Waralien,
Xenomorph,
17 years ago
You asked for it and here it is chapter six:
Alien vs. Predator: Annihilation
Chapter 6: The Survivors
Valdez and his team had just arrived at the hanger. What they thought would be a helpful sight was just the opposite. Their entire company was destroyed by an unknown force. The whereabouts of the other search parties were unknown. They were marooned on an abandoned colony with no way to survive.
And to make matters worse, they also had to contend with those creatures that roamed the forgotten streets. Things didn’t look good. That was until Ana interjected.
“Listen,†she told Valdez after recovering what supplies they could, “there’s supposed to be a ship docked in the supplies docking area. It’s just past a large unmapped room.â€Â
“How far is it?†Valdez replied.
“Not far actually it’s in the under comb. We used that place to hide the surviving people when the creatures overran the city.†She replied.
“How big is it?†asked Roger.
“It’s pretty big.†Alex interjected, “We could fit the remaining survivors in there. And take off from this retched place.â€Â
Now Valdez had a new mission. Lead the rest of the group to the ship, secure the ship and lead the survivors to that ship. Problem was that the creatures inhabited the main sections of that place. Just leading his group was going to be a challenge.
“First thing’s first, we need to head back to the holding area to regroup.†Valdez started, “We need rest if we’re going to pull this off.â€Â
“Agreed,†Ana replied.
Instead of returning through the under comb the group cautiously traversed the broken down buildings and streets to head back to the survivor’s area. Occasionally they had to stop because the creatures were active in an area and they had to go around them. Rarely did they have to open fire on the creatures. The only time they did was when one of the creatures saw them and began to issue a deafening hiss to alert the others.
Half way through the journey Valdez remembered the disk he got from the OPS center. He was wondering what was in it when Ana stopped them. She pointed to a creature who seemed preoccupied with something inside a building. It was staring through a hole inside a building. From what Valdez could tell the hole looked newly made. But that was impossible. Something had to crash through it to make a hole through that material.
They avoided the curious creature and came across an interesting site. There lying dead on the floor was one of the creatures. But this one was missing its head. Acidic blood oozed out of its neck and melted the floor. They decided to stop here and take a breather. Taking shelter inside an abandoned food store, they began to look around for any possible food sources. Roger and the smart gunner female were examining the dead creature. Roger was convinced that this is what attacked the marine base, but the girl was telling him that this wasn’t it.
Valdez looked for an access port and found one under some upturned shelves. He loaded the disk and imputed a marine access code.
The information was entitled: Xenomorph Biology.
He read on.
The disk then showed a video image showing some frozen creature similar to the ones they had encountered. A voice recording played, “We have found a perfectly preserved Xenomorph Queen. We plan to transport the Queen back to the colony for revitalization.†The recording stopped and another image of the Queen was shown. This one, on the other hand, wasn’t frozen and looked in perfect health. A note was attached to the image to the side. It read, Thanks to our technology we have revived the Queen. Immediate research and study will be conducted as to the Queen’s fertilization process.
Another recording played, this time it showed the Queen being suspended over a pit. Many scientists were on an elevated railing studying the Queen. A second note was attached. We have been successful in starting the Queen’s egg laying process. The Queen’s egg sack looks plentiful and ready to lay eggs for our research into controlling them.
Another note displayed but this had casualty report. The note read, Disaster struck. While harvesting the eggs several eggs opened and face huggers pounced on the harvesters. Research was almost halted till Wayland-Yutani Corporation sent us Hazmat soldiers. Now our research will continue.
A final recording and note displayed. This showed the life cycle of the creatures or Xenomorphs from Huggers to their adult forms known as Warriors and Drones. The recording showed a chamber resembling the under comb. The Drones who were jet black in color were dragging and placing eggs and human hosts in various locations. The Warriors were standing guard and occasionally glaring and the people who walked above them. Someone holding the camera was saying that the head researcher headed to the main facility to examine the Queen. Suddenly the recording jerked up as gun shots and screaming were issuing out. One of the Hazmat soldiers was shouting that the Queen killed the scientist. His body fell on top of an emergency release switch and the blocked off area that contained many Warriors, Drones, and Hugger was opened. The recording shifted down and many of the Warriors and Drones were returning to their Queen.
The shouting and screaming grew louder as more scientists ran out of the main research lab. Who ever was holding the camera began to shout close off the under comb. The camera jerked up once more and Xenomorphs were crawling out of the passage. The disk then read: Transmission Lost.
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Valdez looked speechless. He showed the rest of his team the disk’s information and the reaction was the same.
They now knew what happen to the colony. They knew what lay inside the under comb’s depths. What they didn’t know was that the Xenomorphs didn’t move out yet. And that they had one more surprise for the unwary travelers.