"His name is Aimmes, he's a scientist. Not to mention he is overly curious about everything."
The short Volm scientist came up to Trisha, speaking English now, "It is such a pleasure to communicate with you!"
He took Trisha's hand in his in a very awkward handshake.
"There are so !any things I want to ask you!"
Trisha already wanted this guy to leave her alone but he seemed like he would be crushed if she was to tell him to go away. She didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings today. She'd give him a chance.
"Where should I start?" He said, poking at a datapad of sorts, "Sleeping habits! How much sleep does the human body require to properly function?"
She just stared at him for a moment, "Uh..."
The Volm's eyes were bigger than normal as he listened intently, mouth open slightly in excitement.
"Uh... I think the normal amount is eight hours for most people. Some of us require more, some require less."
"It has been logged that we eat similar foods, what about human mating rituals? How do humans mate with each other?"
Being in the blunt mood she happened to wake up in Trisha looked at the Volm scientist and stated much to bluntly, "The man puts his penis in the woman's vagina and they go at it until they... Hmm... What's a good word for it... Come? Climax? Or like most inappropriate human way of saying it, you fuck each other till the guy jizzes in the woman which makes a baby. End of story."
She swore the scientist blushed. He quickly changed the subject.
"Can I take a small blood sample? I'd like to study the difference in melanin levels and blood cells!"
...
"I wonder what all he did with the blood sample?" She wondered out loud, "If he makes a clone or something I'm going to be pissed."
Trisha stood up and started walking slowly to see what everyone was up to, then she heard something she didn't want to hear...
"We are retreating to a safe distance. I suggest you do the same. Trisha? Trisha!"
Shak called for her but when he turned to face her she was gone.
"She's going to try and save Lexi..." Hal muttered loud enough for the Volm to hear.
...
She ran through the peaceful place, grabbing weapons as she saw them. Lourdes stopped her with a concerned face.
"What are you doing?!"
"I need to give these to Tom!"
"What?"
"Please, let me give these to Tom so he can protect his daughter!" Then she pushed past Lourdes and ran into the gazebo where Tom stood with Weaver and Matt.
They turned to her, hesitantly holding up their weapons to her.
"Take these! Lexi might be in trouble!"
"The Volm or Hal?"
"The Volm want to leave, they want no part in this... At least... Not until I left..."
Pope and the others were coming and Trisha handed Tom the weapons. She heard everyone yelling but didn't quite pay attention until she heard Pope's voice.
"That one is pregnant with an alien baby, it could be a danger as well!"
Trisha became furious!
Lourdes was holding Pope back, "Lexi spoke nothing but good things of Trisha's child!"
"Yeah, you believe everything Lexi says?" He asked, saying Lexi's name in the most sarcastic voice he could manage.
Trisha had had enough. Just a few days before he was so nice to her!
She picked up the Volm weapon Cochise had given her and aimed at everyone in the group, "Pope, you try and hurt my baby or Lexi and I will fuck you up so goddamn bad you won't even be recognizable to anyone that knows you. Go on, try it."
Tom's eyebrows raised up at her sudden comment and noticed everyone had began to back away. Maybe it was the Volm gun or her usually calm self losing it, he didn't know but felt relief when Pope pointed his weapon to the ground.
Trisha had never been so angry in her life. She knew the Volm would pitch a fit when they came and found her here but she wanted to warn Tom of the small riot that had almost taken place.
She saw Anne push past everyone and run in. Her eyes looked at Tom then to everyone else, "She's not going to hurt us." She reached out to the cocoon and Weaver jumped forward to stop her.
"You will burn yourself!"
"I'm her mother, she won't hurt me." Anne said calmly, placing her hands on the cocoon and quietly talking to the blonde inside of it. It was almost a perfect moment of a mother trying to awaken her daughter. But when Lexi opened her eyes Trisha felt a cold chill roll down her spine.