I now understand why the Alien campaigns in the games always are the shortest ones. Finding out decent things for a Xenomorph to be able to do is a bit of a challenge!


The increased activity was definitely noticed by D16 who moved slowly through the ventilation systems and sometimes empty rooms. Due to her advanced senses and ability to sense humans even behind walls, she had managed a fine job of avoiding them so far. The question was how long it'd last.

She slowly crept through the current ventilation shaft she was hiding in, keeping an eye on the corridor below her. The scent of humans was fresh and strong, so no doubt they'd return soon again.

She had only one conclusion to make. Had it been a nest, the Queen would have settled in the deepest, safest part of the compound. But since she was currently captured by these humans, no doubt it would be one of the places where most of the warriors would gather.

The Xenomorph started moving faster through the vents now, taking turns to adjust her direction as soon as she noticed that she was closing in on the wrong area or found herself somewhere the vibrations and scents were less strong.

She stopped abruptly as one of the corridors held an unusual scent. There were no humans in it, so she could pause for a while, taking in the familiar scent. Eggs from the Queen had been delivered through here, that's why it came of as unusual for the Xenomorph. Although her primary instincts didn't involve carrying or caring for the eggs, she knew it was wrong that they were carried away from the Queen. Considering the scent of humans was mixed with it only made things worse.

Her instincts were to protect the Queen and the eggs, because she was a warrior, not a drone. These were signs of a bad job done and fueled the instinct to find the Queen and get rid of those humans before the Queen would be killed.

D16 continued through the vents; however she made sure that she followed the scent of the eggs now, as it'd naturally lead to where the Queen would be. She hadn't expected the blockage in the vents, forcing her to leave a transportation system that had so far been secure and hidden.

She slashed through the floor of the ventilation shaft, landing easily in the corridor below on all four. It was light here, as she cowered to the floor briefly, hissing. She ignored it for now, barely though, as it made her feel very insecure on the floor, before she continued along the corridor, her senses alert.

Long before the patrol could make itself even heard, she had spotted them via her other senses, smelling them easily even beyond the walls. There were too many warriors around now for her taste. It was time to make them fewer.

She backed a bit, before hurrying back into the ventilation system she had just gotten out from. The two humans headed right in that direction, setting up their own ambush without knowing it. As soon as the vibrations and their scents had moved past her, she slid back down on the floor, getting up on her hind legs easily.

Whether it was her shadow covering over them or just luck, both men froze as if feeling something was very wrong. One of them glanced over his shoulder, finding himself face to face with the Xenomorphs jaws, her hands raised and fingers flexing.

D16 literally felt the adrenaline pumping through their bodies within seconds, which caused her to lash out with her clawed hands. Before the man could pull up his rifle to shoot her, she had already clawed his face to pieces, as well as his chest with her other hand.

The other man was fumbling with his weapon even as his partner fell to the floor in a bloody heap. Before he could get a shot off, she moved forward, her tail striking right through his stomach, pinning him to the wall. He gasped and spat out blood, as he dropped his weapon to clutch the black tail with his hands in shock.

Unbeknownst to him, D16 was testing his reaction and resolve. Not out of curiosity, as it was beyond her, but rather to see just how big of a threat these warriors really were. These two, she had decided, were below her own 'rank'.

She opened her jaws, the secondary mouth appearing from within them and it lashed into the man's skull, killing him instantly. She then pulled her tail loose, before she stepped over the other dead man, remaining on her hind legs for now.

Sure, the dead warriors would leave a good hint to where they were but she cared little, as most of her instincts sought to liberate the Queen. The Queen was the answer to everything and the longer she was kept in captivity, the more desperate the situation could become.

The way ahead of her was a long corridor, so she got down on all fours to start running through it, mindful of her surroundings. Light after light passed above her as she ran, reminding her of the irritation and insecurity of staying out in the open like this.

D16 stopped abruptly, her hissing growing louder as she finally felt a scent that had to mean she was on the right track. A lot of humans had been in these corridors, and even the walls seemed to consist of a sturdier material somehow, as if to offer more protection to the area.

