(So I think I may have had one too many ciders when writing this one for there was a lot of mistakes. I do think I found them all, but apologize in advance!)

Chapter Three: Not Knowing the Answers

"Well...for me... it's actually just a bit hidden, but I do." The two royal Xeno's looked upon each other, both in confusion with their conversation.

"O...well that's interesting..." Amun responded. The two had slept soundly last night before waking up and making their way to locate some breakfast. They had found no animals on their morning walk so they ended up at the river once again looking for fish. Emilia stood in the middle of the river looking down into the water to locate her pray as Amun was laying in the water downstream, cooling off in the morning light.

As Amun watched the Queen as she scanned the flowing water, Amun was struck with a question that he had on his mind ever since Emilia has asked to start a hive with him. How exactly does a King fertilize a Queen? It was no secret that his body lacked the male genitalia that a human had, he was naked after all. So when he decided to ask Emilia about herself, she had gotten a bit embarrassed, but told him in the end.

Her response was not overly surprising, considering Amun had never been rude enough to go looking. He had always thought there was more too it when he had watched the movies. The egg sack that was connected to the Queen must have had some biological rules behind it. Then again, maybe the reproduced A-sexually.

"Then...how exactly do we...you know." He was not really sure how to have this conversation, but they both knew it needed to happen. However, her silence was not reassuring.

"Actually...I have no idea. In the labs...they...did some pretty horrifying things in attempts to figure that out." Small waves of pain flashed over Amun's body in places that he did not want to have them. But it was enough to tell him that the scientists had violated Emilia in ways that no one should be. "They...they never found it." Amun felt her pain and how scared she was. He got up and made his way towards her but she began to make her way to the shore, so he followed. She turned and sat on the bank and watched as Amun joined her.

"I cannot tell you how sorry I am Emilia, that I could not get to you sooner. If only my plans had worked faster I-" Emilia cut him off.

"You would have been captured and stuck in that hell with me. Amun, I know as well as anyone that plans need time and consideration to happen without a flaw. If you would have rushed yourself you may have not made it."Her reassurance was nice, but he still hated himself for what had happened. Especially after he had been tricked by the company and fell for the trap with the trucks. Emilia let out a long sigh, or the Xenomorph equivalent of one. She moved to join him in the water, wrapped her tail around his and let loose a low purr.

"I want you to know I will never hurt you like that. We will work this out and make it a happy experience, I promise." Amun could tell that his words had been appreciated. They sat there for a moment in silence before Amun stood and made his way up the river. "You still have yet to eat my lady. May I find something from the menu for you?" He joked as he entered the water.

"Why yes good man, I would enjoy a Salmon egg's Benedict with a side of fruit. A French coffee and something sweet for desert." Amun laughed as he scanned the water and found what he was looking for. His hand shout out with lightning speed, giving his pray no hope of escape. And as he had hoped, a few more fish were close by, feeding in the same spot. His hand flashed out one, two, three more times as he gathered the tasty treats. With his small bounty, he returned to the waiting Queen who was now on the bank who waited eagerly for him. He held out his hands as he approached and she extender out hers, accepting the gift joyfully. She noticed that he had kept nothing for himself.

"Not hungry?" She asked, not wanting to eat anything before she found out.

"Not really. Those deer we caught the other day filled me and I have not been to hungry since." It was the truth, Amun had found that he could get by with just a few animals during the week to satisfy his hunger. Emilia on the other hand needed food more often, he was not sure why. As Emilia happily ate, his attention was grabbed by a soft noise from behind him. He could tell that it was something approaching, and it was attempting to be quiet. This turned on Amun's defences. With great speed his body snapped around and lunged in the direction of the sound.

As his vision came upon the small cloud of pheromones, he recognized the color and immediately acted to avoid it. He got a hand down just in time to push himself up and over the small figure that was now huddled up into a ball. Amun flew over it and came crashing down onto his crown and then flipped over onto his back. He heard the snap of a few trees that broke as he went through them before coming to a stop in the dirt. His head was a bit fuzzy but he still felt whole. As he turned onto his side and brought his head up to check that he had not injured the figure, he was relieved to see Emilia standing beside Jenna. They both giggled at him.

"Is he always this jumpy? Jenna said as she looked to the dirt covered king.

"USUALLY. BUT IT IS JUSTIFIED." Emilia responded by writing in the dirt.

