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

Tiki is a Xenomorph, which I DON'T own. No Xeno in this chapter belongs to me!

War of the Worlds (And it's aliens) is another thing I DON'T own.

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

I disown everything!

Note: Previous chapter has mysteriously disappeared and I can't put it back on. So, I'll tell you what happened. Tiki rescued Zerxus again and they retreated into his Z'hina war machine. There, they tried to escape Machi. But the Martian had other plans. He fought them in his own fighting Machine. Zerxus fought back, but lost to the more advance Martian tech. After the fall, Zerxus ran out to risk himself to lead Machi away from his pets, who he told to stay in the crashed Z'hina. But he forgot Machi had another weapon besides the heat ray. With the Black Smoke, Machi causes his former pal to lose consciousness.

Now it's Tiki POV.

When Zerxus told us to stay here while he leaves, I was a bit uneasy. When I peeked out and saw him trying to lure Machi away, I was even more uneasy. Zerxus wasn't lying when he said he would die for us. Using himself as bait is too risky.

I've always seen Zerxus as a friend. And quite a loyal friend he is...willing to fight to the death for our safty. My Xenomorph instincts told me to do the same thing. But before I can follow, a black smoky gas went everywhere. I've seen this gas before. It made everything caught in it die. And the gas soon covered Zerxus. I was puilled between reason and instinct.

I knew well that Reginiites can't die from it, but Zerxus will black out and Machi will catch him again. My instinct told me to run out there and prevent that. But my rational inner voice said that if I go in there, I'll die before I'll even reach him.

Adult Xenos don't have to breath, but I'm still a chestbuster, and I can't do such a thing.

And to add more on reason, I'm the only one that can get inside Machi's 3 legged thingy. So I can always save Zerxus again.

My Reginite pal went out cold and I almost jumped out there. But I stopped myself. Machi's machine lowered and a metallic tentacle gently picked Zerxus up. He was limp but I can just see him breathing. Then Machi left.

"Tikii. We have to do something." Melissa said. I knew Machi was taking Zerxus back to the house.

"I know! But we need to get this back." I said. They nodded and we tried to make this thing raise itself. We got it up, but when we started moving, our inexperience showed. The machine banged into a large rock. Melissa looked at Morphy.

"Morphius, you're a terrible driver." she said.

"I'm a turtle! I don't even have thumbs! Blaime evolution!"

"Well keep your webbed feet off the controls."

"Stop it! Just drive!" I demanded. They stopped their arguing and we almost made the machine trip. We caught ourselves and continued. Melissa then spotted a red flashing button. Unfortunatly her curiousity got the better of her.

"Hey...what's this?"

She pressed it. Suddenly, everything started flashing red. Uh oh...

"Self destruction in 30 seconds." a computerized voice said. We screamed.

"Run!" I yelled. We left the machine's hood and slid down it's smooth legs. Then we retreated a few hundred feet. The machine fell to the ground and caught on fire in a light explosion from the inside.

We just stared.

"Oops." Melissa mumbled. "My bad..."

"Zerxus is not going to be happy." Morphy said.

"I just hope he has insurance." I added. We turned around sheepishly and walked stiffly towards the direction of the house. One last part of the machine caught fire in a soft blazing sound and we ran off like we were criminals.

Oopsie...it is Melissa's bad.

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Sorry if this took longer than expected. Tons of school stuff has been piling up on me. I have 3 reports/projects that are a chunk of my grade and I only have a few days to finish them. I need a life...