Species: The Unknown Strain

by Marutectz552

Evolution has ways of having any organism survive the world that is it's environment, sometimes anomalies occur even when everything that has been studied and an organism adapts. Sometimes even man himself must evolve whether he acknowledges it or not, yet when a strain of alien origins enters the mix. Sometimes evolution has a way of creating an unknown strain just to survive.

1. Prologue

Species the Unknown Strain

Prologue

I must have yawned for like the fifteenth time because sitting in a lab like this truly wasn't the most exciting thing around here. Why did I come here again? Ah now I remembered of course, this was due to my parents who wanted me here for some reason or another. Hell being scientists funded by the government and held all the cards for me to follow. So being grounded because I said no, in short I had to come to this place and be forced too regardless of my answer.

I knew it wasn't the best thing in the world.

Yet this sucked!

Unfortunately I had found myself walking through the base itself, or well the labs that my parents were frequent to work around. I felt like a ghost at times when I tried to understand why they were so determined to work here, I didn't feel like it was the best place for a kid like me to spend around and I was being optimistic. Every hallway looked the same, the same damned doors and I hardly saw anyone my age around as well.

Basically I summed it up in two words, again!

This sucked!

Inhaling through my nose I did what I could to pass the time wandering aimlessly inside this place, I never noticed the guards pay me much attention whenever I did see one. Which was like rare as all hell, I hardly ever saw an armored person walk near me and I had to idly kick an empty space of air out of sheer anxiety. I knew I shouldn't have been wandering around but, the waiting area seemingly boring all to heck and I figured to walk around, someone had to notice me eventually.

"Well, least I hope so."

Stuffing both hands into my pockets I kept on walking through the hallways, no seemingly was around and that kind of annoyed me. I'd probably go crazy in a place like this trying to get by, I mean I didn't consider myself to be a loner but I was human. I liked to talk to a few people usually, considering I was moved around a lot by my folks who were clearly told by the government. Years of new schools and years of being the 'new' kid certainly got my tolerance of finding social callings limited, friends was a word I could sparingly use in my life so far.

I've always wondered if this was how people wound up in an asylum, talking to themselves and pretty much thinking themselves to death. It'd be a hell of a comedy in my eyes to consider it, human will at its finest to make oneself go crazy from pondering why they were able to think. I could picture the reactions of doctors and professional adults who did this type of thing daily, they'd think I'd be a riot in order to see my problems. So in the end I just shrugged to myself while continuing on my exploration of the lab complex, it killed time for sure and I'd be damned otherwise to consider myself normal in today's standards.

But then again I was bored.

Bored always translated me into doing something time consuming.

"Whoa!"

I blurted that word out when I came to an open doorway of sorts, I literally stopped in my tracks to see a junction of a hallway split into three ways! I blinked when I looked around to see where the hell I was at, I mean damn, this seemed way too eerie for my liking. It was so silent that I could kick the floor and my sneakers would echo if it dragged onto the floor, which was polished somewhat. I felt uneasy when I noticed the halls leading to my left and right were closed by a double steel door, I figured it was coded or unlock-able if someone had the access card for it.

So that left me to go straight.

Although what I saw from here made me blink several times, I could see an open room of sorts and a box of glass? I honestly snorted in disbelief, "This is some weird stuff man, never seen this part of the base before. Never knew they were into storage labs, ah well, what's the worst that could happen?" I told myself this a few times even when I started to walk into the open room, I noticed several cameras pointed at the far back where the glass was at. I couldn't make anything out at first, just a lot of smoke or whatever type of steam that the lay inside the glass box itself.

Curiously enough I inspected the large room, steel walls were lined up all around me and I happen to notice a camera actually turn towards me. Sheepishly grinning, I think I had the impression someone knew where I was at finally which wasn't as bad as it could have been, right? So I waved at the camera like a cheeky bastard, my father always called me that and he never meant it as a bad thing. I found it funny yet my mother slapped him just as much as me, when the times called for it. That was when we were all together for a family dinner or something, rare as that crap was at times.

Sighing to myself, "Guess I should head back. Nothing really to see here..."

A thud on the glass made me kill my words immediately!

