ALIEN WORLDS
Chapter 3
A rotating ball hung in empty space like a dark jewel. The planet was shown on a large computer screen with its statistics listed on the upper left. April the android along with the sergeant standing beside her was giving a speech to the marines sitting in a room structured like a small auditorium. April was listing the planets full of xenomorph species and she came down with the last one.
"This is planet LDF-234; the planet has high concentrations of oxygen. Obviously it is livable for human life. About 3 years ago a group of marines set down on LDF-234 to make a full analysis of the planet for any existing lifeforms, an area check was conducted. But pretty soon they were ambushed by an alien species so terrible and yet formidable. "
John Robert looked at his file on his lap and just like the other group of marines he opened his. His eyes frowned and then widened in a second. He was looking at an outline going from one picture to the next. First he was looking at an egg looking object, then a green spidery entity, a worm like creature which John grimaced at the sight of it and finally the full grown humanoid creature with a black skeletal structure, a long tail and an elongated cylindrical head with no eyes and had a full set of sharp teeth. Other gasps of shock that matched John's filled the room.
"That's not all…" John looked up as April said that. "Now what?" he thought. "They're different somehow." She said.
"When the marines died of the alien attack, scientists initially captured one for study, the infamous Weyland-Yutani has modified the creatures, they are…in a sense 'upgraded'." April had difficulty in adding that last part.
Murmurs traveled back and forth from person to person. The man who was friends with April spoke up."Ma'am are you saying they are…what… mutated?" he shrugged.
"Not exactly like I said they have been modified, the weyland yutani scientists wanted to control them so they geared them up with armor and tried to control their behavior via remote. That failed, the aliens escaped captivity and killed the scientists and the marines, these xenomorphs have become more aggressive and more agile." The audience groaned out loud and yells of fear echoed throughout the chamber.
"SHUT UP! And listen!" the sergeant said. The whole crowd of marines grudgingly silenced themselves.
"This is a big mess made ladies and gentlemen and we are here…to clean it up." April finished.
John sighed and thought "I'm going to die" and was about to burst into tears but reminded himself that he needed to be under control.