"Good hungry human, now drop the nice TV caster, drop it, I SAID DROP IT! Mendex hit the floor with an unceremonious thud. The human lowers its head looking very displeased, as it shuffles it's feet across the floor. The other humans look on in agreed displeasure eyeing Mendex as he scrambles across the floor and goes back to cowering behind his camera crew, where he would have preferred to be for the past few minutes, instead being snatched up by the ravenous looking humans, who are now baring their teeth at him hungrily.

"Keep that thing away from me!"

The doctor turns wagging his hand at the human, "bad, bad human. You bad naughty human, we do not eat guests!"

The human sticks it's mouth tentacle out in response, and even the doctor seems a bit nonplussed at that. The human appears to be very smug with itself.

Doctor Krill turns to look at the crew, "I should probably feed them before they get more aggressive, come on, they will be much more docile once they aren't hungry anymore."

Followed by a nervous group of TV casters, they make their way down the dark Tunnels of the human hive. It is more than a little creepy, the walls are lined in a thousand tubes and panels of metal. They wonder what sinister things could be carried inside those pipes.

What did the humans store in their dark places.

What did they hide in their dark places.

More strange animal noises up the hallway. The camera crew pulls back hiding behind the doctor who walks up with the humans. He pats them on occasion, and they circle around him and their alpha.

THey come to a halt just then looking up the hall.

Another group of humans has rounded the corner, and both groups stop.

"Oh no." Krill whispers.

"What do you mean oh no?" One of the crewmembers snaps camera shaking so badly in his hands that he almost tips it onto the floor. The footage will probably be unusable.

"Another, rival group of humans." He glances back at them, "They often fight each other for dominance. The smaller humans will try to gang up on the alpha for territory ."

"H-how do we know they want to do that."

"Oh, you see that big ugly one at the end of the hall, yeah, that one, he always tries to take territory from the alpha."

The camera shakily zooms in on the opposite end of the hallway. The human that stands there is just a bit shorter than the alpha with dark fur, and a few shades darker skin. He makes some sort of noise, and the alpha chirps back. They stand there for a second before the rival shakes himself and crouches low to the ground.

"Everyone RUN!" Krill shouts.

He didn't have to ask the crew twice, as they turn and book it off down the hallway. Behind them they can hear the ravening roaring of the fighting creatures and the clatter of feet on metal as they charg after each other.

They can hear the strange repetitive revving noise from behind, though, for the life of them, none can remember what it meant.

They roll down the halls nearly getting themselves lost when Krill yells.

"Hurry, this way!."

A few of them nearly skid into a wall before backtracking and rounding another corner following hurriedly after the doctor as the sound of fighting receded into the distance.

"Don't worry, we will be safe through here."

They break through the open door and....

And found themselves standing at the front of a room, surrounded on all sides by wide-eyed humans.

There must have been at least 100 of them.

"Everyone, stay very still...." THe doctor whispers, "These humans are eating so they are likely to be relatively docile do not make any sudden moves, and do not disturb their food whatever you do, a human will hurt you over food."

Following after the doctor, the crew move a little further into the room as the humans shift in their seats, a few of them standing to get a better view of the intruders. They do not feel safe at all here.

"Do you think the others will... follow us." Mendex stammers glancing back towards the door. So far cowering behind his crew members had been beneficial but now, nowhere is safe, and he is starting to feel the heat. His fear is not out of place though, as the rest of the crew huddles in back to back with each other facing outwards towards the staring humans. They were trapped in no uncertain terms.

They can see the humans now, glancing back and forth between each other with what must be hungry expressions. None of them can read the human faces, but they know enough to know they were about to be eaten.

A few of the standing humans move slowly forward cutting in closer to their small huddled group.

They circle fro the outside, and the camera follows them as they move focusing in on the powerful, lithe movement of their muscles expanding and contracting under layers of rubbery skin.

"Ok, everyone must remain calm." The doctor began, "There is an easy fix to this." The others turn around to stare at him like he is insane, but he does not heed their expressions as he reached downwards pulling something, seemingly from nowhere and brandishing it at the humans.

The aliens stare on in confusion.

It is a colorful cylinder maybe seven inches long and when he flicks up the lid it makes a curious popping noise. The camera zooms in again exposing a strange set of runes down one side.

The humans stop in their tracks looking on with their strange, wide eyes.

"Everyone, hold out your hand." The doctor announces, "quickly, quickly, they won't wait forever."

They scramble to do as told holding out their hands as the doctor moves by tipping the little container over their open palms and puuring..... A strange set of brightly colored orbs onto their hands."

Once finished, doctor Krill takes his place at the head of the group and clears his throat, "Alright everyone, here is how this is going to work. WHat I have given you are treats made especially for humans. Humans love brightly colored sugary things. Now, what you are going to do, is your are going to hold your hands palm out to the humans and allow them to take the treats. This does a couple of things. The number one being that, humans love food, and they are liable to like anyone who gives them food. Maybe if the human likes you very much you can pet them, and rest assured that they will not attack you after that."

