Chapter 4 Can we rethink this?

Summary: The 2 aliens try to figure out what the voice is by mentally backtracking their journey together.

Scar: The ooman owns nothing from either franchises.

Ghost & Viciousa were sitting in his bed room trying to find a clue in their memories. "Have you found anything?" Ghost asked. "No, I've gone as far back as when we were in the forest." Viciousa answered. "Did you leave behind any eggs?" Ghost asked. "No, I laid exactly 3 eggs & those hosts took them all. The only eggs I didn't see get taken were the fake eggs that had the transmitters." Viciousa said. "I saw what happened to them. They took them all away & held them in the base I was in. I think they trashed them. I don't know if there were any eggs in the base I was in." Ghost said. "There were none. If there were, even in my weakened state I could still sense them. I do know that you killed all the eggs in the phony nest." Viciousa explained. "Did your already born young commit suicide?" Ghost asked. Viciousa nodded sadly. "Is there any way you can't sense a Kainde Amedha? Like a small window of broken mental link?" Ghost asked. "No, we Xenomorph Queens have full mental linkage to at least one of of hive members at all times. Until they're killed or die naturally, yes Xenomorphs can die naturally. That's the only time the link is severed. Either that, or I'm killed." Viciousa explained. "How does the mental link work is it like telepathy?" Ghost asked. "It works like this: My brain sends out specific signals like morse code. Each hive has a distinct pattern. Different patterns can mean different commands. They're not effected by whatever building we're in. They fan out like sonar waves. My screeches amplify the code. Like roaring louder in your words. When I get killed, my brain sends out a code that causes immense pain to all the hive members. This is to get them ready to listen to the new queen. That's why when you kill a queen, other Xenomorphs from the hive experience that 'neuro-shock' like effect. Once a new queen is born, she has to immediately send out her code repeatedly until they memorize it. Basically saying so it's like learning a password by heart. You repeat it until you never forget it. If she doesn't do that, then the Xenomorphs will view her as an enemy of the hive & attack her. They'd either chase her out or kill her." Viciousa explained. Ghost growled & asked, "Did that ooman in the metal gear have any Xenomorphs nearby?" "I was the only one in the area." Viciousa said sadly. "Could there be one on the ship right now?" Ghost asked. "No. I would've seen either shed skin or heard hissing by now." Viciousa said. "Were there any eggs in that cave in the Rockies or in that abandoned warehouse?" Ghost asked. "I didn't get the chance to lay any in the cave & you destroyed every egg in the warehouse. I checked." Viciousa said. "Well I'm out of memories. What about you? Anything we forgot?" Ghost asked. "Uhh, did your former clan have any eggs?" Viciousa asked. "No, we Predators may capture your kind for our hunts but we're not stupid enough to try to keep one of your eggs near us." Ghost said. "Yet you've been around me for give or take a year. So what does that say about you?" Viciousa asked. "Don't answer that," Ghost said. The ship continued towards Earth.

Ghost: So what did we forget?

Viciousa: This author isn't that easy to persuade.

Ghost: R&R