I wish to apologize for it taking me so long to get this latest chapter up and running. Between work, tutoring, and school, I have completely forgotten to take time out for myself. So, hopefully this chapter will be written well enough to make up for my tardiness.

Chapter 19: Rescue

As Savannah and Shakira rested, Alex and Carrie kept watch. It had been almost an hour since the two females were tossed into the cell and Alex was getting suspicious that Parker and Peters were just biding their time. He had a feeling that they were waiting until it was too late for them to be able to save Kai's life.

Alex then looked down at Carrie, who lay comfortably in his lap. She wasn't asleep; she was just saving her strength for when the real work would begin. Alex knew she was stronger than she looked. After all, she underwent the same procedure he had except for the fact that he was only half human and she was fully human.

"Carrie" Alex whispered as he toyed with her blond hair.

"Hmm" Carrie answered as she relished the feel of Alex's hand playing with her shoulder length hair. She, at one point, did sport knee length braids but, being that they had come back to Earth, she had to do away with them. Even Alex had to do away with his waist length braids and sported a short, almost military cut.

"Have I told you lately how beautiful you are?" Alex seductively whispered as he inhaled her feminine fragrance, wishing that they were back on board the ship so he could mate with her.

"Yes but, it doesn't hurt to say it a few more times" Carrie softly chuckled as she rubbed one of her hands along the outside of Alex's thighs. She missed the days of being free to do what they wanted, to come and go without having to worry about people trying to kill them.

"As soon as we get out of this mess, we're going on vacation" Alex stated, determinedly. He knew exactly how Carrie was feeling and even he had to admit that it was past time for them to take a long vacation.

Alex purred as he began to nibble on the back of Carrie's neck and his hands slid down her arms. He could feel the silver arm bands on either one of her upper arms that signified their union. Alex also wore his bands. Each of their arm bands were decorated exactly the same with symbols of water and blue jewels.

They also had been branded as warriors almost seventy-five years ago when they went on their first true hunt for hard meat. That was another grand ceremony in which all of the Yautja watched as they were branded with the symbol of their tribe. His mother and father stood back with proud looks upon their faces.

Alex could still recall the way his mother looked with her soft tan leather dress on. She couldn't wear her normal warrior clothes because; she was so far along in her pregnancy. Alex could feel the pride that his mother and father took in having him for a son. That was the last time he had seen his mother or his father. The very next day he had to go to Earth and protect what little they had left on the planet. Of course, Carrie went with him.

"I'd say it was about damn time" Carrie softly commented as she felt Alex's hands roam over her arms and then found their way under her small but firm breasts. She purred as she felt his large hands slide up underneath her tee shirt and pretended to unhook her bra.

"Mm, I love it when you talk like that" Alex languidly stated as he cupped both of her breasts and continued to nuzzle her neck.

That's when he heard it. The sound of footsteps coming down a flight of stairs. Alex immediately removed his hands off of his wife and stood up. Carrie stood up beside him and then quietly walked over to the two sleeping girls. Carrie quickly aroused them and they immediately stood up beside Alex and Carrie.

"We wait until we get into an open area. More room to move and fight. Plus, we need to find out where Kai is at. Is everyone clear on that?" Alex softly stated.

"Yep" they all agreed as they watched Parker and Peters come into view of the cell.

"Well, hello. Isn't this a lovely family reunion? I'm just sorry to say that this will be a short one" Parker snidely stated as he watched the four prisoners.

He didn't trust any one of them, especially Alex. Alex was much more dangerous than he ever gave him credit for. It was bad enough that Alex killed one of his son's by breaking his neck but, he nearly killed Peters with a stab wound to the chest. It took six men to hold Alex down and get him drugged up. Carrie wasn't any better. She took three other men out and it took four men to hold her down in order to get her tranquilized.

"How about this, kiss my ass, Parker. You're nothing more that a piece of pond scum" Alex roared as he glared at Parker.

"Now, play nice or you might not see your dear friend Kai again" Parker tried to pretend that he was being nice but, in reality, he wanted all of them dead.

