[i]The Terror Bird swooped down like some sort of demon from hell itself. Pete could feel the wind on his face even though he knew that it was a dream. He could feel the sting of the cold air on his face as his tiny feet ran towards the caves. Pete could hear the screams of those that were grabbed as if he was six years old again. The Birds had attacked like they always did but this time had been different. It had been thought that the Birds were capable of making plots and now they had proof. The Hunters had been "drawn away" from the settlement using different tactics when the main group attacked. The Birds had started to pick off the lightly defended colonists as they ran towards the safety that the caves promised. The nightmare ended just like it always did, with an ear piercing scream and a shadow.  [/i]

Pete woke up with a start not knowing where he was for a second. Everything appeared to be upside down and he wasn't able to move. It looked like he was inside the cargo hold of a ship. The nightmare always made him a little groggy.  The panic subsided as a giant spider came ambling up towards him. Most people would start screaming if they woke up to see a gigantic spider looking down at him but this was normal for Pete. Charlotte would occasionally wrap Pete up and place him in the strangest places. One time, he had woken up staring down at a 1,000 foot chasm attached to a cliff wall. The biologists back home theorized that the Creepy Crawlies thought that the two legged spiders just needed some help with the whole web thing. Someone had to keep them safe from the ground. A gigantic spider staring down at him with the closest thing to worry that a giant arachnid could pull of. 

"[color=00a651]Good morning, Charlotte. How about you get me down? [/color]" Pete asked as his partner started to dance around him as she pulled off the web. The spider dances were complex movements that got different messages across. It was surreal to see the massive spider dancing around the still webbed human. This dance usually conveyed friendship and bonding. The biologists also theorized that the spider just could not contain themselves when they saw their partners. So they just started dancing to deal with the emotions.  After ten minutes of the dance, Pete was finally free of the web. He fell to the floor with a thump as Charlotte landed next to him with odd grace for something so large. She released another string of webs which Pete spun around his fingers. It was a leash of sorts and it allowed Pete to have Charlotte move without him saying anything.    

"[color=00a651]Let's not do that again, missy.[/color]" Pete said as he grabbed his rifle walking out the door with Charlotte at his feet. The spider seemed to be in a good mood as she followed after Pete towards the exit. Pete walked outside the ship and waited to go where he was told. He was not new at this whole thing but his eyes betrayed his attempt to be professional. It was clear that he was enchanted by the station around him. There was nothing like this back home.