Sisters By Mind, Sisters By Blood

Chapter 2: Abomination

The three year old glared up at her training master from the cold hard ground, wiping the blood from her lip and gazing down at the sickly looking substance. This substance never ceased to both amaze and disgust her…the colors red and green had been crudely mixed into her blood. Struggling to fight down the bile the youth felt at the sight of such a horrendous concouction she turned her face away. The grotesque mixture only proved what she already knew: she was not normal. She did not belong. She was an affront to nature, an abomination.

Despite these thoughts a wicked grin flitted across her features, whether or not she was natural, whether or not she belonged, she was here now, and she was alive. The young girl bared her teeth at her master, a snarl that was pure malice. She thrust herself from the ground, and brought her arm around to fling the disgusting substance at her cruel master. She knew what would happen, and embraced the screams her acidic blood tore from his throat. He deserved it.

Sister had told her all the horrible things he had done to 'their' mother just before she had died. This evil man deserved the pain she gave him, every last drop of noxious blood should absorb into his bloodstream, and hopefully even send him into convulsions.

Such dark thoughts, for one so young. Mused the voice of her sibling within her mind, the tot's grin dissipated and turned downward in a frown. The Queen was right, her intelligence had advanced far beyond that of even the scientists, they could not even begin to grasp the extent to which her brain and learning capabilty spanned. This early intelligence had saved her many-a-greusome test, and would continue to do so, so long as she did not share the fact that she could communicate with her Sister...not after the first time.

The youth shuttered at the memory of the experiments they had forced unto her, and shut that door to her mind quickly. It would not happen again, Sister would not allow it, and she would not allow it.

"Sick, Twisted girl!" Snarled her master as the acid burned through his skin and into his veins. Her feral smirk returned, her eyes glinting with what could only be described as insanity. The tot turned uncaringly from her master, that half-snarl still upon her lips as she walked calmly out of the ungaurded room. She did not feel guilty for causing him such pain, after what he had done to Mother, he deserved every last side-effect of her spliced blood.

Her head quirked to the side as she picked up the vibration of footsteps on both the metal floor and the air, closing in from both directions. Her half-snarl turned from one of sadistic amusement, to frustration. They were most likely sent to punish her, it almost surprised her at the speed with which word of her misbehavior traveled, but did not deterr her. She was sick and tired of playing 'tamed experiement.' It was time to break free of the bonds these humans put on her.

Afterall, she and Sister were stronger now.

Her dangerous leer sliding easily back onto her features the youth leapt into the wires that lined the ceiling, her face never changing as she watched the two groups nearly collide. The grin widened as she felt their brainwaves jump with startled fear, and she had to supress a snicker.

Hearing footsteps both in front and behind her she leapt onto the wall climbing the many wires there and hiding in the rafters as she watched the two soldier men all but collide. Both of their brainwaves jumping, each in the same emotions, fear and surprise.

"Did you find her?" One demanded, the other shook his head, the first soldier rubbed his arms as though he had chills, though the tropical environment was far from cold.

"Damn…that's one creepy girl, I don't know why they didn't just kill the godforsaken twerp when they found out their experiment had gone insane."

The two leaders shared a shiver as their ranks shifted uneasily behind them, they knew that had she the ability she would not hesitate to kill the lot of them for what the scientists had done to her. Though in retrospect it was likely the scientists and their 'experiments' that had caused the insanity in the first place...

"We'd better report back to the sergeant he'll wanna know what happened to his 'little girl.'" They both shuddered thinking the same thoughts, 'who could do such things to their own flesh and blood? Their own daugther?' The group of soldiers did not get more than two steps before a low hiss stopped them. They exchanged frightened looks before backing away from the alien sounds radiating from shadows that had not seemed so menacing before.

The Drones have finally come. The sadistic delight in her minds voice was slighlty frightening, but she brushed it aside, it was them who made her this way. And it would be them who were frightened of her, she was their creation, their abomination. She refused to fear herself, to fear what Sister had made her, she refused to fear anything. Resolved to stop cowering like a beaten dog in her hiding area, the youth dropped down, and turned toward the soldiers, her trademark insanity in place on her face.

"Frightened?" She cooed, her dark hair shinning in the light. "You should be. Their comming for you." At her words a few of the soldiers readied their guns, some aiming at the child, others at the shadows behind them.

"You hear them, don't you? You have only a few moments left on this plane. I suggest you use them to make peace for whatever sins you have committed." A low growl sounded from behind the soldiers and they turned to face the creature. Its dark purple hide glistening with what appeared to be some sort of slimy film, and drool dripping from its exposed metallic teeth.

A long barb-tipped tail came up from behind the creature, coiled like a snake ready to strike before moving almost too fast for the eye to see, and taking out a gunman. That was all the prompting the soldiers needed to open fire. As the blood of the creature hit the floor it began to eat through, and at least half-a-dozen of the same came charging through the opening, screeching in delight as they grabbed up both the armed and unarmed, dragging them down to their layer.

Ah, yes the Acid Blood comes in handy…The youth transferred to her sibling, The Queen, who in response sent an emotion of delighted agreement.

That it does. Now, Princess, the time has come to join your sister, The Queen. The young woman transferred her own understanding through the link, as she leapt down into the hole, landing on something soft and slimy at the bottom. She frowned at the unfamiliar texture but shrugged, it felt somehow right, this alien texture. She continued onward without comment.

The toddler sensed she was drawing near, and supressed a shiver of anticipation, she had not seen her sister since the day they were born.

I have missed you, My Princess. The voice seemed to croon within her mind. The drones around her growled softly at their second-monarch as they deposited the still breathing bodies of the humans next to film-coated eggs.

There was no pity in the youth as she watched the Face Huggers emcompas their hosts, this world was all about survival. She had survived thus far through only the sheer insanity which had hardened her. But through that insanity she still understood, that those who were meant to live, live, and those too weak to live, die.

Such was the way of life, such was the outcome of strength.

A/N

Thanks for reading Chapter two! and special thanks to the two of you that reviewed, this chapter was especially for you...although i do hope more than just two read my first chapter . If you cannot tell this is a bit revised ... okay okay so its almost completely rewritten! what can i say? I've always liked this story...i just didn't like the style i had been writing in.