-Author's Notes-

Hey guys, Max here with a new chapter of Left Behind! This one took a little longer then I wanted but it turned out pretty good, for anyone whos been wanting some Alien and Human interaction well this chapter has alot of it! (No Lemons) I also wanted to point out to anyone whos wondering, I know how the story is going to end more or less and I pretty much know everything in between that so there's no chance that this story will stop being made or will be delayed for months at a time like so many other fics. With that said I hope you enjoy Chapter 3 of Left Behind!

Klick...

The metalic door slowly creaked open with a loud swoosh! And then I was in the wide open, exposed with nothing on me but the uniform on my back. Without a second thought I stepped into the cell, all at once three of the midnight-black xenos rushed at me hissing and waiving their incredibly deadly and extremely sharp tails in defense. I could smell their breath from where I was, it smelled of anger and suspicion and yet they didn't attack. Slowly without showing any kind of fear I walked toward the wounded alien lying in the back of the cell, the entire time all three of the aliens were following and continually hissing at me. I knew I was going to die but it was too late to go back now, I began to talk in a low soothing voice in order to keep them calm but it didn't work as their hisses drowned it out. Finally with what seemed like a lifetime I made it to the wounded alien on the floor, she was indeed smaller than the others...perhaps a few inches shorter then me and as I noticed earlier, she was the color of the darkest night. I slowly kneeled making sure my knees were straight to avoid further leg injury, the other xenos were right behind me with their tails held high in the air...ready to strike if I made any sudden movements. Now it was quiet, they were watching my every move...I glanced back and gave them a solemn nod before turning back toward the wounded alien in front of me in a sadened heap.

"Hey...can you hear me litte one, I am here to help you don't be afraid." I said in a cool soothing voice much like a father would talk to his baby daughter which I never got the chance to have. The alien upon hearing my voice slowly turned her head and began to show her inner jaw in self-defense but it was a weak attempt. The xenos behind me began to hiss again bringing their tails higher then before, I simply put my hand on the wounded xeno causing her to whimper in fear.

"Shhh..don't be afraid." I reassured her as I began to rub her arm slowly, it was a strange feeling...almost like you were touching an armored vest and she was so cold but as I did this her whimpering changed pitch and she retracted her inner jaw. She was now looking up at me which I could see even if she didn't have eyes, for an alien she was beautiful...not in a human way but in a mysterious way...a fascinating way that can't be explained. I began to rub her smooth head which wasn't as hard as the rest of her body. She began to make a faint purring noise, she reminded me of a cat at that moment.

"That's better...listen, I am here to help you...you don't have to be afraid. I won't treat you like those other people did...you are safe with me." She made a faint screeing sound showing her contentment, I had to see how dangerous the wound was to her or else she still might die.

"Listen I need to check where your hurt, I won't do anything you don't like but I need to see how bad it is...if you feel any pain then make a small noise so I know to stop, ok?" She looked up at me blankly but I had no other choice so if she didn't agree she could let me know later. In a matter of seconds I located the bullet hole on the aliens right side, the shell despite being surrounded by the aliens acid blood was fully intact and stuck inside, she would need surgery in order to save her life. She seemed to notice the changed look on my face and made a small screee again to get my attention. I looked over at her face and began to scratch her head again which caused her to purr louder, the other aliens during this time had been watching my every movement and were still suspicious but they didn't seem as ready to kill me as before. I looked back down at her, she was still looking up at me although it seemed she had a small smile or maybe it was just me, either way I had to find the medibay so I could help her.

"I gotta go...I have to find a safe place to put you so you don't get hurt anymore...I'll be back I promise!" I said almost whispering the words, if I left the aliens might think that I was going to get someone or maybe that I was running but I had no choice. I began to stand but stopped, I could just carry her...she didn't look like she weighed too much and that way at least I knew she would be in safe hands as long as I didn't let the acid drip on me. As I began to kneel down again she started purring again, she really was cute once you looked past the two sharp jaws and the drooling thing.

