Hunter's Moon
Sera and Stone followed the trail of human blood. It lead all the way to the outskirts of town, and still no sign of Justin.
Both girl and Yautja had killed half a dozen xenomorphs on the way and with only minimal injuries. Stone couldn't help but was impressed on how the young ooman had held her own so well against hard meats.
Countless warriors, Yautja and even man, had fallen victim to their deadly claws and fangs.
The girl raised an eyebrow at the Yautja as he crouched down and ran his huge hand over the ground; he picked up a pile of dirt and let the loose sand slip through his fist.
"What is it?" she asked nervously.
The giant looked over his shoulder at her then pointed off in the distance. "We are close to hive" his alien voice growled behind his silver mask.
Sera followed his finger and found a hole in the canyon. 'Shit. The crystal mines. They have been using the mines.'
She cursed out aloud and growled. They had Justin, and there was no way she gonna let him become a host for these things.
Stone could feel the anger radiating off the girl, she was lusting for blood and action, as much as he was.
He was completely smug that his foe Mal' Kia was no longer traveling with them. The Yautja warrior honestly didn't like how the xeno looked and acted towards the female.
He had never seen a hard meat show such emotion towards another, especially when she wasn't even of his species and by rights should be a host.
Mal' Kai slunk alone through the streets. This tiny town had been completely defenseless against his clan. They killed nearly everyone who resided there. His claws scrapped against the concrete, he couldn't help but think about his ooman.
'So he would rather protect his kind instead.' Her words echoed though his mind, over and over again.
The xenomorph whined, he had felt the hurt in her thoughts. She trusted him and he had betrayed her. If they somehow met in battle, would he actually be able to kill her? Could he really?
The black xeno hissed angrily and disappeared into the shadows of the streets.
"Die!" the Yautja roared ripping his spear out a dead xeno's head and dodged a serpent's tail.
The young female had her back to his and finished off a xenomorph herself. The shots from her pistol echoed through out the tunnels, drawing even more to the battle.
Stone roared fiercely as his cannon shot a xeno crawling across the ceiling. He exhaled proudly as he killed two more. It was only short lived as the fallen prey was replaced by two more, both hissing and screeching.
Suddenly a new screech took the Yaujta's attention. He knew immediately it wasn't a xeno.
"STONE!" Sera screamed as a xenomorph seemed to jump out of nowhere. It was like it had been part of the mines resin covered walls.
She struggled against its clawed hands, wrapping tightly around her waist. She kicked and clawed at the xeno as it dragged her away from Stone. She could hear him fighting savagely to get to her.
He kept calling out her name, which actually sounded like pained roars as he desperately fought xenomorph after xenomorph.
"Get off me you slimy scum bag!" she spat and threw her elbow behind her, catching the xeno's head. It screeched in pain, digging its claws into her torso. She snarled and went to hit the xeno again, but something lashed out at her head.
It had been the xenomorph's second tongue. She groaned as it connected with the side of her head, thankfully it had only been a light hit. If it hadn't it would have surely crushed her skull if it had been full force.
"Mal' Kai…help…" she thought before falling into a thick darkness.
Mal' Kia was deep in thought when he reached the inner workings of the hive. He turned his sleek black form towards the queen's chamber to report when he heard screams.
Ooman screams, female screams. Mal' Kia's mind automatically thought of Sera, as he ran to the egg chamber.
The xeno skid to a stop as little chestbuster flew out just as he entered. He snorted and glanced along the walls of the egg chamber. Dead oomans hung from everywhere, male, female and even young children. Bloody holes in all their chests marked their deaths, and from their death to gave life to his brothers.
(Author note: I have read and done some research and found all xenos are male except the queen. They I guess go through a sex change after prolonged absence of a queen. So forget bout me typing bout Kia having any sisters. Sorry about the mistake. Thanks)
The dark xeno circled around the eggs, some still waiting for hosts, others needing disposed of as well as the dead face huggers littering the floor. Suddenly something in the cocoon in front of him caught his attention.
An unconscious male hung limp in the resin based gooey substance around him. The xeno looked down and thought for a second, before an image he had never seen flashed before him.
"Justin?…"
Mal' Kia stared in wonder at the male, he had memory that he knew not of.
Then the xeno remembered the white flash when he first met his ooman. They not only shared thoughts but also memories. How many memories he wasn't sure, but they were there.
The xeno warrior checked the sandy blond haired male twice over. He was injured but nothing was critically severe. Mal' Kia was almost sure of it, this male was Sera's mate.
He resisted a growl, he couldn't quite understand but he was jealous. He wanted Sera to be all for himself.
Then he remembered her words.
'So he would rather protect his kind instead.'
It was like a punch in the face every time. He felt so bad for leaving her. If only he could do something to make it up to her, but how? Could he actually turn against his own kind for this ooman's benefit even a Yaujta's at that?
A silent groan made the xeno warrior look at the young male.
His head throbbed; he coughed lightly which sent a piercing pain throughout his body. Moaning he tried to move but found his body restrained tightly… in something very sticky?
"What the fuck?" the human rasped, and finally opened his green eyes; they immediately grew large in horror.
A creature that should only be in his nightmares stood there in front of him, neighbors and people he knew and even cared for hung from the walls of the room. A few of them even had strange hand like creature over their face, a long tail curling around their necks. And egg like sacs sat in the middle of the room.
Justin could feel both tears and cold sweat running down his face.
'What the hell is this? Please someone fucking wake me up!'
One of the sacs only few feet away slowly began to open; it was like something that came straight out of a sci-fi horror movie.
In the dim light Justin could see something squirming inside trying to crawl its way to the top of the egg. In a flash, a spider like creature flung its self at Justin.
It seemed like it was happening in slow motion. Justin's scream caught deep in his chest as he watch helpless, the thing just getting closer and closer.
BANG! BANG!
The face hugger fell to the floor dead. Both Justin and Mal' Kia looked at the opening to the chamber.
Sera panted heavily as she held her pistol in her right hand, it felt like a ten pound rock but never let it show.
"Mal' Kia..." she growled lightly, slowly motioning for the Xeno to back away from Justin.
The xeno warrior bowed his head slightly and slunk into the rows of eggs. Sera nervously eyed the sacs sitting in the middle of the chamber and slowly walked over by Justin.
The boy stared in bewilderment as he checked her over.
She looked ok, she had a few serious wounds that decorated her body, but over all she looked fine.
"S- Sera what are you doing here? What the hell is going on? What the fuck were those things?" Justin asked a flurry of questions as she worked at the cocoon around him.
"Shh quite" she hissed before kissing Justin's lips softly "We don't want them to know we are here." If they didn't already hear anyways..
Sera bared her teeth and snarled as she pulled at the resin cocoon. There was no way she was gonna get Justin free anytime soon. They would be found by the other xenomorphs before she even got him half way out. Or much less having face huggers crawling all over them.
"Mal' Kia?"
The xeno raised his elongated head at the female.
Justin glanced nervously at him.
"Could you help me get him out of this, Kia?"
He was shocked at first but then purred, bumping her in response. "Then you forgive me little one?"
Sera smiled sweetly and stroked his head as he purred.
"Course I do," she whispered, hugging the xeno and kissing him lightly on his nose or well where his nose should be.
She giggled lightly, surprised that she, or even Kia at that wasn't covered in drool like the rest of the Xeno's.
