Chapter 12 Debt Repaid
Summary: Ghost figures out how to repay Viciousa.
Scar: The ooman owns nothing.
This was 1 week after Heinrick had figured out the location of his 2 missing specimens. It was early in the morning, about 2 hours before dawn. Ghost and Viciousa were fast asleep in their little nest. "The bait is set sir" said a voice. The 2 woke up instantly. "What was that?" Viciousa asked. "Sounded like an ooman. I'll check the West side of the lake, you check towards those berry bushes." Ghost instructed. Viciousa nodded and the two spilt up. Where Viciousa is...
She had sniffed the air yet smelled no hosts. But as she moved she sensed something. Viciousa followed her senses and found something.
Where Ghost is...
Ghost had circled the lake yet found no humans. "They must have left. Good thing too. I'd better get back to the nest." Ghost thought. He made his way back to the nest and found Viciousa curled around something. He was shocked, it was a Xenomorph egg. "Viciousa! Did you lay this thing?! Ghost asked. "No, I found it in the bushes. I'm going to nurture this egg until there's the sound of a cute little facehugger attacking it's first host." Viciousa said. "Facehuggers are cute? Never mind, anyways do me a favor and move so I can destroy that thing." Ghost said. Viciousa snarled at him angrily. "But what about that ignoring the call of Motherhood I told about? You can't start a hive here." Ghost asked. "I can. You will just have to go get me and my future drones hosts." Viciousa said. Ghost attempted an approach but Viciousa stood in the way and hissed furiously. Ghost growled angrily and began to walk away. "Going out already?" Viciousa asked. "No, I'm leaving. It's impossible to take you out of this. Your stupid Motherhood call will be the anchor to our escape plans." Ghost growled. Viciousa snorted and responded, "Good luck trying to survive without my smarts Sniper!" She began to prepare to lay eggs.
30 minutes later...
Ghost was still walking away. But then he saw something: Another Xenomorph egg. "Viciousa must have missed this one." Ghost thought. But something wasn't right about the egg. Ghost moved closer yet it didn't open. He found a nearby stick and poked it with it. The top opened but a satellite dish came out. It began to beep and antennas were poking out of it. "It's a fake! Wait, that beeping, it's transmitting a signal! The humans- Viciousa!" Ghost thought. He quickly began to make his way back to the nest.
Where Viciousa is...
Viciousa had already begun to grow an egg sack. Then she sensed hosts. Suddenly Heinrick's men jumped out of the trees, bushes and the lake. Viciousa waited for her phony egg to hatch but it didn't. Viciousa hissed loudly. "Boy the bosses fake Xenomorph egg plan worked!" said a random soldier. Viciousa felt her heart (Yes, even Xenomorphs have hearts) shatter. Ghost was right about destroying the egg. Viciousa roared angrily and ripped off her egg sack. She rushed the soldiers but they were prepared. They fired special tranquilizer darts. These easily stuck into Viciousa's skin. But due to her flowing rage, they would take a while to activate. Meanwhile, she launched at the soldiers. Viciousa stabbed, sliced and diced as many soldiers as she could. But soon the tranquilizers took effect. Viciousa began to feel drowsy, then weak. Finally, the Xenomorph queen passed out. The soldiers placed a net on her and locked her up in chains. Then a large unmarked truck pulled up. Unfortunately for Ghost, he had just gotten there, just as Viciousa was being loaded. Ghost growled angrily and began his attack. He didn't bother with using stealth, he was dogged. But the soldiers were ready for him too. They flung EMP grenades that stuck to Ghost's armor. They forced all of his systems to shut down. Ghost still continued his attack. He ran up to Viciousa and tried to cut her loose. Then another set of chains latched onto him. They were tougher than his wrist blades. Then the chains were being sprayed with a powerful knock out drug. Ghost felt himself lose consciousness. The last thing he saw was that he was being loaded into a different truck. "I'm... Sorry..." Viciousa thought. The 2 trucks went to 2 different hidden bases.
3 hours later...
