Alright, this is a remake of my old fanfic Xeno Child (Same title). I stopped it 2 years ago because of writer's block, and mainly because a new interest took AVP, but I've always loved this stuff, don't worry x3 So anyway, I have a better plot idea now, and I decided to rewrite it because it wasn't realistic before, and I'm better at writing 8D I hope you enjoy!
This story is mine, these characters are mine. RK rocks the world. W00T. By the way, a lot of this has been rewritten because of reading the original AVP comics and noticing some things and getting more facts straight. I'm really glad I read those comics. They're so great!
If any of you get the chance, read the comic books. Buying the book formatted version of them are great too, and if you have trouble looking for it, try the Dark Horse Comic Website. They're worth the read!
Ah, sadly this didn't meet my quota of 6 pages at least for a chapter. Oh well, deal with it. I originally had it all written down on paper, and it took me a while to edit and type on a computer. Give me a break xD
I hope you enjoy. The next chapter you should notice a slight change from the original story and this one. This is really the only chapter that'll be "new and improved". See ya all laterz!
Xeno Child
Chapter One: Family
A trip to New York…was that too much to ask for? Instead of landing at the airport the plane took them to a deserted area of the state far away from any city. From there the passengers had been lead out and to an underground hidden science research center. Who had been behind this whole event? It was sad to say, but a secret organization of the US Government was responsible for the kidnapping and illegal, inhumane testing going on at the hidden labs.
The middle aged woman cried as she remembered the events earlier that day. Her daughter was with her on that plane. Where she was now in the facilities was unknown to her. They had separated them both only hors ago. Now the woman was casted to a wall, her head hung low with grief. Dirty blonde locks of hair hung over her shoulders.
"Please!" she remembered crying out to the military men hauling her young daughter away. "Please don't hurt her!"
"Mommy!" the little blonde girl screamed, reaching out, but to no avail.
Tears dripped down the woman's cheeks. She prayed to see her child again. She didn't care how, as long as she could.
Suddenly, an area of the floor in front of her moved and disappeared underneath. She gasped when a large, green, ugly, deformed egg came out from under the floor. The woman leaned her face out a bit curious.
Curiosity killed the cat. Too bad that the woman's fate was sealed the moment the egg entered the room.
Something started to wriggle within the egg. Four seams opened at the dome of the object. The inside was slimy and just disgusting. A long slimy thing moved within.
Pure gut instinct told the woman that something bad was going to happen. She struggled against her holdings, but it was too late. A blood-curdling scream came from her throat as a white creature latched onto her face.
Meanwhile within the facilities of the lab, a little blonde-haired girl lay strapped to a cold metal surgery table. Her cheeks were red and sore from constant crying. Her green eyes were bloodshot and watery. She looked only seven years old.
Eventually people walked into the cold white room. Men and woman both wore all white clothing, gloves and masks. They circled around the young girl while some went to different machinery and equipment. They stared down at her, or prepared medical tools. None of them spoke to the deadly frightened child.
"Pl-Please," she sniffed up to the adults. "I-I want my mommy. I'm really scared." One of the scientists held up a large needle. Her eyes widened and she began sobbing.
"Please don't hurt me!"
They didn't acknowledge her. They merely injected the unknown liquid into her arm. Minutes later she was rendered unconscious.
It was many hours later when the mother woke. She felt drowsy and sick. Her eyes scanned the room she was contained in, though it was dark. Her gaze finally landed on the weird, creepy, thing in front of her, lying on the ground dead. Her mouth dropped before she made a disgusting face.
"Wh-What…the hell…" she couldn't finish her sentence as she broke out into a fit of coughs. A horrible agonizing pain started to form in her chest. It felt like something was moving beneath her ribs.
Her thoughts proved right. A smash against her chest bones told her something was inside of her. The woman let out painful screams, her face cringing at each inner hit. She felt her blood flow down her shirt and rush to her head. One more loud cry came from her as a small, black, bloody creature busted from her chest and through her clothes.
The creature leaped to the ground. It lifted its long, delicately designed head at its "mother". It opened its mouth and hissed, as if taunting the dead woman.
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The little girl sat on the edge of her bed. Her hands were under her bottom, she kicked her feet above the ground and she just stared around the plain, simple room.
How did I even get here? She wondered to herself. Oh well. Life moves on.
Within the compound she heard vices speaking. She slowed the movements of her legs and tilted her head, listening.
"Mother's calling us, but we can't reach her." One said.
"Soon we will; soon. The pitiful humans can't hear us converse with each other and Mother. They don't understand. Don't you remember Mother's instructions?" another asked.
"Mother wants us to be free, then set her loose from her chains. She wants us to use the gift of our blood, the way it burns everything, to help us all escape."
"And after that?"
"We kill anything that stands before us."
The blonde girl resumed to her previous activity. She had nothing to worry about. If she just stayed out of whoever was speaking's way, she would be fine. Besides, it's not like the people here were very nice. But they weren't the ones talking just now. So who was that? It wasn't that somehow familiar female voice either. But who could it have been? And who was this "Mother"?
