An unlikely ally
She ran as fast as her body would allow, her head reeled back once in a while to watch for any strays that had managed to follow her trail as she made a rather hasty escape from the, what used to be, food court for her very own supply of edible "food" that could last her for at least two weeks if she rationed it properly, which was probably impossible for her anyway. She needed the food to keep herself moving through the dark and dusty streets of the once famous Colony of LV 426, which had her consuming more than was necessary for survival.
Transition. That was the word to describe her, always moving about the place, making sure to keep the Xenomorphs off of her trail. Never could she stay in one place, just in case the Queens lackeys would actually manage to catch up to her and get her in her sleep. Like hell would she let that happen to herself, the torture she'd seen to those that died to protect herself and others was horrendous. The things were menaces and she'd be damned if any of them got to hear her scream again, no bloody way.
Her stubborn attitude was what had managed to keep her going; her will to survive was maddening in itself. She'd silently thanked the heavens that she'd been donned with legs of such strength as to actually out run a Xeno, but only by a smidge, and by using her secret passages which only few had known about in the first place.
She quickly made a heated jump into an air duct and crawled for her life while carrying her duffel bag of goods under her arm. She looked down three tunnels, making sure all was safe before taking the one in front and then sliding down what looked like a fun slide that she remembered from years ago. She slid down and landed on a pile of cushion and mattress. She winced and inhaled sharply before placing the goods down and quickly sealing the tunnel above her head. She then proceeded to quickly look about herself at the other vents seeing her main one to be closed also. She sighed at this and grinned to herself before sitting down on the plush beneath her.
Although it wasn't the comfiest of places it was somewhere to sleep at least. She looked about her place once more to see the floor covered in rags of what used to be blankets but were broken beyond repair and not to mention the amount of dirt and grime that had collected on the surfaces of them. A small stack of old newspapers sat in the left hand corner for her own personal, reading material, a load of writing and plain paper also sat next to them with dozens of pens, pencils and erasers. A stack of baskets sat in the right hand corner and held a small transmitter which hadn't worked for years, but she kept it as a reminder of where she came from. A lone photograph of a dark haired lady with short hair, slightly tanned skin and a soft smile that warmed her heart in a way only a mother could was looking back at her, and then she then looked to the other young woman in the picture, dark brown hair, jade green eyes that were glistening with happiness and a cheesy grin on her face which she shook her head at.
Back at the tender age of 16 she was a happy girl, that picture was taken a few days after her 16th birthday party which was why she was all hyped up, and then all of this had happened to her. She'd never imagined that she would become some human on the run from some stupid Alien species that wished to kill all on sight, but she guessed it beat being dead.
A lone tear fell down her face and she wiped at it quickly in an attempt to cover up that one fact that she had actually cried, she'd cry when she was about to die, not when she was alive and well. She'd owed her mother that much as she was the one who'd actually helped her to survive in the first place, using herself as a decoy. She shook her head of the memories and chuckled to herself, lifting her mood a little before she would actually break down and cry.
She sighed as she looked down at her brown, old duffle bag and opened it to reveal tins of all sizes. She looked to her left by her hip where a large box sat and quickly shuffled through it to find her tin opener. One found, she quickly opened a tin of baked beans and quickly fished out a spoon from the same box before shovelling a load from the tin into her mouth. She swallowed and sighed in relief at finally getting some food down her throat after starving for a good two days.
The Xeno's had been up to something, they'd had their brethren out and about a whole lot more lately, making it much more impossible to actually get anything done for herself which was a pain in ass considering she'd really needed food and some water.
Her eyes widened as she cursed under her breath. How could she have forgotten the freaking water? She punched the mattress in frustration, realising she'd have to go back out again and glowered at the transmitter.
'Why couldn't you fucking work?' She thought to herself angrily.
She looked down at her tin of beans and rolled her eyes with a sigh. She shovelled one last spoon full into her mouth before pulling the tin top over it, knowing full well that it would be wasted by the time she got back, but she guessed that could pick up some more while she was out anyway.
