Chapter 6: Clash of the Titans
Unbeknown to the Angus and Edward, they had collided their ship into the side of the cloaked Yautja ship, causing it to temporarily uncloak. Tyrus, who was on board the ship, let out a growl. He and the others had been so preoccupied with the larger ship that they had failed to notice the smaller one coming.
Turning to one of the other eight Yautjas aboard, he said "Damage report." in their own tongue. The other Yautja, Ralok, replied with "Minimal." as the ship once again became cloaked.
The ship then slowly made its way towards the larger, though more primitive, human ship. The Yautja ship attached itself to it, and then drilled into it, creating a hole small enough for its crew to enter. Tyrus made a motion towards the hole, and then cloaked, along with three other Yautja, before entering it.
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The Ultralisk let out a massive roar, and then charged the Trygon, one of its four claws held high. Swinging it downward, it narrowly missed severing the Trygon in half, and instead dug its claw deep into the floor plating, releasing a cloud of steam from several pipes it had severed. As the steam poured out of the hole in the ground, the Trygon slammed into its side, knocking it to the floor.
The Trygon began to repeatedly stab forward with its claws as it attempted to cut though the Ultralisks exoskeleton. Just as it began to draw blood from several light wounds, it was knocked aside from a powerful bash of the Ultralisks right claws. Skidding across the floor, it quickly scampered forward, just avoiding the charging Ultralisk, which smashed its head into the wall, denting it.
As it shook its head in pain, the Ultralisk quickly swiped is claws, knocking the Trygon, which had attempted to pounce upon it, in midair, sending it flying into the other side of the ship.
Its opponent temporarily down, the Ultralisk charged forward and swung a claw downward, but missed once again. Even though it was larger, stronger, and more heavily built, the Trygon was faster and more agile.
The Trygon quickly wrapped itself around the body of the Ultralisk, tightening its coils as it bit down on its head crest, its claws digging their way through its armor. As blood began to seep from the wounds, the Ultralisk suddenly smashed its head against the wall, with the Trygon taking the blunt of the blow. Momentarily dazed, the Trygon loosened its hold, allowing the Ultralisk to bite down upon its armored hide at a point close to the neck.
In an instant, the tide was turned. The Trygon began to squeal as the Ultralisk bit through its exoskeleton, causing gallons of blood to begin to pour out of its wounds. As the Ultralisk began to shake its opponent in its jaw, tearing through its flesh as it did so, the Trygon managed to stab one of its claws in its eyes, causing it to be thrown to the ground as the Ultralisk screeched in pain, its right eye permanently closed as a cascade of blood poured from it.
Badly wounded, the Trygon managed to drag itself away through the area, leaving a bloody trail as it crawled under a doorway. As this happened, the Ultralisk, roaring in anger, charged at its fleeing foe, but slammed into the doorway, denting it. Ramming it several more times, it soon realized that it could not break through.
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Back within the animal containment zone, the corpse of the Bioraptor still remained where it fell during its attack on the three guards. Though no animal had come across it yet, it no longer resembled what it once did. Besides the damage from the gunfire, its chest was now broken apart from the inside, as well as several bites into its flesh.
Beside it lay the molted skin of the creature that had grown within it, a Xenoraptor. However, unlike the young queen which was currently hiding from Xenomorphs, this one lacked the extra pair of arms, though its teeth and claws appeared to be sharper, and its exoskeleton was both bulkier and thicker. In its jaw hanged a shred of meat from what was once its host, though now it was nothing more than food. As it threw back its head, swallowing the flesh, something came out of the darkness, a Xenomorph.
The newcomer growled, its senses detecting the genetic difference. It charged the Xenoraptor, but missed as it took to the air. Vanishing into the darkness of the shadows, the Xenomorph looked about, trying to pinpoint its foe when it was slammed into from behind. The blow appeared to snap the Xenomorph's spine, as it began to drag itself forward when the Xenoraptor landed upon its back, pinning it to the ground. Without a moments breath, its secondary jaw burst from its maw and pierced the exoskeleton, the skull, and finally the forebrain of the Xenomorph in one strike, killing it instantly. As its blood began to seep from the wound, the Xenoraptor let out a screech, and then froze. It sensed something, some minute part of its brain telling it that there was another one of its kind. As it pinpointed where the "signal" was coming from, it bounded off into the darkness, leaving the rapidly cooling corpse of the Xenomorph behind it.
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Tyrus moved forward, his suits cloaking device rendering him invisible to the sensors of the ship. Behind him were the warriors Dalkan, Zenith, and Sederas. As the continued forward, Tyrus raised his arm, causing the others to halt. Before them was the carcass of a dead Arachnid Warrior Bug, its innards spilling out onto the floor from a gaping wound on its side. Tyrus, along with his elder, Dalkan, had hunted these beasts, which were known for their ceaseless attacks. Whatever had made that wound on its side must have been great indeed.
They then saw that the nearby wall had been torn apart, revealing three more carcasses, all in various states of mutilation. They noticed the deep claw marks in the walls, and then saw how they formed a path. As if some signal was given, all four Yautja moved forward, passing through another broken wall before entering a large steam-filled room, the floor and walls decimated and stained from some unknown battle. Moving cautiously, their cloaking began to deactivate as the steam began to affect the circuitry. As the last one uncloaked, a growling was heard. Turning about, they heard a growl emanate from a hole in the wall on the other side of the room.
Out of the darkness it came, the massive Ultralisk. The Yautja merely stood still for a moment, staring at the massive super predator that was heading towards them. As it took another step forward, the Yautja activated their wrist blades as they prepared to fight this impressive creature...