Aliens Vs Predator Omnibus by Steve Perry;Stephani Danelle Perry;David Bischoff;
Author:Steve Perry;Stephani Danelle Perry;David Bischoff;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (Publisher Services)
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âIt seems obvious to me,â said Attila the Hun, lying on the bed in a relaxed state.
Machiko Noguchi stopped her pacing. She looked at her android warily. Since that little flying stunt a couple hours before, she was seeing him in an entirely different light.
She knew heâd had a âlifeâ before sheâd bought him. She didnât know about the programs that still existed inside him. What other residues of past talents, past memories, existed? Attila insisted that he had no memory of being able to do what he didâat the time his sensors detected trouble, something had just kicked in, and heâd had access.
This was something they would have to explore. For now, though, there were other matters to attend to.
âIâm glad. Would you care to enlighten me?â she said, hands on hips.
âYouâll have to pardon me, but Iâm merely operating on what you tell me about the Huntersâyour tales of your experiences with them.â
âYes, yes, go on.â
âWell, it strikes me that theyâve got a fairly simple game plan. They like to find likely opponents, likely places to perform their rituals of honor. And, frankly, think about itâBlior is perfect. If their lives are the feral art they consider them, then for Predators this must be a masterpiece planet.â
âA what?â Machiko asked.
âMasterpiece planet. It sounds as if Ryushi was being, used as a training ground for young Hunters.â
She nodded. âBlooding.â
âThat was their apprentice work, then. Whatever the word has come to mean since then, a âmasterpieceâ used to be the article a craftsperson made to earn his or her master status. Blior is the place Hunters may earn âmasterâ status, in effect.â
She nodded. âYes, well, thatâs pretty obvious. But go on for a moment. Any other thoughts?â
âYes. The reason itâs a masterpiece planet is that thereâs nothing the Predators like to Hunt better than other hunters. Itâs the ultimate challenge, right?â
âThatâs right. Unlike our race, they wonât Hunt âinnocentâ thingsâexcept possibly food.â
âA noble breed.â Sardonic twist of phrasing. âAnyway, somehow they discovered the operations on Blior, and they saw what a perfect place to Hunt it would be.â
âBut why bring on the bugs as well?â
âA little twist, a little spice. Who can say? Perhaps this was a world where theyâd already Hunted bugs before, and they were just returning.â
She shook her head. âNo, I donât think so. If there were bugs on this planet before, there would have been a spillage. Thatâs one of the problems when the Preds play with the thingsâthey get loose and start breeding.â
âSloppy sorts.â
âLetâs just say that their sense of honor is a bit tunnel-visioned.â
âSo theyâre hereâand they know now that we know theyâre here.â
âI think thatâs what the lawyer was so excited about And unless my guess is wrong, Evanstonâs got a suspicion as well.â
âMore than a suspicion. I mean, he has physical evidence!â
âYes.â
âHe somehow seems to know youâre associated with them.â
âI donât think he knows as much as he strongly suspects.â
âIt stands to reason⦠after what happenedâ¦â
She let out a breath, shook her head.
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