Celestial Conflict

History Page Two



Leithol awoke the next morning with a kink in his neck. He had, at some point, pulled out of and fallen off of Max's sleeping body, and was curled around her, his head at an uncomfortable angle. He woke up with a groan and rubbed his sore neck, then looked down at Max's sleeping form and he blushed deeply, remembering everything that had happened the night before. Everything they had done was so... forbidden. And sexy. He swallowed hard and shifted carefully to pull away from her, grabbing his pants after making sure she was still tucked in and asleep before moving into the adjoining bathroom of his room. He turned on the shower and sighed as he tested the temperature for something warm, then shoved his pants into the hamper shoot. He put in the order for clean clothes, then hopped into the running water, running his hands over his bald head with a flutter of his gills behind his ears, closing his eyes tiredly. He felt exhausted... every muscle ached. But it was a good ache when he remembered why his body was so tired. He couldn't help but smile.

Max had felt him get out of bed. Her eyes fluttered opened and glanced around the room. Watching him move into the bathroom she smiled and went in after him. Allowing him to get into the shower she climbed in after him and wrapped her arms around his waist from behind. Kissing his shoulder she smiled softly. "Morning..."

Leithol jumped slightly, not having heard her come in after him, and he turned to smile down at her over his shoulder. "Good morning." he whispered back, running a hand along her arm and hand. He brought one of her hands up to his lips and kissed her fingers, then turned to face her under the water. He kissed her lips lightly and hummed happily. "How did you sleep?"

"Wonderfully..." Max said after returning his kiss. "Mmm, I'm sore though, how about you?" Looking curiously into her lovers eyes she frowned slightly. Lover... was that what they were? Lovers? Smiling slightly she laid her head on his chest. She was okay with that for now, at least she had him.

"Good. I slept alright also... and yes, I'm very sore." Leithol chuckled, blushing slightly as he hugged her, rubbing her back and looking down at her fondly. "But I very much enjoyed last night." he whispered. He stepped back and pulled her under the warm water with him, letting it soak her. "The warmth will help relax your muscles." He kissed her lightly on her head, then gripped her shoulders gently and curled his fingers under her chin, making her look up at him. He smiled down at her again and kissed her lips lightly. "Thank you."

Max returned his kiss but broke away quickly. "Thank you? For what?" She'd very much enjoyed last night as well and planned on doing it again, but she didn't want to push things with Leithol. He seemed like a good man but she didn't want to rush him. Laying her head on his chest she closed her eyes and let the warm water beat down on her back, soothing her aching muscles. "Mmmm..."

Leithol chuckled and shook his head. "For giving me last night. It was incredible." he whispered, rubbing her back slowly and soothingly for her. He sighed and leaned his head back under the water, closing his eyes and just holding her. "Max... I'm sorry."

"Sorry... now what are you sorry for?" Max lifted her head to stare at him. He was confusing her, first he was thanking her and then the next second he was sorry. She just didnt understand. Running her fingertips along his cheek she frowned slightly.

"I'm sorry for trapping you... For bringing you here and all of the things i've done to you and Charlie... I'm sorry for what my people are doing to you and your planet..." Leithol explained sadly, looking down at her with a soft frown. "Then only good that has come of this... Is that I met you..."

Max blushed deeply and turned her head away. "Leithol, this isn't your fault." Sighing heavily she shook her head. "I know that, Charlie may not but his opinion rarely matters." Chewing on her bottom lip she turned and looked up into his eyes. Remembering last nights conversation her eyes filled with sadness. Clearing her throat, she furrowed her eyebrows in thought. I need to distance myself. He even said himself, last night, that we're not mated for life. He has no intention of coming with us if we're set free. I can't afford to get attached. Licking her lips she smiled softly and stepped away. "We'd better get dressed and go back out there." Kissing his cheek she stepped out of the shower and looked around for a towel to dry off with.

Leithol frowned deeply when she pulled away and stepped out of the shower. But instead of following her out, he reached out and grabbed her, pulling her back in playfully and clutching her back against his chest. "We haven't washed yet." he whispered, nuzzling her. He pulled her back under the water and grabbed a sponge and some bright green soap, lathering it up and starting to wash her arms, shoulders, back and hips. "The soap might tingle on your skin..." he warned. "It has some powerful antibacterials in it."

Max gave a squeal when he pulled her back into the shower. Watching him closely she smiled and shook her head. Max nodded her head as she allowed him to wash her body. Shivering slightly she took a deep breath and watched him. "It does tingle..."

Leithol gave her a meek smile and nodded in agreement. He leaned in and kissed her shoulder before gently turning her around so he could scrub down her front, over her breasts, down her stomach and the front of her hips... Between her legs and down each leg respectively, then back up again before offering her the sponge so that she could scrub him now.

Max smiled and did the same to him. Once she was done she frowned slightly. Thinking of her hair she used some of the same soap and massaged it into her hair. Rinsing it out she looked back at him and smiled. "Okay, time to dry off." Raising her eyebrow at him, she smiled softly.

"No... Not yet." Leithol said softly, almost begging again. He knew that if they dried off, they would have to dress and return to the other room like nothing had happened between them... And that would just be too difficult for him. "I like seeing you wet and naked..." He moved closer to her and rested a hand on her hip, then moved to kiss her again lightly.

Max whimpered softly, pulling away from him. "Leithol... we need to get realistic." Sniffling slightly, she stepped out of the shower and once again looked for a towel. "Where are your towels?" She asked gently, not allowing any further discussion of staying in the shower with him.

Leithol felt a sinking sensation in his chest as he watched her, but he knew she was right. He sighed and turned the water off, stepping out and moving to a panel on the wall. He pushed against it gently and it popped open, amd he reached inside, pulling out two white towels. He offered one to her without looking at her, and quickly starting to dry himself off.

Max took the towel and did the same. Running it through her hair a few times and rubbing gently, she sighed and draped the towel over the toilet. Leaving the bathroom she hurried into the bedroom and pulled her clothing on from the night before. Sighing gently, she sat down on the edge of the bed and pulled her boots on.

Leithol emerged from the bathroom not long after her, fully dressed in new clothes, but still barefooted. He frowned down at her and sighed softly. "I have to put you back in your pod... I don't want to... But I have to." he explained gently.

Max shrugged her shoulders and stood, nodding her head. "I figured I'd have to go back in there eventually." Coming over to where she thought the door had been, she waited for him to open it. Watching in with hesitant eyes she forced a smile to her face. "I understand."

Leithol watched her, a pained look in his big eyes. He looked almost like an abandoned puppy watching its owners drive away. He gulped and sighed, moving to the wall and pushing the button to open it, giving her access to his work room, and Charlie's pod, where he was still in a deep sleep. He waited for her to go out first, his eyes stern on the floor instead of on her.

Max turned to Leithol for a moment. Raising up of her tip toes she gave him one final, deep, passionate kiss. The kiss lasted for quite some time before she pulled away, tears pooling in her eyes as she hurried across the room and into her pod. Sniffling, she rubbed her cheeks to rid herself of the tears that threatened to spill over. She refused to cry.

Leithol had allowed her to kiss him, and sadly kissed her back just as passionately, but when it'd broke and she ran from him, he couldn't help but feel angry. He followed her and slammed her pod door shut, locking it and turning on her stats screen before moving back to his tool center and clicking some buttons, a holographic screen opening up in front of him. He had work to do... work to make sure that his superiors wouldn't come down here again to make sure things were running smoothly. He had to send them false information... send them on a wild goose chase. Give himself more time.

Only he didn't get that time. Moments later the doors to his office opened and in walked his superior. "What are they doing in their pods? Why aren't you questioning them?" Walking over to the pods he banged on Max's causing her to jump in fear. "We need answers, not them trapped in there all damn day! Bring her out here."

