Chapter 14: The Change
I'm sorry to say this folks but I'm probably not going to be writing as frequently. Don't worry, its probably going a few days instead of 1. Anyway as always enjoy!
We woke up in the morning after having one helluva night! My back and my head still felt strange after that event at the hive. I wonder if Alice is feeling the same? Regardless, Tali and I woke up at and headed downstairs to get some breakfast. We already found Alice munching on some toast in the dining room.
"Morning" she said while taking another bite of the toast.
"Morning" we replied. The morning seemed boring and dull compared to yesterday.
I walked to the fridge and found the deer meat still inside. "Deer Tali?" I asked her
"Yes please" I sliced a chunk of meat off using my wrist blade that I kept on me at all times. It felt almost as common as a watch me now.
"Thanks" she said and smiled as she took it. I love her smile so much! I found some cereal but unfortunately there was no milk.
"So that was some celebration last night wasn't it" I started that morning small talk with the others.
"It sure was! I have never had that much fun in my life!" replied Tali. I looked at Alice and said
"And Alice, did I see you chatting with Saladin before?" I asked her, smiling and raising an eyebrow.
"Maybe… why do you ask?"
"Just curious. You know me. Heh, it will probably kill me someday. You know what they say. Curiosity killed the cat."
"I hope not," said Tali. "I couldn't live without you."
"And nor could I without you my love" I replied to her and we clutched each other's hands.
I suddenly heard Forlana speaking in my head making me jump a little. I hadn't heard her contact me like that in a while.
"Aidan. I know you have done much for us but I would be grateful if you could do another favour for us. Don't worry, nothing to difficult. I would like you to hunt for us and bring your kills back to the hive." I thought back
"Of course Forlana. I am ready to serve the hive again"
Tali noticed me jump and asked
"What's wrong? Your not getting those back and head pains again!?" she asked franticly with a slight whimper.
"What? Uh, no no, it was just Forlana," I said, pointing to my head. "She just wants me to go hunting."
"Oh good" said Tali with a sigh of relief. I then spoke to Alice
"That reminds me. I will have to teach you how to hunt and fight in close quarters combat. That should be easy enough with our heightened abilities."
"Sounds good." She said, smiling. I got up and walked out to find my bow and arrows. I found them in my cupboard where I always put them. I grabbed them and headed out. When I walked through the dining room, I found Tali and Alice still at the table.
"Coming with?" I asked. Tali instantly rose "of course!"
We headed out to into the field to start the hunt. I climbed up into the trees as I always do when hunting to surprise my prey however; it was significantly easier with my Xenomorphic abilities. I could move silently and swiftly through the trees like an assassin moving towards their target. We found a herd of deer quickly and we synched our movements to find the best way to ambush. It was easier to do this now that we are bond mates. We were about to strike but something else did before us. There was a flash of crimson and the deer fled except from one that lay dead on the grass. Its blood poured from deep slashes and started to stain the grass a deep red. I Xenomorph appeared and started to rip flesh from the deer and devoured it.
This wasn't a definitely wasn't a Xeno from our hive because it was a deep crimson in colour. It was one of the Xenos from the lab! The bugger must have followed us! We knew exactly what to do and I leapt from the trees right onto its back. Tali followed and held its tail down so it wouldn't impale me. I held its arms to its back. There was nothing it could do.
"What do we do with it?" asked Tali
"We get it back to the hive and see what Forlana wants to do with it." I replied
"How? We can't keep it like this all the way back." She said
"Like this." Said a voice from the bushes. I turned my head in the direction of the voice and saw Kig emerging from the bushes.
"Kig! Nice to see ya." I said with a smile. He walked over and tied the Xeno's arms in a sort of rope. I let go of it and it tried to struggle out of it but it had no chance. It hissed at us aggressively and shot its inner mouth out a few times but we weren't in any real danger. Kig walked around and tied its tail up into a loop with the same rope substance. It was almost harmless now
We carried the Xeno back up the hill to the entrance to the hive. It tried desperate attempts to escape or attack but failed every time.
"I'll go in first to tell Forlana what we have found and to command the hive not to attack you" I said to Kig
"They may need some persuasion. Xenomorphs aren't very trustful of Yautja." He replied. I travelled into the royal chamber where Rael now resided.
"Aidan? I thought you were hunting." Said Forlana as she noticed me entering.
"I was my Queen. However we found something much worse." She stared at me looking confused. "We found one of the Xenomorphs from the lab. It is a deep crimson and it was outside feeding off a deer." Rael spun his head to me as he heard what I had just said.
"You found a Crimson!?" I nodded in response. He looked away worryingly deep in thought.
"What are these Crimsons?" asked Forlana.
"They are Xenomorph experiments by my Father." I started
"YOUR FATHER!?" she shouted.
