Aliens vs. Predator: Clash
By: Hallows-End
Disclaimer: To put it bluntly, I do not own any of the ideas of Aliens, Predators, the AVP movie, or any of its plot or characters. I do own the two new characters mentioned in the prologue (their identities will be revealed later).
AN: The story starts a little bit into the movie, with the team already under the ice heading to explore the pyramid. I'll warn you now that certain lines in this story might not be exactly what they said or did in the movie. I will also be showing some scenes, but possibly leaving out others shown in the movie. Some important scenes will be shown of course. So please don't flame saying I didn't warn you.
Happy reading…
Prologue
-Piper Maru -
"Storm's coming! Get that equipment inside now!" Captain Leighton shouted to the scurrying crew of the Piper Maru. The snow storm had come up fast, strong, and unexpectedly, almost tossing equipment and several crew members off the side of the ship.
"Check your secure lines!"
Just then an unfortunate crew member scuttling across the deck got hit with a particularly strong blast of wind. A startled cry left his mouth as he skidded across the deck to crash into the guard rail. Reaching out on instinct, he just barely managed to grab hold of the rail while another crew member rushed over to help before he plummeted into the icy water far below the deck.
Leighton cursed under his breath. "All crew report inside now! Get off of the deck!" He turned to the young man standing next to him. "You, make sure communications with the camp don't go down."
He knew though that even if they were able to keep the radios going during the storm and the camp did call for help, there wasn't much they would be able to do until the weather decided to give them a break.
Leighton watched the few crew members left outside scramble to get to safety. He turned to follow them when a strange noise seemed to make itself known over the noise of the storm. Looking around, he saw nothing at first through the torrents of snow, but the noise sounded again. Something huge and dark passed quickly overhead. It was only a few hundred feet up and flew almost directly over the ship, but was gone before anyone could even really think straight.
"THE HELL WAS THAT?" One of the workers shouted over the noise of the storm.
Leighton rushed inside and all but ran to the communications room.
"Get those radios up now, we need to contact the camp. You! Was there anything picked up on the radar a few minutes ago?"
A surprised technician glanced at Leighton, then turned to the computers. "Because of the storm it's hard to see anything. But nothing unusual has come up.
"Captain, we can't seem to get a hold of the camp, the storm is interfering too much with the signals.
There was a moment of silence. 'Hopefully I was wrong. Maybe the storm just made me see some strange shadow flying over, heading right for the camp. Besides, what could possibly be way out here?'
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-A few miles from the Whaling Station -
Torrents of nearly blinding white snow blew viciously through the air. No life could be seen. Nothing relying on instincts dared to be out in a storm like this. Nothing except-
Two dark figures seemed to flicker in and out of vision as they pushed their way through the wind.
"You better have a damn good reason for making me come out here old man. You know I hate places like this." A young, grumpy voice shouted to be heard over the howling wind.
"You know I would not have called unless something was wrong. And I assure you, I can sense something very wrong."
"Oh you sense something, how clarifying." The young voice clearly had a feminine tone to it, and it came from underneath the hood of the slightly taller figure. The other, hunched figure decided not to reply with the female in this mood.
A little while later, though it felt a lot longer to the female, they finally came upon what appeared to be an abandoned town. It was dark and foreboding, shadows clung to everything. They silently made their way through the whaling station. The girl glanced to the side to see the giant bones of a long dead whale half buried in the snow. She pulled her jacket tighter around her.
Suddenly, the girl paused when a strange scent passed by them on the winds. Trying to peer through the torrents of snow, the girl spotted a dark patch on the ground a few feet away. Stepping closer, the girl scooped some of the dark snow in one cupped hand to inspect it.
"Blood."
Something wet and dark hit the back of her other gloved hand. The girl slowly looked up.
There, about ten feet off of the ground hung several human bodies, blood and gore running down as they hung upside down from something tied around their ankles. The girl slowly stood up.
"Well I guess you were right about something going on here." The girl turned around to face the other figure, but he had vanished. Growling and mumbling a few curses to herself, the girl glanced all around her. She picked up on recent but almost buried tracks in the snow. Quickly, she got up and followed them before they were completely filled in.
The tracks led her towards the edge of the whaling station where the other dark figure was waiting.
"I don't take too nicely to being left behind you know." The girl started to state hollowly, but stopped at the sight in front of them.
It was a huge hole leading into the ground. Lightly illuminated as far as could be seen, which after several hundred feet still didn't include the ground. There was a machine next to the two figures that held several ropes leading down into the seemingly endless tunnel. A couple had been cut.
"They are down there." The older figure stated almost to himself.
"Who's down there? What's going on old man?" The girl looked around and spotted the building a little behind them with a perfectly rounded cut through the top. The edge had been melted by something.
"It has started again. You might be the only chance we get." The older figure murmured.
"You're starting to babble. Speak up! What has started?" The girl practically hissed out in anger.
"Listen. Learn quickly. Think before you act. Don't fear your instincts. And most importantly, don't be scared to rely on someone for help if the need arises."
For a few moments all the girl could do was stare incredulously at the old man.
"Wha-" The girl started to question, but was cut short by the surprisingly iron grip on her upper arm.
"End the war!"
With a sudden surge of strength the girl never knew about, the old man threw the slim girl several feet in the air. With a grunt of pain and shock the girl found herself plummeting down the icy tunnel at an incredible speed. Her eyes widened and she couldn't contain a sharp shriek that pierced the frozen air and echoed loudly through the tunnel.
"I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS OLD MAN!"
To be continued…
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