Ellis dressed in her armor and left Sara in her room and went to find Jack. She found him sitting in the mess hall reading a book and eating lunch.

"Hey." He said when she sat down.

"Hi." Ellis said.

"What's up?" Jack asked.

"It's what's gonna happen when we get to my home planet." Ellis said.

"What's gonna happen?" Jack asked.

Ellis looked down at the table in shame.

"I have dishonored my family." Ellis said.

"How?" Jack asked.

"By asking for help." Ellis said.

"What?" Jack asked setting down his book.

"I was never sent to look for help." Ellis said. "I was hunting humans and black skins for trophies."

"Then why did you help us and ask for help?" Jack asked.

"Well Sara was pregnant and I saw potential in your strength." Ellis said. "My bringing you to my home world will be either looked at as a blessing or a betrayal and I will be put to death along with my family."

"What?" Jack asked.

"I haven't been home sense the Black Skins attacked." Ellis said. "My father sent me away so one member of my clan would survive. All the clans did. By now my planet may be dead and all of my people with it."

"Some how I think they are fine." Jack said. "Don't worry everything will be fine."

"I hope so or I will pay for it with my blood." Ellis said and stood up.

"Where are you going?" Jack asked.

"I want to be alone." Ellis said and walked away.

She walked through the halls as people ran past her getting ready for going into hyper sleep. She ignored everyone and walked into the room she was staying and locked the door behind her. The room was empty and she sat on her rack and put her head in her hands in thought.

"I hope they understand." She said to herself. "I know they will let them Marines live because I deceived them but they are probably going to kill me."

Because the room was so silent Ellis's low sobs echoed around the room as she thought about how she had dishonored her family. She hated to think of her whole family being executed because of what she did but she did it for the better good. She sat like that until someone pounded on the door.

"Who's in there?" Sara yelled.

Ellis walked to the door and opened it letting Sara in.

"Why did you lock the door?" She asked looking at Ellis. "Have you been crying?"

"It's nothing." She said.

"Jack told me what you told him." Sara said. "It's gonna be alright. If your people are half as smart as you are they will see that you did this to save the planet."

"I hope so." Ellis said.

"Anyway I'm gonna go into hyper sleep early." Sara said. "I have had a pod next to mine set up for you. You can wear your armor if you want."

"I will." Ellis said. "So it's not messed with."

"Well when ever your ready I'll be in the pod room." Sara said.

"I'm ready now." Ellis said. "I'd like to put my worries behind me."

"Ok let's go." Sara said.

Ellis picked up her spear and followed Sara into the pod room. There were thousands of hyper sleep pods and most of them were filled already. Sara walked up to her pod and climbed in.

"I'll see you in 3 months." She said as the pod closed.

Ellis knew what hyper sleep was and knew she was gonna feel sick as soon as she woke up but climbed into the pod anyway and it closed. She watched the lights in the pod go out then her vision went hazy and she passed out.

3 months later.

Ellis was awoken by Sara slapping her arm and yelling at her.

"Come on you have slept enough lets go." She said.

Ellis sat up and slowly climbed out of the pod and followed Sara. There were thousands of people slowly moving around and getting themselves ready. All 8 shower rooms were full and the lines were long. They walked past them and headed for their room. Ellis flopped down on the bed and sighed.

"Come and get me in an hour." She said.

"Isn't sleep sickness a bitch." Sara said laying in her bed. "I'm going back to sleep too."

They both fell asleep but were awoken by a knock at the door.

"Hey it's me." Jack said.

"Go away." Sara said.

"Hey you guys you've been sleeping for 3 months." Jack said.

Sara sat up and saw Ellis picking up her spear and unfolding it.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

Sara put on her helmet and looked at the door. She could see Jack's heat at the door and threw her spear at the wall. All Jack saw was the spear break through the wall less than a foot from his head.

"Ok ok I get the message grouch." He said and walked away.

Sara laughed and fell back asleep. The first day out of hyper sleep was slow but everything picked up after that and the day of the mission was finally here. The whole crew was going over their weapons and loading the APC's with ammo and the drop ships with missiles. After several hours of work the crew waited for the orders to move out. They didn't have to wait long.

"Ok this is what we have been trained for." Carraway said. "We have looked at the planet via telephoto lens. We have located a Yautja strong hold and it is being attacked by herds of Xeno's. Get ready to commence the mission."

Everyone yelled and ran into the APC's and loaded them into the drop ships. Half of them would go in the first wave then the other's would follow. Sara was in full battle gear in the APC with her team, L.T. Chambers and her father. She wasn't gonna sit this mission out and her father knew it. Ellis was sitting next to Jack with her helmet in her lap. She was holding Jack's hand as the ship dropped from the main ship and headed straight for the planet. The heat shields came up as soon at the ship entered the atmosphere and dropped as soon as they were cleared. Everyone could see the outpost and could see the blasts from plasma cannons and other weapons. The Xeno's were covering the ground and the drop ships had to empty all the missiles they had to create a drop zone.

Strong hold

All the Yautja's were fighting as hard as they could against the Xeno's that got over the wall and some looked at the ships that had suddenly appeared. They watched the ships land and saw thousands of people run out firing at the Xeno's as they ran for the strong hold and what looked like a plasma plaster shooting right along with the people and watched the ships fly away.

Battle field.

Sara and the other's ran for the out post at a fast pace mowing down everything in their path. They watched as the Xeno's punched on several Marines and ripped them apart.

"Open the gates." Ellis yelled in their language.

One of the Yautja's ordered the gates opened and let all the living Marines in. The Xeno's retreated leaving the dead behind. Almost 2,300 Marines stood in the middle of the strong hold and were quickly surrounded. They grabbed Ellis and held spears to her throat.

"I have brought help." She said in their language.

"We don't need help." One of them said.

"Let me see the high Yautja." Ellis said.

The Marines didn't know what to do and healed their positions with their weapons lowered. Ellis was chained and brought before the high Yautja. The high Yautja looked at Ellis through his mask then removed it.

"Father."Ellis said.

"I sent you away." He said. "Why have you returned?"

Ellis explained all she had gone through and told him that they were here to help. He was silant then stood up.

"You are my only living child." He said. "Your brother fell on the way to this strong hold. I will meet with the leader of these Marines."

Ellis was released from the chains and walked with her father through the hall's.

"How did you become the high Yautja?" She asked.

"When your brother fell he was trying to save a member of the Royal family." Her father said. "The royal member lived long enough to bestow upon me the power and honor of being high Yautja in honor you your brother."

Sara was standing with her father in front of the group waiting for Ellis to return.

"There she is." She said pointing down the hallway.

"I have heard why you here." Ellis's father said in broken English. "My child asked help and you gave it. We honor to fight with you."