Leithol had jumped when his superior suddenly entered the room, blinking and then dropping his gaze to the floor. He coughed and shook his head, closing his screen and moving to his superior. "I-I was questioning her all night... You can look at her pod logs, she wasn't in her pod all night long, I had her... in interrogation." he explained shakily, still not raising his eyes. "I was going to try the male next... After I finished her report..."

"What did she give you? Anything useful?" Looking down at Leithol as if he were nothing, the man rolled his eyes. "Of course not. Now I said. Bring. Her. Out. Here." Taking up residence in Leithol's chair, her crossed his arms over his chest, waiting. "I'd like to see you interrogate her."

Leithol's eyes widened on the floor for a minute, and his heart sped up. He glanced at his superior briefly before nodding and turning. He looked up at Max inside her pod with an apologetic frown before opening the door and reaching in, grabbing her by the hair and pulling her out with a hard yank--but not too hard. He pulled her to the torture pole and chained her there, arms low behind her back. He sighed and turned to his tool table, looking over his tools for the one that would hurt her the least.

Max gave a yelp as he tugged her from the pod. "Get off of me, you bastard!" She yelled at him as he chained her to the pole. Glaring over at the superior she knew she would have to play it up that she hated them. He wouldn't believe it if she were soft.

Leithol gulped. Her words stung, but he couldn't let it show. He tried to believe she was just acting. Just playing it up. He finally decided on the steel rod he had used on her the first day she was here, remembering how he'd struck her palms and fingers with it. He sighed and turned back to her, moving to look her in the eyes sternly. "Where is it?" he asked firmly, making it seem as if he'd asked her this question a million times before.

Max narrowed her eyes at Leithol. "I have no idea what your talking about." She said in a flat voice. To anyone else it would look like she was just dodging his question. Her eyes darted to the rode in his hand, causing her to frown deeply. They both knew this was going to have to happen at some point, just not so soon after their love making.

"Stop lying to me!" Leithol snapped, and with a loud THWACK! the rod came against her thigh, stinging her through her jeans sharply. "Where are your planet's steel reserves?!" he yelled, glaring at her, but somewhere in his eyes, he was screaming his apologies. "Tell me!"

Max cried out in pain as the rod came down on her thigh. It wasn't enough to make her fall to her knees but it hurt like hell. "I. Dont. Know!" She shouted as she turned her eyes up at him hatefully. With him inflicting pain it was easier for her to pretend she hated him, making her think of all the other times she'd been beaten.

Leithol grit his teeth and frowned down at her. The hate in her eyes... He couldn't take the hate in her eyes. He could handle it from anyone else... but not her. Not anymore. He swallowed hard and turned his back to her, breathing deeply. "We know you know where they are. A person of your status in the military... At the very least, you could tell us where your nearest warfare bunker is."

"Like hell! If you think I'm giving up my own men, your out of your mind!" Max tried not to let her demeanor soften but she knew she was hurting him. If only she could explain that it was all an act, then again, he should know she was only acting.

He knew she was... somewhere in his mind, he knew she was just acting. For his superior, who was still watching him. But it still hurt Leithol to see her look at him that way. He breathed a heavy sigh, then turned back and brought the rod against her arm hard, and again against her ribs. "Tell me! Or perhaps... I should take this discussion to Charlie?" he asked, tilting his head. He could handle Charlie better... He didn't care about Charlie as much as Max.

"Don't you fucking touch him!" She screamed, both in pain and in anger as she began thrashing around in front of him. "Are you going to let her talk to you like that?" His superior shouted angrily. Standing he walked over a picked up a random tool, which happened to be a branding iron. It wasn't hot but it would still hurt. Bringing it down on her thigh, then her arm, he watched her buckle to her knees, gasping in pain. "You have to be firm with them!"

Leithol stepped back a little helplessly as his superior beat Max for him, and his eyes moved to the floor after a moment of watching her in pain. His heart ached. "Y-yes, sir..." he whispered. "I suppose I just... I'm not used to it. I'm an engineer, sir, this is still very new to me." he whispered shamefully, hoping his weakness would take the man's focus off of Max for a moment.

Turning to Leithol, he frowned slightly. He'd been tempted to hit Leithol for his whining but instead he clapped a hand on his shoulder and nodded. "You'll get used to it. Now... continue you. I'll try and guide you some." The man was taking this as an opportunity to train him. Max sniffled from where she was hunched over as he sat back down in Leithol's chair.

Leithol's throat tightened and his gills gave a little rattle. He had been hoping his superior would just leave it as it was... beat him, yell at him, shame him, anything and just walk out, but no... he was continuing. Fuck me for having a kind instructor for once. he thought to himself angrily. He turned and looked down at Max, frowning heavily, then looked at his superior again. "May I move on to the male? I still find beating a female--of any species--to be... difficult."

"No! She's higher ranking than him, if we're going to get the information we need, it's going to come from her. I doubt that ouf knows anything." Max stared at the ground, knowing he was right. It was the logical thing, beating the higher ranked officer. Of course she'd know everything they wanted to know.

Leithol wanted to beat his superior at this point. His logic was bypassing his excuses too well. He was running out of options. He growled, sniffed and turned, moving back to his tool table and looking over his items there, putting the rod back. He finally decided on a small device that was comprised of two pieces: an earpiece and a whistle. He turned and moved back to Max, kneeling in front of her and shoving the earpiece into her ear, turning it on with full volume. "Tell me something... anything." he begged her softly in a hushed voice as he adjusted her earpiece, then stood up and brought the whistle to his lips. It struck a high pitch... a pitch that only the earpiece in her ear would pick up, and painfully so.

Max frowned slightly and shook her head for a moment. Sighing heavily she let her head hang loosely. "Back at our campsite we had blue prints for a very...very important building." Chewing on her lip, she hoped this was enough and that the superior would leave. "Blue prints? We never found any blue prints." Max turned her gaze to him. "Check under the tents..." With that she let her head fall as the superior hurried from the room.

Leithol let out a deep sigh of relief, pulling the whistle from his lips and all too happy he hadn't had to blow into it. He moved to lock the door, then knelt in front of her and pulled the earpiece from her ear far more gently than he'd put it in. "Thank you." he breathed softly, shakily. He quickly unchained her, then helped her to her feet, pulling her into a hug. "Thank you." he said again. He rubbed her hair, then kissed her head. "Wait here, I have something you can put on your bruises..."

Instead of letting him move away, Max wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him close, laying her head on his chest. Closing her eyes, she leaned her weight on the uninjured leg. Her thigh had really taken a beating. "I'm sorry I said all those hurtful things."

Leithol blinked down at her a moment sadly, then wrapped his arms around her tightly as well, hiding his face against her hair. "I'm sorry I hurt you... I'm sorry I let HIM hurt you..." he whispered shakily. "C'mon... let's rid you of that pain." he whispered, rubbing her back and arms before leading her towards his tool table, opening a panel and pulling out a small tube of some sort of ointment.

"We knew it was going to happen some time, right?" Sighing she stood there, watching him. Rubbing the muscles in her arm she cringed slightly. It didn't hurt as bad as her leg, but there was still a lot of pain there. Biting down on her lip she tried to hold back a whimper.

Leithol turned to her with the ointment, putting some on his fingertips and then pulled down the neck of her shirt to spread the ointment on the deltoid of her shoulder. It wasn't the exact spot that his rod had hit her, but somehow the pain still dissipated once the ointment was rubbed in. He put some on her neck just below her ear then, to help alleviate any pain she might have had from him shoving the earpiece in her ear. He then moved to kneel in front of her, undoing her pants and gently pulling them down with a blushing glance up at her. He kissed her hip lightly, then spread the ointment there. Her thigh began to feel better more slowly than the rest of her injuries, but only because it was worse than the others. He kissed her other hip lightly, then leaned his forehead against her stomach, just breathing, his arms around her legs. "I'm so sorry." he whispered shakily.

