curiosity and the alien

Now normally if something exploded near by people went the other way, but I wasn’t one of those people. I went toward it. Well let me explain my situation. I am a human on an alien plant called Dauna. I don’t know what that means and I don’t care to learn right now. You see Earth also called Terra the Xatian word for earth. Was attacked a while back by the Xatian people. They are strange people they remind me of animals really. The inside of there eye is a solid color while the outside of their eyes where we have white they have black. They all have short hair that is either white, sliver, or black. The hair that starts on their forehead goes to the back of their neck and stops so it’s like a main. Their skin while ours is either pinkish or brownish their’s is grey to dark grey. They captured a lot of the human race and turned us into slaves. I broke out of a slave camp about 2 weeks ago. I am living in the jungles of the planet. The Xatian’s never stay on their home plant. Never been so I don’t know why. They have some strange laws. Like one is if you kill someone and get away with it for 24 hours your free. HOW MESSED UP IS THAT? I sat down on a tree branch of my favorite fruit tree. I was 21 when I was captured I am now 22. Short black hair and blue eyes. I have pale skin no matter how much sun I get. Back on good old Earth I was in the NSA and taught how to survive and thrive in any situation. It was coming in handy now. When I had escaped I had used my skills to steal one of their flyers. I managed to drive and land it pretty good considering I never learned how. Can you say crash coarse in flying a space craft? I was wearing still the standard issue clothing the Xatian’s gave their slaves to wear. A one piece shirt and shorts thing. I felt dumb in it but what could I do. The shoes that they gave you fit to your feet like memory foam and I love them. When I heard the explosion I used the trees to get there pretty fast. Curiosity killed the cat. Enough curiosity will enable you to learn but too much will just get you into trouble. My mind screamed so I was cautious. I saw Xatians shooting at one of their own ships till it fell out of the sky. The pilot was thrown toward me and landed near me. A XATIAN WAS TRYING TO KILL A XATIAN. He can’t be that bad then. I thought but would soon live to regret it. I pulled him into the darkness and started working on him. I forgot to keep an ear out being a good smarten and all. So before I knew what was happening I got grabbed by the bad guys. I struggled and they just laughed evilly. The guy woke up and saw the mess. I knew he would run, it was the only logical thing to do. He felt his head though and saw the blood on my hands. He realized then that I had helped him. He did something I didn’t expect he attacked them. They dropped me and when they did we both took off running. I ran for my flyer I would be safe hidden where I had it parked. It was covered by thick vines that looked impossible to get to. When I got there I fell in and whacked my head pretty hard. I groaned and got up. I listened as they passed then left the safety to find the guy that helped me. When I did he wasn’t that far from me and he was out cold with his head bleeding. I dragged him into my flyer careful not to hurt his head and laid him down. I started tending to him. When he woke I was still watching him quietly.
“You help me?” He said and I nodded.
“You helped me.” I said and he nodded. He got up and I went to push him down.
“That wouldn’t be to smart right now.” I said and he thought for a moment. I knew English was not his language the way he messed it up.
“Smart to stay flat?” He kind of asked.
“Yes it is smart to stay laying down.” I said half correcting him. He still got up but slowly. At least he is that smart. I leaned back and felt my forehead only to see it was bleeding.
“Darn it.” I muttered and put some cloth on it. He got up and laid me down helping the wound. I tried to get back up.
“Smart to stay lay.” He said teasing me.
“Laying.” I corrected and he nodded.
“Going to help you then going to take flyer back after 24. You be mine. Though must punish for running from other.” He said and I shot up and jumped away from him to the controls.
“On NO you don’t. I am NO ONES. You’re not taking this ship and hell no you’re not punishing me.” I said really fast really angry. He raised an eyebrow. His dark blue eyes seemed to be laughing at me. His black hair still a little tousled from the fight.
“Yes you are.” He said getting up. He was three times my size I saw that now. I still stood my ground. He seemed to find this amusing.
“What makes you think that?” I said in a dangerous tone. He just got amused even more.
“I bigger, I stronger, and I Xatian, and I want You.” He said and I backed up at the last statement. I dodged to the left when he came after me and tackled him making both our heads smack together. I groaned and so did he.
“Terrain have hard head.” He muttered.
“So do Xatian’s.” I muttered and blacked out. When I woke I was in a holding bin. No they got us dam it. I kept my cool there was no fighting them in here, because the weren’t here to fight. I saw him in with US. I was confused then remembered the 24 hour rule. Ha now he is stuck with me. He made his way over not looking mad. I still backed away and so did soooo many others.
