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Location: Earth, currently

Date: the future

Time: afternoon probably

Let's get this done.

(No one's P.O.V)

Soldiers stood on what used to be crawling with their enemy only to be met with ash in mere seconds. Their minds took a moment to understand what was going on, one moment they were fighting because their lives depended on it but a sudden blinding light suddenly changed that and when their vision adjusted all they were met with was a world filled with nothing but them.

Charlotte and Ruby rubbed their eyes as the light vanished the moment they look around seeing nothing they grew frightened and ran to see that Aurora was still unconscious but not dead she proved this as she started to shift awake.

'Girls are you alright what happened.' She asked.

"We don't know I think the weapon fired but I don't feel very dead," Ruby asked. They all turned to the weapon to find it no longer looking very stable.

"Jake," Charlotte muttered before running towards the weapon.

"Hey Charlotte wait! We don't know if that thing is still stable!"

Kayleb pushed the last bit of debris off himself and made his way to the stairs limping all the way. "Come on there's nothing I can't climb these stairs don't stand a chance." Each step he took echoed through the tower as he made his way to the top.

Finally making it he fell to his knees huffing, looking around he didn't see much. This made him panic as he didn't see much meaning he didn't see Jake. "Jake?" No response. "Jake?" He spoke louder with a slit quiver and still got no response. "Jake!" He darted around the room until finally, he saw something lying in a corner. "Jake."

He ran over as fast as he could until he right in front of him, he grew stiff at the sight of Jake. He was burnt badly but that wasn't all his entire exoskeleton was gone leaving only his black chard tissue. The blade on his tail was missing and his dorsal tubes had been shortened and he had been bleeding badly by the amount of dried up blood. But what scared him the most was his breathing in which he wasn't.

Kayleb dropped his gun in response as he struggled to hold back tears. "Come on Jake it's a long walk home." He picked up Jake and took the elevator down as the structure collapsed around him.

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Charlotte watched in horror as the weapon shattered to pieces, she squinted harder when she realised there was an APC heading straight towards her. Stopping in front of her Kayleb came outstanding on top of the vehicle.

"Kayleb, what happened." Kayleb looked up to see all the soldiers to had fought wanted that question answered. Kayleb took a deep breath and formed a circle above his head symbolizing victory. The crowd erupted into cheers and cry's as the endless war had finally ended. But Charlotte wasn't satisfied.

"Where's Jake?" Kayleb sighed as he went back into the APC and pulled out Jake, her heart bled at the sight. "Jake!" She ran over and place her hands on his face. "NO! Jake, you can't be! Please don't be!" She cried as she hugged his chest. "Don't go, not when everything we strived for everything we wanted is here and you're not, it's not fair Jake. We don't have to fight anymore. Please, Jake, look you did it you saved everyone you made your grandfather proud, you made your father proud, you made everyone proud Jake! You were always there for us and we were always there for you don't go when we haven't repaid you for what you did for us, we were going to have our own rock climbing haven and you were going to make it. You can leave now Jake we may not know how to live in this new Galaxy but that's the point is that we do everything together. We grow together, we played together, fought together...we loved each other Jake and I still do." She placed he head on his. "I love you, Jake." The four friends huddled together as they thought nothing could separate them not even the war but they were wrong. Who the hell care about glory, honour or freedom none of that could ever repay losing their friend. "Please Jake stay a little longer I can't be happy without you." Silence fell over them.

Ruby cried on Kaylebs shoulder, Kayleb struggled to hold his tears back with every second and Charlotte wondered what she had left loose.

"...O….K…." They snapped their heads around to see Jake still in Charlotte's arms but was now breathing slightly.

Hope filled Charlotte's heart as she hugged him "Jake you're alive!"

"Ahhh…." he moaned.

"Yeah, he's alive don't send him back already," Ruby warned but Charlotte didn't care her life now had a meaning again and she wouldn't miss it.

Jake moaned as he opened his eyes to find he was in a hospital surrounded by all of his friends and family making him smile. His laugh made everyone snap to him.

"Jake!" Everyone shouted hugging him.

"AAHHH!" It was at this point he realised he was covered head to toe in bandages and plaster making the pain even more noticeable.

"Oh sorry Jake, we didn't know." his mother said.

