Stranded in a Nightmare
(A/N: Here it is folks, my latest story. Before I begin, I want to mention two quick things.
First, I just want to warn everyone ahead of time that this story is a loose crossover between Alvin and the Chipmunks and the survival horror video game series, Dead Space. Be advised that it will NOT follow the Dead Space storyline, it will only include some of the elements from the game series. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Dead Space series, the first chapter will have background info for the Dead Space series, and the second chapter will begin the actual story.
Secondly, since this story has elements of horror in it, I just want to give a warning right now that there will be blood, violence and some gore. However, for the really gory scenes, I'll put a warning up before such scenes occurs. I really want to keep this a 'T' rating without sacrificing the horror aspect of the story. Also, speaking of keeping it a 'T' rating, there are a two things from the Dead Space series I will NOT include and I'll explain these in the background chapter.
Now, without further delay, here is the background chapter. Remember, the next chapter begins the actual story, so jump to the second chapter if you don't want to read this.)
Stranded in a Nightmare story summery
When the Munks/Ettes find themselves stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash, they begin to devise a way to get back home. However, they soon begin to realize that this island...this very strange and unusual island...may not be as deserted as they thought. Soon, they come to realize that there exists an evil on this island. An evil they thought could only be found in the worst of nightmares. An evil...not ENTIRELY human...
Follow the six chipmunks in their fight for survival as they uncover the truth behind this ruthless evil, and maybe...just maybe, they may make it out of this nightmare...alive.
Dead Space background
"Dead Space is a survival-horror video game series and it is set in the distant future. At this point in time, Earth has been mined of all of it's resources. With mankind on the brink of extinction, humans began to expand into the galaxy to colonize worlds. Humans also began to mine planets using "planet-cracker" class vessels.
The game takes place on the U.S.G Ishimura, the first and most famous of these ships, when the vessel goes "dark". This means there's no communication from the vessel going in or out. At this point, a repair team is dispatched to the last known coordinates of the ship. Shortly after arriving, the team comes under attack by unknown alien life, later found out to be "Necromorphs". Only three members survive the attack, one being the main character of "Dead Space", Isaac Clarke. The concept of the game is Isaac working with the other two team members to try to find a way off of the ship as they fight for survival against the Necromorphs and trying to unravel the mystery of their existence."
However, this story doesn't follow the Dead Space storyline. It will only include the necromorphs and the artifact that controls them, the red marker.
Necromorphs
Easily one of the most mutated and disturbed species of alien I've ever seen anywhere, the necromorphs are abominations of nature that exist for only one purpose: to kill any living being in sight and create corpses for a pure alien breed of necromorph, called the "infector", to reanimate into more of the horde.
Nceromorphs are made from a combination of living alien DNA and a dead corpse; be it human, animal or bacteria. Necromorphs are even sometimes made from more than one corpse or even a hybrid of different species of corpses. The genetic composition of any necromorph, regardless of appearence, is roughly 70% dead corpse (such as a human) and 30% alien DNA.
Necromorphs are simple minded creatures that have no higher level thought processing. This means they have very little intelligence. The only exception to this is a breed of necromorph called the "Stalker". All of their actions are controlled by an artifact called the "red marker", a relic that both controls the necromorph horde and holds DNA codes to create pure alien breeds of necromorph, such as the "Infector."
I call necromorphs, in my words, "alien zombies on steroids." I call them this because of three reasons: a) they are part alien, b) they are the walking dead, and c) they are very, very hard to kill. Unlike traditional zombies, necromorphs can survive losing any limb, even their head! The easiest way to kill them is to cut off their limbs, inflicting horrible damage and taking away their ability to fight. They are the only lifeform that can survive forever without their head. Also unlike traditional zombies, instead of attacking with their bare hands and teeth; necromorphs attack with claws, scythes, blades, barb projectiles, organic explosives, vomit and poison (all made from the bone and tissues of the host.)
Now, you may be wondering "how in the world can they survive losing their head?" While, that's all in the twisted nature of the alien DNA. The infection will take any tissue, organ or anything in the hosts body that isn't needed and dissolve it, breaking it down into material that can be used to give the necromorph more muscle, reshape limbs and even give some breeds organic bulletproof armor! This leaves the chest and stomach areas almost completely empty of any vital organs. Even the brain is broken down and converted into material, thus making them able to survive without there head.
Now one of the things I will NOT include in the story are the breeds of necromorph made from the bodies of dead children and babies. They will not appear AT ALL in this story. I hope that this can help to keep this story a 'T' rating.
The Red Marker
The "red marker" is a reverse engineered copy of a true aline relic found on Earth, the Black Marker. The red marker is made of technology so advanced that humanity can only understand very slim portions of the marker and how it works. Truth be told, even though the marker is made of metal, it's actually a living entity, well sort of. It's aware of what's around it and is fully sentient. The Red marker controls the necromorph outbreak with a signal that is emitted from the marker. However, against humans, the signal produces a form of dementia in humans, creating vivid and terrifying hallucinations. Over time, this dementia drives people completely insane. So much so that they begin to commit suicide and murders.
HOWEVER, To keep this story a 'T' rating, I WILL NOT show any scenes of suicide (at least not in great detail, anyways.)
(A/N: well, this is the basic info for Dead Space that will be applied to this story. The next chapter begins the story.)