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[bunnymedley]

Bestie we COULD play tf2 but I suck sooooo bad I didn't even know there WAS bad melee detection I would disappoint you immensely

lets disappoint each other baby lets do it

[idonthaveanaccent]

Hey man if it isnt to much of a bother to you, can you write about aliens and paintball? Cus i really havent seen or read anything on the lines of that soooo, yeah… thanks if you write it!

-the-2nd-random-kid

Of course I wouldn’t mind, and it is of no bother! Also, this is a bit of a longer one. Hope you enjoy it!

The colony on planet No. 237 was founded by humans. Of course, this single fact about it was why so many people were interested in it. It was relatively new, and needed supplies. Naturally, Captain Zellnor jumped at the chance to travel to it, delivering the supplies. Xylion was slightly nervous, knowing how hostile new humans can be to aliens. However, Captain Zellnor was adamant about the kindness of colonies. 

“They wouldn’t be accepted by the USL if they weren’t.” Captain Zellnor lamented for what was at least the fourth time. However, Xylion was still unconvinced.

“Yes, but what if they are simply playing? Even Human Fredrick has been voicing his worries, and he’s undoubtedly the smart one of the group!”

“Xylion, he was talking about his home world, Earth.”

“Yes, but there are humans in both places!”

Captain Zellnor stopped walking and turned to Xylion. “Honestly, I’m surprised you’re the one who’s hesitant about travelling, what with you having a crush on Jenny.”

Xylion immediately felt mucus drip down his hands and face. “Wha- you- I- wait- uh-”

Captain Zellnor let out a hoarse chuckle before turning away. “Prepare for landing, Xylion.”

Xylion could only stare at his captain’s back, his mouth hung open as he watched Captain Zellnor’s scales mix into a light pink similar to a liquid Human  Jenny applied to her lips. Xylion took a second to collect himself before walking off. It was best he prepare the crewmembers. 

Xylion blinked as he looked at the very short man. He was at least three feet tall, and simply eyed Xylion with a look of confusion and anger. At first Xylion assumed him a child, but after close examination he did have older features, but was not tall, unlike the other humans. Human Quinn looked tall compared to him, and she was very short. 

Next to the shorter guy was one that was close in size to Human Mason. He also had the same skin tone, whereas the shorter human had a skin tone a bit lighter than Human Isaac’s. 

Human Jenny stood in front of them. She was smiling her brightest smile as she looked at them each. A few silent moments passed before Human Jenny suddenly let out a really loud cry and threw her arms around both of them as best she could. The size difference clearly made it difficult. Xylion immediately begin to worry for her safety. A sound like that couldn’t be healthy! However, no one else seemed concerned.

“Jenny! How nice it is to see you again!” One of them said, their voice sounding much stranger than anything Xylion had heard before.

The shorter man nodded. “It has been too long, Mishka.” His voice sounded strange too…

Human Jenny smiled as she pulled back. “I have missed you guys!”

Xylion shuffled slightly as Human Jenny looked back at them. “Let me introduce you guys. These are two of my friends from the academy, Saah,” she gestured at the taller man, “and Andrei.“ She finished, gesturing at the shorter man.

Human Saah smiled and waved. “Hello.” 

Human Fredrick furrowed his brow. “My apologies if this is offensive or whatever, but are you perhaps from Africa? Your accent seems to hint that you are..”

Human Saah smiled, revealing a row of pearly white teeth. “I am from Africa, sir. Liberia, specifically. And you are not being offensive. I take pride in where I am from.”

That seemed to calm Human Fredrick. Human Andrei threw a hand up. He said some strange word that Xylion was unable to understand.

Xylion blinked. Human Isaac, however, suddenly lit up. “Russian, right?”

Human Andrei grinned. “That is right. I am from Russia.”

Human Isaac made a fist and quickly pulled it down, letting out a quick ‘yes’ as he did so. Xylion frowned. What a strange gesture. He began trying to imitate it.

Human Jenny’s eyes suddenly lit up. “I forgot to introduce my crew! Uh, this is Fredrick, he’s the scientist. This is Isaac, our mechanic, Mason, our bodyguard and Alientologist, and lastly Quinn, our doctor slash nurse. That’s it for the humans, but here’s the aliens. This is Captain Zellnor, our captain. Sil’keen, our assistant. She helps out everywhere. Dattalion is our doctor on board, Grudge is our head mechanic and engineer, Tilorian here is our trainee who mainly sweeps and cleans the ship, and last but not least is Micheele, who is on the ship. She’s our chef. I think that covers just about everyone.”

“You forgot me, Human Jenny.” Xylion whispered, already feeling the mucus beginning to build.

Human Jenny looked at him, her face flushed red. “And, uh, Xylion, the second-in-command. Sorry Xylion, I didn’t mean to forget you.”

