Chapter 1:Nightmares

Xander and I walked back to the main room of the nest for rest. Xander had just kissed me and confessed her feelings as well, and I accepted. We were both so happy that we had the same feelings for each other, as I had always liked her a bit more than a friend, but was too shy to let that feeling advance and what she would think of an inter-species relationship. We both walked into the nest to sleep, with her still purring with happiness. I got down on the ground, which wasn't a hard rock, but a soft, silk like substance from the Xenomorphs when they made the hive. The place looked really cool actually, like it was some futuristic place as the resin that made the floors and walls looked like wires and tubes. The Xenos, or my family more like, blended in really well with the walls. It was something me and Xander would always play with, like hide and seek, which made it extremely hard to find Xander, it was fun though. I got on the soft floor with Xander as we still held hands. We gave each other another kiss, this wasn't as long as a the first, but it was still long enough to enjoy. "I love you Xander." I said.

"I love you as well Logan. Good night love." She said. We held each other in an embrace as we she wrapped her tail around us, still purring, and drifting off to sleep.

I woke up in some room, it was dark, and I couldn't move my left leg much. I was in a bed, an actual bed. "Where am I?" I said. This was weird. I was under some covers, in an actual bed, in some room. This can't be good, I need to get out.

"Remember me?" A voice said. I looked to my right to see a man in white... holding a knife. "I'm gonna do to you what you did to me so many years ago you little brat." He said with what should've had a voice of anger, but was very calm and creepy. I then noticed he had many cuts in his shirt around his chest, along with a lot of blood stains. Then I knew who he was.

"What?! No, I killed you! You aren't real! You are dead!" I screamed.

"Yes you did, but in here, I am alive forever to torment you in your dreams, and your gonna feel every last bit of it." The man who's name was John I think said. He was walking closer. I may be in a dream, but that doesn't mean I'm just gonna take it. I began to take off the covers, to see my leg chained to the wall. I couldn't get out. I got in the best stance to block his attacks, well, best stance meaning putting your hands up in front of you. He came up to me and was able to push my arms away with an incredible strength. He proceeded to get on top of me, and started to stab at my chest. He was right, I felt every part of it as well.

"AAHHHHHHH!" I screamed in agony to what he was doing. Words can't do the pain justice, but it was hell. After the 20th stab, he stopped and got off of me. I couldn't move, it hurt too much. I was able to taste blood, and my vision began to fade away when I heard him say something again.

"See you later, murderer." He said as I blacked out.

I woke up in the nest. Xander wasn't near me. "Xander! Are you there?!" I called out. I finally saw her appear from the wall after a while. "Xander you scared me half to death. Why are we here?" I questioned. She kept on walking towards me, giving a hiss as she walked. "Xander you're scaring me. Say something, anything." Nothing, she was getting closer. "Xander?" She began to full on sprint to me. I started running away, but to no avail, she was on me before I ran 5 feet. "Xander please, stop!" I screamed. She began to carry me to a wall, and put some resin on my arms and legs. "Xander please, don't. I love you." I said. She left me on the wall for a few minutes until she came back with an egg. "Xander, I beg you, stop." I said. She placed the egg in front of me. I started to struggle, and was able to get my arm out relatively quick. When I did get free, Xander came back. I was now scared of her. She came up to me and raised her tail like she was about to attack. Next thing I knew, I felt an incredible pain in my gut. I looked down to see a black tail disappearing in my gut. "Xander..." I said losing my breath. She began to put more resin on me as her tail was still inside me. When she was done, she pulled out her tail and walked away. I was left there, bleeding out, and about to be facehugged. A few minutes went by, until the egg finally opened. The facehugger jumped out and latched onto my face, choking me out until I blacked out once more.

I woke up to a pain in my chest, it wasn't a bad pain, but it was getting more intense. I looked down at my chest to see blood start to form. I was still in pain from getting impaled by Xanders tail, so this was complete agony. A minute passed by, and I heard a loud crack as I felt my ribs break. I was screaming in agony the entire time. Then I felt it come out of my chest, still in agony. When it appeared, it gave a loud screech, or as loud as it could with its size. I was still in agony as I saw a black figure coming towards me, presumably to get the thing out of my chest. I blacked out before I could find out.

"Logan wake up! You're having a nightmare!" Xander said as she tried to wake me up.

"AAAAAAHHHHH!" I screamed as I woke up covered in sweat. "Is this real?" I said, unsure of what to believe anymore.

"Yes love, this is real. You had a nightmare. It's ok now." She said. "Don't cry Logan. It's ok now." I didn't even realize I was crying. She began to hug me even more, and began to purr. It was nice, but it made me tired, which scared me. I didn't want to sleep again, it felt real, and I didn't want to endure that pain again. It was catching up to me as well, me killing all of those people I mean. I wonder if I have PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), that may be a very real possibility. She began to smell my fear. "Why are you scared? What was in your dream?" She questioned.

"I was on a bed, chained to a wall, when one of those men that kidnapped mother and came into the room, and said he was going to do what I did to him a few years ago to me, and stabbed me to death. In my last moments, he said he was going to see me later, and called me a murderer. I then blacked out and woke up in the nest, but was somewhere else. I called out to you, and you finally appeared, but you weren't friendly. You put me up against a wall for harvesting, and when I struggled, you came back and stabbed me in the gut. I got facehugged and had to experience it coming out of my chest. I felt everything, it was agony. I'm scared to sleep again." I said. I wasn't lying, I was absolutely terrified to sleep again.

"It's ok Logan, I'm here." She said.

"I think I have a thing called PTSD. It was something that many soldiers used to get after they came home from a war. It basically is the realization that you killed people, and now you actually have time to think about it, you realize, you're a monster. I'm a monster." I said bleakly.

"Shhhhh, you're not a monster, and you never will be. Those people you killed were the monsters for making you have to choose to kill them. It was self-defense. They cannot hurt you anymore, no one can. You're safe with me, with us." She said. She may be right, but that doesn't mean my nightmares will just stop. I don't think it works that way. My conscious will think that killing those people could've been avoided, or something else could've been done to avoid death.

"You're right, but I'll still have these nightmares, and I'm scared of what awaits me if I sleep." I said.

"Don't be, the entire hive is with you, I am with you, mother is with you. Go to sleep, you won't have any nightmares, trust me." She said.

"I... Ok. I'll trust you." I said. I wasn't too sure about this, but I'll trust her. She was still purring, hugging me, and she still had her tail wrapped around us. It was a very warm and nice embrace. I began to drift off to sleep, still wary of what awaits me on the other side.

Hello my fellow readers. Did you like this story? Or hate it? If it was the ladder, the door to leave is over there. Go scram. I do have a plan for where this story will go, I will not say what my plan is, but I am having trouble writing this. It will be more paced out hopefully, because I nearly burned myself out on the first story. I'm trying to get back on track with a few things, preferably waking up at noon at least instead of 5 or 6 pm. Yeah, I'm a mess. But don't worry, this will get done, I have a plan for this story and the other one I currently am working on. You guys should give me suggestions though on what other stories should be about, or what this could be about, or just an idea for a new story if I get writers block. I will always return to finish my work, as I hate permanent cliff hangers, like you binge read an entire story for like 5 hours only to find out it's on hiatus, or just not gonna be completed after you got ridiculously invested. Anyway, give ideas and such for stories.

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