I do not own anything...literally. Here is the list of what I DON'T own:

Tiki is a Xenomorph, which IDON'T own.

War of the Worlds is another thing I DON'T own.

And the Crystal Egg is another thing I DON'T own.

I disown everything!

This is from Zerxus' POV.

"Zerxus?" I faced my caller. It was melissa, my pet human.

"Yes?" I asked. Melissa smiled.

"Can I bring Victoria and Daniel over?" Victoria and Daniel is her 2 best friends. I smiled and nodded. Melissa excitedly jumped up and ran off.

"But only for a few ours." I called after her.

"Okay!" she called back. I shook my head in wonder. Humans never make sense. As I made my way towards the kitchen, I felt someone on my yellow cape. I looked back to find Tiki, my Xeno Chestburster, hitching a ride. I smiled and ignored the would be drone. She was dragged along the floor.

She does that all the time. Her partner in cape riding crime was Muffin, but today, my little rat had other things to do...like playing with Morphius, my soft shelled turtle.

Speaking of that, as if on cue, Morphius ran across my path, followed by Muffin. Tiki squealed in excitment and joined the fun. Most human think all turtles are slow, but not all are. Morphius is a 4 year old baby and he's already faster than most humans.

While these little trouble makers play and Melissa left the house to get her friends, I decided to go on this human computer. Working this primitive machine is way too easy. But there's something on a certain site that I had to take care of.

You see, there's this human military soldier that I met on the forums. She probably thought I was hatin on her. Well, at first I was, but now I see her as a play toy. Yup...a toy, an item of mere enjoyment.

Right now, the human is arguing about Reginites feeding on humans. Pathetic really. Humans do the same to other creatures and they only whine when they are being munched on for a change. On this post, she was claiming that I was an animal for eating a creature that IS considered lowly in Reginite terms. Of course, she would think I'm an animal for having a human for a snack...she is a human!

"Zerxus?"

It was Machi! He was back from wherever he went off to. He was sending a telepathic message. I gaveoff a message of my own. Martians are a tiny bit more adapted to telepathy because that's their only way of communicating. They practically lost their vocal cords.

For Reginites, we can use both. We still have vocalization. It's the Reginites decision to use which with what. Most stay with telepathy almost exclusively. Some few, like myself, prefer to use telepathy in only long distance communication. Otherwise, I use vocalization. I always wanted to be a bit different.

"Machi? Where are you?" I mentally asked him, getting off this machine.

"I'm in the planet's outer atmosphere. I'll be landing soon."

There was a small pause.

"And on the way to home base, I'll grab a human. You want me to grab you a little snack?" he asked. I smiled.

"No human today. Get me an Earth rabbit or something." I told him. I felt a mental chuckle.

"You just gotta make me get something hard. When will you pick something slower? That way, I don't need technology to grab it."

I can tell he was amused, but at the same time serious. I hardly blaim him. Martians are gravity bound while on Earth. They can barely move without strong effort. And difficulties involve breathing as well. This planet's atmosphere causes consistant drooling. Swear, he'll flood the place.

"Okay...snatch an earth bird." I said, chuckling to myself. I knew catching birds might as well be catching rabbits with wings.

"You never make anything easy, do you?" There was another pause. "How about earth kangaroos?"

"Make it 2."

With that, the telepathy link was gone.

"Zerxus?" I turned towards the door. It was Morphius. Since I can't understand any of my pets, I put on a translating collar on each. It will change whatever they're saying into Reginite vocal language.

I walked towards my reptile and picked him up.

"Yes, little Morphy?"

"Can I go back in my tank?"

"Why? It's playtime. And playtime is only one a day."

"Well, no more playtime for me. Tiki won't stop nipping my shell and Muffin's fur is just making my shedding even worse." my poor turtle informed.

"Aw...Well, how about this. We can go to the lake. Just the 2 of us. We can swim and have fun." I compromised. I knew Morphius was going through a tough time. Shedding can be annoying to any reptile.

"That sounds good to me. Thanks."

I smiled and escorted him outside our backyard, where the lake is. I completely trust those 2 other pets and Melissa will be there any moment. I softly threw my turtle into the water. He stayed under for a few seconds, then surfaced. Afterwards, I jumped in and played with my turtle all night.

And that's when Machi arrived the next morning.

On the next chapter, it's going to be Machi's POV of THIS chapter. You'll find out what the Martian has been up to while on his way home. Pleaz Review.