Lefty is the Predator who hunted an unnamed smuggler in Aliens vs. Predator: Lefty's Revenge. Brian McDonald wrote that story and Pop Mhan penciled it, for Aliens vs. Predator Annual #1, dated July 7, 1999. He had followed her from world to world over an old injury to his eye. On the Outpost he killed the Xenomorph that had pinned her, and they fought the swarm together. Near the end she threw him his wrist nuke and expected him to use it. He did not use it. The charge never went off, and from orbit she decided he had gotten away.
Biography
Following The Smuggler
Lefty had followed an unnamed smuggler from world to world before she reached the Outpost, a black-market station for stolen technology out of the company's sight. She had come for ammo and parts for her ship and did not mean to stay, because the quarrel went back to a time she had cheated him and he was on her trail. Someone aboard had tried to sell Xenomorphs, the deal had failed, and the people on the station were dead. Her motion tracker was quiet, and she did not trust it.
Four adult Xenomorphs came at her in the corridors. One pinned her on the floor and knocked the gun from her hand. Lefty killed it with a disc, and acid from that Xenomorph damaged the disc. She asked whether he had let an old injury to his eye go, he answered in his own language, and she let the question drop. She made herself stop moving, breathing, and blinking until another rush of Xenomorphs broke that pause and the two of them fought side by side.
The Fight On The Ship
The two of them cut a path toward her ship through the corridors of the Outpost. She fired into the adult Xenomorphs crowded around Lefty while he fought in the middle of them, and more of them came through the doors as they moved. They fought that stretch together, a Predator-human team-up on the way to her ship. She ran ahead of him toward the ship. The swarm closed over him behind her, and she turned back rather than leave him there.
The Swarm
The swarm closed over Lefty before the smuggler got clear of him. She found his wrist nuke, a device from an older quarrel between them, and threw it to him, expecting him to use it, but he did not. He answered in his own language, and she left for her ship. She expected the charge to destroy the Outpost within seconds of the launch. The blast never came. Her ship was in orbit, closer to the station than she had meant to be, and she decided he had gotten away. He would hunt her again, and she was short a wrist nuke.
Weapons And Armor
Lefty fought with his face bare, in gold mesh under blue-gray plates, and a wrist gauntlet on his arm. He also used a disc. He killed the Xenomorph over the smuggler with that disc, and acid from the creature damaged it and sprayed across the mesh. The wrist nuke was a device from an older quarrel between them. On the Outpost she threw it to him and expected him to use it. He did not, and the charge never went off.
Conclusion
Lefty is the Predator in Aliens vs. Predator: Lefty's Revenge, Brian McDonald and Pop Mhan's story in the 1999 Aliens vs. Predator Annual. He hunted an unnamed smuggler from world to world over an old injury to his eye, then fought Xenomorphs beside her on the Outpost. She threw him his wrist nuke and left in her ship, and he did not use it. The charge never destroyed the station, and she decided he had gotten away.
Appearances
- Aliens vs. Predator: Lefty's Revenge (Dark Horse, Aliens vs. Predator Annual #1, 1999)
Tag Categories: Individual Predators | Predators Who Survived | Predators From The Comics | Predator Lore