She gulped audibly and looked about herself longingly, wishing she could just stay there and sleep, but she knew she had a duty to herself so she quickly stood and stretched her aching muscles while bringing her arms over her head. She then emptied her duffel bag quickly and looked to the main entrance to her home.
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She made a quick dash through the vents in an attempt to get her mission over and done with quickly, which was something she'd donned from two years of actually living in these conditions. That's right; the girl had actually managed to out stay her welcome. Survived, barely but done so none the less for two years and even over those two years a rescue team hadn't stepped foot onto the damned rock to save her sorry ass from the Xenos reign of terror.
She stopped at hearing a loud clack that which she knew all too well, the sound of a sharp tail smacking the upside of a vent. She felt her heart quicken as she stayed stock still for a moment, shock and fear playing on her nerves as she looked about herself with only her eyes, listening intently, even with the crazed ringing in her ears.
As the sound drifted further away and eventually came to a stop, she managed to slow her heart beat and move along the vent while scanning her surroundings more than was necessary. She'd hoped that no Xeno's would be able to detect her after such a long time of survival, thinking her dead with the rest of the colony. Unfortunately that didn't seem to be happening any time soon as many had spotted her and no doubt been hunting her ass down for two freaking years.
She sighed as she reached the end of her vent and looked on out into the barren wasteland of red sand flying through the air and making it look like something from a sci-fi movie. She breathed in deeply and quickly slipped through the vent, unbolting it and moving out into the sandy landscape which was surrounded by many buildings.
She quickly placed the vent catch on loosely and made her way to a large skip and hid behind it to look for a good time to move across to the other side.
After making a quick scan of the surrounding area she made a mad dash across, duffel bag over her shoulder and all, and quickly dove behind a large old phone booth. She placed body flush against it and bit her lip gently.
She heaved a sigh of relief and looked about before entering the slightly ajar door which led to the canteen.
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He'd never really been one to follow his brethren; he never prowled along the walls in search of prey just for the sake of killing them. He tended to kill only the ones with weapons and would normally give a few face huggers a reason to live once in a while. He knew that killing for his queen was something that had to be done, lest he wished death upon himself, which he didn't. He hated killing the humans as he had always been curious about the behaviors of the human race. He deemed them "interesting" to watch, but no other Xenomorph knew about this fascination of his. Oh no, if others knew, he'd surely be ganged up on and slaughtered to death.
At that moment in time, he'd been sharpening his tail along the top side of a vent, making sharp turns and clacking his spear shaped ending on the metallic surface creating an almost echo like sound.
At one point in time, he'd heard something move and he'd stopped abruptly to look about for any sign of his own, but found none and made a quick dash toward the sound of a heart that was beating oh so fast. He knew that heart beat, it was that of a human for sure, a quick and sharp beat, almost as if trying to escape the chest cavity that particular organ rested. He slowed as the beating had gotten louder and gave small steps and used his stealthy physique as a way of sneaking up on the human.
He looked down and into a small vent that went down to connect to another and was careful not to drip any saliva down toward the hunched over human being that was stock still. He was very surprised to see another human, much less alive at that moment in time. The Xenos had managed to stay alive for what he'd counted as 745 days which was clearly over two years. He was astonished that such a small human had managed to survive for so long and none had been able to detect her presence anywhere within the facility.
He moved back to get out of sighting range and made sure to listen out for the humans movements. He heard the movement of one of his brethren and felt fear seize him for a moment for the humans life was in danger, but then realized that it was his own leaving in the other direction and listened as she padded her way through the vent once more to wherever she was going.
He descended down the wall of the vent and made sure to listen before crawling onto the roof and then down the wall to the floor to follow the human to wherever they were going.
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When inside the canteen she quickly moved atop the tables to the other side of the room and into the cooler part of the room, the one with the fridge and freezer which was still working. Of all the things to work, they had to and with nothing in them either. They served no freaking purpose to her or others at this moment in time.
She sighed in relief and quickly moved to the shelves which held a load of tinned food including her baked beans, some cans of peaches and some bottles of water. She stocked her bag up quickly, making sure to put in more water than food since they were extras. At all times she kept her head swivelling about the place, making sure to check her surroundings with a sickly feeling in her stomach.