"That's fair I guess, you two do have a lot of the wrong kind of people after you." Jenna said as she approached the fallen King. "Sorry Amun, I just wanted to see if I could sneak up on you. Probably not the smartest thing eh?"

"NOPE." Was all he wrote before getting to his feet. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WAY OUT HERE THIS EARLY?" He asked.

"O the boys were all busy and I was looking for something to do. So I thought I would come visit." She said as she smiled and made her way to sit on a fallen tree.

"Ooo Amun...do you think she would have any chocolate? My sweet tooth that been bugging me!" Amun let out a small xenomorph laugh which had Jenna looking confused.

"Why don't you ask her. I never thought you could have a sweet tooth as an alien!" He told her. Emilia bent over to reach the ground and proceeded to repeat the question. Jenna sat patiently as Emilia wrote with her claws in the dirt. When she had finished her question, Jenna let out a loud laugh.

"I didn't think that Xeno's liked chocolate! The funny part is that I have a small bag of chocolate covered almonds!" Jenna took of the backpack she had been wearing and produced a small bag from one of the side pockets. "I have a bad sweet tooth as well so I usual have something kicking around."

Emilia was almost jumping with joy as Jenna stretched out her arm and offered the small treats to the Queen that towered above her. Emilia reached down gently and took the small bag with her clawed hand.

"I don't know if it will be enou-" She stopped herself short as Emilia gobbled down the chocolates without hesitation. Chewing on them and enjoying every moment the small items gave her. Amun smiled as he felt a wave of happiness flow from her. He reached down.

"I THINK YOU MADE HER DAY." Jenna laughed again.

"Well I'm glad. I can always get more if you would like. My little brother works at a local store and gets them for a discount." Amun watched as Emilia's head snapped towards the girl and he could feel her excitement.

"Calm down Emilia, it's only chocolate." She looked towards him and hissed. "Ok ok, my apologies."

"I THINK SHE WOULD LIKE THAT." Jenna smiled as she read the message.

The three spent a good part of the day chatting away and enjoying the company of one another. Amun and Emilia were happy to find out that Jenna was a huge Aliens fan and could answer many questions they had about themselves. Everything from how long their life spans are to things as complicated as their biology. Amun was particularly surprised to learn that a lot of theories point towards all Xeno's in a hive being female. And that the king, who would have been a drone before changing to a male, usually left after the queen was fertile. It was then that Emilia had an idea pop into her head that might be answered for the two of them.

"Amun, do...do you think Jenna would know how Xeno's...you know?" He giggled at how embarrassed she got when asking questions about their reproductive process.

"Make little Xeno's?" He felt her embarrassment at his joke. He could also tell that she did not enjoy the joke as much as he did. "I'm sure it is worth a shot." Amun began to write his question in the dirt for Jenna to see.

"Ooo...O! You two! Ooo!" Emilia and Amun looked down at the small girl who had a white cloud surrounding her that was rather bright against the grey background of their vision. She was beyond happy at the comment. "This is exciting! You two are going to make a hive aren't you!" Amun looked at Emilia and then back to Jenna and nodded, she let out a excited squeal. "Ok so, there are a few different ideas that are out there, but the ones that involve a king always have to do with 'royal jelly' or 'life jelly' that is produced only by the royal Xeno's."

"ROYAL JELLY?" Amun asked. It was the first time he had heard of this. Nothing was mentioned in any of the movies or by Jolene.

"Yea, it a special jelly that the Queen and King produce. Some say it has the ability to keep them alive forever, but I think it is the stuff that lets Xeno's smell one another." Jenna explained as the two giant aliens listened intently.

"SMELL?" He asked wanting to know more.

"Think of it like DNA. The King and Queen would mix their jelly to create a new, unique pheromone for that hive to use. It would then identify that hive from all others. So it would smell different." it made sense to Amun, as smell being linked to a Xeno's vision so tightly, it only made sense to create something unique to use as a form of identification. Emilia then asked the big question.

"HOW DO I GET FERTALIZED?" The blunt question had Jenna a bit embarrassed, Amun could tell from the green cloud that now replaced the white one that was there only a moment ago.

"Well you need to...you know...have sex." With that, Amun let out his repetitive hiss in the form of a laugh. He felt the confusion from Emilia and could tell that Jenna felt like wise.

"Poor thing doesn't know I am lacking the required parts for that." He told Emilia.

