Waralien,
Xenomorph,
17 years ago
Here's chapter two:
Alien vs. Predator: Annihilation
Chapter 2: Introductions
The colonial marines were just sent on a top priority mission to find the missing companies. They were sent to secure some information but were lost in the transaction. So now Valdez and his platoon are now searching for missing people and information.
“Well here we are at sector 7. Now what,†Roger asked.
“Now we head to the main OPS center and get that information.†said Gus.
At once they headed off not knowing of the dangers that lay inside or the surprises.
“Ok were not taking any chances here I want a defensive perimeter. I want the entrances guarded. And everyone must stay in contact regardless of location. Got it?†Valdez ordered.
Valdez, Roger, and Gus along with a few soldiers headed up to the coms room. When they got there, they were greeted with an unusual sight. Ammo clips and grenade shells littered the floor. Bullet holes lined the walls and ceiling. A soldier’s helmet H.U.D. was lying on the floor. But what was even stranger was that there were holes that seemed to be burned through the floor and blood covered most of the walls. Something also peek their interest. A strange body of a spider creature lay on the floor. Immediately Valdez ordered Roger to pick up the unknown body for study back at the corps ship.
“What happened here?†asked Roger as he bent down to pick up the body.
“Well I don’t know but that H.U.D. can tell us everything.†Valdez answered.
He picked up the helmet and searched for the cam chip. Then he hooked it up to his own and viewed the scene from the soldier’s view. The scene showed the missing Bravo and Charlie company commanders and a few Charlie soldiers in the com room. Apparently they had reached their destination and had secured the info on a disk until some screaming ringing through the communication system went off.
“What’s going on?†asked one of the commanders.
“We lost squads three, four, and eight.†replied one of the soldiers in the room.
“Sir we just lost squads one, two, nine and five from Bravo.†spoke another soldier.
Even more screaming erupted but this time it was closer. “Sir the entire squadron of Bravo is lost and we lost contact with our Charlie.†stammered another soldier.
“Brace that door way I don’t want anything getting through.†ordered the Charlie commander. The Bravo commander readied his rifle and aimed down the doorway.
Click, click, click, “Wait what’s that sound?†asked missing H.U.D. soldier.
Suddenly a very loud hissing sound could be heard in the ceiling and the walls. “Perimeter has been breached. Open fire on the walls and ceilings!†shouted the commander of Charlie. Gun fire rang through the H.U.D. as the team shot at the so called targets. Just then the H.U.D. cam along with the helmet fell to the floor last catching the image of its original owner skewered through the stomach by a large tail like object.
“So what happened?†asked Gus.
“They were attack by hostels. Their whereabouts are unknown and their situation is that they are dead.†replied Valdez.
His grim tone was enough of an explanation. Suddenly screaming rang through the building.
“Evasive actions everyone,†Valdez ordered. He turned to see the disk that had shown in the replay of the H.U.D. He then grabbed the disk without a second thought and bolted down the stairs with the rest of his team.
“Come in, come in second squad do you read me?†shouted Gus through the communication system.
There was no response.
He then shouted “Attention all units e-vac the OPS center.â€Â
The unit ran out to the front of the building when they were greeted with a horrifying sight. One of their soldiers was lying on the ground; his face had been smashed in by something incredibly powerful. But that wasn’t what stopped them. Leering just over him was a very large, jet black, serpent like thing. It had large claws or talons on both its hands and feet. It looked boney in structure with spines protruding out of its back. It had a long, smooth, dome head with flashing pointed teeth with what appeared to be a second mouth inside the first.
“What is that?!†asked Roger.
But there was no time for explanation because the strange creature glanced in their direction, and let out a hiss similar to the one Valdez heard on the recording. Suddenly there were even more hissing sounds coming from all around their area.
“Uh I think were in trouble.†said Gus.
Creatures similar to the one in front of them were emerging from all around.
“Evasive actions, Open fire!†shouted Valdez.
The only sounds that could be heard were the sounds of guns opening fire and hissing and screeching. As the soldiers opened fire they noticed that the dead and dying creatures were emitting a green substance that seemed to eating away anything that it touched like acid.
“Everyone, avoid getting that substance on you,†shouted Valdez but it was too late.
Gus had gotten drenched by one of the near by creatures and was screaming in pain.
“Get it off! Get it off!†he was screaming.
But no one could help him as they were busy trying to keep themselves alive. They were good as dead.
“Get down!†shouted someone.
Immediately an incendiary grenade flew in their direction and several of the creatures caught fire. The rest of them were frightened off.
“Are you ok?†said the voice.
