Author's note: zzzzzzzzzz…just got back from a trip to the beach, I'm exhausted from spending three days in the car, climbing rocks and going up and down hills, so I apologize if this chapter isn't as good I want it to be.

Warning: Short chapter. Again, tired, I'll write something better eventually.
Disclaimer: You know the drill…zzzzzzzz

Haven

Of the twenty Youngbloods that came down to the planet, it was a relief that only a few of them did not survive. A total of thirteen warriors still stood when the Elder's signaled a transport from the domed city, where their relations with the natives promised good trades after the defeat of the Tik-pyak. Lex learned that the armor plated was not only similar to the armor they wore, but was in fact melted down and used in the process of making their gear. Armor, weapons, and even parts of the ship where made by fusing the plates of the Tik-pyak with other metals found on various planets, including even Earth to produce the all most indestructible steel, so far Lex had only seen the blood of the Kainde Amedha do any real damage to it.

The meat of the death worm was also valuable. It was considered a delicacy among the native people, but rarely sought after because of the danger involved to get it. While the Yautja kept most of the meat for their own reserves during their interstellar travel, they did take good portions of it to the natives to trade for other kinds of food like fruits, vegetables, and even a few snack items that resembled candy.

Lex sat on a rock in a sort of park under the dome. The ground was covered with thick layers of a cement-like substance and metal grating to protect against a Deathworm's attack. She'd been approached by the Elders after her teammates had finally put her down and been given a good long talk about how risky, however effective, her killing blow had been. She could have been killed, that was a fact, and the only reason she had pulled it off was because of her small size.

Wrath warned her not to think that it could save her in every hunt, while Crusade made a clear point of not wanting any of the other Youngbloods to mimic her rash behavior. Javelin, left with nothing else asked her about the possibility of her plan not working, and what she would have done then.

But despite the reprimanding, the three Elders congratulated her for her part on taking down the dreadful beast. Now Lex sat on her own, resting and drinking from her canteen of fresh filtered water, feeling quite accomplished, and finally starting to really get comfortable with her new life. She hadn't thought about it much in her time since leaving Earth, but the Yautja ship was her home now, and after today, and her fight with the Tik-pyak that earned her the respect of her fellow Youngbloods the human was finally beginning to feel like she belonged there.

Footsteps sounded behind her. Scar stroked her hair as he passed and came around to sit beside her. They watched the darkening sky together; the domed city had some sort of air-conditioning that kept the place at a constant cool temperature, but the dome itself was completely see through and so the stars started to twinkle in plain sight.

Lex leaned against Scar, feeling his breath as his chest rose and fell with each one, and listening to his purr. "You were very brave today." She said with a smile.

"Yoo tu." He replied, wrapping one arm around her shoulder.

Lex's eyes started to droop. She'd meant for her comment to start up a conversation, but she was simply too tired, "Thanks…" She mumbled. Scar said something, but she was already drifting off in his arms. There was something about the Yautja's natural strength that made Lex feel completely and utterly safe, no matter how strange and hostile this world could be. She felt she could lie there with him forever, knowing of course that he would never let any harm come to her, if she needed him he would be there, and likewise she would be there for him.

After all, isn't that what you do when you love someone?

Author's end note: I wanted to actually get them all back on the ship in this chapter, but I just didn't feel it, so instead we have a nice little Lex/Scar moment...I'm going back to bed now… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz