Survival

Chap 3 and I am continuing with the the FList for now. Thinking about adding furries as a species but I don't much about them so it's still up the in the air.
For now I'm just gonna stick with my species.

Disclaimer: I do not own the uniform present in this story. It belongs to the people at Ironcald games. I just really liked.

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Alias slowly opened her eyes and yawned. When she was done she gave a nice a big stretch, snuggled into the big warm thing and closed her eyes, ready to get some more sleep. Alias's eyes snapped open when she released a lot of things were different.

First, she was warm. It was the flower season at her home and the nights in the caves got unbearably cold.

Second, her mate hadn't woken her up demanding food. Usually she'd be up by now making him his morning meal. She still had bruises on her arms from when he roughly woke her up after she tried to sleep in once.

And third, she was lying on something really warm and soft.

Tilting her head, Alias was greeted with the sight of a pale skinned something. Memories of what happened last night flooded back to her like a massive wind and a small smile grew on her face. Alias remembered everything that happened last night but at the time she never truly believed. She thought she had accidentally eaten a vision fruit which shows you things that aren't there or had a really nice dream. But no, this was all real. With her new mate soundly asleep Alias embarrassingly realised that she didn't even know his name. 'But then again' Alias thought 'I didn't know my old mates name either when we were bonded.' Taking the chance to examine her new mate, Alias slowly lifted her three fingered hand towards his face.

Her hand glided along his chin and felt his 5 o'clock shadow. Alias thought 'I wonder if all SkyGods, I mean humans have fur on their faces' before her hand started to slide past his chin and towards his nose. She poked it with a finger and when his nose didn't do anything amazing she raised her hand towards the shaggy, dirty blond hair on his head. Alias, thinking that his hair was sharp like hers, cautiously felt his hair. "So soft..." she whispered in wonder as she ran her hands through his hair, delighted by how soft it was. She reluctantly left his hair behind as she began examine the hands wrap around her waist. She noticed that he had two more fingers then she did and wondered why anyone would need two more fingers when three worked perfectly fine.

"Having fun?" At the sound of the deep voice Alias's head snapped up to look at her new mate. Yesterday she was too scared and... passionate to notice his eyes but now she got to see them as clear as day. He had a little dark dot in the center of his eyes but it was surrounded by a vibrant colour that reminded her of the fields she used to play in as a child. Alias smiled at her mate, gave him a quick kiss and rested her head against his chest.

"Just getting a good look at my new mate". Steven blinked in confusion before he remembered that he pretty much got married yesterday. Looking down at the beautiful woman in his arms he decided that that wasn't a bad thing. "You have yet to tell me your name" Alias spoke, eager to know the name of her new man.

"Steven, my name is Steven" Alias sighed happily when she heard this and closed her eyes. She had everything she could ever want and right now she just wanted to forget the world and enjoy this moment with her new mate. It was the perfect moment, until her stomach growled that is. Steven laughed as he looked at her rapidly darkening cheeks before sitting up. "Come on" He sat up, causing her to groan unhappily and look at him curiously.

"Your not the only one hungry" Steven looked on confused as Alias began to panic. She quickly leaped off the bed and began to frantically search the room for something. Steven got off the bed and slowly walked towards her, worried sudden movements might frighten her.

"Alias?" He called softly but the panicked look in her eyes was the only response he got.

"I'm so sorry!" She shouted "I know I should have made your food by now but I was so comfortable and warm and I'm so sorry!" Steven just watched with wide eyes as Alias continued to ramble and apologize. Steven reached out and touched her arm, causing her to flinch and Steven would be lying if he said that didn't worry him. "Alias" Steven began softly, deciding to try calming her again. "It's ok I'm not mad" Alias paused when she heard this.

"Really?" She sounded so small when she said that, so damned vulnerable. Steven quickly wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. "Really. Why would you think I'd be mad?"

Alias looked up at him and said in an obvious tone "Because it's the womans job to feed her mate." Steven started chuckling when she said this. "If you said that to a human woman she'd probably kick your ass till you couldn't sit down for a week!" Seeing Alias's confused look Steven tried to explain what he mean't.

"Alias" he began "In the human culture, men AND women have equal rights. That means that it is neither the womans OR mans job to do certain things." Alias's only response was "what?"

Steven tried again "Alias, I was going to make us food" Alias looked like someone had told the sky was purple. "But! but your a man!" She stuttered, trying to come to terms with this. Steven answered in the kind of tone a teacher would use, you know the one.

"Right! but that doesn't mean that I can't make the food. Some of the greatest human cooks, even in the time when women were still alive, were men. You have a leader right?" Alias slowly nodded and said "The chieftain" Steven put his hand on her shoulder and sat her on the bed. She looked like she could faint at any minute. Steven took advantage of her silence to finish his speech "In human culture, there were some WOMEN who were the Chieftains and some MEN who stayed at home and took care of the kids."

