No Longer Prey

Chapter 2

The yautja stirred in the bed, he then opened his eyes, the color were like molten gold, he groaned and grunted, feeling a bit of pain on his chest, he look at his chest and saw that it was bandage, he tilted his head, confuse, who did this to me? And most importantly, where am I? He thought to himself as he sat up, he heard movement on his right, and to his surprise a female Ooman came

Shara's POV

I was carrying a bowl of water and a clean rag as I walk in to the Yautja's room, such a strange and unique name to call their kind I thought to myself, My eyes widen as I saw him already sitting up, I quickly went to his side and put down the bowl and rag "You shouldn't sit up, you are injured." I say to him softly and put my hand on his shoulder, he growled when I touch him, I quickly put my hand to my side and glare at him, I growl back in return on his rudeness.

"Is that anyway to say thank you to the one who has healed you and sheltered you when you were injured." I said seriously and cross my arms, his eyes widen a little bit in surprise, he bowed his head and put a hand on his chest "I am sorry for my behavior Ms..." He said with sincerity, I blush a little bit as my eyes widen, his voice is really deep and also I was shock that he knows how to speak English.

I shook my head and smile at him "My name is Shara, a female huntress in the Bloody Tree Clan." I put my hands to my chest and bow to him "And you are..." "I am Guan and I am hunter from the Dark blade clan." He said and copy what I did, The Dark blade clan? How strange we also have a clan that has the same name as his.

"It is nice to meet you Guan, even though you growled at me at first." I giggle and he look down, ashamed of what he did "No need to worry, it seems like you are almost fully healed, one more day and you'll be out of bed..." I say softly as I inspect his injury.

"If I may ask, how did you get an injury like this?..." He look out the window and growled "I was ambushed by Bad bloods, they outnumbered me and tried to destroy me and my ship but I got away..." "And with that you crash landed here, your ship is well protected by a barrier that my hunt brother activated, he told me a moment ago when you were still sleeping..." "Hunt brother?..." He ask, I smile and nodded my head.

"Yes, my hunt brother or hunt sibling, we may not have the same mother or father but that is what we call each other in our hunting group." He nodded his head in understanding "He must be strong then to have carried me all the way here." I giggled "No, he did not carry you, the beast of my hunt sister did." "Beast?" "Yes, this is what he look like..." I activated my mask by pressing my ear, metal began to cover my face when it stop, an orange glass was place on where my eyes were, I then projected a hologram of Vormir "This was the one, who has carried you here..." He looked amaze on the creature that had help him, I smile and deactivated my mask.

"Now that introduction is done, let me clean your wound now..." I say softly and sat beside him, he nodded his head and sat up straight "I think you should lay down..." He hesitated first but he listened and lay down on the bed again, I got the rag and soak it with water, I squeeze the excess water out and began to clean his wound.

"If you don't mind, can I ask how old are you?..." He look to me and shook his head "I don't mind at all, I am already 432 years old, what about you?..." I smile "I am 420 years old." His eyes widen and he sat up quickly, which scared me a bit, He look at me in the eye and held both of my shoulders while his face was close to mine, I was blushing and I put my hands on his chest to keep some distance "How old are you again?..." He said seriously while gripping my shoulders a bit tightly.

"I am 420 years old... Is there something wrong with my age?..." I said quietly while still blushing a bit, his face still close to mine "This cannot be... " he said and look down "What cannot be?" I ask confuse and held his arms, he let go of me and I sigh in relief "Oomans cannot live that long, it is impossible." I then realize that he was talking about the past in where my kind has a short lifespan and little knowledge of the world.

"You are talking about the past Guan, many things have change in the past centuries of mankind, we are no longer what you thought we were, we have more knowledge and technology now that help us in our lives, our world has change so my kind had to adapt to this changes thus evolving and learning more of the new world, the old earth is now gone, this is the new earth, one with many dangers lurking everywhere, it was because of my kinds careless that made the earth change, and with that here is our consequence, but not all think of this as punishment..."

I put my hand on his shoulder and look to him in the eye "But rather a second chance, a new beginning to correct the mistakes that my ancestors did..." I stood up and got the bowl and rag "You must rest now, the elders are looking forward to meet you." I bow my head and went out of the room.

Guan's POV

Once the female Ooman has left, I lay down again and close my eyes thinking on what she said and what had happened, I silently curse at myself for being that close to her, her cheeks tinge with red, and her plump lips open slightly as she look at me, I shook my head again and curse more, I sigh and try to get some rest, but there were some  thoughts in my mind, what will the elders think if I told them of the changes on the Ooman race? Will they be hunted again? Or will they invade this planet? I sigh again and close my eyes, hoping to sleep, maybe tomorrow I'll get to see the female ooman again, Maybe.