( Mature Content Warning: No Lemons, but some biological descriptions that may be a bit weird for some. So just a friendly warning! Enjoy!)
Chapter 4: Together
The air was clean and cool the next morning as Amun sat upon the cliff of the mountain side. Everything was just the way he liked it, quiet and peaceful. He took a slow breath in and mentally smiled. As he did, Emilia rested her crown upon his large shoulder, wrapping her tail around his body.
"It is a good morning." She said feeling his happiness. She too was in a particularly good mood after the nights events. The two had done all that they could think of to take the first steps towards starting their hive. And in the process, grown as a couple. Amun, tilted his head so that it lay upon Emilia's.
"Just wait till the sun comes up, the warmth is always nice." She giggled, pulling the king tighter towards her.
"Thank you Amun." She said as he felt her tail squeeze him.
"For?" He was a bit taken back by her comment, not knowing where it had spawned from.
"Caring." He lifted his head in surprise, which she could not help but notice. "I...have not felt this way since I woke from my cocoon so long ago. All I've known since then is a lab and cold hands. Figuratively and literally." Amun remembered the stories she had told him and the feeling from the companies labs. Something that no one should ever have to go through.
"I promise that I will never be cold towards you, I am not that kind of person Emilia. Even thought we may disagree from time to time, I will never hate, or leave you. That's not who I am." As he spoke, he shared all the warm feeling he could with her. She pulled him closer and then rested with him on the side of the mountain. The rest of the day was rather uneventful. The pair took a long walk through the valley just to explore their surroundings.
Amun took some time for fun and chased "Bob" the bear around for a bit. The large animal running in terror as the three story Xenomorph chased it for quite a while. Emilia halted the chase when she thought it cruel. They then took another swim in their hidden lake to cool off, playing another fast paced game of underwater tag, this time not coming up for a good thirty minuets.
It did not seem like long until they were back in their cave and cuddling in with one another for the night. It was not too long before Amun came out of his meditative state for a strange feeling of nausea. However, after a second or two, he noticed that it was not his feeling, but Emilia's! He looked to the Queen that was beside him and noticed that she had shifted positions to face away from him. Concern took him over.
"Emilia, what is it?!" He said standing to move around to see her face. As he came around her large crown to see what was happening, he noticed that she had her small sets of her hands out, as well as her large hand, in front of her mouth. Looking closer, he could see that they were covered in drool that was now coming from her mouth.
"Amun, I...I dont know what is wrong, my stomach...feels funny." Suddenly he mouth shot open as a large amount of thick slime came forth and landed in her hands. It was sticky and a bit more black than normal. "O god! What's going on!?" Amun recognized it almost instantly.
"Emilia! This is wonderful! This is resin, the same kind we use to build our hives and cocoons!" She looked up at him, her hand trembling. He felt her fear and countered it with warm feelings.
"I don't understand, what does this have to do with anything?" She asked concerned.
"Emilia, alien's use the same material to suspend a Queens egg sack!" As the words rang through her head, Amun could feel her state change from fear to excitement.
"Ok, what do we do now!?" She said with happiness in her thoughts. Amun had to think for a moment, letting Emilia bring up another batch of resin. "If I remember from the movie right, not only was the egg sack suspended, but the queen was held off the ground as well. And because you have not developed the egg sack yet, why don't we start with that."
"Wait, you are going to what?" Before she could ask another question, Amun helped her up to her feet.
"Stand up tall please." Amun felt that she was confused, but that she also trusted him. So she did as he asked, stretching her double jointed legs upward to almost her full height. Amun then took the resin from her hands and began to create a few anchor points on the walls of the cave. As he worked, Emilia would produce more resin from him to build with. He worked skillfully and efficiently, building long arm like structures that extended from multiple points in the cave to the back of Emilia's rib cage. After an hour or two, Amun took a step back to look at his handy work.
"That should do it, but I would wait for a bit just to let it harden." He explained, moving close to her and taking her hand in his.
"I have to stay like this? For how long?" He could tell that she was a bit disappointed in that fact.
"Not too long, maybe an hour or two just to be safe." He explained to her, nuzzling his head against hers.
"Ok, but may I ask a favour? I could really use some water, my mouth is rather sticky after all this. Could you somehow bring some from the river?" She politely asked as she looked at him.
"That I can my Queen." He moved and rubbed his face upon hers one more time before making his way out of the cave. The night was quiet as he walked towards the river. Amun was beaming with happiness as the thought of what would happen next, as well as the thought of a small ground of Xeno's to look after. It was a feeling that only a parent could feel and one that he never thought he would have. As he came to the river, he was faced with a new challenge, how to get water back to the cave. One thought came to mind, is was the only way that he saw this work. He lowered his head into the crisp mountain water and took in as much water as he could and began to take in water.
A short while later he re-entered the large section of the cave where he was greeted with the happy sight of Emilia still standing patiently where he had left her. He felt warmth flow into his mind from her as he walked towards her. She looked him over before tilting her head at him.
"Did you forget the water?" He smiled and brought his face close to hers.
"Open both of your mouths." She was confused but did as he asked. As she did, he extended his second jaw towards hers. He then opened his 'tongue' and extended his inner mouth to engulf hers inside of his. Because Amun's was larger it was easily done.