Max hugged his head to her stomach and sighed softly. "I know, honey, I know." Leaning down she kissed the top of his head. She'd given a soft shudder ever time he'd kissed her hip and when he'd pulled her pants down. Sighing softly she ran her fingers gently over his bald head, wanting to soothe him some how.

Leithol whimpered against her stomach and kissed her there again lightly, then sat back to pull her pants back up, fixing them up for her before standing and pulling her into another tight hug. "Max... I want you to promise me something."

Burying her face in his chest, she clutched his shirt. "I guess that depends on what it is." Sniffling slightly she clung to him. She knew she needed to put distance between them, both physically and emotionally, but she just couldn't.

"If you get the opportunity to escape.... I want you to kill me before you leave." Leithol whispered. "I can't go with you... because your people will kill me.. but if I stay here, my people will force me to hunt you down all over again... and I cannot do that... I can't even bear to THINK of doing that. So... you have to promise to kill me if and when you escape. Promise."

"No!" Max cried, pulling away from him suddenly. Tears instantly flooded her eyes and streamed down her cheeks just at the thought of killing him. "I won't." Choking back a sob she turned away from him so he wouldn't see her being weak like this.

Leithol watched her, frowning heavily and his hands hovering just in front of her arms. "Max..." he crooned softly, frowning heavily. He hesitated, then pulled her back against himself again tightly, shaking. "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." he frowned. "I didn't... I mean..." He sighed heavily and put his head against her shoulder, closing his eyes. "Tell me what to do... please, just tell me..."

Max felt herself go weak in his arms as the tears cascaded down her cheeks. "I can't. Leithol... I'm sorry but I've grown to care too much about you to do that. You can't ask me to do that." Sniffling she let him hold her against him.

Leithol gulped and turned her to face him, and he shook his head. "I'm sorry..." he whispered again, pushing her against the wall and kissing her firmly, holding her head gently in both hands. "I'm so sorry." he breathed against her lips, kissing her again. "I won't say anything else."

Max moaned against his lips. Wrapping her arms around his neck she sighed heavily. "You can talk, I like hearing your voice. Just...don't talk about that." Sighing softly, she leaned forward and kissed his lips lovingly, passionately.

Leithol moaned too, shuddering at the sounds she made. He so loved them. He pulled her away from the wall and against his body firmly, his arms around her body and his hands on her ass, squeezing her firmly and grinding against her. He suddenly... felt like fucking her hard. Like last night. The adrenaline in his blood made him want her so badly. He lifted her and carried her back to the wall that opened to his bedroom, carrying her inside and dropping her on the bed.

Max stared up at him in surprise. "Leithol... we're supposed to be... going back to reality..." Max panted softly as she laid in his bed, images of the night before danced around in her mind. Blushing softly she licked her lips nervously, as if this was her first time once again. But it kind of felt like it, they were hungry for each other which made it more urgent.

Leithol shook his head. "Fuck reality." he growled. He turned and moved to close the door to his room, locking in their sounds yet again. He peeled off his shirt and undid his pants on his way back to the bed, crawling over her and kissing her again hard, his tongue moving into her mouth smoothly and stroking against her tongue, grinding his hips down against hers firmly with a moan. Both cocks were hard, tenting his pants painfully tight.

"Oh god..." Max moaned softly, already wet with need for him. She opened her mouth willingly to him and began massaging his tongue with her own. Grinding her hips against his in response she begwn shoving his pants down hurriedly. "Mmmn, yes. Take me. Please." She moaned the words as she began undoing her own pants.

Leithol writhed out of his pants as she pushed them down, and his hands scrambled to help her undo her Jeans as well. He jerked them down and off, then quickly crawled back over her, sliding a hand between her legs and just feeling how wet she was. He moaned heavily at the feel of her... She was wet and warm, and she smelled so sweet. He kissed her again hard, his fingers brushing firmly over her clit.

Moaning loudly against his lips, she pressed her pussy firmly against his hand. Rocking gently, she began grinding against his fingers. Tugging her shirt off over her head she tossed it aside. Then in seconds she had her bra off as well. She wasn't quite sure why she wore one anyway. Her breasts were large but perky and held themselves up well. Though her nipples hardened easily and poked through her shirts.

Leithol pushed his hand back down against her crotch in response to her grinding rolls of her hips. He moaned against her mouth, then moved his face down, kissing and nipping at her neck and leaving another hickey just below the first one. He was rather glad his people knew nothing about hickeys... his superior had either missed it completely, or thought it was a mark from being beaten. He then moved his mouth to her breasts, kissing between them before taking one of her nipples into his mouth, suckling firmly and tugging on it between his teeth with a hot breath, fingers still rubbing circles against her clit.

Placing one hand behind Leithols head, Max held him against her breast, breathing heavily, panting and moaning. Reaching down in between them she wrapped her slender fingers around his shaft and began stroking gently, easing him closer and closer to her opening.

Leithol gasped around her nipple, blushing and moaning, nuzzling his face further against her breast. He could feel her gentle tugs on his top cock, and he shuddered, lowering his hips to bring himself closer to her opening. He finally pulled his hand away from her, rubbing her juices on his second cock in a few strokes before pushing them both forwards, gasping as he entered her smoothly into both holes. He had to release her nipple from his mouth to moan, then kissed her lips firmly instead, invading her mouth with his forked tongue.

Max arched her back in pleasure as he slid into her. Twirling her tongue around his as she wrapped her legs around his waist. Carefully she rolled them over so that she was on top. Staring down into his eyes, straddled on top of him, she began sliding herself up and down on his cocks. "Uh..." A shudder racked through her body as she rode him.

Leithol moaned heavily, looking up at her happily with his lips parted as he breathed heavily. He ran his hands up her thighs, over her hips, up her sides and breasts and back down again before gripping her hips and helping her ride him with a groan. "H-holy hell, Max! Mmn!" he gasped, thrusting his hips up into her as best he could to make her pace.

Laying down along Leithol's body, she began rocking softly, grinding her clit against his roughly. Closing her eyes her thrusts became harder and faster. Clutching the pillow on either side of his she cried out in pleasure. Opening her eyes, she stared down at him as she lowered her lips to his, kissing him hungrily.

Leithol kissed her back just as eagerly, his hands running up and down her back and clutching her to his body, loving the feeling of her breasts against his chest. "Mmf!" he moaned into her mouth, breathing heavily. He could already feel his orgasm fast-approaching and he whined against her lips in warning.

At his whine, Max began to rock faster and harder, driving him deeper into her. Throwing her head back she cried out as her orgasm over took her. The walls of her pussy tightening around his cock in a vise like grip. "Leithol! Uh...cum for me!" She screamed as she continued thrusting him in and out of her.

"I'm.. Mmm!" Leithol gasped, jerking his hips up into her in a few quick thrusts before he suddenly twitched and groaned, swelling and exploding deep within both of her holes. He gripped her hips in both hands tightly, pulling her down on him hard and deep as he shot into her, crying out slightly with his eyes shut tightly. When he finished, he panted deeply, his eyes still closed as he released her hips. "Mmmmnnn..." he whimpered, relaxing beneath her on the bed.

When he had started shooting into her, her screams had gotten louder. Once her orgasm was through, she collapsed on top of him, her energy gone. Giving one last moan, she closed her eyes and nuzzled his chest affectionately. "Jesus... Leithol... Mmm..." Giggling softly she slip her hands around his neck in a hugging fashion, just laying there.

Leithol breathed deeply, his arms wrapping around her in a hug as well, nuzzling her hair and kissing the top of her head fondly. "Mmmm... Max..." he breathed softly, caressing her skin lightly. That was just as intense and amazing as the night before.. if not moreso. "I love doing that with you. I never want it to end."

