So here's chapter 10, like I promised. –dies- I think I've pulled something in my back from sitting up to write, is that even possible? O.o

Yeah so enjoy.

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Two new recruits

The endless red of the desert landscape was eerie, and the wind whipping around was causing irritation in places she forgot she could get sand into. Gods she hated the sand, she hadn't missed it, but if it meant she could save a few lives she'd deal with that and her watery eyes. She looked up at a hiss; Six was upside down, it always mystified her how he could do that, and he was looking at her from the overhead walkway. She always found it strange that he'd look back to make sure that she was okay; she'd survived long enough on her own, that's not to say that she was unhappy with the extra help of course.

He hissed again, his head moving to look ahead and she followed. A black figure was running across the streets and into the opposite building; she felt panic grip her as she looked to Six, the message clear as day: Get down here and help herd the group away from the danger!

She turned, looking to Chris who was a few paces behind her.

"We need to move into a building, we're not safe out here." She said in a soft voice while moving toward the building to her left where a sliding door looked like it'd seen better days. The doors were open, but marginally, at least enough to let them through without too much effort, but it was dark. Something she always feared at the station. "We need to be quiet too, no sudden movements and if you can, get your butt under a table or something. There's no need to attack them, I can lead you away." She explained.

Chris nodded and looked to his marines, nodding in the direction of a building to their left. The door was ajar and gently blowing back and forth in an eerier sort of way. Still, they moved towards the door with Jodie taking point. She stopped suddenly, holding a closed fist in the air as she took one step back to pull her gun in front of herself and aiming for the open door. She made a move towards the door but was stopped by a hiss, a rather agitated one too. She looked up and saw Six coming down the wall, his sleek body making a bee line for the door. He hissed again and made a motion with his head to move away. She moved backwards while watching Six like a hawk, her companions and Sam moving along with them.

He entered and then there was silence.

They waited with baited breath; Sam inching closer to the doors in a way that alarmed Chris who put a steadying hand on her shoulder. A sudden bang, hiss and a screech met their ears as Sam and Chris moved away quickly, stumbling in their haste. A sight that Sam hadn't ever wanted to see was what greeted her eyes; two xenomorphs burst from the door in a flurry of flailing limbs and thrashing tails. An angry ball of hissing beasts rolled and finally came to a stop before Sam as a xenomorphs she recognised stood before her, protecting her.

She watched as Six hissed at the other, an obvious question falling from his lips as the other crouched into a fighting stance. Another resounding hiss burst forth from the door as another xenomorph leapt onto the back of the hostile xenomorph and took a chunk out of the back of their neck. It thrashed and slashed its tail to try and dislodge the other as its head thrashed from side to side, its obvious discomfort leaving a resounding screech in its wake. Another angry screech joined the fray as they moved forward and thrust its inner maw into the others side, both xenomorphs double teaming the one.

A scream rent the air and both xenomorphs stopped to turn and see another xenomorph approaching Sam and the others but there was no hostility in its steps as it moved in front of the humans. Sam watched the newcomer and waited with baited breath for it to make a move for them, but she watched its stance and realised with a start that it was protecting them. She heard a gun cock which prompted a hiss from the newcomer and she jumped right into the line of fire as Simon almost let loose a couple of bullets.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? It's-" He was cut off by an angry snarl from Sam.

"Fuck you, Simon! They're stood there protecting your stupid ass and you're trying to shoot it, don't be so fucking stupid!" She screamed at him, her language obviously something she'd picked up from Jodie.

Speaking of Jodie, she was biting her lip trying to hold in her laughter but gave a snort at Sam's language. "Wow, I didn't know you had it in you!" She cackled and slapped Simon on the back making him stumble slightly.

"We're in fucking danger and you're laughing! You're all fucking crazy!" He shouted while throwing his gun to the red sand and moving away from the two girls. Then they heard Chris exclaim a: 'Stupid son of a bitch' and then a 'Oh shit!'

Both girls turned to see the xenomorph moving towards him and a few of the other men who were backing away slowly with their guns up in a sign of surrender. It approached with a determination that most would never have seen. It strode to Chris and hissed at him before turning once again to move in front of the humans. It gave a hiss behind it as if to reassure the humans before looking to the other three to give an even longer hiss, telling Six to finish his sister.

Six didn't even reply as he took another chunk out of the back of her neck, his teeth gnashing back and forth as he pulled some of the flesh loose and spat it off to the side before moving to clasp the length of the neck in his massive jaws to make a sharp turn, breaking her neck in the process as she sagged in his grasp. He let her go with saliva and green dribbling from his mouth, his teeth a shiny green.

