Close Call

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Alex finally crafted his makeshift shield it looked steady enough, He just hopes it will be enough for her. He got up and put the shield on his back he noticed the sun was going down, so he decided to at least go far from his location not realizing he was still being followed by Sheyla.

Sheyla P.O.V.

" Where are you going my little human", she said to herself while zooming to him. at that moment she was receiving a call from Neri She then answer in a whisper " I am a bit busy my dear sister can it wait", Neri answered back " No it cannot, have you killed him", she said quickly Sheyla took a while but answered " No, it was just some animal hitting the alarms", Neri then responded " Really", she said sarcastically Sheyla just huffed " Fine, I had him but I didn't want it to end ok", Neri groaned " Sister if the Matriarch finds o-", Sheyla cut her off " She won't after this hunt the men should be returning back from there hunt Afterwords I will be gone. Now it was Neri's turned to be annoyed " Just answer this why are you so hesitant with this human", Sheyla groaned but answered " Promise not tell anyone dear sister", Neri sighed " Yes my dear sister".

" I...I think he... may be my... mate....", she said quietly, After answering Neri was quiet Sheyla was breaking the silence " I know how ridiculous it sounds bu-" Neri cut her off " Sister I cherish you but, ARE YOU FOOLISH!", He heard Neri pacing back and forth calling her every insult in the book, but then she stopped took three deep breaths and asked "why do you think so", she twirled her finger and said "well it's hard to explain my dear....sister". Neri was silent and then said " I'm coming over". Sheyla was scared and said quickly Wait Sister let me explain first. Neri then replied, "Fine Explain", She said waiting on her answer.

Sheyla tried to come up with an excuse but decided that she couldn't even begin to explain " You don't have an excuse do you Neri said bringing her out of her thoughts Sheyla sighed " At least meet me at the ship please so I can show you the kind of prey he is", Neri sighed very annoyed obviously and said "you are really testing our sisterhood," Sheyla silently squealed " thankyouthankyouthankyou dear sister", I'll meet you at my ship, here's the coordinates, Sheyla sent her, her ship's location. "I received it sister, I'll see you there.", she said cutting out the transmission. Sheyla quickly made it back to the ship to greet her sister.

P.O.V. Alex

The sun was fully down now not knowing where he was going, he found himself a nice spot with low grass, he opened up his survival kit looking at what he has inside most of the rations, a filled water bottle, a water filter, a fire starter set, a compass, and a first aid kit. He took out the fire starter set deciding to make himself a little campfire, he put his makeshift spear and shield right next to him and decided to sit down when he realized how exhausted his body was, he felt his stomach growl, he took one of the ration bars to at least and all he could say was " Why is it so chalky", he used his water bottle to wash it down his throat. All of the sudden he heard a stick break and instantly got up holding his makeshift spear and shield. he tried spotting whatever was there but only saw the ground being punctured he thought it was the alien huntress, but instead when it revealed itself, he only said one thing " Oh Fuck my life", he said whimpering.

 he tried spotting whatever was there but only saw the ground being punctured he thought it was the alien huntress, but instead when it revealed itself, he only said one thing " Oh Fuck my life", he said whimpering

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SCREEEEECH

It leapt at him with ferocious speed scratching his shoulder with it's fangs. Alex instinctly grabbed his shoulder feeling a numbing pain in his shoulder he did it's best to ignore it and focus on the fight he put his shield up this time and waited for the spider to make the first move again it leapt at him again this time prepared, it hit his shield and he thrusted his spear aiming at the underbelly the creature. The creature screech in pain Alex used this moment to drive the spear further but when he did the creature leapt away with his spear still inside it. The creature then looked at the spear and broke off the handle with one his legs it then turned to him. Alex took out his knife his only hope was to drive it deep at the creature when it got close but instead the creature went invisible not like the alien huntress, you could still see the wound he left on it. He prepared for it to leap at him once more but instead he saw it flung dirt to the campfire he is in total darkness only able to see the many stars at the night sky, the numbing pain on his shoulder was growing worse, doing his best to ignore he tried focusing on the creature he tried to hear it again like last time but it was total silence when all off the sudden he felt a huge force knocking him down on the dirt, the creature revealed itself and bit into his back Alex screamed in pain, then numbing sensation went over his entire body paralyzing him.

Not being able to move the creature wrapped him in its webs putting him on it's back, Alex couldn't move he only whimpered in this situation. His entire life know was flashing through his eye's Growing up in the foster care system, never knowing who his real mother and father was wondering if they even gave a shit about him. When he graduated high school joining the Europa at a young age. He only wanted to see the galaxy knowing that his finally moments were that he was going to be eaten by this monster. He let tears flow through knowing this was the end all that he hoped for was that it was going to be quick and that he wouldn't feel pain. Finally, it stopped putting him near what look like a huge egg. He felt the paralysis wearing off and started to try and move his hands. Desperately trying to free his hand the webbing was too strong. He looked around an noticed he was in a giant cave he saw that the spider still had his spear lodged inside it.

Rip

He looked back at the egg and saw little miniature spiders, crawling heading towards his direction he closed his eyes hoping it was gonna be quick when all of the sudden he heard.

BOOM

He opened his eyes and noticed the baby spider were blowned up some of there parts landing on his face. he looks towards the saw the big spider and saw it fighting a giant woman with what looks like a samurai sword he then noticed the alien huntress that was hunting him today was staring him down she took out her wrist blade thinking she was gonna use it on him instead he closed his eyes.

Slash

He opened his eyes and noticed that he was free she left him there with his mouth opened wondering why she keep letting him live. But then he remembered his situation he was in he was about to leave but couldn't he turned back and noticed they were dealing with his issue he didn't know why he did what he did but he came back running to the battle the giant spider didn't notice him, so he took that moment to pull his spear out of the spider. It screech in pain hitting him with one of it's legs Neri used that moment to cut one of its front leg while Sheyla used her whip to pull the other. Alex got back up he leapt on top of the spider and drove his spear through his head the blood of the creature splashed on his face both of the Alien huntresses were staring at him, he felt dizzy, he tried to stay up but couldn't last he fell and landed on Sheyla who caught him before he passed out, he only heard "Mine".

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