Max blushed deeply at his words before turning to look down at him. "That's not possible and you know it, so don't go getting my hopes up." Smiling softly she traced a finger along his jaw line, memorizing his face, the color of his eyes, the shape of his nose, silly things.

Leithol was admiring her face in the same fashion, mentally taking in how different their faces were and he gave her a tired smile, reaching up to stroke her hair lightly back from her face. He then leaned in and kissed her lips, but it was deeper... more loving than anything they'd done before. It was highly affectionate and meaningful.

Max returned his kiss for a few moments, until she realized tears were streaming down her cheeks. Sniffling she turned her head away and shook her head. She couldn't... I can't be having feelings for him. We're meant to hate each other... Kill each other. He'd never be able to come with me if I were set free. Choking back a sob she took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself.

Leithol frowned deeply when he heard her starting to cry as she turned her head away and he sighed sadly, wrapping his arms around her tightly and hugging her, just holding her and letting her cry, feeling his heart aching in his chest. "I'm sorry..." he whispered into her hair. He then gulped thickly and bit his lip before looking at her. "I'm working on a new invention..." he whispered. "I was making it for my superiors... for our army to use against your race... It's a cloaking device that lets us look like humans, so we could blend and infiltrate your camps... But... they don't know how far along I am in finishing it." he whispered, and finally hooked his fingers under her chin and made her look at him. "I'm not going to tell them. I'm going to use it... and I'm going to leave with you and Charlie."

Max's eyes widened in surprise. "What? W-why?" Swiping at her tears, she brushed them all away, sniffling slightly before carefully pulling him out of her and rolling to the side so that they could talk. "I mean... I'm not against it, believe me." Pressing her hands against his cheeks she leaned forward, pressing her forehead against his as she took slow deep breaths.

"B-because... I want to. Because I can't stand it here, and I.. I know we didn't start this with the intention of you being mine... but I want you to be. I want you to be mine, Max." Leithol whispered, gulping hard as he sat up and ran his hands up and down her arms, holding his forehead against hers.

Max blushed deeply as tears flooded her eyes, threatening to spill over once again. "But... why? I'm only a human, nothing special? Just the first girl to climb into your bed." Giving a nervous chuckle she shook her head gently. "Are you sure?"

Leithol gave a weak chuckle and shook his head, cupping her cheeks and nuzzling her. "I dunno if I've told you this already... but my species takes their mating very seriously. You are my first, Max... and that means that you will always be mine. At least, to me it means that." He kissed her again firmly and then hugged her.

Max hugged him back after their kiss had broke. "What would happen if I denied you? Not that I'm thinking about doing that, I'm just curious." Carefully, she slid down into a laying position, her stomach resting against his so she could look at him while they talked.

Leithol chuckled and shrugged, looking at her. "Then I really would't have a say, would I? The women run things in my society, remember? If you decided that you no longer wanted me... then I would have to walk away, no questions asked." He seemed sad by this idea though...

Max moved so that their bodies touched in every way possible before laying her head down to look at him. "As of right now, that isn't going to happen. We may still have a lot to learn about each other, but my heart and my body both want you at the moment, so that's what I want. You." Smiling softly she reached down and laced their fingers together.

Leithol blushed and his gills rattled a little happily behind his ears, smiling at her and running his hands through her hair, before kissing her forehead. "And I want you. With every bit of me." he whispered. He then relaxed beneath her and sighed happily, just running his hands up and down her back and arms, closing his eyes happily before opening them again and looking at the ceiling. "We need to think of an escape plan..." he whispered. "And we need to tell Charlie."

Max stiffened slightly at his words. "I hadn't thought of that." Pressing her forehead to his chest she frowned gently. "Shit..." Letting out a soft, almost frustrated laugh, she shook her head. "Okay... Hmmm... Well what all is outside, around us? I couldn't really tell when you wheeled me in."

"Well, this mothership is suspended... which means that if you were to fall off of the edge, you would keep falling until you hit the ground." Leithol explained with a frown, shaking his head. "But I can offer to go on another run... hook your pods up to my cycle but with a hologram to make them look empty... I can smuggle you guys back to the surface."

"That's...brilliant. Would it be normal for you to bring two pods? Because if not, then we could just slip into one..." Max hugged Leithol excitedly as she buried her face in his neck. "We might actually be able to get out of here!" She cried, happily.

"No, two pods is normal." Leithol nodded, hugging her tightly and laughing a little as well. "Yes... we might actually get out of here." he whispered and nuzzled her hair affectionately, rubbing her back. "We'll get you back to your unit... and I'll get them some of my technology... we'll give your race a fighting chance."

Max nodded her head as she stared into his eyes. "I want you to know that... I feel more for you then just sexual desire. I'm not sure how much right now, because I don't want to tread there this soon into our relationship, but I care about you and what you're doing just adds to that..."

Leithol gave her a small smile and kissed her lips again lightly. "I care about you too." he whispered against them, then kissed her again deeply, holding her face in both hands gently, hugging her gently to his body. He rolled them in his bed so he was over her and kissed her again ticklishly. For the first time in a long time... he felt carefree and happy.

Max giggled against his lips as she wrapped her arms and legs around him, locking him against her body. "Good, because if you didn't, I'd have to kick your ass." Laughing softly, she leaned forward, kissing him deeply, lovingly...passionately.

Leithol laughed too, kissing her just as passionately and deeply, and tickling her sides lightly before running his hands through her hair, moaning at the feel of her legs wrapping around his waist. He loved that feeling. He ground against her a little, but it was just to tease.

Max groaned loudly and shook her head. "Don't even." Giggling softly, she swatted his hands away as she nuzzled his neck. "We can't stay in here all day. We'll both need food at some point in time and I'm sure you have work to day."

Leithol whined a little, but sighed against her neck, still laying on top of her and just hugging her. "Yes... Some work..." he grumbled, sighing against her skin. "But let me order us all some food... I'm not sure Charlie has eaten once since he's been here..." he frowned. He sighed and moved to kiss her, biting her lip lightly. "But as soon as we get the chance later... you're mine." he winked playfully.

Letting out a laugh she shook her head. "Okay. Maybe we should wake him uo while im out of the pod. Maybe he will be calmer if he sees we're safe." Shoving Leithol off of her, she giggled softly and pulled her clothing back on. Suddenly a thought ran through her mind. "Leithol... how does your kind conceive?"

Leithol paused too in the middle of pulling up his pants, then tilted his head. "Mmm.... about the same as your species does, I suppose. The females lay eggs within their bodies... and the males fertilize them once a month... Our species procreates at an exponential rate." he explained with a shrug, then tilted his head at her. "Why?"

Max froze suddenly, in the middle of pulling her boots back on. "Oh no..." Burying her face in her hands she shivered slightly. "You aren't joking... are you?" Disbelief flooded her mind as she sat there. "You've came in me...at least 3 times now..."

Leithol blinked at her, then gave a small chuckle and shook his head. "Max, you're not ovulating." he said gently. "I keep tabs on your body, remember? I have to. It's part of my job. The chances of you getting pregnant from the last couple of days is very slim..." he said soothingly, adjusting his pants and then going to rub her back. "Don't freak out."

Max relaxed considerably before shoving him gently. "Don't laugh at me." Frowning deeply she shook her head and stood, moving to the door. "That is something to worry about, especially with us not knowing each other that well and such. We need to be careful." Eyeing him carefully she shook her head and shoved him more playfully. "Jerk..."

Leithol gave her a knowing smile and followed her to the door, pulling her into a hug and kissing her firmly before pushing the button for the door, opening the room to where Charlie was still asleep in his pod. He sighed and moved to the pod, checking the stats screen before looking at Max. "Get ready... he might be hostile. He's been asleep for almost two days."