Sam felt her stomach churn as she watched, her face one of utter horror and disgust. She took a step forward, intending to help Six but thought better of it. He was coated in blood and it was hissing on his own hide so she thought it may be a better idea to stay back. "Six! Are you alright?" She asked, her voice holding deep concern as she looked to him with a frown on her face.

He turned his head, a hiss escaping his upturned lips. He turned back to the female alien that was lying in a pool of acidic blood and her body looking mangled beyond recognition. He and Two did quite a number on her, the poor thing. She was one of the youngest of them all, almost new born really.

He didn't understand. The Queen had specifically told everyone to stay clear of Six and anyone near him; so why was she attacking him: a rebel maybe? Someone who believed that his human female was a plight against his Queen? He knew that he would be a traitor in the eyes of many but he didn't think that anyone would actually attack him for it lest their Queen grant them a painful death. No one disobeyed the Queen but he was guessing that many probably saw her as going soft and sought to challenge her. He would have to go and see her; make sure that she was okay.

He felt fear grip him for a moment, his thoughts turning to Sam and their 'friends': He was still getting used to the word. He looked to them all, his heart skipping a beat as he watched Sam's expression. Her look of open concern and love was something that he wouldn't want to lose. He looked to the floor, his head shaking as he thought about his Queen; he'd need to sort this as soon as possible.

He moved towards Sam and the other xenomorph; a clear recognition in his minds eye at the Sentinel of utter destruction before him and he was protecting the humans. He must have been sent by the Queen to protect and watch over he and the humans, Two was probably there even though he shouldn't be, even with his special privileges as her third in command. He gave a questioning hiss as he was hissed at too, the same sort of hiss: wondering if they were alright. They both gave that snicker that they did and moved to each other to clasp talons and brush tails, their hissing meeting in a fiery crescendo of confusion for the human but a barrage of questions being shot back and forth.

The three stopped suddenly and looked to the humans; one human in particular took the interest of the Sentinel. He looked back to Six and hissed who nodded. Sentinel moved to make his presence known to the special human in Six's life. He stood to his full height, a foot taller than Six himself and Two.

She stared with wide eyes at him, his sheer mass scaring her to the deepest recesses of her being. She looked around him to Six who was just sitting on his haunches watching with his tail swishing from side to side, obviously not worried. She looked back to the Sentinel and gulped audibly before reaching a hand out.

He looked to her hand, a curious gesture for sure and he looked to Six himself who nodded to him. He gave a mental shrug and put his own talon clad hand out beside hers.

She gave a giggle and gently clasped his hand and shook it gently before pulling it back and then watched as he looked to his hand and then back to her with a tilted head as if saying: 'What the shit?' She laughed at him, her face almost splitting in half from the stupid smile on her face.

He watched her curiously for a moment and then hissed something at Six who shook his head with a chuff and moved towards Sam and himself with Two closely following behind.

Six grinned at Sam and pointed to Sentinel and nodded and Two moved forward to nod at her.

"Hey Two, where've you been?" She asked with a smile and holding her arms out for him. He moved forward gratefully and hugged her, lifting her from the ground while gripping her almost to the point of suffocating her. He let her down and gave that chuffing chuckle that the xeno's tended to do when amused.

Chris cleared his throat and gave a wave at the four.

"Hey there, confused humans here. Sam, you know these other aliens?" He asked. She shook her head.

"I know Two, met him briefly when I was living with Six and I've no idea who the big guy is, but I'm guessing he's friendly." She concluded while glancing at the xenomorph in question who tilted his head. "So, can we take them with us?" She asked, hr eyes hopeful. "They're obviously not like that other xeno, maybe they wanna help?" She suggested.

Chris was about to answer when-

"No way!" An indignant voice shot out of nowhere, Simon. "I live with one, sure that's great, a pet if I've never seen one, but THREE!? Are you fucking stupid? They could all be planning to gang up on us right now and plotting how to steal out ships!" He exclaimed while obviously feeling alarmed. When had he picked up his gun? Huh.

"Look, that's a moot point. We can't go back until we know what they're up to." Chris said while shrugging. "Unless you can ask them?" He asked.

Sam looked to the xenomorphs and gave a nod. "Yeah, I think I can. They wouldn't have let themselves be seen if there wasn't something up. Let's get them back to the base and we can figure out with to do from there." She said while moving to go back towards the base.

"Are you sure? The Lieutenant probably won't be happy with three of them running around. They'd need to be on their best behaviour." He said, his face going red from the one she called Two moving towards him and circling while pawing at his clothes and touching his helmet.

Sam almost laughed but kept it together. "I'm pretty sure-" A cackle of laughter came from her left as Jodie broke out laughing.

"Oh man! I think he likes you Chris!" Another bout of laughter escaped her as she moved over to the Sentinel. "Watch out for alien dick! It's a pretty big business!" She chortled as she patted the Sentinel on the back. "You're more than welcome to stay with us, why the fuck not? We're all a little crazy here anyway. Right Simon?" She asked smugly. He gave a huff and threw her two fingers before making his way towards the base.

