Chapter 7 A bolt and birth
Tidus fired off a lightning bolt at one of creature's that Dante called a xenomorph. Yuna was firing at random targets. Tidus watched the bolt of lightning sting the creature, watched it back off. He ran over to wear Yuna was and yelled, "Don't just shoot. Shoot to kill. Make sure one target is dead before you target another." Yuna nodded and obeyed. Dante holstered his guns and drew his blade. Dante jumped up, did a front flip, and came down, putting all his force, weight and momentum into this single strike. He cut straight through the xenomorph's banana shaped head. The blood spewed up, but Dante was already gone, slicing through another one. He lunged at one and it dodged him, but the one behind it got slashed through. The one that was lucky enough to dodge him cried out and all the xenomorphs responded. They all surrounded Dante and the other xenomorph, arena style. The others, Rikku, Yuna, Tidus, Lenne, Victor and Roland all were ignored. They stood astonished as Dante lifted his blade and stepped into a ready stance, blade extended out, tip pointed at the xenomorph. After a about fifteen seconds, the xenomorph cried out and rushed Dante, head down and ready to tackle Dante. He dodged it and laughed, toying with it. Yuna summoned Valefor and mounted its back. It flew up and Yuna was able to watch the battle. Victor flew up and watched. The rest were left to watch from the gaps in the wall of xenomorphs. Dante rolled under a swinging muscular arm and swung his blade at the xenomorphs ribs. It didn't so much as flinch as the blade slid between two ribs and tore into its right lung. The blade began to disintegrate, and then it shattered, leaving Dante holding a hilt with about a half of an inch of blade left. "FUCK!" Dante yelled as he threw the hilt to the side.
The xenomorph jumped into the air, falling down with his claw outstretched, tearing into the skin of Dante's left arm through his coat. The demon blood gushed through and hit the ground scorching it like fire. Dante growled and jumped forward, fists beating into the creature's midsection. In his rage he didn't see the xenomorphs foot slam into his stomach, throwing him several meters back. Dante jumped up and came running at the creature. He leapt up, only to be stopped in midair as he was impaled by the creature's tail in the right shoulder, centimeters from his heart. The xenomorph lifted the shocked Dante high over his head, high enough for all of the xenomorphs and all the humans to see. Dante reached both hands into his trench coat, where in hidden pockets he grabbed onto Ifrit, the fire gauntlets that had saved him on more than one occasion. He pulled his arms out and attacked the tail, beating it with a passion that none of the entities there had ever witnessed so strongly. Hatred. The fires of Ifrit were multiplied by this hatred, and it cut through the xenomorphs tail in seconds. Dante hit the ground and tore out the end of the tail that remained stuck in his shoulder. He threw it over to the side and got into a ready stance, gantlets suddenly fluming in flames and smoke.
Dante and the xenomorph rushed at each other at impossible speeds. Dante jumped straight up and the creature passed under him. Dante freefell down and struck the demonic figure's head and back, stinging it with flames. Dante grabbed onto the remainder of the creature's tail and began to spin, spinning the creature, faster and faster. The fires burned through the tail, launching the creature so far it ran into three xenomorphs that were part of the "wall". The four began to fight and the rest seemed to come out of their trance. The rest of the xenomorphs stalked toward Dante cautiously. Forgetting all caution, as if a switch had been thrown, the creatures rushed him, clawing and tearing at him and each other. Dante crouched and let out a cry that turned eerily inhuman. A sudden flash of light erupted from between the xenomorphs, which soon enveloped them. When the light was gone and all the humans had unshielded their eyes, all that remained was the unconscious form of Dante lying between them and the hive. Or, in the case of Yuna and Victor, between them and the ground.
Yuna and Victor landed and Rikku ran out to where Dante lay. Tidus went to where Yuna was and watched as she dismissed Valefor. Victor landed and looked over at his parents as they stood staring at each other. Tidus then ran over to where Victor was and quietly asked him how he was able to fly. Victor only looked away. Tidus let the matter lie. For now.
She sat, cross-legged, watching the rain patter on the window. She closed her eyes and sighed. Rain always brought a… soothing feeling to her. Her mind twisted around the problem, squeezing itself like a sponge to find the answer. Yes, she had started this storm; no other mage could of such power. Except… No. The Juggernaut was a myth… right? She thought so, but she was feeling strange… watched. Everywhere. Lulu opened her eyes to see that nothing had changed. Nothing except… There! There it was again! What is it? NO! "WAKKA!" Lulu screamed, jumping to her feet in immense fear. Wakka came running, as usual. But, would he be here in time?
Halfway across the world, Lenne awoke screaming. Yuna was the first to wake, followed by Rikku as the screaming continued. Roland, who was already awake, was over by Lenne's side in seconds. Dante was still unconscious, to the best of their knowledge. Tidus and Victor awoke next, groggily running over to the screaming woman's bedroll. The screams slowly subsided into sobs, as she clutched the sides of her head, tears rolling onto her pillow. "No…" She cried softly as Yuna tried to comfort her twin. Roland said in a firm voice, "Step back. All of you." They did as he commanded whilst he kneeled down and pulled something off of his belt. In his hand he began to spin and twirl the bullet while Lenne watched with increasing calmness. Roland calmly asked, "What did you see?" In detail Lenne described her dream in her hypnotic state. Roland listened grimly and released her from this state with one command: sleep. Roland walked over to the others and told of the entire destruction of Besaid, along with Lulu and Wakka.
Inside the hive, several eggs began to show the crisscrossing slits in the tops that meant that hatching was going to be within the next few hours. The face huggers struggled to fight the egg, but it wouldn't release them… for a while. These creatures were to latch onto the humans and spread their species. The queen showed two very human qualities that were the basis of these emergency births. Vengeance and Sadism.