Max nodded her head gently and moved to the middle of the room. Crossing her arms over her braless chest, watching, waiting. Tapping her foot nervously as Leithol got closer to Charlie's pod. Taking slow deep breaths she began chewing on her bottom lip. "Ready..."

Leithol nodded and opened Charlie's pod, then gently caught him as he fell over in a flop. He pulled him out and laid him on his back on the ground, before injecting his arm with the antidote to the sleeping gas. He stepped back and watched him patiently, turning to the wall to put in an order for food for all of them.

Charlie slowly woke up, blinking his eyes against the harsh halogen lights in the room, and he groaned. He'd been asleep for so long, he felt dazed and confused. It took him a moment to remember where he was... and he recognized quickly that he was starving, and incredibly thirsty. And stinky. He needed a shower and a shave... he needed to brush his teeth and piss very badly. "Wh-what happened?"

Max moved forward so that she was in between Charlie and Leithol. Kneeling down in front of him she smiled softly. "You were asleep, for quite a while. And while you were out, Leithol and I came up with an escape plan." Her words were soft and slow so that he would understand her. Brushing his hair out of his eyes she smiled. "Are you hungry? You should eat before we talk."

It took a moment for her words to sink in, but when they clicked, Charlie growled deeply. He tried to sit up and glared at Leithol. "Leithol?! He has a name?!" he spat, trying to pull himself to his feet, but finding it rather difficult. He was so weak from all the sleep and lack of food. "An escape plan?! Are you fucking kidding me?!"

Max pushed Charlie back down to the ground and narrowed her eyes. "Do you want to go back in your cage?" Staring at him for a moment she glanced around. "Look around, Charlie. Are you chained, cuffed, gagged, tied down in any way? Think about it." Slapping the side of his head she stood, moving over to Leithol and leaning into him slightly.

Charlie blinked, not only at how easily she had managed to push him back, but also because of how she was leaning into Leithol and how he wrapped his arm around her possessively. He gaped, blinking at them both, and stammering a moment. "A-are... are you fucking insane? Max..." he breathed shakily, shaking his head. "Y-you've gone ballistic. You have Stockholm syndrome, don't you?" he asked, struggling to get to his hands and knees. "You really do.. I can't believe it... You really think this fishy fucker is going to let us OUT OF HERE?!" he bellowed.

Leithol sighed heavily and had to pull away from Max, grabbing his taser and pointing it at Charlie, but not using it on him yet. "I'm going to have to ask you to quiet and calm down, Charlie. If you don't you could ruin everything for all of us, and I won't risk that. So shut up and listen, before I have to use this on you."

Max crossed her arms over her chest and nodded her head gently. "I dont think he is, I know he is." When Max's eyes flitted over to Leithol, they softened slightly. Turning her attention back to Charlie she frowned. "Now, I love you like a brother, but I wont hesitate to kick your ass. We're getting out of here, now are you with us or not?" That's what it came down to, getting out of there.

Charlie grit his teeth as he pulled himself to stand with help from the wall, and glared at them both. He didn't like the look of this... he didn't like the thought of having to trust one of the aliens that was killing millions of humans in order to take over the planet. He gulped and sighed. "Fine. But I don't like it. And I'm not trusting him for a second." he grumbled. "Now... where's the fucking bathroom?"

"I should make you pee in your pants for how you're acting." Shaking her head, Max sighed. "Is the only bathroom in your room?" She said softly, as she moved over to Leithol. Resting her hands on her hips, she looked over her shoulder at Charlie, practically shooting daggers at him. Rolling her eyes she turned back to Leithol, watching him carefully. She knew he most likely wouldn't like Charlie talking to her like that.

Leithol sighed and nodded. "Yes... It is. These rooms weren't built for the intention of being hospitable to prisoners." he explained with a shrug, which made Charlie scoff irritably. "You can go ahead and take him in there... I'll wait here for the food." he whispered and without thinking, gave Max a gentle kiss on the lips. He could hear Charlie gasp, then growl, but he knew Charlie wouldn't have the energy to do anything about it.

Max returned his kiss innocently before turning away. Walking over to Charlie she grabbed ahold of his arm and led him into Leithol's room and into the bathroom. Instead of closing the door she leaned against the door frame, facing away from him so he had SOME privacy. "You should be more civilized. He hasn't hurt you. I've taken all your punishment, which killed him to do, just so you know."


Charlie had walked slowly and carefully on weak knees into the bathroom. He was so relieved to finally get to piss. When he finished, he turned to face her, and at her words he growled. "Hasn't hurt me...? DID YOU FORGET ABOUT MY FUCKING EAR??" he shouted, motioning to the now dried bloody mess that had once been his earlobe. He scoffed at her, wrinkling his nose and turning to the shower next, turning it on and stripping out of his dirty and bloody clothes. "Hasn't hurt me my ass." he grumbled, stepping in and starting to wash and shave himself. Once he was done, he got out and grabbed what looked like a toothbrush, brushing his teeth furiously. Now that he felt cleaner in all areas, he felt hungrier. He could smell food coming from the main room. "So what is this big plan of yours?" he grumbled, pushing past her out of the bathroom.

Max grabbed hold of Charlie and threw him to the ground. Straddling his chest she growled down at him. "I am still your superior and you will not talk to me like that." Squeezing her thighs against his head she glared down at him. "I have taken beatings for you because I love you. But if your going to treat me like this, then your on your own." Tears flooded her eyes as she climbed off of him. Moving to the doorway she waved her hand at Leithol to say she was okay.

Charlie had panted from between her legs and growled out a sour, "Yes, ma'am." before she'd gotten up. Leithol had been on the edge of jumping in until he saw Max's wave and he relaxed as Charlie stood up again, rubbing his neck painfully. He growled and shot Leithol a glare, but sighed and moved to sit as Leithol set his food at a table. It smelled magnificent, and looked it too--steak and potatoes with broccoli. He started to eat hungrily and Leithol offered Max a plate with the same amount of food, keeping one for himself. He had grown to rather like human food.

Max eyed the plate for a moment and shook her head. Sitting down at the table she pushed the plate away. "Thank you, but I've rather lost my appetite." Her words were clipped, angry as she sighed. She knew she should eat something but wasn't sure she could force it down. Staring down at the table, she frowned deeply. Sadness was etched across her face as she sat there in silence.

Leithol frowned deeply as he saw Max push her plate away. Even Charlie had stopped eating to watch her with a worried frown. They exchanged glances. They didn't like one another, obviously, but they both cared for Max. And seeing her refuse food worried them both. "Eat, Max. You'll need your strength for this escape plan of yours." Charlie said firmly, pushing the plate back at her. "I won't be carrying my superior on my back on our return."

Max's eyes flickered over to Charlie, her eyes hard. She was clearly still mad at him but she picked up her fork and began eating in silence. Keeping her eyes down the entire time she cleared most of her plate before pushing it away again, this time with finality. Crossing her arms over her chest she waited quietly for the other two to finish.

Leithol and Charlie finished their food quietly, then Leithol took the plates and disposed of them in the wall. He sighed and turned to face both of them, crossing his arms over his chest as well before looking at Charlie. "Charlie, this is getting us nowhere. I know I've hurt you and I've hurt Max." he nodded. "Both physically and mentally. So if you want... take a swing at me. Beat me up. Do whatever you want if it'll make you feel better and get us past this." he nodded, stepping away from the table. He heard Charlie's chair scratch against the floor as he stood up.

"Don't you dare! He is helping save our lives!" Max slammed a fist down on the table, causing it to wobble. "Get over it. You got off easy compared to me. You always do!" Standing she shoved Charlie roughly, anger radiating from her body. "When all the guys in the squad wanted to push you around and pick on you, who stood up for you and took it instead? I did! When the squad was getting in trouble for something, who took the punishments? I did! Now, for once your going to be a man, and let it go!"