My body reacted when I jumped back yelping in total surprise, I tripped over my own two feet to land squarely on my behind and had my head hit the hard floor for my troubles. I winced when I hissed out in pain trying to ward it off, rubbing the spot that throbbed agonizingly tender, just what in the living hell hit the glass? I didn't expect anything to be in for my own sake, hell since when did thudding noises scare the living crap out of me? I knew for a fact I'd have a heart attack before my next birthday, I turned thirteen in August anyways.

Another thud on the glass made me freeze yet again!

"Okay! What the hell is doing that? Seriously, it's creepy!"

Willing my legs to get me up, I did what I could to stem myself from freaking out over something hitting glass inside a box, "Totally not creepy in the least! C'mon man, you can do this, just walk over and check it out. Nothing bad is going to happen, nothing bad is going to happen." Even in my thoughts I wasn't kidding anyone, I felt completely psyched out for no reason and it'd only get worse. Warily my hands clenched into fists as I slowly made my way over towards the glass's exterior, I kept my eyes trained ahead to see through the steamy interior. Grumbling to myself I finally worked up the courage to actually man up by, placing my palm on the glass's surface.

And it was warm!

"See it's nothing, you were just over reacting..."

My words were steady until I saw another palm perfectly copy my own hand, the only difference was that it was coming from inside the glass box. It took me several minutes to fully comprehend what the heck this meant, I almost fell down again due to the sheer unexpected shock overwhelming my body! This was totally messed up, I really wanted to figure out what in the living hell was this to begin with and I had only two words to sum up my feelings.

"HOLY SHIT!'

A slender hand mimicked my limb, I felt my heart race when I realized that. So I moved it over to the left and the other hand followed. I really thought this was weird, I went back over to the right to make sure I wasn't going crazy and the other hand within followed. I couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing and I had to make sure to use my spare hand to rub them out of reflex. I had no idea in what I was dealing with here and for the love of god, I'd go insane to not understand why!

I would've done something, but instead the hand itself began to reveal its owner.

Stepping out, or rather stumbling to the glass was a girl!

And I promptly closed my eyes!

I saw a girl who had no clothes on and I'd be damned to not hear my mothers ranting about being respectful to a female. My dad once said to me he'd be talking to me about girls in general, I had no clue as to what that meant and to be fair, I'd not consider what it meant for the sake of my peaceful life. Still that reflex made me shut my mind off to revert to not seeing a person without clothes. Taking a breather I did what I could to awkward speak to the girl, who I thought was staring at me and it wasn't impossible to think I'd be that much of a jerk to not say something.

No matter how awkward this whole situation seemed.

"Um, hi there, I ugh..." Yup, it was official as this was probably the most craziest thing in my life I had done. My first attempt speaking to a naked girl ends in failure, I snapped at myself in frustration at how embarrassing this whole scene seemed to me. In the end I wanted to bite my tongue to stop my stuttering but it seemed to effortlessly increase when I peaked out from the cracks of my fingers. I just figured to at least look like a sensible person who didn't seem a naked person in front of them.

Insanely difficult to not consider blushing, I thought this was a set up or something.

"Well, this is kind of awkward. I don't suppose you have any clothes inside there, to you know, cover up or something?"

When I peaked through my fingers I happened to watch the prettiest blond girl I had ever seen stare at me blankly, her head tilted to the side. I dared myself to call it cute, but I'd not be caught dead admitting to such a word without being tortured under the pain of death! I frowned physically when the girl didn't as so react to my words, so did she not understand or something? If that was the case then this made it increasingly anxious more so than it had to be.

"Hello? Earth to silent girl, do you understand me?"

Another blank stare although the big difference this time was she tilted her head to the opposite side. I almost sighed to the point where I wanted to slap my face, I guess she didn't understand what I was saying and I knew immediately this wasn't right at all. Inhaling through my nose I decided to at least try this in a more simpler manner, I figured if she didn't get it, than I was stumped. Clearing my throat roughly to at least get my words straight, the blond girl merely blinked at me while wandering her eyes from my feet to my face. It was what I considered a weird fascination much to my sense of observation.

I lightly tapped my chest, I pointed where my heart lay beating, "Alex. I am Alex."

I mentally prayed she'd at least understood what to call me, technically this got to the point where I felt like dancing like an idiot to get a reaction out of here. However dancing into a flailing mess of limbs didn't suit my tastes, I wasn't into music all that much for lords sake. I'd have continued in my ramblings yet again but, the girl nodded much to my shock.

