Okay, I hope these chapters haven't been seeming too much like a filler. Also, with my semester in school over, I now have to work more often at my part-time job. It's been exhausting as ever, but I will pull through for all of you! Rest assured, I will give this fic some better context in the final few chapters to come. So, with that said, let's see where it goes from here...
Kira, Kai, Aster, and Sugarcube all made it back to Chaser and deactivated the somniforous gas that kept the Yautja and other Xenos in the passenger bay unconscious for the trip, making it only a matter of time before they would all awaken. Then, Kira and Kai got some guns ready to retaliate against the police.
"This shit really has to stop." Kira commented. "What's it gonna take for Weyland to realize just what their experimentation has created?"
Kai shook his head. "They won't stop. The Xenomorphs are their prime target to recollect, and the police will arrest us for unauthorized interplanetary travel without permits, along with WY adding top-secret specimen theft to the charges. We're pretty much criminals."
Kira shuttered after hearing Kai.
"Well, we just need to do everything in our power to set things right and live happily!" She said.
"Right!" Kai said, still looking through the weapons vault for anything useful... and something interesting caught his eye. "Ah... what do we have here?"
He picked up a pair of M240 Flamethrowers with hoses connecting to fuel reservoir packs meant to be worn on the user's back.
Kai smirked. "These could come in handy, don't you think?" he asked Kira.
Kira took one of the flamethrowers, getting a feel for it. "Depends... how far does it go?"
"Thirty meters for the best efficiency." Kai said. "It can go up to fifty, but it rapidly drains the gas that way."
So, the pair of humans and Xenos went back up to the bridge to see if they could get a vantage point with the periscope and radar to anticipate any upcoming attack. Kai looked at the radar to see that another ship appeared to have landed in the distance, and it had not been there before. Curious, he activated the periscope and looked in the direction of the other ship to see some movement. Upon zooming in very closely on a high power, Kai was able to see the shape of a Xenomorph Queen and...
"Dr. Meyers...!" Kai uttered.
Kira's jaw dropped. "What!? You can't be serious...!"
"It's him!" Kai responded. "He brought the Queen with him!"
"Oh no..." Aster said. "...I can't go up against her! She'll take control of my brain again and make me attack you all!" He then held on to Kira very lovingly. "I don't want to ever hurt you, Kira..."
"It won't happen again, Aster..." Kira said, hugging him back. "...we just gotta figure out how to make you resistant to her psychic willbreak!"
At that moment, there was a pounding on the door to the bridge.
"Open the door now! Or we will blow it down!" Came a demanding voice on the comlink.
Kai's eyes widened. "Shit! They followed us... must've had cloaking devices."
"Never mind... we've hotwired it!" The voice came again.
At that moment, the door slid open, two fully-armored men entered, each training an assault rifle on Kira and Kai.
"Don't move! Don't fucking move!" They shouted over and over.
Kira and Kai held up their hands while the two assailants held the muzzles of their rifles two inches from their chests.
The third person to enter had only a basic bulletproof vest and leggings and simply had a handgun on his hip. All of his equipment was definitely Aries System Police-issued. The guy had dirty-blonde hair, hazel eyes, and a narrow face. He appeared to be the leader of the small group.
"Well, now lookie what we got goin' on here!" The leader said. "Two fugitives escaping with some stolen specimens?" He shook his head while making the "ch-ch-ch-ch" sound with his tongue while his lips were squeezed tight. "Bad move. You know Weyland-Yutani works hard to create these things, much less do research on them..."
Kira's eyes widened upon noticing a little more about this guy. "Wait... I know you..." she said, before gasping. "...Aster Baldwin!?"
Baldwin's eyes also widened. "Oh yeah... I recall your face... high school, yeah... you're... Zira, aren't you?"
"It's Kira..." Kira snarled. "...and tell your men to put the guns away and leave!"
Baldwin laughed. "I can't do that, Kira." he said. "You see, I joined the police academy for one purpose... to catch criminals! You're breaking several laws!"
