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Chapter 4

Strolling around outside the hideout, Lawrence noted the eerie yet peaceful quiet of the night air. He felt strangely at ease, even though lurking in the shadows could be another zombie, or worse. Outside, the entire place was shrouded in darkness except for a few areas lit brightly by scattered lampposts and lightboxes. As he walked, Lawrence turns around every so often to make sure the hideout was still in sight. He stopped once to gaze up at the starlit sky. Looking up at the stars, he caught sight of the full moon in all its cream white glory. For some reason, looking at the full moon reminded him of something Tracy once said to him.

"The full moon has always intrigued me. The only source of light in a sky of darkness, it seems so glorious yet so lonely."

Loneliness.

The word is all too familiar to Lawrence. He recalled going into seventh grade for the first time. New school, new people; territory all too unfamiliar to him. Then he met Tracy. He was so shy and she was so beautiful.

And alone.

Lawrence took his eyes away from the sky and stared into the darkness before him. For a moment, he forgot why he was so mad at her and remembered the times they spent together. Feeling nostalgic, he shook the memories out of his head. What was past is past. There's no changing that. Once again, the anger he felt for Tracy returned and he was the same as he was before.

"Tracy," he growled in a low voice.

Suddenly, he heard something scurry atop the buildings that surround him. Readying his gun, Lawrence scanned the rooftops, hoping to catch a glimpse of whatever it is that's watching him. Against the slight brightness of the moonlight, he caught sight of a spiky body leaping from building to building towards him. When it came close, the creature leapt silently from the nearest building at Lawrence. The marine only saw the creature's glazed head and sharp teeth as he fired his AK-47 right into the creature's chest. The monster shrieked in surprised pain as it flew back from the gun's force and slammed into the nearest building and landed on the concrete sidewalk with a soft thud. Lawrence sighed in relief as he steadily walks toward the fallen creature, his gun ready in his hands just in case the monster tries anything funny. Robert, Memo, and Thomas joined up with him as he nears the creature.

"What was that all about?" Thomas wondered about the gunfire.

He looks down at what Lawrence had killed and nearly shrieked like a little girl.

"What the hell?" exclaimed Robert, poking at the creature with a stick.

"Holy shit, it's an Alien!" exclaimed Memo excitedly.

As they studied the creature, it was indeed concluded that the monster was an alien from the famous Alien movies.

"Hey Lawrence," began Robert with a grin. "Stab it with your knife so its tongue will shoot out."

"Um, I'm no Alien expert," discoursed Thomas. "But isn't Alien blood supposed to eat the concrete?"

"Yeah, supposedly," replied Memo, noting the water-like substance oozing from the Alien's body. "Weird."

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Tracy remained alert as she and the guys walked carefully through the dark hallway lined with hardened Alien slime. All of a sudden, Kenneth's foot gets caught in the hardened slime and he falls to the slick ground on his belly.

"Ugh," he groaned as he gets up. "Sick."

The others turned around to help him up. Suddenly, a blood-chilling hiss echoed through the hallway. The hairs on their necks stood up on end as more hisses joined the previous one. Through the glimmers of light shining through the hardened slime, Daniel sees the silhouettes of unfamiliar and ominous creatures coming towards them.

"Run!" exclaimed Hiro as he and the others dashed off towards the opposite direction.

Up ahead, Tracy spots a partially covered door. She runs ahead of the group and starts breaking away the hardened slime to reveal the door. Smashing the control panel on the side, the door slides open and the four of them rush in. With a slam of her fist, Tracy presses the close button on the other side and the door slides closed just as the creatures came upon them. With sighs of relief, the group collapsed near the door as they listen to the creatures on the other side try to claw their way in.

"That was way too close for comfort," commented Daniel.

In the darkness of the room they've trapped themselves in there was the sound of shuffling footsteps followed by an unknown cough. Tracy immediately switches on her flashlight and aims it at what she believes to be the source of the sounds. What she and the others ended up finding was a dark-haired scientist with a really bad five o' clock shadow.

"Who are you?" Tracy demanded as she held her gun tightly.

"S-stone," stuttered the man. "Doctor Stone."

"You work here?" asked Hiro.

"Yes," answered Stone.

"Mind telling us what's going on here?" asked Daniel. "As well as fill us in on how many survivors besides you are here?"

"I'm the only survivor," answered Stone. "As for what's going on, it's a long story."

The sounds of persistent shrieking and clawing on the other side of the door continued as they all sat down.

"Don't worry," assured Tracy. "Doesn't look like any of us are going to get out of here anytime soon."

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Shriek.

Blast.

Boom.

Khi'kande shot down yet another Alien with his plasma castor. Behind his cold metallic mask, he grinned satisfactory as he takes down another Alien with his spear.

"Pauk, there's so many!" growled the Predator as he slashes through another Alien with his wristblades.

Khi'kande has never come across kainde amedha like these before. In fact, the kainde amedha are known for their acidic thwei, blood that could eat through even the strongest of armors, and their strength, both of which made them the perfect prey. Yet the blood of these kainde amedha is as harmless as the water he drinks. Slashing through another Alien, Khi'kande watched as his prey's blood dripped down his gauntlet and then to his arm without making as much as a scratch. With renewed adrenaline, he takes out his spear and makes quick work of the remaining Aliens with a series of slicing and spinning movements.

Standing in the midst of the scattered Alien bodies, Khi'kande roared a cry of victory over the strange Aliens. Scanning the cornucopia of Alien skulls to choose from, Khi'kande decides to leave them all where they were. He was only after one Alien skull, the skull of his very first kill. That was the only reason why he had come to this strange island of the pyode amedha known as oomans. About ten moons ago, Khi'kande had killed an Alien on an ooman mountain, but before he was able to harvest his prize, an ooman vehicle came and took his kill away. The only clue he had was an octagonal symbol on the side of the vehicle. Since then, he had followed that symbol to this island where he believes the oomans have been keeping his kill.

With an elated roar, Khi'kande jumps up onto the roof of a nearby building and punches a hole into the concrete. Using the entrance he's created, Khi'kande jumps into the building and goes off in search of his stolen prize.