“You help me. You not suffer for that.” He said walking past me. I was confused but left it be since we were being herded into the showers great. It was a mass shower type thing. I thought to myself. If fate throws a knife at you there are two ways to catch it by the blade or the handle. I plan on catching the handle this time. Oh clothes got cut off before we could possibly complain or fight and into the shower we went. Lucky for most of us there was enough steam so no one saw anything. I hated the showers most of all. Then we got shoved into the blow drying room and into clothes. I was happy to have clothes back on. I hated not having clothes. They gave us soup, blankets and shoes. Then they herded into a holding room. I tried not to use my nose and downed the soup. Having something on your stomach felt a whole lot better to the head. Then I realized he had been behind me the whole time. I shuddered and went toward the wall and plopped down. Claiming my spot. He wasn’t that far from me but kept his distance. I was thankful for that. If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped. I thought and fell asleep. What the that was not normal. When I woke up I was in a huge clearing. My blanket still wrapped around me and my cup still in hand. I heard yelling of men. Oh man now I have to deal with guys, Great. I got up shaking the sleepiness off and went toward the sound. There were two men sitting on top of three big boxes. They both had a knife and a hatchet in their hands. Terrains by the look of them. By their posture, ex military or current military. Great Milt heads. I walked up not afraid of them. One had brown shaggy hair, ex military there. The other leader looking one with black hair had a military cut that hadn’t grown out yet, current military. The ex milt smiled at me.
“What can we do for you missy?” He asked and I looked up at him.
“These supplies for us?” I asked and he nodded.
“Yeah they dumped us here with ration bars, clothes, shoes, knives, and hatchets.” The current milt said.
“Where are we, who are you two, and care to share?” I asked and they smiled.




“You get right to the point don’t you missy?” The ex milt said.
“We don’t know, I am Balt and that is Mark, and Mark give her a knife and hatchet. Care to let us show you how to use them?” The Current milt said.
“Former NSA agent I’ll do fine Balt.” I said taking the knives they looked surprised. I tucked them into the belt of the outfit they cave us which was short sleeve and pants combined. They handed me my ration bars and I tucked them into my shirt. More people started to wake up and I saw the Xatian wake up. Balt and Mark did too.
“ONE of them got dropped with us.” Mark growled.
“Tell me about it.” I muttered.
“What are we going to do with him?” Mark asked.
“Kill him.” Balt said and I glared at him.
“That would be stupid. First find out what he knows.” I said and Balt nodded like good idea. I walked toward the Xatian that had saved me, time to once again return the favor.
“They want to see what you know. If you make yourself useful they won’t kill you, at least not yet.” I said with out moving my lips. His eyes told me he understood. He followed me back.
“So Xatian what’s your name?” Mark asked and I jumped up on a crate with them.
“Call me Zeran.” He said and they nodded.
“What do you know about this place and why did we get dropped here?” Balt asked and Zeran looked him straight in the eye.
“Not much, no people, just not people.” He tried to say and I sighed.
“Do you mean there are animals here?” I asked and he nodded.
“Animals, and deathly things.” He said and I nodded.
“Anything else?” Mark asked.
“Water good, Air good, some animals eatable. Drop us to see if planet can be settled.” He said and I groaned.
“So why did they drop you?” Balt asked and I looked at Zeran.
“Kill other Xatian, caught in 24.” Zeran said and Mark had a evil grin on.
“Will they come for you?” I asked and they all looked at me.
“No, once drop, not take back.” He said and then I felt pity for him.
“So your stuck with us. Why shouldn’t we kill you?” Mark asked and Zeran smiled. That scared me a lot.
“Would be stupid for you. I speak with other aliens. I able to do more than you. You not strong enough to kill Zeran.” He said eyeing Mark and Balt laughed.
“There are more of us then there are of you.” Balt said and I looked at Zeran.
“Then won’t know what I do. Then you won’t know deathlys when see them, then won’t know where water, shelter, and food be safe.” Zeran said narrowing his eyes.
“Well he isn’t dumb now is he. He just out smarted you two.” I said and Zeran grinned at this praise. No more ego stroking for him.
“What names?” Zeran asked and the guys finally getting threw their heads they couldn’t kill Zeran.
“Mark and Balt.” Balt answered and they all looked at me.
“Flarion, Flare for short.” I said and Mark looked at me strongly.
“Where are you from?” He asked me.
“Virginia.” I said and looked out at the crowd of people waking.
“What’s with the strange name?” Mark asked. I groaned and looked straight at them.
