Cass: I hope you guys like the ending. It's finally over! I might start typing up the sequal or I may just leave the intro up. I'm not sure yet

Epilogue

As soon as Hiram and the other guards had walked back onto the ship, it started to take off. He looked down to Aleris. She had passed out again in his arms. He quickly took her to the medical unit. Carefully, he laid her out on one of the beds and covered her with several thick blankets. He moved some of her rebel strands of hair out of her face and just looked at her. He never thought that she would succeed in her task and come back alive.

The automatic door opened to reveal Xerxes and Tangoroa. They walked in slowly, not sure of what to expect.

"She's not hurt that badly. She just needs some rest" Hiram clicked

"That's wonderful news" Tangoroa said cheerfully

xXx

Her eyes fluttered opened. Aleris woke up in a rather strange place. Cold silver walls, strange jars of things on the walls. She sprang out of bed. She was in the medical unit of the Yautja ship. She did not like the medical unit. She quickly looked around. No one was there. Perfect. She hopped out of bed and ran to the automatic door. It opened up and she was gone.

xXx

The bridge was unusually noisy with chatter from the Yautja officers. They all knew she was back. The hybrid had done her task and now was the most honorable of them all. She killed two queens, countless millions of drones, and there were still those Yautja with permanent scars. Most of them were angry that she was back on the ship, thinking she was gone forever.

Xerxes stood in the middle of the bridge, waiting for word back from Aleris. Hiram and Tangoroa stood on either side of him, only because they needed to get out of the medical unit and had nothing better to do.

"Do you think she'll be alright alone with some strangers? She might hurt them" Tangoroa asked Xerxes

"Tangoroa, that's how we'll know if she's healed yet!" Xerxes chuckled

Tangoroa didn't get it at first, but Hiram did. He chuckled along with Xerxes.

"If she doesn't kill them, then she's not fully healed yet" Hiram chuckled to himself

"Sir!" A Yautja Warrior stopped in front of Xerxes

"What is it?"

"She's awake now" His voice was shaking

Xerxes looked at the warrior. He seemed unusually tense.

"What is it? Did she kill someone already?" Xerxes was so calm

"Uh…no sir" He did not see the relevance of any of these things

"That will be all"

The messenger hesitated then walked away quickly. Hiram leaned closer to Xerxes.

"Word spreads quickly"

"Well, she was already feared before her mission. Now, nothing will stop her"

"What will she do now that she is more honorable than you sir"

"Replace me"

Hiram shot Xerxes a look, but one was not returned. He would have to wait to have an explanation. Aleris was up and he wanted to see her. Tangoroa also wanted to see her. They both were worried sick about her while she was gone.

"Let's go see how she's doing" Xerxes commanded

The two lesser Yautja did not argue with this.

xXx

Aleris was sitting up on the large examining table, but she leaned back onto the wall. She was still weak from her battle. Two Yautja came up to her, each holding a Queen Kainde Amedha skull. She ordered them to set them down on the table next to her. The two skulls took up most of the table. The automatic door opened and the three Yautja came in. Aleris was overjoyed to see Xerxes, Hiram, and Tangoroa. Xerxes quickly ordered the other two Yautja out of the room.

"How are you feeling, Aleris?" Xerxes asked as he approached her

"I'm well, but unhappy that those stupid Yautja made me come back here! I have a question for you. Where are my friends?"

"Oh," Xerxes paused, "They are in a containment cell several floors down"

"Well, they don't like being confined. You should let them out" Aleris sounded sincere

"They are Kainde Amedha and can kill a Yautja easily" Xerxes pushed

"Yes, but I am their Queen and they listen to me"

Xerxes sighed deeply. "Fine, I will order their release once we're through here"

"Thank you, Xerxes" Aleris smiled at him. "Oh!" She remembered something she had to do. "Xerxes, I wanted to give you something"

Xerxes looked at her. He wasn't sure what she wanted to give him, but it was probably something pretty stupid. He would just take it to make her feel better.

"Xerxes, I want you to have one of the skulls behind you" She pointed behind him

He turned around and surveyed the table. All that was on it were the two, massive Queen Kainde Amedha skulls.