"Amun what are you d-" She was cut short as she felt the water begin to glide into her second jaw. She began to drink, enjoying the hydration. With how large Amun was, he had been able to store quite a large amount of water to bring back for her. Emilia drank it all without hesitation, the resin must have taken quite a bit out of the queen. When Amun had given her all the water he had brought back, he retracted his tongue a took a few steps back. Emilia reached out and placed her hands on the sides of his head. "Thank you my King." He gave a slight bow.
"You can probably try to let the resin take your weight now, if the water hasn't made you to fat." His joke granted his a playful swat from the queen's hand that he dodged with ease. She purred at him, showing her affection. She then slowly raised one foot and then the other, happy to have her body stay exactly where it had been anchored. She had been standing for a good hour or two and could use a rest off of her feet. She tucked her legs up as far as they would go, giving full confidence in the anchors that Amun had created for her. She then let out a loud sigh.
"So...now what?" She asked, looking to him for an answer.
"Your guess is as good as mine my Queen. We should have maybe asked Jenna before she left." He explained as he moved and sat down beside her.
"True, you may have to check every now and then to see if they are visiting." He let out a low huff of agreement before curling up beside the now suspended Queen.
As the days went by, Amun checked to see if the teenagers were visiting with no such luck. So he gladly attended to the now suspended Emilia, who constantly needed both food and water. Amun was happy to accommodate all her wished, he really had nothing better to do. The problem he was slowly facing was attempting to keep up with the volume of food that she asked for. He was finding it increasingly difficult to find wildlife in the forest as he had already hunted most of it in the immediet area. So each day he travelled farther and farther to make sure she had enough. He did not mind, it made her happy which made him happy.
On his way back from a food trip where he had found a mountain goat, he felt a sting of fear in his mind that he knew was not his. He knew that something was wrong, so he began to run.
"Emilia, what is it!?" He reached out for her as he sprinted around the trees and boulders. He did not receive a verbal response, but could still fell fear coming from his queen. "I'm coming! Emilia!" He picked up his speed, getting to his top speed. At this point he was moving to quick to dodge the trees, so as he had done many times in the past, he lowered his crowned head and kept running. The trees became splintered as he ran towards his queen, still feeling her fear. He was slightly relived when she finally reached out for him.
"Amun, where are you!? Something is happening, come quick!" As she mentally spoke to him he could tell that she was safe, only scared, but he wanted to make sure.
"Emilia! What is going on? Are you alright?" He leapt over a boulder that he recognized He was almost back to the cave.
"Yes, I am not in danger, just...just freaked out. Just...hurry ok?" He lowered his speed a bit but kept up a good speed. He was glad that she was safe, but still wanted to be there for her.
"I am almost there." He ran around the base of a hill that he knew was only fifty yards from the cave. Coming over another large set of boulders he was met with the entrance. He swiftly crawled and weaved his way through the tunnel and came upon the queen. "Emilia, what is it...Oooo dear." He was cut short by what he now saw and by the incredible feeling of embarrassment that flooded him mind. Emilia, who was still suspended by her anchors, held her head down so he could not meet her gaze. Amun could not miss why she was so embarrassed. There was now a rather large, deflated sack, hanging from her nether region. He had to take a moment to try and counter act the mental load that she was putting on his mind, which probably made it look as if he were staring.
"Amun, please...don't...don't stare." She whispered to him, still rather embarrassed. He shook his head to clear it before moving over to place his hand upon the sides of her head. He raised it up to look at her beautiful face. He then noticed the large amount of drool that she was producing. He had an idea as to why and looked to his feet, seeing the large amount of resin that she had produced.
"O Emilia." He spoke softly to her to calm her and take away her fear. "It's alright, you don't have to be embarrassed, this is probably...normal...well, normal for Xenomorph's anyway." His soft humour granted him a soft mental smile from the Queens.
"It...it's still...just don't look ok?" He brought her into his embrace in attempts to counteract her feelings.
"I'm sorry my Queen, but I may have to do more than that, I think that is the beginning of your egg sack. So we have to get it off the ground, which is why I think you are producing resin." He explained as he released her and moved low to the ground to inspect the resin that had been dropped. He used his claws to gather as much of the clean,slimy substance he could. With a good hand full he rubbed his head against the still fearful queen and then got to work. Using the resin he had gathered he created a type of sling that the deflated egg sack could rest and expand in.
"Amun." Came a soft call from Emilia, Amun heeded it and moved back around to face the suspended Xeno. As he looked upon her, she looked down to her hand and reviled more resin that she had silently produced. She held it out for him to take and use, which he happily took. As he moved to create another sling, Emilia's second set of hands came forward and gently grasped his.
He stopped to look back as she pulled him in close and kissed his lips. Even thought their anatomy was different from humans, a Xeno still had the slight ability to pucker their lips to give such an affectionate gesture. As the two paused and embraced the moment, their combined feelings of happiness played off one another, boosting the feeling. It was a rather intence feeling that made everything else fall away. For a moment, Amun and Emilia felt as if nothing else existed, only this feeling of happiness.
They stayed like that for what felt like a life time before they both moved back slightly. Emilia purred and Amun responded with a low thrum. She released his hand from her smaller ones to let him get back to work. After creating one last sling, he stepped back to look at his handy work.
"Well it will hold what you have for now. But we both know it will get bigger, so I will have to make more slings as it does." Emilia turned her head away from him and he felt a wave of embarrassment from her and he knew why. "Emilia, do not worry, I have no problem helping you. We both wanted to start this hive together and we will do what is needed." Amun moved around to face her and took her one hand in one of his, using his other to raise her head gently. He kissed her lightly on the lips to take away any doubts that she had. "Together."