Project Zero AP
Chapter 6: You've Finally Come Home

A/N: I am so sorry it took this long to get done. I've started at a new college and problems arose amongst my family and friends.

Alex sat against the wall her knees up against her chest and her arms were wrapped around them. Her head was tucked in the crook of her legs. Roe'han had been out cold for three days and no one seemed to know what was wrong with him. The longer he stayed unconscious the more she worried about him. Something wasn't right at all. Getting up she slowly moved towards his side.
"Roe'han," she called softly.
Her hands came up and she ran her fingers across his mandibles. They twitched at her feathery touch. His hand shot up and grabbed her hand to stop the ministration.
"That tickles," he purred softly.
His eyes opened slowly. He blinked owlishly a few times.
"They were afraid you wouldn't wake up," she whispered softly.
"They?" he asked softly.
"You're family."
He sat up wincing as his head started pounding. "Easy Roe'han you're still weak."
He looked up at her face. Three diagonal claw marks dotted her cheek. Reaching up he gently touched them. She jerked back as if him touching her hurt.
"Alex?" he purred softly. "What happened?"
"You're mother didn't like the fact that your mate is a hybrid."
"She hit you?"
"Don't start anything with her Roe'han it isn't worth it."
"You're my mate, and I'm suppose to protect you."
"Don't do that Roe'han. Leave it be. I don't expect everyone to accept a hybrid like me. You're father and brother seemed to like me though."
Roe'han would of smiled if his head wasn't splitting. His vision was starting to waver a small bit, but it cleared after a few moments.
"That's good."
"They said you needed a mate that could put you on your ass."
"You have yet to do so mate," he said smugly.
"When I'm not carrying you're kid I'll make sure I can prove myself to you."
He carefully pulled her into his lap and nuzzled her shoulder gently.
"You don't have to prove anything to me mate," he breathed softly against her hair.
"I know Roe'han."
She leaned against him taking in his great warmth. To sooth his mate he purred softly until she drifted to sleep cuddled in his arms.

Sometime later

Alex slowly came awake sensing a presence standing beside the bed. Slowly her eyes came open. Finally realizing it wasn't her mate she squealed in her Xenomorph language and lashed out. The predator was thrown back. It growled in rage. The predator was definitely female. Alex was crouching low like her black relatives. Her upper lips were curled back as if she was trying not to snarl. Her claws were poking holes in the bed as she kept her balance.
"What are you doing in my mate's room," the female predator growled. "Human."
Alex rose up slightly out of her crouch.
"Mate?" she questioned.
"Yes, mate. Roe'han is my mate."
"I see," Alex said softly.
Getting up carefully from her crouch she exited the room. Without answering any questions she left the ship which was currently hidden in an abandoned tunnel. Moving with the speed she gained from her Xenomorph heritage she bolted into the darkness. She found herself back amoung the ruins of the place that created her. Picking through the rubble she tried to piece together what went wrong in her life. Something had to have happened to force her to live such a terrible existence. Looking around she tried to figure out why she was even created. At that point she wished that she was just some emotionless weapon. She stepped forward but stopped moving when she heard the crunch of glass under her foot. Moving her foot she looked down at what she crushed. It was a piece of glass that had 'Project Zero Alien Predator Hybrid' written in bold black letters. Growling she threw it aside. Why did her life have to be so complicated?
A particular scent made her stop dead in her tracks. It was the scent of Xenomorphs in high concentration. She could smell the pheromones from the newly hatched eggs. She snorted at the scent. Bowing her head she realized that she was surrounded by massing black bodies. Her arms hung limply at her sides. There was no use fighting anymore. She knew she was running away from everything but it was necessary. Tilting her head back up she stared up at the slowly darkening sky. The stars began to glitter like diamonds in the curtain of midnight black hanging over her head. Soon the swarm will attack her. The one human quality that she thought she'd never feel swamped her senses now, regret.
A black blur whizzes past her and leaps into the fray. The fighting is intense and soon the few drones left went strait for her. Something inside her clicked and the survival instinct kicked into overdrive. The three drones went down with great ease. The creature stood up strait. The full moon bathed the creature in light to reveal a Predator. It's skin was a dark blue. There was pale gray splotches all over its skin. The only thing the Predator wore was a loin cloth suggesting the male heritage. She bent her knees ready attack. Her hands flexed ready to rend the offender to ribbons if he so much as made a wrong move towards her.
"Why did you save me?" she growled dangerously.
"I'd think that would be obvious."
Her eyes narrowed. "Oh come on Alex."
"Roe'han. I'd think you'd be with your true mate."
"About that Alex..."
"Don't, you don't have to explain anything to me."
She turned her back on him. Looking around she was searching for a way to escape. Her instincts were confusing her to say the least.
"But, I do Alexus. You see that female Predator only did that to piss you off and turn you from me."
"I guess it worked."
"Did it?" he asked softly. "The Alex I knew would never surrender her mate to anyone."
"That Alex has died."
She tilted her head to the side to look at him. He walked forward. Then he turned her to face him so their eyes met and clashed at the moment. He stared down at her with his intense eyes. "You're true colors are more beautiful, Roe'han."
"I was sickly as a child. My skin wasn't the same as everyone else's. So my mother made me hide the color."
Alex ran a careful hand over the gray splotches on his arms. She felt a shudder run through him at her touch.
"Now you're powerful. What woman couldn't resist you?"
"She will resist me because I'm different. We're so much alike Alex. We hide what we truly are from the outside world."
"They will never understand anything," she growled lowly.
"That's why I am your mate Alex, because we are two halves of a whole."
"Did Dad teach you those cheesy lines?" she asked softly.
"Hey," he whined. "It's the truth."
"I know," she said softly as she reached up and ran her fingers over his mandibles.
"Does this mean you're not mad at me anymore?"
"Of course," she purred softly.
He leaned into her gentle touches. She seemed almost sad, and he could scent it coming from her.
"What it is?" he asked cautiously.
"Nothing."
"It's something, you're sad. What is it?"
"We'll only be mates in name from now on. My blood..."
"About that."
He held up a familiar liquid in his hands. The stuff swished around in the vial.
"How did..."
"You're father found it with Anna's help. Our healer is looking into making more of it for you."
She smiled broadly and leapt at him. He caught her easily in his arms.
"You've finally come home," he breathed against her neck.
His mandibles running carefully against her neck.
"Home is where ever you are," she breathed against his chest.
He nuzzled her neck softly. The predator moved carefully towards an out cropping of a wall and sat down with Alex still in his lap. She leaned against him and fell asleep in her mate's lap to his gentle purring.

A/N 2: there maybe an epilogue. I just don't know... I've got a few other stories to work on.