“I wasn’t named by my parents. My mother was taken by the NSA for experimentation with cross breading alien species with humans to fight the Xatians. I look human by technically my father was a Xatian. I was created by the NSA for the specific reason of killing Xatian’s on their own turf.” I said and they all looked at me shocked.
“Knew you didn’t smell Human.” Zeran said more to himself.
“Before or after we knocked heads?” I asked and he smiled.
“middle.” He said and the others looked at me strange.
“We are responsible for each other being here. If I hadn’t gone toward the crash and he hadn’t tried to take me, me and him wouldn’t be in this mess.” I said and Zeran raised a eye brow.
“You save me, then I save you, then you save me, then I save you, then we get caught.” Zeran said and I groaned.
“You really don’t know when to stop talking do you?” I said and He grinned. Holly crud a Xatian that can grin. The others were confused.
“While the rest are waking whole story NOW.” Balt said and I groaned.
“He was running from his people who were trying to kill him. I heard a explosion went toward it. He got thrown in my direction, I thought that if his people were after him he couldn’t be that bad. I tried to help him. The bad guys grabbed me, he saved me from them, I took him back to my flyer, we started fighting and hit heads, which were already bleeding and then I woke up in the holding pen.” I said and they nodded. I sighed and people started to gather around the crates.
“ALRIGHT listen up. You will go to Mark here for your things. Then you will get a Travel buddy so we can get to shelter for tonight.” Balt yelled and everyone got in a line in front of Mark.
“WHY IS THERE A XATIAN HERE?” Some one in the crowd yelled.
“He got dropped here with us, he is helping us stay alive so if you want to live to see sun down I would shut your mouths.” I yelled and people got quiet fast. All three guys looked up at me.
“What I have issues with discrimination when in bad situations. Plus they are technically insulting half of me.” I said and they left it alone. Though Zeran had this grin on his face. I went around and the ones that weren’t awake were dead. I heard a screeching in the distance. The Dewikes, Latrians, and Mastans covered their ears. I saw this big creature with talons and I hit the dirt. Others followed my example as it snatch up a dead guy and flew off. More were coming. I ran to Balt.
“More of those things are coming we need to get moving NOW.” I yelled and he nodded.
“Alright everyone pair up and move out.” Balt yelled and Zeran stood next to me. Oh great this should be interesting. We followed behind Balt and Mark.
“Zeran where we heading?” Mark asked and Zeran looked around.
“Jungle safe mountains not open not.” Zeran said and we headed toward the jungle to our left. I kept up with Zeran pretty easy though the pace we were going at was painful. I heard some one yell and went back to see what was wrong, Zeran followed me. It would be a long time before we got to the jungle but we had to keep moving. I saw everyone going around a young girl and her buddy couldn’t lift her. I grabbed her and put her on my back. Zeran carried her things and her buddy followed us. Her buddy was a brown haired Latrian. Yeah they were good climbers and runners but they couldn’t lift things to save their lives. The girl on my back was a red head Terrain. I saw many guys eyeing her and went to take her from me but Zeran standing with me scared them off. We made out way back to the front of the group with the girl on my back. Mark and Balt also tried to help me but I frowned and ignored them. Men yesh they don’t know when to stop. We trekked for miles and the jungle never seemed to get closer. Balt brought us to a stop near a stream so we could drink and rest. I put her down and she grabbed my hand.




“Don’t leave me alone.” She said in a fearful tone.
“Alright I won’t, Latrian go get you, me, and your buddy some water. I’ll watch over her.” I said and the Latrian nodded. Zeran tried to walk near us but every guy that came near she hugged me tighter. Oh goody she was a rape victim. Her buddy came back and I drank deeply. I got her to drink and laid back.
“Are you ok?” She asked me and I had to laugh. SHE WAS ASKING ME IF I WAS OK, man that calls for a laugh. Zeran looked at me funny.
“I’m fine don’t worry about it.” I said and she nodded.
The next hours of rest were long ones. My senses refused to turn off so I was awake while the majority of the people around me were passed out cold. Zeran kept looking over at me. I was on alert like my whole body knew something was wrong. My answer came two hours latter when 6 legged beasts with fur and a lot of teeth came sprinting out from behind us as fast as they could go growling and roaring like a six legged lion. The alert was sounded and we started a mad run toward the trees. I picked up the girl and was off in a flash. Zeran was right next to me. Every one was panicking and screaming as they ran. I ignored this all and concentrated on running. The winged creatures came back and started snatching people up. One tried to get me and Zeran grabbed it smashing it into the ground. He caught back up to me as we got into the trees far enough that everyone could settle down. The Lion things wouldn’t come into the forest for some reason.
