chapter 11

meanwhile, on the bridge, Andrea sat down and went to review the footage of the garage bay and re-watched Nyn's death and then kept looking through all the security feeds, but was startled when Josh appeared next to her. "god Josh don't scare me like that, why aren't you in your cabin?" Andrea asked in shock.

Josh looked at his sister and looked down "I was worried about you and wanted to check on you." Josh said. Andrea looked at Josh "You're a sweetie, but I need you to go to your cabin and wait there, I don't want you to get hurt." Josh nodded, but he stood there and noticed that she was re-watching the footage of the security feed from garage bay A "Andrea, James told me about what happened to the captain, Indra, and Bill, but it wasn't your fault for what happened to them, we all knew they were dead anyway." Josh said with a gentle tone.

andrea looked at Josh for a moment before she realized that he was right, the three of them were already dead, but she now had a responsibility to look out for the remaining three human crew members and the other two androids. andrea then stood up and hugged Josh "I love you, Josh, I'm going to protect you no matter what happens ok? just go to your cabin and stay there, I'll be back in a bit." Josh nodded before hugging his sister back. "I love you too sis," he said as he hugged her tightly. Andrea then kissed her little brother on his forehead "Hey Andrea, I know that I said this before but just in case things go downhill, can we at least evacuate to the Odyssey, just in case?" Josh asked. Andrea smiled and nodded "Sure thing kiddo, go to your cabin and stay there." Josh nodded as he let go of his sister and left the bridge.

andrea then turned around to face the security feed she was watching, then something seemed to have caught her eye as she noticed something fused to a corridor. it would have appeared that Nyn's chest-burster had cocooned itself, and was still in a state of dormancy or could be reaching the next stage of its lifecycle. andrea then contacted percy "percy we have a problem, i found our parasite, its been cocooned in one of the corridor on deck b and it looks like its reaching the next stage of its lifecycle, i need you and james to go check it out." Andrea said as she waited for percy to arrive.

upon arriving they see that the cocoon had been opened like a flower, acid blood was dripping on the floor as it melts through the metal floors "well, shit... this is not good, looks like big chap jr had just blossomed." james said sarcastically "andrea, bad news, junior is loose." Percy said as he watched the acid dripping on the floor, causing a hole that will eventually lead to the deck below. andrea then contacted josh to inform him "hey buddy, i got bad news, big chap's baby is loose, stay in your cabin and don't open the door until me and the others come back, i'll see you in a little bit, love you." Andrea said as she heard josh confirm that he understands. "i copy... over." josh said before ending the call, but he notice that his new puppy had been whining, feeling concerned for his new owner "hey its gonna be okay buddy, i just hope they'll be safe." Josh said.

meanwhile, the niridesis's new threat, the son of big chap had awakened from its deep slumber, as it slowly climbed out of the vents. it looked at itself as if it now had a fully grown body and slight changes to its appearance, it was 8 feet tall, which makes it a bit taller than the first big chap, and has its memories. after remembering what this crew and the last surviving crew member of the Nostromo did, the memories of big chap gave it a thirst for vengeance. then looked around the ship and began to hear voices that echoed throughout the ship, it sensed the crew moving through the corridors and the sounds of footsteps echoing through the halls. it then began to notice the voices of Andrea and James and started moving toward the sound. it climbed up through the vents as it traveled around the ship.

meanwhile, Josh was still in his cabin sitting on the bed, and his puppy 'Apollo' was sleeping on his lap. josh was watching a video on his tablet of dogs playing and running around, he smiled at the thought of now having a dog of his own. but then he heard Apollo whining and he looked down and saw that Apollo had gotten up and was looking up at him and whimpered "Hey boy, what's wrong?" Josh said as he saw Apollo had been staring at the door and began to growl. josh then heard some hissing sounds coming from the other side and understood that Apollo has a sixth sense, meaning he caught wind of something he does not like.

it was not long until Josh then saw the silhouette of what appeared to be big chap through the window of the door, it's as if it were looking back at him. The creature was almost a bit taller and had a slightly different appearance than the last one. it then began to pound on the door as Josh tried to get Apollo to calm down "Hey boy, it's ok, stay quiet." Josh said as he picked up his dog, but Apollo refused to stop barking. Josh knew that sooner or later Big Chap jr would find a way in, soon he decided to contact his sister for help "Andrea, come in, I think the new Big Chap is trying to break through the door to my cabin." Josh said through his headset. he was already breathing heavily with terror and his heart was pounding furiously he could already hear it in his ears.

