Chapter 11
Michael arrives at his apartment building and puts the bike in the bike room and goes up to the fourth floor and sneaks in through the fire door. None of the staff notices when Michael sneaks in through the fire door.
Teresagatan (Michael's residence) Zinkensdamm area
Michel goes into his apartment and changes his clothes as they are once again stained with the Alien Queen's drool and also slime from the eggs when he lifted them. Michael washes his hands very carefully, after all he has pushed his finger into one of the facehuggers proboscis and who knows what bacteria might be there. Michael remembers the strong erotic feeling he got when he pushed his finger into the facehuggers proboscis and he regrets not having pushed it in longer. It was such a special feeling when he pressed his finger into the soft and gooey proboscis. Michael thinks that there will surely be several occasions when he can do the same thing again. Michael wipes his wet hands and goes into the kitchen and throws away the empty muffin bag and puts Sven's coffee cup in the sink.
Michael splashes some washing-up liquid on the dirty dishes and turns on the tap and begins to fill the washing-up tub with hot water. Michael stands thinking about what has happened today as the sink fills with water and he can't help but grin at some of the things that have happened. Michael does not regret killing the caretaker and the four rude people in the sauna. They had themselves to blame. Michael didn't like the fact that the four of them were talking shit about him. But Michael also remembers what happened on the ferry and he wonders if he would have been hurt by the Chestburster if he had stayed on the lower deck.
Michael thinks it's very cool that Sven wants to come along and greet the Alien queen. Michael had never thought that Sven would dare to do it, but he thinks it is positive that Sven wants to come with him there. When the sink is filled with hot water, Michael begins to wash the dishes. He washes the big plate and pan first. Michael is almost done with the dishes when there is a knock on his door. Michael suspects that it might be Krister and he calls out to him.
- Come in. The door is unlocked.
The door opens and Krister enters Michael's apartment. Krister looks worried and looks at Michael.
- Did you see Mia when you and Sven were at Gröna lund? She should have come home by now.
- Sven and I were never inside Gröna lund, so I don't know. She wasn't on the ferry there anyway. When did Mia leave the accommodation and did she have anyone with her?
- I think she left the accommodation just before Sven picked you up and she wanted to go alone so she didn't have any staff with her.
- In that case, maybe she took the ferry that Sven and I missed. Can Mia really go off on her own given her ticks?
- I'm not going to discuss that with you. We never allow users to discuss other users and what they are allowed to do. You should know that by now.
- Of course. I apologize.
- It's cool. Speaking of going out without staff. I and the rest of the staff have decided that you will have a temporary curfew in view of what has happened today. We just don't trust you. If you want to go out, you must have a staff member with you. Sven and you can of course meet, but you must not go out alone. Have you understood the new temporary rules?
- Yes, but you are stupid. I haven't done anything stupid and shouldn't be punished with some bloody temporary curfew. Talk to my parents first. They had never done that to me.
- We have actually spoken to them and they agreed with us. It is obvious that you have lied to us. We called Stefan and he said that you had not met him today. We have not been able to get hold of Tommy but we have left a message on his answering machine so we hope he will call us later. There is a witness who has seen you cycling up from that tunnel at Mariatorget. What did you do there?
- Sven and I had talked about the tunnel at some point and I was curious about what it looked like down there.
- But you didn't tell me that you had been there when I asked you earlier when Sven was here. You could have told me you had been in the tunnel but you didn't. Why was Sven in such a hurry to get out of here?
- His grandmother had injured herself and is in the emergency room at Karolinska hospital.
- Is it true? You're not lying to me now?
- You can call him yourself and ask. Well, it's late now so there aren't many places to go. Except Zinkensdamm's sports ground.
- You are not welcome there. The janitor has called us and said you are not allowed to rummage through their trash cans.
- I could have watched them practice on the football field.
- You're not even interested in football. No, you stay at the accommodation. You are welcome to be social and join in the communal kitchen. Belinda has bought vanilla buns and she offers them at 7pm I think.