“Zeran what’s in this forest that they won’t come into it?” I asked putting the girl down.
“To not see, no see in here.” He said trying to figure out the words.
“You mean they can’t see in the dark. Because of the tree cover its to dark for them.” I said and he nodded. I picked her back up and walked toward Balt and Mark.
“Zeran said that those things won’t come in here cause none of them can see in the dark.” I said and Balt nodded.
“Alright lets keep moving.” He yelled and we trekked on further into the woods. Zeran kept beside me no matter what. It comforted me in a way but them again it didn’t. I was used to doing things on my own. We trekked for hours till it was getting to dark to see anything.
“Balt, Mark, we need to stop. Not many people here can see in the dark.” I said  and Balt nodded. Then something got my attention along with Zeran’s. We were at the front with Balt and Mark. Neither of them seemed to noticed the air getting damp, and the smell of water. Balt started to turn away from it.
“Balt no this way.” I said taking the lead and going toward the water. He followed with a skeptic look. When I saw the water fall I was happy. It was a lake in the middle of the forest. I looked around and saw nothing was there. I at the dirt around the lake and saw prints of something with hooves and something with paws hand been here. I looked back at the guys.
“Well rest here for the night. Then we will find out what animals can be hunted in the morning.” Balt said and I nodded. I sat the girl down near the water and we drank slowly. Zeran took a seat next to me and joined. Soon every one was bunkering down to sleep. I helped her get settled and looked around. Zeran didn’t look like he was going to go to sleep. I wasn’t tired. I was too awake to be tired. As everyone else fell into a deep sleep I took the liberty of exploring. Zeran was following me.
“Do you mind there are some times of the day where I would like to be left alone.” I said trying not to seem irritated.
“Want to talk, to you.” He said and I sighed. I turned toward him and he smiled.
“What do you want Zeran?” I asked and he looked at me kindly.
“Want to help, but not the other, just you, then you help the other.” Zeran said and I looked at him like huh.  He bent down and pointed to the hove track.
“Can eat, herd, and breed. Make strange drink.” He said and I bent down and nodded.
“Two head, big.” He said and ran his hand over my shoulder lightly.
“Gentle.” I said and he nodded.
“So they are like cattle.” I said more to myself than him and he nodded. He pointed to the paw print.
“Small, climb, can eat, easy to.” He said and made a grabbing motion.
“Catch. Like Monkeys but easier to catch. Stupid.” I said and he nodded. He walked over to a tree and I looked at them. They were huge, like the trees in the rain forest.
“Safe in, make home.” He said and I nodded. I walked over to him and smiled.
“Thank you Zeran.” I said and he nodded with no expression. I walked around the water and he watched me from afar. I wondered what was going on in that head of his. He didn’t have a weapon of any kind. The others wouldn’t allow that. He found a sharp rock and picked up a branch. He started shaving it down. I jumped from rock to rock and looked into the water. There were things that looked like something like fish, but it was more like something you would find in a star trek show. I saw something move quickly under the water and froze looking in its direction. It was huge like loch Ness monster huge. I looked around and then back at it as it rose from the water. To many eyes to count, and to many tentacles to count. I gasped and slowly slipped my knife out. Zeran sat there and watched with a stone look. He was going to let me die. I looked at him hurt but then the beast with anger. It lunged for me and I drew my weapons. It grabbed me and I tried to hack my way out. The next thing I knew I was in the water and it wasn’t. I came up and gasped for air. I looked around and saw it on the land with a wooden stake threw it pinning it to the ground. Zeran was just standing there next to it looking it over. I swam out and went toward him my leg seared with pain from the first attack and now stung from the water. I was angry and he looked at me with no expression.
“Why didn’t you warn me?” I almost screamed but didn’t want to wake the whole camp.
“Only one in water. Needed to know.” He said and went to taking care of getting rid of the body of the beast. He dragged it into the forest and I followed still angry with him. I caught up when he stopped a good ways away from camp.
“Needed to know WHAT?” I yelled now that we were away. He didn’t answer just dropped the beasts body and sat me down. He ripped the end of his pants off making them shorts and started taking care of my leg. I tried to jerk away but he held my knee with such a firm grip that it was pointless. I wanted to hurt him. I wanted to scream at him for what he did. He finished and I stormed off. What had caused this change in him? Maybe it was his true nature coming threw? I raged in my head all the way back to camp. For the next days I stayed away from him and he didn’t even look my way. He was getting very close to Balt and Mark. Half of us made shelter, while the other half hunted. I had volunteered to start the hunting party just to get my anger out. About of 5th day there Balt came up to me while I was sitting around the fire.



