Disclaimer: I don't own Predator or Aliens I just own my ideas and characters.

A/N: This story will start out in third person and will go to Maya's POV later.

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Back in the year 1991 a young girl named Maya was found wondering the forest when she was six. She had no recollection of how she got there and the only thing that she knew was that she had to find a way out.

"Hello… is anyone there?" she yelled but still no one answered.

Maya felt like she'd been walking for hours but it had only been a few minutes since she woke up. Then a sudden "SNAP" caught her attention and with an abrupt turn she saw a large grizzly standing behind her. Maya took off as fast as she could with the bear hot on her tail, but unfortunately she tripped over a root and fell flat on her stomach 'so this is how it's going to end… I'm going to die without any knowledge of who I am or where I am from or who and where my parents are or even how in the world I got here?' she thought to herself. Maya had just given up she heard someone.

"Get away from that girl you bastard!" the voice screamed.

Soon after, she heard a gunshot followed by a loud thud. Maya was shaking uncontrollably not of fear but of happiness, when she looked up she saw that her savior was male.

"Are you all right?" he asked in a concerned tone.

"DAVE!" another more feminine voice yelled.

The woman ran around a tree only to stop and stare at the sight of her husband next to and comforting a very young and frightened girl.

"Dave who is this?" she asked.

The woman was surprised at the girl's appearance; little Maya had beautiful blue eyes, a slight tan with darker speckles on her arms, legs and the side of her face. She also had speckles running down her back, which they were able to see because of the clothes she currently had on. She wore a small black and silver swimsuit-type top with a matching loin cloth and sandals; she also had a beautiful silver necklace with a strange symbol, somewhat like a curved "T", on it. But perhaps the most interesting feature on the girl was her hair, Maya's hair was as black as night and was bundled up into dreadlocks but it wasn't hair, they discovered after touching it.

"I don't know, when I found her she was being chased by a very large and aggressive grizzly" Dave responded.

The couple stared at each other for a while then looked at Maya with concern and kindness in their eyes.

"This is no place for a little girl like you" the woman said and Maya looked up at her and smiled.

"Th-Thank you for saving me" Maya said in a stuttered voice.

The couple gave her a strange look when she spoke a different language, but they assumed she was thanking them.

"You're very welcome" Dave smiled.

"What is your name?" the female asked.

"M-Maya" Maya said after moments of hesitation.

"Do you know where you are and how you got here?" Dave asked.

Maya could only shake her head in response.

"Do you know where your parents are" Maya shrugged her shoulders.

The woman began to wonder why she wasn't responding with words like before.

"Can you speak English?" she asked.

"I speak little bit" Maya revealed.

Dave and his wife were stunned at this and asked Maya if she would like to come with them. After everything that she had just gone though she accepted their invitation without hesitation.

"This is going to take some getting used to Sherri" Dave sighed.

"I know Dave, but we'll manage besides she needs a home and we could never have children due to my sterility… this'll be good for us." Sherri reassured.

For the next six years Maya and her new family lived in Los Angeles. Maya was in the sixth grade and at the top of her class; she never backed down from a challenge so she joined every sport in school. Over the years Maya has become a very wild tomboy and never allows herself to get mixed up with all the street gangs there. One day while walking home from cheer practice Maya began to think of her real family and former life. She was curious to how she could easily take down a man twice her size and weight, read the stars like they were a road map, and how she wasn't bothered by the sweltering heat of summer. Maya also a very strange habit of using a ranking system whenever she was in school, she classified all the students as unbloods, all the graduates as young bloods, all the teachers as bloods, the resource officers as arbitrators, and the principle and vice principals as elders. She never understood why or how she knew these strange words but they seemed natural to her. However, she never told anyone about her habit and never let any of her closest friends get too close to find out.

On one particular sweltering night, Maya started to have dreams where she was hunting, she enjoyed these dreams they made her feel whole and was always sad when she woke up. After school she went to the park, as she does when she needs to think, and sat on a her favorite swing staring at the medallion that was around her neck when she was found by Dave and Sherri, who were like a mother and father to her. 'Who am I…why am I here…where did I come from… who were my real parents?' she thought to herself. Maya had finished her school day and was heading home, it was about 109°F but she didn't seem to notice but everyone else did. There were loud car horns blowing and commuters yelling at each other. Maya couldn't stand it but she had taught herself to be patient and not let others get to her. As Maya walked through the alley she used as a short-cut she heard what sounded like gurgled choking, this captured her attention and she started toward it what she saw was the most intriguing thing she ever saw. She saw a tall figure with broad shoulders, a very muscular mid-section, well-toned legs, and black, what appeared to be, dread locks, quite similar to hers but she kept hers concealed to keep others from seeing them. He wore some kind of mesh with pieces of armor covering his shins, shoulders, and groin area. He also wore shiny clad sandals, and a very interesting mask. As Maya stood there, watching him in wonder as he ripped his victim's head off, he turned to see her and when she did not flee he became curious 'why does she not run' he thought. With that he decided to try something to see how unique this little female was.

"Ell-osde' pauk!" he roared at her.

"Hey I was just watching I meant you no harm there was no reason to say those awful words… and I won't tell anyone I saw you." She said blindly before she realized that she could understand him and that she spoke in a different language.

Her reaction fascinated him, not only could she understand his language but also speak it, and he knew he had to tell the High Elder about this. With one swift move he was gone. Maya wasn't afraid at all actually she was fascinated by him and wanted to know more about him. She had the odd feeling that she knew him.

"Wait! Who are you?" she yelled, but he was long gone.

When Maya arrived home she started to have more dreams, but these dreams were more vivid, like memories. What Maya saw in that creature's eyes was something foreign and familiar and she felt her future was wherever that beautiful creature had gone.

Translasions:

Ell-osde' pauk- f*** you

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