She knew something was there, but she'd collect everything before running since it didn't seem to be bothering her at that current moment. Although the things didn't have eyes and were very sneaky, she could easily pick up on their movements and their presence was a dominant feeling in itself.
She took in a deep breath before swirling about and looking around the room while taking small languid steps forward, away from the shelves. She was ready to make a mad dash from whatever would manage to jump out at her, which was a high possibility with the Xeno's lurking around.
She shuddered and continued to look about herself, watching and waiting for any signs of activity about herself.
Then she saw it. A face hugger!
She squealed and quickly moved backwards, watching as it's hand like form crawled towards her, reminding her of that hand she used to see on "The Adams Family". She watched it with her eyes wide and her body on high alert, she knew that if one of those were there then there would be a Xeno about as well. She groaned inwardly, wondering how she'd manage to actually get her butt out of there before the face hugger could latch itself to her face.
She looked about herself quickly and looked for any means of escape, she found absolutely nothing that came to her aid and looked back to where the face hugger was. It was gone.
Typical face hugger, disappearing in her most crucial of times, she'd figured it would probably make a sneak attack from somewhere and looked about, she moved from the shelves knowing that it could possibly get up on there and try and get her from behind. Fortunately for her, she'd managed to move away from the face huggers 'about-to-be' assault and fell backwards, losing her balance and losing her duffel bag which landed somewhere away from her. A shooting pain went straight up her spinal cord causing her to place a hand on her neck in reflex which she soon let go of to scoot across the floor to slip away from the ugly parasite.
Panic began to overcome her body as she looked about and remembered that everyone else was dead. She braced herself for the impact of face hugger and held up her arms as some sort of defense, which she knew had the same fate no matter what as she'd seen it on other countless times.
The feelings fear, sadness and defeat finally caved in and so she closed her eyes and as she was about to let out a horrendous scream it died on her lips as she was hoisted up in the air and saved by some unknown force. She was being cradled like a babe in someone's arms, she knew not whose but she was very thankful for her life had been saved. She couldn't open her eyes as she felt the dam that she'd been holding onto finally broke and she buried herself in its chest.
Then she felt it.
He eyes snapped open and she looked up towards the being that was whisking her to her "safety" but those dreams had been dashed as she realized it was some freaking Xeno that was carrying her off. She tried to scream but it came out as a sigh of sorts, all her body turned pasty white and she panicked once more. Her heart hammered in her chest as she felt her death nearing her possibly endless turmoil induced mind.
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He'd saved the human and was then attempting to carry them to safety. He had no idea why he'd had the sudden urge to save them from such a fate as to breed another of his own kind, but he just couldn't allow it to happen. It didn't seem right for some reason. Breeding was good, but not with this last human that was somewhat nuzzling into his chest in a thankful fashion and was making him wet with what he'd learnt to be "tears" from what his study of the humans from before had shown.
He'd paid her no mind as he whizzed through the tunnels that were the vents, heading for the safest place he could set her down and let her go free; his own nest. What a predicament this one action had already caused.
He knew the human was looking at him with fear and was slightly annoyed at their attempt to scream as he'd actually braced himself for the shrill cry that would follow from opening their mouth, but when none came he'd thanked the Queen in his own silent prayer. He was hoping that she would stay that way with all of his brothers and sisters that were running about the place.
Luckily for him, his own nest was actually away from the Queens nest where she held all of her newest recruits and other soldiers who liked being in her presence. He'd never been one of them. While most would have probably stayed near the Queen whether it was for some protection or it was affection and to show their loyalty, he'd never actually stayed near her. He had always been on his own, an assassin that worked alone for the Queen.
He was actually glad that he'd nested a bit away from her and them as she only allowed some to spread their seed through the eggs that she managed to produce which was horrible in itself and he'd know because he'd been one of them once. He'd been one of the strongest, the one with the most scars and intelligence and not to mention the experience of about four years in total.