Ok, that seemed simple enough."

Closing their eyes, and holding out their hands the camera crew sat with bated breath just waiting for the humans to devour them hole. Maybe they would take a test bite first to see what they tasted like, maybe they would just come in for one big chomp and have it over with.

It was too scary!

They just couldn't look!

And then one of the humans acted. Shrugging its powerful muscled shoulders once, it reached down and plucked some of the brightly colored treats from one of the quivering aliens tilting back their head and dropping the colorful orbs straight down their throat and swallowing goal. Once one human had done so, a group of other humans moved in to join in. it wasn't a silent affair. The humans chattered to each other happily, and even towards the aliens.

"Its working." Someone breathed and the entire group slouched with a relief so palpable it could have been bottled.

"Go on, bet them, I am sure they will not mind." And while a few of the humans had backed out of range, the vast majority stayed behind. A small human, probably a female with deep set hazle eyes and short tawny hair sat at the center of the group and allowed them to stroke fingers through her fur letting off that strange revving noise every now and again, "See look at that, what a good human. Such a good and nice human." Krill handed over the colorful tube, and the human accepted with great glee separating the colored orbs into groups before eating them one color at a time, "Humans can be relatively docile when well fed. Now, a little lesson on humans is that they are primarily omnivores, which means they can eat both plant and animal based material and pretty much everything in between. Go ahead and assume that if you can eat it, a man definitely can " He stroked the tawny human's head

"Now humans are a very strange creature, and when it comes to attracting other humans, things tend to get a little more complicated. Humans like to rub themselves with strange and interesting oils to make themselves smell better to other humans. A human's natural musk tends to be unpleasant even to their own species, so those that hide it best are the ones that tend to get ates. Honestly humans don't really tend to smell on their own, but the bacteria which they attract do tend to have that problem. I would suggest washing your hands after touching a human.

The enthusiasm died somewhat with that statement.

"However, a good human tries to keep themselves relatively clean. Additionally humans like to line their nests in many soft things, in order to sleep. It is a tendency for humans to be attracted to and to collect shiny objects. If a human really likes another human, they will often try to bribe the affections of another with the shiny objects which they have collected. It is more than common for humans to wear shiny objects around their wrists, hands and necks. However, some humans do not like shiny things but will accept any form of bribery involving food. However, be careful when interacting with humans around food because they will become very angry if their food is stolen or tampered with."

Looking around just then, it is clear that they have drawn a crowd. Humans than had been sitting on the other side of the room had approached to closer chairs, and looked onwards as if they were listening to the conversation.

The human in the center of their circle had now finished of the treats and was content to be patted on the head by the other crewmembers who were quickly warming up to her.

"As you can see here, humans are very curious, so curious, in fact, it is one of the issues with their species related to survival. Humans like to explore their new environments by touching things with their hands and their mouths. They do this, because human hands and lips are the most sensitive parts of their bodies and can detect minute changes in the texture of a surface. This is also a way in which humans bond, by touching each other, and in certain cases touching their mouths to other humans mouths."

The alien crew made faces.

Krill nodded "Do not try that ever, not that you would ever want to, but humans are very disgusting creatures, and they have more cells or bacteria on their bodies than they have human cells on their bodies. In essence , humans are a hazardous waste issue, and should be dealt with accordingly.

The aliens pulled back a little from the human they had been petting.

She seemed very unsatisfied and moved closer forcing them to go back to what they were doing.

"Oh yes, also it is important to make sure your human is getting the proper amount of attention, praise, and reward for the good things they are doing."

"Good human," Someone muttered to the human they had been patting.

It wasn't a moment later that they were all alerted to a sound in the hallway, turning to find the alpha returning form the hall alone and, seemingly triumphant. In his hands he carried.... What appeared to be the things humans tended to wear on their feet.

He walked over and dropped them by the doctor who looked down and then back up at the human who hissed something unintelligible.

He turned to look at the room, "And here you see it, the human has succeeded in his fight for supremacy over his pack. And he has brought back a trophy to show that he is one." He turned to look at the group very seriously, "Humans often steal each others shoes once a fight for dominance is over. Since they stand on their feet, the shoe is often one of the hardest items of clothing to stel, and requires the other human to be off their feet and in another vulnerable position."

They glanced between each other nervously, "What happened to the other human?"

"The other human? Oh, well exactly what you would expect."

"What should we expect?"

"I don't know, whatever you expect is exactly what it is."

There was a pause before, "They ate it!."

The doctor frowned glanced up at the human paused shrugged, "Yes. Taking off the shoes makes it easier to cook and eat, but he isn't likely to do it until later, so we don't have to worry about seeing that."

There was no need for them to see it.

They were already imagining.