The only door in the room opened. She looked to see a military man with a large gun. He was beckoning her over, to which she obliged. In silence they walked through the underground secret building until they got to one of the labs. The man dropped her off before waiting outside. In the lab was a man in white. He told her to take a seat on the examination table. He basically performed a normal doctor check-up, but near the end another man in white walked in. He was of a higher standard.
"How's our little project doing?" he asked the other as he walked inside.
"She's doing great. No side effects of the surgery at all, and she has no memory of anything before that. She's perfectly normal and healthy." The doctor explained.
The new man took a deep inhale. "That's fine and dandy, but what I really want to know is if she can hear them now." He sent a look to the other.
The man stumbled and it was obvious he was nervous. "Y-Yes, sorry sir. Judging by the growth rate of the creatures, and her health status, I would say there is a possibility she can hear them. Understanding might be a different story however."
With that answer the higher ranked one stepped up to the innocent child.
"Little girl, so you hear people in the building?" he asked with a "friendly" face. She nodded. "Do you understand them?" Nod. "Well, what do they say?"
"They said just today that they're going to break free. They're going to hurt anyone in their way." She aid in a child carefree voice.
He snorted. "And what about you?"
"I'm going to stay out of their way." She simply stated.
He stood up and looked to the other man, chuckling a bit. "She's probably just playing a little game. There's no way they can get out."
"They just want to see their mommy." She peeped in.
The man raised an eyebrow and the other seemed shocked and nervous. The conversation continued.
"Keep checking on her. There's probably only a flaw that can easily be fixed."
It was days later in the very same compound when the place came under attack. Screams and cries were echoing everywhere, and gunshots were being fired. The little girl was in a tight ball in a corner. She heard the voices all over. They said it would happen, and so did she. Why didn't anyone believe her?
Loud bangs and huge dents formed on her metal door. Whoever was out there would be in soon. She tried to stay out of their way.
Finally the door burst down. Two black, tall, slender creatures with long heads and tails stepped into the room. They had no eyes, but they looked directly at her. Thick saliva trailed down their silver, shining, razor-sharp teeth.
"Come with us human, and we won't hurt you." They beckoned. The girl nervously nodded and approached them. They seemed confused.
"This human understands us?" one asked another.
She nodded. "Are you the ones who want to see your mommy?"
They leaned down and took a better look at her. They smelled her and prodded her with their snouts.
"Should we take her to Mother? She may want to know about this."
"We shall. Finally, we find an intelligent human!"
With that one of the black serpents lifted the child up. He held her against his chest and his large, inhuman, claw-like hands firmly clutched onto her. She felt a mixture of safety and fright, for she was being taken care of delicately but these invaders were a possible threat. At least she knew what they were saying, unlike everyone else.
The highest rank of the bugs, the Queen, lay in the still metallic basement of the building. Her kind had not consumed it; yet. She let out a terrifying shriek as her children held a human before her. Unworthy, was what the translation was. The two black creatures eagerly carried the screaming human away. After all, the pink-skin was to be their dinner.
Slowly the two carrying the human child approached their gigantic, fair Mother. They bowed before letting the girl stand before her highness.
"Mother, we found this human. She understands what we say unlike the others."
"She isn't as noisy as them either."
The Queen, using her animal and other senses, looked at the girl. She was tiny compared to her might brood. She looked nervous and slightly scared, but didn't flee. She had shoulder-length wavy blonde hair, and had pink skin. Strangely enough, the Queen could see her bright green eyes. Somehow…though the two looked nothing alike…she thought the girl resembled her.
"Bring her to me," she instructed. Her children carefully brought her up to the Queen's face. The child stiffened ad showed more fear, butshe said nothing. Reaching ut her snout she smelled the girl. A familiar scent cae from her, but the Queen couldn't remember when she had smelt it before. Again, she looked at the child. So young, so pure…so innocent.
Normally, the Queen would not care for any human; only if they were a meal or a host for her kin. But this child…she felt that they belonged as one; Mother and Daughter. She understood her kind, and she seemed unfazed by their presence. She could turn traitorous…but against her highness and the rest of them, she would stand no chance anyway.
"She will stay with us," the Queen finally decided. "She will be like one of our own. This child shall be one of my only daughters, and will be the only daughter alive during my reign. She will be of great value and respect. Treat her well."
"But Mother," one peeped. "What shall we call her?"
She stared at the girl for a lon time. She innocently stared back, but seemed more relaxed knowing she was for certain in safe hands. A name suddenly came to her mind.
"Saleta," she stated. "Her name shall be Saleta."
Her children once again bowed before her. They took the child and ran through the compound, alerting the others of their Mother's will. No one objected to her order. They gazed at the child, and welcomed her like any other of their kind.
"We're family now," one said to her. "Brothers and sister." He nuzzled her with his head gently.
Saleta lightly smiled and stroked her new brother's head. "Brother…Mother…Family…"
Heh, please tell me what you think of my writing now from two years ago. That'd be very helpful! And please review! I LOVE REVIEWS! 8D xP I hope to see you all again soon! Chapter two has already been started on, so it'll be done in maybe a week or two. Bye!
