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Chapter 17 - The End
Tausha ran up beside Clay just as the alien queen tore herself free of the massive egg sac that hung from her belly, a clear liquid splattered everywhere. Tausha took a step back, "That's nasty." She pulled out her sword and prepared herself for the tough battle that was about to begin.
Clay noticed a few of the eggs were starting to open up, he clicked his mandibles in frustration, "Ae-nix! Take care of those eggs!" Clay took another shot at the queen with his cannon, this time blasting her shoulder as she broke completely free from her egg sac.
Ae-nix followed Clay's orders and quickly pulled out his shuriken, he threw it fast and watched as it cut through almost half of all the eggs that littered the ground around the alien queens feet.
The queen screamed in anger then charged at Ae-nix. Just as Ae-nix caught his weapon he was swatted through the air by the aliens tail.
Clay took the opening and charged at the huge alien, extending his spear as he jumped up and stabbed the queen in the side of the neck, pushing the spear through as hard as he could. He landed on his feet and ducked, just barley dodging one of the queens clawed hands as it swung at his head.
All Tausha could do was watch as Ae-nix flew past her and barreled into a concrete wall, there was nothing she could do to stop it from crumbling on top of him. She could feel her feet pulling her towards Ae-nix, she felt like she had to save him, she had to make sure he was alright. But her gaze turned back to Clay, there was no way she was going to leave him alone with that queen. She began to move towards Clay when she noticed the rest of the eggs beginning to open. "Oh shit, what great luck we're having." She was being sarcastic as she approached the hatching eggs.
Tausha sliced an egg in half before it even had time to open, ending the face huggers life before it could even begin. She was able to slice through about five of the remaining eggs before the queen turned her attention away from Clay and onto her.
The queen was furious, she moved so swift that Tausha had no time to react as the alien tail smashed into the back of her lower legs, causing her to fall flat on her back and drop her sword. Tausha tried to roll over onto her stomach so she could get to her feet, but a huge clawed hand wrapped around her upper body. Tausha's arms were pinned at her sides as the alien queens grip began to tighten around her.
"Ahh!" Tausha closed her eyes and screamed out in agony. She heard her arms and ribs snap as the queen squeezed her harder. It felt like the queen had stabbed her through the chest when she heard her ribs crack, her whole right side began to throb with excruciating pain. "Ahh!" She screamed even louder as tears began to flow down her cheeks.
Clay ran to save Tausha but the queen swatted him away with her tail. He flew about twenty feet then landed hard on his side, shoulder first. He roared in anger as he stood up and charged at the queen once again.
Ae-nix got up and shoved the debris off his body, he heard Tausha scream then hurried to see what was happening. He looked just in time to see Clay get swatted through the air the same way he had been. He clicked his mandibles in amusement, it was pretty funny to see Clay fly so far. Ae-nix heard bones cracking and quickly realized what was happening to Tausha. The queen had her in a death grip, Tausha would die slow and painfully, if the queen didn't squish her, one of her broken ribs would definitely penetrate her lungs and cause her to lose oxygen. Either way, if she wasn't saved fast then she would definitely die. He watched as Clay roared in anger, then began to charge at the queen, that's when Ae-nix got an idea. He pulled out his shuriken and threw it as fast as he could.
Clay saw the shuriken as it flew past him, then watched as it sliced completely through the queens bony arm, cutting it off just before the elbow. Clay made it just in time to catch Tausha's half unconscious body before it hit the ground, the queens clawed hand was still wrapped around her. Clay ran and carried Tausha away from the queen, being careful to avoid the acid blood that the alien was flinging around from her new wound. When Clay felt he had gotten a safe enough distance away, he sat Tausha down gently, then broke her free from the clawed hands grip. He tossed the queens limb to the side and began checking over Tausha, at least three of the ribs on her right side were broken, and her right arm was definitely fractured at the elbow. He could tell it was painful just for her to take in the smallest breath. "You are going to be fine, just stay here, don't go anywhere." Clay gently ran his finger across Tausha's lips and felt her kiss it.
"I don't think……I could……move if I wanted ." It was painful for her to speak, so she decided to just shut up and give Clay a gentle smile.
Clay nodded and stood up, "I will be right back, stay here." He charged towards the alien queen, she had to be dealt with, there was no way he'd let the bitch live now, especially after harming his mate.
Ae-nix caught the shuriken with ease as it came back to him, it was definitely his favorite toy, then he ran to Clay, "How is your pet?"
Clay grunted at Ae-nix, "Thank you for helping me save her, but if you ever refer to her as a pet again, I will make you her loyal lap dog."
Ae-nix snarled, "Whatever. So do you have any ideas on how we're going to kill the queen?"
Clay looked around, "I might have an idea." He pointed to a half standing building right behind the queen. "I need to get on that structure without the queen knowing about it. So I need you to keep her busy, can you handle that?"
"Of course I can handle that, but what's your plan?"
Clay patted Ae-nix on the back, "Don't worry about it, you'll see." Clay brought up his net gun and fired, nailing the queens massive head, "That should keep her busy long enough for you to take out the last two eggs, then you can get busy distracting her for me." Clay ran off and disappeared behind some broken down buildings, stealth fully making his way towards the tall structure behind the alien queen.