"You want to give me one of your prized skulls?" Xerxes was so very surprised by this

"Of course. You were one of the few Yautja here that not only believed I me, but gave me a fighting chance. And from what I've heard, you helped build this clan up. You deserve one. That and I really don't need two of them"

Xerxes reached around Aleris' neck and forcibly knocked his forehead with hers. He turned from her as she rubbed her throbbing head. He purred happily as he looked the two skulls over intently.

xXx

Several days passed without much notice from the crew. Things had seemed to settle down for once in some time for the male Yautja aboard the ship. Except for the scarce sighting of a Kainde Amedha scurrying about the ceilings and vents, there were no unusual occurrences.

Tangoroa and Hiram had ever left Aleris' side once she left the Medical Unit. Tangoroa was absolutely enthralled in her narration of how she rid an entire planet of Kainde Amedha. She made sure to use as many colorful words as possible as to make Tangoroa happy. Hiram was happy just checking her wounds and noting her physical and mental progress after the battle. He said he was going to put a report together and talk it over with other scientists.

They followed her everywhere except to her sleeping quarters at night. They entrusted her to the three Kainde Amedha that they had picked up on a deserted planet. They stayed in her room during the day and night, but would leave to check things out for themselves. There were always at least two in Aleris' room not matter what. They didn't want their Queen ever without assistance from the killers among her.

Xerxes deemed her worthy enough to be awarded four silvers dots around her warrior scar. Aleris figured this was the greatest honor she could receive. Seeing that Xerxes had three silver dots around his scar and Eryx only had two. Xerxes explained to her that once he gave her the silver marks, that the other Yautja men might feel threatened and attack her if given a chance. She clearly understood this and said that if it bothered him too much, she would direct one of her drone Kainde Amedha to be at her side at all times. Xerxes, though wary, agreed.

Things progressed quickly for Aleris the next few days. She was awarded her four silver dots for honor. Soon after that, Xerxes asked her to take over as Leader of the ship. At first, Aleris declined because she thought he was a swell Leader and should go on doing what he's been doing. He only brought up that his age was going to make it harder for him to continue the stressful job of Leader.

He was almost 300 years old and knew that he was not going to last much longer. Maybe by passing it off onto Aleris, it could make their clan fiercer. She was a female, Pyode Amedha and Kainde Amedha, had eaten Yautja flesh, and honorable beyond honorable. She may have been small in stature, but she exercised the ability to communicate and manipulate Kainde Amedha. Xerxes was confident in her, but she doubted her ability to lead a race of men who were so used to having another male lead them. After some persistence though, Aleris agreed.

Hiram and Tangoroa were both overjoyed that Aleris agreed to take the position of Leader in their Clan. Hiram knew Aleris from the very beginning. She helped him without any knowledge of who he was or what e was and was able to protect him and herself from Kainde Amedha long enough for Xerxes to help them. She was a born leader and a born survivor. He knew that with she could run this clan with stern authority but still be loving about it.

When the Clan was informed of the decision to allow Aleris to lead their Clan, many of Yautja were outraged by this, but they could not deny the fact that she was the best choice for the job. She did kill millions of Kainde Amedha drones and two Queens. They weren't going to like it, but they certainly weren't going to stand up to her with her Kainde Amedha traits and her three Kainde Amedha drones by her side. They figured they'd let her run things for awhile and as soon as she messed up, they'd kill her.

As she stood there on the bridge as the new Leader, she felt empowered. Tangoroa was on her right and Eryx was on her left. Hiram was with Xerxes, standing behind her. She gave the order and the ship started off towards the inner depths of space. There destination was unknown to Aleris, but she would soon find out what it was and why the men were so eager to get there. Next stop: The Yautja Home Planet.

The End

I would like to thank Andrew McCall for helping me so much. He has been there helping me with this fic for some time now!

He has been a beta reader and a person to run ideas past before writing.

Back in February 2005, we sat next to each other in AP English and we had been talking to one another for a couple weeks at that point. We had just seen AVP a few days prior and were talking about it a lot. I came up with a quick little idea and he built on it and before we knew it, we had an excellent story idea. He helped me start writing it and pushed me to get it done.

I owe a lot to him. THANKS ANDREW!