Chapter 5: The Interrogation
The sat the man down on a chair, and Andrews and Aaron stood around him.
"Now why did you kill them!" Aaron's yelled, slapping the poor convict across the face.
"I didn't kill them though. I swear on my mother's grave! I did not kill them." He answered, before receiving another slap from Aaron.
"Why are you slapping him?" Jake asked, "Whatever's going on, I'm sure we can find out by talking."
Aaron looked to Andrews, then they looked at Jake, back at eachother, whispered something, and Andrews said "You'd better be right by letting him talk." Aaron then looked at him, and said "Out with it."
The convict, whose name was Golic, began speaking. "Trevor, Grimm, and I were out in the tunnels, searching for stuff that the miners left behind. We had only candles to use, and some rope, and we were exploring a new place we found last time. We go into the shaft, and Trevor was up ahead. He trips, and then something drags him. We hear a scream, and then nothing. I look to the left, and this dragon attacks him with it's second mouth. Next thing I know, the tail starts to wrap around me, and then it unwraps itself. I Run back the way I came. And you know the rest of the story."
Andrews and Aaron stood there for a moment, unsure of what to do. Jake realized exactly what this meant, and knew for a fact what Golic was talking about.
"I think one of those things is here." Ripley said, beating Jake to the punch.
"Yeah, what else has a second mouth?" Jake commented. Andrews and Aaron looked at them, unsure of what this all meant.
"Exactly what are we dealing with, if you so happen to know?" Andrews asked.
"Well, let's just say that there is a dangerous creature loose that will kill us all if we let it." Ripley answered "This is a sort of Xenomorph that will easily kill you all. I've dealt with it twice. The first time it killed my crew. The second time, it killed a whole colony," Ripley then paused for effect "and if that man is telling the truth, then it could kill your entire facility."
Aaron laughed, "How could one creature kill an entire colony?" He asked.
"It wasn't one of them" Jake answered "It was a whole hive of them that did it."
The two men just stared at him, and then back at Golic, then to Clemens, before Aaron said "We'll put Golic in a straightjacket for now." He then turned to everyone else in the infirmary "I want to talk to all of you about this."
As Clemens put Golic in the straightjacket and Andrews was watching it, a sound was heard from the ceiling; specifically the vents.
It was a light thumping and scratching sound. It made grew steadily louder as its source came closer. The source drew closer, and stopped, directly over Clemens.
It stood there for a moment, thinking of a way to pounce on its prey. It then decided, and dropped from the grate on the vents.
Into the room the Xeno came, and got into position behind Clemens, who was completely oblivious. Slowly, little by little, it wrapped it's arms around Clemens. Once it had a grip, it spun him around, and with the second mouth, silenced him for good.
It then threw his body across the infirmary like a rag-doll, and approached Andrews.
It snatched him by the arms, and then crawled up the walls and onto the ceiling, still keeping a grip on the screaming victim as it brought him back into the vents.
Leaving the legs hanging out, the creature then proceeded to silence him. This time, there was a bone-crunching sound, and then the body was being dragged through the vents.
Jake was dumbstruck, and when he turned around, it seemed that Newt was hiding behind him.
Hudson looked at the scene "What the freak just happened." He yelled. Vasquez did the sign of the cross. Ripley asked Hicks to hold her, which he did.
Aaron, it seemed, was in complete disbelief. Golic stared across the room, and said "Was I right or what?"
Aaron looked at them, and said "You must be right about that," he paused "You have any bright ideas on what to do?"
Jake looked at Ripley, and so did everyone else. For a few moments, it seemed that they were just looking at her. Then she said; "We can try to kill it, it's about all we can do."
Aarons looked at her, and said "Well, I hope it's possible to kill it with a bunch of carving knives, and if that kid will let us, maybe his sword."
Jake was outraged "No way in hell am I letting anyone else us this, unless it's to avenge my death."
Aaron looked at them, laughing nervously "I guess we're screwed, I doubt that there's anything else we can do." He said in his fit of nervous laughter.
Ripley had other ideas, because she said "We can try to trap it. You have any firearms?"
Aarons was shocked "You give a bunch of life-sentence prisoners firearms and you're asking for trouble lady." He paused "We may not have firearms, but we have fire."
They paused for a moment "That works" Ripley answered. Hicks had let go of Ripley about halfway into the conversation, yet Jake had only just noticed this.
Hicks clapped his hands "Alright Marines" He said "We're gonna go trapping today."
Jake looked at Hicks, "You don't mind if I give everyone a hand would you?" He asked.
Before Hicks could answer, Aarons replied "It's okay, I'll keep an eye on the girl for you."
Ripley looked at Aaron, then Newt, before answering "Okay, but you two stay in the office. I want to make sure she stays safe."
Aaron agreed, and the planning started. When it was done and the order came for the prisoners to help, the hunt was on.