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Hey guys, Max again bringing an unexpected chapter. I mainly made this to help give another peice of the puzzle concerning Jack's past with Rose but don't worry the next chapter is already in progress. It's funny how fast a story can be burried on the website, since I posted I've already been bumped down 5 or 6 times but that's ok as long as I continue to get support, I say if people are going to continue to post then this section of the site will never lose support. I know I said that I would take a break and well...I didn't so chapter 5 will be my break, I'll work on it losely here and there but ultimitely I want to stop and think ahead a few chapters...you know, the thing they call brainstorming. I hope you enjoy Chapter 4 of Left Behind and keep watch for Chapter 5 which I haven't named yet. Thanks and enjoy!

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Chirp...Chirp...Chirp

"Come on Jack your falling behind, I know your supposed to smell the flowers along the way but this is rediculous!"

"Gee wiz you act like this is your last day in the world!"

"No but if it was I would want to make it count!"

"So would I..." There I stood in the middle of a the forest surrounded by all kinds of plants, trees, and animals and one very beautiful Rose. She was the love of my life, she was a beautiful woman. Up ahead she slowly turned giving me a beautiful smile that matched her outer and inner beauty, the sun perfectly reflecting off of her brilliant bronze hair. Her baby blue eyes were twinkling vibrantly leaving me in awe, she seemed to notice and giggled. I laughed and suddenly chased after her. She screamed playfully and ran deeper into the forest laughing all the way.

"Bet you can't catch me!" She said through heavy breathes, I picked up speed slowly closing in on her,

"I bet I can!" I said almost breathless. I was now right behind her but still she gave it her all, I closed my eyes for a second as I tried to picture her once again but ended up tripping on an overgrown tree root. We both collided and rolled onto the ground landing on top of each other, As the dust settled we just laid there together. She was laying on my chest, her chestnut hair all over my face...it smelled like fresh blueberries. She noticed and looked up,

"Are you smelling my hair!" I barely understood her from the way she was laughing,

"I can't help it when you let it fly all over my face." She laughed even harder almost wheezing, she was so cute when she laughed uncontrollably.

"Well here let me fix it for you." She gingerly pulled her hair back, then we both stared. Her eyes were twinkling more then ever, we slowly moved our lips together. First she kissed me once on the lips almost like a peck, but then came in a second time sealing the deal. Her bright cherry lipstick tasted so sweet against my mouth. For a moment we just lay there, kissing until she suddenly hopped up.

"We're losing daylight, I know you want to kiss all day but we gotta move if we wanna see the sunset!" She did that alot, jump from one thing to another but the way she did it made me laugh every time. She held out her hand and as she did I pulled her down one more time,

"How about one more for the road..." She smiled and we kissed once more before setting out to see the sunset.

After walking hand in hand through the forest we finally reached highest point of what seemed like the entire planet, a perfect place to see the sun set. As we looked out over the purple horizon I thought alot about us. We were perfect for each other, she was the love of my life and the very air I breathed. I could tell she was thinking the same thing as we both looked at each other at the same time. I turned away blushing, she kept on looking at me as if she hadn't noticed. I turned back looking into her sparkling eyes once again,

"I love you."

"I love you even more!" She said grabbing my hand and squeezing it, then we both sat back and enjoyed the sunset. On earth sunet's were beautiful but this was completely different, the planet we had colonized on, Rosen 1, a name we had chosen once we decided to colonize on it had a sun that was more red then earth's orange sun. Thus at sunset the entire sun would light up in a purple and crimson haze covering the entire length of the sky. It was breathtaking to say the least and was one of the main reasons we decided to colonize on this newly discovered planet and were the only ones so far. We took the wood and built ourselves a two story log cabin complete with everything a normal earth house would contain but with much more. After our marriage on Earth we took ship to this planet and after a year we had ourselves a comfortable place to live free of any people. Now a year later we were spending time watching the sunset just like we did every day since our marriage, and frankly I never got tired of it. With Rose around anything became fun, even building that damned cabin was easy with her around to help me. She called me out of my thoughts bringing me back to reality,

"Hey do you see that?" The sun had already disappeared under the horizon and it was now pitch black with the exception of the stars above.

"Huh?"

"...That!" She pointed out near one of the mountains in the distance, a small light was shining from behind the trees. We were supposed to be the only ones on the planet and we hadn't seen any other ships enter the atmosphere.

"Come on we should check it out, someone might have crashed down on the planet." I said quickly standing,

"I didn't hear a crash." I looked over at her solemnly,

"I know..."

