Again I apologize for the horrible writing. XD I cannot even begin to describe how easy it is to see how things go in your head but be unable to express it in words.

Do excuse the language in this chapter. :D

[Disaster]

When the group of five arrived back inside the rectangular facility in the middle of the vast tropical island, everyone seemed to scatter back to their own individual task. It would soon be time for the much awaited experiment. A growing unease and anticipation was rippling throughout the entire building.

As the test subject, Eva changed her clothing back to the regular white garments and was ordered to be escorted to level B-60 which was underground. How far below, she didn't know. The furthest she had ever gone was B-20. The elevator seemed to have stopped at only B-50.

Along the way through the remaining floors with its twist and turns, she saw many unusual areas. One particular room with a metallic door on B-55 caught the woman's attention. Behind the thick glass, it contained countless glossy looking eggs. Beside them were a few unconscious men wearing orange jumpsuits.

Strange.

She decided it wasn't worth wondering about.

Moments before reaching the testing chambers, Stephan had stopped the escorts for permission to speak with Eva.

"Here." He handed her a small ribboned box. "It was my mother's idea...the guys and I...picked it out. For luck."

She opened it. To her astonishment, she was holding an engraved heart shaped locket. Within it, there was a miniature sized photo of herself smiling. She realized it was the picture Stephan had taken in the hospital.

She gave the man a heartfelt hug. "It's beautiful."

Normally he would've blushed under such circumstance, but instead he looked slightly apologetic. This didn't go unnoticed by the woman. Ever since they were childhood friends, she could tell whenever Stephan was keeping something from her.

She couldn't help but wonder. Just what was he hiding?

After Eva disappeared through the doors, the two brothers walked beside Stephan. Obviously, they saw everything.

Aiden elbowed the man's ribs. "That...was lame."

"You know, if I had given it to her, my eloquent speech would've ended with a nice...BIG…KISS." Eli was pursing his lips in a smooching motion at Stephan. "You know you want it."

Aiden tried hard to keep a straight face...and then lost it. Stephan seemed crestfallen as he stared at the ground. If he weren't so deep in thought, he would've laughed too. At the moment, he wasn't in the mood to be teased.

He snapped. "Is everything always a joke to you two?"

The brothers looked at each other confused as they watched their friend storm off...

Isaac was delighted when he saw Eva walk into the dome-like testing area.

"Ah the rare specimen is finally here, now we can begin!"

There were twelve people in business suits behind him. Whoever they were, the woman knew they were somehow important. Her heart relaxed when she spotted Grace and Elijah nearby the monitors. As long as they were around, nothing could go wrong.

An assistant instructed Eva to take off her garments. The air felt strangely warm even though she was now only in her white sports bra and boy shorts. Reluctantly, she placed the necklace on the tray next to her clothing on the table and then stepped onto the circular platform in the middle of the room. As if on cue, the machinery on the ceiling slowly descended and reconstructed itself, sealing her inside an upright cylinder tank. Unusual lavender colored liquid began to fill the empty space. The odor was odd. Almost like metal mixed with rubber. When the level of the body temperature fluid reached her nose, she felt a wave of panic.

Were they trying to drown her?

Elijah noticed her expression and pressed a button on the monitor. "Don't worry, its breathable."

Reassured, the woman let the watery substance enter her lungs. Surely, whatever comes next can't be that bad...

Somewhere on B-18, two armed soldiers were patrolling a hallway when a cloaked hand unexpectedly covered the mouth of one of the men and quickly pulled him away. The second man felt something was off.

Wasn't his partner just behind him?

He looked over his shoulder. No one was there. Then he heard a crackle. As he turned to face the sound, he froze.

"What the f-." He never got to finish.

In the tank, Eva felt her entire body grow numb and stiff. Whatever the liquid was, it acted like a type of potent anesthesia.

A man with a worried expression dashed into the testing area and whispered something into Grace's ear. The color from her face drained. As Eva saw her rush out of the room, she felt a sense of dread.

Where was she going?

Isaac's communication device suddenly grabbed everyone's attention.

"Um Dr. Anton, we've got a problem." Max's voice was trembling.

The scarred faced man was peeved as he held up the radio to his mouth. "What is it?"

"We've lost contact with several teams patrolling B-1 to B-20. Those...things...are here. Not just one, but three scattered about the facility. We don't know how they got in. From the look of things, they must've picked up a signal from those devices. They're probably here f-"

"I know what they're after. Send out your tactics teams on each floor. I want them captured...and alive. You understand?"

Max hesitated. "...Yes sir."

Isaac placed his radio back into his coat pocket and muttered to himself.

"So...they came for their friends after all."

He turned to face his audience of twelve and cleared his throat. "Ladies and gentlemen, you have no doubt waited long enough."

As he inspected the curious faces, he continued, "Here in this research facility, we have found, with the understanding of bio-engineering, that we now have the ability to control the development of our species. Put simply, we will no longer be restricted by the limitations of our genetic inheritance. Today you shall witness the start...of a supreme evolution."

He then motioned for the curly haired man above in the observation control window to proceed. Several mechanical needles with long thin tubes began to descend from the top of the tank above Eva. She felt the sharp tips pierce into the back of her head, spinal column, legs, arms, sides, and neck. Luminescent green, black, and blue substances were flowing down the tubes, saturating her bones and muscles.

Within seconds, a tormenting burning sensation consumed her entire body as if on fire. The agony was so great that she cried out and slapped at the thick glass startling the spectators.

Elijah was clearly distressed as he watched the suffering woman and fumbled with the apparatuses he was carrying to a counter.

He turned to Isaac, "This isn't right. Perhaps we should stop."

The stubbly bearded man looked absolutely incensed. "I am not about to risk half my life's work simply for-."

Grace suddenly bursted through the doors and darted toward Isaac. She seized him by the front of his lab coat. Her face was distorted with anger and grief. Everyone in the room was staring in confusion at the two.

"What the fuck did you do? I can't believe you ordered him to do it! She could still be saved! And how could you use the other subjects like this?"

Isaac seemed apathetic as he slapped the hand away and focused his cold gaze on Grace. "The death of Clair was nothing more than an...accident. She was nothing more than an inconvenience to begin with. As for the other subjects, no one would even know they existed."

Grace was horrified at the man's response. "You're a heartless son of a bitch."

"If you think I'm heartless, why don't you ask your son what he thinks of all this?" Isaac gave the shocked woman a devilish smile.

During the commotion, Eva was trying hard to concentrate as she began to lose conscious due to the pain and the effects of the serums. She could barely comprehend what was going on.

Before Grace had a chance to open her mouth, the whole place shook at the sound of a massive explosion. Gunfire could be heard not too far away.

Above in the observation control room, the curly haired man felt drool dripping onto his shoulder. Before he had a chance to turn around, a xenomorph head bit him, splattering his blood onto the window.

Elijah was speechless as he pointed a trembling finger up at the observation screen.

"How the hell did those things get out?" An armed guard beside Elijah was now nervously clutching his gun.

Isaac was furiously instructing for an emergency evacuation through his radio. He glanced at the unconscious woman in the tank and then nodded to the soldiers nearby to take the defiant Grace and protesting Elijah out of the area.

The man gave one last command through the communication device.

"Put the entire facility on lockdown."

To be continued...

End Note: Yes, lots of things don't make sense for now. A lot of them will be answered in the later chapters.