He'd come to an abrupt halt as he heard the echoing of a tail hitting the vent's surface and he made a mad dash down another tunnel and towards his nest once again. Taking detours was in his blood, any difficulties with the first path and you take another one, no matter how long it was until you'd reached your destination or goal. Easy enough for him, if he was on his own. He'd had to be rather careful with where he'd went with the human, otherwise if he was spotted, he'd be expected to take them to the nesting grounds to be harvested.
He refused to let that happen to them, no matter what the Xeno's wanted, or his Queen for that matter, he'd gladly die protecting a human. They may have been quite a stupid race for even thinking they could send in... Marines? Was that the word for them? Their soldiers were quite pathetic anyway. They had weapons with fire, but the Xenomorph still managed to kill them all off whether by eating them or harvesting to the face huggers.
He quickly dashed with three of his legs while holding the human in the right and came to a slow stop in front of a vent which had a cap that was "melted" around the edges on it. He'd moved the cap with a clawed hand and slid himself in with the human while pulling it back into place and turned to look about his nest.
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She bit her lip in anxiousness, wondering why it wasn't striking. She was after all an easy kill, considering she was right in its arms and it could use that extending tongue to penetrate her body and kill her off instantly. She'd feared the worst for herself. If she was to be harvested, then why'd it save her from the face hugger in the first place? It would make no sense, and why was there no sound of shrieking or movement around her?
So many questions and, to her, so little time.
She looked about herself to see a smaller version of the nest that which the Queens had herself placed in. She'd felt nausea come upon herself and she'd looked up at the beast which had a hold of her. Saliva was about the only thing she could guess was upon the body. How she hadn't noticed it was a Xeno when it first picked her up she didn't know, but because that knowledge was solid in front of her about then, she'd made an attempt to get out of its arms by beating her hands against its chest.
"Let me go!" She shrieked in utter fear as she beat her fist heavily against its rib cage, the predominant feel of the ribs that protruded visibly hurt her hands somewhat but she cared none.
The Xeno's first reaction was to hiss at her, which had made her shut up entirely and look up at him in absolute fear and panic.
He'd instantly felt bad, although he knew why not, he still did. He grunted low in the back of his throat and placed her down gently on the saliva slicked floor, the cocoons surface a nice change on his aching feet and over all body.
She had decided to quickly move backwards and away from the Xeno in fear and panic while looking about for any sign of an exit. The only one she'd picked up on was the entrance, everywhere else was blocked off. For privacy reasons maybe? Not likely.
She looked up at the tall figure which loomed over her and gulped at realising that it was crouched to her level on the floor to which she'd managed to back into a wall which obstructed further movement on her part, or any to actually move away anyway.
She felt her mouth open in a sigh of desperation.
"What do you want?" She whispered gently, more to herself than the Xeno.
He'd actually cocked her head at her question, not quite knowing himself and moved his enormous head a little further in to sniff her gently, showing his fangs in a sort of sign of warning not to do anything stupid before he sniffed about her clothes and bumped her chin with his head trying to coax her into relaxing a bit because all that he could smell at that moment in time was fear rolling off of her in waves.
Her heartbeat started to slow gently and she noted the warm air which surrounded her which she guessed was normal for a Xeno. They liked heat, but not full on fiery heat, which she'd found out from watching soldiers trying to steer them off from her and others. She gulped at the closeness which the Xeno was exhibiting upon her and made her panic for reasons she knew nothing of.
She stuttered at this point: "P-please." She whispered desperately not knowing what she was asking for. Was she asking for death? She had no idea on the matter, all she knew was that she would rather the Xeno do something like give her reassurance that it wasn't going to kill her or even just get it over and done with quickly.
He grunted in reply, not really able to talk but nudged her chin once again to try and show reassurance. He then decided that wasn't working since she was shuddering in obvious fear, so he moved his head near her ear and nuzzled her as gently as he could, smearing some saliva on her cheek in the process and hissed gently.
She closed her eyes and breathed in heavily and then let out one steady breath, she repeated this a few times before opening her eyes and looking to the Xeno that was nuzzling her cheek gently without turning her head. Her long hair which was tied into a ponytail was mussed and she really needed to get a look at this Xeno to see if it wanted anything more.
Before she could say anything however, it moved back and backed away to what looked like it sniffing at the air. It then looked back at her and she held her breath while staring at it intently.