Xylion tried to calm his nerves. “It’s okay, Human Jenny.”

Human Jenny nodded, her face returning to its normal color. Human Saah smiled. “We figured you would like to engage in an activity while you’re here?”

Xylion felt his mucus begin to secrete. What could that-

“If you’re asking to have a mass orgy then I am totally not in on that. I’m taken, sir, but to each their own.” Human Isaac said, waving his hand from side-to-side.

Xylion looked at Human Jenny. “What is an ‘orgy’?”

Human Jenny stared at Human Isaac, her mouth open. Human Isaac turned to Xylion. “It’s when a bunch of people get together and-”

“Isaac, I am not referring to a mass orgy, as you assumed.” Human Saah cut in, still smiling. “I was thinking something a bit more…violent.” His normally calm expression suddenly morphed into a twisted grin, and he chuckled lowly. 

Xylion glanced at Human Jenny. “Human Jenny, what is he talking about?”

Human Andrei grinned, puffing out his chest. “Paintball!”

Xylion blinked. “What?”

Human Fredrick tightened the strap around Xylion. Xylion huffed as his breath was stolen from him. “Too tight.” He choked out. Human Fredrick apologized before loosening it slightly. He then stepped back, nodding. 

“You’re all set, Xylion. Now, you just need your gun.”

“Gun? Are we going to kill each other?” Xylion asked, mucus beginning to secrete. He couldn’t possibly hurt them, thy were his friends! Maybe he could injure Human Saah and Human Andrei as he had not had as much contact with them as he had with the rest of his crew, but harming those of them on the opposing team? He could never hurt them.

Especially Human Jenny.

Xylion watched as Human Fredrick handed him a gun of sorts. “Okay, this works like any normal gun. You pull the trigger, you shoot. Simple as that. Now, it doesn’t fire real bullets.” Xylion let out a sigh of relief at that. “Instead, it shoots out little pellets of paint that explode upon contact. Here, let me show you.”

Human Fredrick aimed at the wall before pulling the trigger. Xylion watched as a blotch of paint covered the wall. It was a bright yellow. Human Fredrick turned to him. “When you get hit, it might hurt a bit, but that’s why we have you in all this gear. Now, if you get hit by their colors, which are either green or red, then you’re out. We have yellow and blue. Do you need a refresher on who’s where?”

“Yes, please.” Xylion was so nervous he had pretty much forgotten who was on which side. He could only remember one person on the other team, and that was Human Jenny.

“Okay, on our side, we have Andrei, our captain. Then we have you and me, along with Quinn, Dattalion, and Grudge. On their side they have Micheele, Zellnor, Jenny, Isaac, Saah, and Sil’keen. Jenny is their captain. Anything else?”

“No, I- I think I’m good.”

“Okay. Andrei wants us to talk strategy in a second, so just compose yourself if need be and he’ll call us over in a bit.” Human Fredrick patted Xylion on the back before walking away. As if that was helpful in anyway shape or form.

Xylion looked down at the gun in his tentacles. Why would humans create a simulated battle game where injury was so prevalent they had to have something covering almost every inch of their body? It was no wonder Human Mason was sitting this out. Xylion had almost forgotten about the PTSD issue he had, and as soon as the name was dropped, Human mason dropped out. No one fought him, they were just concerned about the uneven number that was no present. Tilorian quickly backed out.

Xylion didn’t know much about the young Trasvonian. Trasvonians were a very secretive species, and looking a lot like humans made them weary. Xylion was surprised he even stuck around them. They called them the light versions of themselves, as most Transvonians had dark bluish-purplish skin with pitch black eyes, black hair and pointed ears. Human Isaac had called them Dark Elves upon seeing Tylerian, which the trainee did not enjoy. Xylion hadn’t learned much of his past either. All he knew was he was fairly young and wasn��t in the mood to participate in much of anything. He just did his work and that was it. 

Xylion was suddenly pulled out of his thoughts by a loud cry in that same strange language- Russian, was it? -signaling that Human Andrei was calling a meeting. Xylion shook his head before quickly scampering over to his teammates. 

After getting to his teammates, the group all looked towards Human Andrei. Human Andrei wrung his hands together, his gun strapped behind his back. “Okay, here’s our plan. I’ve been checking you all out to see what you would best be suited for doing. Fredrick, you’re a fighter, right?”

“I have many scars that suggest that.”

“Perfect. You’re our main line of offense. You go on and try to kill them, okay?”

“Yes sir.” Human Fredrick said, fake saluting him.

“Quinn and Dattalion, you both are doctors, right?”

“Technically she’s a nurse-”

“Yes, we both are.” Human Quinn said, cutting Dattalion off with a sharp glare.

“Right on! So you two are good at being precise, right?” He asked, raising his dark eyebrows.

Human Quinn nodded, glancing at Dattalion. “I’d say so, right?”