- Mmm It will be delicious. Who is the night staff tonight?
- There will be a substitute. Her name is Amanda. Fia was supposed to work, but she has fallen ill.
Krister sniffs the air and grimaces slightly.
- That strange smell feels stronger than before.
Michael shrugs.
- Ah. The pants and shirt got a little wet when I spilled some water on them. It is therefore.
Krister doesn't really seem to believe what Michael is saying but doesn't argue with him and doesn't go to the bathroom to examine the clothes.
- You have to wash those clothes the next time you have the laundry room. It's on.. Sunday.
- Of course I was going to wash them. I'm not stupid.
- I know.
Krister looks at her watch and looks at Michael.
- I have to go and help another resident. Well, now you know what the rules are. See you later in the communal kitchen.
- We'll do that.
Krister walks out of Michael's apartment and Michael is upset that he got a temporary curfew but he also thinks that if they knew what he had done today, he would have gotten more than a curfew. Apparently they had taken him to the police station and forced him to tell the police what had happened and Michael had not accepted it.
Michael would have liked to cycle back to the sports field and watch as the adult Alien monsters created panic but he has already seen many Alien attacks up close today and still feels satisfied with what he has seen,
Rosenbad
The Prime Minister sits in his private living room at Rosenbad and takes out a good whiskey. It has been a very quiet day and he has only been to a short meeting where they discussed foreign policy. Everyone agreed and the papers were signed very quickly. It's not usually this smooth, but the Prime Minister was pleased that everything went so quickly and efficiently. Now he can relax and take it easy for the rest of the evening. Tomorrow they will have another meeting and it will probably be about the various criminal gangs that create chaos in the suburbs and in Kungsträdgården. Many elderly people do not feel safe when the criminal gangs are in Kungsträdgården and the prime minister feels that something must be done about the problem.
Tomorrow there probably won't be that many gangs in Kungsträdgården because there will be a theater show and they will have a horse and some other animals with them. Since the event is free, it will attract many families with children there and the criminal gangs tend to avoid families with children and large crowds luckily. A little later in the day, a popular hip-hop artist will perform on the same stage and then it can get rowdy, but the police have already promised to have several teams in place both before and after the concert.
The prime minister tastes his whiskey and he thinks it's really good. The Prime Minister puts the whiskey glass down on the coffee table and flips through some papers that he has not had time to place in the respective folders. Being prime minister means a lot of paper work but also many important meetings and making good decisions for the security and well-being of the kingdom and the people.
There is a knock on the door to the Prime Minister's living room and he gets up to open the door. One of the prime minister's security advisers is standing at the door and he looks nervous. The Prime Minister says he can come in.
- Sorry to bother you so late, but there have been two serious incidents today. One occurred at Gröna lund and the other at T-Centralen. We need to discuss what has happened and whether we need to trigger a state of emergency.
- Okay, what has happened?
- Several people have been attacked and killed by two Alien monsters. You know, those monsters in the movie Aliens with Sigourney Weaver. The alien monster that killed and injured the people on Gröna lund has been shot by the police, but the other is currently creating panic on Sveavägen. A larger police patrol is on its way there. 60 people have died at Gröna Lund and over 70 have been injured by the Alien monster. It is still unknown how many people have been killed at T-Centralen, but rumors say that at least 50 people who were on a subway train have been killed and at T-Centralen itself, the police say that 30 people have been killed. So it is about over 80 people and the monster has continued to kill people on Sveavägen.
The Prime Minister looks at his security adviser and he thinks at first that this must be a stupid joke but the adviser looks very serious.
- Okay. That doesn't sound very good at all. It must be two people who have dressed up as the Alien nmonsters. They only exist in the world of movies.
- Unfortunately, that is not the case. They.. unfortunately seem to exist and they have concentrated acid as blood. The alien monster that killed the humans was born from a person's chest or stomach on the ferry that goes from Skeppsholmen to Gröna lund. The police have already shown me footage from a surveillance camera that was on the ferry and it looked very brutal. I can show the clip if you want. The alien monster killed several of the passengers on the ferry.
