Chapter 2: It's a Girl
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I walked down a hallway until we reached a door with my name on it.
"Birthing pods will be provided for you on a daily basis." John said randomly.
I stopped in my tracks, "What?"
He turned and faced me, "Remember the life cycle I told you about?" I nodded "Well, to avoid a high body count we genetically make birthing pods for the individual working with xenomorphs. In your case: xenomorph/human hybrids."
"Okay." I decided not to question him further.
We stepped inside my office; it was a dark room where the only source of light was a desk lamp.
"Everything in this office is mine?" I asked.
"Everything." He said.
I walked to my desk, sat down in my chair, and put my feet on my desk. "This'll be perfect." I said.
"If you need anything," John said "press the red button on your work phone and have Bonnie contact me. Or you can send me an email."
"Okay." I said.
After a few hours, I checked my e-mail and saw that I had a new message.
'Patrick,
The CEO has an assignment for you: he wants you to take xenomorph/human DNA and mix it with the DNA of other animals. There is no due date.
John Smith.'
"Sounds like fun." I said to myself.
++30 days of failed experiments later++
A beard started to grow on my face; I was determined to make the hybrid. I picked up the recorder they gave me and spoke:
"Day 31: Progress is slow, but it is progress nonetheless. During the past month, I have run out of reptile DNA which I thought would bond well with the xenomorph part of the DNA. But if the human part of the DNA is more dominant than the Xenomorph DNA, then the DNA of the hybrid might bond better with mammalian DNA. On a side-note: I have been awake for five days straight with nothing but coffee and science to keep me going. I'll inject the mammal DNA into the birthing pod and get some sleep."
While I was asleep, the birthing pod grew to about the size of a watermelon and split open.
As I started to wake up, I felt a strange weight on my lap. I began to stroke it, and then it started purring.
Wait a second, I thought I don't have a cat.
I opened my eyes and saw the creature. She was about the size of a human baby with human female… features. She had xenomorph limbs from her elbows to her hands, and from her knees to her feet. She had a xenomorph tail that swished from side to side like a cat's tail. She also had the ears and eyes of a cat. A short, light brown layer of fur covered her back and most of her face.
"Hello there," I said picking her up and holding her in my arms like a baby "welcome to the world little one."
I walked over to the phone on the wall and pressed the red button, "Bonnie, could you get John Smith for me?"
"Right away sir." She said.
"Thank you Bonnie." I said. How will she know which John Smith I'm talking about? I thought.
As the holding music played, the baby grabbed my finder with her six fingered hand and squeezed tight. "Don't worry," I told her "I won't treat you like some sort of freak; I will treat you like I would my own child."
She began to purr as she closed her eyes and went to sleep.
"Hello?" John said through the speaker.
"You need to come to my office right now." I whispered.
"Why?" he whispered back.
"It's a girl." I said chuckling.
After a moment of silence, "I'll be right there."
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