Andrea was startled by hearing her brother's voice and she immediately reacted knowing her brother was in danger "Guys we need to get to my brother's cabin NOW!" Andrea said as she watched James run towards the door, and then the three ran towards the cabins. the creature continued to pound on the door and Josh watched as it made a hole through the glass window of the door using its inner jaw, josh was terrified like a three-year-old scared of a monster in the closet. his puppy was still barking but finally stopped before hiding behind joshua as he whined with fear "Hey boy, stay quiet, I'm here for you." Josh said as he hugged his dog tightly. the creature then smashes through the glass window, pokes its head through the hole, and lets out a loud angry screech as it sees Josh cowering with fear. josh then let out a scream that echoed throughout the ship, but thankfully Andrea, James, and Percy arrived just in time "HEY! Leave my little brother alone you bastard!" Andrea yelled at Big Chap jr while aiming a flame thrower at it. the creature looked at her, then it saw Percy carrying a cutting torch and James with a flamethrower too.

the creature jumped into the vents immediately before the group used their flame throwers "Yeah just stay away from him!" Andrea repeated before firing the flame thrower into the vent, but immediately tended to her brother. "hey buddy, you ok? Are you hurt?" Andrea said as she saw her little brother had been paralyzed with fear and was already shaking "No I'm not hurt, but I've been scared before, but not like this." Josh said as he hugged his sister tightly. Andrea hugged her brother back "Hey buddy, it'll be alright, we got your back." Andrea said as she felt her brother's tears on her shoulder. She looked at Percy and James "Guys, I don't think Josh can handle another close encounter with that thing... Percy how long will it take to power up the odyssey." Andrea asked with concern for her brother. Percy looked at her with concern as well "We can have it ready in about 30 minutes, yet it will take an hour if you plan to move all his things to the Odyssey?" Percy said as he remembered in his data banks that the Odyssey's docking bridge arm was designed to bridge the gap between the Niridesis and the Odyssey, and it had no vents for the creature to travel through.

"I'm afraid that we don't have much time, we'll have to hurry in 30 minutes to pack all of our stuff and get out of here. James, you go to your cabin and pack everything up, including Indra, Bill, and Nyn's stuff for a memorial service. percy you go and get everything that we salvaged from the Narcissus II and I mean everything. the security footage of the Nostromo, the tapes, the intel on Weyland-Yutani, and its so-called research. we need leverage! later we'll pack more of our stuff from our lockers in the locker bay." Andrea said as she began to gather her belongings. They nodded as they ran off to do what they were told.

andrea then went over to josh's bed and grabbed her brother's backpack and his suitcase, which he had been using to carry his stuff, she then opened it and began to pack her brother's stuff. "hey buddy, i need your help to pack up your things, ok?" Andrea said as she saw josh had been still shaken. josh shook his head as he carried his puppy 'apollo' in his arms. andrea notices josh's concern for apollo's safety "chin up josh, i promise that i won't let anything happen to you or apollo." Andrea said as she hugged her brother and his puppy tightly "plus i came prepared," andrea said before heading into her cabin and took something from one of her drawers, it was a collar and a leash for apollo. "here buddy, let's put this on apollo, and then we can resume packing and get the hell out of here. pardon my language" Andrea said with a short giggle, josh nodded with a smile on his face.

andrea then put the collar on apollo as he whined slightly, but did not resist. andrea then put the leash on apollo's collar "there you go little guy, you can now walk with your owner," ok, Andrea said before handing the leash to her brother. she then went back to her cabin and grabbed a few things while josh was still holding onto the leash and was being careful not to trip, but he was still scared of the creature and kept watch. apollo was being playful towards his new owner and he seemed to not let out any barks as well.

meanwhile percy was already in the main deck transferring all the data from the niridesis and into the odyssey, he even started to gather all the tapes, the cryobox of the blood samples of the deceased nostromo crew and security footage that had been taken from the nostromo, until finally he entered cousin's access terminal and began transferring every last bit of data into the odyssey, including cousin's AI consciousness. it was a race against time before evacuation to the odyssey but he needed to bridge the gap between the niridesis and the odyssey so he went to the controls and flipped the switches. the docking bridges were already deployed and are connecting the two ships together and as a precaution, he made sure that the doors are sealed shut just to ensure that the alien does not enter the ship.

andrea james and josh are still in their cabins packing things up, james noticed that andrea had already finished packing everything from josh's cabin "you guys sure cleared out the place" james said as he smirked at the siblings "thanks for the complement james, now how much progress are you making, we got most of josh's things packed up, now we just gotta pack up our stuff from the locker bay." Andrea said as she patted her brother's back "alright, i'll meet you guys there," james said as he heads to the locker bay.