“Yep, definitely.”

“Snipers. Get to the high ground and snipe anyone trying to get around us or who is hiding that we can’t reach.”

“You got it.” Human Quinn said, looking at her partner.

“That leaves me, Grudge, and Xylion. We will back up Fredrick, while you, Xylion, will be our stealth movement.”

Did he just say stealth? Xylion was not a stealthy person. He could barely make it to the kitchen at night without bumping into about six things. “Uh, I don’t think-”

“We all got our assignments?”

“Yes!” Grudge cried, raising a wrench. Why he had that was beyond Xylion’s comprehension. Though, Grudge was something of an oddity.

Xylion looked back at the stout human. “Uh, Human Andrei-”

No one paid any heed to him as they all broke off, prepping for the incoming battle. Xylion let out a breath and shifted his arms slightly, tightening his grip on the weapon. It was almost time.

Xylion leaned against one of the walls, adjusting the communication device in his ear. As he did so, the crackling voice of Human Fredrick came through it. “Everyone in their positions?”

“Of course!” Grudge’s booming voice was almost too much for Xylion. The guy never had a quiet voice, but this was almost too much.

Why in all Kimonion’s name am I here? He thought, tightening his grip on his weapon. He didn’t want to do this. Why was he? 

As Xylion kept questioning the reason on why he agreed to do this, the sound of gunshots was heard. 

“We got one!” Dattalion said, his voice crackling through. 

“I think it was Sil’keen.” Human Quinn elaborated. 

Suddenly, more gunshots rang out. A scream was heard through the comm. “Quinn? Dattalion?” Human Fredrick’s voice came through, but that was it. A few moments later, they finally answered.

“Dammit, we were found. Sorry, Andrei.” Human Quinn said, clearly annoyed. 

“How did Isaac know we were here?” Dattalion muttered.

Their comms cut out, signaling they were done. Xylion sighed as he started to move. He stayed out of sight, best he could. Xylion poked his head around a corner to see the offensive part of their team hiding. He watched Human Andrei make some strange hand signals before Grudge suddenly backed up, moving into a different area. 

Xylion looked to the area they were surrounding, and noticed slight movement in there. The team was in there? All of them, perhaps? He could definitely make out Captain Zellnor’s tail, and was that Micheele’s arms? He noticed Human Saah’s unmistakable vibrant red gun he had been sporting beforehand. If Xylion knew anything about stealth (which was very limited) then he would know to never have something too noticeable. 

Which begs the question- Why did Human Andrei choose him, the GREEN KILONIAN to be the stealth operative? Xylion shook his head. He’d never get over this. Besides Human Saah’s gun, he noticed Human Jenny’s long locks as well. This was almost their whole team. That only left Human Isaac…

Xylion looked around, trying to see him. He knew he had gotten the jump on Dattalion and Human Quinn, so perhaps…

Xylion’s attention was suddenly drawn to the top of the large tower. At the top, he could see him- Human Isaac. He was messing with a stereo of sorts, attaching it to his side. Xylion immediately pressed the button on his comm. 

“Guys, Human Isaac is-”

Suddenly, loud, blaring music sounded from where Human Isaac had been, and that’s when Xylion saw him leap off the tower. 

It was a strange song. It started off with a guitar riff, and then went into an “Ah” sort of sound, as if someone was calling out. Human Isaac mimicked the noise, shooting his gun down at the offensive group. 

Xylion watched in shock as Human Isaac managed to land a hit on Grudge, but was quickly covered by Human Fredrick and Human Andrei. Before Human Andrei had a chance to blink, he was covered in paint as those inside the tower shot him from behind their protective walls. Human Fredrick, realizing this, quickly rolled behind a cover, and readied himself. 

“Xylion, I’m gonna need you to run. I’m gonna go in, guns a blazing, but that’ll be my last move.”

“That’s a really, really stupid idea.”

“As stupid as Isaac jumping off a twenty foot tower while blasting the Immigrant Song?”

“You’ve got a point there, but Human Fredrick, I’m not very good at shooting things.”

“You’re great. Better than most humans I know. Better than Isaac too. He only hit one person.”

“To be fair he was in the air.”

“Let’s not fight about this. I have maybe a minute before they realize where I went, and you have a minute to find a better hiding spot. Now, run!”

Xylion didn’t fight him anymore as he ran. The terrain of the battlefield was pretty simple. The edges held mountains and potential caves. The middle was all flat land with circular walls with multiple entry points. The very center held the tower, which was perfect for a whole team to hide out in. Xylion’s best chance was to either hope Human Fredrick could clear most of those in the tower and then make his way around the map until he got into the tower, or hide out inside the caves, praying they won’t find him for a while. Neither sounded like good options.

