Evolution of the Xenomorphs Ch6
#6 of Xenomorphs
Author(s) Note: O.M.G! It took me two weeks to finish this, about 5,000 words total! (Not counting the Author(s) Note) I know that is nothing compared to several other stories on SoFurry but for me that's a damn lot. Anyways back to the subject, this chapter is Extremely Important to the story line. This is where shit really starts to get interesting so let me know how you like it. (Before you get your hopes up..... There's still no Sex yet)
Disclaimer: I do not own Alien(s) & Predator(s). I'm a simple guy writing a story for your pleasure and entertainment, don't like it? Don't read.
_Italic words;_will indicate thoughts/ideas/memories.
Story and Character are copyrighted by me.
Without further ado let's begin
Location: E.B.R.'s Base, Time: 12:30 p.m.
Nothing exciting was happening back at the E.B.R.'s Base since the incident with Teams Alpha and Delta. Everyone was still on high alert now but the mood had calmed down a bit due to some extra caution procedures. Most of which included welding and sealing major parts of the complex as well as setting up a few sentry guns around the perimeter of the Base. Despite all this no one felt safe; a little reassured maybe but not sleep with any worries safe or take a piss in comfort safe. That was the mood of the place till a giant fire ball lit up the North side of Vargo along with a multiple tremors that shook the entire Base. Luckily several building stood between the blast and the Base so almost no damage was done to the Base on a whole.
As usual the Commander was in the Intel room still overlooking things while sipping some coffee. He was going to rest a little bit but a giant ball of fire in the sky ruined that plan. A screen in front of him showed all the accounted for soldiers (as green dots) in/around the Base. But that wasn't what he was looking at, he was looking at a set of 5 dots (in blue) way off to the North East outside of Vargo. While that didn't surprise him much the depth they were at below ground did.
How the hell did they get down that far so quickly? And what the Fuck is Aaron thinking! Not far off from the blue dots was a giant red dot indicating where the Hive was believed to be. Both he and his Team are going to get slaughtered if they get any closer. Peering closer at the screen he noticed one of the blue dots was almost literally on the red dot. Great, there on a search and rescue mission huh? Pfff that's just stupid, no way hell whoever it is has a chance of living much longer.
The Commander continued to watch the dots slowly get closer to the Hive till they too were over (within) the giant red dot. Zooming in the image showed 4 of them along the outer layer of the Hive while the 5th was close to the center of it. Amazingly, the dots kept a slow steady pace with what the Commander thought a 'actual plan' on Aarons part. The slow pace kept up till the 4 dots broke into a made sprint across the screen.
Yep, they got spotted but really that was just fucking stupid; Although, I am impressed at how far they got in. Turning away from the screen the he spoke, "Is everything ready to go?"
"Yes sir. The tanks have been loaded and set to go."
"Excellent, tell the Teams it's time to head out."
Location: The Hive, Time: 1:00 a.m.
A dark sleek shape shot across the empty hallway and just as quickly disappeared through a vent in the ceiling. It was almost completely unheard besides the occasional clicking sound of its sharp claws on hard metal. It moved fluently from surface to surface without losing any speed in its transactions or sharp turns. It continued navigating through the maze of vents and tunnels for a time before stopping to take a large inhale of air, then releasing it out at once.
They were here and not very long ago too. The figure growled to itself but continued to follow the trail of its prey as it had been doing for a time now. Every time she got close to them they would detour off, taking a path she didn't expect them to. That and somehow they managed to stay away from the areas where multiple Xenomorphs were at. In fact if she didn't know any better she would have sworn that she was hunting another Xenomorph... not a human. Predators where no were near as difficult at tracking and catching than this group of humans. She growled to herself.
But despite that she was catching up to them now, their sent getting stronger and stronger in the air. No longer than a minute later did she hear her them, talking amongst themselves about some sort of bet.
"So you think that we got an hour's worth of life left? Na I say we got 10 minutes" said the first voice.
