Kristen woke up to a soft purr. Looking up, she saw Mar'ek watching her sleeping. "How long were you here?" "Awhile." He explained. Getting up, Kristen looked at Mar'ek and smiled. "How did you sleep?" "I slept good." Kristen smiled. "That medicine just knocks me out really good." Mar'ek smiled and turned his head towards the dresser. "I had my healer make you some clothes after you were asleep." "He did?" "She.." Mar'ek corrected her. Looking down at herself, she can see her bra and underwear and shook her head. "New clothes would be good enough for me." "Come." Mar'ek said holding out his hand towards hers. She took it and got up from the bed, hand in hand. "Come out when you are clothed." Mar'ek said as Kristen nodded. Mar'ek left the room while Kristen observed the outfit. It was a top with two different bands on there. One that was supposed to cross together, like an X. and the other one was a knee length skirt that reached to her knee caps, and some jewelry to go with it. Looking at them in confusion, Kristen decided to put them on. After getting dressed, Kristen looked at herself in the mirror. She feels...exposed. All of her life, she never wore any clothes that exposed her breasts. She didn't want to hurt the healer's feelings. After all, she did work very hard to make her outfit fit perfect. Kristen put on the anklet with some of the teeth on there as charms, and to complete the outfit, she put on the necklace that Mar'ek gave her several months ago with two long sharp teeth on either side of the blue gem necklace. Kristen looked at herself again and smiled before leaving the room. Once she arrived, there was Mar'ek, waiting for her outside of her room. "You look beautiful." he said simply. Kristen blushed while Mar'ek held out his hand. "Come." He said simply as Kristen took his hand and went with him to the main hanger of the ship.

"Can I ask you something?" "Sure." "Who is your father?" Kristen exhaled herself and looked at Mar'ek. "His name is Alan Schaefer. He was in the Army, earning the nickname 'Dutch' he fought some battle years ago that got him to have PTSD." "P..T..S..D?" Mar'ek asked. "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or severe nightmares, survivor guilt, depression, and possibly suicidical thoughts." Kristen explained. "He has those so much that I lived with my grandfather." Mar'ek tilted his head in confusion. "Only for awhile. My dad was moved to a mental institution for about a good 10 years. On my 16th birthday, my dad showed up and apologized to me for being absent, then he went back." Mar'ek nodded understanding the female. Looking at her watch, Kristen sighed. "I should go home, Andrea and Josh would be worried about me." Mar'ek was about to say something when one of the warriors came into the room. "Mar'ek, there is something you should see." Mar'ek and Kristen rushed to the control room where one of the warriors turned on the screen. "Breaking news, two bodies have been found by a homeless man who was walking around this area early this morning. The police cannot describe this gruesome scene, and how it happened. They found clues at the crime scene. A piece woman's clothing." Kristen opened her eyes in horror. "As of now the woman has not been identified, but she may be responsible for those deaths along with the decapitation of another male who was brutally murdered 3 weeks ago. More on this story when it's available." Kristen's heart stopped beating. She couldn't move or do anything. Mar'ek tried to comfort her. "They are looking for me." Mar'ek cupped her face and lifted it towards his. "You are safe with us." "Us?" One of the hunters mocked. "Yeah right! She cant survive with us on board!" Mar'ek growled at his hunters while Kristen's eyes began to fill up with tears. "They are right." Kristen shook her head, tears streaming down her eyes. "Get away from me.." Mar'ek tried to comfort her some more until Kristen yanked herself away. "Get away from me!" Kristen began to panic, backing up away from the group while she hyperventilated. She sunk to the floor and began to cry. Mar'ek walked towards her and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Listen to me, Kristen." Mar'ek explained. "You didn't do anything wrong. I saved you from those men that tried to take you." Kristen continued to cry some more, her body shook violently, as Mar'ek wrapped his arms around her frail and shaking and brought her closer to him. "Your ex mate tried to kill you, those two men tried to make you give yourself to them. I was there to save you over and over." Still crying, Kristen's body began to calm down slowly. "What could you have done to save yourself, what could you have done to protect yourself?" Kristen took deep breaths, calming down at last. "As I said earlier, you are safe with us." A lone tear escaped from her eye while Mar'ek wiped away with his thumb. "Come." He said helping her up on her feet. The hunters looked at the couple and shrugged their shoulders and got back to work. Mar'ek helped Kristen walk towards her room. He helped lay down on the bed, and covered her up. Kristen looked at Mar'ek with soft sad eyes. "I will stay with you until this nightmare is over." Mar'ek nodded. He softly purred while he rubbed her head and her face until Kristen was sound asleep. Mar'ek watched the human sleep peacefully again. He thought about her and another Yautja female that wanted to have her as his mate. Centuries ago, Mar'ek lost his soon to be mate to those Kiande Amedha. He has since then, remained single and was not interest in a mate.