- I don't need to see the clip, but I don't understand. How can these monsters exist in reality? They shouldn't be able to exist.
- Neither the police nor I can answer that question. They also want to know how it can be possible. A security guard at T-Centralen has said he saw an Alien egg on the lower platform so it must have started there. The security guard has tried to see how the egg got there but there is too much interference on the surveillance cameras. The current area where the egg was found is cordoned off with police tape for a more thorough investigation.
- How many people know what has happened?
- So far, only the police and witnesses from Gröna lund and T-Centralen that have survived, as well as those who have been injured and are in the hospitals. All witnesses have been told to remain silent, so far. My colleague and I have been debating whether the news should find out about this but we wanted to discuss it with you first. We prefer to avoid panic in the city. My colleague will arrive soon. He would just call his family and make sure they were safe. They were supposed to visit Gröna Lund today, but luckily it never happened.
- I understand. I don't understand how these monsters can suddenly exist for real. The most important thing is to avoid panic among the people.
There is a knock on the door and the second security advisor enters and the first advisor turns to him.
- I have explained what has happened at Gröna lund and T-Centralen. Now it is up to the Prime Minister and us to decide what will happen.
The Prime Minister sits down at the sofa again and he sits and thinks about what he has heard and whether a state of emergency should be triggered. What has happened is terrible and he suffers with those who have been killed and injured even though he does not know them personally. The Prime Minister thinks that the biggest question is whether it can happen again. If it does then he will probably have to trigger a state of emergency but so far this incident appears to be isolated and may never happen again. The Prime Minister stands up and looks at his two security advisers.
- I am not triggering a state of emergency so far because the two events seem to be isolated. The news is allowed to talk about the event on TV if they mention that the monsters are killed and everything is under control.
The two security advisors nod and the Prime Minister looks at them seriously.
- I want you to keep an eye on the situation and tell me if something similar happens. Has anyone taken care of the egg that was at T-Centralen?
- The police have collected it so that it is with them.
- Okay, but then we'll wait and see how the situation develops. I guess both the police and the ambulance know what has happened.
- All the police and ambulances have received information about the events. We felt it was unnecessary to trigger a state of emergency unless some more things happen. The policepatrol are almost at Sveavägen and they have heavy weapons.
The Prime Minister thanks his security advisers and they leave the room. The Prime Minister sits down again and drinks his whiskey. He still has a hard time believing what he's been told but he begins a mental plan of what needs to be done if the worst happens. It's best to be prepared when it comes to Alien monsters. The Prime Minister pauses in his thoughts and furrows his brows. Where do the eggs come from? Imagine if the Alien queen also exists in reality. Then they have big problems and he prefers not to think like that, but the Prime Minister has a terrible premonition that the problems have just begun and he sincerely hopes that he is wrong.
The prime minister suddenly feels uneasy all over and feels that he needs fresh air so he goes and opens the balcony door and goes out onto the large balcony. The Prime Minister looks out over the water and all the tourists who are moving all the time and none of the tourists seem scared and that calms him down. The sun shines from a cloudless sky and it is quite warm outside even though it is 7 p.m. The Prime Minister sits down on one of the chairs on the balcony and looks towards the sun. The whiskey can wait until later.
Sveavägen
There are many people in motion on the long street even though many shops have already closed for the day. Some people simply want to go for a walk, and because Sveavägen is so large and long, there is almost always plenty of room for both pedestrians and those driving their cars.
But tonight, it's not just people who are moving on the street. The alien monster that was born in a subway train at the T-Centralen has made it here because it has been attracted by the energy fields of all the people. The alien monster can both see the people through two eyes that are hidden, but it can also feel their energy field without problems and it is easier the more there are. Some of the people see the Alien monster and some of them go in another direction to avoid the monster while others don't care about it.