Thank god for small miracles!

I smiled warmly, "It's nice to meet you. Again I'm Alex and who are you?" I gestured to her, tapping lightly on the glass to where her heart lay at and I avoided staring, "Who are you?" Idly the blond girl tried to reach out and touch my finger but the glass made that barrier all the more unyielding based on her expression of curiosity. Still I kept my eyes trained on her, I wanted to know who this girl was and why in the hell she was naked inside a glass box of all things! Seriously I'd be damned if this Lab complex wasn't doing things to her that I'd report to the...

Oh crap!

The government owned this place and who would I report this too?

If things weren't explained to me at all.

"A..lex..."

I heard my name from the girl, she appeared to have a strange time trying to piece together and to be fair, I'd have been surprised if she could speak to me. In the end I wasn't a bad kid, I tried to coax her to speak more and I smiled encouragingly at her, "Yup, that's my name! You can say it, try it again."

This time around I pointed to my heart directly, the girl narrowed her eyes before saying it with more enthusiasm, "Alex. You." Her hand pointed at me as I nodded smiling, "You got it! So who are you?"

The girl frowned trying to come up with a word.

And she remained like that for a few minutes.

"You don't have a name, do you?"

I asked that question quietly as the blond merely nodded at my words, her expression became more depressing, if I had word to say it. I tried to do what I could to at least try to make this seem more friendly, but the glass box and lack of clothing feel flat to crush my sense of humility. Scratching the side of my head I did what I could, which wasn't much better then me not trying to think of this lab as weird as hell.

"So, how long have been in there?" I looked up at the glass box to which the girl followed my gaze, her eyes swiftly though went back to my face and I kind of shrugged helplessly. "I'm going to guess your entire life so far, because I'd doubt anyone would remember. I'm sorry if I seem kind of strange but it's not everyday you find someone like you in a place, well like this?" I laughed somewhat uneasy if I'd offend her, I knew she was understanding me but the lack of her speaking got me worried. It wasn't everyday to met the cutest girl you'd ever see without clothes and she can't speak a word, so I knew something was definitely strange about this place for sure.

I exhaled slightly when the girl tilted her head yet again, I thought she was trying to figure me out or something. Deciding on whether I'd find out, I went over to the glass wall and decided to sit down next to the girl, who followed me immediately when I placed myself in front of her.

I really, really tried to not look anywhere other than her face.

"Can you talk at all, like me? I mean, you said my name and that's fine, but..." I trailed off uncertainly while using my hands to make motions of uneasiness, small circular motions and what not. " Do you have any likes, or dislikes, or whatever that makes you, you?" I really had a hard time trying to convey what in the world I was even attempting, I'd assume the worst that this girl had no form of contact with another person and I felt ready to pull my hair out!

Due to my thoughts, I never noticed the girl crawl up to me and trying to intently study me for whatever reason why.

I looked up to see her literally chest first in front of me and I immediately yelped, I shut my eyes within seconds, "Please don't do that! I promised my mom that I'd not look at a naked girl, please sit down normally or something!"

I waved my free hand in frantic motion and I had to peak through my fingers to see the girl smiling animatedly at my reddening face. No way was she intentionally doing this to me! I refused to accept it as I glared clearly annoyed at her, "You do understand me! Hell, I bet you're doing this just for a laugh aren't you?"

The girl smiled mysteriously enough and mimicked my shrug from earlier.

"Ha, ha."

Oh, that seriously made me stare at her in a deadpan, "Yeah, right. Ha, ha my foot, you're just doing this because no one's ever tried to talk you right? Miss No-Name, though I pretend to not understand anyone since I find it funny to make nice people be flustered!" I accused her somewhat amazed when she only smiled at me blinking in a manner akin to an owl, she hadn't allowed her attention to disrupt whatever she found me to the most interesting thing in the room. I just put a hand to my cheek and leaned onto it, staring at her rather irritated now.

"If you can understand me, then why don't you have a name? I mean don't get me wrong, I'm sure you having a good time in fooling me around like a puppet, but what's up with the lack of a name. I can't just call you Miss No-Name because it's rather rude and I'd not, make fun of a person like that."

The girl smiled regardless of my voice, I couldn't help but feel defeated since her expression seemed so genuine. It was like she was having the time of her life talking to me and every second I felt, it seemingly enhanced her eyes to the point where I'd get lost in them, it was creepy and strange all the same. Maybe this was how most people would feel like, but I didn't like the fact I honestly felt bad for trying to hate a person like this girl. Even though she did trick me after all in pretending to be somewhat stupid.

"Alex, you're funny."

When this girl spoke my back tingled immediately in a warning, I stared at her innocent expression as she covered her face to giggle. I dramatically puffed my face to make her seemingly start to laugh as I through out a response, "Oh gee wiz, thanks for telling something I never knew! Almighty wise Miss No-name locked in a glass tank, I am blessed for her kind words!"

Yet again more laughter, I cracked a smile to pretend to be offended and I think this girl knew I was only joking around. I didn't hate a person, I really didn't have the heart to say I hated some other kid and knew what to expect, I just shrugged helplessly to myself. I honestly had nothing to say, but accept the fact I was making a naked girl who didn't have a name laugh and smile in the very same goal set.

Making someone laugh certainly made my heart warm, "I take it you never laughed at something either, right? I mean the lack of clothes is a given, if I had to guess."

The question was rhetorical but the blond girl nodded at my words, I felt conflicted on whether I'd report this to someone and to do something for her. No person needed to be in a place like this and I'd be an evil villain for ignoring her in this glass box, I had to man up as my dad would say. Then again doing the right thing never was an easy thing, I had to at least try to make this girl happy for the sake of my own pity and interest as to why she was living here.

A look of interest held my eyes captivated as the girl pointed at me, "I like you, Alex."

My brain almost gave out when she said this simply, it sounded so natural to her that I had to blink several times to compute what the words meant and the meaning. When it clicked inside my brain I had to look down at the floor while idly scratching cheek to cover the blush forming, I never had a pretty girl like me and add the fact I'd hadn't talked to many didn't help my case.

I found the floor fascinating, "Well uh, thanks I guess. I mean you seem to be a nice person and all but, ugh, I mean I'm trying to be friendly is all. And uh..." I stopped dumbfounded as the girl laughed clearly at my response. I swore this blond just wanted to torment me for my expressions and her eyes were glowing with emotion, literally I watched her face light up when I threw my hands up in exasperation.

"Least one of us is finding this to be fun, I'm mainly curious. Never hurts to make a person laugh, I guess being a nice person really is a good thing."

This would have continued before I heard high heels clacking behind me, I turned around to witness the sight of my parent's co-worker, an assistant scientist or whatever walking across the doorway. I think her name was Doctor Baker or something, I didn't remember since I met the woman a few times at home when my parents invited her for dinner. I never really knew her well enough, but to be fair she was the person my parents sent me too when they were busy, or guide me around.

Shrugging to myself I casually called out when she walked by, "Hey Doc, sorry about wandering around but no one was waiting for me."

The woman froze mid step and dropped her clip board in apparent shock to see me sitting beside the blond girl, she was studying the older female though not as intently. Her eyes to me were striking as if trying to picture what was going on and I didn't see the problem. Heck all I was stare at her akin to how the girl behind me was staring, I pulled it off well enough to make the doctor go wide eyed.

"Oh my god!"

I raised an eyebrow at that and the girl behind me watched my reaction based on the angle she had. I wasn't aware she had done the same reaction I did towards the adult who seemingly became more flabbergasted at the way the occupant of the glass reacted. Perhaps I got impatient or what not, I figured to at least ask the doc about who this girl was in the first place.

"Hey Doctor Baker, do you know this girl's name? I mean she seems like a nice person and all, apart from the fact she strings people along to play stupid..." I gestured to the blond behind me who smiled almost cheerfully at my statement, I ignored it to explain to the woman who at this point was walking towards the two of us. I continued onwards without a care in the world, "Sorry if this seems kind of awkward, can you please answer me. I feel kind of bad not knowing what to call her, I mean the lack of clothes is already weirder than hell."

Laura Baker seemingly remained speechless at how the occupant within the glass cage stared at her expectantly, it was almost like she wanted to know too and that made her gut lurch painfully. Whatever words were directed at her or mused upon, the occupant knew all too well what the meanings were and that alone made her afraid in how intelligent the girl within could have been the whole time. More astonishing was the fact that the quarantine to prevent outside contact had failed, at their own actions no less but the occupant hadn't reacted violently to a suitable companion.

