OK, sorry for the lack of updates, I've been away for about a week. Anyway, here comes the next chapter of the seriously crappy situation in which Drake has now found himself.

I've just seen that this story is on 19 people's favourites list, and has gotten over 14,000 hits and 171 reviews. Ooh, big numbers! So thanks to everyone who's reviewed, you've gotten this story where it is.

Once this story is done (that time is now fast approaching) I will probably do a sequel of some sort.

20th Century Fox owns the Yautja and any other cool stuff in this story. But I think I own Drake as he's my character and only half-Yautja… can someone help me out with that? Oh well… on with the story!

INVASION

Drake felt the cold, metal restraints on his wrists, felt the darkness in his mind as he woke, the black comfort of unconsciousness fading from his mind…

"Drake?" A voice came from next to him.

Drake groggily lifted his head, looking down to see that he was cut and bleeding all over. He looked around and saw that, forming a ring around a circular table in the middle of the room, were Scarface, Dachande and Deadstreak.

"What… what happened?" He asked through the ache all over him, even as the memory flooded into his mind. "Oh God… how long have we been out?"

"About two hours. Yutani sent the Monster Squad after all of us… that C'jit…"

"Honour isn't exactly high of his priorities list," Drake answered flatly.

Drake looked around at his restraints. Each one of them was hooked to a bizarre contraption.

"Scarface," Drake asked with fear growing inside his gut, "How long is the gestation period for a Xenomorph Queen?"

"…About three days," Scarface answered. "Why?"

"…They have Xenomoprhs."

"What? How many?"

"Thousands."

"C'jit…"

"And…" Drake was silent for a second, completely overwhelmed.

"And what?"

"The Queen…" He started, "They used… they're using Rebecca to breed the Queen."

"What?"

"Well, that's one more reason to get out of here," Deadstreak spoke up.

"And how do we do that?" Dachande asked. "We're tied down to big heavy contraptions and bolted to the floor. With…"

The four Yautja looked down, realising what was on the table.

Four large, slime-covered eggs.

Xenomorph eggs.

And they were opening.

Drake simply remained silent.

He simply had to face it: There was no way out of this. The Xenomorphs would be spreading all over the city by now; there was no way to escape. No way to help her. It was over. Yutani had won.

He'd lost.

"No…" He suddenly snarled through his gritted teeth.

"No what?"

"No…" Drake was almost shouting now. "I'm not giving up now…" He immediately began to struggle, pulling at the metal restraints. "Monster Squad… Gang wars… Xenomorphs… all that training… we've gone through too much."

As he pulled, the metal suddenly began to grate as, in front of him, the eggs parted, the thing, spider-like legs of the facehuggers emerging through the top.

"I am NOT giving up now!" He roared, "I'm going to get out of here, I'm going to wipe out every last one of these bastards, and I am going to save her!"

The metal stretched…

"I don't care what the hell it takes…"

It stretched…

"He is going to pay…"

Stretched…

"I don't care if I have to walk through the fires of hell to do it…"

Stretched…

"I AM NOT GIVING UP!"

Finally, the metal broke, hurling forward as Drake's arms came free. He reached down and smashed his fist through the egg and the skin of the facehugger, bringing it back up and ignoring the pain as the acid blood burned through the flesh of his hand as he put it to the other restraints, burning through them in an instant.

In no time at all, the four Yautja had been freed and were reattaching their gear.

"They'll be all over the city by now," Scarface said coldly, before walking up to Drake.

"Drake…" He began slowly, "Listen to me… if there's a queen, then that gives us a chance. That means the hive's been established, and there's only one way to do this."

"…No…"

"Drake, listen! I know what you feel for her… but killing the Queen will kill off the rest of the hive."

"I can't…"

"We have no choice!"

"No! I don't care what the hell you say, I am not killing her!"

"I know that!" Scarface said seriously. "I know it's painful for you. I know you love her. Drake, look at me…" Scarface's expression was grim and serious… and filled with regret. "If there was any other way of stopping them, we would do it. But this… this is the only chance this entire planet, or any other planet around here, has. It's either her or the planet.We have no choice, Drake."

Drake was silent for a minute.

"Wait…" Something suddenly hit him. "If we can get to her… could we get her back to the ship?"

"Drake…" Scarface cut him off. "They've taken the ship. It'll be in the Weyland-Yutani building by now."

"That's even better! If we can get her to the ship… we've got the medical lab in there. What if we could get the queen chestburster out of her?"

"…" Scarface paused for a moment, in thought. "Human technology can't handle it…" He mused, "But Yautja technology… Drake, I think you've got something! There'll still be time left in the gestation period."

"Then I'll go," Drake interrupted. "We save her, and we save this entire planet."

The other three Yautja nodded, taking up their weapons as Drake fired his plasmacaster, firing at the wall to reveal a scene of complete…

Calm?

"What… where are they?" Drake asked, perplexed. "I don't see anything…"

"They haven't left," Dachande thought out loud. "Why haven't they left the facility?"

"I think I know," Scarface answered him. "Xenomorphs are smart, smarter than those human Pauks give them credit for."

"What?"

Scarface wore an expression of cold dread.

"They were waiting," He realised. "They knew they were being kept there, being enslaved… they've been planning."

"Planning? Planning what?"

As if in response, an alarm suddenly sounded behind them, with a computerised voice.

"All Monster Squad units to lower levels. Biocontainment area breached."

"A war," Scarface answered him. "They're angry. They want revenge."

"Against what?"

"Against Yutani. And when they're done, then…"

"Then what?"

"That's when they'll wipe out this entire planet…"

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Even as Scarface spoke, in the lower levels of the building, wall after wall of men fell as the Xenomorphs poured through like a black cloud.

In front of the horde of monsters, however, a huge, metallic door suddenly opened. From a small camera, Yutani was watching.

In the elevator, were Monster Squad.

Every single one of them.

Thousands.

"Wretched beasts…" Yutani scowled before activating a small communicator device.

"My children…" He commanded, "…Give them pain!"

Basically, this chapter was just build-up. But I personally like the scene where Drake is escaping; I think the emotion came off quite well.

All reviews welcome!

Next Chapter: The Xenomoprhs Vs The Monster Squad! Place bets now!