"O my, well...do you tell her or should I?" Amun laughed in his head as he began to write in the dirt.

"I DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT PARTS FOR THAT." When Jenna finished reading the message, her head snapped up and then quickly took a glance at Amun's lower region before returning her gaze to his head.

"Well...I...O dear, I really don't know how that works. Is it..hidden or something?" She asked.

"NOT THAT I KNOW OF, IT IS JUST EXOSKELETON DOWN THERE." He explained.

"Interesting, I may have to take a look into this for you." There was a moment of silence as she thought of some possible solutions. "Emilia, I know that your jelly is suppose to be produced in a gland in your neck that is attached to your throat. Can you lean down here for a sec?" Emilia did as instructed and stayed still as Jenna ran her fingers along the side of her head looking for something. Amun watched as the small woman searched underneath Emilia's crown in a spot that he could not see. "Maybe this it is."

Amun crouched low to see what she had found and saw that underneath one of the fins of Emilia's crown were two small bulges in her exoskeleton. "These soft spots should be your jelly glands." Jenna ran her finger over one and Emilia snapped her head up, placing her hand over her mouth.

"What's wrong?" Amun asked a bit worried, he could feel that she had not enjoyed the touch from Jenna.

"That kind of tickled and...and I think I have a bit of jelly in my mouth." Amun watched as Emilia opened her jaws and extended her second tongue. As she did, Amun noticed a small cloud of orange surrounding her second mouth. It was a very deep and vibrant colour and rather pleasing to look at.

"That's it! That's your royal jelly!" Jenna yelled up at the two aliens that towered over her. "O man! Wait till I tell the boys! They will be so jealous I got to see it before they did!" Emilia used her hand to clean off her tongue before retracting it. "May I Emilia?" Jenna asked with an outstretched hand. Emilia looked to her hand and then back to the girl before lowering her claws down.

"She is a bit weird..." Emilia said as the girl proceeded to stick a finger into the jelly on her hand.

"Stuff like this must be exciting to people who are obsessed with it. Plus being the first nerd in history to see it first hand, must be an honour." He explained to her as she let the human poke and prod the jelly.

"Mmm...makes sense when you put it that way." Emilia said as she watched the teenage girl.

"O wow...it smells so sweet! Like cotton candy!" Jenna exclaimed as she nearly rammed her face into Emilia's palm.

"Please tell me she is not going to start eating it out of my hand." The comment made Amun laugh, which grabbed the attention of Jenna. He wrote her a message to explain.

"JUST DONT EAT IT. DONT KNOW WHAT IT WILL DO."

"Ugh! Don't be gross! That would be like licking someone's...you know. Never mind." Jenna retracted a few step from Emilia letting her have her hand back. Emilia then snapped her head and glared at Amun, he knew she was not impressed.

"What?! It got the point across and you got your hand back." He still felt a feeling of disappointment from the Queen.

"Hay Amun...this might be weird...but can I check something? I want to see if I can find your glands." He looked down at the small girl and had no idea what she was thinking, but decided to let her do what she wanted.

"HAVE AT IT." He wrote. As he sat on the ground like a cat would, she slowly approached his groin, walking between his hands. He tracked her with his large head as she walked towards him. As she did, he felt something strange in his head. He looked up to Emilia who seemed to be tracking the girl with intent as she walked closer towards his private area. He could feel a bit of anger mixed with jealousy coming from her, as well as a feeling of being threatened. The quick flicks of Emilia's tail also showed that she was not too impressed with Jenna's action.

"Emilia, I know what you are thinking but please, she is only trying to help, she is not a threat to you I promise." She did not respond with words, but Amun heard a low purr that was not a kinds and gentle one. "Emilia." He said sternly, he could feel a bit of her primal instincts taking over. Amun shot her a feeling of dominance which suppressed her urge to eliminate Jenna. Emilia snapped her head away so she did not have to watch. That was when Amun felt two little hand on some very private spaces. Well, private if he had been human, but with nothing down there, could he even call it a private spot?

It still felt strange as the small hands ran along his exoskeleton in attempts to locate his glands. He felt even bump and rib that the small digits travelled over and could tell that there was nothing there. He felt as she searched his lower stomach as well as in inner legs in attempts to locate the glands.

