Author'sNote:Two things people: One, sorry about the slow updates again. The thing you all need to understand is that I started this fic while I was in High School and I'm in College now, most of my time for writing is now spent writing essays. The other thing is that all the special characters like bold, and italic, seem to be appearing withoutspacesbetweenthem, and I don't know why. They aren't like that on the original document and I promise I will fix it as soon as I know why it does that now.
Warning: Actually there's a third thing. You all love this story, but I'm afraid it has to end sometime, so I'm trying to wrap the whole story up in the next five chapters or so.
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Haven
Lex was feeling homesick for earth again. She wanted fresh air; the kind that didn't come with a need to wear a filter, or be on her guard for her to be on her guard for giant flesh eating crabs that could see through her cloaking. Right now Scar could appreciate her desire. The hunting group had returned to the shuttle with nothing to show for their days of scouting and hunting, only to find that Lex had been hurt while they were away. At first Scar was furious with Tool and Dodge for letting such a thing happen, but Lex had managed to calm him down and convince him that it wasn't their fault, and Scar became more worried about her and the pup.
Dodge to the rescue: he and Tool (though Tool was often busy bragging to Strike about the crab claw hanging on his hip) had been keeping watch over Lex and the pup's growth. Her leg had been scratched up pretty bad in the attack and she probably wouldn't walk for a few weeks at least, but she didn't have any form of poison slowing her down and they'd stopped the bleeding. The pup, on the other hand, was of deeper concern.
Lex's pregnancy was starting to show. Lex thought it was a little fast, considering human gestation, but the Yautja were bigger than humans so she thought nothing of it. Strike however, had brought out some equipment to look at the pup. The machine worked like an ultrasound, Lex was thrilled when she saw the image of the baby inside her, but Strike and Tool both exchanged looks of unease and growled lowly.
"What's wrong?" She had asked them.
"She'stoosmall." They'd replied. Apparently at this point in the pregnancy, Yautja pups were growing faster and bigger. While the baby was big for a human, in her father's culture the pup would be considered a runt, and on top of that she was a crossbreed, notoriously weaker than others of the species. The scan revealed a weak heart beat.
Scar was delighted anyway, much to Lex's relief. "Agirl." He rumbled with pride, "Lexishavingagirl!"
Burn teased Scar behind his back about his excitement, but everyone knew he was still happy for his friend. Strike, ever the mature one of the group, ignored Scar's 'Looney' behavior and focused on Lex, "Haveyoupickedanameyet?"
Lex shook her head. "Scar and I haven't agreed on anything yet." She lifted her head and shouted so that Scar could hear her from the other room, "Because we're not naming her Sting!"
Scar made an annoyed growl in response, "Butwe'renotnamingherBarbieeither!"
Lex only laughed. Scar didn't understand that she was just joking about naming the pup that.
Burn, though trilling his own amusement, finally managed to make a serious comment. "So, are you going to stay with us, or do you really want to go back to the ship?"
Lex was silent a moment before she nodded, "I'm going back to the ship, its too dangerous for the pup if I'm down here."
Scar entered with Dodge at his side, they had been tending his arm which had been injured when a tree branch snapped under his weight. "I'mgoingtoo." He said.
Tool looked up, "We'reallgoing." He added "AsidefromthatthingthatattackedLexthere'snotmuchonthisplanettohunt.Andwehaven'tseenanyofthecrabssincetheattack." Strike nodded agreeing with what his smaller friend had said.
"That'snotwhatImeant." Scar told them, "I'mstayingontheshipwithLexwhenyouleavetohuntsomewhereelse.Idon'twanttoleavehersideagain."
Burn straightened, "She'sjustgoingtobeinthemedicalcenterforafewweeks,what'stheworstthatcouldhappen?" A shiver went down Lex's spine when he said that, Burn was being rhetorical, hoping to ease nerves.
She and Scar exchanged looks, both knowing that something really bad could happen. A miscarriage, a developmental change, any number of problems could arise from an interspecies pregnancy, but Lex and Scar both had a feeling the pup was not their only worry. Many Yautja spoke of bad omens before they left, some tense thinking something bad was impending, most of them glad to be getting off the ship for a while to take their minds off it. Lex and Scar both worried about it, and so did the others.
"Idonotwishtoleavehersideagain." Scar said simply.
The others all nodded in agreement. "The pick up shuttle should be here soon, right?" Lex asked.
"Yes." Strike assured her, "Anotherdayatthemost.Theywewilldestroythis…pieceofJunk?" He looked at Lex to be sure he said it right. Lex chuckled and gave him a thumbs up. As soon as the hunting party had returned they had agreed to return Lex to the mother ship, but their shuttle wouldn't respond. Scar at first assumed sabotage, but Dodge had discovered a small creature had gotten into the ship and chewed through the cables of the engine to build a nest inside.
So they signaled the ship to send a pick up team to get them and move their hunt to a new planet, and drop Lex off at the Med bay. Now Scar was going to stay behind as well. Their party was shrinking!
Lex rubbed her belly and looked at Scar. "At least we'll have plenty of time to talk about a name, right?"
"Time…" Scar muttered, "Time…that'saprettyname…"
He was teasing, so Lex teased him back, "Time? Yeah, you know what, that's perfect!" She looked down at her baby, "How do you like your new name, Time?" Scar rustled her hair, she slapped him playfully. The group only laughed.
If something bad truly was on the horizon, it sure didn't fell like it now. Not while they were all smiling…
Author'sendnote: I thought we needed a cute family scene. By the way, that was not an invitation to start suggesting names; I've already got one picked out. I hope you all enjoyed, and I hope it will tide you over until the next time I can update, see ya next time!