Alias started to stutter again "You, you mean that I! can be a...a... chieftain?" Steven nodded and said "Right! but we call them Admirals." You could practically see her mind trying to process this. Steven sighed and said "I'll give you some privacy to, ya know, come to terms with this. I'll be back with food alright?" Alias just nodded, the dazed look still on her face. Steven just smiled, kissed her on the cheek, stood up and got dressed in his blue uniform. "Thank god they thought about putting spare clothes in here" Steven muttered and left the room.

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When the door slammed shut behind him Steven wondered for a second if she would alright on her own. He shrugged off those concerns when he remembered that the Daedalus's internal scanners are programmed to pick up blood and alert either Captain Hollister or the second-in-command, which is him. Steven took a quick glance around the empty med bay but all he saw was Doc. Ulysses aka Mouse asleep at his desk. Walking over to the clock on Mouse's desk he saw that it was 02:34 am E.T or Earth Time, which mean't everyone off-duty was asleep. Steven took a spare lab coat off a chair, put it around Mouse's shoulders and left the med bay.

The two Ensigns guarding the door grinned when they saw him. Steven just ignored them as he headed for the elevator down the hall. The doors opened and Steven stepped inside and pressed the button labeled 'Mess Hall'. Just before the doors closed Steven heard one of the Ensigns ask "Do you think he recorded it?" Steven grinned. If he was them he would have wondered the same thing.

The mess was, as always at this hour, empty which only made it creepier even to the Commander. He headed inside, avoided the chairs and tables and went to the back room. Entering the kitchen he was greeted with the interesting sight of one half of the kitchen spotlessly clean and the other half greasy and dirty. Steven ignored the working nanobots cleaning the kitchen and got to work. He decided to make an oldy but a goody, bacon and scrambled eggs. Half way through making the food he heard the mess doors slide open and closed but decided to give them their privacy. When he was finally finished he grabbed the two food filled plates, entered the mess hall and saw Lieutenant Carlos Rodriguez looking absoultely miserable.

"Problems?" Carlos jumped and spun around in his seat, his blues widened in shock. "Dios mío" Carlos cursed "You scared the hell out of me Commander!" Steven laughed and sat down across from Carlos, leaving his plates on the tables he asked "You didn't answer my question" The Lieutenant sighed, ran his hand through his crew cut and said "Your probably the worst person to talk too about this." Steven furrowed his brow and asked "What do you mean?"

"It's this whole alien stuff!" Carlos shouted, slammed his hands on the table and screamed "Everyones going on and on about this purple chick your fucking three ways from sunday like she's the fucking VIRGIN MOTHER!" Carlos stood from his seat and started waving his arms. "Listening to the news sent by the Admiral you'd think she's most important thing in the fucking UNIVERSE! People are celebrating!" His voice took on a mocking tone "Saviour of humanity! Our last hope! I'm surprised people aren't kissing her fucking feet!" Carlos glared at the Commander and said "All though she probably had you do it last night" Stevens face and voice were completely serious when he said "Sit down Lieutenant" Carlos just glared "Fuck you"

Steven sprang from his seat and shouted "SIT. DOWN. CARLOS!" They glared at each other for a few seconds before the Lieutenant slowly sat back down.

"Now listen, I know what your going through" Carlos scoffed at this but quickly shut up when he saw the fury on Stevens face. "You think" He began "That people are going to forget the Revival project because of Alias, which is her name by way and you better start using it!" Steven took a deep breath and said "But that's not going to happen" Carlos interrupted the Commander "And how do you know?"

"Because your not the only one who last somebody!. Carlos, everyone lost someone to the Locust and we all have to live with that. I lost my mother, the Captain lost his daughter and Mouse lost his best friend." Carlos quietly asked "The Doc lost someone too?" Steven just nodded and started talking again "Even if the Revival project works, it won't bring back the people we've already lost" Carlos shrugged and he looked miserable again as he quiety said "I just feel like everyone's forgetting them ya know? Like they're throwing them away for a newer model..."

"Carlos they're not forgetting them or throwing them away. We have 23 research stations working on the Revival project but in the mean time people need hope. They NEED to feel like there will ALWAYS be a tomorrow for our people, do you understand?" Carlos nodded "Yeah I think I understand I'm...I'm sorry for freaking out on you like that Commander" Steven smiled "It's okay. Your probably not the only person who feels this way but cheer up! After all..." Steven grabbed the two plates and stood up "Humanity is just to stubborn to die"

Carlos smiled as the Commander left. When the door shut behind him Carlos reached into his front pocket and pulled out a picture of his family. Tears filled his eyes as he looked at his lost loved ones but he was still smiling. "After all..." He muttered to himself "We're just to stubborn to die" Carlos kissed the photo, put it back in his pocket, stood and went back to work. Feeling a lot better then he had in a long time. Humanity has a tomorrow and that was something to smile about.

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When Steven walked into Alias's room he laughed as he saw she was still looking dazed. "Alias?" Her head snapped to the side when she heard her name and smiled when she saw Steven. "Sorry" She muttered "I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of this..."

