This is the last chapter I can post in a short amount of time. Give me and my co-author Burke123 time I believe after Christmas and the next chapter will be there. This is however a long chapter. I hope you enjoy it.

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Maryanne was only doing it because she was interested in her brother finding a girl. But she did not like her. She was not the right girl for her brother. She wanted her to be more... like her.

She was thinking too much. It was his choice. She just had to let him have his table and listen to whatever he talked about. Which she would when the girl he said would show up was sitting on that table.

"Is that all you needed?" She asked.

Ian smiled and nodded to his sister. They hugged. She felt warm against him.

He reminded her of their father, strong yet gentle. He of course could not be on the planet, he was safe back on Earth. There was a chance of them taking over planet Earth though. If one xenomorph came to Earth and was not stopped immediately, the earth would be doomed.

How sad and heartbreaking that would be?

Eventually, it was time for supper. Ian sat down as the woman he wanted to sit with sat down with him.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" Ian asked.

" Well, you seem like the nicest boy here. Can you tell me how you survived here so long?"

"I have friends and family here with me," Ian stated, "and I avoid the people that irritate me."

"Well you have to met people who irritate you before meeting people you admire," she said.

"That is true," he stated.

He did go through an experience like hers.

"I like you're eyes," she said, "green is my favorite color."

Ian felt that was just a friendly lie. He liked her saying it though.

"Thank you," he said drinking his horrible tasting coffee.

Lots of food in this ship was fake. But it was better than starving. It was like putting spinach in a loaf of bread.

"You really drink this all the time?" She asked.

" We have no choice. It is part of being a marine."

"You get used to it eventually," Ian stated.

She felt like she was getting use to it now.

"So where'd you grow up?" She asked.

" I grew up in Chicago. My favorite thing to do was film class where I tried to make my own movies."

"Did any get finished?" She asked.

" One. I watched Warrior's of Virtue and hated it so much I wanted to make my own humanoid creatures of my favorite animals who fight in a mystical land to show that dumb movie how much better I can do with a bigger budget. I choose lizard people."

"How'd it go?" She asked.

" Pretty good. We beat Warrior's of Virtue in our ratings. The only downside was it wasn't hard."

"How is that a downside?" She asked.

" I don't know. I wanted to see if we could make a movie even better then Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Arc but I was sent here."

" Maybe it's not the end of that idea."

"Agreed," she said.

" Have you finished your disgusting food?"

"Yes I have," Ian stated.

It was time for them to go somewhere else. They went to the room where they kept Amy and Lucy. They were just crawling around looking for something to do.

"Yes I have," Ian stated.

Their hope arised after their two favorite human's walked in. They spun in circles in excitement.

" Easy girls. We are here to have fun with you."

They relaxed.

Ian first petted Lucy's head and then Serena scratched Amy's neck.

" Ah!"

"What?"

" Why is she scratching her neck?"

Serena was scratching Amy the xenomorph's neck, there was a chance she could make blood spill out. Amy acted like a dog, thumping her leg on the ground.

" Do you need to calm down or are you excited?" Ian asked.

Amy hid behind Serena's legs. Serena was actually making an alien friend that almost killed someone and acted like a cat. In other words she was getting to be more like Ian who made an alien friend that acted like a dog. Speaking of which Lucy was running her face against his hand.

"They act like pets," Serena stated.

" To us maybe." Ian said.

"To everyone else they are ruthless killers."

Ian and Serena knew surviving those facehuggers amounted to something. They were the only two people in history to survive an alien chestburster. That called for more petting. It was a rare opportunity and they were not going to waste it.

Lucy liked it and so did Amy. Ian and Serena also enjoyed their company. There was however a looming fear of aliens attacking them. One of the marines from ten rooms away could feel that. It was Decaf. After he was hospitalized, he had a lingering fear of being killed.

At some point he had to think being killed was a part of life. He did not want to die just yet. He wanted to breath fresh air and meet women. He had a woman in mind, Ian's sister Julia. Tonight he would try confessing to her. But it would not be easy, she was his best friend's sister. But she was unbelievably pretty.

His favorite thing about her was she was kind of eccentric. She did weird things that Decaf liked. That's why he wanted her to like him. But she was a pacifist, and he was a soldier. Maybe opposites attract though. There was only one way to find out.

He walked to her bedroom door. He knocked on her door. Hopefully she was in her room either asleep or awake. She was awake and answered the door.

" Decaf? What's going on?" She asked rubbing her right eye.

"Um... I... um," he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Xeno got your tongue?" She asked. He did not know what to say, he stuttered when he talked to women he liked.

"Y-y-y-y-y-you w-w-w-w-w-w-w-want t-t-t-t-t-t-to...Are you asking me if I want to have sex?"

"N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-no!" Decaf exclaimed, "D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-drink w-w-w-w-w-w-with m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-me?"

She chuckled because that sounded like a sweet request.

"Sure," she said, "but you need to work on your speaking voice."