"How about you go with me, that way I know your safe...if anything hurts then let me know ok?" Now if I tried to pick her up the others might attack me aswell but there was no other way, she had lost alot of blood and the floor was starting to cave in due to the bleeding. I slowly stood getting a small hiss out of the three behind me but I ignored it, I stepped around to the other side of the wounded xeno, her face followed my every move out of curiosity...she didn't seem afraid. After I found the perfect position and I made sure that the bullet hole was facing away from me I slowly began to pick her up like you would a damsel in distress so to speak. As I did she stopped purring probably out of the suddeness of it all but she didn't make a sound against it she just kept staring into my eyes in fascination, at this point the others were hissing louder then before out of the suddeness aswell but they still hadn't attacked me yet and at this point I didn't think they would but I still helped to be cautious. Now I was holding her steady in my arms, her soft head resting right up against my chest like a warm pillow. She began to purr louder then before as she rubbed her head against my chest, I gave her a small squeeze before I began to walk towards the doorway. Before long I forgot about the tail, it would hang which might cause me to trip and almost like she read my mind she lifted her tail and set it down against her stomach making sure the blade was poined away. In shock I looked down at her which prompted her to look up, I swear I saw another small smile...funnily enough I smiled back and continued walking. I could hear the other xenos following behind me, I don't think they would attack if I was carrying her but I could be wrong.

After a minute of walking down the hall I had gotten used to her cold touch, it was like she was made of ice but it didn't bother me...I was one of the first humans to actually make contact with an xenomorph without one side harming the other. Never before in recorded history had this happened except with Ripley and her "Offspring" but that was a completely different matter. My thoughts were interupted as I found the same control terminal which had gotten me to the aliens' cell in the first place and to my luck it was still logged in, I had to type at a wierd angle because of the way I was holding her but after a minute of pounding at the keys I made sure that the ship would lead me to the medibay this time. As I hit the enter key the same arrow appeared on the panel above but this time it had a little white health cross on the top signifying that I was indeed heading to the medical station, it was a matter of time before we found the medibay now!

It took a few more minutes then usual or possible hours...time was hard to keep track of when your carrying around one of the infamous "Killers" but it didn't bother me. It turns out the medibay was actually an entire three floors down, the elevator made quick work of the trip although the aliens who had been following had chosen not to follow me in, instead they crawled down the elevator shaft casuing their claws to make clicking noises as the elevator moved down. When the doors opened there was a small suttle difference in the hallways outstratching from the elevator, in small patches a weird dark substance was stuck on the walls and floor but only in small puddles. Something seemed familiar about the area but I shrugged and continued down the hallway with the now three xenos following close behind me on all fours. Even as we had been walking for a good half an hour or so the little xeno in my arms was still purring in contentment, I thought she might fall asleep right then and there but she didn't because we reached the medibay at that exact moment. I could tell their had been a fight just like there had been on almost every deck of the Goliath...alien and human blood lay splattered all over hallway right outside the medibay's door. During the fight I never touched down on this deck, deck 9...I went deeper with my squad providing cover until an explosion caused our squad to seperate. Sarge, Mikeson, and Madsen was with me as we retreated up but Mavis, Lockwood, Rooter, and Piles were still down there. They knew they had to kill the queen and appearently had done so, along the way they lost Rooter but they told everyone the job was done. Now I was a couple floors above the queen's layer but it felt different this time, somehow even though I was still in danger I felt safe with this little one, little one as in the size of a grown adult panther but nevertheless she was still cuddled in my arms lying peacefully against my uniformed chest.

