Chapter 2: The Emperor's First Fight
"What the hell is that?" John questioned his friend when he spotted something odd on the ground.
"I dunno. Let's go and check it out," Tyler answered eager to see what it was.
The two men approached a strange black thing on the ground. It was snake like, had arms, a big crest, and big scales that overlapped each other. But it seemed like it was actually skin that had been shed by something. The black skin was in front of a stack of large containers. There was a square opening between three containers. When Tyler crouched down to see if there was anything that could explain the black skin, he saw something that froze his blood.
A big, black creature sat there, hugging its knees close to its head. Two long arms as well as two smaller ones hugged its knees tightly. Its extremely long, segmented tail was wrapped around its body. It had a massive crest with spikes curved on the sides. Its head was tucked between its arms and knees.
The midnight black monster hissed loudly, similar to the Empress. Its arms slowly unwrapped themselves around its knees. Its tail also unwrapped itself from its body. The head slowly rose up, the hissing getting louder. Its narrow eyes were as black as death itself. Big scales overlapped each other on its back, similar to the way it was on the skin. It began to get up, very slowly stretching its long legs. Tyler and John stared at it in awe and fear.
The Alien Emperor had been rudely awakened by the two humans and he was not happy about it. Although his transformation was complete, he still needed rest to regain his energy. But the rude awakening had disturbed his energy regeneration. The humans were just staring at him, standing there like idiots. A few minutes went by as he slowly stretched his great body. Although he was only a merely 5'10 compared to the Empress or the Praetorian when they shed their chestburster skin, he still towered before the two humans, hissing even more loudly in their faces. Saliva dripped from his long sharp teeth. His inner mouth, no different from any other Alien's, slowly came out of his mouth. The thing chomped at the air, which caused the men to feel even more fear. Then, taking this as his chance to attack, the Emperor lashed out his inner jaw as fast as a whip, instantly ripping into the head of the tallest human. The man convulsed a little and then he was still. The other one screamed and finally began running.
The Emperor was not about to let him get away. He began running to the scared human, catching up to him in less than a minute. Before the human could scream again, the Emperor lashed his tail and impaled the human with his large tail spike. Blood gushed from the wound. The Emperor brought the human to his face by using his tail, which was still in the human's flesh, to bring him closer. The Alien opened his jaws and again the inner mouth came and lashed out. But this time, he closed his mouth on the head of the dead human and ripped it off. Blood squirted from the neck. The Alien chewed up the head using his six molar teeth (all Aliens have molar teeth) and swallowed. He needed more to eat for more energy.
He looked around to find himself in a massive part of the complex. There were a few trucks around that were used for cargo. There were big doors that were big enough for these trucks to drive through. There was a long passageway that led into another part of the complex.
The Emperor slowly walked to the entrance of the passageway. His arms were tucked in like a dinosaur and his very long tail was sticking up into the air, swinging in different directions with his movements. He kept a close eye for any other humans that would make a good meal. He caught the scent of human in the air. He could also hear footsteps on the floor, which was entirely dirt. They were more than twenty feet away from the entrance of the passageway, but with the Alien's almost supernatural hearing, he was able to detect them coming and they were armed. When he could hear them getting closer, he immediately hid behind a half-triangle structure attached to the north most wall of the complex right next to the entrance of the passageway. He stayed very quiet as the two men he heard finally came and stood guard by the entrance, oblivious to the Alien that was right next to them.
The Alien Emperor took a quick peek at the two humans. He was trying to think of a way to kill the humans without being shot. Then he thought of something.
He faced the half-triangle structure and planted the claws of his hands into the metal. Then he hauled himself up on to the structure and also planted the claws on his feet into the metal. Then in a few seconds, he began climbing the structure. He reached the top within a minute. He took another quick peek at the two humans, who were still oblivious to him.
He pushed himself over the top and leaped from his spot, landing on top of the human right under him. The human was crushed instantly. The other one was taken by surprise and before he could do anything, the Alien opened its mouth and again the inner one lashed out like a whip, ripping into the man's skull. Once again, he closed his jaws around the neck and bit the head off. He chewed it up again and ate it, skull, flesh, brain, and all. Blood dripped from his jaws and flesh hung from between his sharp teeth. But he still hungered for more to restore his energy and strength completely. He turned to his left and continued his slow walk. Then he smelled more humans. He walked quietly as he got closer to where the humans were. He saw two more humans in what seemed like white lab coats. He hid behind another structure and listened to them for a minute, waiting for the right time to attack.
The two men had a very long conversation about pretty much nothing. He was growing impatient. But before he could even attack, he heard a man yell, "Look! An Alien!"
"Kill it!" the other one said.
Two other soldiers had appeared from behind the Emperor as he was waiting for his time to attack. Their yells had alerted the two men he was watching. One of them brought out a pistol and began firing. The other two soldiers had Pulse Rifles and were aiming at the Emperor. He growled in frustration and raised his claws. He brought it down on the man with the pistol, slashing his face. The man held his face with his hands, trying to stop the bleeding.
The Alien turned around and faced the soldiers. Then he started running towards them. The two men fired a fury of bullets at the Alien. The bullets hit the Alien in various places, piercing his armored skin. Even the Emperor had weak points in his armor skin.
The Alien shrieked in pain but continued running. When he reached the two men, he immediately stabbed one of them with his tail spike. The tail spike went through the man's head, instantly killing him. Then the Alien grabbed the other one with his big arms. Then, using his left claws hand, he grabbed the man's head and ripped it clear off. Blood gushed from the neck.
