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!

I traveled ever closer to our planetary neighbor. This trip won't be much longer. Until the, mental boredness occured. Having nothing better to do, I staered at one of my 16 tentacles. It wasn't really helping, but at least it's something. After a few seconds, that got old and I resorted to thinking on what to do for entertainment.

Suddenly, one of my other tentacles started twitching uncontrollably. I hadn't been moving it in a while, so that explains it. It wasn't hurting or causing discomfort of any kind, so I didn't stop it. Instead I watched it for a while.

But as soon as Zerxus got withen mental range, I addressed him.

"Zerxus?" I called out. Almost immediatly, the Reginite answered.

"Machi? Where are you?" he asked. I smiled.

"I'm in the planet's outer atmosphere. I'll be landing soon." I told him. I stopped the twitching tentacle. I then headed down to Earth. "And on my way to home base, I'll grab a human You want me to bring you a little snack?" I offered.

"No human today. Get me an Earth rabbit or something."

An Earth rabbit? You gotta be kidding me! I need my Handling Machine to catch those...which I left at home base. I chuckled lightly.

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

There was a small pause.

"Okay...get me an Earth bird."

A bird! That's even worse! At least rabbits can't fly away. Zerxus sure has a taste for fast food.

"You never make anything easy do you?"

There's only a few speedy creatures that I can catch with no help of machinery. With one of the unlucky species in mind, I changed course from the USA to Australia.

"How about Earth kangaroos?" I suggested.

"Make it 2." he agreed. With a satisfied smile, I broke the link.Suddenly, my Tripod began to shake violently. That's when I realized that the hood has landed. It stood up as the legs lowered from beneath it. As soon as I got my towering machine steady, I moved towards my favorite outback savannah.

I learned that this particular spot was popular to these Earth marsupials. It's mid day, so these kangaroos haven't arrived yet. I retracted the 3 legs and got out my Tripod.

There's some things I hate about this planet. It's hard to breathe and move. In fact, it's so difficult, that every move and breath taken is indeed very painful. Like getting stabbed by sharp objects repeatedly. But you can get used to it.

I slowly hid amonst the tall grasses. I'm taller than the grass though, so I busied myself by digging a hole underneath myself. That's a daily habit when trying to catch roos.

I also purpsely threw dirt over myself. The kangaroos that come here appear to take my scent as a threat and they run. Considering that all Martians have no sense of smell, I'm not sure if covering myself with dirt actually helps. But from the roos calmness of that strategy, it suggest that it works.

Afterwards, I patiently waited. It was a long time before 1 hopping furball came. After a quick look around, it bent down and started nibbling on the plants.

I smiled as a young furball poked out of a pouch. Perfect. 2 kangaroos. Just as Zerxus ordered. Carefully, I poked a tentacle out of my hiding place and wiggled it. The little one saw it and got out that pouch. It then curiously approached the tentacle.

"C'mon, little one. It's okay." I told it. I'll only communicate with the youngs joeys, since they need to be reassured.

But once it was close enough, I used my bait tentacle to grab hold of it. Looking at my catch, I dragged myself out of hiding. I then stared challengingly at the parent.

The adult did exactly as I wanted. It came to it's offspring's rescue. But i happily foiled that plan.

I wrapped a few tentacles around it. The adult thrashed and struggled, but I held it tight. I turned and headed back to my Tripod. I dropped them into the cage baskets. I then got into my machine.

My Tripod stood up and headed towards the Pacific Ocean. Like Zerxus' Z'hina, my Tripod is functional under water. But just before I submerged, I enclosed the basket in a large metal protector. This will prevent my earthly cargo from drowning.

Once I made it to California, I withdrew the case. On my way to home base, I snatched a random human and too put him in the cage. Sometimes, I would find the human dead, having been killed by Zerxus' food. But I never cared. Humans are expendable. If one dies, there's alway another to replace it.

When I arrived, I notice Zerxus swimming in the lake. Reginites love getting wet. That's a life requirement. Being amphibians, they constantly need to take trips into water or their planet's supply. I don't know what it's called on Yacama, but it's similar to Earth water, but colder and thicker.

I lowered my Tripod near my Handling Machine and got out. I pulled myself into the second machine and got into the home.

The betraying action will start on the end of the next 2 chapters. Pleaz review.