*The alpha alien had left nothing but a half chewed midsection of the fallen topslice. A small victory in a large war, daveberg knew things were going to get worse.
crawling into a smaller, dimmer section of the mountain, the alpha alien found it harder to drag his decimated body any faster than a snail pace. His wounds seeped acid onto the stoney floors of inside the mountain, leaving a trail of steam and un-inhailable gases with every step he took. Daveberg needed to make it back to the HIVE, he was in danger, he was vaunerable and he knew it.
The hulking beast reached what seemed to be a junction of sorts and decided to crawl to the caverns to the left of him, the left proved to be the wrong turn.
Daveberg sprang to full height and bared his menacing teeth at something across the cavern from him. Digging deep, the claws of the monster embeded into the cold rock as he crawled across the walls hissing with distain for what he saw.
Below him, seemingly unconcious from severe wounds, was topdogg. Next to him, was a ravaged mess of a predator, the treacherous hunter they call shadowblade.
Daveberg carefully navigated his broken body across the roof of the cavern, ooze dripping from his giant maw, still TD did not respond. The hunter remained still. Still, but not dead. The alpha alien slowly lowerd himself down from the ceiling of the cavern, claws outstretched ready to tear flesh. The ebony monster came within a few yards of topdogg but still, no reaction.
Daveberg quickly used his slick barbed tail to hoist himself back up to the roof of the cave. This had been perfect for him. He was too injured to battle an older pred such as topdogg.
With that, the alien disappeared further on into the cavernous pitts of the mountain. Xenomorphs were close, that of his brood. He needed the cover of his warriors.......*
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