"What do you think Aaron?" another voice said.
"With as much noise you two are making I say we only got seconds." A third voice answered the second.
Hehe... that's ones right, mused the Xeno.
"Hey guess what... it's been seconds and we're still here. Once again you lose, that will be 50$." (Nathan).
"I didn't specify 'how many' seconds we had left so technically I am still in this pointless bet." (Aaron).
"No no no, just admit you're wrong you will feel a lot better after-word." Nathan replied.
"Mark am I still in this bet?" (Aaron).
"Yeah you're still in, Nathans just being a dipshit as usual." (Mark).
"You wana fight or something cause I will kick your ass." (Nathan).
"Let's see it." (Mark).
What are they a married couple? The only one that sounds somewhat smart is the one named Aaron. Peeking around the corner she could see them all walking in a triangle formation down the hall. Which one of you is responsible for making me run so damn much on my day off? She growled a little too loud for one the humans turned around.
"Uh Aaron..... Think there's one behind us." (Nathan).
"And whose fault is that? I told the both of you to keep it down but Nooo."
Without any warning the one in front of the group took off in a sprint down the hall. The other two quickly followed suit behind him. Come now don't be like that I just want to 'play'. The Xeno bolted around the corner giving chase to the three. Now realistically she could have caught one of them in mere seconds but she was in a good mood so she paced herself; just keeping close enough for them to beware of her presence. As she rounded a corner a bright flash filled her vision along with a loud ringing noise in her head, "Grrr what the fuck."
"I got it!" Mark yelled.
"Nice." Aaron and Nathan responded.
Got me? Not even close. She looked ahead of her to see the humans at a door that was sealed shut. Ahhh how unfortunate..... Applying a boost of speed towards them she quickly made up for lost ground. One of you is going to appease my growing appetite.
"Come on Aaron it's getting closer!" (Mark).
"Shut-up! I'm trying to concentrate, why don't the two of you shoot at it or something."
"Can do" Nathan piped up, firing several shots down the corridor but with no real aiming point or target. Thus every bullet missed the fast approaching Xeno.
"Are you even trying to hit it? That was pathetic" exclaimed Mark.
"Can you see it? Then by all means shoot at it then."
"Doesn't matter now I got the door opened regardless" said Aaron.
All three of them quickly got on the other side of the door and none too soon. Hitting the close button behind them, the sound of the door sealing was at the moment a comforting sound. Or it was till a loud banging noise echoed from the other side of the door caving it in almost completely.
"What the hell is wrong with these things? A closed door obviously shows you to go around a different way." (Mark).
"Maybe to a human but not to a Xenomorph who wants a meal." Aaron turned around and made his way to the next door that was also sealed shut. "That door isn't going to withstand another hit like that last one."
"I swear, what is it with these fucking doors?"growled the Xenomorph. Stepping back she looked at the door, a smile spreading across her face. "One more blow and it will completely come off." Drawing back her tail then releasing it like a giant loaded spring; the Xeno slammed its tail against the steel door knocking it clean off. She was hoping to see the humans cowering in fear when she entered but was met with an empty hallway. "Alright...... what the hell?"
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"Holy Shit that was close! *Pant* *Pant* Thank god we got Aaron with us or we would have died a long time ago." Nathan exclaimed leaning against the wall of a new corridor that the three of them were now in. "Hey Aaron where are we now?"
".......... We're close to the egg chamber now I think."
"Grreaatt, should we start another bet on who will get there face rapped first?" (Mark).
"Sure, I say you're going to be first followed by Aaron then me... unless I decided to commit suicide." (Nathan).
"I'm losing track of all our bets... count me out of this one." (Aaron).
"Come on be a team player and make a bet." (Nathan).
"No."
"Fine, give me 100$ and I will accept your forfeit."
"How about I take your face and shove in ground."
"Wow wow hostility. I don't want my face to be all scuffed up for when I make my move on the next Xenomorph we come across."
"I hope the next one is a male and it's gay. It would tear your ass up and make you forever its bitch." (Mark).
