Chapter 8 The internals

Summary: After another attack, Ghost manages to grab one of the creatures & discovers something strange on the inside that may explain their actions.

Viciousa: The author doesn't own anything from either franchise.

This was one day after Viciousa came to the realization that they need to kill the voice ASAP. The 2 aliens were still moving North, hopefully towards the voice. They had been traveling through the day looking for a place to safely rest. Viciousa hadn't 'slipped' yet. Ghost kept an eye out for any creatures. He was riding safely on Viciousa's back. Both aliens were moving in a thick part of the Everglades. "Any hosts?" Viciousa asked. "I don't smell any. Keep moving though, it's getting close to dusk." Ghost said. The 2 aliens continued to move through the northern part of the Everglades until night finally fell. The 2 aliens began to travel on foot through the muck. "Hey Viciousa? If you slip again, give me a warning ok?" Ghost asked. "Ok- DUCK!" Viciousa screeched. Ghost ducked just as Viciosua's tail stabbed one of the creatures in the head. "Whew! Thanks," Ghost said. Then more sprung up out of the ground. Ghost & Viciousa got into fighting stances. "Wait, try your roar again." Viciousa hissed quietly. Ghost nodded & roared loudly. The creatures screamed & dropped to the ground. "Well?" Ghost asked. "They're dead, your roar can kill them!" Viciousa said happily. "This is- Shh!" Ghost said. "Did you hear that?! Sounded like it came from over there!" "Oomans! Hide!" Ghost whispered. Viciousa hid with Ghost in the swampy water. She held her head just under the surface. "Can you see anything?" Ghost asked. "I see lights." Viciousa hissed quietly. They were flash lights from one of the locals. "Must've been a gator. No gator sounds like that! We better call the cops." the voices said. "We may have to move." Viciousa hissed. Ghost nodded but grabbed one of the creature's corpses before Viciousa silently swam away.

30 minutes later…

Viciousa sniffed the air & smelled no humans. "OK, it's clear," she hissed. The 2 aliens crawled out of the water with the carcass. "Why'd you grab that?" Viciousa asked. "Because, I want to know why they hate my roar. I mean it's not that bad." Ghost said. "As if your snoring is bearable." Viciousa groaned. "Oh come on! I don't snore that loud." Ghost growled. "The engines on your ship are easier to listen to than your snoring." Viciousa hissed. Ghost rolled his eyes & carefully cut the carcass open down the middle. (Like in our case, cutting a body open down the spine) "Their skin is thinner than paper." Viciousa said. "Even I know that Xeno skin is quite thick." Ghost said. "Maybe this is why they seemed to die suddenly when dawn hit. They're weak against the sun." Viciousa said. Ghost cut the spine in half & looked in the rib cage. He found large lungs, an esophagus, a small stomach, no liver, no pancreas, a large amount of intestines, a medium-sized heart & thin arteries. "So do Xenomorphs use their blood vessels for anything?" Ghost asked. "Uhhh, I think we use them to prepare our blood for the suicidal explosion. You know, when you shoot us in the right area, we explode." Viciousa explained. "Well that explains a lot. Wait, shouldn't my claws be melted my now?" Ghost asked. "Yeah, this stuff is useless goop." Viciousa said. "Maybe they're not fully Xeno," Ghost said. "Well these organs seem to support your guess. We don't have livers or pancreases." Viciousa said. Ghost continued to dig deeper into the creature's body. It had a very short Xenomorph tail sticking out it's butt, it's head was very short for a Xeno & it had unusually thin fingers. "Hey, could you help me with this head?" Ghost asked. Viciousa nodded & carefully pulled the skin off the head. It revealed a human-like skull that was elongated & it had very small eye sockets. "Ok now we know this isn't an ordinary Xenomorph. Our skulls don't have eye sockets." Viciousa hissed. "So could these be like a hybrid?" Ghost asked. "They seem like it, a very bad hybrid." Viciousa remarked. "Great, the oomans are making their own Xenomorphs!" Ghost growled. "Well they're not very good-" Viciousa said. "Those are my cannon fodder! You'll dread meeting my defenders!" the voice shouted. "What's wrong?" Ghost asked. "The voice says that those are cannon fodder. We'll dread meeting her real defenders." Viciousa said. The 2 aliens

continued to dissect the carcass. They found thin bones that when cracked open, had very little marrow in them. "Aren't Xenomorph bones stronger than that?" Ghost asked. "Much, they have a special coating that prevents internal bleeding from destroying them." Viciousa answered. She then got to the skull. The eye sockets were filled with bits of flesh. "Huh, so you do have eyes." Ghost said. "Possibly a side-effect of the hybridization." Viciousa said. Inside the mouth was no inner mouth tongue. Just a throat & small sharp teeth. "Judging by the lack of offensive weapons, these things really are cannon fodder. Used to distract the enemy from the real threat." Viciousa hissed. Soon they finished looking through the carcass & moved on. Finally, they were out of the Everglades.

Where the thing is…

"So they're trying to discover my children's weaknesses?! Well they'll never find out! My defenders will destroy them before they reach me!"

Viciousa: R&R