As you may already know, this story is rated M, meaning there will be a couple *lemons in future chapters. I've never written a human/xeno situation so im really just gonna wing it. Anyway if you're underage or not into that and have something against it, i suggest you stop reading so you wont get sucked into the story and then be shocked and angry when the *lemons do come up. For those of you who dont mind it and love human/xeno relationships, kudos, there will be some smexy time soon enough. k, enjoy the story! :D oh and dont forget to review, i'd love to see what you guys think.

Raven opened her eyes to see her panic stricken mother. "Oh sweetie, I'm so sorry," a tear ran down her cheek "but everything will be fine, I swear, it'll be ok." She said as she wiped the tear away with her sleeve. Mrs. Lorren worriedly looked over at her and nodded. "Yes, it's ok, we can wait until you're in a better condition for me to explain everything to you."

A sick feeling was growing in Ravens stomach as she recalled what had happened. Putting two and two together, she began to understand what was happening. And worse, what was going to happen. She had read about these situations in magazines. She had been drafted. It was her obligation to leave her family for ten months and go to Alcede, a planet much like Earth three solar systems away. She would join about a hundred other women in a sterile dorm-like facility and become acquainted with one of the two creatures who was supposedly her 'soulmate'. Raven couldn't do that. She couldn't leave home, it might've been a small town, but it was all she really knew. If she left for Alcede, she wouldn't recognize anyone. Everybody would be strangers, she would be alone. And she would be on a different freakin' planet for Gods sake. But she knew. She knew she was going to make the trip, whether she wanted to or not. No one would put it past the Facility's Agency to have her drugged and taken by force. Just to save their own necks. After what had happened to their females, everyone was surprised when the Outsiders (what people like to call the aliens, extraterrestrials, etc.) didn't annihilate Earth. Instead they all somehow came to the agreement that the Outsiders, mainly the Yautja, wouldn't hunt and would leave Earth undisturbed but were allowed to send a ship to Earth to search for their 'lifemates' and in return Earth would ditch their most dangerous criminals on them.

Raven slowly sat up from where she had collapsed on the floor. Her face, pale and clear of any discernible emotion. She honestly didn't know what she was supposed to feel like right now. Was she supposed to be happy, to be offered a chance to be with her 'soulmate'? Or sad because she was most likely going to stay wherever the hell she was going, and not come back to continue living on Earth. Most of the women that left never came back…well scratch that. They came back. But only for their belongings and to say goodbye to their families. They rarely ever visited. They showed up on the news every once in a while, to talk about their amazing experiences and about their 'soulmates'.

Raven sighed as she melted into her mother's warm embrace. Amazing experiences…Is that what I should be looking forward to? She wondered as she buried her face deeper in her mothers shoulder. She was scared as hell for what she knew was soon to come. Soulmate….wasn't a soulmate supposed to be perfect for you? Could God have really made another half for your soul? It was hard for her to admit to herself, but Raven knew that, deep down, she was excited. This could possibly change her life for the better. But what if she got her hopes up, and didn't meet him? What if she did? Would she be disgusted or too terrified to even stay with him? And the thought of being with an Outsider, like that, might be disturbing. But so many women had done it, even had children, so why couldn't she?

Raven and her mother eventually let each other go and she turned to face Mrs. Lorren. She took a deep breath and slowly let it out. "You don't have to explain." She said "I know what's going to happen and I'm ok with it." She turned to her parents "I really am, I swear. And hope you will be too." With a last glance around the room at her parents and Mrs. Lorren, she gave a weak smile and left the room.

Both her parents and Mrs. Lorren stood there, shocked, as Raven left to her bedroom. They were all surprised that the teenager took the news and everything so well.

"Well," Mrs. Lorren breathed, breaking the awkward silence "I'll be back in a week with the paperwork for you to sign and to pick Raven up. Have her pack two suitcases and a carry-on and I'll bring a couple boxes to have her put her other belongings in. We do want the girls to feel at home in Alcede while they are there." She said nervously. Ravens parents had their hands over their mouths, still shocked at everything that was happening and just nodded. "Ok, well, I'll just go now and leave you two to...um...process everything." Mrs. Lorren was saying as she made her way to the door and left.

Mrs. Lorrens POV

"Oh my God" Anne Lorren breathed as she closed the front door behind her and slipped some loose paperwork back into her small black briefcase. She was thankful that that had gone as well as it did. She hated talking to parents and trying to explain to them that she was going to take their little girls away to become the mates of a Yautja or a Xenomorph, knowing that there was an incredibly high chance that she would never be coming back to stay. Anne knew it could be heartbreaking to the parents, but if only they knew or had any idea of how happy their daughters were to become. Almost always, the daughters would fall deeply and madly in love with their soulmate and decide to stay and live with him in Alcede. Then eventually, they would push for a traditional human wedding, their mates giving in, parents and other family members would come to visit and attend the wedding, they would say their goodbyes and leave to some exotic distant planet for their honeymoon and come back to Alcede to settle down and start a family.

Anne smiled and looked down and patted her barely noticeable belly. She hadn't told him she was with child yet. She knew if she had, he would have protested her coming here to Earth for the girls. But he knew how important it was to her to help other women meet their soulmates and live happily like they did. As she made her way to her car, she laughed at how paranoid her mate, Kraine, was. Even from this far away, she could feel his slight frustration with her being gone through the stretched wispy silver cord that connected them as soulmates. Calm down, she thought softly, not knowing if he could only feel her and not hear her. I miss you too. I'll be home soon enough.

She grinned as she drove off, knowing that when she arrived back home and told him of the little 'surprise', he was gonna have one hell of a cow.