"You got that mixed up."
"So you're Bi now huh?"
"There's nothing wrong with fucking another male if they present first."
"Anyways...." Aaron interrupted as he continued walking down the corridor trying to block out the conversation that had arose out of nowhere.
"Wait Aaron! Don't you want to listen so more?" Nathan playfully yelled after him.
"I swear to god I'm going to kill you Nathan if you don't shut the fuck the up." (Aaron).
"Why don't you allow me to do that for you...."
Stopping dead in his tracks Aaron slowly turned his head to the left looking for the owner of the voice. At first he saw nothing but was able to see the outline of a rather large Xenomorph; worse yet it looked like a Runner.
God Dammit Nathan!
"You must be the one that's responsible for ruining my day off" growled the Xeno giving Aaron a death glare.
"Ow Shit!" Mark yelled bringing his gun up ready to shoot.
Without taking its eyes off Aaron (Get it? It's Eye's XD ...... You all suck....(jk)) the Xeno swung its large tail around hitting both Mark and Nathan against the wall knocking them out cold.
Aaron face-palmed himself at the given scene grumbling some choosen statements and adjectives/adverbs to himself. Why me? What did I ever do to deserve this?
Instinct and experience kicked in for Aaron as he swung his rifle around like a club towards the Xeno. No surprise the Xenomorph nimbly dodged the melee attack and swung back at him with a sharp claw(s). However Aaron was counting on this and threw a rounded cylinder at the Xeno's face that filled the corridor with a bright flash of light. An Angry hiss confirmed that the flash bang did its job as Aaron choose a random direction a started to sprint down it. He felt bad for leaving Mark and Nathan behind but at the moment he didn't have a choice. Despite having closed his eyes before the flash, that didn't prevent the annoying ringing noise in his head.
"Where the fuck do you think you're going?" a playful voice echoed behind him.
Once again instinct kicked in again forcing Aaron to duck down as a whistling noise went over his head. That was close. The Xenomorphs bladed tail came back around for a second strike but this time Aaron leapt around the corner but still felt the 'wind' from the attack. This one's fucking quick---
Aaron's thought was cut short as 'something' slammed into his back sending pain up (and down) his spinal cord as he flew through the air. Aaron didn't get the chance to recover from the hit (or even hit the ground once) before a strong clawed hand grabbed his throat and threw him hard against a wall knocking the wind out of him. While lying on the ground and gasping for air a figure made its way over to stand above him.
"Still alive huh? Maybe I should have hit you harder with my tail and snapped your back in half with the first strike."
Wha? She got me with her tail!? I was around a fucking corner!!
Now that the large Xeno stood out in the open Aaron could finally get a good look at it. It was indeed a Runner and was a bit larger than average but what really struck him funny was the rest of the body. The tubes on the back where replaced with what appeared to be spikes and its claws, teeth, and tail blade all where longer and sharper than another Xeno's. Plus its overall increase in muscle mass didn't help the situation Aaron was in either.
Fffuucckk, an Elite........ I'm as good as dead. His mind was racing to find and process any and all information about the thing standing/leaning over him with a 'hungry' look. There faster, bigger, stronger, smarter, stealthier, and by far more aggressive.... All in all they were meant to fuck up whatever they came across. "That didn't really help me" Aaron thought after his mind had pulled up the file stored in his brain from somewhere.
"Still..." the Xeno continued, "you managed to dodge 3 of my strikes and survive the last 2. Granted I was going easy on you but still, well done."
Bet a knife in your throat will shut you up....
"You have that look of someone planning something...." Leaning closer she whispered in his ear, "Go ahead and try, I need some excitement today."
Finally catching his breath and with a new plan formulated in his head Aaron spoke. "I've only known you for a minute and I already can tell we aren't going to be friends."
"Dammit... guess I'm going to have to kill you now out of unnecessary drama."
"Or you could direct me out."
"Hmmm. No, I like killing you better."