"Well, fuck you Jode. When these things turn around and kill you, don't blame me!" He continued on with a few of the others following.

Chris sighed and took his helmet off handing it the Two who proceeded to inspect it. He watched the xeno move it around in its hands and gave another drawn out sigh. Not even forty-five minutes out and they've found something of use, huh go figure.

They all started walking towards the base, the three xenomorphs having a great old time following while rough housing.

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The Lieutenant looked to the group, his eyes wide as he stared at the two newest editions to their ranks.

"Uh, so you found these two wandering the desert and decided to take them in?" He asked, his scepticism kicking in. He rubbed between his eyes and groaned. "These creatures aren't pets, they cannot be tamed, no matter how much our resident 'xeno expert' seems to think so." He glanced at Sam. "What could you possibly glean from these two that we don't already know, hm?" He asked of her, his head shaking back and forth as he glowered at her.

"Well," She began. "I'm not actually sure; but they didn't attack and there has to be a reason for it. They would never have just come out of hiding like that unless something was up." She repeated for the man.

He gave a sigh.

"And what if you're wrong and they're just human lovers like lover boy over there?" He asked while looking to said alien in question who hissed in indignation.

Six hissed again and nodded his head to their newest companions, indicating that they did have something they wished to share.

"Hah, alright; if you think you can get the information then be my guest. But if you can't then your friends will become cannon fodder, do you hear me?" He told Sam, pointing at her.

Six disliked the man very much as he went to make a move to bite his finger off, but Sam put a finger up herself.

"You listen to me, if anything happens to any of these xeno's then I won't hesitate to bring this whole thing to a standstill. I can guarantee that these won't be the only non-hostiles." She threatened, her voice portraying her seriousness. "And you'll be first." She said while moving away. "C'mon you guys, lets find you somewhere to stay. I'm done here." She then left the room.

The Lieutenant stood there gobsmacked.

"Little bitch is getting too big for her boots, Hex, keep an eye on her." He said. "She's your responsibility." He concluded before moving off to study a map.

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Chris and Jodie were walking down a lone corridor conversing when they heard a scuffle and a chorus of hisses come from the canteen, they moved quickly into the room only to stop at the sight of Six sitting at the table with Sentinel in front of him engaging in an arm wrestling match. There was a chorus of cheers when Sentinel smacked Six's hand to the table and he stood with his arms in the air with a hiss while money changed hands.

A betting pool on the aliens? Brilliant.

"Hey guys, everything alright in here?" Chris asked while looking around and spotting Sam sitting across from Two with a deck of cards in hand. She looked up with a smile and waved both he and Jodie over. He was about to follow but was stopped by a young man with a red buzz cut.

"Dude, we've been betting on these two for a while. Been trying to get that one; Two was it?" He gestured to the other xeno with a thumb pointed in their direction. Chris nodded the affirmative. "Turns out the other guy doesn't like arm wrestling, but you should've seen him rough-housing with Six earlier! Like a pair of pups they were!" He laughed and gave him a pat on the arm. "Anyways, what I wanted to say was thanks for bringing them here. They've been a hoot!" He laughed while moving off.

'Huh, it's nice to know they're going down well.' He thought while moving to Sam while simultaneously spotting Jodie starting up a new betting ring herself. He shook his head with a smile. "Well, it's good to know they're going down so well." He said while sitting next to Sam, giving a small wave to Two who just chuffed at him while looking at the deck in Sam's hands. "You teaching him to swindle people at poker?" He asked, his eyes glinting with amusement.

"Pfft, no-ah! I'll leave that to you miscreants." She exclaimed while giving a bark laugh. "I've been teaching him to play snap, he loves it so far. Caught on real quick." She said while dealing out some more cards.

He watched as Two took the offered half of the deck and proceeded to put a jack down to which Sam put a 2 down, and then it went on for a moment, before his hand snapped out to snap the cards while Sam had just put hers down.

"Damn, he's fast." If he didn't know any better, he'd say the alien looked smug. "So you're having fun then?" He asked Sam who kept playing with the alien, her eyes focussed on the deck.

"Yeah, it's not every day you meet a few nice aliens around here is it?" She admitted and sighed when she lost again. "I think I'll move it to blackjack next, but not today." She said while handing Chris the deck of cards. "You can have a go if you want, I'm shattered after trying to get info out of these guys earlier."

"You started already huh?" He asked with a little concern.