"Why, you don't like to play nice with us?" Carrie sarcastically mentioned as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"How true but, this agony will end tonight. No more playing games with full bloods and breeds. Now we shall have the power of immortality" Parker stated as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the cell keys.

"Oh really. Sounds very exciting. It almost makes me feel of some minor importance" Alex sarcastically stated as he walked towards the cell door.

"Don't try anything. Or I just may have a bullet put into your friend's skull" Peters stated as he kept a gun trained on Alex. He feared Alex for what he was and what he had almost done to him. He still bore the scar on his chest from their last battle and he was not up for a repeat of their last meeting.

"Boo" Alex stated as he made a small step towards Peters. He laughed when he saw Peters jump slightly back.

"Alex, knock it off. Remember, I still hold Kai's life in the palm of hand" Parker quickly reminded him. He was not up for trying to hunt Alex again.

"I was just testing the waters with your son. I wanted to see if I still had the knack for scaring the shit out of him" Alex said with a sadistic smile on his face.

"Get up the stairs and knock it off. I'm not in the mood for a repeat of six months ago" Parker stated as he kept his gun trained on Alex.

"I'm hurt, what makes you think that I would ever want to harm your son" Alex innocently stated as he walked towards the stairs.

"I know you all to well, Alex, and I know what you are capable of doing" Parker said as he followed behind the group.

As soon as they reached the top of the stairs, several of the men guided them into the same room that Kai was originally brought into. Savannah immediately saw a large open egg and Kai's body. She also noticed that he had something attached to his face with a cord wrapped around his neck.

"What the hell of you done to him?" Savannah shouted as she turned to face Parker.

"That's a face hugger, Savannah. That's what going to implant him with a xenomorph, which will then burst through his chest and kill him. I do hope that your family arrives shortly or it will be bye-bye Kai, along with the rest of you" Parker said as he walked over to Kai's body and waited patiently for the face-hugger to fall off.

"So, where do you keep getting all these xenomorphs?" Alex finally asked the long awaited question.

"Well, since you won't live much longer, I don't see much harm in telling you where I acquired these specimens from. We were up in Antarctica, drilling for ice samples about sixty years ago, when we came across one of their eggs. It was the only one left. We kept it on ice until we found out what it was which was the same thing that my father found all those years ago. Of course, my father found all of his in the Artic. I had one of my men implanted with the queen and before it erupted out of his chest, I had him placed into a sealed room which can have its temperature adjusted. Right now, the queen along with about twenty eggs is frozen in a room right next door to us. In fact, if I was to push this little red button, you would be able to see that I was telling you the truth" Parker stated as he walked about five feet from Kai's body and pushed the button. The metal wall rose up and revealed semi thawed xenomorphs.

"Looks to me like their waking up" Alex sarcastically commented as he looked through the bullet proof glass. He briefly glanced over at Kai and saw that the face hugger had finally fallen off.

"What!" Parker turned around and saw that Alex was correct. The freezer stopped working and now the xenomorphs were thawing out, including the queen.

"Looks to me like, check mate" Carrie stated as she crossed her arms over her chest and glared at the shiny black bodies that started pacing back and forth in their small room.

"I couldn't agree with you more" came the sound of Varick's voice as broke through a grate in the ceiling. The grate fell about twenty feet before landing on the floor with a loud clanking sound.

"About time you got here dad. I was beginning to think that I was going to have to do everything by myself" Alex joked as he backed away from the three girls as more of Parker's henchmen came into the room.

"Let's have some fun" Melissa stated as she jumped down through the ceiling.

"Hey, it's like ten to one. This is not good odds but, no one ever said this job was going to be easy" Shakira commented as she reached under her skirt and pulled out her magnum pistol. She had every intention of taking out as many of Parker's men as she could, even if it jeopardized her own life.

"Let's do it!" Bashera roared as he landed on the floor and then charged at three of the humans, who were all firing the guns at him and not even making a dent.

Savannah watched as Kai came to and saw the battle that was happening. He quickly located most of his weapons except for his double-bladed wrist knives. He was not about to waste another minute trying to locate them while there was a fight going on. Kai gave a loud roar with his mandibles flared and then charged full force at several men.