A young couple is walking out of a nice restaurant they have eaten at and they are thinking about which road is closest to their home. Both the man and the woman have actually drunk too much alcohol and don't have a very good grasp of themselves and their surroundings, but they still have fun and goof around on the street. The young couple are approaching an alley where they can go in different directions and the man wants to fool around with his woman and runs ahead so he can hide on the side of a building which is right next to the alley The man can't be seen from the street if he hides just right at the gable of the building. The man arrives at the building and stands by the gable, giggling quietly.
Although the sun is shining, it is very dark in the alley and the man cannot see all the way to where the alley ends. The man smells a strong smell of hot iron but he doesn't think much of it. There is also a faint constant slippery sound further into the alley, but the man doesn't care about the sound either. The woman is trying to catch up with her husband and is careless and stumbles on the street and the tip of her high-heeled shoe gets stuck in the lid of a street well and she almost falls when her foot gets stuck and it suddenly stops. The woman looks away towards the alley where her husband disappeared and she shouts loudly.
- Honey, I've got my shoes stuck in the lid of a street well. Can you help me?
The man hears her and grins to himself because he thinks it's a trick but he's not that easily fooled. The man senses some movement right next to him and he turns his head in the direction he saw the movement but he sees nothing unusual. It must have been imagination or he's had too much to drink. The smell of hot iron grows stronger and the man snorts at the smell. The man sees five policemen walking across the street and they seem to be looking for something. The man walks further into the alley so that he is not so easily seen from across the street. The man sees that the ground looks very wet in some places and he thinks it is strange. It hasn't rained for several days, but it might be condensation from somewhere.
The man senses a movement right next to him and he turns his head again and this time he sees something there but whatever it is, it's as dark as the alley itself. The man senses a banana-like head and immediately thinks that this cannot be a human. Something wet and warm begins to run down one of the man's arms and when he looks closer at the strange thing he sees that large amounts of drool are flowing from a large jaw and he realizes that it is drool landing on his arm and he is disgusted of that knowledge. The man thinks this must be some monster. They always drool a lot.
The man doesn't feel comfortable standing so close to the monster so he goes back to where he was before but he soon sees that the monster is following him and now that it is no longer completely in shadow the man recognizes the monster. It's the monster from the Alien movies and the man is surprised to see it here. The alien monster opens its large jaw and the man sees the inner mouth and large amounts of transparent drool land on the man's right arm and shoulder. The inner mouth shoots out with great force and hits the side of the man's head and there is a loud crack. The man begins to stagger out into the street as blood spurts from the right side of his head. The woman can now see her husband again and her shoe is still stuck in the lid of the street well. The woman cannot yet see her husband's injury.
The alien monster approaches the injured man and the inner mouth shoots out again and hits his back and the inner mouth has such high power that it continues into his body and there is a cracking sound and part of the alien monster's inner mouth protrudes from the man's ruptured stomach and part of an intestine hangs over the very mouth like a red curtain. It looks very morbid and the woman sees what is happening and understands that this is not a joke but bloody serious and she increases her efforts to get the shoe heel from the street well lid. The alien monster pulls the inner mouth out of the man's body and his body lands on the ground with a loud thud. The police hear the thud and turn around to see the Alien monster. The leader of the police patrol gives the order to shoot.
- There it is! Shoot it!
The alien monster approaches the woman and she finally manages to get free and starts to pull away but the alien monster moves very fast. Meanwhile, the police raise their sharp weapons and aim at the monster, but it moves incredibly fast, so it's not very easy for them. The alien monster lashes out with its long arms and the sharp claws tear apart the woman's stomach and her intestines begin to spill out of the resulting hole. The woman's body begins to sway back and forth as blood spurts out from the hole in her stomach but the Alien monster moves forward and leaves the woman.
An elderly man walks out of one of the department stores that is open a little longer than the others and he goes out into the street and sees the Alien monster and he blinks several times to see if he is seeing correctly. The sight is so incredibly absurd that the man does not want to believe what he sees. The older man hasn't seen the Alien movies so he doesn't know what kind of monster it is, but he still sees that it is a monster and that it moves in such a way that it can hardly be someone who has dressed up. The alien monster has its head turned away from the man but the long and spine-like tail begins to move towards the man and he jumps away.