He knew that. He would not forgive himself the next time he talked to her he sounded like he just did, but he never knew when the call to arms was going to happen.

" What do you usually drink?" She asked him.

Decaf closed his eyes and hoped for the best, "F-fake c-coffee."

She was silent, "The joke is there, should I say it?"

He shook his head. There was no need to say it.

"Okay," she said, "mess hall, tonight, bring the fake beer."

That sounded like a date to him. And he was happy. The only thing that could ruin it would be if he had to drink the coffee first.

Secretly, Julia was just as nervous as he was. She first decided to change her clothes. The nicest clothes that she had was a sweatshirt and black jeans. They would have to do. Decaf had only sleeveless shirts and beige pants. There were no tailors who could make him new things.

So he went with his cleanest clothes. He went to where Julia's bedroom was. She was so beautiful. He was tongue tied. When he tried to speak, no words came out, only an odd, high-pitched moan.

She actually found that funny. But she restrained herself.

" I found something to put in the coffee to make it taste better."

Decaf closed his eyes, "W-w-what?"

"It's powderized creamer," she stated. "Did you bring the fake beer?"

He showed her the fake beer.

"Sweet," she said.

" I guess that's more what the powderized creamer is."

Decaf chuckled. She wasn't wrong about that. But it wasn't about the taste it was about the conversations. They talked about the past and what they had planed for their futures.

"I'm going to stay a solider, just on a different planet," Decaf stated.

"I want to be an Earth doctor," Julia stated.

" Any chance an army Doctor?"

"Maybe," she said.

" My job will mostly be destroying aliens."

She did not speak, as a pacifist she did not like talking about violence. It sounded like a lot of war he was heading into. She could not explain it, but she did not want to see him hurt.

Maybe it was just concern because she knew lots of men have died from alien's. Or was it something else?

" Julia are you in here?" A person asked knocking on her door.

It was Serena.

" Why are you here?" Julia asked her.

" I want to ask you about Ian."

"What about Ian?" She asked.

Something that I don't want to say in front of... him," she said gesturing towards Decaf.

" Do you want me to leave because I will only do it when Julia asks me too, not you."

"Easy there doggie," she said, "play nice."

The marine played nice for her. He left without a word.

" Thank you for helping me get rid of him," Serena said.

"What do you want to know about Ian?" Julia asked.

" Why do you think he has been spending so much time with me?"

"He likes you," she said, "I figured that'd be obvious."

She blushes at the thought of Ian liking her. In a way she liked him back. Julia just found their infatuations cute. She knew that Maryanne did not like her though. At least one of the sisters did.

"What else would you like to know about him?" Julia asked

" Why is he a marine solider?"

"He has a fighting spirit," she said, "he always had one."

Serena tried to remember when he showed her his fighting spirit. When they were kids, Julia, Maryanne, and Ian were picked on by bullies. Maybe they were burdened a lot as children. And Ian would always stand up to the bullies, even if he constantly got the tar kicked out of him. That part of him would never change.

"One day when I was young, a bully took away my computer," she said, "Ian tracked him down and got my computer back, he also returned with two black eyes and a broken wrist. He's my hero."

She blinked at the part of the two black eyes. The bully was either vicious or Ian had some real courage. Maybe both.

" Thank you for this information."

"You're welcome," she said.

She learned a little bit about Julia and Julia learned a bit about Serena. But Serana wanted to learn more, so she searched for Maryanne, even if she knew she hated her.

Luckily she was walking through the hall chugging down a bottle of water. So she did not have to go far. Maryanne saw her and scowled at her.

"What do you want?" She snapped.

" I-I just want to ask you about Ian."

"What do you want to know," she asked, "who his fantasy girlfriend is?"

Serena shook her head.

"Why are you so defensive about him?" She asked.

" He's my only brother and he's been through Hell."

"What kind of Hell?" She asked pretending to not know.

" He is the first person to survive a chestburster coming out of his chest."

"I did that too," Serena stated.

Maryanne took a drink trying to think of how to react to her survival.

"Just because you have one thing in common you think that you can get in his pants?" She asked.

She blushed heavily at the thought of her hands being in his pants.

"That's not what I want at all," she said.

Maryanne took a sip again.

"Then what do you want with my bro?" She asked.

She sheepishly twirled her finger into her hair trying to muster the courage to tell her.

" Maybe ask him for another chat where we get to know each other better."

"I don't trust you," Maryanne stated.

" Fine. I can ask him myself if he wants to talk. I'm a big girl."

"Are you sure about that?" Maryanne asked.

Serena huffed a little before answering Maryanne. " I can. If he's interested in me or just sees me as a friend that's enough reason why your decision to not help me or like me doesn't matter."

"Do what you want," she said, "but if you do anything to hurt my little brother, I will make you my own... personal... hand puppet."

Maryanne walked towards her so she could get by her. And she brushed her shoulder as she passed. Serena rubbed that shoulder after Maryanne had left.

"That woman is a rock," she stated to herself.

