Curse of the Soul – The Origins of H. and Vile
By THE Xenomorph
X-Men Evolution and it's character's are © Marvel
Aliens, Xenomorph and associated material are © Dark Horse/20th Century Fox
The characters of H., Vile, Gik'reber and other Xeno-Sapien's are © THE Xenomorph
Dark Brotherhood
I watched in marvel as the hunter's ship brought Leto, myself and two hunter-born to the blue ball called Earth. I barely remembered my youth there, I was kidnapped at a young age along with my entire village by a weak, yet clever alien overlord.
"Your world brother, what is it like?" Leto asked, he had never seen my world having grown up under the warlord's power.
"When I was but a child I remember my mum telling me to beware the wild animals. Father would gather wood for the stove. That's all I can really remember." I said as the ball grew ever larger. "Now as I understand it, humans have all but covered it and tunneled it out."
"A hive world pre-made?" Leto asked with a smile. "This would ingratiate me with your twin greatly if we could take it."
"No." I said. "The hunters would sooner turn it to glass than let us take it."
"Why?" Leto asked.
"It is sacred to them." I explained. "The first world they found humanity on."
"Ah, pity." Let frowned. "Still, you sense the lairs as I do..."
"We could recover what was lost." I smiled. "First though we need to remove that..." I feel to the ground gripping my head. Visions of humans surrounding me and smiling, petting me and complimenting me. The other visions, a human I recognized as my mother, then the queens, then my father with hunters and other aliens with odd almond eyes. Then I heard the crying of a child.
"Vile..." Leto held me up. "Proximity to the mutation is afflicting you..."
"It is needed Leto, the closer I get the more it will happen." I explained. "He holds my memories..."
"He?" Leto asked.
"It has a gender..." I frowned. "Most definitely a he." I clacked my claws nervously against my chest. "You may have to be the one to kill him Leto."
"I would not deny you the glory my prince." Leto said with a serviceable smile.
"We are barely to the moon." I pointed out. "And I was disabled momentarily."
"He can't run from you though." Leto pointed out.
"I know, but I have this odd... feeling." I looked at Leto carefully, he was two heads shorter than my eight foot frame, but he was deadly fast and stealthier to boot. "He has protection."
"I see..." Leto frowned. "We may need to gather some eggs from the lairs then."
"No time Leto, we can search for those after." I said. "Besides if he learns of this connection he may be able to exploit it and do irreversible damage to me."
"I will concede the point for your safety." Leto paled slightly, none of us like loosing a member of our "family".
"Then it's decided. In two days time we land, scout out this mutation's dwelling and possible protectors." I looked back to the screen that displayed my home world. "Then he will be slain and we take back any eggs on this world."
"What if we fail?" Leto asked.
"Leto, I'm shocked you would consider it." I laughed.
"I'm serious brother." Leto had queued up images the hunters had of human technology with accompanying videos. "These are not weapons made for show..."
"No wonder the hunters prize them so." I nodded, realizing Leto had good reason to be concerned. "Ready the escape vessel." I said, waving a hunter-born to go to the vessel with a prepared message for the Queens. "One will return with a message requesting my twin and drones for transport of the eggs."
"We may need Dasan..." Leto brought up another file, this one displaying several genetic variations of humans. Variations with astonishing power.
My eyes widened in shock. "We will need all..."
"Brother?" Leto asked.
"You once said you wished to be called a general to my princely title?" I asked.
"It was in jest, I serve the hive as always." He smiled dismissively, but I felt his excitement. "Do you mean we should take this world?"
"But not as a hive world." I said. "The Queens once promised us a world where we could multiply without fear..."
"They would give us this world?" Leto laughed.
"If we could secure a foothold with drones made from those mutant humans, I have no doubt." I smiled as I sense a future for my kind. "The vessel is ready." Leto smiled as he pushed the release button for the programmed escape pod.
"What of the hunters?" Leto asked.
"They're so fond of burning our worlds. With the right humans they may very well taste the flames of the Hive." I glanced at the blue orb once again. Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew I would never leave it again, but I didn't quite expect the conditions I was to live under.