Steven gently lowered one of plates on her lap "Well thinking on an empty stomach is never a good idea. Here, eat up" Alias poked and prodded at the food before cautiously lifting a strip of bacon and bit into it. Her eyes widened and she quickly ate the bacon before devouring the plate of food. Steven just looked at her with a raised eyebrow "Wow. I didn't know you were so hungry" When Alias's plate was empty she began to lick the plate. she finally stopped, turned to Steven and exclaimed "That was the best thing I've ever tasted! Is there anymore?" Steven handed her his plate "Here, I'm not that hungry"

Alias slowly took the plate with a expression on her face that said I can't believe this is happening. "You MADE me food and now your giving me YOUR food?" Steven just nodded, wondering how she could be so confused about all this. Alias's swallowed and said "Will... will you be going to this everyday?" Steven just shrugged "Sometimes I'll have to work so I won't be able to. But if you want I'll make us breakfast whenever I can" Her response was to lower the plate, tackle Steven and push their lips together in a hot kiss. When they broke for air she looked him straight in the eyes and said "I love you" Steven only response was "I can't wait to see how thank me on our anniversary"

Seeing her confusion Steven quickly kissed her again, not in the mood for more explaining. Alias felt her body heat up again as the nanites got to work and gasped as Steven lightly bit her lip. With her mouth open Steven used his tongue in a french kiss, a new experience for Alias but one that she liked. His arms left her sides and began to fondle her sensitive breasts thanks to the nanites. She moaned into his lips and began to fall backwords, pulling him on top of her.

His hands started to drift downwards and just before he could start to play with her clit, Alias's hand snapped around his wrist. "No teasing! Just do it. For Sky's sake put it in already!." Seeing the predatory look filter into her eyes he remembered that the last time that happened she ruined his pants. Quickly nodding he began to unbuckle and unzip his pants, but he wasn't fast enough.

He heard a frustated growl and felt Alias's hands grab his pants. With a sharp tug she ripped off the front of his pants and underwear, freeing his hard 8 inch dick. Before he could say anything Alias wrapped her legs around his waist, shifted him into postion and slammed his dick into her. She arched her back and screamed "YEs!" as she came before settling back down. She looked up at Steven and whispered "Fuck me" and he was more then happy too. He pulled her into a passionate kiss and started to furiously piston in and out of her pussy. His hands returned to her breasts earning him a moan and the word "MORE" They furiously fucked for over an hour and a half, their sweaty bodies eagerly rubbing together before finally Steven whispered "I'm gonna cum!" Alias pulled him down for a quick kiss and when they broke apart she looked him straight in the eyes and said "Do it. Cum inside me. Don't waste a drop!"

Steven started moving faster and faster while ALias's hands dug into his back. Steven gritted his teeth and with gasp came inside Alias. They moaned and screamed will they both orgasmed, ALias loving the warmth and sensation of being filled when he came inside her. They collapsed against eachother, panting while Steven pulled out of her and lay down. Wrapping his arm around her waist he pulled her against his chest and smiled when he heard her light breathing, meaning that she was asleep. It wasn't long before he joined her.

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Steven awoke hours later, laughing for reasons he didn't even know. Looking down he saw Alias curiously playing with his feet. Gasping for breath he managed to choke out "Alias hahaha stop please haha stop!"
Alias dropped his feet and turned her curious face towards him "Why are you laughing?"

His laughter dying down into small chuckles Steven managed to catch his breath and say "human feet are very sensitive. When you do things like that it makes us laugh and we can't stop" A worryingly sly grin grew across Alias's face as she drawled "ooohhh really?"

Eyes widening Steven quickly pulled his feet away put she dived for them and grabbed onto his feet tightly. "No! nononono Alias don't! don't I'm-" Steven burst out laughing again as Alias happily played with his feet, loving his laughter. "I'll let go" She slowly said "if you say you love me"

"I hahahaha I haha lov.. hahaha love hahaha you!" She just grinned and kept playing with his feet and said "Now say it three more times" Before he could even attempt it a third voice mumbled out the word.

"Amazing"

Alias screamed, let go of his feet, spun around and glared at the intruder with her spiky hair fanned out behind her. She crouched protectively infront of Steven, ready to kill the intruder if he made any hostile move. Steven gathered his breath, analyzed the situation and said casually "Hey Mouse"

Mouse nodded and responded "Hello Commander. My apologies if I'm interupting some sort of mating ritual. JUst came in to make sure you were alright"

"It's fine" Steven waved off the worry "I'm just surprised is all. I heard you got nervous around naked women"

"Naked?..." It was at that point Mouse's mind stopped examining the scene with a logical mind and saw that Alias was naked. It amazed Steven and it always would that the sight of a furious, spiky haired, sharp tooth woman didn't bother Mouse. But a naked woman left him a stammering mess. Mouse's eyes widened like saucers and his face went completely red. His mouth started opening and closing like a fish and the only sound he made was a stammered "I. I. I. ummm uhhh I don't. I mean I didn't!. I. I." Fearing this might go on for a while, Steven got up from the bed and led poor Mouse back out the door to the Med bay.

