Ch. 01
The Perfect Species
Pt. 01
Birth
Darkness surrounds me. Warmth, protection, it's humid. Feels like home basically. Pulsations start occurring in these walls. Not questioning what's going on i go with my instinct. The liquid gets sucked to the bottom, i unwrap myself, and slowly climb out. Lunging not knowing what towards just knowing this is what i am supposed to do. This thing screams but it is futile my tail slinks around its neck and i latch on. My sisters come, fully grown and protective, they drag me on this body to a safe place and stick us to a wall. It's several hours that i am here. I finally drop off and go crawl away to die.
Pt. 02
Surprise
It's warm in here, the slow beating of something, it calms me, it is very moist in here but i don't mind. I am growing, surprisingly fast actually, in a matter of hours i went from a couple centimeters to about 14 inches long. It's time, I start squirming and i can hear this thing moan in pain. I bight using my sharp teeth pushing myself forward. This thing is really screamng it enrages me and i push harder, breaking through and screaming victoriously. It's lying on the floor there is this red liquid pumping out of him by the gallons. I slink my way out of him and go find a safe place to hide before i cocoon myself. Why cocoon myself when my sisters just shed and molted? Because i am different, special, and i need all the protection i can get.
Pt. 03
Maturity
I slowly tear away the cocoon and emerge. All my sisters are here, i've moved, i am in front of my mother. All eyes on me. Why? I am different. I'm tall black armor, about 8 1/2 foot. Shiny bluish tint on me in the light. I have a rather large head, different than my sisters. It's a crest resembling my mothers, just not as large. I am a princess. A royal elite guard to protect my mother. A pure breed xenomorph. My sisters leave and my mother calls. I turn around standing proud and tall. Reining over my sisters as they walk past me. I feel a sense of pride, and why shouldn't I? I am special after all. My mother looks over me, making sure there are no flaws, why? Can there even be any mutations, other than our normal transbreed mutationed xenomorphs, in our hive? She hisses and nods i take my place right next to her.
Pt. 04
Royal Duty
I have fully gown now. A very tall 10 foot adult. It is week 2 now after emerging from my cocoon. I must now prove my worthiness to my Queen. I must take down a, Yautja. This is no small matter. It is a big deal and most don't make it back alive. Only those of royal blood are allowed to. My mother took one down at my age, her kill was legendary. She knocked down the elite Yautja with her claws, the pinned it to the ground and looked it in the eyes, she pierced her tail through ts chest and raised it off the ground, and to finish it off she used her second jaw to rip through its head. I want to be just like her. Next thing i know i'm busted out of my day dream by a loud shriek. The walls of the hive are rumbling. I wasn't prepared for this part. My sisters became agitated and enraged. Hissing at me, swiping at me. I have to escape, fight for my life to get out. It wont be easy but i will try. I am tackled and a tail is hovering over my head i grab it and swing my sister off of me. She crashed into the wall and gets back up hissing. I stand up tall and proud and shriek my mighty roar. I charge to get out crashing through my sisters. Hitting them away using my tail to bash them against the wall. This only pisses them off even more. I see the light and i am about to get out when the elder Praetorian grabs my tail and shrieks at me. This yell is so loud my sister slowly back away bowing their heads.
Pt. 05
Sisterly Love
I turn around and jerk my tail away. I yell back trying my hardest, but try as i might it is no match for my eldest sister's screech. She seems to smirk at me. Laughing at my failure. This enrages me and i charge head first to knock her down and i scream in her face louder this time. She seems terrified this time as my second jaw hovers over her face, my saliva dripping down on her. I get back up, and stand with my head held high striking a royal pose. She bows to me letting my start my quest.
Pt. 06
Hunting
I set out and begin my journey. The Hive Node in the deep southern jungle picked up the Yautja. A Hive Node is a little volcano shaped structure that grows into the ground. It emits spores to track prey nearby, secretes hive webbing, and holds acid inside that it creates. If it is somehow destroyed, which is almost impossible because it roots itself in the ground and is extremely durable, it explodes with its acid. Anyways back to my mission, It was picked up in the jungle and and spores attached to it. The spores emit signals for us to pick up. If you did not know this we xenomorphs track enemies using echolocation and pheromones. It was over 200 miles south of here but using my speed and stamina i was there in a mere 45 minutes. I used the hive mind to locate the Hive node and once i found it i slowly inserted my tail in the tip. Flashes and bright lights ran through my head. The vision cleared and i hear rumbling, it was a pack of the Yautja's canines. The were being chased by our runner class xenomorph. A slim xenomorph cast that has no tubes on its back, long legs, and is a orange or auburn color, it resembles a rabid cougar or jaguar. I keep getting off topic but i kept looking through our data bank file like system that out hive mind has. The Yautja ran east from here. I removed my tail and chased after it.
Pt. 07
Hunted
I'm being watched, i know i am but i act normally. I lurk around the trees on all fours, un-normal for Praetorians. I then sensed it, the Yautja was in the tree to the left of me. I slowly stood up, and turned around. I stared at it dead in the eyes. It uncloaked as it lunged down to the ground. I showed my teeth as i emitted a low hiss. He took off his mask, and threw it towards me as an insult i screeched at him. He put his claws up and growled. I brought up my tail to show him i wasn't afraid. He rushed to me and as soon as he was in range i slammed my tail, full force,on him, he was down, but back up. I knew that wouldn't be enough to get him down though so i lunged at him and brought up my claws. He held me off but he made a mistake, as he held my arms to keep my claws away from his face i used my tail to wrap around his leg and pull it out to trip him. When he was down i grabbed his arms and pinned them down, wrapped my tail around his legs and squeezed tightly until i felt the snap of his legs breaking, that's when he got pissed off and flung me off of him. He pulled out these blue crystals and stabbed himself with them. His legs seemed to snap back into place, he was healed. As i got back up so did he. I ran to him screaming and when i flung my tail into him i expelled vast quantities of acid on him, i was weaker, but his armor was melting and he was definitely weaker than me now. I yelled at me and i just stared at him. I picked him up with my hands, and i waved my tail in font of his face. The fear in his eyes was absent. That is one of the few admirable qualities our two species share, besides our strength, and persistence. I wrapped my tail around his neck suffocating him, he grabbed my tail trying to pull it away but he couldn't. I picked him up easily 3-4 feet in the air before i shot my jaw through his forehead. I then dragged it back to the hive, kept my tail around his neck the whole time.
Pt. 08
Praise
When i arrive i stand tall walking through the corridor secreted with hive resin. My sisters bow as i walk past them no longer tryng to kill me. I bring the Yautja to the Queen and lay it in front of her. She seems to smile with pride and acceptance of me, I feel happy. We xenomorphs have a special way of "Killing" an enemy. We know by instinct when we headbight someone to only hit one side of the brain, this puts the creature into a coma and they are unable to flee or fight back. We then take them back for harvesting. I secrete hive resin onto the predator, gluing it to the wall basically, unable to run. I then moved an egg in front of it and fed it royal jelly to make sure it could later molt into a Queen even though it is not of purebreed blood, as it was the Queens wishes to give birth to a brand new type of queen, a hybrid of Yuatja and Xenomorph blood. She was proud of me and then the egg opened and she watched, smirking as the gasses released from the egg awakens the prey. The Yautja screamed for help but non would come. All of royal blood watched this occurrence as the facehugger lunged onto him, success.