Leithol frowned and shook his head, turning back to Max before Charlie had the chance to speak up to defend himself. "I want him to do this, Max! We need him to get it out of his system! I have every confidence that if he does this, he'll cooperate more." he said firmly. "Let him have his revenge." he shrugged.

Max turned to stare at Leithol for a moment before turning and sitting back down at the table. Crossing one leg over the other, and her arms across her chest, she sat bwck and watched, waiting.

Leithol and Charlie both watched her sit back down, and then they looked at one another. Charlie finally pulled away from the table with a bit of a smirk, crackling his knuckles excitedly as he approached the other male in the middle of the open floor. He let loose a fast punch against his jaw, watching Leithol stumble back a little from the blow, but he straightened up again quickly and Charlie hit him again on the other side. It was a few minutes later that Charlie finally stopped, when Leithol had a bloody lip and a swollen bruise on his cheek, and both were panting. Charlie finally relaxed and stepped back, breathing deeply, and offering Leithol a hand up from where he was on his knees on the floor. Once Leithol was standing again, Charlie turned back to Max and nodded his head. "Alright then... what's this plan?"

Max jumped to her feet as soon as they were done. Placing a gentle hand on Leithol's cheek she frowned deeply. "Come on, we need to fix you up so no one knows what happened." Ignoring Charlie, she helped Leithol over to his work bench. "What do you need?" Her voice was soft and filled with concern as she stood there staring at him.

"The ointment.. I put on your wounds earlier." Leithol panted slightly, sitting heavily on his workbench as Charlie stood with his arms crossed impatiently over his chest on the other side of the room. He glanced at Leithol and sighed. "I'm going to camouflage you both... in your pods, so that it looks like they're empty and I'm going on another run to capture more humans." he explained. "I'll land near where I found you both... and abandon my cycle. I'm an engineer, Charlie. I've built and invented many parts of this ship, including many weak points. I can help your people figure out how to beat my species... all the while disguised as one of you." he explained. "Understand?" Charlie gave a small nod, but he was still frowning, watching Max and feeling a little guilty.

Remembering where Leithol had put the ointment, she snatched it up and carefully applied it. Frowning deeply after she was down she wrappes her arms around hia neck, hugging him close. "No more fighting... I dont like it." Max whispered softly as she kissed his forehead.

Leithol hugged her back gently, nuzzling his face gently against hers and kissing her affectionately. "I promise.. No more fighting." he whispered and kissed her again. Even though Charlie had gotten all of his rage out, he still scoffed a little and rolled his eyes. Leithol pulled away from Max and smiled gently. "I will order us some food stores and spare clothes for the trip. Show Charlie your shirt, help him understand why he needs one."

Max turned to Charlie and smiled. "Watch this." Pulling her shirt out from her body, stretching it, she let go and it slowly reformed to her body once again. "They're awesome." Moving across the room, she flicked his nose, frowning slightly. "He makes me happy and feel safe, please be happy for me." Her eyes practically begged him to understand.

Charlie had been only slightly impressed with the shirt and how it retook the form of her body shape once stretched, his arms still crossed. He blinked at her when she flicked his nose, and her words made him frown, his brows furrowed deeply. He looked at Leithol again as he moved about ordering everything they would need for their trip back to the surface, and then sighed down at her. "I'll try." he whispered back and his gaze softened. He still didn't like the idea of Max liking one of the aliens that was currently destroying their planet and everything on it... but he could learn to hide it better. "Can the shirt do anything else?" he asked pressingly, wanting to change the subject. "What's so impressive about it?"

"It's also bullet proof and keeps you warm when it's cold out and cool when its warm out." Shoving his shoulder gently. "Is that all it does...of course not!" Shaking her head she turned to watch Leithol as she leaned into Charlie affectionately. "You know, just because I care for him doesn't mean he's going to replace our closeness..."

Charlie's appreciation for the shirt drastically changed when she mentioned it was bullet-proof. He stretched it slightly in examination before looking at Leithol when she started talking about him. He sighed heavily and shook his head. "I know that, Max... That's not what I'm worried about. I'm worried about... the chances of you getting hurt..."

"There's always that chance, though. No matter who it is. And you know that." Nudging his stomach gently, smiling. "It will be okay." Kissing his cheek, she shrugged. "Leithol, honey, do you need any help?" Moving over to him, running her hands up and down his shoulders.

Leithol shook his head, stuffing food and clothes into a black duffel bag, along with medical supplies. "No, I've got it." he smiled, turning to look at her and then pulling her to him in a hug, kissing her lightly. "I just wanna hurry... Tonight, before I put in the forms to go out on another run, you'll need to be in your pods again..." he whispered, glancing at Charlie.

Max nodded her head gently, shrugging her shoulders. "Okay, we can do that." Returning his kiss, she linked her hands behind his head, holding his head so there eyes were at the same level. "We can do this. Just remember that." Smiling proudly at him, she hugged him close, laying her head on his shoulder.

Leithol smiled at her and hugged her back tightly, closing his eyes as he clung to her. "I know we can. I trust you both." he said, shooting at glance at Charlie to make sure he knew the point was targeted at him. He kissed her shoulder and then pulled back to kiss her again. "No pressure, right?" he smiled with a weak chuckle.

Max smiled softly and nodded her head. "None, if you don't think we can pull it off, then we'll just sit and wait until we can think of something better." Shrugging her shoulders she searched his eyes, seeing that he was a little nervous she gently rubbed his shoulders.

"No... no, we can do this, and we have to do it as soon as possible." Leithol nodded firmly, standing up from the stool and smiling down at her. "We have to. It's never certain when my superiors might order me to kill you... and I'd rather not wait until that moment for us to make our escape."

Max smiled softly and nodded her head. "Alright. Whatever you say." Grinning, slightly she walked over to Charlie. "We're going to get out of here... I can feel it, can't you?" Her grin turned into a happy, relieved smile as she glanced around the room.

Charlie nodded firmly and sighed, putting his hands against his forehead and closing his eyes. "I do." He mumbled, then looked across the room at Leithol and nodded. "Alright. Put in the forms. We'll leave tonight, as soon as it's dark. But I swear, fish-face.. if anything happens to us--to Max--I'll hunt you down and skin you alive."

"Fair enough." Leithol mumbled with a shrug, turning to his computer screen and hologram keyboard, starting to fill out the forms and requisitions necessary to go out "hunting".

Max rolled her eyes at Charlie as she sat down at the table, yawning softly. "Where are we going? We need to have a plan after we leave. I mean..." Running a hand through her hair she shrugged. "We could try going back to our camp sight, but knowing them they're already moved on."

Charlie shook his head. "They wouldn't stay in one place too long... Especially after they realized you and I weren't coming back." he sighed, crossing his arms. "They're heading north, too. Leithol's kind don't take kindly to colder temperatures..." he said with a glance at him.

"No, you're right, we don't. We're cold-blooded. We thrive on heat and humidity. Dry, cold temperatures and things like snow deter us greatly. We could get sick or develop scale rot..." Leithol explained with a shrug. "That would be your safest bet."

"Do you have anything that can keep you warm?" Max asked softly. He had so many other gadgets she practically prayed that he had something to help with warmth. She feared the amazing shirts wouldn't do enough for him, but you never know, maybe they were.

Leithol shrugged and smiled at her a little. "I have those shirts I invented... Those will help contain my body heat. But I also have some other inventions that I've been meaning to test..." he nodded, rubbing his chin. "We'll see how they work when we leave."

Max nodded her head gently. He seemed confident. "We will need supplies. Can you get human things? Ammo, guns, jackets.... maybe even a tent?" A list of things were ticking off in her mind as she said it. If they were going to be on the run for a while, they'd need plenty of supplies.

Leithol frowned a little and shook his head. "Max, I cannot order things like that from the database. That would definitely raise suspicions." he whispered. "We have to go in there with only what we can get ahold of from here... We have to keep this as low-profile as possible."