"How did he get through medical school if he can't look at naked women" Steven wondered as he headed for the wardrobe.

"You knew that man?" Alias asked, her hair down again now that the potential threat was gone.

"He's the ships doctor" Steven paused as he pulled out a new uniform. Looking at her confused face Steven explained "Ya know, a doctor. Some who... fixes wounds"

"Ooohhh" Alias said, understanding filtering across her face "You mean a healer" Steven just shrugged in reponse "To each his own I guess. He not dangerous to you, no one on this ship would hurt you. He just came in to make sure we were alright."

Steven pulled out a big t-shirt and some pants and lay them on the bed. "What are doing?" Alias asked as she walked behind him, looking over his shoulders at the strange things he was putting on the bed. "I'm laying out our clothes for the day"

"Clothes?" Remembering the fact that Alias was always naked Steven began to explain "Yeah, clothes are the stuff I was wearing over my skin"

Alias huffed, wrapped her arms around his waist from behind, nuzzled into his neck and said "No. No clothes. I like you naked" Steven just smiled and answered "I like you naked too but it's the law. All humans or aliens on ship must wear clothes."

"Fine" she mumbled into his neck unhappily "but the moment we're back in this room I'm ripping them off us" Turning in her grip to face her Steven said "Deal" and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

After 30 minutes of trying to get the clothes on Alias they finally managed to succeed, to Alias's annoyance. They both left the room, Alias gasped when the door slid to the side on it's own and they both walked into the med bay. Mouse looked up from his computer, blushed and quickly ducked his head again. Alias gave a brief wave and smile to Mouse before happily following Steven through med bay and out the door. At the sight of her the two Ensigns on guard duty immediately stood at attention and saluted, hoping to make a good impression. Steven just laughed as he walked past them while Alias gave them a smile and wave like she gave Mouse. They entered the elevator down the hall and just before the doors closed they heard the Ensigns excitedly say "She smiled at us!"

"Do all humans speak Fli?" It took Steven a minute to release Fli was her language before shaking his head and pushed the button labeled Bridge. Alias latched onto his arm when she felt the ground move but seeing that Steven was completely calm she figured that this was supposed to happen.

"Humans speak Basic but we put things call nanites in your food and water while you were unconcious. Every human has them and those nanites translate Basic into Fli for you and Fli into Basic for us. All the humans on board should have them by now." The doors slid open to reveal the bridge and they both walked in. At the sight of her everyone on board stood to attention and saluted. "Why is everyone doing that?" Alias asked as she smiled at the bridge crew. Steven lightly tapped her shoulder and they both started walking towards the Ops. Room. "It's called a salute. It's a sign of respect amongst humans" Before she had time to process this the doors to the Ops. Room opened and they both walked in.

Alias was greeted with a sight of a white haired human in a blue uniform like her mates. Behind him was a floating green ball and something told her that it was familiar.

"Welcome" Captain Hollister grinned and streched his arms to the sides "aboard the S.E.V Daedalus"

Alias looked at Steven, confused and he said "That's the Captain, our chieftain" Eyes widening Alias quickly bowed to the Captain and curiously asked "It is an honor but what do you mean on board?" The Captain lowered his arms and gave the Commander an exasperated look "You didn't tell her"

Steven frantically began to explain "I told her plenty! I just... forgot to mention that. Alias this is Captain Hollister and Captain this is Alias"

"It's nice to meet you Alias. You are currently in space aboard a spaceship called Daedalus" She still looked confused as the word space did not exist on X-23. Steven began to explain "Alias, you know how theres a sky" Alias nodded "Well past the sky there is a big dark place with lights" Alias interrupted "The void"

"Right! well we are currently in the void on a big ship." At Stevens explantion Alias screamed and leaped into his arms. He barely caught her in his surprise and held her in a bridal hold as she wrapped her arms around his neck for dear life. "WE'RE GOING TO FALL!" Captain Hollister would have started laughing if it wasn't for her terrified expression.

"Miss Alias" Her head snapped towards Captain Hollister at the sound of his voice "On planets there is this thing called gravity. It's what's keeps your feet on the ground. On this ship we have tools that make gravity, we're not going to fall."

"We're not?" She looked towards Steven who answered "Nope" Alias simply whispered "oh" before turning back to the Captain and said "I apologize for screaming" Hollister waved off her apology "It's alright I probably would have done the same thing in your position. Now then, lets talk shall we?" Alias nodded

She turned her head towards Steven and said "Could you please move closer to the Captain so I can hear better?"

Steven frowned "or you could get off me" Alias whined at this and buried her head into his neck "But I'm comfy" The Captain started his trademark braking laugh but shut up when he saw Stevens glare. Steven looked at Alias and whispered so the Captain wouldn't hear "Please?" Alias sighed and jumped out of his arms, already missing his warmth. "You owe me!"