Savannah was able to break the necks of three men before spotting Parker trying to leave the scene. She had every intention of making sure he paid for what he did to her and her family. She dodged several men before she got close enough to Parker.

"Parker!" Savannah shouted as she charged full force at him. She watched as he whirled around and that's when she saw Kai's wrist knives. Parker had managed to use his baggy shirt to conceal the fact that he had stolen them.

"This is just between you and me" Savannah stated as she balled up her tiny fists.

"With pleasure" Parker snidely stated with a smile and then he lunged for her with the knives fully in view, which was about eighteen inches long and recently sharpened.

Savannah dodged the sharp blades by bending and then she came up with her fist into his jaw, which knocked him backwards. When she went for another swing, Parker used the wrist knives and swung them outward, catching Savannah's upper arm. She immediately reacted and placed a hand over the wound, which was bleeding profusely.

"You can't win" Parker stated as he stood back up and watched Savannah back away, slightly, with a silent rage brewing in her green eyes.

"Then I will die trying" Savannah growled as she removed her hand from her arm and charged back at Parker, being a little more attuned to the fact that he could kill her quickly if she didn't keep an eye on those blades.

Parker swung the blades back at her and she backed up but, not before the tip of them caught her cheek and blood began seeping out. Savannah went after Parker again and then lowered her body to where she could catch him in the lower portion of his gut, which made his breath catch as she used her tiny body to shove him up against the metal wall. Savannah then balled up one of her fists and punched Parker right in his groin.

Parker immediately reacted and slammed both of his fists down onto Savannah's spine, which made a loud pop sound as her body dropped down onto the floor. Parker watched as she tried to get up and he kicked Savannah as hard as he could in her rib cage. Parker could hear the sound of Savannah's bones breaking with the brute force of his steel toed boots.

"I have waited a long time to kill you and now the wait is over" Parker sarcastically stated as he rolled Savannah's body over and drew back the blades.

"Not on your fucking life" Savannah's voice was barely above a whisper as she produced a knife that she had taken from Parker's waistband. She used every bit of strength she had left and plunged it into the main artery of his body in his groin area.

Savannah smiled, satisfactorily, before she felt a dual pain plunge through her body. Looking down, she saw that Parker had stabbed her through the chest with the wrist knives. The blades went in one side of her chest and came out the other side.

"That's right" Parker stated as he pulled the knives out and then fell backwards against the wall, before finally taking his last breath.

"That's everyone. I thought I was actually going to break a sweat on this one" Tanaka stated as he watched Kai, who seemed to be looking for something.

"Kai!" Shakira screamed as she walked over to Savannah's lifeless body.

Kai came running over to where Shakira was holding Savannah's body. Kneeling down, he pulled Savannah into his arms and began to pray to the gods. Kai didn't want to lose his mate. Kai rocked Savannah's body as a tear trickled down the side of his face.

"Hey, has anyone seen…" Carrie's voice trailed off when she saw Kai stand up with Savannah's body in his arms. She glanced behind him and saw Parker's body with Kai's wrist knives attached to his arm.

"Let's get back to the ship. We have wounded and possible causalities" Melissa stated as she led the way back to the ship, which was thankfully about a half mile away. She watched as Sebastian followed Kai, limping from a shoulder wound. Melissa began to feel as though every time they came to Earth, someone they knew came close to dying.

"This is the last time that we will be on this planet for a while" Varick softly stated as he walked beside Melissa, who held her head up high but, was crying on the inside. Varick began to press a couple of buttons on his wrist computer and then tossed it over his shoulder.

"How much time?" Alex asked he watched the computer land on the floor behind them.

"Two minutes" Varick stated as he began to run.

"Go figure, you never give us enough time to get a good enough head start" Bashera complained as he followed closely behind Varick, along with the rest of the group.

"Neither do they" Varick joked as pointed behind them at the xenomorphs that were trying to find a way through the bullet proof glass.

"Good point" Tanaka commented.

I know this chapter was long overdue, so I hope everyone enjoyed this one and the final chapter should be up soon. If anyone has any unanswered questions, please ask now or forever hold your peace. I will try to answer any questions in the final chapter.