"Like how you broke my heart!" Kira said. "So... you and Abby married yet!?"
"Abby? Ha!" Baldwin laughed before holding up his left hand. "Do you see a wedding ring? We broke up years ago! And since then, I've dated... Melissa... Clara... Theresa... Pauline... Alicia..."
"That many!?" Kira said in astonishment.
"Yep!" Baldwin said proudly. "I know the laws quite well... and there is no law saying I can't date as many girls as I want!"
"But that's not how relationships work! There has to be commitment! Connection!" Kira argued.
"Well, that's my version of it. There's no one stopping me! I can love all the women in the world if I wanted!" Baldwin proclaimed.
Kira shook her head. "You're disgusting... you're a disgrace! You know, originally, I thought you might have been a decent guy. That and I thought you were kinda... cute." She began. "But apparently, I was wrong! You're just a player! You like to toy with women so you can break off from them later! That is inexcusable!"
"I've heard enough... take these bitches away. Secure the Xenomorph specimens, we need to make sure they are alive and healthy." Baldwin ordered.
"Yes, sir!" the subordinates replied.
Kira promptly closed her eyes and focused her Xenomorph instincts. Through brief but heavy concentration, she was able to analyze the environment and the two gunman and achieve the precognition she needed to make a counterstrike.
Immediately, Kira grabbed the barrel of the gun as it passed perpendicular to her body, and struck the officer in the front of his helmet, disorienting him. The other officer wasted no time and tried to train his gun on Kira, but Kai grabbed it and did what Kira did to the other one.
Baldwin glanced back and drew his handgun. He chamber it as he prepared to level it on Kira... but it got knocked out of his hands by an angry, hissing male Xenomorph Drone.
"You try to hurt my mate..." Aster said, though Baldwin was unable to hear him. "...you get hurt by my mate!"
With that, Aster did not kill Baldwin immediately, but rather restrained him so as to let Kira have the privilege of finishing him off. Kira and Kai had managed to incapacitate the two other officers with their own Tasers. The two walked right up to Baldwin as he struggled in vain to escape.
"Time for you to pay for everything you've done to me!" Kira said.
With that, she slapped him across the face... hard.
"That's for rejecting me for the Prom!" Kira shouted to Baldwin's face.
Then, she punched him, making his nose start to bleed.
"That's for humiliating me because of it!"
She punched him in the stomach.
"That's for trying to get me and Kai into trouble!"
She kneed him in the groin... causing him to wince and freeze in unbearable pain, unable to even scream.
"And that's for trying to send our romantic partners back!"
Aster felt it safe to release Baldwin, now that he was injured and disoriented. He fell to the floor, clutching his injured spots. Kai then grabbed Baldwin by the hair and yanked his head up, meeting his eyes.
"...What are you about, man?" Baldwin asked, sniffling through his bleeding nose.
Kai glared. "What am I about? I think the question is what are you about!? Thinking you can just get involved in other peoples' business?" he said.
With that, Kai kicked Baldwin in the face, knocking him to the floor. He then stood over the injured officer.
"...You're fucking with the wrong people, dude." Kai said.
Immediately after speaking, Kai brought his foot up and stomped down hard with all his weight on Baldwin's forehead, killing him instantly.
Kai took a breath while Kira stared in shock.
"Wow... he's actually gone." Kira said. "Well... good riddance. I didn't even like you that much anyways! There's only one Aster here who's actually good! And it isn't you!"
"Damn... that was way too close!" Kai commented.
"So, what are we gonna do about the Queen?" Sugarcube asked.
The four pondered on what their best course of action should be in the little time they had to prepare...
We're coming up on the climax of the fic! And I promise it will be good! In fact, there might even be a little extra something that could surprise you all... Anyways, thank you all for being patient with me. I know these updates haven't been coming too often, but they will come regardless. We're almost there! Keep holding on...