"Now then" the Captain began "Alias I hope Steven told you why we need your help so badly"

Alias nodded, happy that she finally knew something about humans and wanted to show her knowledge. "Before the war with the SkyDemons ended" Captain Hollister not wanting to interrupt her mouthed the Word 'SkyDemons?' to Steven who mouthed back 'Locust' the Captain ahhh'd and nodded "You found out that the SkyDemons cursed your women, killing all of them. Now you want me to bear my new mates children and save humanity. But" she paused at this and bit her lip nervously "I don't see how my children will save your people"

The Captain explained "We are hoping that one of your children will be a human girl. If so we will take a blood sample and send it to the Revival project who are trying to bring back human women. With an untainted blood sample they can use it to begin artifical creating human women. The Flist will have humanities undying loyalty and friendship and you, Alias, will be considered a heroine to our people." Alias smiled at this. On her homeworld she was a housewife, nothing more but here she was a heroine. She liked the sound of that.

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Over the following week Alias's life got much more exciting. On the Daedalus people treated her with respect and compassion that she never would have got at home. Most mornings she would wake up in bed next to her mate with a plate of delicious food on the side table waiting for her. Once she woke up and Steven wasn't there she panicked, threw on some of those annoying clothes and charged out of the room. She ran to the moving room or 'elevator' as the humans called it and hit the top button, where the Captain usually was. When the doors opened she ran into room ready to tell the Captain that her mate was missing only to find Steven chatting with the Captain. She rushed into his arms, crying and demanded to know why he left her alone. Steven took her into the Ops. room and told her that he said he would be there most days because of his job.

She thought he was a cook but Steven explained to her that he was the second-in-command. Which meant that after the Captain he was in charge and that when the Captain retired he would become Captain of the Daedalus. Despite the fact that she had basically just embarrassed herself Alias smiled, her mate was one of the most important people on this ship.

During the day she would devour any and all knowledge on humanity, eager to learn more about the species that saved her people. She had to use books because Mouse still got nervous around her. She learned from the history books that while humans were not perfect, they learned from their mistakes and bettered themselves because of it.

She learned about the various equal rights laws but decided that being Captain or Admiral wasn't for her. She was happy with her life and wanted to devote her afternoons to her children. Although she hoped that her daughter became an Admiral so she could prove the male Flist wrong and gloat about it, that woman were just as important as men. Her nights were spent fucking Steven twice or three times, exhausting them both. Alias constantly praised the Sky for the genetic engineering and nanites that made her mate amazing in bed.

Finally at the end of the week she got the news she was hoping for.

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"Congratulations, you're pregnant!" The second Mouse said that Alias leaped out of her chair and into Stevens arms and kissed him which he happily returned. After a minute they heard a cough and broke apart. Steven turned around to face the Captain and said "subtle"

The Captain gave out a barking laugh and slapped Steven on the shoulder "Lets hope the kids take after their mother huh. We don't need more of you around. Seriously though, congratulations you two you'll make great parents" Steven sat down next to Alias who was beaming at the complement. She rested her head on Stevens shoulder and smiled. Life was perfect.

Until Mouse uttered the words "Uh oh"

"Uh oh?" Steven demanded "What the hell do you mean uh oh! Whats wrong!?" Alias looked like she was going to faint.

Mouse quickly tried to explain "Nothings wrong! Well, not wrong in the sense that its bad but wrong in sense that it's unexpected"

Steven looked like he was about to kill him so for Mouse's safety the Captain asked "Try explaining it in Basic Mouse"

"Well" he began "Your having twins, a boy and a girl. Now we expected this as it's very common amongst the Flist. What's wrong is the species" Alias started to become impatient and demanded "What species are they" Seeing the impatient mother Mouse gulped and said "The boy is human but the girl is Flist"

"Oh thank god!" Steven gasped out as he leaned against the wall, feeling exhausted "I thought one of the babies was hurt or something." Alias looked at Steven with a worried gaze and asked "So your not disappointed our daughter isn't human?" Steven just smiled and hugged her "Of course not. She's our daughter and I'll love her no matter what the species" Alias happily kissed him. Captain Hollister turned to Mouse and asked "Are you sure? I mean isn't it a little early to be able to tell that kind of stuff?"

"Medical technology has come a long way" Mouse began "I can tell you the gender, the species and who the parents are moments after the woman's egg is fertilized. Steven is the father and Alias is the mother. The boy will be human and the girl will be Flist." Steven broke the kiss with Alias and asked "Do you want to stop with these two or do you want a big family?" Alias rested her head against his shoulder and said "I want a big family. Lots of children" Steven looked at Captain Hollister and Mouse and claimed "See? There's always next time" Mouse just shook his head

"I'm sorry but that won't work. Any traces of DNA chromosome that could possibly be used to create a human female from a human males body were wiped out by the virus. With out anything human female to work with your nanites were forced to use Alias's DNA to create a girl. Your nanites destroyed any chance of a male Flist being born by replicating those effects in her body so that your male human DNA would always work. In short Alias has lost the ability to give birth to male Flist and she will never be able to give birth to a human girl. I'm sorry."

