Here we are again! Time to continue the story! Time to see if the relationship between this Beauty and the Beast will build up any more during this part of the story. Good thing I've had many ideas for this story for months now so as to write more frequently…but of course, I wouldn't wanna spoil the surprise, so you'll just have to read!

Scar awoke fairly early the next morning, and examined his wound. It has been completely healed, though there is the possibility that the lower layers of skin have not yet fully regenerated, so he may need a couple of more hours before any excessive physical activity.

Slowly using his arms and not his abdominal muscles, Scar sat himself up to see Lex asleep in her bed. He carefully stood up and walked over to the side of her bed, and kneeled down next to Lex. He began to gently run his claws through her hair.

Scar sighed in delight. Oh, never would I have dreamt of my life taking a turn like this. He thought, I had never imagined that oomans could be so kind and…beautiful.

Lex stirred a bit and opened her eyes slightly to see Scar kneeling next to her bed, running his fingers through her hair with a dreamy look in his eyes.

Lex smiled, "…So you decide to watch me while I sleep?" she said, softly.

"…I…your guardian…" Scar said, "…I…watch over…you…like…Yautja…Protector Spirit…"

"I see your gash has healed up nicely." Lex said, "How do you feel?"

"…Bit sore…but…fine now…" Scar said.

"Well, I guess that mark on your chest suits your name, doesn't it?" Lex asked, laughing afterwards.

Scar let out an amused trill.

Lex picked up a mirror on her bedside table to fix her frizzy morning-hair, and then she remembered the mark that Scar gave her was still on her face.

"This mark…why did you give it to me?" Lex asked, lightly touching it.

Scar stood and sat on the bed next to Lex, "…You…help me…back…in Pyramid…I…give you…Honor Mark…" he said.

"So…this means I'm in your 'clan'?" Lex asked jokingly.

Scar smiled, "…No…you…not hunter…no…offend…" he said.

"It's fine; I don't like to fight anyways. Heh heh…" Lex said.

"…You are…my pet…" Scar remarked.

Lex chuckled, and then she sat up. "So, what's say I fix up some breakfast?" she suggested.

"…Food…" Scar said, "…sound…excellent…"

(XXXX)

Lex got busy and whipped out some frying pans. She pulled out a two-foot-long pork sausage from the freezer and some large eggs from the fridge. She defrosted the sausage in her microwave oven before frying it along with the eggs.

Scar, after putting his thermal bodynet and armor on, was keeping himself occupied by checking out Lex's living room. He flicked a light switch on and off over and over out of fascination; he turned on the television and kept scrolling through the different channels; he kept pulling the lever on one of Lex's recliner chairs, making the recliner extend and retract.

"Food's ready!" Lex called from the kitchen.

Scar, who was fairly hungry, immediately followed the sound of sizzling to the kitchen. Lex handed him a plate of egg and sausage. Scar stared at it like it was something he couldn't identify.

"…What…culinary…is this…?" Scar asked.

"That's eggs and sausage!" Lex said, smiling, "Doesn't it look good?"

Scar brought the plate up near his face, and took a whiff. He held it away and squinted in disgust.

"…Does not…smell…appetizing…" Scar said with an apologetic look.

Lex laughed a little bit, "I know most people don't like the smell of eggs, but they actually taste pretty good! Trust me." She said, handing the Yautja a fork.

Scar took the fork, and used it to slice a portion of the egg. For a second, he looked at the piece of yellow and white slimy food on the utensil, and then slowly put it into his mouth. As he chewed, his disgusted expression vanished, and he took another bite. And then another.

"I told you you'd like it!" Lex said.

Scar devoured the eggs quite fast, almost to the point where he had his face in the dish, until they were gone.

"…That…good food…" Scar said, "…sorry I…misjudge…"

"It's okay." Lex said reassuringly.

Scar then picked up one of the small slabs of artificial meat, "…What…this…side-serving…?" he asked.

"That's sausage!" Lex said, "It's a type of meat that's processed and packaged."

Scar's eyes widened, "Meat…" he said. And with that, he downed the slice whole.

Lex raised a brow, "…I take it you're…carnivorous?" she asked.

Scar did not answer, and simply inhaled the remainder of the sausage in a heartbeat. After swallowing it all, he let out a small belch.

"So…" Lex said, "…was that enough for you?"

Scar nodded in satisfaction, "…You…good at…culinary art…Lex…" he said, and then he rubbed his stomach, "…slight nausea…though…"

"Yeah," Lex said, "the eggs can sometimes do that. It'll go away after a little while."

Scar put his empty plate on the countertop and bowed his head once, "…I…thank you…for…meal…" he said.

"No problem." Lex replied, "I don't mean to brag, but I can whip up a lot of pretty kickass dishes, in case you'd like anything for lunch or dinner later on."

Scar smiled, "…That…would…be good…" he said, "…What…we do…today…?"

Lex wondered for a moment; she couldn't take Scar into public, because he doesn't exactly…blend in. She wanted to let him have some fun here on Earth, but realized that if he were to be found, Weyland agents would likely capture him and take him to the laboratories for experimenting on him…Lex could not bear such a thought.

She figured she would settle on staying here for another day.

"Scar…" Lex said, eying the television in the living room, "…you wanna watch a movie?"

"…Move…E…?" Scar asked.

"Just follow me…" Lex said, leading him to the living room to show him what she was talking about. "I'm sure Yautja don't have this back at your home planet…"

(XXXX)

Awakening with a severe disorientation and headache, the escapee happened to notice that his ship has been steered off-course and has landed on a small, nitrogen- and oxygen-rich planet. After taking a moment to regather his thoughts, he suddenly knew what happened before.

Looks like I evaded the Elders and hunters… the Bad Blood Yautja thought to himself, …surely they would not think to look here.

The Bad Blood accessed his ship's computer to see if the planet had any archives of previous Yautja interaction. It appeared that between twenty and thirty years ago, a lone warrior known only as the Jungle Hunter had landed on the planet and hunted oomans for his trophies, up until he came across a small armed group of oomans that put up a strong resistance.

Near the end of the recording, the Jungle Hunter fought a fairly large but unarmed ooman with his bare hands, but the ooman was able to fatally injure him with some sort of trap. This forced the Jungle Hunter to activate his destruct-gauntlet in a last-ditch effort to kill his prey. The ooman was seen fleeing while the Jungle Hunter emulated an ooman laugh, and then the explosion occurred. It is unclear from the footage if the ooman survived or not.

The Bad Blood then accessed the most recent footage from a hunter who was not killed. It appeared that he became a Blooded Warrior on this particular hunt. Not surprising to the Bad Blood…but this changed when he got to the point where it began to work with a female ooman.

The Bad Blood put his face extremely close to the screen as he watched the Blooded Warrior and ooman fight a massive Xenomorph Queen.

This warrior has the gall to try and befriend an ooman…!? The Bad Blood thought, That is even lower than what I have done! And now…I cannot go back, ever.

He continued to watch the footage to see that the ooman was taking him, after he had been apparently injured, to her own den. After tracking this warrior's gauntlet signature, he was able to find that he was still currently nearby, but the specially-made outside-signal jammer made it difficult for the Bad Blood to pinpoint his precise location.

Just you wait…Scar, he said, noting the hunter's name in the database, I'll be sure you are given your punishment for treason!

This can't be good, can it? It looks like Scar is gonna have some pretty dangerous competition, isn't he? Well, looks like we're gonna have to wait to see how this can unfold later in the fic! Catch you later! Keep holding on…