Two of the police officers on the other side of the street fire a first shot at the Alien monster, hitting its head. The Alien monster backs up and the violent movement causes the end of the spine-like tail to penetrate the elderly man's stomach and it continues to continuously penetrate the stomach until there is a loud splashing sound and the end of the Alien monster's tail protrudes through the elderly man's back. The tail has torn several nerves in the elderly man's body and if the Alien monster's tail had not been so strong, the man would have fallen to the ground but it holds his body like a puppet.
The man is in so much pain that he can neither scream nor move. The alien monster's tail begins to lift upwards and it tears more nerves on the way up from the man's stomach. The tail is so sharp that it splits most of the organs it moves through and blood pours out from both the stomach and back of the older man. The man can see the strong tail approaching his chest and he hopes he won't suffer for long. The police understand that the man will die so it doesn't matter if they happen to hit him when they shoot at the Alien monster. The police move and three of them fire at the Alien monster, hitting its head, chest and left arm. Large amounts of yellow blood begin to spurt from the Alien monster's chest and the police know that it is mortally wounded but that does not make it any less dangerous. The yellow blood corrodes the ground and the ground begins to smoke heavily and sizzle loudly.
The alien monster begins to move towards the police and its strong tail is pulled out from the older man's body and he falls to the ground. The alien monster moves very fast towards the police and they shoot at it again but miss because it moves so fast. The leader shouts to the others.
- Retreat. It's too close.
All the cops back away from the monster but they have their guns pointed at it. The alien monster shoots out its inner mouth with high force but only hits a tin sign and there is a big hole in it after the alien monster's inner mouth. A younger heavily pregnant girl comes out of a clothing store that is still open and she sees the Alien monster and she moves towards the store's entrance again. But the Alien monster has seen her and it lashes out with its strong arms and rips open her large stomach and its clawed hands continue to penetrate through the thick stomach. When the Alien monster finally pulls its hands out of the stomach, they are red with blood and the unborn fetus follows a bit out of the stomach and hangs from the girl's fat stomach. The fetus's umbilical cord pulses weakly and it is obvious that it has been torn by the sharp claws. The younger girl lands on the ground and she doesn't move anymore.
The police are disgusted by what they see and shoot at the Alien monster again. The hard shots hit its head, long arms and legs. The force of the bullets is so great that the Alien monster's legs are knocked away and it lands on the ground but gets up again very quickly. Yellow blood oozes from its head, arms and legs but the monster keeps moving relentlessly forward. All the policemen move backwards but one of them accidentally walks into a metal pole and it hurts his back. The policeman who walked right into the metal pole continues to move backwards but the seconds he has been standing still has caused the Alien monster to get very close to him.
The alien monster approaches the policeman who walked right into the pole and it opens its big jaw and exposes the inner mouth. Large quantities of transparent drool continuously flow from the Alien monster's jaw and teeth. The alien monster's inner mouth shoots out at the cop's face, crushing it with a nasty cracking sound. The other officers grimace when they hear the nasty sound and they hope their colleague will survive. But the Alien monster's inner mouth shoots out again with great force, shattering the cop's trachea, and the small jaws on the inner mouth pull off most of the trachea and the flesh underneath. The officer can no longer breathe because he no longer has a windpipe and the other officers understand that they have to deliver bad news to the officer's family. The children in the family will never see their father again. They will never again hear him read a bedtime story to them.
- No! Not Simon. You bastard. I'm gonna fucking kill you.
