka couldn't evade it.

Strong tail wrapped over her neck. It began to strangle her so that her jaws drop open when she tried to gasp air. ”Let...me...go...”she hissed, and tried to detach it from her neck with her hands. She fell to floor while trying desperately to get herself freed. It finger limbs were touching all ready her forehead. She tried pull it of so hard as she could, but the creature was strong, and it relied that Asuka would either passed out of air as she couldn't breathe while Creature was strangling her- or that she would give up.

Tentacle on its stomach sprung out. It hovered in front of her like a serpent ready to plunge to it prey. Asuka struggled against it, but it was relentless. Finally it overpowered her. It took a firm grip over her skull and tentacle made it s way down her troth. Asuka gagged it for a while but then passed out.

Some how she could see herself. She was in her panties and T-shirt, and she would have looked relaxed. Except that the spider like creature was over her face. Its tail was wrapped around her neck and it moved like taking even firmer grip while loosing it occasionally. She was trembling and it looked like it was hard to breathe. She was sweating all over and her arms were hanging loosely on

her side. With out the creature it would have looked like she was resting after spending passionate night with someone. Actually, the creature was raising her body temperature so that she could fight back, was she consciousness or not. It was feeding her oxygen so that she wouldn't suffocate.

Asuka woke up in her ship, or more likely on its floor. She rose to her knees and took couple sharp breaths. Then she proceeded to feel her neck was anything grasped around it. Of course her knowledge thinking understood that this was a nightmare, but her feelings didn't. She was again bathing in her own sweat, like usually when she saw these kinds of nightmares.

This hadn't happened to her for a while. In reality things had gone different.

It was her last day in that platform. Or it felt like it. Next morning, Misato had woke her up and said that something was wrong with her mother.

It was a creature what humans called facehugger. She didn't know it then, but she had heard her teacher, Thaarn mention about them. The Predators called them crawlers- their own language was difficult as it had to be carfully listened to understood it completly. Asuka only know little about predators own language, but enough that she understood what they said. She even could produce some of their simple words, all though it was clumsy. She trusted her translating device and that, that the other Predators understand English.Official words in Predator language was few, and she only knew one or two of them.

She still remembered what it was like to meet them at first time...

One of them had heard noise, and other predators readied their weapons. They had killed lots of aliens, encountering only few losses. When they saw Asuka, They had circled around them like examining something interesting.

Asuka harvested everything what remained about her together courage `I want to go with you.' She said. She had saw how they fight against them, even if everything what Misato had said about the Predators, she would die knowing that she tried to avenge her mother.

Predators around her looked each other. Asuka couldn't see their faces or gestures but it look like they were confused. Then strong looking predator came towards her. Other predators stood aside. It crouched so that asuka could see its silvery made mask better. `What is your name, child?' he asked. His voice was hoarse, but not hostile. It waited while for an answer.

Asuka was little afraid. But she somehow knew that they wouldn't kill her. `Asuka' she said after watching him for a while. Predator put his hand on her shoulder. Asuka looked his hand. It was greenish and five fingered but looked heavily build than even stronger mans that she had sawn. `My name is Thaarn.' he said with his hoarse voice. `Honor to meet you.'

`..Glad to meet you too...' she said little shyly.

She didn't know, but Thaarn actually smiled when she heard what Asuka had said. Other predators were amazed too: they rarely encounter such a `relaxed' attitude. Only few non-predators felt comfortable when they saw them; most of humans were terrified. They actually admired the way that Asuka could keep her self together. They had heard about humans that possessed great courage, but the way that they fled in front of them had killed even little spark of sympathy in them for humans...until now.

Next, high looking predator appeared. He had many necklaces and decorating in his body. He looked old, older than Asuka could ever imagine anything to be. She now saw predator with out mask. Strong appendixes around clan elder's mouth were covering his jaws. His head was larger than humans and skull was bigger, all most twice of her size. His fore head was wide and braided black hair was hanging sides of his head. Some gray hairs could see sides of it, but it only made to him to look even more powerful.

Thaarn and him talked for a while. Then Elder said something where other Predators nodded accepting. They exited and only she and Thaarn remained. Thaarn stared her for some time.

Asuka was unease. She asked finally `Will you teach me how to kill?' she asked hastily.

`No' he answered.

Asuka was devastated. She lowered her head, and think how could she be stupid that she wished the predators to look after her like they own? Even her mother didn't wanted her so how they could? They probably would toy her first and then kill because of her amusing request. `I'm sorry mother..' tears began to form in her eyes. At lest they would be together when they would be trough with her.

`I will teach you how to hunt.' He continued. `You are...exceptional. My elder...call him father for now on....recognizes something in you that most humans have lost long time ago...something what we still posses....' Thaarn walked beside her and crouched again. For a long time in empty hall what she had terrified for first time when she came here, she felt relaxed.

Thaarn put his hand to his chin, and raised her head to meet his own glare behind the mask. At first Asuka thought that he would hit her because she had cried before him. Instead of that he said `Let us go. We have much work to do.'

From that moment she wasn't alone. Thaarn was always with her, and teaching how to use their equipment and how to stalk prey without risking it to get away. Thaarn seemed to be so much different what Misato had told her about the predators. According to Misato, Predators were ruthless beasts which enjoyed to torment they prey. Asuka knew that they have killed Misato's father, but they didn't seemed beasts or ruthless. Actually they followed strictly their own teachings, and they rarely show any anger towards each other. If this indeed would have been society formed by savage beasts she would be dead right now, not member of their clan.

Sometimes Asuka wondered was adoption by the predator clan shown of mercy or honor. She thought that it was both.

She always remembered her mother and what had happened in that platform four years ago. She also thought did Misato and Shinji abandoned her? She wasn't exactly model person, especially the way that she had bossed Shinji around. `No, I don't want to remember them like that...' she always repelled those kinds of thoughts out of her head.

She missed them all, but she, to her surprise, seemed to feel something what she hasn't felt for long time. Feeling to be part of something. Thaarn was one of the closest people in her life now. Actually he was only person that she could talk to about her personal matters. And he listened, all though Asuka had to tell few things to him more than once, because predators society didn't held so much things inside like humans.

Her ship was meant to house about four predators, and their prize cabinet.

Currently only two cabinets were used. Thaarn's and Asuka's.

Thaarn had many trophies in his cabinet. Human skulls were actually rare; he had only two of them. One was a Demetos company general and other was an ancient, over one decade old drug lord. Asuka was interested how old Thaarn was, but she didn't ask it yet.

Asuka herself haven't killed a human. Other predators continually picked this fact and called her a `Pacifist.' Asuka herself didn't felt this like an insult, but pacifist was about the last word that anyone had used describing her personality. Xenomorph trophies were more usual, as well some animals, what she didn't even know to exist five years, are her cabinets favorite.

Ship itself was full of predator's tribal markings. Control room contained ship controls what Thaarn had teach to her, when she was here in her first time. Predators sleep on the floor of their ships but recently Asuka had suggested that they would get beds. Thaarn agreed, sleeping on the floor was of course good way to batter mind and soul, but they both think that they battered enough.

Thaarn himself was somewhere else. He had gone to hunt, on human ships. Thaarn had sent Asuka here, in remote location where seemed that there was nothing.

”Oh mighty teacher...” she snorted sarcastically. She was been here for a three days. She made her way to the control room. She studied her own appearance for a while. In her old days she had thought that these kinds of clothes would be the way that long gone celeb named Christina Aguilera had dressed. Her body was covered with web suit, and she used black tightly hugging top with short sleeves and thin trousers, or more like tight shorts.She toyed an idea that Hikari would have got a shock if she had seen her now. Well, she could manage, after all predators didn't look her `like that' and even if they were, she didn't want to know it. Deep red braids hanged loosely over her shoulders and when she sat on the chair Asuka could feel tribal decorations attached to her hair reasiding against her back. Her hands were bare except for wrist computers and shoulder plates.

She had been here for about four days. `There is nothing here, best to just...'

”Can anyone read us!? Please, anyone! We are under attack! This is Weyland-Yutani outpost requesting immediate assistance! Please anyone...” Panicking voice echoed trough predator com. She quickly adjusted the frequency.

”I'm hearing you.” She answered.

”Thank god! Are you Weyland-Yutani representative?”

”I'm...” Asuka think for a while to make excuse that guy in the other end would buy. ”...Freelance cargo liner. Calm down what is happening?”

Sounds of screaming and gunfire echoed from the background as well some static. ”We have found something in here, we don't know what it is, but it's killing us!” voice sounded half dead from plain fear. Man in other head must be desperate. ”We are on planet Enron 578, got that?!”

”I got it what is your status?” Asuka asked. She didn't know what she would say to them when they would see her ship. They probably would run for their lives.

Nothing was heard from other side. Just some white noise.

”Enron 578, what is your status?” repeated.

Then something was heard.

Firing sounds have been silenced and no-one wasn't screaming. ”Oh...god...” voice sobbed. Next she a loud noise which reminded a sigh, but it was more like heavy breathing.

Then she only heard a loud cracking sound.

And roaring.

Silence.

Asuka startled back from the sound. It was a Xenomorph, and a big one...

Asuka began to put coordinates of planet Enron to her navigation computer. This was an opportunity that she couldn't miss. Alone Xenomorph was easier, but if there was more than one she might need help. All though poor-bastard in the other head didn't said was there more than one.

It seemed that Thaarn was right after all. `Maybe I give you some flowers when we meet again...' she thought and steered her ship towards her target.

”C'mon, Kensuke, get yourself here!” Toji hurried his friend ”We are late!”

He looked at his own armor like counter for Kensuke's neurosis. Green shirt what was covered by same slightly brown armor set. Armor plate what he had painted flaming background and a big basket ball. He wold have wanted to paint woman figure on it, but then gave up when he understood that his talents didn't reach that point.

Basic green uniform was standard issue, but armor covering wasn't so formal. Marines could paint everything what they wanted on the light brown coloured plate. Helmets were mostly the same, but they werent needed until the battle command was issued. On is his short sleeved shirts sleeve was japanese flag, as telling where he was from, or more likely what country's citizen he was. Armors were covering also his feet to knees. Though it could easily be eaten by acid. But it was better than nothing.

”I know!” Kensuke took his M-41A pulse rifle out of his locker and secured it. ”I just have to make sure...” on his armor was hand grenade what had a face. It was smiling widely and wearing sun classes, and text 'happy grenadier'.

”Well, make it sure quick!” Toji shouted. ”Sarge is gonna kick our asses if we are late.”

”There!” Kensuke put last spare clip on his armor belt and took his pulse rifle to his hands.

”Couldn't take anymore time for that?” Toji commented his friend when he was making his rifle to look exactly like the regulation ordered it to be.

”I want to make good impression!” he snapped back to him. They both began to run out of the marines quarters, towards main hangar bay where Major was about to keep her briefing.

”What impression you think they are going to get, when we are late from Major's briefing to new recruits!?” Toji said. ”Shinji isn't gonna bust us out for this one!”

”No?” Kensuke said in wondering.

”Hell no! He had enough job to work get us in here, they were full already.” Toji said while opening another door. ”Besides if you want to make good impressions, why didn't you reported back to corporation's cargo ferry where you would be safe and sound no need to go to war, only worry was how good impressions you are gonna make?”

”I want to do my part from saving humanity! Unlike you!” he said while running.

”What do you mean?” Toji retorted.

”You are just here to watch that Hikari doesn't find someone else to...” Kensuke didn't got any further when Toji slammed his elbow to his ribs.

”Shut the fuck up!” Toji yelled ”And run!”

He and Hikari got even closer after what happened in the space station where they were training to be cargo ferry pilots. Hikari came a pilot, but one of the marine dropships, and a mechanic for that matter. Sometimes they think what would have happened if the whole thing what had killed Asuka and rest of their class mates, hadn't took place.

They both run trough doors and came to large hall where staging robots and missiles, and equipment were staging. Most remarkable sight was line of soldiers in perfect order.

”Well, well, what do we have here?” Sargent noted their arrival as being late other soldiers had waited here for some time. Sarge was strong looking, dark skinned man. He was having a cigar tightly between his lips.

”Eh... sir we...” Toji started.

”I'm not interested were you two having a honeymoon somewhere, get your sorry asses to the line on the double! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!” he roared.

Kensuke and Toji moved in the line where other soldiers had their eyes firmly attached the woman in upper platform. It was their former teacher and their current superior, Major Misato Katsuragi. `She's still so hot...' Kensuke thought. He never stopped to envy Shinji's luck when she trained her. Shinji was in the other end of the room, looking in to what his new subordinates. He looked battered and serious than when they have last met.

”Welcome.” Misato greeted. ”I see that we again have full batch of cattle. This is my so called speech, you only hear it once, so pay attention.” She said. ”Till this moment, all what you have done is been a great adventure, shooting targets in practice, chasing bandits, fooling around with operator girls...”she grinned and most of the soldiers smiled too ”Eating some donuts and other easy

stuff.” Her voice soon got more serious tone. ”Well, it stops now. Officially...” she looked at her wrist watch ”...at Twelve p.m. you are in to some serious shit. Our operations aren't easy liberating pullouts, oh no. This is war, war against the Xenomorphs and the Predators, the worst thing after the

corporation wars or independece struggles.” Misato swallowed a little. Then she continued. ”I know that some of you used your connections to get this ship hoping to have quick way to promotions. That kind of attitude is not only putting yourself in the risk, but also endangering all of your teammates. So no John Wayne attitude, please.”

”Means you, Kensuke.” Toji smirked.

”Up yours, Toji” Kensuke grinned.

”Want to add something, lovers?” Sargent hissed.

”Sir, no Sir!” they both attended in unison.

”Good! Now listen rest of it!” he grunted

”Always put your team to first. Don't endanger your teammates or mission with your lust for medal or prize. Do I make my self clear?” she asked loudly.

”Yes ma'am!” whole hall answered.

