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Jamie sighed she was going to miss her Mother she almost wished she had never come back to say good-bye. Mia pressed the intercom saying, "I thought the five of you could easily handle that challenge. Our computer said only nine Xenomorphs came into the room. I can see there are more Xenomorph bodies on the ground. Now will you be a dear and get the big guy to go into the other room with you?"

Jamie glared in the direction of the voice asking, "Why would I separate him from his son's. They are his responsibility and asking him to abandon them without a reason would be crazy." Bill wanted to join in the fun saying, "Well if you don't we'll just send the scent of a female in season into the room and you can enjoy all four of these males."

Jamie growled at him yelling, "Ooman are you L'ulij-bpe they are children not old enough to mate yet." She turned translating what he had said to Ci'tde, of course, he roared in outrage. Jamie sent an immediate communication for advice on what to do. Jamie felt she could handle Ci'tde if she needed too but all of them would put her pups at risk. The worse part would be if Ci'tde had to do his duty, and protected her from the other three they could all lose their lives. To top it off Ci'tde would be in full rut once they were all no longer a threat which would mean he'd be none too gentle with her.

~ In Space ~

Aaliya growled angrily when she received the update from Jame-e. They were still a day away from being fully ready to break them out of the research center. She doubted the oomans would give them that long. The other clan was now aboard her ship seeking males to rut with. She hailed the Matriarch saying, "I regret to report our huntress and your Elder have a difficult call to make. The ooman's are threatening to send a female's in season scent into the room if they don't leave the Chiva team alone. I advise you that odds are they want to separate them to do something to the Chiva team. Plus it wouldn't surprise me if they use the scent anyway on your Elder and my huntress. My huntress is expecting but she knows what to do should she need to take care of the Elder."

On the other side, she could see the Matriarch pace back and forth extremely agitated. She clenched her hands growled openly saying, "I want to personally go down there and kill some of those oomans. It's a tough call and I can understand his desire to protect his team but it would be best for him to do as the oomans ask. There is a risk from him leaving the team but if he stays and the oomans follow through with the threat the team could be lost. Advise your huntress and have Ci'tde put the team leader in charge while they are separated. Tell him if the in season scent comes in to act on it right away hopefully if he doesn't fight it they will be ready for rescue when we arrive.

Aaliya nodded ending transmission before sending Jame-e a reply advising her that Abhay would understand. She wasn't about to let the huntress know that Abhay was off in rut again with another female. That was something she wouldn't deal with until Jame-e returned to the ship safely. There was no need to stress or anger Jame-e now but she wasn't going to hide where Abhay was either. Since it was likely the male would still be with the other female and Jame-e would need to go to other quarters.

~ In The Research Center ~

Jamie read what they wanted and looked at Ci'tde saying, "Your Matriarch says to appoint a team leader and do as the oomans say this time. If it will help they can keep my weapons until we return to the ship."

Ci'tde wasn't surprised he knew leaving them was the lesser of the two risk wise, and it did make him feel better that she was willing to leave her weapons with them. He appointed a team leader explaining why they had to leave and for the three of them to protect each other. He then went into the open took the weapon he held pointing it at his loincloth making a circular motion before a pulling motion. He hoped the ooman male caught on that he planned on castrating the male once out of the cell. He put his hand on Jame-e's shoulder and moved with her to the other cell. He continued growling as the wall slid shut behind him he didn't like this at all.

Jamie looked up at the large male worried about his size compared to Abhay he was considerably bigger she could only assume he was bigger all over. She took a close look at him he was so different he had black coloring that had turned to a charcoal gray from age. She imagined he'd be a nice shade of gray when he was an Ancient his designs were beautiful creating what appeared to be diamonds of two different colors. The otter color is white and the inner color was his skin tone. He was covered in scars Abhay had a few but hadn't wanted to talk about them but this male was covered in battle scars. She sighed asking, "Elder Ci'tde how long has it been not to insult your honor. I need to know how much restraint you think you have my Matriarch says rescue will come tomorrow. So if the in season scent starts and you act quickly on it, you could be out of rut quickly."

Ci'tde looked at the now flushed huntress saying, "I have not had a female in many seasons I have trained my team to perfection. I could stop in a day but I would not be finished with rut at that point. Perhaps it would be better for me to restrain myself until help arrives? I could always take a female in season on the ship once I arrive."

Jamie replied, "If you think you can I have no issues with it. I just don't want to risk my pups and if you need to mate I'd rather you be in control and not lost in rut and if we started I would allow you to finish your rut. I couldn't let you go until I was sure you were out of rut."

Ci'tde was once again impressed by Jame-e's honorable traits. She had nice curves and nice coloring as well as the most attractive spots. He could see a few scars on her young body other than the mark left by the last male she was with. He wondered how he would handle him rutting with his female. Plus he didn't know if Jame-e could mate with him Yautja females usually didn't once pupped. He'd definitely have to keep himself from marking her she already had a claim and the honorable way to break a claim was to challenge the male.

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Definitions:

Yautja / English

Chiva / Trial

Kiande amedha / Hard meat (Xenomorphs)

L'ulij-bpe / Mad

Ooman / human

Pup / baby or child

Rut / need to have sex/mate