Interested the doctor found her voice, "Yes well Alex, the girl inside her home is not technically normal per say and I would be surprised if she knew her name. I can only tell you freely that her name is Sil, she's a special girl and the lack of clothing is merely coincidence since she had a test today." Using the word test instead of literally dissecting her appearance was merely a polite term, Sil was the first of her kind and she'd be damned to reveal that information to a teenager of all things. Already things were compromised as protocols were in place hadn't been breached before, Laura had to get her notes updated to see the interactions in more detail.

I smiled while laughing a bit sheepishly, "Sil? That's her name, well thanks Doc. Again I'm sorry if I'm not supposed to be here and all, but no one wanted to come get me."

At this point I looked at Sil, the blond girl who looked beyond happy to know what she was called. I figured to start over in a more friendly manner, I guess it was to make up for anything I had bad against her and to be fair, it was better to be a nice guy then be a jerk. So I cleared my throat and spoke up in an excited manner.

"It's nice to meet you, Sil. I'm Alex and I hope we can be friends, if you like?"

Sil looked me puzzled before realizing what I was doing and her face lit up like Christmas, her voice was drenched in so much emotion that it made the adult female in the room almost clench her chest. Sil spoke very clearly and very pronounced in her greeting, so much that it seemed practically a person who had been living in a society their entire life.

And that life wasn't exactly years upon years either.

"Yes, I'd like that very much, Alex. I want to have a friend, if Laura is fine with it."

Her eyes wandered up at the woman who dropped to her knees much to my confusion as I rushed over to help her. The woman looked paler than a ghost, I tried to help her but to my shock she waved me off trying to settle her raging heart rate. I felt really scared for the doctor, she wasn't a bad person and to collapse while being young, it voiced a real danger for me to react too and I had be careful in not trying to seem fearful.

In the end my fears were dealt with quick, "I'm fine Alex, thank you for helping me but it's not needed. I'm sure we can arrange some time for you to hang out with Sil, so just let me get my bearings first, alright?"

I grinned in excitement, it was official now! I had a person who could play hacky sack with me! At least that was my hope now as I looked over at Sil who was smiling just as much as I was, "Sweet! Thanks Doc, you're the best doctor in the whole world and I'd never doubt you otherwise. I'll even take back your cooking was worse than my mothers!"

I added that last part cheekily much to the woman's soft laughter, she ruffled my hair affectionately and I honestly felt my face burn up. Having two pretty girls talking to me in two days was enough, I'd feint if this rate kept up and I'd be damned to admit that much to anyone! I guess today was doing to be a good day after all, I mean what more could I ever ask for in making a friend?

I mean what was the worse that could happen?

That question would haunt me forever...

"If I only knew, if I knew what I had known today, I'd have thought different and nothing would remain the same within me ever again."

End Prologue

Author's Note: I bet many of you asking me for to continue this story didn't expect this, right?

The Unknown Strain is a story many have wanted to me complete and I can safely say that the old take will never happen. It's been too long in between myself then and now, I couldn't safely finish my old tales of stories without even remotely attempting to make a story properly then. To me there was so much clutter, broken views and what not that I decided to scrap it. It was like a diamond in the rough I guess, this is what people have told me over the course of my time on this site.

Also I'd mention to those who haven't watched/read Species Saga (There are four movies, three are sequels to each other and the fourth is a Stand Alone movie) I'd recommend watching it because it's one of those guilty pleasures of Sci-Fi movies that stuck with me, I can watch majority of the movies and not cringe too much. Preferably they were alright, not the worst movies and what not but they were enjoyable for the most part.

But there is hope that I'll at least try to make a new version. I at least owe it to a few to make a good small story, and if I can sort out things it'll be a much more sinister tale that is about to be told. If you thought I'd go about the same route as the last story, well you'd be wrong. I have a more ambitious attempt to make Alex enter the second movies plot with a much more bleaker outlook than what I had planned. If I had to make something different, well it's all up in the air right now. I do contend with other things to write and I do work, so it'll eventually click.

Overall if I take my time, I think this story has a chance.