New Species
"Ok so if we land here we'll end up right over the nest?"
"That's right cap" said John to Jones, the captain of the gigantic space shuttle.
"Good, very good" he said, turning around to face the rest of the crew "Now the rest of you know what your job is today?" said Jones.
"Yes" they all said in union. The 20 men that stood before him had been handpicked for this mission. They had to go into the nest and recover 1 of each of the aliens groups. Once caught the aliens would be kept in a maximum-security facility, to be studied.
"Err cap?" said one of the team raising his hand.
"Yes KC?"
"Well, basically this is just another bug hunt ain't it?"
"Yes KC it is but the difference between this hunt and the others is that we will be capturing and keeping the 'bugs'."
"Ok" said KC. And with that the meeting broke up. They had 3 hours before they landed. After that they would be going into a nest of the greatest killing machine that had ever existed, apart form the megaladon.
Deep within the nest the Queen rested. She had just laid 59 more new eggs and was exhausted. A soldier ran up to her asking telepathically if she needed anything. She told him no and that she was quite capable of getting things for herself.
"Your majesty" said another who had just appeared by the side of her. 'If he's offering me something I'll kill him', she thought.
"What?"
"The scouters have detected a vessel coming in"
"Have they a visual?"
"No, not yet. But it appears to be directly over the main entrance"
"Probably more hosts"
she thought out loud."What would you have me do? My Queen?"
"Send out a party of rouges that'll give them a shock"
"As you wish, my Queen"
with that he hurried off down the corridor.'Great more hosts' she thought. Looking at her eggs. She sent out a high pitched wine, which told everyone that they were expecting 'company'.
"Fall in guys" shouted the Jones. Everyone fell in line. Now the ship was just hovering within visual range of the opening, of the nest. "Now I know all of you are thinking that this is just another bug hunt but your wrong. This time we take prisoners"
"Just what exactly do you mean by that sir?"
"As I said earlier, we will be taking 1 of each of the species down there." He added, " once we have the creatures locked up you may kill the rest." With that there was a few cheers and a few looks of hatred.
Just as soon as everyone had begun to cheer they stopped, as there was a scream emitting from the control room.
"Stay here" shouted Jones to the crew "you…" he pointed at a brawny young soldier named Derk "come with me".
They ran to the control room and stopped just out side the door.
"Wait" cautioned Jones and he peered through the window in the door. The sight that confronted him made him gag. There was an alien in the room, which seemed to have two huge leathery wings. To the side was a hole in the windscreen. From a quick glance out the of windscreen Jones could tell that they were only hovering a few miles up which was why the atmospheric pressure was the same as in the ship. This meant that the air inside the control room was breathable.
"Ok on 3 we open the door and go in, remember aim for the head." Derk nodded "1,2…3" Jones opened the door and they went in. The moment that they entered the alien sensed their presence and looked up. That was its downfall. It provided a clear shot of its forehead.
BANG!
Direct hit in its forehead. It's head exploded spraying the room with its acidic blood. This would have done some serious damage however there was a coating of a substance that neutralises the creature's blood covering the walls, like paint, protecting the room.
"Is that John?" said Derk.
"Well…it was" replied Jones "Jeez look at this thing" he said, stepping over the dead decapitated body, that was once John, toward the alien. It had 2 giant wings, limbs that any alien they had encountered before did not posses. The rest of the creature's body was shaped like that of the Raptor, a dinosaur which had been dead for as long as any one could remember.
"Hey cap" shouted Derk "come and take a look at this, the hole ain't got any burn marks what so ever."
"That's strange. The hull is 6 inches thick reinforced titanium steel. Without burning their way in how could they make a hole that size?"
"I think the answer is on its feet sir," said Derk. He had now begun to examine the creature. Just like a Raptor the alien had one huge claw on each foot that was larger than the rest.
"I'd say that it's 6 maybe 7 inches long, and if it managed to punch its way through the wall it has to be strong."
There was a thud ion the window. They turned to look, dreading what they might see. It was an alien just like the dead one in front of them. Its wings were spread wide covering the window, while its huge claws began slashing away at the window.
"Cap?"
"Make it count"
With that Derk fired a single shot. However the alien seemed to know what was coming because it pushed away from the window and hovered watching intently as the bullet flew by. Now that the window was clear they could see outside. From what they could make out there were 5 more circling the ship. One however, bigger than the rest, was hovering straight ahead watching.
"That must be the leader" said Derk
"Good observation, I wonder if they follow the same patterns as other aliens."
"Sir?"
"When you kill the leader they have no one to take orders from, so they make a brake for home"
"What about the queen? Can't they get their orders from her?"
"Her telepathic communication range is only one mile. We're still 3 miles up. On 3… ah f**k it just kill that thing!" with that they both let loose a volley of ammunition, shattering the windscreen and hitting there target.
The alien was to busy instructing its group that it didn't notice Jones and Derk lift up their rifle's and begin firing. However it did notice the searing pain that the bullets brought to its chest and head. With a chilling death cry the alien hurtled to the ground, making a sickening thud on impact with the rocky floor. The other aliens responded just as Jones had said they would. They fled back to the nest and away from the ship.