"Me too."
With speed only accomplished by experience/practice and adrenaline coursing through your veins; Aaron threw one of his knifes straight for the Xenomorphs head.
*Switch of Point of View*
Venotrix was looking down at the human male that seemed to have finally caught his breath. In truth she was disappointed, mainly because she had heard so much about a group of humans that had managed to run around the Hive for more than 2hours without getting caught. She knew 2 of the 5 had already been caught yet she just took out the other 3 within a minute.
Guess I'm getting to good at this... *Sigh* it's not my fault. It's those fucking predators that think your ssooo damn cool and awesome that I keep killing. I'd like to see one try to actually fight a fair fight without their fancy technology...
A whizzing noise snapped her back to reality for her to see a slivery object coming at her. Without any effort at all she lazily knocked it aside with a clawed hand while glaring at the human that was now making another run for it.
Well..... I'm sure the Queen won't mind if I rough this one up a little.
Venotrix stayed where she was watching the human get further and further away. Once he rounded the corner did she sprint off after him making up the lost ground within mere seconds. As she was starting to turn the corner the end of a gun slammed into the side of her head knocking her slightly off balance. Venotrix quickly corrected her path but was forced to leap back as a sliver flash cut in front of her face. Looking back at the human she saw his gun leveled with her and his finger already on the trigger with a knife in his other hand.
"Your fucking quick but I have the feeling your faster than this." (Aaron).
"As are you, but that's the only cheap shot you're going to land on me" growled Venotrix.
"Cheap shot? That was just skill and perfect timing-"
Venotrix swung her tail around at him only for him to duck and roll away while shooting a few rounds back at her. Venotrix jumped up on the ceiling and charged again using her tail blade as an extended spear stabbing at him with quick strikes. Yet the human kept dodging each strike but only barely; he was concentrating completely on her movements and didn't notice how close to a ledge he was getting.
"Can't let me finish a damn sentence huh? Dodging another tail strike and countered with several shots from his pulse rifle.
Venotrix leapt off the ceiling and swept her tail horizontally at him forcing him to duck down. While her tail was passing over head she charged at him going for a full-blow tackle to knock him off. Thanks to her natural speed and dexterity she easily hit him square in the chest roughly shoving him back. However as the human was flying backward a silver flash caught her eye followed by a sharp pain across her upper chest. Venotrix went to slash the fucker's throat but he was already falling down towards the bottom of the shaft.
*Switching Back*
Shit...... I'm feeling weightless-meant, that's never good.
But what really concerned Aaron at the moment was the pissed-off Xenomorph glaring at him with a gash across its upper chest from the ledge he was just at.
Guess it's a draw then for now.
Aaron began to feel the unwelcomed pressure of gravity pulling at him and his momentum switching direction. Turning himself halfway around (which isn't easy to do when you're in midair) to try and see the oncoming ground; Aaron was surprised at how far of a drop he still had to go.
Hmmm, about 200 or so meters to go, nice.
Aaron pulled out his grappling gun and aimed at the side wall of the shaft before pulling the trigger. By this time he was 100 meters from the ground and slowing down now thanks to the cable in his hand. Once on the ground he retracted the gun while looking at the area around him.
"Great there's no exits down here, that blows."
Looking above him he could see the a few exits in the walls of the shaft, or more rather funnel he was in. With a defeated sigh he turned away from the wall to look at the center of the place...... only to see something that both puzzled him and slightly frightened him. In the center of the ring stood a raised slab of rock (or concrete) flattened along the top with an egg resting on it.
What kind of fucking egg is that? I've never seen one that size or color....
The egg was twice the size of the standard Xenomorph egg along with what looked like a very hard exo-skin in-casing it. Instead of the tanish color (I don't know exactly what color you would classify the eggs... so I'm going with tan.) it was a dark purplish black giving it an intimidating appearance. What was weirder was that it was the only egg here, neatly placed and built around.