"Interesting...I can't seem to find anything down here. Sorry if that was weird, but it was worth a shot." She walked back into his view and a ran a hand through her hair. " I wonder...Amun, bring your head down here." When she had finished asking, he felt he knew what she was thinking.

He crouched down low and gave her access to the under part of his crown. He again felt her small hands searching along his outer shell in search for the soft glands. When he felt something starting to tickle, and her hands stop, he was sure that she had found what they were looking for. Without another word, he felt Jenna squeeze one of his glands. He had to pull back his head, it had tickled him rather fiercely! As he pulled up and away, with a hand over his gland, he also felt something oozing into his mouth. He had to fight back the urge to throw up. He opened his large jaws and extended his second mouth to let whatever it was out.

"Found it!" He heard from below as a clear ooze began to flow from his mouth. He proceeded to clean off his second mouth as the ooze flowed with great volume. "So the King has it hidden in the same spot as the Queen!" Amun attempted to clean himself off, but for some reason the jelly kept flowing from his inner mouth. He was having trouble managing it all. It was making its way over his jawline and falling to the ground.

"He he he." The soft giggle from Emilia was not entertaining and he glared at her as he attempted to stop the jelly from going everywhere.

"Not funny. How do you stop this stuff!?" He asked in a panic as more jelly flowed between his teeth.

"I don't know, mine just stopped after a little while. But I definitely did not have that much!" She was no help at all. He decided to give up gathering the jelly in his hands. He flicked his wrists to clean his large, clawed hands of the jelly. He heard a laugh from Jenna as the jelly continued to drool from his mouth. He decided to flick some at her which landed square on its mark! Jenna paused as she was hit in the head with a large amount of the sticky goo. He smiled as she looked up at him. Emilia's hands snapped over her mouth. "Amun! Ha ha that was so rude!"

"Ooo gross! Amun, not cool!" Responded Jenna as she quickly tried to remove the goo with her hands.

Amun looked to the large queen beside him and had an idea. He wiped his mouth with his hand and threw another large hand full of jelly at Emilia. She saw it coming and ducked out of the way just in time. Spinning down and below the substance. As she finished her turn and came back to face her attacker she had not expected a second volley. The goo impacted her crown just above where her eyes would have been and spread out to covered a large area. There was a moment of silence before the storm that was about to come.

"Why you little!" She leapt, Amun had no chance to react. Emilia rocketed through the air and grabbed Amun by the shoulder with her one arm. Her momentum forced the two backwards and over top of one another, causing them to roll over a few times. Amun was pretty sure they destroyed a few trees in the process. When they finally stopped, Amun had landed on the ground with the large Queen pinning him down from the top. She had her one hand pinning his to the ground and her foot upon his other. She mental smiled at him in triumph.

However Amun had a trick up his sleeve and smiled himself. Emilia tilted her head in confusion, thinking she had her victory solidified. Amun snapped open the hidden spikes upon his back with such force that both of the goliath Xenomorph's were propelled into the air. While travelling in air, Amun shot out his tail and wrapped it around he body. He had been lucky and caught her one arm in the process, pinning it to her side. The instant the two landed, he pinned her other shoulder to the ground using his muscular arms. Amun watched from above as Emilia attempted to force her way free, but he only tightened his grip to keep her in place. She finally stopped struggling and let out a sigh in defeat.

"Give up yet?" He asked, smiling. His confidence was high but little did he know that she had moved her tail into a rather strategic position. Her tail lashed out at his one leg that was baring all his weight, causing him to fall to the side. She was upon him in an instant and made sure to pin him on his side so he could not open his spikes once again. She then wrapped her tail around his legs as many times as she could before squeezing them together tightly. She also had both of his wrists between her legs to control his arms. Amun struggled a bit but found that he could not move an inch. He let out his own sigh of defeat before Emilia moved her face close to his and whispered.

"I do now." She said as she extended her second set of arms and playfully ran them across his crown. Her touch was gentle and loving for someone who had just been so aggressive. He felt the wave of affection from her which caused his body relaxed. She very softly grazed her head against his before letting him loose and stepping back to let him up. As he got up he watched the victor walk back over to Jenna, who had sat down on a rock to watch the two fight. Emilia herself sat down beside the small teenager and glowed with pride. Amun moved to join them, brushing off the dirt from his body as he walked.