"percy do you copy, i need you over here and take josh to the odyssey so that he can be safe." andrea asked while talking through her headset. percy acknowledged her and went over to her location "if you'll excuse me but i'm afraid that my hands are already full at the moment. although i could use a some extra hands." percy said as he carried a few of the suitcases. Andrea nodded in agreement "alright josh, i want you stick close to percy and be brave. he'll take you to the odyssey, you'll be safer there," andrea said as she gave her brother a hug. josh nodded in agreement as he held onto his puppy "you got it sis," he said as he followed percy.

james arrived at the locker bay gathering all of their stuff, when suddenly he heard a loud thud coming from behind him, thankfully he made sure to carry a flame thrower with him just in case if he came across big chap jr. he turned his head being extremely cautious and alert and was prepared for the creature, but it was not the creature that he was looking at. it was andrea who was standing next to a crate, and she too was holding a flamethrowers "hey, i thought you were still with percy," james said as he let out a sigh of relief. "no I'm fine, I just wanted to help out with packing stuff up. i asked percy to take care of my brother, since I don't want him anywhere near that creature." Andrea said as she went over to josh's locker and grabbed his space uniforms, and photos of the crew and their family before tossing em into his backpack.

meanwhile percy and josh arrived at the bridge that leads to the odyssey, percy went over to the controls and flipped the switches. the airlock was opening and percy looked through the window and saw that the odyssey was indeed connected to the niridesis through the docking bridge. percy then went over to the door controls and unlocked it. he then entered the odyssey with josh while carrying most of their cargo into the ship. "alright josh, this is where i must depart from you, but do not worry? you'll be safe here for now. so you'll have no problems in here, plus we'll be in much contact as possible." Percy said as he patted the 12-year-old on his shoulder "ok" josh replied, he then looked around "hey percy, if its okay with you, i'll try to power up the odyssey while you guys pack everything up in the locker bay on the niridesis?" josh asked as he looked up at the android "alright, but make sure to do so carefully, we don't want to lose you, but we do need a way out of here. consider this a perfect time to do as you call a speed record." percy said as he smiled at the 12-year-old before leaving the odyssey and closed the hatch. josh places apollo down on the floor as he went over to the controls and sat in the pilot's chair. he then began to press some buttons and flip some switches to power up the ship's systems "hey percy, you copy?" josh asked "yes, what do you want josh?" percy asked, josh then smirked "hey i have some good news to tell you, i've almost finished powering up the odyssey, so how long will it take for you guys to finish up and begin the self-destruct thingy on the niridesis?" josh asked through the comms. "i'm afraid that i have other matters to attend to in the medlab. i must bring the dead parasite and the embryo's skin to the odyssey for further study and as evidence of the creature's existence." percy replied through josh's headset.

"well you better hurry percy, i'll try to speed up the power-up process of the odyssey and we're almost ready to leave in about 5 minutes. also, you should tell the others to hurry up, because we can't leave without you guys, plus we got a colonist mission to complete," josh said as he activated the odyssey's life support and began powering up the ship's remaining hyper-sleep chambers. "alright, i copy josh." percy said as he made his way to the med lab.

back in the med lab, paul was on the table in his legless state and was still plugged into the med lab computer "greetings paul, i just came to inform you that we are evacuating the niridesis?" percy asked as he walked in and placed the dead facehugger in a container . "what's the status on the others?" paul asked "well, josh is already in the odyssey and is powering her up. while andrea and james are still packing things up in the locker bay. once they're done, we can get ready to leave. so for now i'll bring the embryo skin and the dead parasite to the odyssey." percy said as he carried a tray with the dead parasite on it and carefully placed in a cryogenic suitcase. he then picked up a small box with the embryo's skin inside.

