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The human then shapeshifted into her Xenomorph form, roughly matching the height of the Predalien. The Predator, her dragon and first Xenomorph stared at her form as they had not seen it before, the Predalien growled as he clenched his 4 fingered fists.

"I may be very pissed off at you, but I'm still rational. I just need the yellow gemstone in your neck, it doesn't have to escalate any further." Sky said.

The Predalien made several clicks and growls and looked ready to pounce, the purple xenomorph growled angrily and got into a defensive position.

"Fine, but I gave you a fair warning. BRING IT!!" She roared.

The aliens charged at one another, Xeno tackling the Predalien to the ground and screeching in his face. The beast kneed her in the stomach, a pained grunt came out of her as he pushed her off. He quickly got to his feet and swung his large tail towards her, the young girl quickly ducking to avoid it and swinging her own tail at him. Her tails axe like blade slashed a large wound in his chest, the abomination screeching as his acid blood dripped onto the floor, melting holes into the linoleum floor beneath. Xeno almost chuckled at the sight of it.

"See?! I told you a weird axe blade on a Xenomorphs tail would do damage!" She turned her head to Fugi.

"Yeah yeah whatever." He muttered and crossed his arms.

Eclipse and the 7 Xenomorphs watched as their 'mother' went hand to hand combat with the Predalien, who was now more furious than ever. He began to unleash a barrage of attacks, punches, swings of his tail, and kicks. But Sky was faster, she blocked and avoided his attacks before retaliating with her own. She threw a hard punch right to the front of his dome, a gutwrenching crack echoed throughout the the cafeteria as the creature fell to the ground with a thud. Sky was breathing heavily as the Predalien put a single hand to the front of his now cracked dome, placing one foot onto his chest. She leaned down towards his mandibled face.

"I'll be taking that, thank you."

Xeno grabbed the gem in the creatures neck, ripping it free from his flesh as acid spilled from the wound. She removed her clawed foot from the Predalien and walked back towards her group, shifting back to a human. Fugi stared at her once again, along with Eclipse and Zeke. Sky hummed as she placed the yellow gem into the relic, then looking back to her entourage.

"What?" She asked innocently.

"Please tell me that blood on your face doesn't belong to you." Fugi said.

"Oh...it isn't. It's from a woman who was chestbursted in the kitchen, I think it's where he came from." She pointed to the bright blue and green Ravager Xenomorph.

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"How the fuck did you come into possession of 5 more xenomorphs??" My Predator asks.

"Actually, theres 2 Facehuggers I made friends with in the kitchen. I'll go get them!"

I ran towards the kitchen window before Fugi could stop me, looking into the now not smelly kitchen.

"Hey guys, you in there?" I ask.

The 2 facehuggers crawled up the wall and onto the edge.

"Hi Mama! Is it safe now?" One of them hissed.

"Yes it is, come on now." I pat them both gently on the back.

They crawled onto my arms and latched on like before. I looked towards the others and walked towards them, the facehuggers starting to get fidgety at Fugi.

"Can I take the Yautja or the small black and white thing? Please please!" The facehugger on my left arm screeched.

"What?! No! Don't worry, I'm sure we'll run into the bad guy soon. Like I said, I'll tell you who it is so don't either of you think about it."

"Okay mama..."

Even though Fugi had his mask on, I could tell that he was glaring daggers at the parasites on my arms. He then facepalmed lightly.

"I don't understand. I don't understand how you do this. You're strange." He groaned.

"They see me as their mother. Why? I don't know, maybe because they sense my empathy? Well, we got the gem, we should be leaving before the nuke gets dropped. I've had enough terror for my lifetime."

I began walking towards the cafeteria exit, Eclipse and my Xeno kids following behind me. But before we could get to the exit, a familiar Yautja dropped down in front of us. Eclipse yelped and hid behind my legs. I recognized the familiar cracked mask, ohhhh boy. It's Wolf. He stands to his full height, staring straight down at me. I can feel his eyes piercing right through me, I shrunk away and patted the fidgety facehuggers to calm them down, and my Xenomorphs were whimpering. That was when Fugi was immediately at my side, clicking and growling at the much taller Wolf Predator as he switched his translator off. I mean, Wolf is almost a FOOT taller than Fugi, and he's maybe 6'10!