The Emperor dropped the head and the body. He also removed the other dead man from his tail spike. Before he could do anything he had to kill the other armed man. When he looked back, he noticed that the man was gone. He smelled the air for him, but instead smelled even more humans, coming armed and ready. He had no time to react for one human spotted him and warned the others. The Emperor had no choice but to run at the lone one. When he was several feet away from the soldier, the Alien threw his body against the human, ripping him to shreds. The Alien saw the other humans. There were ten or so humans, armed with Pulse Rifles. They all began to fire. The Alien moved quickly, seeking shelter to protect himself from the bullets. He hid behind another half-triangle structure. Normally he wouldn't be afraid of the humans, but he was previously wounded and didn't get the time to heal himself. If he wasn't careful, he would die, never to take his place as the Emperor of the Hive.
The humans continued to fire, even though the Alien was protected from the structure. Eventually, everything went quiet. He saw this as his only chance to kill the soldiers. Ignoring the pain stabbing at his body, he climbed onto the structure again but this time he went to his left, on to a wall of the building that the structure was attached to. The building still gave him to cover he needed but it offered no place to hide. Then he heard footsteps coming to the half-triangle structure. He waited quietly, waiting for his chance to get his revenge upon the humans.
The lead soldier, Thomas, held his gun out, ready to fire at the Alien that had just killed his allies. He feared the Alien more than anything. Not just because it was an Alien but it was like nothing he had seen before. It didn't look like an Alien Drone or any other type of Alien he had dealt with in the past. This one seemed stronger, more deadly than ordinary Aliens. He knew it wasn't the Praetorian because of how it looked. But he was about to find out.
He turned at the corner of the half-triangle structure, his Pulse Rifle ready. But nothing. He took a few more steps and looked everywhere…except up. He heard something right above his head. He aimed his gun up and saw the jaw of the Alien. Before he could fire, it brought down its inner mouth and killed him.
The human looked up at the Emperor and before he could fire more bullets at him, his inner mouth lashed out and killed the soldier. The other five soldiers began to fire. Already in rage, the Alien jumped from the wall of the building and raised his claws, ready to finally strike at his victims. He slashed the face of one man, stabbed another with his tail spike, ripped the head off of another with his smaller arms, and finally ripped through another head with his inner mouth. Blood gushed everywhere, mixing in with the Alien's deadly acidic blood. The men screamed, terrified of the Alien.
In a minute or two, the Alien had wiped out the group of five. Now he had five more to deal with. He roared loudly for the other men to hear. He wanted to lure them over to him so he could kill them. But he knew it wouldn't work after hearing the other five die. He had to finish the remaining men off. He waited a few more minutes before he finally ran out of his hiding place, towards the remaining men. He threw his body against one of them, killing him instantly.
The others began shooting. Some bullets hit the Alien's very strong armored skin, making them bounce off easily. But some penetrated his skin. More pain coursed through his body but the Alien continued his relentless attack. He slashed them with his sharp claws. He actually sliced one of the men with his tail spike. The upper body of the man fell off. Intestines fell to the ground and a pool of blood formed within a minute.
The other men were slashed continuously. Flesh was ripped, blood flew everywhere and soaked the ground, screams of pain and the sound of gunfire erupted from the fight.
As fast as it had begun, the fight was over. The Alien was seriously wounded. Acid blood leaked from the many wounds that covered his body. Luckily the stronger armored skin on his body prevented more bullets from penetrating his black skin. The Emperor was weak and was near death.
But the danger was not gone. He smelled one more human. When he looked at a structure that was probably filled with more containers, he saw light. This was probably the human he smelled.
The Alien limped to the very last human, pushing himself to make the short trip. When he turned the corner, he saw the human on the ground, bleeding. Surprise, surprise, it was the same human he had hurt before.
The man was injured and still bleeding from the Alien's attack. He looked to his left and saw the great beast looking down at him. He knew that this time he wouldn't escape. He was going to die.
The Alien grabbed the man by the throat and held him to his face, close enough for the man to feel his hot breath against his skin. The Alien raised his smaller left hand and slowly cut the men's chest. He wanted the man to pay for telling others of his presence.
Pain erupted from the deep cuts on his chest while the Alien continued his attack. He did the same thing again and again until he thought he would do something else. For his final attack, he grabbed the arm of the man and tore it right off. The man screamed in pain and in less than a minute, he died from the loss of blood. The Alien dropped the body and smelled the air for any more humans. He got nothing.
Finally the great Alien was alone. He looked down at the body of the man and thought that he would make a good first feat. He crouched down and held the body down with his bigger arms. Then he began eating.
First, he used his claws to rip the skin into shreds and then finally sank his teeth into the soft, bloody flesh of the human. He tasted the sweet, warm blood in his mouth and took pleasure chewing on the flesh. Then he opened the chest cavity and bit out the heart. He ate the organ as well as the head of the human, the lungs, and more flesh of the body.
During his long, bloody feast, his wounds began healing. The blood stopped leaking from wounds, the pain had stopped, and the bullet holes in his skin were closed up. The Emperor had a remarkable regeneration power that ordinary Aliens did not have. Unlike many Aliens, even if he lost a limb, the wounds would close up or the limb would grow back. But the Alien had to eat a sufficient amount of meat for that to happen.
After a few minutes, he moved on to another body. The only things left from the first man were a few organs and many bones. But he still hungered for more. He ate another one but this time just stripped the flesh from the bone. Once he was done with that one, he moved on to the next and final one, once again stripping the flesh from the bone. Soon he was satisfied and he moved on to the next area of the complex, his energy and strength restored.
The know this update took a while. I've been a bit busy doing other things. Again, plese review