Predator: Killer of Killers

The opening text is an excerpt from the “Yautja Codex”:

Go forth among the stars and seek only the strongest prey.

They shall be your trophy.

Become the killer of killers.

The Shield In Scandinavia in the year 841, Viking warrior Ursa leads her son Anders and their clan on an expedition to destroy the Krivich tribe and their leader Zoran, who was responsible for the death of Ursa’s father. They slaughter Zoran’s clan and Ursa confronts him in his fortress. Zoran chastises Ursa before Anders kills him. Immediately following the battle, a Predator ambushes the group, slaughtering Ursa’s clan one by one and seriously injuring Anders. Ursa manages to defeat and kill the Predator after a brutal duel, but Anders succumbs to his wounds and dies in her arms.

The Sword By 1609 in Japan, brothers Kenji and Kiyoshi, sons of a samurai warlord, are ordered to duel to determine their father’s successor. Kenji refuses to fight, but Kiyoshi attacks and defeats him; Kenji flees. Twenty years later, Kiyoshi has become lord of the region, while Kenji has lived in exile as a shinobi. Kenji returns to confront his brother, unaware that a Predator is hunting him. He infiltrates his brother’s castle and defeats Kiyoshi in a sword fight. After Kiyoshi falls into the castle’s moat, the Predator ambushes Kenji. Kenji escapes and rescues the injured Kiyoshi. The brothers join forces and succeed in killing the Predator, although Kiyoshi dies of his injuries.

The Bullet In 1941, John Torres is drafted into the U.S. Navy as a Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter pilot under the command of Captain Vandy. During the North African campaign, his squadron investigates a mysterious aircraft that destroyed another unit. Torres, grounded after a malfunction, discovers the aircraft is a Predator starship attacking both sides. Taking a battered Wildcat, he attempts to warn the others but arrives too late. The Predator fighter pilot annihilates his squadron until only he and Vandy remain. Vandy sacrifices himself to buy time for Torres, who outmaneuvers the Predator and tricks it into destroying itself. Sometime after World War II ends, while working in his garage, Torres is abducted by another Predator ship.

Epilogue Torres awakens in a cell alongside Ursa and Kenji, all three having been placed in suspended animation by the Predators. They are taken to a gladiatorial arena on an alien world and presented to a Predator warlord. The warlord commands them to fight to the death, with the winner to fight him. Ursa initially attacks Torres and Kenji, but they convince her to join forces and escape. The warlord unleashes a massive alien beast into the arena which swallows Torres. Ursa and Kenji kill the creature and Torres escapes. He accesses a hoverbike and the three flee toward the warlord’s spaceship.

Ursa and Kenji battle the warlord while Torres prepares the ship for launch. He uses the engines to blast the warlord away. As they attempt to escape, a harpoon strikes and anchors the ship, while Kenji’s right arm is torn off. Ursa slides down the harpoon cable, destroys the launcher, and allows herself to be recaptured so that Torres and Kenji can escape. Following her capture, the warlord orders a hunt for the fugitives. Ursa is placed back in suspended animation and stored alongside other captives, including Naru, an 18th century Comanche hunter who killed a Predator in 1719.

Last Updated: June 14, 2025 at 01:31