He moved away once more and sat back on its haunches with his tail flicking back and forth in a playful gesture. He was rather happy to have such a specimen, let alone to have a female human being in his den. That was a treat in itself since human females were quite unpredictable and held certain assets that interested him to no end. He didn't know how he'd get her to tell him about such things, but he'd eventually figure it out.
She let out the breath she'd been holding and continued to stare at it, but this time with astonishment. Was it trying to coax her into playing? She didn't particularly fancy rough housing with a Xeno; it seemed rather bizarre and unfair on her. She had no way to defend herself in any way and she'd probably, if not on purpose, get stabbed on accident, which was unlikely as it was normally on purpose.
She could feel herself sweating under the heat of the room as she was used to having to cuddle under the rags to keep warm, but this was like having her own radiator on hold. She was relieved that it was warm at least, but it was quite dark too. Luckily for her, a small grate like vent was up on the roof, small squares letting a small amount of ventilation through and also some light which illuminated the cocoon like room and tinted it blue rather than black.
She looked at the Xeno once more and stood up on shaky legs. Her form was slightly hunched from her fall earlier in the canteen and she bit her lip as her back ached. In an instant she was on her knees and keeling over as she'd actually managed to damage her back that much that it had tensed up and caused her pain like no other.
He watched with his head tilted slightly as she fell and looked slightly alarmed, wondering if he'd actually managed to hurt her at all. Although he'd barely touched her, which had that theory thrown out of the window, he'd guessed that the fall and shock from all the activities taking place before her had something to do with it.
She looked up at him and smiled gently, her feelings on him wanting to hurt her changing slowly.
"You know, I'd be very happy if more of you were merciful." She said with a sigh and closed her eyes to breathe in deeply once again.
He watched her do this with a curious tilt of his head. Never in his life had he had a human speak to him as nicely as she had just then, and he had to admit that it felt good to have helped rather than killed. He wished he could tell his brethren about such a feat, but figured that it would be of no use of telling them as he'd most likely die and so would she.
He moved towards her and inclined his head to show that he was in fact listening and wished to help, although he didn't understand how this action, to her would appeal to her liking, but it must have as she chuckled lightly to herself while looking up at him through her bangs which fell from her forehead and down past her shoulders.
She looked about herself at the flooring and looked at him once again.
"You're not expecting me to sleep on this are you?" She asked gently.
He raised his head and shook it gently, understanding what she was saying. She wanted a more comfortable place to sleep, well, he had nothing of use to her there so he had to go and find something for her.
Her eyes widened at his actions. "You... you understand me?" She asked to which she received a small nod of the head. "Well... C-could we go back to my little space?" She asked gently. "You can visit when you want to?" She offered to him gently with a tilt of her head to the side.
He sat back on his haunches in slight surprise at the humans offer. She would let him see where she was staying at? That was, dare he think, kind of her. He had nothing against taking her back to where she wanted to go, but it would be nice if he could keep her there for a little while longer.
He gave a small bow of the head and scooped her up and looked to a part of the wall that was covered with slime and cocoon before opening a secret hatch which she had no idea was there and moved out into a vent and closed it gently.
She instantly recognized the vent. He was living on top of her all that time? And she hadn't noticed anything at all? How could she have been so stupid?
She sighed in frustration and pointed to a small air shaft that was like a slide, the one that led to her room the quick way and she took in a sharp breath as he scurried down the hatch to come face to face with a rusted old vent seal to which he kicked down and into her abode. She blinked a couple of times before shaking her body gently to be let down and sat on her cushiony mattress with a content sigh.
He watched her curiously and looked up to make sure they hadn't been followed through the vent and grunted in his own way of approval before looking about the area and sniffing at random objects.
She watched him look around to make sure that he wouldn't break anything she told herself, but she knew that she was absolutely fascinated by the creature that crouched before her in an attempt to sniff at everything and anything.
She chuckled at his antics and looked to the ceiling which had a gigantic fan on the slanted side and a stone cold wall on the other and felt safe and secure once more, even with the curious Xeno in her home.