Captain Hollister began to pace "Is there any chance of other Flist women giving birth to human women?" Mouse just shook his head "It will only be a repeat of what happened here. Any child born from a union between a male human and female flist will ALWAYS result in human boys and flist girls. Cheer up Captain! it may not a solution but it is a big help. The more male humans born the more time humanity has for the Revival project! The Flist may still save us yet!"

"Thats what I'm worried about..." Captain Hollister muttered before storming out of the room. Steven, worried by the Captains expression asked his pensive mate "Alias will you be alright here? I've got to make sure the Captain doesn't do something he'll regret later."

"Huh?" Alias snapped out of her thoughts "Oh yes you go right ahead. I've got to go to the hanger bay for something anyway" Steven thought about asking but figured she probably wouldn't tell him anyway. He gave her a quick kiss and ran out into the hall. He slipped into the elevator just as the doors were closing and opened his mouth to ask a question but the Captain ordered "Wait till we're in Ops. Room" When the elevator stopped at the bridge the Captain stormed into the Ops. room with Steven following. The second the doors shut Hollister shouted "DAMN IT!" and slammed his fist into the wall, denting it.

"Captain whats going on?" Steven asked, wondering what the hell the Captain was thinking.

"I can not tell the U.P. what Mouse just told us"

Steven asked "why not?" and the Captains head whipped to side and stared at him, incredulous "Are you stupid? Use your fucking head! If I tell the U.P. what Mouse just told us then they'll give me an Order 47! They will make this crew go down to X-23 and kidnap every Flist woman to be used as cattle! Fucking breeding stock!"

Steven looked at the Captain like he was insane "You don't honestly believe that do you?"

The Captain just looked down at the floor and said "You're too naive"

Steven responded "And your too cynical. That's why we work so well together. Captain, we are not the Locust. There are limits to every man and this is one of them, no one on this ship would carry out that order. If you believe humanity is capable of that level of evil, after everything that happened with the Locust then why have you worked so hard to save it?" The Captain didn't lift his gaze from the floor but his expression was thoughful.

A robotic voice interrupted his thoughts "Captain, unauthorized use of the emergency transporter pad in the hanger bay." Hollisters head snapped up as he shouted "WHAT! WHEN!?" The robotic voice replied "46 seconds ago"

"It's Alias, it has to be" Steven told the Captain and started to run for the elevator, the Captain running after him. When the doors shut Steven slammed his fist against the button labeled 'Hanger Bay' and they started to rapidly descend. "Why the hell" The Captain began "Would she use the transporter! She's pregnant for gods sake" Steven just shook his head "How did she even USE it? An oven confuses her!" When the doors opened they both rushed out into the massive hanger bay towards the teleporter pad at the far wall and the Ensign beside it.

"You!" The Captain screamed causing the Ensign to jump to attention "Did the alien woman use this transporter?"

The Ensign stammered out "Yes sir!"

"How?"

"I operated the console and sent her down to the planet sir!"

The Captain looked bewildered "Why the HELL would you do that!?" The Ensign nervously meet the Captains gaze and said "Because she asked me sir! And I can't say no to the mother of humanity." The Captains eyes widened "What did you call her?" The Ensign responded "That what the news Admiral Andrew Maxus sent us calls her sir!" The Captain rubbed the bridge of his nose and sighed "For fuck sakes Andrew..." He muttered. "Captain! I've found her!" He spun around and saw that while he was grilling the Ensign, Steven was finding her on the transporters sensors.

"Where is she" The Captain demanded as he ran to Stevens side at the console. Steven pointed to a dot closing in on more dots "Here! It looks like she might be heading back to her tribe. I'll get her back"

"Wait!" the Captain shouted "she's pregnant and this things been on the fritz we can't risk it" Steven ran to the pad and shouted "Then send me down! When they find out she's pregnant with another mans child they'll kill her!"

"Alright, but here" the Captain threw Steven the pistol from his holster "Remember that the first rule of fatherhood is to keep your children safe. No matter what!" Steven nodded and pulled back the barrel. In a flash of light he was gone.

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"It's been over a week since Alias has been missing" "I wonder if she's dead?" "Her poor mother. All alone."

Nora firmly ignored the other womens whispering and stalked out of the cave, eager for some privacy. But they were right, it's been over a week since her daughter Alias had disappeared. She was all alone now. Her mate had died in a war with another tribe over an insult to their Chieftain and since she was too old to be considered for a mate, all she had left was Alias. In truth she's only 39 years old, having had Alias when she was 13 but that was normal. Alias herself was 26 but had not given her mate a child, to his shame.

