Author's Note: I am so glad everyone who reviewed remembered that since this is fanfiction I can change things how I see fit for the purpose of this story, and I'm very happy that everyone likes the changes I've made, I was a little worried that people might think I was making it too long. Apparently everyone's tired of 'word for word' fics that have only subtle changes pertaining to the final scene between Lex and Scar before the Xenomorph queen arrives. Me too, that's why I wanted to do something different.

Warning: Mild terror, surprise plot twist.
Disclaimer: AVP might be better of in my hands (like several fandoms XD), but its not going to happen.

Haven

Lex traveled the halls alone. She'd heard it too, the distant roar. It was far away, but too loud to be one of the black aliens she had run into so far, too big. What else was down here? If there was one thing she learned from the occasion scary-alien-invasion movie, it was never stay in one place for too long, she gripped the weapons she still had, seriously worried if they would make any difference if she ran into whatever it was that had let out the big roar.

She jumped at every sound. In her right hand she held the gun, in the other the shield made from the alien head. There where extra rounds for the gun in her pack, a medical kit, the alien tail that was originally a spear, but now it could only be called a really big knife, the dagger, and a flashlight. After that last attack she had realized she'd just been relying in Scar for protection, but having to come to his rescue she had understood he agreed to let her come along to fight with him.

Somehow she got the feeling the hunter didn't fully understand what 'friend' meant when he'd said it, but it didn't matter, down here it was just a word to her now too. A secret code between them, for now, meaning whatever Scar had interpreted it as. But what exactly was that?

Did acknowledging her as a friend, whether he knew its true meaning or not, mean he was looking for her, or continuing towards the surface? Lex paused in her wandering, heart pounding. She hoped he was looking for her. A brute he might have been, a callous monster that had killed her team for fun, but she'd saved his life, he'd accepted that, and seemed to be proud of her.

Her thoughts paused, thinking about when the ground had opened up beneath her, dropping her to this level. Scar had rushed over; she could hear him banging the floor trying to reach her. The hunter, her friend, was looking for her, she was sure of it. So she in turn had to look for him. Meaning she didn't have time to jump at every sound.

Suddenly Lex reached up and stroked the mark Scar had placed on her cheek. Since she had received it she had traced it several times, and though she could not see it, she knew it was the same one he bore on his brow. "Yautja." She whispered. She was about as sure of its meaning as what she thought of Scar's interpretation of 'friend', but whatever it meant, it was wasn't bad.

There was a scrapping noise. She didn't jump this time, but slowly turned around. Even seeing the large black creature didn't make her jump this time, though her heart pounded furiously. As it leapt at her, Lex quickly grabbed her gun and fired several times. The bullets penetrated the creature's hard skull. It flopped to the ground, failing, as if it could pull the bullets from its head. Lex approached it cautiously.

A bad move.

The bullets from her gun had penetrated the skull, yes, but had not pierced its brain. It rushed at her. Screaming, she ran, trying to get far enough away from it that she could be able to take aim with her gun again and try again. Injured as it was, the serpent was still fast, and angry. It jumped, catching her by a leg, clawing and scratching, she screamed in pain and turned, and hit it with her skull-shield; surprised, it let go. She fired again with the gun. At point blank range, the bullets went deeper, the creature shrieked and backed away, once again trying the rip the bullets out of its head.

I wish Scar had seen that… Lex couldn't help but think with a smiled.

The human tried to take a step forward so she could finish it, suddenly aware of the pain she was in; Lex glanced down to see the exact condition of her legs, only to find her left one badly tore up. She limped to the wall, and used it as support, the creature would surly die of its wounds, she needed to get her leg taken care of. It wasn't safe to stay, especially with an open wound, and the smell of blood, she needed to find somewhere a little more secluded to treat her wounds.

She limped through a few rooms, minutes passed in agonizing eternities, when she found, just the place she would need, a hole in the wall, just the right size for her to crawl in, but too small for a serpent to fit through. The woman eased her way down and winced as her leg protested to crawling, but at last she was in far enough to be perfectly hidden from view of the monsters. She crawled a little farther, and her hand landed on something soft.

There was a surprised and pained yelp, she shrieked too, freighted by the sudden contact, but in only a moment Lex realized what this was. "Sebastian?"

She was answered with heavy breathing, "L-lex?"

"Oh my God!" She gasped, "You're alright!"

"You are too-ah! Careful! M-my leg…I think it's broken." He replied, she felt his hand searching the small cavern for her, but his land landed not, on her, but the alien shield Scar had made her, there was terror in his voice as he stammered, "W-what is th-this?"

