Damien's warm skin brushed my own as he breathed and I felt the Last of my tension slip away. Snuggling against him felt good and safe. My family would defend our young. There was nothing to be afraid of.

The relaxed mind of the family created a sense of peace within my mind. Fear was a wasted emotion right now. Tonight we would rest and tomorrow we would listen. When it came time, we would fight for the planet and nothing would stand in our way. We were strong and we were together. ALL of us found solace in that.

Evan roused us the next day before the moons started to set. He wanted to bathe in the warm water. My men had gotten quite accustomed to starting their day that way.

It was just us, as we cleaned ourselves in the communal bathing pool. No one else really preferred to be here this time of day. Basin and Stayne had long ago started taking their families' baths in the evening. The whole place was ours to use.

I sensed the growing excitement in all my men. They were gearing up for a fight. I hoped they could contain themselves until the battle actually began. My men were ready to grab their weapons and chase the aliens down, but there was no one here but us.

“Eh, if we can't we'll just fight with each other," Bane laughed, bumping playfully into Evan, who was pushed down into the water.

The two started to tussle and I smiled watching them. Evan was fast in the water. He swam and knocked Bane's legs out from under him and the real battle began. Bane wasn't suited to fighting underwater. It just was not his talent. He couldn't get a grip on his Brother and was dragged under as soon as he broke the surface several more times.

Kein joined the battle as did Christof and Damien. My men reminded me of children before a big event. They were all amped up and ready for this. Shaking my head at the exuberance I used the soap to scrub myself clean. I felt their playfulness, but knew this rough game was not for me.

I dunked myself after I was clean and opened my eyes beneath the water. My family was a swirling, swimming ball of flesh. They were really going at it and having a great time doing it. Jealous from not being able to take part I surfaced and wrung my wet hair out. Too bad I couldn't play with them...

“There are other games..." Kein said popping up behind me.

Flicking his tongue out, Kein lapped at the water dotting the skin of my neck. His hands traveled over my hips under the water and came to rest beneath the belly one of them had given me.

“And you would teach me these games?" I asked coyly turning my face to

Look at him over my shoulder.

One hand drifted up over my belly to hold a round, supple breast. Gentle fingers found the nipple as Kein played with the sensitive flesh. The simple touch was my undoing as my head tilted back and my eyes shut.

Kein's mouth was over mine as he teased my Lips with his own. Behind me I felt his cock rubbing tantalizingly over my ass. Reaching back I stroked the sinewy muscle of his hip and pulled him closer. I wanted to bend forward and invite him to take me fully when Damien interrupted.

"You like privacy, do you not?" he whispered in my ear.

Awareness settled on me and I realized how wantonly I was behaving. We were in the main part of the bathing pool, standing in waist deep water. Anyone entering could watch us. Just as I started to pull away and apologize, Kein spoke quickly.

“Hold my shoulders," he said turning away, “the pool is large and there are places we can go."

It was like holding onto a moving torpedo in the water. The Light slipped away a moment after we took off and we were flying through the inky blackness. In Kein's mind I saw the layout of this natural pool. We were headed to the far left side.

Men didn't usually swim this far out to bathe. Being outcasts, my men had found this private spot and enjoyed it. Smooth rock jutted out and created a secluded pool, pocketed away from the main area. Thanks to a small waterfall along the back wall fresh water flushed it out well.

It wasn't a deep area, you had to sit in the water to bathe, but that was fine for us. We needed the dry rocks that sat above the water line.

There was little light here, but the men saw just fine. I could see the well lit area we had come from, but my eyes adjusted slowly to the low ambient Light here. It didn't really matter, I didn't need my eyes for this anyway.