That explains why there aren't any exits down here. This shaft was built to both keep others out and those unlucky enough in. Unless of course you're a Xenomorph but that's beside the point.
"But why out...... wouldn't they want some unfortunate soul to wonder in and get snatched by the hugger? Maybe there..... guarding it? Keeping it away from the general clutch?" Many other thoughts and theory's about the egg circled in his head but he forced them out, I need to concentrate. I'm the last one, yet again, within the Hive still standing. Aaron knew that Mark and Nathan weren't dead yet, however Dave and Susan probably were most likely.
*Thud*
Aaron wipped around only to be met with a fist connecting with his jaw sending him sprawling onto the floor.
Oww.
Aaron quickly got to his feet ready to fight his attacker, it turned out to be not who he thought it was. He had expected the Xeno-runner he had fought earlier to show back up but instead he had 2 bipedal warriors to fight.
"Which one of you pathetic shits hit me?"
One of the Xeno's stepped forward, "That would be me, not like you can do anything about it."
"You don't know who you're fucking with, I've killed hundreds of you fucks you're just another digit to me."
Both of the Xenomorphs growled at that and charged at him. The one that had punched him reached him first thrusting out its right claw aiming for his face. Aaron ducked down and rammed his elbow into the Xenomorphs ribcage and followed up with an upper cut with his right hand. The second Xeno tried to deliver a kick to his leg but Aaron jumped over it and tried to counter with a blow to the face. However the Xeno used his tail to knock him back allowing the three of them to recover briefly.
Those fucking tails of theirs! It's a fucking pain to try and dodge something that can pivot and rotate in any direction that quickly!
Getting back in a fighting stance Aaron pulled out his combat knife spinning it a few times in his hand. "Can't do anything about huh? I'm up 1 hit."
Neither Xeno replied to the taunt and again charged at him but this time they were more in-sync. One of them jumped in the air and twisted its body around resulting in its tail swinging around like a whip. Aaron rolled backward, the tail slamming into the ground where he just was, the second Xeno was already in his face throwing punches and slashes at him. Aaron knew he couldn't straight up 'block' the punches with his arms but he could redirect them. The next punch was aimed for his gut; Aaron used his forearm to push the punch away and brought his knife around aiming a slash towards the throat. Aaron was actually a little surprised when his knife cut through the skin, acid blood spraying out. He rolled away to avoid be turned into a melted puddle of liquid. The Xeno gave a screech of pain and held it's now bleeding throat as it fell to its knees then to the ground dead.
Wow. Either it didn't expect that at all or I'm on a fucking roll.
The other Xeno gave an angered yell/screech and charge at Aaron dead set on revenging its fallen comrade. Aaron flipped his knife around to where he was holding the blade and threw the knife, hitting the Xeno in face/head. This stopped the Xeno dead in its tracks as he clawed at the knife in its face trying to pull it out. Aaron ran forward and pulled the knife out of the Xeno's face and slashed its throat, kicking it over to die.
"I didn't even break a sweat, nice." Whipping the acid blood off on the now dead Xeno, he put his knife away. "I'm glad I paid extra to get the acid resistance metal. Hehe and everyone thought it was a waste."
The sound of 'something' moving caught Aaron's attention. Turning around he saw the egg pulsing and the pedals were starting to part open.
Knife vs. Face-hugger round 1 *Ding*
"Wait..."Aaron reached down and pulled out his sidearm_._ "Gun vs. Face-hugger, yeah that's much better."
Aaron fired a few shots at the egg only for the bullets to reflect off.
If the egg is like that then there's a good chance the huggers skin will be too. That's just fucking unfair, I hope it's not resistance to slashing or else my knife is going to be useless too. Punching it to death probably won't work either.
The 'pedals' were now completely open, in inside color was a crimson red making the egg look even more intimidating. Aaron backed up all the way to the wall and took careful aim at the egg's opening. For 2 minutes nothing happened, absolutely nothing. Neither the hugger nor Aaron moved from their spots.
It knows.... It knows that I have the advantage right now.
