Chapter 6: The Fight for Trash Compactor 9375831
The
dianoga watched the strange creature that had invaded its domain. It
had never seen anything quite like this before, but that wasn't
saying much, as there weren't very many visitors to this area of
the ship except for the occasional parasite.
Its single eye
followed the xenomorph's every movement, its primitive brain trying
to decide if the xenomorph was a credible threat or just the next
meal.
The xenomorph surfaced, and the dianoga followed suit, raising its eye above the surface to keep observing. The xenomorph started digging through the pile, stopping when it came to a discarded foodstuff thrown out by the detention guards. It cautiously sniffed it before greedily devouring it.
The dianoga decided that this creature was no real threat and began quietly advancing, submerging its eye to preserve the element of surprise. As it neared the pile, it quickly wrapped a tentacle around the xenomorph, dragging it back beneath the surface.
The xenomorph thrashed wildly as it was pulled under, its screams muted by the water. It scratched at the tentacle, trying to escape from the dianoga's deadly grip. At first, its efforts proved futile, until it managed to whip its tail around, striking the dianoga in the eye.
The dianoga roared, releasing the xenomorph in its agony. The xenomorph swam to the surface, jumping onto the largest pile it could find. It now searched for any sign of the creature that had had attacked it. After a few long minutes, its efforts were rewarded with a trail of small bubbles heading slowly towards it. The xenomorph waited until the bubbles got closer, then it pounced.
As the xenomorph dove beneath the surface, it came into brutal contact with the dianoga. The xenomorph quickly latched onto one of the dianoga's tentacles. It bit into it, ripping out a large chunk of the dianoga's flesh. The dianoga screamed, as its blood filled the area around it, clouding the water around it. The dianoga thrashed wildly, smashing its other tentacles into the xenomorph. Despite this, the xenomorph managed to hold on, and ripped another large chunk of flesh from the dianoga's side.
The dianoga spasmed with such force that the xenomorph was thrown across the compactor, smashing against the wall with sickening force. The xenomorph quickly twisted around, trying to regain its footing, but before it could get up, the dianoga smashed into it, attacking with frenzy brought on by its injuries. It managed to grab hold of the xenomorph's tail, and brought it into its maw, snapping down decisively on the appendage. The dianoga quickly realized that this was not a good idea, as the acid spurting from the xenomorph's severed tail quickly dissolved much of the dianoga's mouth.
The xenomorph however, roared with rage at the pain of losing part of its tail, and started swinging the shortened appendage about fiercely, flinging acid around the compactor. Most of it landed on the walls and door, but a small part landed in the most advantageous spot for the xenomorph, the dianoga's eye.
The dianoga, now blinded, realized that perhaps retreat was the best option given the circumstances, but as it started to move away, the xenomorph pressed its advantage, once again leaping onto the dianoga, ripping chunks out of it with a ferocious speed that was matched only by the speed by which it swallowed them. Within a matter of seconds, the dianoga was reduced to a sagging pile of flesh, and even that didn't last long.
The xenomorph, now approaching full size (minus the loss of part of its tail), circled around the compactor searching for a way out. It stopped at the door, which had become massively corroded due to the acidic blood that had hit it. It ran back, and then charged at the door, managing to slightly dent it. It repeated this motion for several minutes, until finally, the door gave way, and the xenomorph quickly bounded into the bowels of the star destroyer, driven by the same directive that have guided its species for millennia, propagate the species.