Her eyes widened and she smacked her forehead making a clapping sound to which the Xeno looked up in slight alarm and she winced slightly while mumbling an apology. "I left my bag in the canteen..." She said with a frustrated voice.
The whole reason she'd gone out and didn't even have any water, not to mention she got whisked away by a Xeno, for nothing? She shook her head and gulped gently. She couldn't go back out in her current condition, she'd surely get caught, and by the time she'd manage to heal properly, she'd probably be a goner anyway.
He looked to her and tilted his head. Bag? That brown thing she had in the canteen? That was in his den, where he'd left it. He'd picked it up on accident, scooping her and the object in tow and running with it too. With that thought, he'd jumped up the vent and quickly made a runner for his den in search of the missing bag.
She'd blinked up at the Xeno, watching him go and sighed. She figured that the Queen was calling or something and she didn't want to risk calling for him herself just in case she'd be found by other Xeno's, which was something she didn't want to even imagine happening.
A bam, boom and clack later and she looked up to see her back dangling in front of her face, saliva dripping down on it to which she grimaced and looked up at him. She took it with her hand scrunched at the thought and shuddered at its wetness.
"Uh, thank you..." She said with a small smile while she examined the bag. She opened it and found all of her contents to be there, still intact and fresh. She looked up at the Xeno and smiled in thanks.
He made a quick turn and dropped down gently onto the floor to sit back on his haunches and just watch her with his head tilted gently.
She looked back in curiosity. "You want to stay here with me? I'd feel a bit safer if you're here to help." She said gently while looking up at the vent.
He looked about himself and saw the other vents which she must have been using at some point and inclined his head gently before standing a fixing the hatch to the top vent on gently.
She watched with mild curiosity as he stretched up and did the vent for her. She blushed when she realized she'd been ogling and looked away to cough into her hand. She couldn't even go there.
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When satisfied the Xenomorph sat back down on his haunches and watched her curiously. He'd learned from a while back that humans were indeed fascinating creatures to watch, never in his life had he actually thought that he'd be able to get so close to one without having to kill it on orders from his Queen. It was like a dream come true for him almost.
He had no idea why, but he felt a connection to the human female, the need to protect was in fact dominant in his state of mind. He wouldn't let anything get remotely close to harm his human he would make sure of that.
She looked back to the Xeno thoughtfully for a moment. Her eyes then narrowed in what could only be deemed as confusion and interest.
"Do you have a name?" She asked gently, as her eyes watched his curved head with interest.
He tilted his head at her. He had a name, but he couldn't really tell her with his own speech as she wouldn't understand, so he decided to try and show her instead which he knew would be a difficult task in itself. He looked about himself for something to help him and spotted the crates, he figured he could use the squares to tell her his name. He pointed at them and gave a small hiss at her to which she moved back a little.
He shook his head while moving to the crates to point out the squares.
"Square?" She asked in confusion.
He smacked his head in slight irritation at the human, her species could create space ships and other what not's, but she couldn't figure out what he was trying to say? He pointed again and moved his clawed finger down the squares, counting in his head as he'd seem many humans do out loud. He began to make small hissing noises as he counted, trying to coax her into following what he was doing.
She wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, she knew that, but the Xeno actually managed to offend her with that smack on his forehead and she huffed to herself. She then watched what he was doing and tilted her head like he liked doing most times and began to recite the numbers which she'd clicked onto.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6..." She'd stopped when he had and nodded to herself. "So your name's six?" She asked in disbelief.
He must have been one of the oldest of the whole Xeno race, to be born the sixth out of hundreds of them. Wow, she'd never thought she'd see the day where she'd manage to befriend one of those creatures.
He nodded his head while sighing gently to himself to show his happiness with her newest discovery of him. He moved closer to her and sat right in front, watching her.
"Uh, well, my names Sam." She said back to him and held out a hand nervously and grinning in the same fashion.
He'd seen that greeting before, a "hand-shake" he believed it to be called? He held out his own hand and gently clasped hers while being mindful of his claws and hissed in recognition and a small amount of happiness.