The team turned to see a man in his 30’s standing holding on to a rifle.
“The name’s Alex, I’m one of the few survivors that still remain here.†he said.
“Hi there, we’re the colonial marines; we received a transmission of an S.O.S.†replied Valdez in a non to casual tone.
“Oh yes we are in need of extreme help. As you can see those creatures have over run the entire colony.†Alex replied.
“First tell us how this came to be.†Valdez instructed.
“You see,†he started, “it happened a while back. Before, this colony used to be a thriving mining installation. That is, until they showed up. It happened in an instant. One day our people were going about their business. Then people began to go missing. It wasn’t a serious matter until the number grew too much. Then it happened. Our colony had been consumed in chaos. Large numbers of those things had swooped into the streets and buildings taking any living being they could find. Some of us tried to fight back but it ended in tragedy.â€Â
“Are there any more survivors?†asked Roger.
“A few but there’re dwindling.†he answered.
“Hey how’s Gus?†Roger then asked. A soldier who managed to get to Gus turned to Roger and gave a grim gesture.
“Well let’s get to those survivors and get out of here.†Valdez ordered.
The group made their way from sector 7 to the mining port via worker’s transit.
“Are you sure we won’t have any more problems with the infestation?†asked Roger as they bordered on to the transit.
“This area is secure by all possible means.†replied Alex.
“What do you mean by all possible means?†asked Valdez.
“Well you see with our time being stuck here we managed to learn much about those creatures.†he starts, “Those creatures are apparently parasitic in nature and use us as hosts to breed their numbers.â€Â
“When you say breed what do you mean exactly?†asked Valdez. “Well there’s this one creature that all those things grow from. We call it a face hugger. These face huggers latch on to hosts to lay a parasitic embryo inside the host. After a few hours of incubation, by which the host has no knowledge of, the creature breaks free of the host’s body by bursting through the chest. These “chestbursters†then grow into those vial things.â€Â
“Do you have any more information on what were dealing with?†asked Valdez.
“Sorry, that’s as much as we could get from observations.â€Â
“Ok, so besides the huge serpent things we also have to watch out for these face huggers? What do they look like anyway?†asked Roger.
“Well we’ve only seen a few but they look like huge spiders but with no head and an extremely long tail.†he answered.
“Oh, do you mean like this?†Roger asked while pulling out the spider body he had picked up at the OPS center.
With eyes wide in terror he said “Yes w-where did you get that?â€Â
“Oh I got this to investigate more on what it is.†Roger answered. “Well this is what you must be watchful for. Just one of these is enough to trigger those things into gathering all near by hosts.†Alex then added.
There was a mood of silence as the marines gathered their thoughts on how the mission went so far. Just then they got a radio transmission from their ship. “Attention all units, we now have aerial support for e-vac and supply drops.†Valdez tried to send a message back but something was scrambling their radio signal.
“What’s wrong?†asked one of the marines.
“Something is blocking the radio transmission. I can’t get a signal through.†Valdez replied.
“Its no good,†started Alex, “that black secretion around the upper area some how blocks radio signals. We learned that back when the sectors lost contact with each other and we found that stuff covering most of the communications area.â€Â
Just then they came out of the worker’s transit into a bay area that seemed devoid of any hostel activity. And there were many people there. Apparently they took shelter there when the attacks started to happen.
“Wait if you said you blocked off any way for those creatures to come here then how do you use this transit without them following?†asked Valdez.
“Well you see,†Alex started, “that transit is actually a gravity lift. Those creatures can’t seem to go through the transit for some reason.â€Â
“Couldn’t they crawl along the walls?†asked a curious marine.
“They have tried that in the past but those who crawled got sucked out into space because the lift is a high pressure one, so anything that isn’t inside the transit vehicle would get sucked into the vacuum of space.†he replied.
“Well we found everyone,†started Valdez, “now we just have to get them on to the ship and condemn this place.â€Â
“Well where is the ship docked?†asked Alex. “Uh docking bay 39,†Valdez said, “why?â€Â
“There’s only one way to get there without going all the way around.†said someone right behind them.
They turned to see a woman standing right behind them. She spoke again, “Like I said before there is only one way to get there without going through the area littered with those things. But it’s dangerous.â€Â
“What’s your name?†asked Roger.
“Name’s Ana, and the way you need to go is through the under comb. And that place is where those things first came out of.†she continued.
“Is that our only option?†Valdez asked.
“Around this time,†she continued, “those things start to get restless. They search every nook and cranny trying to find fresh meat.â€Â
“Then I guess there is no other choice. We take the under comb.†Valdez ordered.