That was all she could say and all she wanted to say. She went to her room and went to sleep, meanwhile Ian was in the xenomorph's room.

He was starting to feel like Amy, Serena's xenomorph, was warming up to him. But he would have to go to bed soon. The xenomorphs were reluctant to let him go. He was a good person. And he was good to them.

Never a day went by he didn't think about them nor did they stop thinking about him. This was all fine but life had some difficulties. They were clingy. It was kind of suffocating at times. But it was better than them killing him.

" What would you want me to do Lucy?" Ian asked Lucy.

She just purred.

"Of course you can't talk," he said.

He didn't know what he was thinking. Maybe she could understand him, but she could not respond to him. He just knew he could sleep easy around her.

She was nice to him.

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Maryanne was drunk in a corner. She was losing her ability to stand straight because of it.

"What does that *hic* woman want with my *hic* brother?" She asked herself.

She was stuck in a base so money was unlikely. The only thing that made sense was that Serena wanted to sleep with him.

Although she claimed his pants were the last thing on her mind she figured that couldn't be the case.

"She's screwin' with him, I *hic* know it," she said.

She had to confront someone over this.

"Gotta talk to J-*hic*-Julia 'bout this," she told herself.

She had a little doubt she could find Julia especially in her drunken state.

All she could do was feel a sense of getting close to her sister. She needed to talk to someone who would listen. The only one she could think of was her sister.

She drunkenly stood up and searched for Julia. Eventually she did find her sister.

"J-*hic*-Julia, how YOU doin'?" she asked.

Julia heard what she said in her drunk stupor.

"You're drunk," she stated.

Maryanne tried telling her why she was drunk. But she passed out on her.

Julia could just smack her own face seeing her sister collapse.

" For crying out loud!"

She dragged Maryanne to her bed and started making fake coffee. Maryanne was still making hiccup sounds even though her eyes were shut. She tried not to make any noise, she knew all to well that she would have a hangover when she woke up.

Julia did what she thought was right and poured her a cup of coffee. Even though Maryanne's brain was woozy she should be able to grab the cup. Her eyes began to twitch, she was waking up.

" I'm in so much pain."

"It's called a 'hangover' sis," Julia said handing her the coffee, "it's what happens after you get drunk."

" We can't all be special and drink without getting drunk."

"I'm not sure anyone can drink without getting drunk," Julia stated.

Maryanne for the first time would disagree. Serena missed two people in this base. Ian and her xenomorph. So she went to look for Ian.

She hoped this wouldn't be a bother for him. She did not want to seem too clingy, but when she got to Ian he was trying to escape two clingy things. He was outside of Amy and Lucy's room breathing hard.

Serena was surprisingly okay with his tired breathing.

"You manage to get away?" She asked.

"It was a nightmare man," he said in an over-the-top sarcastic voice, "they were everywhere, but I escaped."

She could not help but laugh.

It sounded like he just went into a war with the xenomorph's but he was just cuddling with them. He began to laugh as well.

" Hi Serena."

"Hi Ian," she said, "how was your play-date?"

" Tiring. Their like little kids in there and I'm like a cookie to them."

That made Serena smile.

"Do you have any idea why Maryanne doesn't like me?" Serana asked.

Ian was caught off guard with that question. " Maybe she has a bad way of looking at you."

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"She needs to know you as the kindhearted person I know you are," he stated.

Serena wondered. No part of her new how she could show that side of hers, but she was going to try.

" What are you going to do now Serena?"

"I'm going to visit Amy and Lucy," she said.

Ian stepped away from the door and Serena opened the door. She was grabbed almost instantly by Amy and cuddled. She felt a little cold now. Then she felt warm.

" Amy still likes you," said Ian.

"Why wouldn't she," she asked, "she's my... daughter." And then she remembered something, "James."

She heard a baby crying. She knew it had to be her baby James, so she rushed out and ran to her room, but she forgot to close the door behind her.

Amy and Lucy also heard the sound of a baby crying. They hid in a layer above the ceiling tiles and moved quietly yet swiftly towards the sound.

Ian and Serena opened the door to the baby's room without hearing a sound from the xenomorph's. They were shocked at what they saw.

The xenomorph's were introduced to a human so small and noisy. They cuddled it like parents would. The baby was sleeping, sucking its thumb. It looked so cute. Yet so frightening.

A big scary alien holding a baby. But it was adorable to watch. Ian almost said ' Aww', but he was too stunned.

" Serena, these xenomorph's are relentless."

She was quiet, "I'm sorry, what?"

" Relentless in doing anything they think of."

"Right," she said.

It did make a bit of sense.

" Whose being the parents here?" Ian asked.

"I don't know," she said, "I've never been in a situation where a pair of aliens cuddled my baby."

" I guess that makes us the parents then."

She blushed, "W-w-what?"

Ian just grinned widely.

"You should probably take him back before anyone else sees this," he said.

They were too late. They would soon see General Santiago who was behind them.

"The hell is going on?" He asked.

Ian could only think of punching the general to try stopping his discovery from being told.