Ghost aka Sniper woke up in a medium sized room. He found out that he was restrained on an operating table. He saw 3 windows surrounding the room he was in. Soon he saw 3 scientists enter. It was Dr. Lewis, Dr. Thompson, and Dr. Jerome. Ghost looked at the three scientists. "Welcome back Ghost. Now, we have your weapons and gear. We will probe your mind to unlock secrets that can benefit this company. First test, can you speak English?" Lewis asked. Ghost refused to answer. "I said, can you speak English?" Lewis asked again. Ghost stared at him like he was nuts. "So you won't talk eh? Bring on the next test! Now then since you won't talk, we'll see if you can feel pain." Dr. Lewis said with an evil grin. Ghost saw the ceiling open up. A large probe lowered itself from the ceiling. "Is this really necessary? Maybe he's just shy?" Dr. Thompson said. "Now last chance, are you going to talk or what?" Lewis asked. Ghost refused to answer. Ghost felt his legs get spread wide open. The probe went in. Ghost at first, felt nothing. "Deeper!" Lewis said. The probe went deeper. Ghost roared for the first time in a thousand years. "This really does hurt! The humans weren't lying- OW!" Ghost thought. The probe went deeper and Ghost could barely hold back his roars. "Alright! Alright! I'll talk!" Ghost groaned as the probe went further into his nether region. Ghost soon felt the probe get out of his region. "Dr. Thompson!" Dr. Lewis said. "Look, we don't need to go any further. Besides, now we know that this is a male." Dr. Thompson said as the probe went back into the ceiling. "You could've looked up my loincloth to figure that out!" Ghost thought. "Now then, how long has your species been coming to this planet?" Lewis asked. "Man I hope Viciousa is alright." Ghost thought.
At another lab...
Viciousa was in a poorly made imitation hive. The straps that were supposed to be holding her egg sack up had snapped because they weren't made of real resin. Ever since this morning, she had been laying eggs. Unfortunately, she couldn't watch over her eggs like she wanted to. Once they were laid, they were taken away to become tested on. Being the queen Xenomorph, she could hear her young cry for help and be unable to do anything about it. "Ghost, help me..." she thought.
Where Ghost is...
Ghost was now in a different room. The scientists were watching him from a different room. This room was, according to the scientists, where they tested a creatures' attacks. Ghost realized that this could be an opportunity to escape. The lights shut off. He heard a door slide up and open. Under the cover of darkness, he dashed out. Thankfully, his wrist blades were unable to be removed with any human weapon. He cut the power to the base and quietly went to grab his items. Ghost was now re-armed. He continued to cut any power wires he could see. He also destroyed any computers he passed. This stopped the scientists from learning anything. He soon made a silent escape. Ghost found himself surrounded by trees. "Ghost! Help... meee..." Viciousa's voice echoed in his head. The echo seemed to last much longer than usual. Ghost used this to his advantage and followed the echo in his head. He kept following it until he heard it loud and clear. Ghost found the second base and discovered a vent. The second base was underground. Ghost decided to sneak in through the vent. It stuck out of the ground like a light pole. Ghost cut it open and crawled in. He made as little noise as possible. He then began to listen for Viciousa's voice. "I can't stand hearing my young cry like this! Oh I wish Ghost was here..." Viciousa's voice echoed. Ghost soon found the vent opening that was on the ceiling of Viciousa's fake hive. He began to cut it open. Viciousa heard a familiar sound. She lifted her head and saw the Predator. "Viciousa, I'm sorry-" Ghost was cut off by a tight hug from all 4 of Viciousa's arms. "It was my fault Ghost. I'm glad you came. My young have been crying ever since yesterday morning. I can't believe I'm saying this again, but kill all of the eggs I have laid. I don't want my spawn to grow in a place like this." Viciousa said. Ghost nodded and, while Viciousa's head was turned, he slaughtered all of the eggs. Ghost soon lead Viciousa out of the base. "Why was that so easy?" Ghost asked. "Because the hosts are too busy torturing my young. I will order them to kill themselves so they won't be forced to live such a life." Viciousa said. Ghost in the meanwhile, got on Viciousa's back and the two began the trek to Ghost's ship. "Don't I still owe you one?" Ghost asked. "After you saved my young and my life, I'd say we're even." Viciousa said as they walked away from the base.
Viciousa: Hmm, good chapter
Ghost: Are we nearing the end of our adventure?
Me: Not unless the readers want some sequels.
Viciousa/Ghost: We're up for some sequels! R & R!