"Who the hell are you?" Fugi clicked.

Hey I can understand Yautja now too! Cool!

"I could ask you the very same thing, as well as why you protect this ooman and these serpents." Wolf snarled in reply.

"This is MY ooman, and I do NOT protect the Serpents." Fugi growled.

"Then please explain why she can change into one of them-" Wolf stepped forward.

I got in between them, putting my small ass hands on both their chests.

"Boys! We don't need a fight brewing here." I said firmly.

Both the Yautjas looked at me, Wolf seeming rather surprised. I took a deep breath and looked towards Wolf, removing my hands from their muscular chests.

"Wolf, this relic has the ability to make me change into other living beings, I was a xenomorph to match the creatures size and make it a fair fight. These Xenomorphs see me as a motherly figure, and I truly do care for them. It's just how I am, I'm a kind and empathetic individual. And making me go into that nest on my own to prove myself was a horrible idea-"

"YOU MADE HER GO INTO A XENOMORPH NEST ON HER OWN?!" Fugi roared.

"WHOA! Fugi calm down! Let me finish. Yes, he did. He didn't believe I earned this mark, and he wanted me to prove it. To be honest, I don't blame him. Look at me! I'm a skinny and tiny girl, if you weren't there when I got it, would you believe me?" I ask.

Fugi went to argue, but he then went silent. Wolf had his arms crossed as he looked down at me.

"And Wolf, I respect you as you're seriously skilled, but I can't let you kill my Xenomorphs or my dragons. Because I really do care about them, and along with I don't like seeing things die. Now please, we are trying to leave before this entire town is nuked. I have a mission to complete to save 2 friends of mine, and if I failed, I would never forgive myself for what would happen if I did..." I lowered my head.

It was silent, other than the vastly weakened Predalien a few meters attempting to stand up.

"I believe you. You truly did earn your mark." I heard clicking from in front of me.

I perked and looked towards the taller predator, "You do?! Great!!"

He seemed surprised for a moment, so was Fugi.

"Wait, you can understand Yautja?" He asks.

"Well I can now, yeah. I don't know why. But can we get going now? I'm starting to feel anxious.." I shuddered.

"Certainly." Fugi said.

An orange swirling portal opened behind us, startling my Xenomorphs and making them hiss at it. Fugi and Eclipse walked towards it, waiting for me and my hissing Xenomorphs. Wolf stared at the portal, his chest rumbling.

"It really was cool to meet you Wolf. Oh yeah, can I have my gun and knife back now?" I ask.

He nods and hands me my original weapons.

"Thank you-"

I had a horrible pit in my stomach, like something terrible was about to occur. I look out the cafeteria windows, seeing the familar large orange mushroom of an explosion in the far distance, the ground then shook. I gasped.

"THE NUKE!!! ITS BEEN DROPPED!!! We need to go NOW!!!" I shrieked.

My Xenomorphs screeched in terror and ran into the portal, every single one. I looked back to Wolf as he was looking out the window as well.

"Wolf come on! We don't have much time! If we don't leave now we'll all be toasted!" I yelled at him as I ran towards the portal.

Wolf looked in between the flames getting closer to the hospital and me, then came running towards the portal. I picked up Eclipse and ran into the swirling vortex with Fugi and Wolf. We continued running through the vortex, I heard the Predalien screeching out before being cut short. Looking back, I could see the nukes flames getting closer and closer. Eclipse screamed, yes screamed, in terror and buried his face into my chest while crying.

The end was just up ahead and the others further along than my dragon and me. They reached the end, I was almost there as I could feel the heat behind me. I then launched myself into the exit and twisted myself so I'd land on my back and not on Eclipse, hitting hard ground beneath us with a grunt. Flames spurted out if the portal before the vortex sealed, closing off the nukes explosion.

Holy FUCK that was terrifying.