I do not own anything. Here is the list of what I DON'T own:

Tiki is a Xenomorph, which I DON'T own. No Xeno in this chapter belongs to me!

War of the Worlds (And it's aliens, Machi and Zerxus and all others) is another thing I DON'T own.

And the Crystal Egg is another thing I DON'T own.

I disown everything!

Zerxus woke up. He was back in his room on a soft clump of amarenths. He looked around and found a caged human child. Hanging from the cage door was a Martian style 'card'. The Reginite got up and approached the card. He took it from the cage. Normally Martians only leave these cards when it's a special day.

But there was nothing special about today. Curious about that, Zerxus opened the card.

A moving hologram showed Zerxus and Machi playing together when they were younger. Zerxus ignored the hologram for the moment and read the Martian writing:

-Zerxus,

Thank you for showing me the true meaning of friendship. You're an intellegent and strong willed Reginite. Mobody can make you do what you don't want to do, not even me. You're the greatest pal any Martian can have and I'm very lucky to even know you.

Your best friend in the entire universe,

Machi-

Zerxus smiled and watched the hologram.

They were 3 and both of them had climbed onto a high beam about 15 feet abopve the ground. Zeerxus was showing off to Machi, jumping in a zig zag between 2 beams.

Suddenly, he banged into Machi.

"Ulla!" Machi yelled as he lost his balance and fell off the beam. Zerxus stared with wide eyes and covered his mouth with his secondary hands.

"Oops." he mumbled when Machi hit the ground.

Zerxus closed the card, laughing silently to himself. The door opened and Machi came in, smiling.

"Don't laugh! That was painful you know!" he commented playfully. Zerxus placed the card on the top of the cage.

"I'm still sorry about that." Zerxus claimed. Machi went up to him.

"And I still forgive you."

Zerxus smiled and turned his attention to the human child, who was cowering on the cage side farthest from the 2 aliens.

"I see you brought me breakfast."

Machi smiled.

"I figured you'd be hungry. You hadn't had anything for a while." he informed.

"Exactly how much is 'a while'?"

"About a week, maybe more. I wasn't counting."

Zerxus paused for a second. Now that he thought about it, he couldn't recall anything from before. The last thing he remembered was going to the lake and then the rest was black.That was strange because a Reginite remembers every second of his life. Machi smiled, sensing everything.

"Don't worry. Nothing important happened." he reassured, secretly forcing Zerxus' mind to accept the answer. The hostility may have ended, but Machi prefered to keep everything a secret.

"Alright." Zerxus said, opening the cage door and grabbing the kid. The human pounded its little fist on Zerxus' arm and tried to pull away when he was dragged out. Zerxus played little heed.

He smiled and pulled the child closer to machi. The Martian understood the gesture and chuckled.

"No Zerxus. It's for you. Enjoy it. I've fed already." he said, leaving the room and closing the dorr. He smiled when he heard the human's screams. He had a feeling everything will be back to normal in no time and he felt reaccepted. He liked it.

Here's the sequel. I've been asked not to put it in anyones POV so it will be more informative. Pleaz R&R!