"Wow...and I thought me and my brother fought hard. You two are a whole different level." Amun and Emilia simply smiled at one another, both feeling happy and loved. "On that note, it's getting late and I should be running." She hopped off the rock and gathered her backpack. "I'll make sure to bring you some more chocolate Emilia." The comment made the Queen purr as the human gave a wave and walked off towards her vehicle. Amun knew it was only a short walk to where the group liked to park and knew that she would be safe on the trip back.

"Come, we should be getting back as well, it's time to sleep." The remark make Amun laugh, Emilia knew that they only 'slept' because they usually had nothing else to do. The two knew that they could stay up for weeks and not be tired. It was just another strange thing that came with being a Xenomorph. As Amun watched Emilia wake away, he could not help but shake his head.

"Strange indeed…You have ended up with a very strange life indeed, Amun." He thought to himself. He took a slow look around at the forest that he had called home. At the sky that he would never see in color again and the woman that he was now with. His thoughts were cut short as Emilia looked over her shoulder and urged him to follow. He mentally smiled and moved to follow the Queen. The two took their time and walked in silence. As silent as two giant aliens could be while stomping through the veggitation.

However, Amun would feel random flashes of warmth from his partner as they walked together. He would take a glance towards her whenever he felt them and would catch her gaze. She attempted to play it off by quickly looking away. He smiled. Although they could sometimes hide their mental feelings from one another, when they were too strong it was almost impossible to do so. He knew that she would get embarrassed if he said something, so he decided to let her enjoy herself.

The two came up to the hidden entrance of their home and Amun watched as Emilia silently slipped inside. Amun turned and scanned the forest as he had done so many times before. Nothing moved as he gazed into the landscape of gray and black tones, and saw no pheromones that worried him. There were a few trails of color that he saw,but knew they were from local wildlife. Satisfied that they had made their way back with no followers, Amun crouched low and made his way through the tunnel.

As he crawled his way through, something caught his attention, he was surrounded by a cloud of purple. He was confused as to what was going on, he could not remember what this pheromone was. As he continued, he noticed that the smell was stimulating to his senses and started to make his mind a bit fuzzy. The strange part was it was causing a sweet taste in his mouth.. He had never before had a pheromone do that. Something was strange, but pleasant about it.

As he came around the last turn into the larger section of the cave, he stood froze at what now laid before him. Emilia, curled up like a cat, was surrounded by a vibrant cloud of deep purple. It was slowly radiating off of her every second. As he stared at her, he could not help but notice her natural beauty. Even thought their bodies had been changed, the royal Xenomorph's still had noticeable features that set them apart. Amun slowly followed the curves of Emilia's hips and back, flowing to her rib cage that he swear mimicked the bust of a human woman. He had never noticed that before. It may be her pheromones playing trick with his mind. As he looked upon the Queen, she lifted her head and locked her gaze with his.

"What is it Amun?" She asked with no response from him. He was at a loss for words as an over whelming feeling of desire flooded his mind and body. He was sure that Emilia felt it because she gave a soft twitch and started to purr. She did not say anything, only gestured with her crowned head for Amun to join her. He did as he was asked, taking a place beside her.

When he was settled, Emilia began rubbing her large crown against the side of his, purring in a low thrill. Amun gently pushed his head against hers in affection and let loose his own low hum. Emilia then slowly used her tail to trail a line from the blade on his tail to the rib cage on his back, then tracing where his hidden spikes were. Amun started to play with his tail as well, wrapping it around her slim body, squeezing gently. After a few moments of play, Emilia reached out with one hand, coming up under Amun's large crown and heading for the location of his gland that Jenna had found earlier. He tilted his head slightly to the side so she could find it easier.

He shivered as she glided her long fingers upon the underside of his crown, causing a large sensation of pleasure. When she found his glad, she pushed gently upon it, he noticed that it tickled but nowhere near as much as before. Amun felt the jelly begin to form in his mouth so he opened his second jaw within his mouth and pulled back his lips. Emilia looked upon the king as the jelly began to flow from between his long teeth and down his jaw. Amun looked at her and came to a realization. He had no idea what to do next?

"Emilia...not to be a mood kill...but what happens next?" As he finished asking, she rolled on her side and lifting one knee up to her chest. Amun could only stare, still not knowing what to do. Feeling his confusion, she looked at him and raised a mental eye brow. He paused and thought for a moment before it came to him. "O...Oooo!" He heard Emilia mentally laughed before he felt her tail wrap around his neck, pulling him towards her.