It had rained that morning and Mark decided to lead the hunting party so I stayed and helped fish. I was cooking what we had caught for everyone to eat. Mark had become really close to the girl I had helped. Her name was Anna. Balt sat down with a smirk.
“Still mad?” He asked and I glared at him.
“I’ll take that as a yes. You know we are doing really good here. The first tree house should be done in the next 3 days. We are going to put the sick and injured in there for now. The next one will be for the food, the next for the young and old. Then the rest of us will start up on our own homes.” Balt said and I nodded. I just sat there watching the fish cook.
“Everyone is choosing their trees now and marking them with their own symbol. They have elected me the leader.” Balt said and I grinned.
“I helped with that.” I said and he laughed.
“You know he likes you right.” He said and I looked at him like he was nuts.
“We don’t have the time or energy to worry about something like that. Even if I did have the time and energy. I doubt it I really do.” I said with about as much anger as I could.
“Once we get settled in I am going to send teams to go exploring out into this forest. Just to give you a heads up I am sticking you two together.” He said and I growled. He left with a smirk and I was now angrier than before. That night I went to go chose my tree. I was walking around the trees when I heard someone coming up behind me. I turned to see Zeran and I glared. I started to get really focused on the trees.
“Balt say you mad at me.” He said and I scoffed.
“You could say that.” I said in a barely controlled tone.
“You mad I test you?” He asked and I nodded with a glare. He stopped talking and just watched me. I found a tree that looked suitable for me and started to climb up it. I felt him watch me but I did nothing. I acted like I didn’t care. If he could pull that so could I. I looked threw the branches and found them to be just what I needed. I found a vine and slid down it. I carved my name into the base. He looked at the letters and felt them.
“Must make home safe, warm, happy. Then make you happy.” He said and I looked at him like he was nuts. He shrugged and walked away. I came back to camp a few hours later still wondering about what he said. Over the next month things got much better. Everyone was still just trying to make it to the next day that there wasn’t much problems. Plus this bunch looked so beat down that they would probably kill themselves if we told them to. Balt, Mark, and I started to coach them to give them some confidence. One night I came into one of the camp fires to get dinner and saw Zeran. He was watching something confused. I followed his vision and saw two humans kissing. I rolled my eyes and looked away. He went back to his food. I ate and he got up and walked to Balt. I could tell he was asking something by his body language and Balt answered like it was nothing. I left it be. It wasn’t any of my business anymore. I walked out into the woods again and worked on my home some. I heard some one climbing up the tree and I looked down. It was Zeran. I ignored him and kept working. We were using wood pegs to hold everything together. Lucky for us some people were carpenters and could help us there. We  had all walks of life here of almost every job I could imagine. Everyone was contributing to doing something. Zeran tapped me on my shoulder and I turned to look at him.
“Do you need something Zeran?” I asked calmly. He sighed and lifted my chin. He looked unsure of himself. I tried to pull my chin away but he wouldn’t let me. His lips crashed down on mine and I gasped in my throat. I don’t know why but I kissed back. For some one that I think has never kissed a human before he was doing a really good job. He pulled away and I backed up.
“Flarion still mad at Zeran?” He asked and I looked at him with just a shell shocked face.
“What was that?” I asked and he smirked.
“Balt calls kiss. Made other girl happy. So I try on you.” He said and it was so innocent that I had to smile.
“Zeran people don’t kiss unless they are together. Like mates. Lovers.” I said giving as many examples as I could. He shrugged and looked at me.
“Don’t know Human ways. Most here human. Most scared of Zeran. You teach Zeran?” He asked and I looked him in the eyes.
“Why did you ignore me for so long?” I asked using symbols to help ask.
“Thinking.” He said and I looked at him curious.
“About what?” I asked and he looked at me. He opened his mouth to speak.



“You an feels.” He said and I looked confused.
“Me and feelings. Like how you feel toward me?” I asked and used my hands to help.
“Yes.” He said and I was shocked. He saw my look and smiled. He jumped down walking away. The next day I walked down to the fire pit near the water for breakfast. People were starting to get used to living like this.
“Flarion get you but over here.” Mark yelled from one fire and I groaned walking over.
“You rang major annoying?” I asked and he glared.
“You. Zeran, A girl named Kitty, A guy named Bo, and another male name Naro. Are going on a exploration mission. We need to know what’s around us.” Balt said and I looked at the group who was eating. I sat down with them and ate. Kitty was a alien that was like a cat and a person smashed together. Bo was human and Naro was Mastan. Naro would come in handy. He could hear very well and carry ten times his own weight. Kitty would be good for climbing and sensing things. Plus it was always good to have a human in the group.
“Which direction are we heading Balt?” I asked and Balt thought.
“Zeran is leading this little troop so ask him.” Balt said eating. I looked at Zeran.
“Where are we heading?” I asked using my hands and mouth to ask.
“You call north.” He said and I nodded.
“I am going to be drawling what we find. A bunch of guys figure out thin bark was good paper and that different stones did pretty good with writing.” Kitty said and I smiled.
“So Bo what’s your job?” I asked and he looked up and smiled.
“I was a tactical teacher. We get into a tough spot its up to you me and the big guy to get the rest of us out of it.” He said and I smiled. Zeran saw me smiling at him and made a snorting noise out of his nose.
“Naro look out. You got question for Naro you ask Zeran. I talk Mastan.” Zeran said and I smiled nodding toward him and Naro.
“That reminds me Human lessons are coming your way buddy.” I said toward Zeran and he held in a smile. He was stone around other people and I wondered why. He was driving me nuts. One minute he was so caring and close to me the next he was stone and 100 feet away. We all talked around the camp fire. Zeran giving only one or two word responses to everything. When I headed off with the hunting party Zeran followed.
“I join.” He said and I nodded. We weren’t really hunting. Once and a while we hunted the pawed creatures which everyone was calling Monkeys with no brains. Normally though we were just rounding up the two headed cows into a makeshift corral. We fished and things like that, but people needed more than meat. Our exploration party was to find out what could be eaten and what couldn’t plant wise and figure out what is around us. Once we were done rounding them all up I headed back to my work in progress home. I wasn’t really paying attention, but Zeran was following me. I climbed up the latter I made. To the first floor. The base floor was done but I still needed to work on the walls and other floors. The way the tree was I could have three floors with steps carved into the wood to get to them. I sighed and began the tedious work of driving the wooden pegs into their slots. I heard the wood creek and I looked up. Zeran was standing there staring at me.
“Do you need something Zeran?” I asked and he sat down.
“We leave tomorrow morning, I get other up.” He said and I nodded. I continued working.
“You like work alone?” He asked and I looked at him like what.
“Other pair work on home.” He said and I thought about it. People had paired up to work on their homes. Some men and women others just women or just men.
“Most of my life I have been alone Zeran.” I said using my hands to help.
“Why?” He asked and I sighed.
“I was taught not to get attached to people.” I said with hand gestures to match.
“That not right.” He said and had a thinking look on.
“They were going to kill me Zeran. Once the war was over they were going to kill me. They didn’t want me to put up a fight. So they didn’t let me have anything to live for.” I said using my hands and then got back to work.  I felt him stare at me.
“That why you not mad at this.” He said motioning to everything around him. I nodded and kept working. Other people had been throwing fits lately. I on the other hand had been perfectly content since we got here. I wondered around for the rest of the day. Zeran had left me alone a while ago. I looked up at the sky threw the trees. Clear not a cloud in site. I climbed up a tree and got near the canopy. I wanted so badly to be in the sky but I stopped myself.
“Flare get a hold of yourself you remember what happened last time.” I reminded myself and went back to my home. I heard something behind me but when I looked and saw nothing I ignored it. I looked up at the stars and ached to be up there. Every part of me ached for it. Wanted it needed it. I didn’t know why. I walked out to a clearing and spread my leather wings out I got a running start and jumped into the sky. To my surprise I stayed up there floating on currents. I saw the forest stretched on for miles. I grinned and just let the currents take me. When I came back down I went to fold them in and something grabbed one. I gasped and turned around ready to kill, to see it was Zeran and he looked at them curious.
“Wing?” He said and ran his hand Over a Scar. I bit my lip trying my hardest not to make the noise that was rising in my throat. He kept tracing it till I could no longer hold it in. I moaned and he grinned. I turned red and he pulled me closer to him.
“Why hide such beautiful wings?” He asked and I looked at him shocked.
“You said that right.” I said and he nodded with a smile.
“Because if I don’t hide them they might get hurt or worse clipped.” I said and he smiled.
“Never clip, beauty not need to be clipped.” He said and I smiled at him.
“You really like them don’t you?” I said and he nodded.

         

After that night we went on a lot of exploration missions. I would teach him human things every time. He was getting more and more like human. One day when I was up in the sky. I had been surveying my home. Which I had noticed about a week before that Zeran wasn’t building one. It was odd to me. I saw another drop ship. Just like the one we were on. I dove down back to the ground and pulled my wings in running toward the main place now. Balt and Mark had built like their own office building in one of the trees now that everything was set up. I ran in a top sped and breathed heavily. Zeran, Balt and mark who were all having lunch jumped up.
“What the heck are you flying in her like a bat out heck for?” Balt asked surprised.
“Drop ship they are unloading more people. If we don’t get out there they will be sitting ducks.” I said and they guys sounded the call system. A Clatter went threw the trees and people scrambled away from their jobs and homes. We all ran toward the clearing I pointed out to them. We had our weapons and some new ones we made. The former docs had even made their own supplies. The drop ship had just taken off when we arrived. All the people were laid up like we were. We started waking them as quickly as possible. Assessing their injuries and what not. I was alarmed to find 5 kids in with the group. Two teens and three little ones. When we woke them up the little ones were still groggy and tired.
“Zeran come over here.” I yelled and he came over. The kids went stiff and I grabbed them.
“Shhhhhh. Its ok he is friend not foe alright he is going to help you get to camp.” I said and HE looked confused.
“They’re kids Zeran they can’t make the hike. The teens can but the little ones can’t and I can only carry two.” I said and he nodded. I had learned to read his eyes. He was unsure of what to do. I picked the little boy  and showed Zeran how to carry him. Zeran looked awkward doing it. I picked up the other two as everyone got ready for the hike. We walked back to camp once the others were ready. Zeran didn’t look at the kid the whole time. When he cried he ignored him till he stopped. While I was constantly making the other two laugh. The teens followed closely. We took them to the children’s house we had built and two women took the little kids. Zeran and I walked back to the main area and he looked rather lost.
“What’s wrong Zeran?” I asked and he sighed.
“The human child cried a lot why?” He asked and I thought about it.
“Human children cry when they are afraid, or when they need something and they don’t know how to say it.” I said and he snorted.
“Seem silly.”
“It’s not silly its how they are they have no other way of getting what they need. Till they are 8 or nine they are almost helpless.”
“That is stupid then how humans survive this long?”
“We survived because of what you saw back there. Women take care of children. Men protect and provide for the women. That’s how we are.”
“Your not like them. You are part Xatian and something else.” he said and I sighed.
“But my mind is a humans.” I said and he climbed up in my home with me. I had gotten the first floor done and the second. I was working on the third and the shower. I sat down on the floor and leaned on the wall. Zeran sat a few feet in front of me.
“how do humans mate?” he asked and I coughed.
“you really want to know about that?” I asked and he chuckled.
“yes.”
“well umm….when a male and a female want to start a family together or show each other how much they love the other dam I can’t describe that.” I said and he laughed.
“then show.”
“WHAT how?”
“think and show.” He said and I thought about it.
“Don’t you get any wrong ideas from this got me.”
“ok.” he said and I took his hand and came toward him.
“They start off kissing. Then they’ll take their hands and feel every inch of the other person.” I said and ran my hand up his arm. I let go and sat down.
“Mainly here and well here.” I said pointing to my chest and between my legs.
“Then the man takes what he has down there.” I said pointing between Zeran’s legs.
“And put it in a place right here on the girl.” I said pointing between my legs.
“Then the guy goes in and out of the girl till they both hit their peak of pleasure.” I said and rubbed the back of my neck embarrassed. Zeran crawled forward till my back was to the wall and my legs were under his. My breathing sped up and my eyes widened. Zeran breathed deeply threw his nose and chuckled.
“What’s so funny?” I asked quietly.
“You smell different.” He said putting his knee between my legs and he looked confused.
“Your wet  you hurt?” He asked and I turned red.
“No that’s what happens when a female gets turned on.” I said turning my head to the side.
“What that mean?”




“It means my body is preparing itself to um be mated.” I said and turned a brighter shade of red. He kissed my check and neck sending shivers down my spine making my body press against his.
“Did I make it do that?”
“Yeah Zeran you did.” I said looking in his eyes. He got this look in eye and let me get up. I was thoroughly embarrassed to no end. He leaned back against the wall and thought long and hard about something. I went up a few floor to work and to let him think. He came up a hour later and smiled.
“We have to go to Balt he want us.” He said and I came down following him. He seemed to be very pleased with himself which was weird to see. We walked into Balt’s office and I sat down. Zeran stood and Balt smiled.