Misato nodded them ”Good. Now go to your squad leaders and receive your briefings. Remember that you serving time here is three months, after that you can choose to remain here or request transfer, but you will be here for those three months. And good luck. You are gonna need it. We are all going to.”

Misato turned to leave, but then she turned. ”One more thing. Welcome to war.” With those words she exited. With her, were blue haired girl, skin unnatural pale and she was in a corporations white uniform.

”You heard the major, move like you got a purpose!” Sargent barked. ”And you two...” he pointed at Kensuke and Toji ”...try not to be late this time!”

Shinji had watched this show in amusement. He remembered his own time in that squad before he was promoted to lead his own group. Misato had trained him to do so. He only watch in pity how his friends were about take that shit. `These are gonna be my longest three months...' he thought.

”...Please...sweet Jesus plea...”

Those were company's head last words when mark pressed the trigger and executed him. Mark and his captain had found and undefended cargo ferry. It seemed to rely on anonymity, since no one knew that route. He was part of the gang called Flaming Daggers. He and his captain were former soldiers Demetos Company what had lost in the war against Gendo Ikari's Weyland-Yutani corporations. His captain had deserted Demetos and formed his own operation with his modified cargo ship, Firefly.

”Hey, man, how it's going?” another guy named ray came behind the corner.

”Pretty well, I just threw out the garbage.” He waved towards the corpse.

”That's nothing.” Ray shrugged ”I just flushed rest of the prisoners out of the air lock to space.” He waved his hand trying to imitate person's movements in the vacuum.

”Did you kill them first?” he asked.

”Waste of fuckin' ammo. We just rounded them up and kicked them to the air lock. Then just little press, and they got nice vacation in space.”

”Dammit!” Mark sneered. ”Always you get the fun part. Captain ordered me to transfer this shit, and guess what I found. A brave company head hiding behind the crates.”

”How is it going?” Ray laughed and asked about the corpse. ”Well I'm not always getting the fun part. Captain took that babe to his quarters to be personally `interviewed' by him.”

”Oh hell!” mark said when remembering attractive female being dragged up her hair. ”Do you think we could have her after...”

Loud gunshot was echoing out of the captain's quarters.

”Well, that's about it.” ray answered.

”Goddammit!! She had such nice peach.” Mark said dissapointed.

”I would give anything to have piece of that!” Ray stated. ”By the way, what is this shit?” He patted the containers.

”Weyland-Yutani's new treasure - terium drug.” Mark answered.

”Terium?!” Ray answered in shock ”We're gonna be rich! With this baby I can get some bitches that your math won't aren't enough to count them!”

”Look who's talking, you can't even count to ten.” Mark retorted. ”Still annoyed about losing that peach over there...”

Hoarse words echoed. ”Want some peach?”

”What was that?” ray asked.

”I don't know...” Mark answered and they both turn around.

Then they saw it.

It was standing in front of them, top of the cargo container. It was wearing a silver mask; otherwise it seemed to unarmed, but far from being harmless. Black braids on side of its head were shoulder length. It was strong build and muscle mass were far bigger that any human that both of them had sawn. It seemed to be equipped with some kind of gauntlets. It skin was some part white and some part green.

Spontaneously both men draw their weapons. But it was too late. Predator jumped forward and hit mark on its way down with its arm. Mark fell in the ground while leaving his comrade to fight hand-to-hand with predator.

Ray tried to shot it from close range but predator took his pistol hand and twisted the gun out of it, grabbed his head on its massive hand, and crushed back of his skull with a strong push in nearby container. Loud thump echoed trough the cargo hall, and blood flew trough air, with it were some fragments what once made up Ray's whole head.

Mark had regained his balance and drew out his combat knife. Predator saw him coming and deflected his swing with its gauntlet, and then steel hissed as predators other hand two knife-like blades appeared. Creature deflected Mark's another swing and then plunged its own wrist blades inside his guts.

He cried out of pain and fell to the floor.

Predator looked how mark tried to gasp for air, while trying to hold his wound.

Last thing what mark heard was Predators word: ”Arschloch....” Then it took some kind of staff and began to walk the way where the `captain' had raped and killed on of the passengers.

To be continued...

An, Knight One: Read and Review. This one concentrated on Asuka, and her history. Join us in next chapter `The Firefly'. I think that this again is little utopist Fic, but you like that kind of things don't you:) I didn't want to jump in plain action at first, so I made that classical Alien nightmare; with my own rules of course. Yeah, no mention about Yui in this, but don't go ballistic over it!

By the way sorry to keep this so long, but Misato's dream came true in our country last week.

Salaries were raised and alcohol prices were slashed. Rest you can guess...

Editor notes, Knight Two: Nothing too serious, changed some discriptions and corrected some spelling errors but that's it.