Max paled, shaking her head. "Of course. I wasnt thinking." Running a hand through her hair, she sighed heavily. A bit embarrassed from her stupidity she stood up and crossed the room to a strange machine, just staring at it as if tryingto figure out what it is when in reality she was just staring off into space.

Leithol and Charlie shared an expression, then Leithol stepped up behind her and put his hands on her shoulders soothingly, rubbing her arms and back gently. "Don't be embarrassed, Max.. You wanted to be prepared. There's nothing wrong with that." he whispered, nuzzling her. "It's alright."

Leaning back into his chest, Max nodded her head gently. "I guess. I should have been thinking though. Im a high ranking officer, I know better than that." Sighing softly she shook her head. They needed to get out of there, she was losing her mind, her training.

Leithol nodded and gave her a weak smile, hugging her gently from behind and nuzzling his face into her neck. "It's alright. You were relying on your training still... it just... was a little out of place." he said softly. "That's alright. It happens to the best of us." he nodded. He kissed her shoulder, then looked at her. "We'll get out of here."

Patting his arms that were wrapped around her, Max smiled softly and nodded her head. "I know. I trust you and I believe in you." Turning in his arms she wrapped hers around his waist, hugging him close as she laid her head on his chest, closing her eyes and taking deep, calming breaths.

Leithol hugged her gently, rubbing her back and shoulders, nuzzling her hair as Charlie watched from across the room with a small pout. Leithol then kissed her head and tipped her chin up so he could kiss her lips. brushing his nose against hers. "You both need to get into your pods before my superiors get here to inspect everything." he whispered.

After Max had returned his kiss she nodded her head gently. "Okay." Glancing over Leithol's shoulder at Charlie she nodded her head. "It'll be okay." Kissing Leithol one more time, she broke away from him and crossed over to her pod, stepping into it and sliding down to sit like she normally did.

Leithol watched her go, biting his lip a little and then nodding at Charlie as he passed towards his own pod also. Once inside, Charlie turned and moved to sit with his back against the back wall. "Both of you, pretend to be asleep." he explained. "They'll think you're under the influence of the gas, I'll convince him that I need more specimens, and that you'll be transferred to someone more able to handle your defiance." he explained, just so they would know what to expect. He then moved to close and lock their pod doors, bringing up their stat screens, and inspecting them.

Max did as she was told, curling up into a ball on the floor and closing her eyes. Sighing softly, she peeked out for a moment and smiled at Charlie before closing her eyes once again to just wait it out. She hoped this would work, she believed it would. It was a good plan, even to her. It had to work..

Charlie did the same thing, leaning back against the back wall of his pod and closing his eyes, relaxing bodily to make it seem like he was asleep. When Leithol was sure their heart rates and breathing rates matched those of sleeping prisoners, he recorded them into the forms necessary for their transferral, and waited for his superiors to come and inspect the pods.

After a few minutes, another one of his commanding officers came into the room, heavily adorned in amulets and armor. He looked at the two pods and the "sleeping" humans inside, then turned back to Leithol. A few harsh words were exchanged in their own alien language, then the superior snorted at Leithol in his face. Leithol only slightly flinched, but kept his eyes down respectfully, though also looking ashamed and thoroughly chastised. After a beat of silence, the commander grumbled something to him, waved at the pods dismissively, then turned and left the room. Leithol waited until he couldn't hear his footsteps anymore, then let out a breath of relief and turned his translator back on, going to Max's pod and tapping on the glass. "It worked."

Max let out a long sigh as she turned to look up at him. "Thank god..." Relaxing she stared up at him in silence for a moment. "So, what now?" She asked softly. She wanted to get out of here, quickly. Sitting up, she leaned her back against the back wall of the pod, knees bent as she watched Leithol through the glass.

Leithol pushed the button to open the door of her pod, then crawled inside slightly on his hands and knees and smiled. "I'll camouflage your pods to make them seem empty and attach them to my cycle... I'll turn in the forms for your transferral right before I leave, and it'll give us about a day or so to get away undetected." he explained. He crawled in close to her and kissed her lightly, breathing out a sigh of relief. He had been so nervous under the scrutinizing eyes of his commander.

Max threw her arms around him, clinging to him. After their brief kiss she looked into his eyes, frowning slightly. "Okay... Let's get going then." Sighing softly, she nuzzled his neck affectionately. Her nerves were calmer now that the superior was gone but that just meant they had to escape this place now, which meant even more nerves when they went to leave.

Leithol hugged her back gently, nuzzling her in return, and whispering, "It'll be okay." He gave her a soft squeeze, then kissed her again before releasing her, sitting back and kissing her one more time. "I won't be able to see you once the camouflage is turned on... but you'll be able to see everything. I just need you to promise me you'll be quiet..."

"Goes without saying..." Max rolled her eyes playfully but then the seriousness of what was about to happen hit her. Tugging Leithol close she kissed him deeply, passionately. Just in case she never got the chance to. Slowly pulling away, she whispered just that. "Just in case..."

Leithol blushed, but nodded and kissed her again lightly. "I like that." he whispered and smiled a little. "But not this time." He kissed her again firmly, then crawled back out of her pod and closed her door gently, locking it and pushing a few buttons. The camouflage came up, making the inside of the pod look empty, and he smiled. "It's working." he said and turned to do the same thing to Charlie's pod before detaching them from the wall. His cycle lowered from a place in the ceiling, and was gently set on the floor. He attached first Charlie's pod, then Max's to the sides of his cycle, making sure everything was secure and his cycle had fuel before turning to his computer and making sure the transfer forms got turned in. He then mounted his cycle, turning it on with a humming, clicking roar, then pushed a button to open the floor of his office... which opened to reveal exactly how high up they were from the Earth's floor.

Max, if she were a normal human, would have gasped at the height. But she didn't. She was one of the best jumpers in the squad, jumping from any height. Sighing softly, she laid down flat and closed her eyes, just waiting for the ride to be over so that they could run.

The clicking and humming of the cycle got louder and faster as he exited out of the main ship through the exit in his floor, slowly lowering himself to just above the trees before taking off at an incredibly fast pace. They zoomed over trees, rocks and mountains, before he started to slow. Once they were a safe enough distance from the main ship, he let the cycle down to the ground gently and turned it off. He then hopped off and moved to each of the pods, unlocking and opening the doors. "Alright. We're back on the ground."

Max climbed out of her pod and hurried over to Leithol, throwing her arms around him. Glancing around she frowned slightly. She didn't recognize where they were but she guessed that was probably a good thing. Burying her head in his chest she sighed softly, glad to have him close again.

Leithol gave a small chuckle as he wrapped his arms around Max in return, hugging her tightly and nuzzling her hair. "It's okay." he whispered and kissed her head. "We're not far from where I found you both. Your old camp is right over the next ridge, but they're probably moved on by now." he explained as Charlie pulled himself out of his pod and dusted himself down.

Max nodded her head as she glanced around. "So where to then? Do you want to see if they left anything behind?" Glancing between the two men she waited to see if they agreed. They hadn't brought much with them so anything they could find that would help, would be great.

"Here..." Leithol said, offering Max a compass. "We go East. Away from your camp. Chances are, if your regiment moved, it was for a reason, and there's a good chance my people might still be scouting the area. We need to move away from it. We'll find what we need in due time. For now, let's stay low." he said and Charlie nodded in agreement, but it was somewhat spiteful. He didn't like that Leithol was taking charge.

Max nodded her head and held the compass out in front of her. Holding it steady she watched the needle until it stopped. Nodding her head she began walking away from their old camp. Climbing over a fallen tree she glanced around, making sure to keep her steps quiet as she led the way.

