Chapter 11: Now It's Personal

Ok so I've added paragraphs to the first few chapters to make them easier to read. Also, mutated Aidan is pretty much based on Ripley 8 from Aliens: Resurrection. Some of you may even recognise a part of the story… Enjoy!

We ran down the long tunnel they used to transport the King. The ground shook with his every step. We could hear the screams of androids and scientists as we continued down the tunnel.

"My king! What else were the scientists experimenting on?" I asked between breaths.

"They have been experimenting on Xenomorphs other than me, except they are different to us. I have tried communicating to them but they have never responded. It's possible that they will be hostile. If so, we will have to fight them."

We reached the end of the tunnel but ran into some trouble. The last gate was locked! "There must be tonnes of steel here! We'll never brake through!" worriedly shouted Alice.

"Then we won't. I'll go and open it from the control room up there."

"I'll come with you!" said Alice.

"So will I!" said Kig

"You sure you don't want to stay here?" I asked

"Of course I'm sure! I'm your sister and I'm not leaving you. You'll need some backup and remember I'm also injected with Xenomorph DNA like you." She replied.

"And I'm an Yautja. Its my lifestyle to kill serpents." Said Kig

"Ok but if there is any sign of danger that we cant handle, you will run. Agreed?"

She muttered "fine."

Tali walked over to me as I started to the door. "Aidan, please be careful. I would help but Father wants me to stay here. Good luck!" And she hugged me.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." I said and patted her shoulder.

We walked through the door and the three of us started down the corridor, passing cell after empty cell. We kept moving until we heard an ear slitting screech! We covered our ears it felt like they were about to explode! I managed to look up to see a Xeno charging at us. I took the risk of taking my hands away from my ears and fired my shotgun. The screech faltered as the shots made impact so I took this opportunity to fire once more. The Xeno was close enough for the shots to blow its friggin' head off! Acid blood showered over me but my mutation stopped it burning my skin and instead, burned away small parts of my clothing.

"Bastard! This was my favourite jacket!" I shouted. "What the hell?" Kig and I said. "This Xenos red! Deep crimson!" What the hell has Father been doing here?" I asked.

"I think I know." Kig and I stared at her with confusion. "Father was working on creating a new breed of Xeno, more aggressive and feral than normal Xenos.

"Yeah." I said slowly "I've never seen a Xeno this pissed off before. This was one angry bugger (Pun?). We continued down the corridor until we heard gunfire and metallic android voices around the next corner. I peeked around the corner and spotted the andoids in conflict with the "Crimson Xenos."

I whispered to Alice "same as before please" and she hung around the corner with the pulse rifle and fired the grenade launcher. Except this time, we heard a click and nothing happened. She pulled the trigger a few more times but they too were followed by clicks. She looked up at me with a worried and confused expression on her face.

"No more grenades" I whispered while shaking my head. By this time, the Xenos had completely torn the androids apart and there was white android blood everywhere in the corridor.

"We have the surprise now. On my mark we'll run from the corridor and fire at anything that moves. Let's hope that these new Xenos can't spit acid or something" I looked towards Kig "We might be immune to blood but I'm not sure about you Kig"

"Don't worry. Even Yautja have a slight immunity to it." He reassured me.

"Right, 1, 2, 3, GO!" I rolled out and started firing my shotgun. The other two jumped out beside me and started firing their guns. The Xenos stopped tearing at the, what was now, white messes and charged at us. There must have been at least a dozen!

Bullet after bullet tore at the Xenos but they kept coming!

"Damn grubs are tough!" I shouted over the gunfire (I love references!). I threw Alice a new clip when she shouted "Outta ammo!" speaking of which, I had been counting my shots and noticed I was also low. When the gun clicked, I knew it would take too long to reload more shells so I pulled out the revolver. Their numbers began to falter as they got closer. One tried to slash at me but it underestimated my speed and before it landed its cold claw of death upon me, I stabbed my own "claw of death" through its jaw and into its head. Xeno blood poured onto my hand, down my arm and dripped onto the floor which started sizzling away. The wrist blade was made of Yautja metal which was immune to the acidic effects of the blood. Kig fired at the last Crimson and hit it through the legs, blowing them off. It crawled toward me, grabbed my leg and looked up at me. With my last bullet, I shot it through the skull, killing it instantly.

"Come on. We need to find the control room and unlock the door." I said to the others while reloading the revolver and shotgun, bullet after bullet.

We ran on until I heard whimpering through one of the cells. "Wait a moment" I said to the others.

"What is it" asked Kig. Without answering, I walked into the room and saw something that made me almost throw up! There was something hideously deformed on a table in the centre. It looked like it was just put together using human and Xeno parts. I approached the table and recognised the person lying there. Tears began to form in my eyes as I found my old friend Catharine. Alice noticed too and gasped.

"Catharine. Oh my goodness. What the hell did my father do to you." I asked her as tears began to roll down my eyes.

"Your father… he experimented on us" she said between short breaths "Injected us with something… said it was important… for something much larger"

"I am going to kill that bastard for what he has done to you!" I said to her.

"Aidan… please… kill me! I don't want to live like this!" she pleaded me. I pulled the revolver from its holster and held it to her temple. I hesitated and she said "Please!" I let out a cry as I pulled the trigger, ending my best friend's life.

So I hope the ending wasn't too bad. Also, if you understood the reference, say so in reviews or message me. Anyway, as always, please review, follow and have a nice day ;)