Chapter 10: The King

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"FATHER!"shouted Tali. I looked at her with surprise.

"He's your father?!" I said, still surprised.

"Yes. He stayed behind so we could get away, remember? We all thought he was dead!" She said with very distinct sadness in her voice. I put my arm around her and she huddled into me, whimpering.

"We need to get him out of here and back to the hive." I said to everyone.

"What if he tries to kill us? I mean he will probably loath humans for the experiments and loath the Yautja for hunting Xenomorphs! No offence Kig, by the way." Said Alice "None taken" replied Kig.

"We will just have to try and convince him that we are friendly." I said feeling worried. "And what if that doesn't work?" asked Alice. "We run like hell" I replied. "Come on. We can wait around here, they're bound to notice our absen-"

"Warning. Hunter life signs detected. Test subject #626, #627 and #628 have escaped from their cells. This is not a drill." Said a voice over the loudspeaker.

Looking up, I shouted "Oh bloody hell! They've noticed us! We need to move! They'll be sending androids!" We continued down the corridor where we met some more androids along the way. Like before, I charged but unlike the last one, this one managed to fire a few shots. I felt a sharp pain in my arm as a bullet hit me. It seemed the android underestimated me as I slide tackled the bugger, grabbed his foot and threw him into the rest of them. All in one smooth flow. I looked at my arm and saw that only one bullet had actually punctured the skin. It seemed that the rest of the bullets simply bounced off me. The Xeno mutation must have toughened my skin to the point that even bullets can have a hard time to pass through. Kig noticed this and said

"You're hit! You're bleeding man!" I replied with "I ain't got time to bleed" (yes, I said it). "We need to find my weapons before we can help Tali's father. It would make it a helluva lot easier to fight."

"That's a good idea" said Kig and we rushed off to find an armoury. We fought many androids along the way and we all sustained wounds but nothing major. Eventually we found the armoury where they kept my wrist blade and revolver.

"Ok Alice, I'm going to need to show you how to handle a weapon." I grabbed a pulse rife and showed her "I wanna introduce you to a personal friend of mine. This is an M41A Pulse Rifle. Ten millimetre, with over-and-under thirty millimetre pump action grenade launcher." I taught her how to reload and how to handle the recoil. Grabbing a shotgun from the wall I said "I like to keep this handy for close encounters." (Yes I did just say all of that)

We continued on to find a small barricade of androids blocking the corridor. From around the corner, I whispered to Alice "Grenade launcher" and she peeked out and fired it right into the middle of the androids. They were stunned and disorientated so I took this chance to sprint towards them and finished them off with the shotgun. Reloading, I said "Damn fine shot Alice! Good work!" was this the best they could do? Father must underestimate us. We finally managed to find the chamber where Tali's father was kept in. we peeked in and saw two scientists. They looked surprisingly calm even though there was am explosion and gunfire a moment before.

"Tali, could you speak to him telepathically and tell him that we are friendly and that we're going to help?" I asked.

"Of course. Hang on." We waited for a moment until she said "it's done"

Tali crawled in silently and Kig engaged his camouflage. Then Alice and I walked in. the scientists turned around, so we pointed our guns at them. They looked at the alarm on the wall so I said "I wouldn't do that if I were you" suddenly, Kig disengaged his camouflage and him and Tali grabbed the scientists from behind. I drew my revolver and pressed the barrel to the scientist's head threateningly.

"Tell us how to release the king or I will blow your brains out" I demanded coldly.

"Please please! I will help you, just please don't kill me!" He whimpered

"Go on then" I said to him "but if you even try anything else then I will kill you. Let him go" Kig released him and he started to type on console. Tali's father looked at me and I heard his deep voice in my head

"Why are you doing this human? Why betray your race?" He asked

"Because my king, you are the king of the Xenomorphs. You are also Tali's father. I do not want anything to do with my species after I have seen them perform their cruel deeds. I want to be with the Xenomorphs. I have helped the hive and I have learnt much about your people. I am not even entirely human anymore after what my father did to me."

"You're Father? He is the one owns this terrible place?" he asked surprised

"Yes, and I despise him for it. He is John Bishop Weyland, and I am his son, Aidan Bishop Weyland. It's traditional for all first born sons to have the middle name "Bishop". He injected me with Xenomorph DNA and the result was Xenomorph abilities. I have increased strength, agility and skill. My blood is acidic and my skin is as tough as a Xenomorph exoskeleton."

The scientist said "I can free him but it will unlock every other cell in the station." I looked around at the others and they all nodded. "Do it" I said. As the king crashed to the ground, the voice over the loudspeaker repeated "Warning. All cells open. Warning all cells open."

"Knock them out." I said to the others and they punched the scientists hard in the head. They fell to the floor, unconscious.

"Thank you, um, Aidan, for helping me. I am glad to see there is at least a single human that does not try to learn about other creature through their pain. It has been a nightmare here but I am glad that the others have managed to set up I hive." Tali walked up to the king

"Tali!" he scooped her up in his large arms and cuddled her. "My, how you've grown. You're all mature now!" he said and put her back down.

Giggling, Tali said "I missed you too Father!" I enjoyed watching this scene between father and daughter. "Anyway, we have to get away from this evil place. Let's go"

Well. It's late and unfortunately, I'm getting a headache. Hope you all enjoyed the chapter! Thanks again about the 1000 views by the way. Anyway, as always, please review, follow and have a nice day ;)