"Did you really think you could get to the space pods? That room is one of the most secured rooms in this building." said Alice. Something was off. Alice wasn't the same person she was when I saw her a month ago. She seemed more, composed and lacked emotion.

"You can't do this, Alacard. He is a beautiful creature. He is not like the other monstrous specimens in this facility. He has high intelligence and thinks like a human." shouted David.

"You really think you know so much about xenomorphs?" said Alice. "Let me inform you, his species is ranked as one of the most violent alien lifeforms ever discovered. They live to kill, they hunt for sport! They even kill to reproduce, using humans as hosts."

"No! You're wrong! This xenomorph is different, he…." as David was talking, Alice cut him off.

"They only thing that makes this xenomorph different is that he is a head of a hive. That thing is just as ruthless as any other xenomorph. It killed my grandfather without hesitation and without any remorse."

That was not true at all. I did regret it. I did feel guilty about it. It was a moment of anger…...no, a moment of weakness. I killed her grandfather, not wanting to deal with the harder alternative, to save Alice from him. I wanted to tell Alice about what happened, but it just seemed impossible to communicate with her. She would never come close to me, let alone, make physical contact to let me talk to her.

"Hey! I was able to communicate with him. He told me everything about you and what happened a decade ago. This xenomorph saved your life multiple times. How can you just cast him aside like he's just another specimen in this lab?" shouted David.

"You're right David. He is just a another specimen in this lab. The problem was that I trusted this xenomorph. And that mistake caused me the loss of a family member. I will not make that same mistake." Alice had a firm resolve, and I could see her opinions were not going to change about me.

David, get off me. I said to him.

"What? Why?" asked David.

I don't want you to get caught up in this. They will surely kill you if you continue to side with me. I don't want that to happen to you.

"I will never do that. We're in this together." said David. "My older sister went against weyland Yutani Corps about alien mistreatment and foul practice when I was just a fifteen. My family and I didn't support her cause, and I ended up losing her. The company executed her for treason. I felt guilty about that everyday since. I loved my sister, yet I didn't have the courage to help her. I got this position as research manager to see how horrible the conditions at Weyland Yutani was, and it seems that Alice isn't doing much of a better job facilitating this branch compared to her grandfather. Therefore, I can't back down now."

David… Well, it seemed like I couldn't talk him out of it.

"If you are not going to hand that xenomorph over and surrender, your execution will might as well start now." said Alice as she commanded the scientists to release one of her alien specimens she had in store for us. My attention turned toward a door that was beginning to slide open. As the doorway was completely open, all I saw on the other side was complete darkness.

Something began to stir inside the darkness, and before I could react, a large tentacle shot out of the doorway and wrapped itself around my neck. I yelled in surprise as the tentacles were ice cold and they were quite slimy to grab a hold of. The tentacles started pulling me into the dark room it came from. I tried to stand my ground and using my claws to pry off the tentacles, but it was no use. I felt the tentacles begin to tighten around my neck. It was trying to choke me.

"Hang in there!" I heard David shout as I felt him whacking at the tentacles around my neck. Thinking fast, I bit into my arm, causing a myself to bleed and press the wound right onto the tentacles. I heard it screech in pain as it retracted its tentacles. As soon as the grip loosened, a pulled myself free from its grasp. However, another tentacle shot out from the darkness and it got a hold of David.

"Oh, shit." yelled David.

David, hold on! I said to him. But I felt his grip slip off my dorsal tube as he was yanked off my body and into the darkness. Without thinking, I lunged toward the tentacle that had a hold of him and grasped it. I tried pulling loose, but I held on, digging my claws into the tentacles. The tentacle that was in my hand began to bleed and thankfully it wasn't any special blood. Using all my strength, I pulled on the tentacle, determined to bring whatever this thing was into the bright light of the large room.

Another tentacle shot out towards my feet to try and stop me, but I saw it coming a mile away and stomped down onto it. I continued pulling the thing out of the darkness. With one last burst of energy, I pulled really hard and I felt all the resistance disappear. It seemed I might have yanked too hard and the alien flew out of the darkness and landed into the middle of the brightly lit arena. I caught David as he flew out of the darkness with it. I looked down to see what the alien looked like, and it was quite strange. The body of the alien itself was really small, maybe around the size of one of my arms. It had suction cups under it, which explained how it was so hard to pull at first. Four very large and very long tentacles were attached to its body.

I was able to injure three of its tentacles, and it began to cower in fear as I approached it. I guess it wasn't too proud of how big it was. I saw it try and slither away, but I dove down quickly and was able to hold the tentacle alien within my grasp. It struggled and tried to use its tentacles to grab a hold of me, but I threatened to drip more of my acid blood onto it and it stopped trying. I looked up toward Alice at the elevated platform, and she was watching me intently. I stared at the struggling, almost pathetic looking alien, and I threw it back into the doorway it came from. After that, the alien didn't try coming back out.

"Thank you for saving me." said David.

"That was specimen 11, and it seemed to completely incompetent in exterminating the two of you. Looks like I have to go for a different tactic." said Alice as she pressed a button. There was a loud rumble, and as the door to specimen 11 closed, another door opened adjacent to it. From this doorway, a different kind of alien walked out into the brightness of the arena. This alien seemed to resemble the body of a human, but with a much larger build. It had dreadlocks, which kind of resembled the hair of a human and it had four little tusks that jutted out in different directions from what looked like some sort of deranged mouth. But that wasn't all. It seemed to be holding a weapon. Specifically, a double edged spear and it had thick armor on.

"This is specimen 21, but it's species is the Yautja." said Alice. "These things have been known to kill countless xenomorphs without struggle. This particular yautja is an experienced hunter and had taken down three xenomorph queens from different hives. I'm confident this would be the last alien you see." she said to David.

"This little guy can't beat us. You can do this." David said to me.

I looked down towards the yautja. This alien was able to kill three queens? It was quite impressive to think about. It was much smaller, compared to me, but I wasn't going to underestimate it. What caught my attention was that it had so many weapons attached to its body. The spear was the only one he was holding in his hands. With great speed, the yautja launched itself into the air and dove down towards my head for a strike.

Author's Note: More will come soon. If you are following, please comment.