"Yeah, it's a bit of a barrier to try and communicate with them. Too much to get wrongly translated too I suppose, if only they could write; I mean, they can understand what we say." She looked to be deep in thought. "I mean I'm no teacher but maybe I could teach Six and he could translate it for me? It would make things a lot easier and it'll buy me more time to get the information I need." She said and then grinned. "And I can spend more time with Six so it's a win-win situation on my part really." She admitted smugly.

He gave a chuckle.

"What, you mean you don't spend enough time with him already?" He asked with a smile, watching the pile of cards like a hawk.

"Oh, naw. I spend a LOT of time with him, but it doesn't hurt to spend a little more, y'know?" She said while glancing in the direction of her partner. She watched him wrestle with Sentinel again, the way his arms bulged under the strain of having to keep his arm upright and she watched as he finally, finally slammed Sentinels arm down.

A chorus of groans sounded and Chris looked up only to find the cards snapped at. "Damn it!" He exclaimed while looking at the alien in suspicion. "I have no idea how, but I swear you're cheating." He said with squinted eyes.

The alien chuffed a laugh and looked to Sam again, his head nodding in the direction of the food that was being lined up on the nearby buffet table.

"So it's a help yourself day today then?" She asked while standing Two trailing along behind her and over to the food. She put a hand on his shoulder. "Right, you point and I'll pick it up. We don't want a repeat of what happened with Six last time." She said while grabbing a plate and standing in line with the alien beside her. He tilted his head and hissed in question. 'Glad I can understand that at least.' She thought. "Well, I'll tell you the story when we get back to the table." She turned to see Chris had followed her over and was holding two plates.

"You think you're other friend over there would like what Two and Six likes?" He asked the girl, his face pulling into a smile at the selection for today.

"Yeah, just pile the plate high, probably have to go up for seconds anyway." She looked to Two and showed him the options. "Remember, point and I'll pick it up." She reminded him and got a hiss in response.

When their plates were piled high, Sam and Chris moved to the table they'd been at and called the other two aliens over. Six seemed to groan as he lumbered over to the humans, but seemed to enjoy his meal a lot since he started digging in. Sentinel didn't need much prompting either so Sam and Chris left the three to grab their own food, they passed Jodie who gave a grin and sat beside Two who she started talking to, at really and started making wild hand gestures.

"So, anything you particularly fancy tonight?" Chris asked while grabbing another plate and waiting in line.

"Yeah, that curry looks nice. I'll have that with rice and a poppadum since I saw some of those too." She said with a smile. She was enjoying eating a meal without having to ration and she was going to enjoy it for as long as she could too.

"Well, I might join you on that front." He said while moving to dish up some rice and curry for himself and moved off to wait for Sam who was shoving a poppadum in her mouth to hold it and holding another one in her hand.

"Whaff?" She asked with a mouth full.

"Nothing." He shook his head while chuckling.

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After dinner they decided that it was time to turn in so Sam found the rooms designated for the other two aliens, which was one room I mean seriously how stingy! She looked in the room and noticed two twin beds sat next to each other and wondered if they'd be big enough but that thought was diminished as the two energetic xeno's moved inside and jumped on their respective beds to curl up, one falling asleep while the other watched the other two curiously.

Sentinel hissed and Six gave a hiss back and turned from the room.

"Night you two." Sam said while pushing the door release to shut the door.

The two made their way to their room and Sam flopped down on their bed, her legs and arms star fishing as she closed her eyes and felt exhaustion take her. She felt the bed dip and opened her eyes to see a xenomorph perched on top of her, his tail swishing back and forth behind him.

"Hey you." She said while stroking the side of his head, her face moving towards his as she pressed her lips to his dripping ones. She felt them move under hers and open so she plunged her tongue in and gave a moan of satisfaction. This was just what she needed.

He stripped her of her top and trousers, leaving her bra and panties on as he moved over her once again to rest his quivering dick over her moist panties. He rubbed against them, his shaft finding nothing but slick despite the cloth. He quickly made short work of her underwear with a talon and moved down between her legs, his lips rubbing her clit in a way that made excitement flood her senses.

"Oh my- Six!" She arched her back as she felt the tension build, her toes curling until finally she couldn't hold it anymore. "That's it!" She pulled his head up and kissed him again while moving her hand down to his aching shaft to position it there at her opening. The stickiness only served to slick the way for him as she moaned again at the delicious feeling of being filled.

He started thrusting in earnest, his thrusts quick and punishing as he continued. His hips smacked herself creating a sound only they could hear, a beautiful sound that made the both of them moan and hiss as their peak closed. They both let go at the same time, he feeling her release around him dripping her essence right around his shaft and he inside her, flooding her with warmth. None of them moved, both feeling boneless and sated.

Six finally found the energy and moved off of her, his body moving to curl around the back of hers as he turned her. His tail came up to curl by her fingers as he adjusted the blanket to cover her mostly and decided that this was where he definitely wanted to be.

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