Nora scoffed, her D cup breasts bouncing a little when she did. Alias's mate, demons take him!, was already looking for a new woman. Nora stood a bit away from entrance to the tribes cave, enough that the guards could see her back but not her face and began to cry. She missed her little girl.

"Momma? Why are you crying?" Nora's head snapped up and gazed in shock with tear filled eyes at the sight of her daughter, alive. She dimly heard the guards behind her rush into the cave shouting but she didn't give a damn. Nora surged forward and tightly threw her arms around her daughter, crying and mumbling the words "My baby girl" Alias quickly wrapped her arms around her crying mother, bewildered by what was happening.

Flist men and women began to filter out of the cave, amazed at the sight of Alias alive. Alias tried to gently pull her mother off her but she just held on tighter. "Momma" Alias began "Your crushing my ribs!" Nora slowly let go but kept her hand on Alias's shoulder and asked "Where have you been? I've been worried sick!"

Alias looked a bit guilty as she said "I'm sorry Momma I didn't mean to make you sad but I had something important to do. Just listen" Alias pulled away from her mother and when all the Flist men and women were outside, the Chieftain and Preistess at the front, she began to loudly talk.

"For the past week I have lived amongst the SkyGods!" Alias paused at the gasps and kept going when they were finished "These strange things you see on my body are called clothes and all SkyGods wear them! They call themselves humans and they sail amongst the stars not by running, but on big metal ships! They are a kind people and they have treated me with great respect."

"Enough of this!" The Preistess interrupted. Because the Preistess needed to be heard only the most beautiful of their women were chosen for this sacred position. The men of every tribe always loved to listen to the Preistess's due to their beauty, the Chieftain's included. "I am the Preistess! If the SkyGods were to chose one to live amongst them why would they chose you over myself or the Chieftain?" Alias shook her head and responded "I don't know why they choose me but I'm glad they did. Among the SkyGods I found respect, equality and love, a new mate"

"WHAT!?" A voice screamed from the crowd and out stomped Yovus, Alias's previous mate "You layed with another man!" he snarled out. When Alias calmly nodded he roared in anger, grabbed a spear from one of the guards and strided towards Alias.

"NOOOO!" Nora screamed as she threw herself in Yovus's way "Please! she must have eaten one of the vision fruit! She didn't know what she was doing!" Nora tried to plead for her daughters life but Yovus just pushed her aside and shouted "It is my right!" Nora spun her head, desperately looking towards the Chieftain or Priestess for help. The Priestess simply turned her head and the Chieftains uncaring eyes said everything "The law is clear" The Chieftain spoke "She must die for this betrayal" Yovus raised his spear.

"RUN ALIAS! FOR SKY's SAKE RUN!" Nora screamed out but her daughter just stood there, calmly staring at Yovus. He pulled back his arm but just before he could throw his spear and kill ALias a flash of light flew towards Yovus. In a splatter of blood and skin his head was violently ripped from his shoulders and flew through the air, landing at the Priestess's feet. His headless body slumped to the ground, lifeless. The tribes gaze went from the decapitated head to the killer. There, standing protectively in front of Alias, was a pale, blond haired thing holding a smoking metal stick.

"Momma" Alias walked over to her stunned mother, grabbed her arm and began to gently pull her towards the blond thing. "This is Steven, my new mate. A SkyGod" Steven lowered his weapon, smiled at Nora and said, in perfect Fli "Nice to meet you"

Nora just nodded, her mind racing as she tried to come to terms with what was happening. One of the guards lifted his spear and stepped forward but quickly froze when the metal stick was pointed at him "Anyone" Steven shouted "Who thinks they can hurt MY MATE will get the same treatment as that bastard!" Steven pointed at the dead body to prove his point, everyone frantically nodded.

"A SkyGod..." Steven looked at the woman who whispered, she had some sort of golden necklace and bracelets "An actual SkyGod" The woman whipped around and shouted at the gathered Flist "Kneel you dirtpiles! We will not insult the SkyGod!" The Flist frantically fell to their knees except for the jewellery woman and a man wearing a iron crown. Even Nora was kneeling, Alias quickly grabbed her mothers shoulders and pulled her up "Momma don't kneel! Steven doesn't like it when people do that" Nora looked at Stevens embarassed face and quickly stood. Steven leaned down to whisper in Alias's ear and asked "Why did you come down here?" Alias looked at him calmly and replied "to save humanity". He just looked confused. Alias smiled at this and gave him a quick kiss, causing the gathered Flist to gasp. Alias whispered to Steven "promise me that you won't talk till I ask you something ok?" Steven was about to ask why but her pleading expression convinced him, he sighed and nodded. Alisa took a step forward and began to talk.