She moved down into the corridor these things came from, her claws clicking against the metal floor, before a whirring sound ahead alerted her. Something was moving down from the roof, a square box that quickly opened, revealing something that looked like the things all the warriors were carrying around.

D16 took a few steps backwards, as the whirring continued, with the 'stick' moving around towards her. Although she had yet to experience anything with a rifle, she remembered the fire weapons that had been similar.

Suddenly she darted backwards, jumping up on the roof, just as the thing rapidly started firing bullets towards her. She outran most of them, feeling the sharp vibrations in the roof as they hit it instead, unnerving her into growling loudly. A few hit the base of her tail just as she rounded the corner.

The acid blood had already been faintly sprayed across the floor during the impact, leaving small, smoking holes. The amount hadn't been nearly enough to cause any real holes, and her tail wasn't that damaged either.

She shrieked quietly, disturbed at this new enemy she couldn't at all understand. She could only work out that it was capable of inflicting fast pain on a long distance.

The problem was, the sensations were strongest from behind the thing, so she had to get through it somehow. Since she understood the concept of inflicting pain by activating something, via button for instance, it was the first thing she started to search for.

When she couldn't find it, she started pacing at the start of the corridor, hissing and growling loudly.

She turned to the walls, noticing something she hadn't paid attention to so far. There was a very faint humming or vibration coming through the wall's top. It seemed to start from the back of the corridor where the thing was and continued around the corner next to her. Some of it even seemed to move up to the blasted lights above her.

With nowhere else to go, she followed the wall which contained the consistent humming, until it abruptly stopped next to a door. She pushed on the door slightly with her head before standing up, digging her claws into the hatch in the middle.

With incredible strength, she started to tear the door open, trying to push the slide doors away from each other, enough until she could push her shoulder inside as well. That's when she noticed more pheromones, this time coming from fear somewhere inside the room.

She slipped inside quickly, letting the door shut itself close afterwards, as she noticed she wasn't alone in the room. Several white dressed humans were moving about, screaming something, smelling so much of fear that it was to the point of being disturbing.

One of them stood by a few controls, pushing at the buttons there like no tomorrow and D16 literally screamed as she charged forward, grabbing the man's head to slam it against the control panel, killing him by the mere force of the blow.

Humans leaning over and pushing things at something below them she knew all too well and she wouldn't have any gas on her, not now. Driven by a furious self-preservation instinct, due to her mission, she quickly moved on the other two.

One of them was running for the door, only to be tripped over by her tail, before she stabbed his thigh, ignoring his scream of pain. Out of nowhere shots were fired, and she tore her tail loose, hissing towards where they came from. Most of them missed, as they were fired by the other worker, who could hardly keep the gun in one place, let alone steady enough to aim.

D16 stood up, walking towards the human who frowned as the weapon started to click instead of actually shooting and he nearly flew over the table next to him which had an ammo box.

The Xenomorph grabbed his neck, yanking him back towards her before she ran her claws across his throat, dropped him and moved towards where the dead human was bend over the console, face planted onto the control panel.

The buttons and screens on the wall made no sense to her, naturally, so she looked around, trying to find the humming noise again. It still came from the wall but stopped at the console in front of her.

Hissing, she used her claws to tear up the whole panel, throwing it off somewhere behind her before looking down at the numerous cables and things lying under it, some of them creating sparks with the disconnected cables.

The buzzing hadn't stopped so she continued to rip it to shreds, clawing and striking down with her tail. A few lights in the room flickered, before the humming disappeared. The screens on the wall in front of her went out with a fizzle, rendering the room much darker than before.

Since the buzzing sound was gone from the walls as well, D16 turned around to move back out of the room. The man she had stabbed in the thigh was crawling by the door, a line of blood traced on the floor after him. He had managed to open it already, half way through it. The alien used her tail to quickly punch another hole in his chest, before she stepped through the now open door.

Not until she got back to the corridor with the turret did she pause, looking around briefly. The buzzing was gone and things were eerily quiet now, so she stepped into the corridor on all fours, moving forward. As nothing happened, she moved faster until she was sprinting.

She had successfully powered down the turret, giving her easy access into the heart of the bunker. The door was locked, sure, but there was a ventilation shaft just on the wall, so she crawled into it, before going through to the other side.