Glacia and Squeak tried for weeks to coax Serene into talking to either of them but she took great lengths in avoiding both of them. She broke up with Squeak and kept mainly to herself when she got a new job, it felt like she had a hole in her heart ever since she had left the ship with….him on it. She sighed as she stared out of the window and into space. Serene knew she had to open up about what had happened but she felt like it was wrong to tell anyone of the growing…need she felt for a creature that was not at all supposed to be friendly. Leaving small details out would feel better but she knew she needed to talk with Squeak about what had happened to her in the ship. So, when she had finished work she invited Squeak to her quarters for her to explain why she had been so distant.

"I'm sorry about the way I've been acting." She said after she let him in and closed the door.

He signed that he missed her and had been confused when she broke up with him, she understood why he felt like he did.

"I just…look, those scientists I worked with kept xenomorphs a secret from everyone! They were smuggling them to a different planet or something but they actually put me into the containment cell with the two xenomorphs." Squeak went wide eyed and signed that he wanted to know how she escaped with her life.

She guided him to her small sitting table and she went to make tea, tea seemed to soothe her nerves and made her feel comfortable. Serene brought in a cup of lemon tea to Squeak and then sat down across from him with her own.

"I-I don't know how I survived. Maybe because they pulled me out when the large xenomorph attacked its companion and caused the floor to erode because of their blood. It was terrifying!" Squeak got up and he hugged her.

There was a momentary discomfort but then it went away and was replaced by the warmth of the hug, she remembered why this man had warmed her heart.

"I'm afraid because I feel like I is going to come back for me." Squeak kissed her lips and then he smoothed her hair behind her ears.

"I felt like he was in my head. It…" She shut up quickly and avoided his gaze.

He seemed to think that she was bringing up bad memories so he did not push any further but, he talked her into getting back together with him. Serene knew it was wrong, she knew that she shouldn't have accepted Squeak back into her life like she did but she really did like him. He was so nice and he was perfect for her but her mind was elsewhere on someone else. That's when both of them found out that no one had destroyed the ship that they had been on so, the crew was reassembled with a few extras to eradicate the problem. Serene was volunteered for the crew but she tried to back out until Dr. Morrison and Dr. Nellot told a few of their superiors about the incident Serene had gone through so she was forced to go because of it.

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Serene glared out of the window into space as the chugged along the course to the abandoned ship she had once worked on. She felt nervous but she also felt excited, she should have been happy that Morrison and Nellot were in jail for smuggling illegal xenomorphs but she was concerned about seeing him once more. She did not know how she would react but she was afraid of what she could do, she had told Squeak a little of how she had felt when she was around the large xenomorph. Serene even decided to tell Glacia who kept saying that they needed to kill him, which made Serene dread even going back on the ship.

"We have mercs who specialize in killing xenomorphs. They will kill them Serene." Glacia put her hand over hers but she did not acknowledge the gesture.

Everything seemed to be like a daze when they reached the ship, everything felt….wrong. The ship seemed barren when they first entered it; everything was silent in every room. Serene felt that she should be patient in waiting for something to come by but she didn't know what.

"There has to be something here unless the ship has a self cleansing mechanism or something."

"No, it doesn't. I was there when they discussed what this baby had. There is no way." Brant said as he looked around a corner.

Serene looked around slowly as she began to feel a presence enter her mind, she felt the impatience but she felt the relief and she turned to see a shadow past them.

"Shh!" One of the mercs said because Glacia had begun a conversation with Brant.

"I heard something."

"I knew you would come back."

Serene looked around but saw no one,

"Have some insight Miss Black?" Everyone turned towards her and she looked at everyone.

"No."

"Right, so they are in here somewhere." She rolled her eyes at the mercs.

She knew he was somewhere in the ship and he came by her but she couldn't see him, she felt the need to see him.

"Maybe you could call it out?" Serene shook her head and the mercs shrugged at each other.

Squeak looked towards Serene and saw how distant her look was then he gently wrapped his hand around hers. She felt that it was an intrusion to her person but she didn't stop it because she knew she shouldn't, Squeak was what was best for her. As they continued down into the depths of the ship, she felt herself getting closer to him but she still could not see him and she found that she was gripping Squeak's hand hard.

"We are getting close, there are signs of a hive here." She saw gooey things clinging to the walls and she was grossed out by it all but she was more concerned about finding the large xenomorph before anyone else did.

Everyone heard a dozen loud screeches then gunfire exploded in the room. Serene ducked behind a torn piece of metal as tears began to leave a trail down her face, she came out slightly only to be sprayed in the face with warm red blood. Se touched her face and smeared the blood before she looked at her shaking fingers. Serene looked up and saw that all of her crew mates were now fighting off a dozen xenomorphs, she was hit by a drop of green blood and it began to burn through her skin. She screamed and tried to rub it off of her skin with the hem of her top shirt and it came off but it began to burn through her shirt quickly. With a flick of her wrist, it was off and she was breathing easy despite all of the gunfire and yelling still going on in front of the slab of metal she hid behind.

"Serene!" She perked at the sound of her name being yelled and looked out from behind the metal slab and saw that all of the xenomorphs were dead.

She looked around and saw that Brant died from the acid-like blood hitting his left eye and burning straight through to his brain. Serene frowned at this and then looked around, she saw Glacia was slumped against the wall with a very large hole in the front of her skull. The blood and brains were slowly dripping out onto her face and the sight made Serene turn to the side and vomit onto the floor.

"Yeah, that's how the kill. They shove their inner mouth into your skull or they get their face-suckers to implant their babies into your chest." She looked over at the merc who had been speaking to her.

"That…that is how they kill? They do not kill to feed?"

"They do, not often though. They live off of a single kill for a long time." Serene wiped her mouth free of any residual vomit then straightened out.

"They were led by a very abnormally large xeno. That mute guy went after it though. He must still be alive because I haven't heard anymore screeching." Serene's eyes went wide at the new information and she looked around to see that he was not there.

"Which way did he go?" She asked franticly and one of the injured mercs pointed down the hallway that led towards the engine room.

"Thank you."

"Wait, where are you going?" Serene turned at the question,

"I might be the only one to stop his death." Then she ran down the hallway.

She prayed that she could get to Squeak in time, she hoped that the xenomorph would stop if she asked it to but she was really wishing that Squeak wouldn't be dead when she finally got to him.

When she reached the engine room, she almost screamed when she saw that the large xenomorph was hovering over squeak; primed and ready to strike into Squeak's skull with his inner mouth.

Alright you slave drivers, I've come out with another chapter. No more Lost Love until next week. I mean it! Also, I wanted to address what Zyra said, she said that there aren't a lot of Xeno stories which is correct. I waited around for a good xeno story but none really caught my eye so I decided 'Hey! I think I should make a xeno story!' I wish there were more about xenos but that doesn't mean that I do not like predator stories because I absolutely LOVE them. Again, I hope everyone enjoys this story so far and I hope for some more reviews. :)