Ae-nix ejected his wrist blades as he approached the last two eggs, he immediately noticed one of them had already hatched, meaning a face hugger was running loose around here. He crushed the remaining egg with his foot, and watched as the ground began to melt around his foot, he thought to himself how lucky it was that his boots were pretty much acid proof, otherwise his foot would be melting like the ground around it. He quickly scanned the area to see if the face hugger was near him, but he didn't sense any movement. He'd have to get it later, the queen needed to be kept busy for the time being.
Ae-nix watched the queen claw at her huge head with her remaining hands trying to break off the net that was getting tighter. She was finally able to rip it off after it began to cut into her skull, her acid blood had weakened the nets strong material. Ae-nix aimed his shoulder cannon, then noticed that Clay's spear was still stuck in the queens neck, she hadn't had the time to remove it. The spear was fairly deep, if he could get close enough he could probably push it all the way through.
Ae-nix moved in closer to the queen, gracefully dodging her attacks, it was obvious she was weakening, she had lost a lot of blood. Ae-nix moved fast and was able to get close enough to the protruding spear in the queens neck to grab a hold of it, he pushed it into her throat harder, it was so deep that the tip of the spear began to stick out the other side of her neck.
The queen quickly swatted Ae-nix with one of her clawed hands, forcing him face first onto the ground. Within seconds she brought up her spear tipped tail to pierce his body. As the tail flew towards Ae-nix's upper back, Clay dropped onto the alien queens back. Clay quickly grabbed a hold of the back of the queens massive head, the alien didn't have any time to react as Clay jumped off her back with all the force he had, still holding onto the back of her head.
The queens head twisted under the pressure and motion from Clay's jump, the snap of her neck echoed all through the giant crater. Clay dodged out of the way as the queens limp body crashed to the ground. He had done it, he had killed her.
Ae-nix stood up and looked the dead queens body over, "Nicely done." He went and retrieved Clay's spear from the queens neck, then took it to Clay. "Don't forget this, and don't forget your trophy." Ae-nix was ready to go home, so he broke into a sprint towards his ship, totally forgetting about the face hugger that was running loose. "See you at home brother!" He didn't care about Tausha, he just wanted to beat Clay to their home planet so he could see the look on their fathers face when Clay brought Tausha there.
"Later!" Clay wanted to start working on getting his new trophy, but he decided that Tausha was more important at the moment. He ran towards her and noticed she was struggling, a face hugger was trying to attach itself to her face. She was fighting it off with her one good arm, but it was obvious she wasn't strong enough to fight it off much longer. She was holding onto one if its legs as it flopped around the air uncontrollably, whipping her with its tail every chance it got. Clay moved quickly and ripped the little face hugger off Tausha, tossing it through the air and shooting it with his shoulder cannon. The face hugger blew up into hundreds of tiny pieces. Clay turned his attention back to Tausha, "Are you alright?"
Tausha coughed out a laugh, "Not really,….. everything's throbbing……..and hurting like a bitch."
Clay gently ran his finger from Tausha's earlobe to right under her chin. "You are a strong ooman, I'm proud to call you my mate." He gently picked her up and cradled her in his arms, then began to carry her to the ship.
"So, how did you guys kill her?…..I thought I heard…."
Clay cut Tausha off, "I broke her neck. Now keep quiet, I don't want you to hurt yourself anymore."
Tausha didn't say another word until they were back on the ship. Clay had laid her on the bed and was trying to tend to her broken bones.
"Get that needle away from me!" It hurt Tausha so bad to yell, but she hated needles, and the one Clay was holding was huge.
"This will make you better, you will heal faster with it." Clay pushed Tausha's hands out of the way and quickly removed her skimpy top.
"Clay!" Tausha was too weak to fight back, every move she made only hurt her more. "Please don't, if you love me….."
Before she could finish Clay stabbed the needle into the dead center of her chest and injected the liquid medicine that would supposedly heal her. Clay remembered it had helped her before, it only took her seventeen hours to recover from a stab to the chest.
Tausha's back arched up off the bed as her body began to convulse with pain. She screamed in agony as her body continued to spasm uncontrollably. She closed her eyes as tight as she could and clenched her teeth together, it was so painful that tears began to leak out of her eyes and drip down her cheeks.
Clay quickly dropped the needle and took a hold of Tausha, he used most of his weight to pin her down, it was bad for her to move so much when she had so many broken bones. "It's alright! The pain will fade!" He was yelling over her screams, but she didn't seem to hear him. The only thing he could think of to keep her from hurting herself anymore was to knock her unconscious, so that's what he did. He took a hold of her neck and snapped it ever so gently, she stopped struggling instantly and fell into a deep sleep. "I am sorry." He removed the rest of her armor and covered her with a thick blanket, "I'll be right back."
Clay took off and retrieved his trophy, he managed to get the queens head into the ship and onto his trophy wall. Just looking at it filled him with so much joy. To kill a queen was a great honor, his clan would be proud, especially his father. He would return to his home planet now, the only problem he'd have would be convincing his father and clan to accept Tausha as his life mate.
The End
By Tausha Monroe - Dahdtoudi
Well peeps, that was it. I hope you liked it, there will be an epilogue to this, I just don't know how long it'll take me, I've got serious writers block, and finals, so I'm really sorry this took so long.
