Squeak sat across from the captain of the First Hand as he went over small little details about the plan to go and eradicate the xenomorphs from the ship that Serene was still on.

"I plan on detonating a plasma bomb inside of the ship once every important bit of information has been salvaged from the ship. Squeak here has told us that these particular xenomorphs are very cunning. They have taken a highly intelligent female scientist hostage and hold her against her will to get us to come to them so that they will not starve on our bodies."

A large scale blue print of the ship was brought up onto the holo-computer so it was easy to view. The captain pointed at a small room which provided information on what was to happen in that specific room.

"This room is where they will most likely all be, it is the hottest room on the ship and the girl will most likely be there as well. I don't want heroes; they die too quickly with these bastards. If a xenomorph is coming in your direction, look for your nearest escape route and forget to save anyone. Save yourself." Squeak rolled his eyes; it was every man for himself.

Squeak was in it to save Serene; he needed to save her from those monsters if she wasn't already dead and he hoped she wasn't. He had to drag her back into reality and keep her safe for the rest of her life.

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Varishen kept his head in the direction in which Serene was, she was eating something sweet that he had already tasted thanks to her generosity. He gave out what sounded like a purr at the thought of her, she had become accustomed to him in the past few weeks to the point that she willingly slept curled up against him. Serene had become very comfortable with him and even a few members of his family but, there were days when she would stare out of her window and he could not tell what she was thinking. Small things like that made him irritated because he knew that she was thinking about humans but, he chose not to disturb her because she was so nice to him now. She would even stroke his head at night when she laid with him at night, small things like that made him happy that she had sent the rest of the humans away. Serene looked over to Varishen then back to her can of mandarin oranges; he could see that he was thinking about her. He had a way of moving his tail playfully when he thought of her but she liked when he thought of her because she thought of him often. There were times when she wanted to be back in human society but Varishen gave her all the attention she could ever imagine, his family even started to come around though she couldn't understand them. Serene felt that if Varishen ever died that she would be lost, that she would go insane without him and she knew he felt the same. He made his way over to her and he rubbed his head gently on her arm, she fed him an orange then rubbed her head against his. She softly laid a kiss right above his upper lip and he let his tail rub against her leg,

"Serene, do you know how to fly a ship?" She shook her head,

"A lot of buttons and such are to be pressed but I never bothered to learn how to fly a ship because I was never interested." Serene lifted her head up as she heard a clip of voices in her head.

It was unnerving because it happened at least once every few days and she couldn't pin it on anything. She let her fingers trace a few of the ridges on Varishen's head before she finished her oranges and began to make her way to the 'Hive room' as Varishen called it. Serene felt most comfortable in this room, amongst the other xenomorphs who were slowly becoming her family. They made themselves visible for her when she entered the room, a few even rubbed against her legs but a few of the other 'warriors' as Varishen called them kept their distance. Drones and Warriors were the only two types of xenomorphs she knew of, the drones had smooth heads while the warriors had ridged heads that made them look even more powerful than they already were. She gently let her hand run over a few of their heads until she reached the other side of the room which held a vent way that led directly to her room. Varishen followed her to her small bed and she sat on it for a moment before getting back up once more and moving to look out the window.

"We cannot stay on this ship forever. I will run out of food in a matter of weeks." She said and he nodded,

"Yes, I know that humans must eat."

Serene saw a ship that was approaching, it must have been going slowly because it was far away but not to far that she could not see it. She knew who it was and maybe at one point in time she would have been glad to know Squeak was coming from her but he would take her away. Fear coursed through her, the ship was going slow because Squeak must have told the captain that the xenomorphs were very clever.

"We have to get on that ship. They'll take me back but it's the only way." Varishen came up to the window and he nudged her.

"I do not want to lose you. I cannot lose you. This Hive will fail without you." Her eyes shifted to him as tears began to form.

Separation anxiety was kicking in full swing; the need to stay and not be away from him was overwhelming. "They will be here in two days by how slow they are going. We must warn the Hive."

"I will warn them."

Serene breathed in and wiped the tears from her eyes as Varishen left the room quickly. She had time but very little to actually think of a well-thought out plan. Get taken away, possibly get experimented on because of living with xenomorphs, have to deal with everyone crowding her and asking her how she survived. Varishen came skidding back into the room and she looked at him,

"The Hive is aware of the situation."

He came up to her and he let his inner tongue run over her arm, he had done this a few times before when he was trying to tell her that he wished to 'mate' with her as he liked to call it often. He knew she was afraid of what would happen if he was killed, she was terrified of losing him. She was afraid of what could happen, she'd never done anything sexual but she was comfortable with him so she thought that maybe she should.

Then it became like a compulsion to remove her clothes and let him take her, her body became heated and Varishen let out a warning hiss. Not one to tell her that he would attack and kill her but one to tell her that he was ready and would take her in an instant.

I know for a fact this answered someone's question! Damn skippy Squeak wouldn't go down without a fight and this is just the start of things! Zyra: I don't have anon reviews enabled because I dislike people who post to be jagoffs and rip on people's stories. I understand there are people who don't have a name on FF and read this and want to review. I am sorry to those people who don't have names and read this! I do want to thank everyone who reviewed and who added this story! (Has anyone else noticed that xenos are making a comeback? Maybe it's just me but there are quite a few new xeno stories since I started to repost mine. Good going to those people who are sticking it out for those loveable xenos!