"The SkyGods are dying!" Shouts and gasps of horror loudly cut her off until she raised her hand for silence "When the war with the SkyDemons ended the celebrations of the SkyGods were cut short. The SkyDemons had cursed the women of the SkyGods dooming them to death. One by one they died until there were no female skyGods leaving only males. With out woman to give them young the SkyGod numbers began to fall. A week ago my new mate, Steven took me from this world into the Void and it was there I learned my destiny. I was to be the mother of the SkyGods! To bare there children so that they may live. And already I have begun my task. Within me grows a SkyGod boy and a Flist girl and Steven is their father"

More gasps, Alias patiently waited for silence and began again. "But I am only one woman. I can not save the SkyGods on my own. I am asking any woman, mated and otherwise to join me in my quest to save the SkyGods!" Silence. Stunned silence. "But I must warn you" Alias began again "To bare the Stevens young I have given up the ability to create male Flist. I and any woman who will join me, will only be able to give birth to SkyGod men and Flist girls. If enough of you join, we will be damning the Flist men to extinction"

"Why?" It was Alias's mother, Nora who spoke "why should we trade our men for different men?" Not liking the whole Flist men extinction bit Steven stepped forward to put an end to this. Alias's head snapped towards him and she whispered "Please. You promised" Steven sighed and to the Flists amazment backed down. Afterall, he thought theres no way they'll agree to it.

"Thats why" Alias began "I asked Steven to let me speak and he did. He treats like an equal. Amongst the SkyGods men AND women are equal! I wake up every morning to a delicious meal that he, a male, makes for me. Their history books are filled with examples of women soliders and even women Chieftains! There were entire worlds Were a woman was in charge! My daughter will grow up as an equal! She will be given the opportunities to become a chieftain of a voidship or a healer or a solider or anything she can think of. She will be treated with same respect that men are given, more even because she can give birth." Alias turned to her mother and said "When the skyGods found out that I can give birth to humans that started celebrating, praising me for it. All SkyGods treat me with respect. Did you know mother that SkyGods as old as 80 can still find new mates? You could get a new mate but this one won't treat you like a thing like father did." Alias looked at Steven fondly "Your new mate will treat with love and compassion. Because to him, you are the most precious thing in the universe."

"Please" she turned back to Flist "Help me save them!"

A random Flist woman spoke from the crowd "They would let us join with them?" Alias turned to Steven and asked "Will you?"

Steven sighed and ran his hand through his hair before deciding that the truth would be best. "We'd be overjoyed" Alias turned back to the Flist and started talking again. Steven turned around and pressed a finger to his earlobe where his commucation nanites were. "Commander Steven to Captain Hollister"

A few seconds past before Hollisters voice shouted in his ear "STEVEN! what the hells happening down there?" Steven winced at the volume before speaking "I'll explain when we get back Captain just send down a transport, we'll be having company" Steven removed his finger from his earlobe and turned around. Already half of the women were standing around Alias, eager to hear more. A quick glance at the other Flist showed a lot of furious men and he honestly couldn't blame them. One of the men stomped forward and demanded his mate return to him. When she nervously said "no" you could see the shock on his face. When humanity was at this stage of development the woman listened to man and that was that. To hear his mate refuse him must have been a big shock to the Flist male. Shock however turned to fury and he charged forward.

The chargeing man froze when a big hole was blown into the ground in front of him. He looked at Steven who held a smoking gun and Steven simply said "To my people forcing someone into something they don't want to do is against the law. So back away from the woman" The Flist male began to back away, his now ex-mates triumphant look making him angrier. But one look towards Steven, who was protecting his ex-mate and his anger turned to fear. More and more Flist women began to walk towards Alias until finally all the women were behind her, including the Priestess.

The Chieftain opened his mouth, anger clearly in his eyes but before he could say anything one of the men by his side pointed up and shouted "LOOK!"

Descending from the sky was a large transport ship but to the Flist it was awe inspiring. Any doubt that Steven was a real SkyGod was wiped from their minds when they saw the transport. When the back of the transport lowered Alias began to guide them on board and to their seats. All 93 women sat down and began to try to get a look out the window for when they take off. Steven weaved his way through the seats and would swear to this day that most of the women touched his ass. Opening the cockpit door he saw Lieutenant Rodriguez was the pilot. The Lieutenant grinned up at the Commander and said "Looks like Humanity really does have a tommorow" Steven's only reply was "Looks like it" Turning around he left the cock pit and walked back to the exit. Enduring more women giggling and touching his ass he walked up to Alias who was standing at the exit "You ready?" She smiled "Definitely"

Steven shouted to the front "Everyones onboard Carlos! Take us home!"

Just as the doors were closing Alais gave the Flist men a nasty smirk and said "You should have treated us better"

The door slammed shut and with a massive roar the transport began to fly back towards the Daedalus

Steven sank into that co-pilot seat and mumbled "the Captains going to kill me"

Carlos just laughed and nodded.


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Alright and so ends chap 3. By the way if you want to know what the human uniforms look like look up Sins of a solar empire TEC. Its the guy in blue who is also who I modelled Captain Hollister off of

Next Chap I'm going to sum up the following years so I can get to the next species, the Hoto.

Disclaimer: I do not own the uniform present in this story. It belongs to the people at Ironcald games. I just really liked.