Walking through the woods at night was no easy task, every five minutes I kept running into something whether it was a tree branch or an unearthed rock while she avoided them. As we drew closer the forest it began to light up even though the light was far away. My fears arose as we hit the edge of the forest which then opened into a large clearing with cliffs surrounding the outside, just a few feet away there was some kind of creature in a large metal cage. It was hard to make out because of the light reflecting on the iron bars but something living was trapped inside. I almost jumped when Rose spoke from behind my back,

"We should check out what's in there, it might need our help." I flipped around in disbeleif,

"Are you crazy we don't even know what "It" is and doesn't this look a little too clean?"

"Clean?"

"You know...too organized...too out of the orginary." She was deep in thought,

"Well sure I guess but either way some poor creature is trapped and is probably going blind due to the lights." She started to stand but I pulled her back down,

"Look if anyone is going to check this out it's me, I don't want anything happening to you." She nodded and moved closer to me.

"I don't either but I know your smart enough not to let anything go wrong." she said solemnly,

"If something happens I want you to run back to the house and signal that it's an emergency, hopefully if our Insurance is good someone should see the SOS and land. Now stay here and stay low...I love you." I kissed her once on the lips before she could respond and made my out of the forest and into the grassy clearing. Four light poles were focusing their light on the cage, I couldn't look directly into the lights or I would go blind...they were extremely bright. As I stepped out I felt open and exposed, something didn't seem right about this but I ignored it and continued forward. As I got closer the creature in the cage began to move, it was something I had never seen before...it was a strange looking creature. It appeared to be a black tough looking creature with a huge banana shaped head...there was no other way to describe it and it's tail...it looked as sharp as the blade of a sword and it was attatched to the creature. As I stepped closer it seemed to take notice as it was now backing away and hissing with its tail high in the air or at least as high as the cage would allow. Without thinking I slowly extended my arm towards the creature hoping it would calm down...thats when I heard the scream.

It was Rose, all of a sudden she had started screaming at the top of her lungs...screaming my name. I flipped around quickly scanning the tree line for movement and saw none.

"ROSE!" I shouted as I darted into the woods forgetting about the creature which was now quietly watching everything from a distance. In my haste I must have tripped half a dozen times on rocks and roots, my hands were probably a crimson mess but I had to find her. My heart was beating so fast that it felt like it would explode out of my chest, my breathing was hot with anger and fear with the cold sweat cooling me down in all its salitness. For a second I thought I saw her but before I could get a clear look sweat poured into my eye causing me to grab for my eyes, before I could open them again I tripped over a particulary large root sending me face down into the dirt, at that point I couldn't feel my foot anymore and I couldn't get up. I looked up, my vision blurred from the golden tears slowly streaking down my glazened face. I held out my hand in defeat,

"DAMNIT LET GO OF HER...ROOOOOSE!" I heard another scream before there was movement behind me, I looked back just in time to see the rifle butt of a man in a protective hazmat suit. I had lost her...

My eyes opened but it was still dark, I still couldn't feel my foot. I looked around for a familiar landmark and was astonished when I realized I was back on the Goliath...it had been a dream but the sad truth was that it all happened. I was still in the medibay...I was still on the ground with both my legs outstretched. My ears were the second thing to wake up, instantly I was surrounded by a quieted breathing...alien breathing. For a moment I was alarmed but then the memory of saving those xenos popped back into my mind. Without much movement I turned my head and surprisingly found that the wounded xeno was still at my side, laying down on my lap...my arm was still resting on the side of her head. As I regained the feeling in my arm I slowly continued to rub the side of her head getting an unconscious purring coming from within her warm body, it made me forget about the horrible dream I just had but something else caught my attention...human voices. Somewhere from outside of the corridor two men were talking amoungst themselves...they were on this floor. I listened only hearing a few selective words such as "Ship", "Fight", "Salvage", and "No Survivors". But then their footsteps began to get louder as they were approaching the medibay. This situation could go south extremely fast and I wouldn't be the one who would be hurt so all I could do is wait.

A few minutes passed with more muffled talking before the two men's shadows appeared on the other side of the closed door and then it opened. I could see their flashlights as they slowly scanned the room, I prayed they wouldn't talk or make any loud noised. In the darkness I couldn't make out their figures, if they were military or something else and if they were military then things would deffinitely go south. I watched as they checked the operating tables, I watched as one lurched back as he discovered the body of Rooter. Then a single beam of light flashed toward me then it froze as it blinded my eyes.

"My...God..." I heard one of them whisper...quickly thinking I slowly brought finger to my lips in a "Keep Quiet" gesture. The men stood for a breif moment, I realized that these flashlights were handheld...not attatched to rifles but they could be armed with small sidearms. I moved my finger away from my mouth and laid my hand out flat making a sweeping motion as in "Slowly move away without a sound." for a moment they both stood flashing the light on me but suddenly jerked the light away as the wounded xeno stirred in her sleep. I began to rub her head again as a held out a "Thumbs Up" hopefully telling them that it was ok. I thought I saw a nod from one of them as both men quietly backed out of the room, I was relieved...no one would die at least not for now. As the door shut I was thrust back into the darkness that I had become so accustomed to since I was left behind, I had to speak to the two who just walked in or else they might do something that everyone would regret. After all of this time I finally got a good look at my leg and stopped, the entirety of my right leg was covered in a thick black substance much like what was in the hallway outside the medibay. There was a small bulge in the liquid where the bone was still sticking up, I had to reset the bone or it would become infected and I would finally die.

