Leo awoke to the sound of gunfire, a private stood above him looking dirty, "Get up." he shouted over and over, when Leos vision cleared he stood up and ran down the tunnel with the private into the light, emerging from the tunnel onto a vast, green field with craters. The sunlight hurt Leos eyes but he didn't care,, the field was covered with charging Xenomorphs, a huge trench was in front of Leo filled with marines, "GET MORE MEN ON THE LEFT!" he roared, marines instantly followed his orders. Leo sprinted to the trench with the private, he jumped into the muddy ditch with the marines, his brothers, beside him, fighting the greatest threat to mankind, Pulse Rifles blaring, the Xenos growling, Another day in the Corps. Leo thought.
"FIRE THE MORTARS!" he ordered, instantly booms like thunder could be heard, then a whistling noise, then a great ball of fire and dirt exploded onto the field and another and another, Leo watched as the mortars blew the Xenos to hell, the explosions rocking the ground. Clouds of dust covered the field, not a Xeno in site, beeping could be heard, everyone's motion sensor began going crazy, "FIRE!" Leo barked, the marines fired there weapons, Leo hoisted himself up out of the trench signalling the private to join him, he then looked at a different marine, "GET ME A SMART GUN." he ordered. After the marine returned with a Smart Gun and a bag of ammo clips Leo looked at the private, "Okay when I run out on ammo I want you to reload the weapon understood." Leo asked, the private nodded =.
Leo aimed the Smart Gun at the now clear field, Xenomorphs advancing, Leo opened fire, his muscles bulging as he controlled the powerful weapon, one by one the Xenos blew up into green acid, screeching in pain. Leo roared as he continued firing, the marines all saw him as a god of the battlefield, his body ashed from the backfire of the weapon and it eventually ran out of ammo, "RELOAD!" he ordered, the private unclipped his ammo and threw it away. Leo looked down in time to see a facehugger crawling and pounce, it flew through the air, the last thing Leo saw was the creature latching onto him.
Leo awoke as his head connected with the concrete floor, unbearable pain gripped his head, What a time for a flashback.he thought as the Xeno tossed him away, he hit the floor with a thud and skidded to a halt. Leo picked himself up and looked at the smug Xeno, he felt grimy, sweaty and bloody, he looked down to see drops of blood, he spat on the floor and only saw blood, Frace looked at her father visibly worried for him. Leo was unsteady on his feet, the marines looked on expressionless, Leo raised his fists, he dashed forwards doing a straight jab into the Xenos face, he ducked low and kicked his legs from under him.
Now the Xeno was on the floor and Leo held his arms down with his legs, he delivered a devastating flurry of punches to the Xenos face, blow after crushing blow to the Xenos face angered him more, the other Xenos roaring and cheering, Ploutcraft and Frace silent. The Xenos tail wrapped around Leos throat, robbing him of air, the Xeno stood up and raised Leo into the air, Leo clawed at his tail unable to break the hold. "Do you think we should help?" asked Naomi to Saito, "No, look at the Xenomorph next to the queen." he whispered back, Naomi look at the Xeno, Frace was becoming increasingly agitated.
Leo was seeing flashes of light, his life being drained from him, the Xenomorph brought Leo closer so they were face to face, his mouth opened to reveal the inner mouth, I never thought I'd die like this, at least I'll see the kids again.Leo thought, he closed his eyes ready to accept his fate. A loud, ear-piercing shriek ripped through the chamber, Leo eyes flashed open as he fell to the ground, he looked up to see Frace her bladed tail covered in the green acid, he looked down to see the tail of his opponent, Leo rushed forwards grabbed the tail and in one fluid moment, whipped it at the Xeno severing the head from its body, the head rolled away as the body slumped to the floor.
Leo stood up and roared, Frace joining in.
Meanwhile...
Neil burst into fits of laughter, he turned his monitors around and began typing into the "human hive", Vanessa stood behind him, "Did you see that? He's becoming insane," Neil laughed out loud again, "so Humans and Xenomorphs can work together, interesting." Neil sat back and became thoughtful. Vanessa opened the door after a loud knocking and Cole walked in, he stood next to Neil, Neil looked out of the corner of his eye at the African- american.
"What?"
"Well," Cole paused as if thinking how to phrase his next words, "we need to talk."
Neil raised his eyebrows, then a sadistic smile grew on his face, "We running out of food?" he asked, Cole didn't like that smile, it made him sick, "Yeah we are... who's it guna be?" Cole inquired. Neil considered each of the youngsters, they had their strengths and weakness, "Matthew." Neil decided, Coles eyes went wide, "He's 10." he remained un-fazed, "And the weakest link." he concluded, Cole looked at him like a monster, "Fine but you're going to do it." and with that Cole stood up and stormed out, Neil sighed "Kids these days." he muttered.
Back in the chamber...
"Me and Frace are proof Humans and Xenomorphs can work together." Leo pleaded with the queen, the flurry of voices in his head along with the pain from his battle was tearing Leo apart, the Xenomorphs were outraged that he won the fight unfairly. The marines stood by ready to run at any moment, the queen remained silent, Leo glared at her, he was unsteady on his feet and began swaying side to side, "Dannazione rimanere sveglio!" he chastised himself. Frace picked up on the language change, Thats not how you normally speak. she thought to Leo, "That's because it's Italian." Leo said as he fell to his knees, the darkness closing around him.