As Xylion ran towards the edge, the sound of gunshots and screaming was heard. Xylion shook his head before making it to one of the cave entrances. Perhaps this cave could lead him to the other side of the area, which he could then jump the remaining people form behind. Xylion nodded, approving of this idea before running inside.

The cave system was immense. 

For something used purely for this reason, the builders really put a lot into the construction of this place.

Xytlion really thought that he was lost until he found a glowing, neon map of the cave system. After managing to finally get to the other side, he carefully made his way out. 

Now all alone, Xylion could only hope Human Fredric had taken out a good chunk of the team. Carefully, he began to make his way back to the tower. 

Xylion leaned against a wall, halfway there. He checked his gun, and carefully reloaded it, only dropping his ammo three times (a record). After reloading, Xylion looked up, only to be face to face with Human Jenny.

Xylion let out a very unmanly squeal and almost dropped his gun. “H-Human Jenny!”

Human Jenny smiled at him. “Hey, Xylion!”

He blinked. Why was she not shooting him. He opened his mouth, only for her to interject. “I figured that we should make a peace treaty. You know, we are the only two left, why not surrender together?”

This was sketchy. Xylion frowned. “How do I know I can trust you?”

Human Jenny grinned leaning up on the wall next to him. “Here, we’ll shake on it.”

Xylion looked down at her outstretched hand. He nodded before carefully grabbing her hand and shaking it. A few moments later, he was expecting to have let go of her hand, but they were still holding onto each others hands. Xylion looked up at her. “Human Jenny-”

Human Jenny’s face began to turn pink as she looked up at him. Xylion stared into her green eyes. They were much more beautiful up close. They resembled emeralds, almost. Xylion also noticed a tiny scar underneath her left eye. The freckles on her face were even more prominent and adorable up close. 

Xylion hadn’t even realized they had moved closer until their breaths began to mingle. Xylion’s eyes trailed down her face until they landed on her lips. She had some sort of substance on them, which might explain why they looked so glossy. He wondered what the gloss felt like. Was it slimy? Was it soft? His mind moved from the texture of the gloss to the texture of her lips. Were they soft? Maybe a little rough? Or were they just right? It was then that Xylion realized they were both leaning in even closer.

So close.

Impossibly closer.

And then-

A gunshot suddenly rang out and Xylion was hit into the wall. He fell over, shock filling his body. He felt some pain, but the armor on his body blocked out most of it. Xylion looked up into the sky before looking over to see who shot him. 

Human Saah stood there, smirking. He lifted up his bright red gun and kissed it. “Ol’ Rojo here never fails.” He said, grinning.

The sound of trumpets played. The game was over.

Xylion sat in the cafeteria, eating the food provided for them. He glanced up at everyone else around the table. 

“Man, that was some game!” Human Isaac shouted, shoving yet another ‘Mozzarella Stick’ into his mouth. 

Human Quinn shook her head. “I’m surprised you only have a sprained ankle. That was a really stupid stunt you pulled.”

“Yeah, but it looked fucking awesome!” Human Isaac cried, pumping a fist into the air.

Human Fredrick chuckled, shaking his head. “I’m still surprised I managed to get two of you. I thought I would’ve been shot instantly, but I got both Micheele and you, Captain Zellnor!”

“There’s no need to dwell on the past,” Captain Zellnor said, his scales beginning to take on a yellowish hue, “let’s instead focus on the present. How’s everyone’s dinner?”

A few people spoke, though Xylion turned back to his dinner. He was surprised no one had mentioned how he lost. It was embarrassing, really. Or did they not know? Perhaps that was the case. That would be the best case scenario. They didn’t have to know about how he almost-

No, don’t think about it.

As Xylion struggled with his inner thoughts, someone sat down next to him. He looked over and saw Human Jenny sitting there. She smiled up at him. “Hey.”

“H-hey” He managed to croak out.

Human Jenny smiled before she began to eat her food. Xylion looked back down at his food. As he took another bite, he felt something gently grab his tentacle. Xylion looked down and saw Human Jenny’s hand on top of it, gently rubbing it with her thumb. He looked up at her, only to see her talking with Human Andrei and Human Saah in front of them.

Xylion smiled down at her before gently wrapping his hand around hers. 

Maybe it wasn’t so embarrassing after all. 

WOAH.

It has been so long!

I’m sorry, I’ve been so busy with life and all the struggles that brings.

Anyways, I’ve finally finished typing this up. It’s taken FOREVER, but I finally finished it. I hope you guys enjoyed it!

Did you like the ending?

I do.

I think it’s quite great.

Anyways, I’m gonna try to write more, but we’ll see how long this lasts.

This Thursday, my state’s teachers are most likely gonna be doing a Walk-Out, so I’ll probably have a bit of time to do some writing, but we’ll see. 

Anyways, I hope you’ve all had a good life while I’ve been AFK and I’ll see you all later!

Adios!

-Paige