Prey : In 1719, Naru, a young Comanche woman trained as a healer, dreams of becoming a great hunter like her brother, Taabe. While tracking deer with her dog, Sarii, she witnesses the arrival of a Thunderbird in the sky (in reality a spaceship carrying a Predator), and takes it as a sign that she is ready to prove herself. Taabe agrees to take her with him as he leads a search party for the mountain lion that has attacked one of the tribe’s hunters. They retrieve the wounded hunter and depart, though Taabe stays behind to find the lion and complete the hunt.
Finding the unusual tracks of the Predator, Naru circles back with Paake and finds Taabe. Together they set a trap for the lion but it manages to kill Paake. Naru wounds the lion but falls and strikes her head after being distracted by a strange burst of light in the distance. Taabe carries her home and returns to finish off the weakened lion, a deed for which he is made the new warchief of the tribe. Convinced the real threat is still out there, Naru leaves home with Sarii in secret the next day to hunt; she comes across a herd of skinned bison, and later tries to kill a grizzly bear but quickly gets cornered by the beast. The bear is attacked and killed by the Predator, which gives Naru time to escape before running into a group of Comanche sent to find her; the Predator ambushes and kills them. Naru tries to escape once more, but gets caught in an animal trap. The Predator leaves, believing she is no longer a threat.
French voyageurs, who were the ones responsible for skinning the bison for their pelts, find Naru and cage her. Their translator, Raphael Adolini, questions Naru about the Predator. When she refuses to talk, the lead voyageur reveals that he has Taabe captive as well and tortures him before tying both siblings up as bait for the Predator. Using its advanced weaponry, the Predator kills most of the voyageurs while Taabe and Naru escape. Naru rescues Sarii from the voyageurs’ camp and stumbles across a dying Raphael, who teaches her how to use his flintlock pistol in exchange for medical treatment. Naru gives him herbs that reduce his body heat to staunch the bleeding, but the Predator soon arrives. Raphael plays dead, while Naru watches as the Predator inspects Raphael’s body with its thermal vision. Raphel is killed after the Predator steps on his wounded leg, causing him to scream.
Taabe comes in on horseback to rescue Naru. The siblings are able to weaken the creature before it uses its invisibility cloak to hide and sneak up on Taabe and stabs him through the back. Naru flees into the woods and finds the surviving lead voyageur, who had previously tortured Taabe, collecting water. She knocks him out, severs one of his legs, and gives him an unloaded gun before eating the herbs to hide her heat signature, baiting the Predator to kill the voyageur. She uses Adolini’s pistol to ambush the predator from behind as it revels in its kill, knocking its mask off. She steals it and runs deep into the woods to prepare for a final showdown.