Flashback…

Mar'ek was on his way out of the hive with a Kiande Amedha head when he spotted his love, Pai'na on the ground with a facehugger lying dead beside her. "Pai'na!" he rushed over to her in panic. "You…got…to kill me…" "I will become a bad blood.." Mar'ek said, refusing to kill his soon to be mate. "You wont…" she smiled sadly. "Our fathers will understand…" Mar'ek's eyes filled up with tears as he refuses to kill his lover. Pai'na felt pains in her body causing her to arch in horror. "Kill…me…" Pai'na pleaded with Mar'ek. "I wont!" Mar'ek said, tears streaming down his cheeks. "Please…AHHH!" Pai'na cried out in pain again. Mar'ek looked at Pai'na, drew out his dagger and looked at her with sadness in his eyes. "I'm so sorry, my love.." he pulled the knife down hard on her body, stabbing her in the heart while tears streamed down Mar'ek's eyes. He pulled the knife out and saw that Pai'na's body went still. He looked at her belly and saw a Predalien bursting out of her. Mar'ek grabbed the baby Predalien and looked at it in anger and rage. While it was crying, Mar'ek squeezed the baby Predalien so hard that he squished it to death. Mar'ek growled in disappointment and looked down at Pai'na's body. He gently stoke it and looked at the necklace that he made for her when he asked her to be his mate. He took it off of her neck gently, kissed her forehead and left the hive with his prize.

Mar'ek looked down at Kristen, they both have common grounds with each other. They lost their loved onesThe necklace he made for her hangs around his neck. Touching it with his claws, he thought about Pai'na while he got up and left Kristen's room.

Kristen woke up awhile later, remembering those events. Taking a deep breath, she felt a little shaky from earlier.

"You will be safe with us."

Kristen remembered this memory. Knowing that the Yautjas are putting themselves at risk not only on Earth, but for their homeplanet. She is grateful for Mar'ek and the Yautjas for taking her in so that she can be safe from being arrested for something she didn't got up, and saw some clothes left out for her. Looking at them, Kristen saw the outfit that looks like her size. It was a different outfit from her point of view, it looked like that outfit was for battle. Same cross top, a mesh net, and a belt that holds up her loincloth. Someone arrived in her room. Kristen looked up and spotted the healer who healed her before. "Good morning young Ooman, did you sleep well?" "Kinda.." Kristen admitted. "Thank you for making my clothes…you didn't really have to.." "Its okay, young one." The healer smiled. "Mar'ek requests that you wear the one that is for battle and training." "The one with the mesh net?" Kristen asked the healer. "Of course." The healer smiled. "Let me help you." Kristen looked at the healer and nodded.

Kristen walked towards a mirror and looked at herself. Her battle outfit looks pretty revealing, but then again, the healer worked very hard to get Kristen's outfit a perfect size. "You look fantastic." Kristen smiled at the healer. "Thank you Healer." "My name is Radii, Mar'ek's healer and his friend." Radii smiled at her. "Come Ooman." The healer said. "Mar'ek is waiting for us." Kristen followed the female healer to the main control room where Mar'ek and the others were discussing about hunting grounds far from here. "Hunting grounds?" She asked Radii. "It's a rite of passage for these warriors." The medic explained. "They are going to the pyramid of these Kiande Amedha, there they will battle those creatures and whoever kills it, will become a full fledged warrior." "Here on my planet we learn how to drive as a rite of passage," Kristen explained. "Not to mention people like myself will go to jail for dating a teenager." The healer looked at Kristen in confusing and in amusing way. "You humans and your customs." The healer shook their head. Arriving at the main control room, the healer and Kristen walked towards Mar'ek who smiled at her through his mask. "Good morning, Kristen." Mar'ek greeted her by grabbing her hand, kissing it. "Good morning to you too, Mar'ek." Kristen blushed. "Today we are going to train you." "Train?" Kristen asked nervously. "In order for you to remain here with us, you will be trained to fight and defend yourself from danger that is lurking." Kristen nodded. "First, you need food for energy." Mar'ek held out his hand. Kristen took his hand and together the two left for the dining room. Seeing the food that is very unfamiliar to her, Kristen looked at Mar'ek as he ate his food. Mar'ek looked at Kristen in worry. "What's wrong?" He asked. "It's nothing, it's just I'm not familiar with your food." Mar'ek smiled at her. "It's really good, try some." Kristen was unsure about the food, decided to try it out. Taking a bite of the food, Kristen chewed and chewed and chewed and all the sudden, she smiled. "This is really good!" "I'm very happy." Mar'ek smiled as the two ate their breakfast in peace. While eating, Kristen looked at Mar'ek, who is eating through his mask. Very curious of what his face looked like, Kristen decided to wait until the time is right for Mar'ek to reveal himself. He thought to himself, what will Kristen think when he shows his face to her for the very first time? Will she be terrified, or spiteful? Mar'ek decided to reveal his face to her when the time is right. "You look beautiful." Kristen smiled, hiding her thoughts on the outfit that Radii made for her, so that she won't hurt her feelings. After breakfast, Kristen and Mar'ek made their way to the training room for Kristen's first day of training.