Storm Hawks: Alien VS Predator

Chapter Seven - Glory & Death

After Thunder healed his wounds, Dark had the group split up to cover more ground. Meanwhile, the Storm Hawks and Carth along with Orion and what remained of the Talons found refuge in what appeared to be a trophy room. The trophies were of skulls taken from various lifeforms from Atmos and beyond. 

Finn: Well that's welcoming.....

Junko: What is this place? 

Orion: It appears to be some kind of trophy room. 

Piper: What makes you say that?

Orion: The Raptors hold a similar custom where they take trophies from their fallen enemies. It would seem the the Hunters hold a similar custom. 

The Talons began to set camp as Radarr began exploring the room. The Storm Hawks took a moment to reflect on their fight with Thunder. 

Finn: That thing was insane! How are we supposed to beat that thing?! 

Aerrow: We'll just have to be careful. 

As the Storm Hawks took a moment to rest, Radarr continued to search the room, he found a hole which was overlooking the next room. Radarr then chirped to the Storm Hawks. The Storm Hawks along with Carth and Orion made their way to Radarr was. 

Aerrow: What did you find, Radarr?

Radarr then points to small opening. As they looked through it, they saw one of the other Predators searching that room.

Finn: Holy crap!

Carth: Calm down. I don't think he sees us. 

They watched as Ghost searched the room. As if on instinct, he prepares his Combistick. Seeing this confused the group.

Piper: What's he doing?

Orion looks to the ceiling in the room and saw Xenomorphs crawling along the ceilings. It became obvious that Ghost knew that the Xenomorphs were in the room.

Orion: He's preparing for battle. 

The Xenomorphs then pounce on Ghost, but he was able to kill two of the Xenomorphs with Combistick. Soon enough, the rest of the Xenomorphs began to crowd around Ghost. The Storm Hawks along with Carth and Orion watched as Ghost killed the group of Xenomorphs.

Finn: Whoa....

Suddenly, a loud screech was heard. Soon enough, another wave of Xenomorphs entered the room and swarmed Ghost. The Elite Predator fought the Xenomorphs in a glorious battle. He impaled one Xenomorph through the chest and lunged at another one. He then proceeded to snap it's neck. Ghost then ripped it's tail and uses it like a spear. He plunges it through the skull of one of the Xenomorphs. As the Xenomorphs continued to swarm him, Ghost continued to fight off the Xenomorphs. 

Orion: Fascinating. The weaponry and fighting style this Hunter is utilizing is nothing like I've ever seen. 

The Storm Hawks and Carth watched as one of the Xenomorphs impaled Ghost with it's tail. Ghost lets out a pained roar as Ghost continues to fight off the Xenomorphs. The Xenomorphs soon overwhelm Ghost and kills him. 

Carth: Damn.....

Suddenly, Dark and Thunder rushed into the room and killed off the rest of the Xenomorphs. After doing so, Dark and Thunder walked over to their fallen comrade. Dark placed his hand on Ghost's helmet. As this happened, a Xenomorph prepared to ambush Dark. Before the Xenomorph could attack, Dark slashed his Wristblades at the Xenomorph. The Xenomorph remained still as half of it's head fell off. 

Stork: We're doomed......

Thunder then walked over to one of the Xenomorphs Ghost had killed and ripped one of it's fingers. He then marked Ghost's helmet with it's acidic blood. 

Orion: He's marking his fallen comrade. He is giving his fallen comrade one final honor. The hunt must be sacred to them. It is their way of life. 

Dark then removed Ghost's wrist gauntlet. It seemed that Dark and Thunder didn't notice the Storm Hawks and the others watching them. 

Piper: What's our next move?

Aerrow: We'll need to find a way to seal up this temple to make sure those creatures don't get out. 

Carth: Maybe the Hunters could help with that.

Upon hearing this, Stork became paranoid.

Stork: What?! Why would they help us?!

Carth: It's clear that it doesn't care about us. We got in their way. They know this temple and the creatures that roam it. It's clear they can fight them. 

Finn: But the last time we ran into those things, they tried to kill us!

Carth knew that trying to get the Predators to help them was a risk. Though in his mind, there was no other way. 

Orion: Carth is right. The Hunters have no invested interest in us. We are merely trespassers in their temple. If we can show them that we share their goals, then we could form an alliance. 

Aerrow and the Storm Hawks took a moment to think this through. Never in their lives have they encounter something of this scale. They were caught in the crossfires of some kind of blood feud that threatened to throw Atmos into chaos.

Aerrow: If you really think that we can recruit the Hunters, then it wouldn't hurt to try.

Piper: I'm not sure about this, Aerrow.

Aerrow: It's our only shot, Piper. The Hunters just might have the firepower we need seal this temple. 

With that, the Storm Hawks and Carth along with Orion and what remained of the Cyclonian Talons left the trophy room to seek out the Elite Predators and attempt to form an alliance with them. They knew doing so wouldn't be easy as the Predators had their own mission to destroy the temple to ensure that their technology and he Xenomorphs didn't fall into the wrong hands.