A black dark purplish form shot out of the egg and with speed Aaron had never seen accomplish, even by Xeno runners, scaling-up the wall.
"Shit!" Aaron fired multiple shots at the hugger but due to both its speed and still somewhat small size none of his shots connected. Aaron was reloading when the hugger stopped randomly scurrying on the wall and made a straight sprint towards him.
This is new.
Aaron slammed the clip into his .50 AE7 Desert Eagle and fired again. This time he scored a hit but as he thought the bullet simply bounced off. The hugger didn't bother detouring off like last time and made a lunge towards him.
Hell to the No!
Aaron pulled out his knife and threw with all the strength he could muster while dodging off to the side. The knife struck the hugger in its stomach (somewhere around that area, I'm aware they don't really have stomachs...... or do they?) to Aarons dismay the knife also bounced off the huggers hard skin. Aaron rolled away and sprinted to the center of the room where the now empty egg was. Once on the other side did he stop and open fire on the hugger again.
There's no way that hugger is completely immune to my bullets it just came out of its egg so its flesh should still be somewhat soft. I just got to keep hitting it in the same spot over and over till that hard exterior gives in. I'm using .50 cal bullets for fucks sake!
Aaron went through another full clip only scoring another 2 hits and once again the hugger made a dash for him. Running and retrieving his knife Aaron took a risky chance and pistol whipped the hugger in midair while stepping off to the side, the hugger barely missing him. As it landed on the ground Aaron lunged at the hugger and brought the tip of his knife down on the huggers back. Once again the knife scraped off but this time Aaron could see a small gash/rip on the hugger's skin.
Yes! Its hard skin is starting to give way!
Aaron quickly sheaved his knife and took aim with his gun at the weakened area on the huggers back. The hugger gave off some sort of screeching/hissing sound and whipped its long tail around, coiling it around Aaron's wrist yanking on it hard.
Aw crap....
Aaron pulled the trigger but missed due to the hugger's interference. Using its new leverage the hugger used Aaron's wrist (and arm) like a pull-up bar flipping around with its digit legs spread wide ready to clamp around Aaron's face/head.
"NO! I Refuse To Die Like This!" Clenching his free hand, Aaron slammed his fist into the hugger but that only canceled out the momentum of the huggers jump. It was still pulling itself towards Aaron's face by pulling on his right arm.
A 'Tug & Push' match ensnared with the hugger pulling and Aaron pushing. At first it was a even tie but unfortunately Aaron had already used to much energy running away from and fighting Xenomorphs. Where-as the face-hugger had both shits tons of energy and natural strength and endurance for catching and snaring its prey/host. Aaron was getting tired quickly and his arm was starting to give way to the hugger.
No. All that shit I went through, all my friends and fellow soldiers, are all going to die for nothing!
Digging in deep, Aaron managed to stop his arm from giving in anymore but it was shacking something awful. Gritting his teeth Aaron pushed with all his might and will power against the hugger, trying to get it off him and finish it with his sidearm.
The hugger seemed to have different plans, it was surprised that its potential host still had enough strength to fight back but it was apparent that it was on its last legs. Coiling more of its tail around Aaron's arm and storing up energy in its tail/spine it gave one extremely powerful yank; dislocating the shoulder thus removing almost all of its strength and resistance to it from the arm.
Aaron screamed out in pain as he felt the ligaments and tendons in his right arm pulled out of place. Now down to only one fully functional arm, he knew his chances of winning this fight were close to none. In one last desperationinal act he slammed the hugger into the ground slamming a knee on it to keep it down.
The hugger gave an angered hiss and wrapped its tail around Aaron's other arm and repeated the process it did to the first. Aaron screamed out again, both his arms now worthless against the hugger. Unable to keep his grip, the hugger scurried out from under Aaron. Not wasting its chance to snare its host without further damaging it; the hugger leapt once more towards Aaron's face, tail and legs stretched out wide........
Enjoy the Cliff-Hanger XD
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