The xeno hybrids swarmed the facility, and Shadow and B-12 were running like hell from them. And they were all screaming the same thing:
"KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL! KIIILLL!"
"Repetitive, yet terrifying," Shadow lamented. "Hm...it works."
The two continued to run, until finding an empty lab room. Shadow immediately pulled the door open, and closed it as quick as possible.
The hybrids swarmed past the door, looking like a black flood. Scientist's screams could be heard in the distance, as the hybrids advanced.
Shadow took a moment to catch his breath, then looked at B-12. "Look, I don't really know if you can understand half of what I'm saying. But, we need to find a way to kill these monsters all in one shot. As soon as we leave this room, it's us or them. Got it?"
B-12 stared at him for a second, then gave a devious smile and nodded.
"Okay then. Let's go kick ass and save humanity."
The door came down, and both of them burst out running. Shadow shot small bursts from his subsonic repeater at different hybrids, while B-12 jumped from enemy to enemy, swiping, tearing, and ripping through them.
They both came back to the main chamber, out of breath.
"Man, you really tore through those guys," Shadow said to B-12. "You know what, you need a name. A REAL name." He thought for a minute. "I got it! Bruiser. I'll call you Bruiser. How's that?"
Bruiser smiled and nodded.
"Okay, now there must be something here that - hey look, a giant button!"
The said button was on the wall, next to a large panel. Shadow pressed it, and the panel began to raise...revealing a large xenomorph queen.
The queen was strained by large metal locks, and it's egg sack was connected to a conveyor belt, leading deeper into the facility.
"Well...guess they had to get their DNA from somewhere."
The queen screeched, trying to move out of her restraints. Shadow and Bruiser inched past her, and looked around the room.
"C'mon,there must be something here!" Shadow said, investigating several lab tables and drawers.
Bruiser sniffed around a bit, then noticed something. He crawled over to some large canisters, sniffed, then made a gagging sound.
"Hey, what'd you find Bruiser?" Shadow said , walking over. "Wait..is this...?"
Shadow scanned the containers with his wrist communicator. "How convenient. This is all toxic waste!" He smiled. "I know exactly what to do with this..."
5 MINUTES LATER
"Well, that's done." Shadow said, wiping his hands as he walked out the front doors of the facility, Bruiser tailing behind.
"There you are!" said David, who had shown up with the rest of the Neighborhood Watch. "You find out what they were doing in there?"
"Yup, and now I'm shutting them down." Shadow said confidently. "I hooked some toxic waste canisters in each major vent of the facility, then connected it to a vaporator. It'll clean the whole place of scientists AND xeno hybrids!"
"Wait, hybrids?" David said, confused.
"Yeah, xeno hybrids. Like this guy." Shadow pointed at Bruiser.
Everyone jumped at seeing the xeno hybrid. Bruiser just cocked his head in confusion.
"You mean...they were mixing humans with those alien monstrosities?" David said in surprise. "And you let one of them live?"
"Before you get all trigger-happy, hes just a prototype," Shadow hastily said. "He's not very smart, and he's been following me around ever since he escaped from his hibernation pod." Shadow looked at Bruiser. "Why DO you keep following me everywhere, anyway?"
Bruiser crawled up towards him, and held his hand. "Friend..."
Shadow looked confused. "How am I your friend? You just met me!"
Bruiser gave him a look. A look of pure trust, of honesty, and respect. That's when Shadow realized.
"Heh...I guess we kind of bonded together in such a short amount of time." Shadow said. "So now you consider us friends."
He smiled, and Bruiser smiled back "C'mon you. You can stay with me, because trust me, you don't wanna be alone in this universe."
Shadow opened a rift and left with Bruiser, leaving David and the Neighborhood Watch standing there dumbfounded.
"I think we missed something there..."