As the medibay doors slowly opened my stomach slowly closed in, it was worse inside than outside. Blood from both species was splattered on all of the walls, floors, ceilings, and the equipment...a dead soldier was laying on the table...his face too mangled to be recognized. I stepped closer to the operating table and grabbed his blackened dogtags from his neck...Corporal David Rooter...age 19...Sarge's Heroes, Unit 24. I stopped for a second...he didn't get the chance in life like everyone else in the squad had, he was almost like a boy but he was one of the smartest people in our group...I couldn't count the times when he got us out of a bad situation using his mind instead of his weapon. The xeno noticed I was staring at the man and slowly burried her head deaper into my shirt, I looked down at her smiling, I rubbed the side of her head letting her know that it was ok...what happened here was bad but at least it was over...know one else had to die.

I walked further into the room until I found an operating table that had minimal blood on it and began to set her down, at first she didn't want to leave my chest but I rubbed her head and slowly set her down making sure the wound was pointing away from me like before and her tail was placed in a comfortable way. I looked to see if the other aliens were there and sure enough they were crouching on the floor like they were ready to pounce only they seemed relaxed. I felt like I needed to say something since I hadn't the entire way over.

"Your friend is going to be ok, all I need to do is pull the bullet out and she will start to heal. Thank you for not ripping me to shreds." I chuckled a little but even with my best humor they didn't make a move or show any signs of understanding, I assumed they hadn't understood so I continued getting her ready. I knew she would move once I started so I needed to keep her down but without the restraints. I sat thinking for a moment before it clicked, just like dentists, doctors have a sort of heavy blanket which weighed enough to keep someone down but not enough to cause them discomfort...she might not like it but it was better then tieing her arms and legs down.

"Stay here and don't move, I need to get something which will help you get better." I said rubbing her head once again, this time she pressed her head against my hand causing me to flinch a little but I kept scratching her for a minute longer before moving toward the cabinets against the wall. Even these cabinets which were located at the back of the room had blood and flesh splattered on them like paint on a blank canvas...although this wasn't art. I opened the first cabinet and found nothing but bandages and protective face masks...nothing that would help stop a bleeding xeno, "ha! Especially one with acid for blood." I thought aloud to myself I glanced backward to make sure that she was still laying down and much to my surprise she was, as I looked she seemed to give me an expectant look prompting me to look faster. The second and third cabinets were completely empty with only a few bits of torn paper and guaze pads. Finally the fourth cabinet I opened held the security blanket that I needed along with syringe, I wouldn't need that since I knew nothing of the xenomorph anatomy...one morphine shot in the wrong place could be fatal and I couldn't risk that. I quickly closed the cabinets and returned to the wounded xeno carrying the blanket. As I approached she made a sharp trill sound almost as if she was joyous which caught me off guard...the military and the government had lied...lied to everyone about them... I unwrapped the blanket talking to her the entire time to keep her calm. I slowly laid the plastic blanket over her body causing her to move a little and whimper but she stayed put, I kept talking in a low calming voice to keep her mind away from any pain this was causing. Finally it was on leaving me with just enough free space to tend to the wound, I looked up at her face once again...I could tell that she was hesitant but I could sense deep down that she trusted me although we had just met an hour ago. I whiped the sweat from my face which had been collecting over the period of the entire day, now it was time to operate.

With my protective face mask on it was time to operate or she would die within the next few hours and I couldn't let that happen...I couldn't explain it but we had somehow created a bond, not a romantic bond between two lovers, but a bond between two close friends. Maybe she trusted me out of curiosity, maybe because she was young, or maybe just maybe I had convinced her that I wasn't a bad guy like every other human she met along the way. I shook the thought away as I grabbed a pair of miniture steel alloy tongs, I was hoping that her acid wouldn't eat through them but then one look at the table changed my mind, In the few minutes she had been laying down the table had slowly melted away, I made my way back to the tool cabinet where I tripped and fell over a slick part on the floor, I didn't dare look at what was so slick about that particular spot. Pain shot through my leg once again...my damned leg! This entire time I had forgotten that it was broken with a compound fracture, I had fallen on my back which meant my leg might be ok...I slowly looked over my uniform and cursed out loud. The bone was back out, and was bleeding harder then ever although strangely I couldn't feel it, it only seemed to hurt for a second before all pain vanished...nerve damage for sure. "Fuck me!" I screamed in my head as I laid back looking up into the celing panels which appearently also had blood. Now I just laid there like a turtle on its back, the xenos probably noticed and were now on there way over to me. A sudden Thud! caught my attention, the xeno on the table had easily pushed the blanket off and was now crawling towards me on all fours although I could tell she was weak from blood loss.

