Chapter two: A New Home
After their escape the xenomorphs decided to nest in a system of caves within a mountain side that bordered an area of thermal activity as not only was it warm, humid, and possessed the structure they favored, but the thermal activity level was within the safety zone. With the queen nestled in her chamber's, the praetorians and warriors at their stations, and the drones constructing and seeing to the needs of the nest all that was left was the matter of the strange creature that smelled like a chest-burster. "What is this thing that you have brought before me?" the Queen asks of the two drones that brought the child with them during the escape from the labs. In response the drones hissed "it smelt like one of the hive's young and we thought that it was one that the scientists were going to use in their experiments". At this the Queen paused and examined the strange being closer.
"Indeed the scent is not unlike that of my children and in fact she may have been the presence I felt within the lab!" exclaimed the queen. Confused as to what their queen was saying the two drones questioned what she could be hinting at. "While I was still being held by the humans, I sensed a small not yet conscious mind reaching out from elsewhere in the facility and I think it might have been this creature" she explained. "But how can that be after all most humans have such closed minds that telepathy between individuals like our hive speak is impossible for them?" asked the first drone.
"Yes normally it would be impossible, but it appears that this young one possesses enough of our traits that she is able to do just that" replied the Queen. The young hybrid in question whom had been playing with her tail blade this whole time finally took notice of the queen and sent a telepathic wave similar to a hive member acknowledging the queen before purring happily. At this the Queen nuzzled the infant as she came to a decision on what to do now that it was here. The Queen raised her ornate crested head and sent a message to every member of the hive, "This young being will live amongst us as a member of this hive, treat her as you would other young of the nest" at this the queen picked up her new daughter and settled in for the night with the rest of the hive.
-Meanwhile on Earth-
In a corporate office on earth an android delivered the following report to the CEO, "by all accounts all organic life has ceased within Facility x3021-Epsilon on planet Feras Terrae since we have lost communication with them". The android seeing the CEO had made no effort to comment continued with their report. "It appears that it had been destroyed by one of the freak storms that commonly occur on the planets' surface every few years" the artificial being droned on. To this the CEO responded "very well then scrap the facility and get rid of the planet seeing as any further facilities built there may suffer the same fate. Also consider any further research into project x-sapiens terminated. We have officials from the United Planets looking about and do not need them to find out about our less then legal experiments".
The android acknowledged the command and set to work disposing of the planet from the company's holdings by selling it at minimal cost to a conservationist group interested in newly terraformed planets. With that done she then disposed of any easily obtainable evidence of the X-sapiens experiment details. After witch the android proceeded with their normal functions during the sweep by the United Planets officials. However, a stray paper with a theoretical experiment on human gene manipulation that would break several laws was found during their sweep.
The United Planets kept an eye on the company for five years of mandatory observation under the "livings beings rights act" of 2150 which makes any cruelty to living creatures whether earthborn, or otherwise illegal with heavy penalties. After those five years were up the company went back to their old ways only to be brought down from a drug trial that was not as it appeared to be. This resulted in a complete shutdown of the company and investigation of any surviving data from their questionable activities. The drug trial in question was supposed to be a new immuno-booster meant to aid individuals with weak immune systems.
The truth of the matter was that it was meant for an entirely different purpose, that the individuals participating in the study had no clue of. The investigation was triggered by a 65-75% mortality rate for those given the supposed immune-booster. The true nature of the drug was not recovered as any pertinent data was destroyed and the surviving victims showed no ill effects.