One of the cops becomes enraged with grief and anger that the Alien monster kills one of his colleagues and he advances towards the monster while continuously firing at it. The cop doesn't use his aim when he shoots and not all bullets hit the Alien monster but it still gets hit several times in the chest and arms. The yellow blood splashes from the wounds in the Alien monster's chest and some of it lands on the police who shoot at the monster but he ignores the sharp pain as the blood eats his skin and he continues to shoot the monster. The alien monster shoots the inner mouth at the police and the inner mouth is hit by one of the shots and the strong teeth are torn by the hard bullet and the yellow blood sprays right on the police's face and the strong acid blinds him instantly. But the police continue to shoot at the Alien monster and its body begins to sway back and forth as the yellow blood spurts out under high pressure from many wounds. There is heavy smoke from the policeman's face and he can no longer stand upright and collapses in a heap on the ground. But the Alien monster can't stay upright either and after a short while it lands right on the body of the lying policeman and it doesn't get up again.
The other officers run up to their injured colleague and pull the Alien monster's body away from his body. The injured policeman cannot see his colleagues but he can hear them and they are talking to each other.
- Oh Douglas, it was a shame you were injured but so brave you were.
- I was so pissed off when the monster killed Simon. It doesn't matter that I'm blind and injured. The most important thing was to stop the monster.
- We know. We will make sure that you receive care as soon as possible.
- Can you tell my wife what has happened?
- Of course. A colleague accompanies you to the hospital.
One of the policemen takes out his mobile phone and calls the ambulance. They are nearby and it is not long before Douglas has been loaded into the ambulance and they are driving towards Karolinska Hospital.
Some of the police walk over to their parked police van and get several empty body bags and they put the dead bodies in each body bag. Even the Alien monster is placed in a body bag.
The leader of the police patrol gathers all the police officers and looks at them.
- Good job everyone. Unfortunately we lost a colleague today but he also did a very good job. Let's hope Douglas gets better soon. If we're lucky, he may get his sight back again. I will inform my other colleagues that the Alien monster is killed.
The leader of the police patrol picks up his cell phone and calls the police station and tells them that Simon is dead and that Douglas is injured and that the Alien monster from T-Centralen has been killed. Those sitting at the reception desk in the police station relay the information to other colleagues and two newsrooms.
A terrible day is over and the police can breathe a sigh of relief and they hope that there will be no more Alien monsters creating panic and killing innocent people.
Teresagatan (Michael's residence) Zinkensdamm area
Michael is sitting in the common kitchen and having coffee with the other users of the accommodation and they are having a great time. The vanilla buns that Belinda has bought are very good. Michael looks at the chair where Mia usually sits and he suspects that she has been killed by the Alien monster but he doesn't want to talk about it and create a bad feeling so he keeps quiet about what he knows. None of the other users comment that she is missing, but Michael can see that Krister's gaze wanders towards the empty chair at regular intervals. When everyone has finished their coffee, Michael goes back into his apartment and turns on his TV.
It's some entertainment program and it shows a lot of clips of people fighting and Michael thinks it's entertaining. Michael laughs out loud several times and when the program ends, the news begins. Michael first thinks to change the channel but then he realizes that maybe they will talk about what has happened at Gröna lund. The newscaster starts right away by telling what has happened at Gröna lund.
Michael finds out that the Alien monster at Gröna Lund is now dead and that a total of 60 people were killed and that over 70 were injured by the Alien monster. Michael thought there would be more. The newscaster also tells that the Alien monster that created panic at T-Centralen has also been killed, but it is never said how many were killed or injured by that monster. A policeman is interviewed and he tells how they killed the monster. The alien monster killed and injured people on Sveavägen. The police promise that everything is back to normal and no one needs to worry.
Michael smiles to himself because he understands that neither the police nor the Newscaster know what has happened at Zinkensdamm's sports field. Maybe they'll find out later, but by then it's already too late. Michael wonders what the five Alien monsters are doing right now. Maybe they've made it to the tunnel where the Alien Queen lives. Michael guesses that the Alien monsters sleep during the night or are less active.
Michael turns off his TV and goes to bed. Michael is actually quite tired after the day's events and it doesn't take long before he falls asleep and dreams about what has happened during the day.
Disclaimer: Facehugger, Chestburster, Alien, Alien Warriors, Alien Queen Belongs to Disney/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation