I stood there, unable to do anything as Alice stared back in horror. What have I done? Alice didn't speak another word as I saw the tears begin to form in her eyes. I wanted to tell her why I did it, but I couldn't communicate with her without making contact. She spun around and ran off, disappearing in within the crowd of marines. I tried chasing after her, but all the marines surrounded me with their weapons. They all began shooting at once. I didn't try to struggle or fight back, the guilt I felt was overpowering. Eventually, I dropped towards the ground and I was captured again. The marines noticed something was unusual about how I acted, but they continued anyways. They tied up my arms and legs and I was dragged onto a large vehicle.
I was shipped back into the large building, this time bounded in a large vacant room, away from the main wing of the building. I didn't hear my xeno servants. They must have all been subdued and killed. But that was the least of my worries. I couldn't stop thinking about Alice and what I did to her grandpa. But, she didn't know of the man's evil intentions. Thinking about the words he spoke still made my blood boil. He was going to have her own daughter executed, and Alice was oblivious to the whole thing! Even if that was true, I shouldn't have killed him. He meant so much to Alice. In her eyes, she was the family member that came back and rescued her from my planet.
Every one of my limbs were shackled, including my tail. The shackles were made of a very durable metal that were connected to a chain that rose up to the ceiling. I was kept in that room alone for such a long time. They neglected to do anything with me, or even feed me. I began to feel myself grow weaker and weaker as each day passed. I hoped that Alice still looked out for me, but if that was the case, she would've showed up by now. Weeks passed, maybe even months, but I couldn't accurately tell you because staying in the room was very disorientating and I could not tell time accurately.
After what seemed like an eternity, one day, a man walked into the room. I didn't recognize him. He looked young, maybe late twenties. He had silver hair and blue eyes. He wore a pitch black suit that made him stand out. I kept my head low, pretending that I didn't notice that he entered the room. He was followed by a bunch of men. Assistants, I assume.
"Roger Alacard has created so many amazing alien specimens, why is he so obsessed with this one? What do they call it, a xenomorph?" asked the man in black as he walked around me, studying my body.
One of the assistants spoke up. "Um, sir, I believe Mr. Alacard was interested in his species because of their amazing way of reproduction and adaptability. These things have the power to inherit DNA from their hosts. It is a parasitoid species, so it can only reproduce that way."
"Well, are they all huge like this one? What did this particular xenomorph use as a host, a dinosaur?" asked the man in black.
Another assistant spoke up. "I heard from Mr. Alacard that this was a xenomorph of royalty. It was the head of an entire hive of xenomorphs. They usually have Queen, which grows five times the size of normal xenomorphs. Only the Queen can lay eggs. But these eggs only produce critters know as face huggers. Xenomorphs are only created when these facehuggers implant an embryo into a host."
"I heard about this, now that you mention it." said the man in black. "The embryo would develop into a worm-like creature and burst violently out of the hosts chest. I didn't know it was this species."
"Also, sir, this particular xenomorph was able to break through the iron net. On record, this alien was the first to ever achieve such a feat. So, there was reason for Alacards interest." said another assistant.
"So, how does the Queen lay eggs." asked the man.
"In the hive, they are hung up by chains, kind of like the way you see the one in front of us is. A large egg sac will form from the Queen's body, and this would cause the queen to be completely immobile. But from there, it can lay as many eggs as it wants."
"Get this alien strung up and prepared for egg laying. I'm interested in these xenomorphs as well. I want to study how they reproduce and grow." said the man in black. Dumbass! I can't produce facehuggers. I'm not a xenomorph Queen.
"Sir, this is not a Queen. This is also why Alacard was interested in this particular xenomorph. He is what is called a xenomorph King. It is like a male counterpart to the queen, but differences are that the King is more skilled in combat and physical differences are they have a large set of twin tusks under their jaw, as you can see. A Xenomorph King is special because there hasn't been one before, or it's possible there has been, but we never discovered it. Either way, he is a special one." said an assistant.
"Ok then, I'll make use with what I have now. Alacard is dead, so I will be taking charge of this facility." said the man in black. He beckoned all of his assistants to leave the room as he closed the door behind him. Now, he was alone in the room with me. He walked up to me, but with lots of caution. I could sense that he was feeling very unnerved, even when he knew that I couldn't harm him even if I wanted to. He got to a distance where his head was right under my tusks. He looked up into my eyeless dome. My neck was bound by restraints, so I couldn't move my tusks to hit him.
"I heard you made quite some trouble a month back. You were able to kill the head of the facility. I give you credit for that. I thought Alacard would never die. He was doing some pretty nasty experiments in these labs." he said. He placed a hand on my tusk and I flinched at the sudden contact.
"You've been through a lot lately, haven't you. I could feel your stress through the bones of your tusk. You want to return home, don't you? You also lost someone you cared deeply about. Who was this person?" asked the man. I tried to answer, but he wasn't like Alice. He didn't hear my telepathy. To be honest, when I first saw this man, he seemed like every other human who was thirsty for knowledge. But now, I could feel his genuine warmth and curiosity. He seemed to care and it reminded me of Alice.
"Oh! I almost forgot." He grabbed a large cart that his men had rolled in upon entering the room. He pushed it over towards me and opened up the lid. Inside was filled with slabs of meat. "I know the people here must have not been feeding you, so I brought this along." I could feel myself salivating as I stared at the delicious meat. He was right. I was starved. He walked over to the control panel and released my neck restraint. I dove right into the meat, grinding it with my teeth and swallowing some pieces whole.
The man, despite having freed my neck, walked back towards me. He was aware that I could lash out at him with my tusk, but I think he was doing this to gain my trust. Well, I only knew him for a few minutes, so I didn't completely trust him. But I wasn't going to hurt him anyways, plus, he was providing me food. He watched me as a devoured the crate full of meat. After I was done, he removed the cart from under me. As he began to leave, I let out a whimper as to prevent him from leaving. It was very lonely, and I would do anything for a companion.
He turned around and seemed to have understood me completely. "Don't worry, I'll be back." said the man. As he continued again, he turned around and said one more thing. "I'm pretty sure you are a very intelligent creature. I saw it in you when I first came here. Oh, and by the way, I'm David." he said. As I watched him exit through the door, I realized that he didn't bother to re shackle my neck to the restraint.
Author's Note: Sorry for the delayed post. Please review.