“Well you all know that this planet is coming along nicely and now we are expanding farther into the forest and getting organized nicely. A committee is being set up to run the planet. Well we thought we should expand a little further. We are going to started breeding.” He said and I shot up out of my chair with a angered look on.
“Take me off the dam list.” I said and walked out. Zeran looked confused and came after me.
“Flare calm why mad?” He asked grabbing my hand. I spun around toward him.
“Don’t you get it Zeran. Having kids means that a man owns me. That I am his and not my own. That I a responsible for someone other than myself. That someone is close enough to me to know me inside and out. Being on a breeding list is something vile. You don’t get to chose who you are bred with. You don’t get to find out if you love them till after the fact of matting. I was on a breeding list once before and they tried to force me to do that. I won’t be on another one. I won’t go threw that again.” I said and almost yelled. He looked calm and stone like he always did. Right now that was driving me mad. He pulled me toward him and hugged me. He was warm and right now I just wanted to cry. I wouldn’t let myself but I wanted too. I didn’t notice but he was walking me back into the office. Balt and Mark were there very calm like.
“Flare we didn’t mean to make it sound like it was a program. Its not. You see the list is just the female members of the camp that are eligible to be mated. You must ask the woman if she wants you. If you force her we will throw you out of the camp. The Mastans have their own list, the Latrian have their own list, the Terrains have their own list, the Humans. You and Zeran aren’t like the rest of us. Part of you is Xatian and all of him is. So you two are naturally together. Though from the looks of it you already are.” Mark said and I looked at him confused.
“I am also part human.” I said and Mark smiled.
“But I doubt Zeran is going to let any man have a pass at you before he does.” Balt said and I looked at Zeran who had a stern look in his eye.
“How long have you known about this?” I asked him.
“A week.” He said and I hit him in the arm. He smiled and finally let go of me.
“Show them.” He said.
“Show them what?”
“Wing.”
“NO”
“Yes”
“Fine.” I said stubbornly and spread my wings. Mark and Balt looked shocked and walked over looking them over.
“Can you fly?” mark asked and I laughed.
“Well duh.” I responded with a smirk. Zeran started rubbing that spot again and I relaxed leaning my head back. They saw what Zeran was doing and smiled. I glared at them. Zeran knew I needed a soft hand right now and it was weird coming from him.
“You need rest and what Balt call it chill pill?” Zeran said and I burst out laughing. I gave Balt a look and he smiled.
“Why don’t you both go rest and take a chill pill.” Mark said chuckling. Zeran and I walked out of the office and headed to my place. We both started working on the third floor and by the end of the day, the third floor was done and the shower was started. I laid down on the mat I had made for me and Zeran looked at me. Then I thought of something.
“Zeran where do you sleep at night?” I asked and he looked at me.
“near fire.” He said and I looked up at him shocked.
“You mean you haven’t been staying in a house. What do you do when it rains?”
“Sleep under tree.” He said and I got up and walked over to him.
“Your staying here and that is final.” I said and he smiled.
“Why?”
“Because no one should have to sleep outside while someone has room for them in their house.”
“You want me here?”
“I care about you Zeran. I don’t want you out there suffering when you could be in here dry and warm.”
“What care about you mean?”
“That I have feelings toward you.”
“Which ones?” He asked and I did the fish thing for a second. He smiled at this and walked toward me. I backed up till I was against the wall. Then he kissed me. He had me trapped against the wall with his body and dam that was like a wall. His mouth had taken mine by storm. I kissed back with as much passion and need as he was sending me. He broke away and I looked at him panting. His stone face broke into a smile and I nearly melted. He looked curious for a second and grinned. He kissed me again and this time his tongue battled its way into my mouth. It explored every inch of my mouth as mine wrapped around his. He started to with drawl and I followed his mouth till he was to far back. I leaned my head against him and sighed contently. He wrapped his arms around me.
“I stay.” He said and I started to laugh. He joined me and soon we were on the floor laughing.
“Zeran when will they come for us?” I asked him and he grew serious.
“When population reach good number, when advance start.” He said and I sighed.
“How are we going to stop them?” I asked and he grinned.
“Never send army to take control. Send 30 40 men at time. Once in month every month.” He said and I looked at him with a grin.
“We can handle that how long till they give up?” I asked and he sighed.
“Never give up till win. Xatian way.” He said and I groaned.
“Then we need to start raising a army. Get defenses up and what not.” I said and he smiled.
“You like idea?”
“Yeah.”
“Why?”
“I was bred to fight and made to kill Xatians. No offence.”
“You like kill.”
“For the right reasons.”
“Threat home good reason?”
“A very good reason.”