Chapter 5

Mother's love

Marc was speechless. All this time, when he had been away from Zahira, he had been with her mother. "You... Are her mother?" He said slowly. "Yes, and please don't start asking questions about it. I told you it only because you had proven your worthiness of my trust, and now you have a trust on me. It's important for you to trust me when you hear my plan of escape." She said. Before Marc could say anything else, Rache quickly announced "Someone's coming" Before fading from Marc's head. Sure enough, seconds later two soldiers came in and grabbed his shoulders and took him out of his sell, without saying a word. "Where are you taking me?" He asked. They didn't even blink at his words. ""Hello? Can you even hear m-" He said before feeling a familiar mind closing him. "Zahira!" He cried in his head. there was no answer, but he could feel that she had heard him. Then he felt how Rache faintly said "Please, don't tell her who I am. Not yet. Tell her thought that you'll escape from here soon, and that a "xenomorph" will help you." Before fading away again. "What?" He asked in his mind, but she had already left. The soldiers carried him along the corridors until finally Marc began to recognize his surroundings. After just few turns they came to a door. To a door which separated Marc and Zahira from each other.

The door opened. It was a small room, with no any furniture. Even the walls were bare concrete. Still, what catched his eyes was a slender, dark figure sitting at the other end of the room. As the door behind him closed, she stood up. "Marc..." she said silently, still not moving where she was. From the mental link Marc could say that she was full of joy and happiness to see him again. But some other two feelings were there too. An uncertainty of something and... something very strong. It was like something between relief and greatest of happiness. Finally, Marc took a step forward. She didn't move. Then he took another step. This time, she followed. And didn't stop. She walked just in front of him, and stood there. Marc was silent not because he was scared, but because he had just noticed the cuts and bruises on her skin. "What did they do to you?" He asked, not by his mouth but with his mind. That seemed to take her back from whatever trance she was. "MARC!" She cried as she took the final leap at him and hugged him. "Zahira! What happened to you? I haven't seen you in a week!" He said happily, almost laughing from joy. "I don't want to talk about that, as I have something else to discuss" She said, still hugging him and brushed her head along his chin. "I have something to say too, but you say first. What is it?" He asked. "I..." She said, before Marc could feel her hesitation come back. "Zahira. You can say anything you want to me." He said, and prove his words by hugging her harder. "Hey, don't strangle me!" She said, releasing the embrace. "Sorry." "No, it's nothing. I wanted to say... I..." She said, but breaking off. Whatever she wanted to say, it was something she was shy to say. "I... I think I... Love you. I think I love you, Marc." She said, and then stared at him, waiting for a reaction. She loved him? And Marc loved her? He couldn't even believe his luck! "Zahira... When I was away, I sorted out my feelings towards you, and... well... I love you too, Zahira. From the deepest of my mind." He said, keeping eye contact at her. Immediately after he had said this, she again embraced him, this time much more passionately. "You DO? You do love me, Marc? Even though we are totally different species?" She asked in wonder. "Yes! Yes, Zahira, I love you. Others may think you scary, but I think you are just beautiful!"He said, now laughing and cuddling himself at her, and she did the likewise.

They just sat and leaned at the wall, next to each other. "Zahira?" He asked. He had to tell her about the escape they were planning. "Yes, my love?" She said and purred. "I have something to tell you. There's... another xeno. Out there" He said and glanced at Zahira. "Is there? Well, I suspected so. I've felt him few times. Did you talk to it?" She said, looking at him. "Actually, It talked to me. And it's a she. Her name is Rache." He said. Zahira had born in the facility, so the name didn't mean anything to her, right? "Rache... it sounds familiar... Anyways, what did she say? I believe she just threatened you that if you went outside, she would kill you." She said, making a smile. "Actually, she did the exact opposite. She wants to help me... and you, to escape here." He said. "What? Why should she want to help us? How much did you tell? We can't trust her. She just wants you to be a host!" She said, alarmed. "No, I have my reasons to trust her. If you knew the same about her what I do, You would trust her too. I told her about you, but she already knew you. You don't actually remember her, but you're very important for her. She has looked after you as long as you have lived. Anyways, we have made a plan; when we make a decision when we escape, she'll inform you. She hasn't told me the plan yet, but she will when I next time hear her." He explained. "Well I look for that meeting, then. I wan't to know more about her. I see you know something very big about her, but you don't want to tell me, and I won't force you to tell me." She said. "Yes. But I promise you, You'll have the time to walk outside soon enough." He said. "Ok, ten minutes are up. Marc, leave the room or I'll get soldiers to do it." The sound of Weyland came from the speakers hidden somewhere in the room. "No, I won't let you leave. Not after we just shared our feelings!" Zahira said and grabbed Marc from the waist. "I'm sorry Zahira, but I need to, and you know that too. But I promise, I'll get Rache to come and tell you the plan as soon as possible." He said, and slowly he stood up, and walked to the door. It opened and there were the same soldiers there, waiting for him. He made the last look at Zahira before the soldiers grabbed him and closed the door.

The went on without more tests. It was fine to her. He went to his favorite place at the room and lied down. Her thoughts went back to Marc. Her caring, beautiful Marc. Something, deep in her head said that she was to be killing humans, including Marc, but the love towards him extinguished her predatorian instincts. She didn't know when it had struck her, but suddenly she had been sure she loved him. She knew that her species don't feel love like humans, but still, this was the kind of love Marc had told her. She just wanted to be close to him, wrap herself around him and be the only ones in their world. But this... thin what called itself "Mr. Weyland", had broke that hope. He had separated her and Marc and made terrible tests on her. They had to get out of here! That other xeno, Rache, was their only hope. That name... It was somehow familiar, like a name she had once known, and now forgotten. Whatever her intentions were, she should not take Marc from her!

As she lied there and sinked in the sweet memories of Marc, she felt somebody close her. It wasn't human. A xenomorph. Rache? Had she already made the decision when they would escape this nightmare? As the mind grew closer, she started to "see" the min better. It was a queen. Was Rache a Queen? Did Marc knew about it? And why would a Queen care for a human? Then she felt the mind finally speak. "Zahira?" The voice said. It was a royal voice, noble and powerful. "Yes, I'm Zahira. Are you Rache?" She asked. "Marc told about me? I told him not to! Well, the mistake has been made and can't be fixed. How much did he tell you?" She asked. "Well, he told just your name and that you're a xenomorph. Nothing else. For example, he didn't tell you were a Queen" She said, thinking that if this female was going to punish his Marc, she was going to face her first. "Good, then he didn't tell too much. Nice to meet you, Zahira, and yes, I'm a Queen. As you know, I and Marc have been busy planning your escape from there. Well, I've told him my plan, and he had accepted it, also its dangers. Now its time to tell that plan to tell you the plan too. But I need to warn you, you are not going to like it. But it's the only way." Rache told the plan. Zahira didn't like it.

Author's notes:Here you have the chapter 5! It's a bit smaller than the previous ones, but I wanted to have a cliffhanger here. Anyways, sorry for the time it took to write this, had some problems with time. For those who don't read reviews, I'm going to have a break after they escape and start a new story. THIS story does not end though. I'll continue it later. PM me if you need and keep those reviews coming! That's the thing that keeps me going; actually read your thoughts about this story. Any ways, Happy weekend and I'll see you later.