Chapter 4: The Princess
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"The specimens are ready sir. Preparing them for the tests."
"Good. Bring in the first subject."
The man struggled but he was pushed by a combat android into the room which held the new breed of Xeno.
"NOOOO! PLEASE LET ME OUT! WEYLAND! YOU BASTA-"
But he did not manage to finish his sentence as he had been impaled by a Crimson tail and he was now being ripped to shreds leaving nothing but a red pile of gore.
"Hmm, these "Crimson Xenomorphs" seem to be more aggressive then our last batch. Our Crimsons should do well against them."
"Good, I'm going to check on the combat androids. I need to know if they have found my son"
"Yes… Mr Weyland"
Meanwhile
I am settling in well with my new Xeno friends. Who have been treating me surprisingly well, almost like I too am a Xenomorph. I no longer feel lonely and the suicidal part of me has completely vanished. Over the past few months, I have trained with the Xenos and I now how to effectively fight a Xenomorph in close quarters combat. Using both the wrist blade and my speed, I have become a deadly foe, even to a Xeno. I now spend most of my time in the hive, training, getting to know everyone but I still spent time in my house and out hunting. Ok so my presence wasn't approved by everyone. There were some Xenos who would always give me a cold stare when I passed and I always felt a shiver because I knew they really did not like me. Possibly one of the worst is Saladin, a Xeno prince and Tali's brother. Sometimes I would try to talk to him but he would always growl at me and ask "what do you want human?" with distinct aggression in his voice. "I just wanted to talk, you know, friendly"
"There is nothing friendly about you race human! Your people experimented on us, tortured us. And for what? If it wasn't for Mother, I would tear your head off right now."
"Not all of my kind is like that. You did not deserve what you went through. No one should deserve that."
"Why should I believe you human? Your people are monsters and I will never change my opinion. No before my temper gets the better of me, GO AWAY!"
"I am sorry you feel that way Saladin, very well, I shall go. But I wish there was a way for you to trust me"
He growled loudly and I took that as an indication to go. I heard Queen Forlana speak to me telepathically.
"Aidan. It will almost be dark and there are new-borns that will require nourishment before they sleep. Please find some animals and bring them back. "
"Yes my Queen" and hurried off to find to find the exit. I got outside and while I was readying the bow, I heard a Xeno speak to me.
"Hello Aidan." It was Tali.
"Hello Tali. How are you today?"
"I'm doing perfectly fine. Are you going to be doing anything later?"
"Well I have to find some deer to feed the new-borns. Wanna come?
"I would be delighted." And with that, we set off together. We could sync our movements through telepathy. We quickly found a small herd of deer, resting in the low orange sunlight. I was sitting in the trees while Tali stayed in the low bushes and using telepathy and speed, we chose our targets and striked as she shot of the bushes like a speeding bullet and I jumped on a group. Together, only killed and took what we needed. We both carried two small deer which would be more than enough for the new-borns. We got back to the hive and brought the deer to the chamber where the new-borns grow until they are old enough to look after themselves.
"Thank you for the help Tali. I would never have been able to kill that many without you."
"I'm always happy to help you Aidan. If you need anything else then just ask." As we walked, we met Queen Forlana.
"Ah, Aidan. I have just been informed that you have delivered the food. You have definitely proved yourself a friend of the hive!"
"Thank you Forlana but I never would have killed that many without Tali. She deserves some of the credit." I said
"You have done well tonight Tali." Said Forlana
"Thank you Mother." We continued walking and started to chat.
"I am going to go watch the sunset. Care to join me Aidan?"
"It would be my pleasure" I said with a smile. So we exited the hive and climbed up the hill until we found a good vantage point. The sight was beautiful! The Orange sunlight over the hill while the colony was in a shadow along the small mountain range. I felt that it could not get better than this. We sat side by side and just watched as sun disappeared over the opposite hill and the stars began to come out. As we sat there, we began to talk about our childhoods. I told her that I was born on Earth and came here when I was about two and lived most of my life here at the colony. We started to talk about her early life.
"I was born in those labs where the humans experimented on us though they hardly did anything to me. It was Saladin who was experimented on most. I think that's why he holds a deep hate for humanity. Just as I started to mature, all the lights went out and all of the doors holding us suddenly opened. We took this opportunity to escape captivity and to run far away from there. My Father stayed behind so that we may escape. We found this place and decided to say here and build up the hive."
"Tali, your family never deserved any of that. No one should. I have never heard of anything to despicable and unforgiving. I'm sorry about your father. I'm sure he was a good man. My family were taken away five months ago. The entire colony was, but I still can't understand why. They took my sister. I should have stopped them!"
"Aidan, there was nothing you could do. I'm sure you family are safe. We should stop talking about this, its just making us sad."
"Your right Tali. We should enjoy ourselves." The stars were out, billions of them glistening across the sky.
"This evening has been one of the best I have ever had. I have never had a better friend than you Tali. I'm glad you're here." I know she is a Xeno but… I think I'm in love! I have never met anyone more amazing than Tali.
"Neither have I Aidan. I could lie here forever, with you. Unfortunately, the moment was cut short when Forlana spoke to me.
"Aidan! I have to speak to you, it's Urgent. Return to my chamber immediately!
I wonder what Forlana needs to speak to Aidan about! Find out next chapter! Ok so I would like try and make most chapters at least 1k words long. Also I won't have as much time to write over the week because of School work but you can definitely expect a chapter or two next weekend. As always, please review, follow and have a nice day ;)
