It Takes Two: Part Three

by wysha.thorne

Paul and Amanda arrive at Octavius Station when Paul is three months pregnant with Eve. However, upon their arrival, they see that there are new xenomorphs that don't fit the xenomorph stereotype. This also introduces a few characters who will also feature in later fics, and this will also expand on the first and second fics (via flashbacks etc).

5. Chapter 5

I nod, and we make our way out. Amanda crouches down, and we make our way down a corridor. All of a sudden, a "Human" spots us, and makes its way over. I flame it, and it immediately runs off.

'You won't have many places to hide out there, so be careful.' Nanek announces through the microphone, catching me by surprise.

'I can see that.' I reply as another "Human" appears, followed by a drone. 'Unfortunately, the same might soon be said for flamethrower fuel, as you underestimated just how tough this would be for us.'

I flame both of them, right before Amanda locates a door to a seemingly safe space. Eve keeps a telepathic eye on the situation, and we manage to find a place to hide in said seemingly safe space.

'What you just entered is a storage unit.' Samuels announces as Amanda and I keep an ear out. 'Are there any more out there?'

'There are 10 tracks on the motion tracker, and one of the avians has just flown past.' Amanda replies with a sigh. 'Do you think they might be able to sense us?'

'That is a possibility, although nobody can tell for sure.' Samuels admits with a sigh.

'Well I can tell, as they react to sound.' I add as I hear footsteps. 'They can also see us, so we have to be extra careful.'

I check my motion tracker, and sure enough, one is extremely close by. I creep over to the door, just enough so that I can take a peek without being seen, and to my sheer horror, it's walking towards us.

AND IT FUCKING SEES ME!

Fortunately, there's a vent in the storage unit, so Amanda and I make good use of it. Unfortunately, so does the xenomorph, although as luck would have it, there are a few pipe bombs nearby, so we place one near the vent exit. We then make our way over to another hiding spot, and when the xenomorph emerges from the vent, it comes into contact with said pipe bomb, and it scrambles back into the vent.

Unfortunately, that alerts the others.

'The area nearby has been completely flooded. You need to go through there in order to get to the student dormitories.' Nanek announces as I stand up.

'How far do we need to swim?' I inquire out of curiosity.

'According to the map, about 20 Human miles.' Nanek admits as a drone comes into view.

'Well that won't be much of a problem.' I sigh as I flame said drone. 'However, like Yokohama, there could be obstacles, so we don't want to be too optimistic.'

Little do we know, that's going to be the case, as the dormitories are about to get flooded, meaning that we have to swim quite a fair bit before reaching a hatch that will take us to an unused observation deck which has a ceiling vent that we can jump into.