Sorry it took so long to post this new chapter. For the last two weeks I have barely had time to even get on the computer. For the next few weeks I will be posting a bunch of chapters for all my stories.

Tom sat on the web covered floor of the enemy hives outpost. Him and Sulasis had made it through the battle with only scratches and cuts but out of the other 6 warriors that had come with them 2 had died and another was close to death. One of the other three had lost an arm while the last two were fine. Tom looked at his acid damaged clothes and armor. His ballistic vest was pretty much nonexistent below his torso while his shirt and pants had holes in them. Amazingly his skin was fine and the only injuries he had was a cut from a drones tail and a bump where he hadn't been careful and had hit his head on the low ceiling in the tunnels. Tom looked at his weapons which took only a little damage from the acid blood despite being covered in it. Sulasis used her mind to tell him she wanted to talk to her. He sighed thinking was was another job she wanted him to do and walked back into the high cieling chamber.

The Queen was thinking of the human. He had saved her daughter despite hating her kind and had finished of the last of the enemies drones. Tom had proven himself a very strong soldier and not only did he prove reliable he would also make a good sire for her grandchildren. Even now she could feel the sickness slowly killing her body. If she was younger this wouldn't have been a problem but it was. Nearly a human century ago she had burst frm her host and started her hive. She and the hive had survived this long because they didn't atttack the humans. She had seen whole hives wiped out because they had attacked the humans. She had learned a lesson from that and from then on she and her hive had only atacked the humans when the absolutlely needed hosts for the young. They left the humans alone and the humans left them alone. Now that had all changed. Sulasis needed a human male to mate with her to produce strong offspring to continue her line and to defend the hive from the coming war. She knew that soon the others hives queen who was her sister would soon come to kill her and take over her hive. Thinking of those thoughts brought back memories of when she was younger.

71 years earlier before humans came along

The Queen called for her daughter who back then was called Tanola for her to come. On the wall was a unconcious man, part of a scouting party, who was shaking furiously and sweating. The human began to scream as her sister emerged from the human. The humans chest erupted outward in a shower of blood and splinters of bone protuded from her chest. A gore covered head emerged and screeched to announce its birth in the world. Two drones carefully plucked the newly emerged queen from the bloody corpse and laid it down on a soft bundle of web near the queens feet. Tanola sat near her mother as she watched her new sister feed on a mound of warm flesh. She heard her mother talk to the little one" Hello my child. Welcome into the hive. Your name will be Notora. After that Talona and her sister were fiercely competitive about who gained their mothers favor.

The day She and Notora were to leave their mother to start their own hives they were called into their mothers chamber. They were greeted as equals but soon they would be treated as enemies. "you have both grown up in so little time" The queen said while looking at the two sisters. Talona was 12 feet tall when standing and 20 feet long from her head to her tail. Her crest was already beginning to grow in and the spikes from her back had nearly peaked. Notaro was slightly heavier at 14 feet tall and 26 feet long. They were both powerful and strong and looked nearly exactly alike. The main difference between the two was that Talona used strategy and outsmarted her enemies and she never wasted her energy or time while Notora prefered to overpower her enemies with no mercy.

The Queen began to talk about their achievements and actions. Some she praised and others she scolded. what seemed like hours later she asked Notora to leave the chamber for a moment while she and Tanola discussed something. Tanola looked on as her sister first hesitated and then complyed. She looked toward her mother. "Tanola you have proven yourself smart, resourceful, and your not afraid to make allies. I have a final gift to give you and not to your sister before you go. I wish for you to make your hive in the old zordak caves. Those tunnels are warm and dry and will allow your children to travel to many places. There is one last thing I wish to give you." The Queen motioned and a shadow as large as Tanola emerged from the shadows. Tanola looked at the Tashhori with awe. "I wish for you to take this Tashhori with you to protect you while you are starting you hive." Tanola thanked her mother and left the chamber. Hours later Notora left their mothers chamber passing by her and she sent her a telepathic message privately. "you may be her firstborn daughter but I will kill you then I will come back and will be praised as her favorite." With that Notora left the hive with the drones her mother had given her with out looking back.

After that Talona had made her hive where her mother had wanted her to in the caves that would soon neighbor a human base and colony.

Present time

Tom entered the high cielinged chamber where Sulasis was laying down. All the bodies had been cleared away and the acidic blood had either burned threw the underlying rock or had evaporated itself. He set down his weapons and sat down next to the young Queen. They were both silent until Tom started the mental conversation with" You know I use to hate your kind and I still do but I don't hate you strangely." Sulasis turned her crested head towards him and was silent for a second but responded with" Why do you hate my kind if you have hardly ever fought us." Tom hesitated to answer but did so with"When I was 16 my brother was sent to BG 386 shortly after the Weyland-Yutani Corp disaster happened there. When a shuttle full of surviving marines arrived at a nearby mining station telling what had happened to their ship and all the other marines I had hoped he was alright. One of the surviving marines was his friends and had seen him die. A big xeno with dreadlocks and wierd mandibles had decapitated him and had taken his skull for some reason. Since that moment I had hated your kind and wanted to kill as many of you as I could. I joined the corps when I was 17, trained for 2 years then came here."

Sulasis listened to every word her strange hivemate had said. When he was finished she could feel his sadness through the hive mind. She got up to return to the hive but before she left the room she put her face in front of Toms and extended her inner mouth, giving him a xenomorph kiss on the check. He looked at her stunned. She gave a hint of amusement and left the room.

The Zordak is a native creature of the planet the story takes place on. It is spider like with 6 legs and it is covered in spikes that secrete a nuerotoxin.

Tashhori is the Xenomorph name for the praetorian.