"Yup. My old bastard. He was the CEO at the labs. He conducted experiments on Xenomorph… and my sister and me. I hate him for it. He turned my best friends into freaks and mutated my sister and me. I can't imagine any father like that. Whatever that thing is, it's not my Father. Not the father I used to know. I want nothing to do with him anymore." She stared at me in surprise.
"The Crimsons are genetically altered to be extremely aggressive. We fought them while trying to escape and they truly are some vicious buggers."
"Hmm. If you have found one then we should interrogate. See why it's this far from the lab." Said Rael.
"I agree my Queen." She looked at us and said
"Alright. Bring it in and find out what it knows." She said to me.
"There is something else as well. I have a friend who helped us capture it. I thought I should tell you because he is a umm… Yautja." I said slightly nervously.
"WHAT!" she yelled. "A hunter!?" I winced slightly at her yell.
"Yes my Queen. He is not like the other hunters though. He regrets his hunting ways and wishes to help us."
"Yes and then stab us in the backs and claim our heads afterwards!" she shouted
"If it wasn't for him, we would still be in the labs! He saved our lives! If it weren't for him, Tali, Rael and I would not be here! She growled in response.
"Please my Queen, listen! Humans were experimenting on you. I would not be surprised if you had an extreme hatred for my kind. But then you met me. Now you see that not all humans want to hurt you! Think of the same for Kig-Char! There is always at least one from every species that is different than the rest. He is no longer a ruthless hunter! Please!" I tried convincingly. She stopped growling and hesitated and said
"Alright. I shall command the hive not to attack him but if he act the slightest bit aggressively then I shall not hesitate to tear his head off!" she said angrily.
"Thank you my Queen" I said with a bow. I ran back outside and told Kig that the hive will not attack him. We walked in with the Crimson, still bound with the Yautja rope. As we walked, we heard growls from the other Xenos as they watched us past.
"You alright mate?" I asked Kig, worryingly.
"Don't worry. I don't blame their hostility. My species are killers among their race after all." he said depressingly. We walked to the royal chamber where a praetorian helped us to stick the Crimson to the wall to start the interrogation.
"hiisss! What do you want with me?" it hissed
"We would like to ask you a few questions" I said to it. It snapped its inner jaw at me
"Human, I tell you nothing!"
"Well well. What if I do this?" I used the wrist blade to slowly cut down its arm. "Tell us why you are here."
"Gahh never!" it screamed
"Really? What of I do this?" I stabbed it in the shoulder. It screeched loudly.
"AHH! I WAS- I WAS SENT HERE TO SPY ON YOU!" It screamed.
"Good. Now would you be kind enough to tell us why?" I asked it calmly.
"Gahh fuck you human!" it shouted.
"Pity" I said shaking my head. It hissed at me again and shot out its inner jaw again. It underestimated my speed and I quickly grabbed it before it could go back inside the outer jaw.
"Naughty. You realise that if I pull this muscle out you will bleed a slow painful death?" I started to pull the jaw away from its face slowly. The Crimson started to grunt and then scream
"ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT! WE ARE PLANNING AN ATTACK ON THIS HIVE! WE WANT TO RID THE PLAET OF OTHER XENOMORPHS!" it yelled screeching.
"Good" I said with a smile and I let the jaw go and it snapped it back into its mouth and started growling. I looked back at Forlana who nodded at me. I pulled the revolver out and it only managed a short "NO!" before I blew its brains out. I twirled the gun a few timed on my finger and holstered it.
Its blood leaked off it and dropped to the stone floor, which started to sizzle away. I noticed Alice staring at me and she said
"Damn Aidan, your scary." She said looking slightly scared.
"I'm a bloody monster." I said in a sad tone. Tali walked to me and hugged me
"Your not a monster" she comforted me. I hugged her back
"Thanks Tali" that's when it happened. I felt a pain in my head and clutched it. It then started in my back and the pain started growing all over me. I started breathing heavily and fell to the ground on my hands and knees. Tali also fell
"AIDAN! NO! NO! NO!" she yelled at me. I rolled on my side and started to yell as the pain grew and grew all over me. It felt like my skin was falling off and things sprouting from my back. I let out one last yell and the pain went. Just left. Completely gone.
"By the Queen" I heard Tali and whimper. I looked at the ground and saw bloody pink flesh. I then looked at my hands and noticed they were relatively the same except they were the dark blue colouring of the Xenos. I felt my head and noticed that I had lost all of my hair and my skull had elongated. I felt my face but could feel no eyes or nose. Dorsal tubes had torn through my shirt at the back. I stood up and looked back at Tali.
"Oh shit"
Sorry this took a while (damn DOOM 3). So what did you think? Personally I thought it seemed boring and mediocre at the start but got better. Anyway I'll let you say what you think in the reviews. Anyway, as always, please review, follow and have a nice day ;) oh and one more thing, 2000 WORDS AND 2000 VEIWS! I LOVE YOU ALL!