I couldn't move my leg at all and my arms were too tired from carrying her throughout the ship...so all I could do is wait. As she approached she opened her mouth revealing her second jaw which was slowly emerging from deep inside, had she turned on me? Now she was hovering right over my leg while drool dripped down splashing on the top of my leg casuing me to wince as her saliva mixed in with the blood and flesh of my innerself. I let out a sharp noise in pain causing her to close her mouth and cock her head at me, I could see that she was surprised by the sudden noise I had made and had stopped. For awhile she stood and stared before she continued moving at me at a slow and weak pace. If she wanted to kill me why hadn't she done it yet, nothing about this made sense. She was now crouching next to me, I could smell her breath once again...it was funny...you'd think an alien that drooled all the time would have bad breath but her breath smelled sweet for some reason and wasn't like the others. Now we sat staring at one another, she was close enough that she could stab me with her second jaw if she wanted...we were almost face to face. I held my breath for fear of angering her, and then all at once she rubbed her massive banana-like head onto my uniform almost like a sign of affection, I was reminded of a cat once again as she began to rub her head back and forth. Awkwardly I began to rub the side of her head expecting to be killed in an instant but I wasn't, "How could I be so stupid!" I thought aloud to myself, in all my haste to mark her as a killer I had forgotten that she allowed me to pick her up back in the cell and had allowed me to carry her through the halls of the ship while all the time leaning against me for warmth. It was like I had natural instincts to distrust her but in my heart I knew she wouldn't hurt me. I loosened up and began to rub the side of her head more openly causing her to purr once again.

"I'm sorry I couldn't help you, you don't deserve to die for something you never did wrong. In fact you and your kind deserve a spot in the universe, we should have never bothered you back on LV-426." I said as I began to feel faint, I looked down at my leg and noticed it was covered in dark red blood almost in a puddle at this point. With that much blood leaving I would faint first then die later... at least I had rescued those xenos from their cell and they could properly defend themselves if it came to that. My vision began to slowly close in like it did back in the crew quarters which seemed like many years ago. I looked down at the xeno who was still rubbing her head against me and purring, I slowly gave her a small hug and kept scratching her head even as all feeling left my arms. As I began close my eyes I noticed that the other xenos were slowly crawling toward me, after they were right next to me my eyes fully shut and I lost all vision. As I closed my eyes two voices entered my mind, my ears were still active...a small weak voice broke through my mind almost as clearly as if someone was talking to me in person...a small female voice,

"Thank you..." I couldn't feel my arms nor could I see but I continued to rub the side of her head even if I couldn't feel it. Then another voice came through which was much more muffled,

"Warning...incoming ship approaching the Goliath, prepare docking clamps immediately and wait for further insturction..."

Finally my ears closed aswell...

-Author's Notes-

Another chapter done, I know you guys wanted some Human + Alien interaction but I'm guessing you weren't expecting an ending like this one, to be honest I never said that the main characters would survive the story. When reading this expect anyone to die at a moments notice, including our good friend Jack. With that said I will be taking a small break from writing, small as in a week or two unless I get ancy and then I might write some more. One thing that disapoints me with fan fictions is that the author will create a good story, good characters, and a good plot and then will stop or go inactive after 5-7 chapters. This will not be the case, I want this story to have an ending so you don't have to worry about me going inactive for months or years at a time. Well with that said I'm still brainstorming chapter 4 but it will be out within a few weeks or more. Now for the names, another big thanks to all my supporters!

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