She chuckled at his hand shake which was rather gentle than what she'd remember by other Xeno's that decided to grab her at some point. This one was rather gentle and she appreciated that to the fullest extent. She was completely fascinated with that Xenomorph, but only the one. She felt that it was nice to have some sort of contact from someone, human or not.
"Um, thanks." She said with a small smile before looking about herself for her bag, to which she quickly grabbed a tin of beans from. "Uh, do you guys only eat meat?" She asked curiously with a small amount of worry laced in her voice.
Number 6 tilted his head and shrugged with a shake of his head. He knew what she was saying, and wanted to tell her that he'd eat practically anything when hungry enough, but he couldn't say that because of communication issues and also the fact of scaring her away.
"Well, I have some beans and peaches in here." She said while digging out the peaches as well, she then looked about for the tin opener. "You could try some if you like?" She asked gently when she pulled the tin opener from the box with other essentials. She didn't remember putting it back in the box, but guessed she must have tossed it carelessly.
She opened the tin of beans and then the peaches and looked to him. She pulled out a juicy peach piece and offered it out to him. "Now I will warn you, these are very sweet." She warned while he took it. "Make sure you chew too." She added for good measure.
He looked down at the small fragment of a "peach" in his hand before allowing his inner mouth to pop outside to lick it. What most humans didn't know was that it worked just a like a humans tongue, taste buds and all. The amount of taste he got from that one small piece was almost overwhelming in itself, sweet be damned! He put the whole piece into his inner mouth and chewed on it though, it didn't excuse the fact that he was indeed slightly hungry. He swallowed and looked up at her, watching her chew the piece of fruit slowly.
He, in a way, felt sorry for her. Having to ration food like that must have been annoying the whole time that his family had been hunting humans for both food and ways of producing young. No doubt her reaction to his presence before had stemmed from her countless years of running from his brethren.
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After having her share of food and putting away the leftovers she'd managed to make a small bed with all her spare rags for the friendly Xenomorph.
Friendly? That sounded rather strange coming from her mind considering what he is, how was she even sure he was a he!
She bit her lip and looked to the Alien in wonder; that certainly was a good question on her part wasn't it? Maybe she'd have to ask it? Although that sounded rather weird in her mind, she'd thought it best to.
"Um," She hesitated, she'd hoped to hell that she wouldn't offend it with her question and hoped that it wasn't something obvious that she hadn't noticed. "I was wondering..." She trailed off and continued to watch it with curiosity evident in her eyes.
He looked up at her and tilted his head, wondering what new question she'd have to ask him. He gave a small huff, signaling for her to continue.
At hearing the huff, she gave a deep sigh and turned to him fully with a small blush on her face. "This sounds weird but, are you a boy or a girl?" She asked while turning away from him.
If he had eyes, he would have blinked at her in shock and slight nervousness and looked down at himself in disdain. He had no idea of which he'd be able to show her unless he'd actually... No, just no. Therefore he'd taken up the actions of shaking his head and a shrug.
She blinked at him in shock. "You don't know?" She asked.
He felt his head droop down to look at his lower abdomen and then looked up at her while hissing.
She just blinked at him, not understanding what he was saying. She then watched as he pointed to his crotch to which she followed, she saw nothing and came to the conclusion: "You're a girl then?" She asked innocently.
He shook his head and growled at himself in frustration.
"You're a boy?" She asked in surprise. There was nothing on him that would possibly symbolize that he was in fact a boy, unless the heads shape was any indication of course, she'd seen the Queen once before and knew that her head was shaped much differently. She'd always wondered if their genitalia were in fact different, but looking at him now she'd guessed that the Alien had none at all, but then what about the Queen. She must have been a-sexual, so much confusion about the sex of these creatures.
He gave a nod of his head and looked down at himself again, noting that his current appearance was of no indication for the human to make any decision as to his sex, but he guessed he got it across to her in some way or other. Oh well, he was glad it was easy to distinguish her to be female since her most predominant features were in fact her protruding chest, but that might have been due to her overly skinny physique.
"Right, now that that's been established, I think I need to have some rest." She said while turning back around to sort out the make shift bed for her new companion. She pulled back with a satisfied smile and turned to him once again with that same smile. "You can sleep by here; I bet you're probably tired yourself huh?" She asked gently.
He tilted his head and gave a hiss at her assumption to his physical condition, concluding himself that he was in fact tired and moved to her side to see the makeshift bed as it were. Much like a dog he circled the small space of comfortable cloth and then planted himself down on his front to lie down and to also keep watch.
She smiled as he accepted the offered space and looked down to his tail in slight caution; she watched it curl up to his body and concluded that he wasn't some mass murderer. With that thought, she moved to her own space and lay down and then covered herself in her rags that were a blanket of sorts.
"Night Six." she whispered gently. At the hissing answer he gave, she settled down and slept peacefully that night.
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Number Six sat quietly in his spot on the comfortable rags the human girl had set out for him and watched her sleep silently. He'd woken a good half an hour ago and just stayed perfectly still as to not have the human girl wake from her seemingly peaceful slumber. He looked about himself every once in a while, making sure he heard no signs of movements, and if he did, he was able to get out of there in a second flat with the girl in tow.
He was rather keen to get her to move up into his own den with him, there really wasn't any reason why she couldn't that was for sure. It was warm, had all exits and entrances blocked off with so much slime that her heat would be impossible to pick up. She'd be safe there, that was for sure. She was pretty much planted right in the middle of the system at the point she was, right under the air shafts and below a fellow Xenomorph's home. Stupid girl had no idea of what dangers lurked above her did she?
He looked to her again and approached her slowly, then stopped as she, what he could deem; shivered. He approached again and sat right behind her before lying back down to his front and curling his tail protectively around her rump and up over her thighs to drape the blade carelessly. He grunted and sniffed at her hair and almost reeled back at the horrid stench that stuck to her scalp, how long had it been since she bathed? He'd have to sort that out later for certain, especially if he planned to move her in with him.
He looked up at the circling fan above their heads and the n turned back to her as she moved back into him, still in her state of sleep. He then heard her sigh deeply and move into him a little more, her rump moving into his side in what he could gather a form of comfort.
He moved himself closer to her, lying on his side in order to hold her body to him, only then did he notice how much heat her body had actually lost during the course of the night. He stretched his neck up and placed his head on her mussed up hair with a slight feeling of regret due to the smell, but felt an essence of calm at her serene breathing that coursed around the room in small waves of heat.
He felt his tail wrap a little more around her body and tightened his arms around her waist to bring her closer again and pressed his crotch to her rump without realizing the significance that which it had for both of them. He couldn't believe that he'd gone from hunting, breeding and killing humans to holding one human girl almost affectionately of his own accord.
He let out an exasperated breath of air which sifted through the room in a breath of gore, to which made the human stir. He watched silently as she lifted her head and looked about herself groggily, her gaze then landing on him and her eyes widening slightly in panic. He waited for her to come around, knowing that she would and almost sighed in relief as she settled down and softly glowered at him.
"Why're you hugging me?" she asked softly.
He had no real answer, so he just gave a shrug and pulled her into him a bit more, making her gasp as the air in her lungs left her suddenly. He loosened his grip and cocked his head to the side and then hissed apologetically.
She blinked at him a few times before shaking her head with a small smile and slowly turned around in his arms.
"I was wondering why I was so warm." She stated and looked up the length of his body in pure curiosity, looking at the jutting ribs and his bone like features all at once. She felt his ribs and then looked up at him with a smile. "Thank you." She said simply while settling herself down once again.
She guided his left arm under her head for her to use as a pillow and then moved closer to his chest, her arms tucked up to it and nuzzling gently. She shut her eyes and slowly slipped off once again.
He curled his own head around hers and nuzzled it gently. He couldn't believe that he was losing face in front of a girl, a human no less. His heart was beating against his rib cage as if trying to escape and his mouth was particularly dry for reasons unknown to him. He figured he had a long road ahead of him.
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Hey guys, just taking my own little spin on the "Aliens" universe. Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed reading my first chapter. I have a funny feeling this is just gonna be a two-shot so please don't expect too much. I may add some chapters, I dunno. And I also dunno when it's gonna be updated so don't bug me about it.
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