Chapter 9 Mountain Monsters
Summary: The 2 aliens trek through the Rocky Mountains to keep ahead of Weyland Yutani.
Grid: The author owns nothing…. Yet-(I punch him)OW!
Me: I am NOT getting face hugged doggone it!
The 2 aliens had been on the run for nearly 6 days after Ghost was freed from the base. Viciousa was moving towards the Rocky Mountains since according to Ghost, it would be a good place to hide. She was getting near the rock formation known as the Kissing Camels. "Are you sure there's a cave near here?" Viciousa asked. "There should be one… Here it is! Can you get in?" Ghost asked. Viciousa looked at the cave mouth & hissed quietly. "I can get in so long as your not on my back. But how long are we supposed to be here?" Viciousa asked. "Well- I think being here for the night would be good enough." Ghost said. "So what'll we do for food?" Viciousa asked getting in. "I'll think of something!" Ghost said following her. The cave had a spacious interior with stalagmites on the ground, stalactites on the ceiling, a long hallway that lead deeper into the mountain & a stream ran through the middle of the room. "Why's it so cold in here?" Viciousa asked moving towards the hallway. "Most caves in this area from what I've heard aren't near any heat source." Ghost said. "Its nearly dark, go get food. And make sure this time its pre-skinned!" Viciousa hissed. "I may get the food, but your preparing it yourself." Ghost growled as he exited the cave.
3 hours later…
Ghost finally returned with 3 ram carcasses. "That's all? Sure took you long enough & I specifically said pre-skinned!" Viciousa asked. "Not my fault if there aren't too many creatures here to hunt. Now its either this or nothing." Ghost growled. Viciousa grabbed 2 carcasses & began to eat them. Ghost took his one carcass & decapitated it. After cleaning the skull, Ghost began to eat his carcass. Then he felt something hit him. It was a hind leg from one of the goats. He looked over at Viciousa & saw that her 2nd carcass was missing a leg. "Thanks" he replied.
Back at the base…
It was still in an uproar about the escaped specimen. "We lost a great asset over a week ago." sighed a scientist whose name was Jerome. "But what strikes me is that a Queen Xenomorph did this. They must be smarter than previously thought." said another scientist whose name was Jennison. "This just makes the mission of trying to find the 2 all the more important." said a third scientist named Sammartin. "The boss said that he's sending a squad up North to find the creatures. He's also punishing us for not scanning the specimen's items sooner." Jennison said.
In the mountains the next day….
The 2 aliens were fast asleep. Just to be safe, they had sealed up the cave entrance & were sleeping in the far back of the cave behind the hallway. Ghost was sleeping in Viciousa's arms & Viciousa slept with her head crest blocking the hallway.
Outside the cave…
"I can't believe it, the cave's sealed up." said a spelunker. "Ya think maybe a rockslide did it?" asked another spelunker. "This looks internal, ya think someone did this on purpose?" asked the 1st spelunker. As the 2 spelunkers were talking, the rocks were slowly being moved from the inside. Then a large black tail slinked out. It sliced the 2 spelunker's heads off with little blood. "I think you know what this means." Viciousa said. "Yeah, we'd better move quickly before more oomans arrive." Ghost said. "But its still daylight. Won't we be spotted?" Viciousa asked. "It's the only way, besides we'll be gone by sunset." Ghost said. "Fine" Viciousa hissed. She removed the rocks while Ghost gathered his weapons. They got outside & quickly began to move through the Rockies. Ghost found a reclusive cave at the bottom of another mountain. Daybreak was upon them & they went to sleep in the cave.
2 days later…
The Xeno Delta squad had finally arrived at the cave at the bottom of the mountain. Their Xeno-mitters picked up faint signals. "We just missed them sir!" said a soldier. Henrick growled in frustration. "We need those specimens! Keep scanning! We'll catch up to them eventually." he ordered.
That night in the new cave…
Ghost was getting his gear ready for the next move. Viciousa was still asleep so he was being as quiet as possible. He soon heard something. Ghost froze & listened. "An ooman?! Why this far out?!" he thought. He heard a human female talking on her phone. Viciousa began to stir. "Viciousa, please be quiet. There's a human outside." Ghost whispered. "Well, what are you going to do?" Viciousa asked quietly. "I'm not sure yet. I might let her live so long as she leaves." Ghost whispered. The human soon left the cave. "She's gone. Come, let's go before any more oomans appear." Ghost said. "Very risky" Viciousa hissed as she walked outside. Ghost hopped onto her back & the 2 continued through the mountains.
Ghost: So where do we go next?
Me: Are you that stupid? I'm not revealing anything until the next chapter.
Viciousa: R & R
