Chapter 3: Black Out
Jeromy looked out of the cracked window of the freezer door. He sees nothing, so he tries to open the door, but it wouldn't budge. He curses and says "Drat...the doors jammed. Hey Fred, mind giving me a hand?" One of the men got up at this, and then they both began to ram the door in an attempt to break it down.
As this happens, one of the older guards, Sid, says "Is it just me...or is it getting hotter in here?" as he wipes his brow.
The men begin to look around as the frost filled room begins to melt, unaware that one of the thawing Xenomorph eggs had begun to pulsate.
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The young Xenoraptor queen began to climb out of its old skin. Its flesh still soft, it quickly climbed into a nearby cabinet for protection as its sonar detected movement.
Mel walked slowly down the corridor, his assault rifle in hand. He stopped as he passed the cafeteria, seeing the door heavily dented and with several deep scratches in it. As he walked in, he noticed that the refrigerator door had fallen off, but nothing else. But as he turned around, he came face to face with the Bioraptor. Screaming, he opened fire upon it, tearing it to bloody shreds. After a few moments of continued fire, he stopped as he realized that the creature was already dead. Kneeling beside it, he notices a gaping wound in its chest, as if something had burst out of it.
Mel then noticed in a nearby corner another, smaller Bioraptor. As he approached it, he could tell right away that it wasn't...normal. For one thing it had another pair of arms, making a total of 6 limbs. The head was also wrong, with a crest on top besides the ones on the sides. Looking closer, he then realized that it wasn't a body but in fact a discarded skin. Something had molted in that room, so Mel looked around carefully, but saw nothing. He then slowly approached the cabinets, and as he was about to open the first one, he heard a sound of scampering feet coming from the hallway. With a spin he was running out the door and into the hallway, following whatever had made the sound.
After a few moments, the cabinet that was about to be searched opened slowly. The young queen dropped out of it and landed softly on the floor. Already its exoskeleton had taken on a darker coloration and also appeared to have hardened a bit. After it regained its bearing, it shook its head before bounding off after the guard.
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Tyrus had just finished cleaning his kill, and already it had been stuffed. Lifting his trophy, he carried it into one of the newer sections of his trophy den. He walked past several of his "mementos" from his more recent hunts, including a Shai-Hulud's tooth, a Hoix skull, and a Hydralisk claw. Eventually Tyrus found a suitable place under a stuffed Graboid and placed his new trophy there.
Tyrus left his trophy den, his goal clear. He would select a group of his fellow warriors in order to continue the hunt for the thieves of the Xenomorph eggs.
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Jack returned to where Carl and Grant had been torn to shreds. He warily turned the corner, seeing only blood and gore splattered across the ground. Suddenly he heard a mass of horror stricken screams coming from down the hall. He soon reached the freezer and looked through the door's glass window. Inside he could see the men lying all across the floor with strange...strange things like bugs stuck to their faces. Jack slowly murmured to himself "What in the hell are those things?" when suddenly one of the Facehuggers leaped onto the glass window, causing Jack to jump backwards out of surprise and causing his gun to go off.
The bullets struck the glass and killed the Facehugger, causing it to fall backwards and curl up on the ground. Its acidic blood began to pour out of its wounds...and melted a hole in the floor. Jack began to slowly back away from the freezer when suddenly another Facehugger leaped onto the door and climbed through the broken window and then fell onto the floor, soon followed by several more. They all began to scurry towards Jack, each and everyone intent on planting an embryo in him.
Horrified, Jack reached for his gun but realized he had dropped it by the door. He then pulled out his pistol and fired off his entire clip, killing two and wounding another. With his ammo gone, he then tossed his gun at them to no effect before running for his life.
Back in the freezer, one of the Facehuggers crept over to the whole caused by the first dead Facehugger's blood. Waiting a moment, it then crawled in. Now in the ventilation system, the Facehugger began to move about until it began climbing over the animal containment zone.
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Mel was running now, whatever he was chasing was close by. He turned a corner and saw a nearby door swing a bit. Kicking it open, he quickly surveyed the room, looking for anything out of the ordinary. He then saw something cast a shadow from behind the power generator. Mel quickly turned the corner and prepared to open fire, only to find himself starring at a cat. Mel's eye twitched as he said "A cat...I was chasing a stupid cat...looks like Carl's...idiot, I told him to keep it in its cage."
The Tabby began to hiss, causing Mel to begin to say "What...something I said?" when he suddenly froze. He heard a clicking coming from behind, and he slowly turned around and found himself face to face with the Bioraptor. As he reached for his gun, the Bioraptor snarled and leaped at his throat. As the Bioraptor tore into him, Mel pulled the trigger of his gun, causing it to fire off into the power generator, destroying it.
All across the ship the power went out, though the lights remained on due to reserve power. Within the animal containment zone, the cages began to power down. As their doors began to rise, the screams and howls of torment from the beasts within came to a stop. Something had happened, and they realized that. Now a new order would be formed, and with would come new territories, new hunting grounds, new prey...and new life.