She sighed and pulled the pack off her shoulder. "I found our friend." She said simply, feeling for and pulling out her flashlight so she could examine their injuries. They exchanged stories as she cleaned and tended to her wounds, applying bandages and poking needles.

Apparently after it had taken Sebastian, the creature had dragged him off, there seemed to be a specific place where they did their 'breeding', but the man had managed the struggle free. During his escape attempted he'd jumped down a hole like the one the dying Predator had been in, but had not landed as well as Lex had, which was how he had broken his leg. The creature had continued to follow him, but with adrenaline on his side he'd managed to beat it to this crevice. Sebastian glanced out his side of the crack, it had still been trying to get at him, but then it just vanished. In the calm he'd dozed off, and didn't hear her when she'd entered.

Lex nodded. "Same thing here," She said, "Scar and I were fighting off serpents, when suddenly they all stopped and left."

Sebastian gave her a confused look, "Scar?" He repeated.

She shook her head with a silly smile, right she had told him yet, "The hunter. That's his name, or as best as I can pronounce it, anyway."

"His name?" Sebastian's eyes widened with awe, "You actually got his name? That's amazing Lex!"

She suppressed a laugh, "Tell me about it." She continued her own story about how he had made her weapons, they had exchanged names, found their dead companions, how he had called her friend (Though she expressed her concern about not being sure if he knew what it meant), the mark, and how they had become separated after she saved his life.

"Lex…" Sebastian sighed in amazement, "Let me see it… The mark." She complied pointing the light at her cheek; the man reached up and stoked her mark. "Do you realize what this means?"

Lex shook her head, "No, not exactly." She admitted.

Sebastian smiled, "Scar's accepted you as a hunter, and if his kind are anything like the ancient cultures, this mark means he's invited you into his tribe. What did you say he called it… 'yootga'?"

"Yautja." She corrected, "Wait what do you mean, 'invited into his tribe'?"

Sebastian, tapped the mark "This is their symbol of adulthood, meaning he is a full member of the tribe, and now you are too. Basically, if anymore of his kind show up, this mark means you are not prey, but one of them, one of the hunters." He noted her confusion, "It's a good thing. You're probably right, he's looking for you."

Lex nodded, "Can you walk? He's not going to find me if I'm still hiding…"

"I'll be a little slow…" Sebastian admitted, "But I think I can make it."

"Alright, come on…" They crawled out from the crack, on Sebastian's side, seeing as on Lex's there was only the way she had come from. The moment they were clear, the unmistakable sound of Sebastian's watch went off, the pyramid began shifting again. The wall with the crack moved downward, adjoining the two passages, and making them glad they'd decided to move when they did. But at the same time, all entrances except for that one had closed off, meaning they had to go back.

"Which way?" Sebastian asked as Lex led them, holding him while he continued to limp with his broken leg.

The question was answered for them with a snarl. It was the same creature she'd fought earlier, the bullet wounds leaked acidic blood, but apparently that wasn't enough. Lex wasn't fast enough to get the gun, but Sebastian was. The serpent slammed her, since she was the one with the weapons she was the biggest threat, and she bore the mark of the enemy. Shots rung out. The creature roared and abandoned Lex to go after the source.

Its mistake.

Lex thrust out with her legs and tripped it. Stunned the alien did move fast enough, crying out Lex jumped on it, and rammed her human dagger into its head pulling back as hard as she could; cutting a huge crevice in the skull that pieced its brain. The creature shrieked, and went limp. Panting, Lex pulled the dagger free, as she suspected the blade was completely melted now, just the hilt remained. It had done the job at least, that would do for now, but the woman made a mental note to use the tail tip from now on.

"You killed it…" Sebastian muttered. He looked her in the eye, terrified, "Glad I'm on the right side of you," he half-joked. She gave a light smile that vanished at a sound from the hall beyond.

She took up the alien-tail knife, "Wait here." She told Sebastian, "If I scream, get away."

"Lex!" Sebastian protested she silenced him with a look.

Bravely, she walked into the darkness, and though her heart pounded, she knew she had killed three of the monsters on her own. She could handle whatever lay ahead.

Author's end note: Sorry for the cliffhanger, but I want to end it there for a reason. Yes I'm keeping Sebastian alive, but it will not get in the way of the LexScar plot, in fact as you'll see in later chapters, Sebastian's presence encourages it. Happy reading, I can't wait to write the next chapter.

Editor's note: And I'll be there to check her work and bounce ideas off every step of the way, nothing gets to the internet without my approval, and I can be quite picky at times. Please tell us what you think and don't flame.