paul nodded in agreement "alright, but i'm afraid that i have to remind you that i am unable to walk due to my lower half severed from my body. so you'll have to carry me to the odyssey before we leave." paul explained, percy nodded in agreement and carefully unplugged paul from the med lab computer. he then grabbed paul by his upper half of his torso and carried him to the odyssey.

meanwhile on the odyssey, josh had already finished powering up the odyssey and is now awaiting the remaining crew members to arrive "hey percy, i've powered up the odyssey, we're now ready to leave once the others get here. what's their status and progress?" josh said through his communication headset. "i'm almost there josh, and the others will be close behind. we'll need to wait for just two more minutes before we can start to activate the self-destruct system on the niridesis. so be patient," percy replied through josh's headset. "alright, i'll wait for you guys." josh said as he checked the ship's systems again.

andrea and James finally finished packing everything up and gathered all the stuff that they needed to bring over to the odyssey "okay i guess that's everything, now let's get the hell out of here." andrea said with determination and frustration in her voice. james nodded in agreement, and together they were on their way to the main deck that leads to the connection bridge "hey percy, we're on our way to the odyssey" andrea said as she and james made their way up the ladder to Deck B. percy however was already on his way to the odyssey while carrying paul and the remaining items in his bag. but something caught his attention and made him stop. a faint rustling noise came from one of the ceiling. percy then notice something dripping on his shoulder and without warning a tail with a sharp stinger had pierced though his chest as white synthetic fluids splattered out from his mouth. the tail began to lift him up to the air shaft after percy dropped the bag to the floor.

andrea and james heard percy's cries for help through their communication headsets and immediately ran to his location "percy, percy do you read!" James yelled as they both saw the android being lifted into the air-shaft by the alien tail, it belonged to big chap jr. in an instant the creature used its inner mouth to bite through percy's head as synthetic fluids splattered everywhere . the creature then pulled itself back into the air shaft and disappeared, leaving andrea and james in shock. "god damn it, josh you copy me?" Andrea said with urgency through her communication headset. "what's happening andrea?" Josh replied through his communication headset. "its percy, he... we lost percy, big chap jr just...killed him. now listen, just come over here on the niridesis and get the sack that percy dropped okay and be sure to bring a flamethrower! now hurry up" Andrea yelled through her communication headset. "i'm coming over!" Josh said before placing his dog apollo into one of the hypersleep chambers, and immediately ran to the airlock, grabbed his flamethrower and left the odyssey.

meanwhile on Deck B, James and andrea started looking for the self-destruct system "ok, we have to find the self-destruct system and get to the odyssey before we get ourselves killed." James said as he pulled out a blueprint of the niridesis. Andrea nodded in agreement, they then quickly looked over the blueprint of the niridesis and found out the location of the self-destruct system. they then made their way to it in hopes to destroy the niridesis along with the alien creature.

Josh arrived at Deck B, ran over to the corridors and grabbed the bag that percy had dropped. he then took a long look as he saw the mess that big chap jr made and the damage its done to percy, to josh's surprise and horror he saw a lot of percy's parts on the ground and his synthetic fluids splattered on the floor. he then took the flamethrower then turned it on as he checked his surroundings to make sure if big chap jr nearby. eventually he knew that the coast was clear and went back to the odyssey "guys do you read me, i got the bag and i'm heading back to the odyssey." josh said through his communication headset. "alright, we're on our way to the self-destruct system. so just go back to the odyssey and wait for us." andrea said through josh's communication headset.

unknown to andrea and james, they were being stalked by big chap jr as they were heading to the self-destruct system "ok, so the self destruct device is much like the nostromo's version, except that it has a 15 minute delay." James said as he and andrea walked through the corridors "ok, and i know that there is an option override it." Andrea explained, however she stepped on something slimy. she looked down to see that the ground was covered in some kind of resin like substance and the two of them realized that it was saliva that big chap was drooling.

Andrea and James froze as they stared at each-other with fear in their eyes "its here!" andrea uttered as her eyes shifted, checking her surroundings if there is any sign of big chap jr anywhere. they both heard noises coming from the vents and saw something dripping from the air shaft, then saw it emerge from the shaft and landed on its feet. big chap jr growled and snarled at them as it was ready to strike.