"Yeah, I wasn't sure you'd ever wake up," Izzy said.

"What do ya mean?" Jake asked.

"We'll man you've been out for almost two weeks I mean what happened up there?" Kayleb answered. Jake breathed a breath of relief and went into detail about what happened when he was done not many of them were happy with him.

"Jake that has to be the most stupid, reckless and illogical think you could have done that could have killed you." Ruby scowled at him.

"I know and I'm sorry I guess I just wanted to prove her wrong."

'Father you told me to always think through your actions but what you did confused me.' Aurora asked through a window.

"Well, sometimes when you don't have a choice you do the first thing that comes to mind. But hey it turned out alright we got out like we said we would and now we have our lives ahead of us."

"Yes, you do so what do you want to do with it, Jake?" Will asked. "Because it seems like you've developed quite a few fans with your near sacrifice for everyone." He then displayed on the TV people showing there thanks to him and to others who gave their lives for them. "With this many people being this grateful I bet you could get a pretty good head start plus this check for your service couldn't hurt either." His dad handed him the note, laying eye's on this eyes grew until they almost fell out.

"That's a lot."

"Enough for you to buy a moon or you know a masters degree in architecture and whatever else your dreams demand," Damien spoke up.

Jake almost choked. "Are you kidding I can't do a Masters I barely made it through school."

"A human school you mean. The only reason you were so bad at school was because the only good school was three solar systems over and was alien in nature and we all know humans can be stubborn when it comes to this sort of thing. Don't worry Jake it's thanks to schools like this that your old man and sister through with no problems." Will explained. "The only problem being they cost an arm and a leg, but that doesn't seem to be a problem anymore now will it." Jake sighed taking his father's word for it.

"Guess it couldn't hurt."

"Ahhh." Jake looked down to see his niece on his chest snuggling.

"How long has she been there?"

"Since we got here, I guess people feel safe around you." Charlotte suddenly walked in making the room go silent. Thankfully Jess knew a stressful situation when she saw one and took action.

"Ok, I believe the nurses need more information about Jake injuries so how about we go tell them." She then moved everyone out Izzy took a moment to pick up Natalia before moving out, leaving only Charlotte and Jake in the room alone.

A long silence gripped them it was suffocating and Jake couldn't take it. "I...You love me?" Jake could kick himself.

Charlotte blushed. "Yes Jake, the thought of living without you seemed so scary it hurts, for the longest time I kept wondering what I was feeling towards you and when I'm around you I can't seem to ignore it. For the longest time I wondered what I was feeling until it just became so obvious, I can't stand not being with you I like your playfulness, I like your caring demeanour, I like your stupid face so much that it just couldn't be anything else I love you, Jake." She walked over and brushed his face.

"You really feel that way?"

"Always have always will." She whispered claiming his lips in a very deep kiss. The two held on for as long as possible until they let go for air. "Well, it looks like you lost the teeth on your tongue as well."

"I'm just glad I don't have to learn another language by this point." They just smiled and kissed each other again.

A few years later Jake was currently twenty-three and was very happy with himself. After only two years at university, he was a fully qualified Architect and his first order of business was to design his or really his wife's dream building of the ultimate rock climbing centre right on Resonance III.

Speaking of which the entire planet had been terraformed to be just like it was before only this time it had new inhabitants to it. With the main predators gone it was up to an introduced species to take care of the constantly growing herbivores as they grew faster than rabbits and Aurora and her daughters were quite liking her new position in the food chain, despite civil unrest for the first few days they eventually opened up to their new neighbours with a few grudges here and there.

Jake and Charlotte weren't the only new couple as the almost the instant the war ended Kayleb proposed to Ruby and the two became inseparable. Their relationship was concerning at first since after the wedding Kayleb was found with numerous scratch marks all over his body by simply stated it was a result of the honeymoon and no more questions were asked.

Jake and Charlotte's wedding was the same as many weddings only with the guest being partly red Xenomorphs and many cameras as they were becoming celebrates not just for there feats but also because they kept breaking galaxy records in human and non-human rock climbing competitions. There wedding was an absolute smash with an unexpected surprise showing its head a few days later. Charlotte and Ruby were pregnant.