Leithol grabbed the bags of supplies off of the back of his cycle, hanging them both over his shoulders, and Charlie took the third one, wearing it like a backpack and they both followed after Max quietly. They also kept their footsteps quiet and their eyes concentrated on their surroundings. They didn't really have weapons, so they had to be careful not to get caught by either side. "Oh! I almost forgot..." Leithol said, reaching into his pocket. He pulled out what looked like a necklace, and it had a bright green emblem in the middle. He put it around his neck and pinched the emblem between his fingers, then in the blink of an eye he looked... human. His gills were masked, his big dark eyes were smaller and closer together, and his face was less flat, now bent with the familiar landscapes of a noise and brow line. He had fuzzy brown hair on his head and his skin was an olive tan. He still had his nicely toned body though, and the same black markings up his sides that looked like tattoos. "How do I look? Is it working?" he asked, reaching up to feel the stubble on his chin.

Max turned around to look at him and stumbled suddenly. Catching herself against a near by tree she blushed deeply. Clearing her throat she averted her eyes. Sure she was attracted to him in his true form too, but seeing him as a human about made her faint. He was gorgeous. Placing a trembling hand against her chest she turned around once again to look at him and nodded. "It's working alright..."

Leithol had noticed her reaction, and couldn't help but blush and smile crookedly at her, charmingly, whilst Charlie rolled his eyes and snorted irritably, continuing on. Leithol moved to Max's side and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Need help walking?" he joked, then gave her ear a small nip with his teeth.

A shiver ran through Max's spine at his nip. Elbowing him in the side she giggled softly. "It isn't funny. I just... didn't expect this." Shaking her head she continued walking, now behind Charlie. Sighing softly she gave Leithol a good look over and smiled softly. "But it is a nice look."

"Gee, thanks." Leithol chuckled, blushing a little still and hugging her to his side as they walked. "I programmed it with an image that a majority of earth women found attractive, based on extensive test results." he explained with a shrug. "So I'm glad you like it."

"Id still like you without it though, just remember that." Grabbing Leithol's chin she turned his head and kissed him softly before breaking away and skipping off in between him and Charlie. "Doo doo doo doo doo doo."

Leithol watched her step off away from him, chuckling as he watched her skipping and he licked his lips subtly, adjusting the bags on his back. He followed them at the back of the group, keeping his eyes open for any dangers, and making sure his transformation emblem was hidden under the shirt he'd pulled out from one of the bags and pulled on. It was the same as Max's, one of the ones he'd invented, just to be safe. He offered one to Charlie as well, but he refused it for now. When the sun started to get really low in the sky, Leithol sighed. "We should stop and make camp somewhere... Let's find a cave."

Max yawned gently and nodded her head. Glancing around she continued walking for a little while until they finally came upon what looked like a rather large cave. Heading over towards it, she stopped just outside of the dark opening to peer in, listening. Chewing on her bottom lip she looked over at the boys and shook her head. "I'm not going in first."

"I'll go." Leithol piped up, already stepping towards the cave, but Charlie cut him off.

"No, I'll go." Charlie gave Leithol a firm frown, and Leithol respectfully backed off, holding his hands up in surrender. Charlie sighed and pulled out the pocket knife that Leithol had returned to him at some point during their walk through the forest, then looked into the cave and slowly started to head in. He had decided against a flashlight, so as not to give himself away to anything hiding inside.

Leithol watched Charlie disappear into the cave, then looked at Max and smiled gently. "He's a confident one, isn't he?" he chuckled softly.

"I'm not entirely sure that is the word I would use, but sure, we'll go with that." Crossing her arms over her chest she watched and waited silently. Tapping her foot on the ground she sighed softly. Leaning gently into Leithol she ran a hand through her hair. At some point it had comes loose from her ponytail and unbraided itself.

Leithol wrapped his arm around her somewhat protectively as they waited for Charlie to come back. After a few tense minutes, there were some shuffling sounds, and Charlie emerged. "It's all clear. There's some bones and tracks in here, but they're old and dry." he explained. "We should be okay."

Max nodded her head and smiled as she moved past Charlie and into the cave. Sighing softly, she shone her flash light all around the cave. Double checking everything out, making sure there wasnt anything out of the ordinary. Feeling confident that they were okay, she lowered herself to the ground, sitting indian style.

Leithol and Charlie grabbed the bags and followed her into the cave, then once they were both seated, Leithol started to dig through the bags until he found a little round device. "Fire, anyone?" he asked with a smirk and set it on the ground. He pushed a little button on the side, and suddenly the cave was lit up by a warm fire's glow. He then started to dig for food in one of the bags, handing a package to Charlie and then to Max.

"Thank you.." Max smiled as she took the package from Leithol and opened it. Beginning to eat she glanced around the cave and smiled. They were free again, which was good, but they were also kind of on the run. She was just glad that Leithol had such amazing technology. If it weren't for him they probably wouldn't survive very long.

Leithol took a small bite from his own food, watching as Charlie poked at his experimentally before taking a bite. He must have thought it was pretty okay, because he started to eat it in big bites after that. Leithol smiled a little to himself before looking at Max and he studied her. She seemed relaxed now. Happier. He hoped she would be. He scooted closer to her and bumped her lightly with his body, then gave her a crooked smile as he took another messy bite of his food.

Max rolled her eyes at Leithol, giggling softly, but instead of pulling away, she leaned her body against his. Once done with her food, she leaned her head against his shoulder and sighed contently. "So peaceful... I love the sound of nature." She figured being born and raised on an Indian Reservation would do that to a person.

Leithol smiled down at her. "I do too... Your planet is so calming in certain places. The beaches... the woods... open meadows... So beautiful." he whispered and sighed sadly. "It's a shame that my people want to destroy it as soon as your resources have been mined." He frowned at the ground and then looked at Max and Charlie. "We have to stop them."

"Obviously... What I don't understand is why they want to destroy it... Why not just live on it..." Sighing heavily she shook her head. Crossing her arms over her chest she yawned gently. "As for right now, I think we all need a good nights sleep...real sleep." Giggling softly, she poked Leithol, not sure if she had meant their love making or the sleeping gas.

Leithol blushed a little and chuckled, rubbing the back of his neck. He hadn't been entirely sure what she'd meant either, but it made him laugh. Charlie rolled his eyes across the cave and shifted to lay down after he'd finished his food and set the empty package aside. He curled up on his side and put his back to them. Leithol watched Charlie do this, then turned and gave Max a quick kiss on the lips, and a bashful smile.

Max smiled against his lips, after returning the kiss. Sighing softly, she laid back, rolling over onto her side, she propped her head on her arm. Yawning deeply, she closed her eyes and got comfortable. Glancing over her shoulder at Leithol, she patted the spot behind her in invitation.

Leithol smiled and moved to lay behind her, adjusting the glow on the fire to dim it a little, then curled around her protectively. He nuzzled into her neck, breathing in her smell, then whispered, "I'll stay awake and keep watch." He kissed the side of her head, tucking his arm under her head to keep her comfortable.

"Are you sure? We could take turns... You don't need to stay up the entire night." Max's words were soft, and clearly tired as she fought back the sleep that was threatening to overcome her. "You can take first watch and wake me in a couple of hours."

"I'm not tired... my species don't need as much sleep as yours does." Leithol explained with a shrug and smiled at her softly. "You go ahead and sleep... I'll still be here when you wake up." He rubbed her arm to help soothe her, happy he'd given her that special shirt of his. It would keep her warm for sure. He kissed her neck and shoulder, bending his arm at the elbow so it was like a pillow under her head and wrapped his other arm around her waist, pulling her closer against his chest. "Sleep sweet..."

Max nodded her head and closed her eyes, not having the energy to fight him on the matter. Yawning deeply, she snuggled into his arm, his body warm around hers as she slowly began drifting off to sleep. The last thing she heard before she feel into a dreamless sleep was the sound of a wolf howling near by, most likely ontop of the cave.



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