This time there wasn't any use in holding off, immediately I pressed my hand against the liquid and pressed down causing a muffled pop to emit from inside the liquid and then I waited. My hands were now vibrating and tingling from the thick black liquid, I ignored it and waited. Somehow I wasn't feeling any pain, it must have been the one of the xenos; perhaps they have a liquid in their bodies that help heal wounds...maybe my wound was healed with this liquid and if that was the case then there was no time to waste. Slowly I slid out from underneath the xeno gently laying her head against the floor as I amazingly stood up straight without any problems. I thought about wiping away the liquid but if it was helping me then I wasn't about to hinder it, my weapon was still inside the cell which I had dropped when I made first contact with the xenos and now I was walking on a leg that could easily break upon the slightest mistep but I had a new mission and I intended to carry it out. I made my way to the door and then stopped when a familiar Scree caught my attention, I turned to see the wounded xeno on all fours probably wanting to follow me. I laughed and called her over and that's when I realized why one of the men had spoken earlier, all three of the other xenos were sleeping upside down on the wall directly behind and over my spot almost like they were protecting me. I smiled and walked out of the medibay with the panther like xeno following right behind me.

It didn't take much to locate the two men who had come stormed in earlier as their voices could still be heard throughout the corridor as they continued checking rooms for signs of life. I noticed as we drew near that the xeno began to become hostile which was strange due to the fact that she was this weak little creature an hour ago, maybe she was healing from the substance aswell. I watched as she moved along right at my side like a faithful dog waiting to protect its owner and the very next corner we turned was when that theory was put into action. As we came around the bend both of the orange hazmat suited men were in the hallway about to check another room when one of them spotted us, for a moment everyone froze in their places until a low deep growl followed by a hiss began to surface from inside the now stanced xeno. The closest man began to turn and run which caused his partner to join him, this was all the xenomorph needed to attack. With great strength and agility she pounced onto the nearby wall and began to chase them down the corridor sidways using the shadows of the celing for cover. I started to shout but found it was hopeless as they had already disappeared from around the corner, I sighed and gave chase founding it easy to run with a wounded leg in fact I felt faster then ever before.

Before I knew it I was down the hallway in a matter of seconds, turning the corner it seems both of the men had taken shelter in a room and had locked and sealed the door leaving the xeno clawing at striking at the door in a futile effort to break it down. As I approached the xeno she stopped, looking at me intently, before contuning her fruitless assault at the door. I stepped closer rubbing her head causing her to suddenly stop and rest,

"It's ok she's with me, she won't attack again if I'm here to keep her calm." I continued scratching her head as she sat down on the floor waiting for me to do something. One of the men spoke up from the other side clearly shaken up,

"We aren't coming out with that thing out there, I value my life more then the word of a complete stanger...for all I know they probably have brain washed your mind or maybe your not even human." I sighed and looked down at the xeno who in turn glanced up at me; I could tell she was angered from her drooling, I scratched her head before turning my attention toward the two men inside,

"Listen if you don't come out I'm gonna come in, you put me in a difficult situation by coming aboard and obviously you have seen too much but I'm not here to kill you but rather talk. If we don't get this solved then the other xenomorph's you saw earlier will wake up and they can't easily be told to stop once they have it set to kill in their minds." I patintly waited for a response and was soon disapointed,

"Fuck you, we aren't coming out!" This came from the second man, I felt myself getting angry at their ignorance...here I was trying to help them and they blatently refuse which means I was going to have to be forceful. With my mind shrouded in anger and frustration I pulled my right leg back completely forgetting about the break and swiftly kicked it foward hitting the door directly in the center, for a brief moment nothing happened and then in an instant the 5 foot steel door flew through the air hiting the back wall almost breaking through that aswell. Both men stood with their jaws wide open as the xeno began to go inside hissing once again,

"No." I said sternly, the xeno turned to look at me looking for a facial response and when she found none she stopped in her tracks waiting for me.

"Let's talk." I said stepping inside...

-Author's Notes-

Well I hope you guys liked the small backstory of Jack and Rose and don't worry there will be more, just not for awhile. I also want to point out as a kind of teaser that a well known "Alien" Character will be showing up, can you guess who it is? I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and if you haven't read any of the others I suggest you start there as this will make alot more sense. Now for Supporter Callouts!

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