Author's Note: Yes a new story because you know who likes having consistent ideas? Anyways I actually tried super hard to make this one much better than the one before so hopefully you enjoy it.

I do not own any of the material except for the characters and plot.

Prologue

"Warning. There has been a containment breach. All staff in sector 3 are to immediately head for any exit." The speaker stated in a very calm, unemotional manner. Terrace on the other hand was completely overcome by emotions. He knew he had to get out of the sector but he had no idea how to get out safely. He ran forward towards the exit, looking around him anxiously. The red lights that flashed as an indicator of danger were enough to make Terrace even more scared. Every once and a while, he would hear some loud clanking sound above his head. He would duck down and stay silent, even though he wanted to scream until the sound passed over his head. Terrace knew the things that had got out would sense him if he moved too much when they were passing overhead. So he tried his best to keep track of the sounds and hide whenever there was any.

He kept on running along until suddenly he heard another sound. Terrace stopped and listened. This one came from a different location than above him. He realized with horror that the sound was behind him, meaning that the monster was on the floor rather than in the ventilation shafts. Instantly, Terrace began sprinting. I have to get out of here, they'll catch me and tear me apart otherwise! His panicked mind forcibly told him as he was running. Terrace surged forward, the grey walls becoming a blur as he ran as far away from the sound as he could get.

Eventually, Terrace became too exhausted to run anymore and he stopped running to desperately catch his breath, his breathing so shallow it caused his heart to feel like his heart was going to explode. He leaned up against a pole and listened for any sounds of the creature behind him. Nothing. Terrace let out a sigh and sat down on the ground to recover his breath. He closed his eyes briefly, trying to get himself to calm down. That's when he heard something that made his eyes snap open.

It was a loud running sound coming from his right. Oh my god its another one. He starts to panic and quickly turns around and hides behind a small metal box. His breathing becomes irregular and he has to try to use his hands to cover his mouth so he doesn't breath too loud. Terrance is shaking, his eyes closed tightly. Please go away, please leave me alone, let me live. He prays as the footsteps get closer. They are now only a couple of meters away. Terrace feels his eyes start to water with fear. The monster is right behind him now. He's going to die.

"What are you doing over here? You need to get to the exit right away!" An angry female yells out to him. He looks up and sees something he should have thought the footsteps were. It was a colonial marine. She was holding a pistol in her hand and was looking down at a scanner like thing. She looked back up at Terrace and got even more irritated.

"Come on, get up!" Terrace obeyed and was soon following the marine down the corridor. With the marine by his side, Terrace felt much safer. He would live. The monsters wouldn't catch him. His thoughts were interrupted as the marine's com blasted on.

"All marines, this is a warning to not go to area AB, especially with staff members, there is believed to be a large swarm of the bugs in that area." The voice informed the marine.

"Shit. That's too close." The marine swore and lead Terrace in a different direction. "This may take a little bit longer to get to the exit but it should be safer." Terrace nodded and continued to follow the marine. She lead him in a small dark passageway that was barely lit by her flashlight. Terrace started to get anxious in the thick darkness, seeing things that weren't there. However, he still felt safe with the marine in front of him.

Just as that thought leaves his mind, there's a loud screeching sound from behind him. He jumped and looked around in the darkness aimlessly. The marine seemed tense as well and she pointed her pistol in the direction of the sound.

"Here you get in front of me." She moved out of the way and let Terrace move in front of her. He does so eagerly and starts moving quickly through the corridor. The marine is right behind him with her pistol still aimed and ready for any movement. The two keep moving and Terrace can see the door. He feels more relieved and is about to go and open it when something devastating occurred.

A sudden whooshing sound is heard behind him and he moves his head around to see what made it. As he turned his head, he saw the marine fall straight to the ground and her pistol slide on the ground in his direction. He looks up to see what caused the marine to fall and is instantly terrified.

It was what caused the containment breach. A long slender black being with incredibly sharp claws and an extremely long tail. Its head was large and bulbous but it had a gaping mouth with teeth sharper than any knife. It was a monster, a "bug", or more officially called, a xenomorph.

The xenomorph wasted no time grabbing the downed marine and easily lifting her up off the ground. What Terrace saw next was only something that could happen in horror movies. The xenomorph shoved its other claw right in the marine's eyes, making her scream out in pain. The xenomorph seemed rather irritated by this and with one swift move, ripped the marine's head off of her body. The body hit the ground with a loud thump and the xenomorph slammed its claw on the wall to get the head of the marine off of it. Then it turned to Terrace.

He was almost in complete shock as the horrible thing looked at him. Terrace was about to give up and just let the monster kill him when he remembered something on the ground. The marine's pistol. He quickly grabbed it and fired it at the xenomorph who was too close. The bullets struck the black skin and green blood started flowing. Wounded and scared of death, the xenomorph shrieked loudly and jumped away from Terrace. It was all he needed. He made a beeline for the door and quickly ran out of it.

His mind was consumed by the pictures of the xenomorph ripping the marine's head right off of her body like it was nothing. Even with all the military training she had, the marine didn't stand a chance against the might of the terrible xenomorph. Terrace kept running through the hallways, hoping it would lead him to the exit. He had no idea where he was now but he knew the exit must be close. With these thoughts in mind, he continued on his way.

There was loud clanking sounds as the xenomorph followed him. He couldn't make it out in the time it would take for the xenomorph to catch up with him. In an instant, he knew what he had to do. He quickly ran and hid behind a console in one of the console rooms. Now he just had to hope the xenomorph wouldn't find him.

It wasn't too long before the xenomorph bursted into the room. It stopped its sprinting and started moving slowly. The way it crawled was like a strange reptile, precise and planned. It moved its head around the room slowly. The xenomorph breathed in deeply and crawled in Terrance's direction. He instantly covered his mouth as his breathing got rapid. The xenomorph crawled slowly and moved its long tail elegantly behind it. It stood in front of Terrace for a while, making his heart beat uncontrollably fast. Then in an instant, it turned around and bounded away, leaping up into a vent and crawled away. Once the sound of the vents creaking was gone, Terrace moved out from underneath the console. It was amazing that he had gotten out of another situation alive. He started to move towards the area that would lead to the exit when he was stopped.

There was a loud screech Terrance now knew to be the xenomorph and as he turned to see where it was coming from, a huge black shape flew at him. Instantly, he crashed to the ground and as he looked up, he was horrified. The xenomorph was standing right above him, with its heavy limbs pinning him down. Terrace was too frightened to even scream as the black head studied him. It looked like the xenomorph wasn't too interested in him anymore as the mouth opened slowly and from it came a smaller mouth. Terrace knew he would die. It was over. He closed his eyes.

Bam! A gunshot sounded and as he opened his eyes, he saw the xenomorph's top of the head had been imploded. The blood started to drip down on Terrace as the body crumpled over to fall. Before the sizzling blood could land on him, he was grabbed by his hand and lifted away from the body. He turned to look at who it was who saved him. It was a marine who looked at him hopefully.

"I saved him! He's alive." He called as Terrace suddenly felt very tired. Before he knew what he was doing, he closed his eyes and was out.

Author's Note: Wow this is a lot like on a word doc its three pages single spaced. I hope you guys actually enjoyed this and can tell how much better I got at writing. Now just so you know, Terrance will be the main character for this story so if you don't like him, I'm sorry because he's going to be around forever (and probably going to get more annoying when I continue to add more and try to make him even more dramatic). I promise I will actually write more of this one.

I do not own any of the material other than the characters and plot.