This concerned a few people at first because interspecies children had a fifty-fifty chance of being born with deformities or actually being more healthy then quote 'pure breeds'. But luck turned in there favour as there seemed to be nothing wrong with them as seen by ultrasound revealed they were developing just fine. Jake had the most to be relieved about as he realised the child was taking after its mother so it wouldn't grow up like him.

Robert was forever etched into history as one of the greatest admirals the army has ever known as feats of his strengths were being taught everywhere. Damien now with all the time in the world thanks to his relieve and thank you bonus from Robert had all the time in the world and was already finding another special lady in his life which made his daughters smile with relief as he finally made peace with his old life and moved on. William and Izzy were spoiled for choice for what they wanted as Will's pocket grew heavier with every passing second thanks to his research so throwing caution to the wind he went all out and bought the moon orbiting Resonance III and terraformed it into a paradise all for him and his family, if there was one word he would use to describe how he felt it would be complete as he had truly reached what he called the 0.1%.

When the time came for the four lovebirds to become families they were fully prepared for whatever trails they had coming. It was a little dangerous for Kayleb as Ruby had a chance to remove his hand by claws so he made sure to wear a gauntlet. In Jake and Charlotte's case they were just like anyone else Charlotte going through hell and Jake providing support, but after many hours they were finally out of the delivery room.

Sitting at home Charlotte held her little girl in her arms while Jake held her close. He was both happy and relieved, happy because he finally had escaped his old life and was now starting anew and relieved because she had absolutely no features similar to a Xenomorph. She was a little bundle of energy and took mostly after her mother so Charlotte gave her the name of her own mother Grace.

Kayleb and Ruby who were living next to Jake and Charlotte were having a similar situation. Ruby had her son in her arms and Kayleb was acting like more of a child than the one in his wife's eyes. His son though being a custodian did still have some of his looks being similar structure while any other looks he had of his mother. They decided to name him Eden as neither of them had a family member with the same name so they could start anew.

A few weeks after the births they were back at the rock climbing centre and the place was swarmed with people. Ruby and Charlotte were training newcomers, Kayleb with a number of other employers were managing the courses, stores and actives and Jake was busy designing a new course along with managing the kids in his soundproof office.

Jake stared at the two sleeping angels he had in their own cots. "I can't wait until you too are big enough I bet the only challenge you'll ever have on these courses is each other." They cooed shifting about in their sleep. Jake then looked out from his office seeing there was some commotion between Charlotte and some parents making him sigh.

Grabbing his walkie-talkie he called his wife. "Honey, what's going on?" She angrily grabbed her's.

"These people believe that they just know better when it comes to service and think that the place is dangerous." Now Jake became annoyed.

"I'll be right there come switch shifts on the kids." He kissed his daughter on her head and went out to meet the party poopers. Deciding to have a bit of fun he ran up a couple wall and jumped down behind them. "Can I help you, folks." They turned around to face Jake only to jump out of their skins.

"W-w-what are you?!" Jake raised an eyebrow.

"I'm an Architect isn't that obvious? Now I believe you have some problems with my design care to tell me." He said in a passive aggressive manner.

"Well, I-we have some...Issues." Jake leaned forward his eyes piercing their souls. "T-that we...didn't think that they would be this elaborate." Jake just smirked.

"Ahh not to worry everyone's always surprised by designs at first but that just makes them more eager. But hey no hard feelings." He held out his hand and the moment the man grabbed it he pulled him in close and whispered. "Go bother someone else with your crap you're not wanted here." With a small shove, the couple quickly left. "Now I hear it was someone's birthday today so how about we get the party started!" The crowd became pleased at that.

Then I came to the end of the day with the young families watching a movie together along with the other family members. As the movie went further and further into the night each family member slowly fell asleep until only Jake and Charlotte were awake holding each other and there daughter in their arms. "I guess we made it good after all."

Charlotte looked over what they had. "I couldn't agree with you more."

They leaned further into each other pressing against each other's lips. "I love you."

"I love you too." With that, they fell asleep.

AN: Well I guess that's it. 38 chapters over a year and its finally done will admit I started to lose interest after a while but I got it done because I may eat these words later but I don't like leaving things unfinished and I really wanted to finish my first one and I just wanted to say thanks for supporting me through the year I'll see ya in the next one...If I do another one.