Chapter 14
Kungsträdgården
Several of the girls who have been attacked by each facehugger suddenly get up and leave their seats. Even Torgny and one of the few men who have been attacked also leave and Michael spontaneously thinks it's a shame he's missing out on some of the fun.
But the girls and the few men soon return and they bring food they bought at the fast food kiosk and Michael realizes that their growing chestbursters have made them so hungry that they have to buy food. They may need to eat food in order for their chestburster to be born from their chest. Michael sees that the fat woman who has a dog with her is also feeding her big Grand Danios dog and those sitting closest to the dog have to get up from their chairs so the dog has room to eat and they don't look very amused.
Michael looks at his watch and really the show should be starting now but no one is out on the actual stage yet. Michael knows that there are often delays at big events because there are many things that have to work properly before everything can start. Michael can hear the horse neighing at regular intervals and the gray seal can also be heard sometimes. Michael thinks that the show will probably be more circus than theater because there are two animals and there was a car with a clown a little way from the animals' paddock. After five minutes of waiting, a stressed younger girl comes on stage and she has a microphone with her and starts talking.
- Sorry for keeping you waiting. Yes, the show is about to start and we have discovered a small mistake that our organizer has made. This is not a theater but a circus show and we hope no theatre-loving person will be saddened. Soon our clown Beman will come out on stage and will entertain you a bit and we need some human interaction from someone who wants to help. Do we have any children or adults who want to help our clown? Raise your hands if so.
There aren't that many children in the audience, but the few who are there raise their hands. There doesn't seem to be any adult who wants to help and the girl stands looking at the outstretched hands and finally points to Torgny's child.
- Do you want to help? Please come on stage.
Torgny's child gets up and goes on stage and the younger girl on stage claps her hands.
- So good. Then we just wait for the clown. There will soon be a vendor selling popcorn and drinks and he will go around your seats selling the popcorn. Please have the money ready if you want to buy popcorn and drink, and you can pay both in cash, with Swish and with a bank card. Popcorn and drinks cost SEK 25 so it's very cheap.
The younger girl smiles at the audience and it's not long before a very colorful clown comes out on stage. The younger girl starts talking again.
- Yes, then the clown is in place so now it's time to start our show, And as everyone knows, we ask for the greatest possible silence.
The younger girl leaves the stage and the clown begins to make little faces and fool around with Torgny's children. Neither the child nor the clown says anything, but there is no need because everyone understands what the clown means. A seller walks between the audience's seats and sells popcorn and drinks and Michael feels hungry and buys a big popcorn bag and a drink. Michael hasn't eaten since 09 and now it's past 12, so maybe it's not so strange that he's hungry. Michael has also both cycled and walked around the area.
The clown takes out a painting easel and paints on it and Torgny's children help paint and it turns out really nice. The clown juggles several balls and manages to catch all the balls without them reaching the ground and it goes like a whoosh through the audience. This clown is good. The clown lets Torgny's child choose a card from a deck and pulls out an exact matching card from the deck. It's like magic.
The clown's show is almost over and he bows as the audience applauds and the younger girl comes back on stage and happily greets Torgny's child.
- You should have a big thank you. You can sit down again if you want. Now we will soon get to know a big crowd favorite, namely the horse Molly. Molly is ten years old but is still as mischievous as when she was a foal. How many of you in the audience watch SVT summer morning?
Torgny's child goes and sits at her chair again and she looks very happy. No one in the audience seems to have seen the summer morning show so the younger girl continues.
- Molly was in today's program before we drove here, so if you want to see more of her and hear her fantastic story, watch the replay tonight or on SVT play. Before Molly comes on stage, I just want to ask the children and the adults not to make loud noises when Molly comes on stage. She doesn't like it so please respect that. We will also soon make the acquaintance of another animal star, namely the gray seal chubby. You can say that Knubbe is a real gentleman and loves cuddling but also a lot of fish. Well, now we're just waiting for Molly and Knubbe and they'll be there soon.
The younger girl leaves the stage and Michael is expectant because he knows what has happened to the horse and he wants to see the result. But of course MIchael also wants to see when the chestbursts explode from people's chests. Michael sees that a person is sitting and filming everything and he remembers what he heard earlier, namely that a parent is live streaming the whole show on Youtube. Therefore, people who don't live in Stockholm can see the show and hopefully also when a chestburster is born from the horse.
Michael hears the neighing of the horse approaching and after a short while it comes walking next to the stage and it goes up the steps on the stage and positions itself so that it is standing in profile. Michael thinks it looks like the horse is fatter around the belly than it was before but it could be the light that makes it look that way. The horse's trainer and another person accompany the horse up to the stage and stand right next to the horse. The gray seal also climbs the stairs, but it stays in the background behind the horse.
The horse's trainer makes a sign with his hand and the horse lies down on the stage with all four feet up and appears to be pretending to sleep. Michael sees a fierce and fast movement on the horse's belly. It looks as if something from inside the horse is pushing its stomach upwards and Michael realizes that it is the Chestburster that wants to come out of its host. The horse's trainer doesn't seem to see the movement even though it was clear but some in the audience sitting near the stage start muttering and pointing at the horse's belly.
A half-high wooden bench is rolled onto the stage and the horse's trainer makes another sign and the horse stands up and walks to the far end of the stage and then it starts running towards the wooden bench and when it is close enough the horse jumps over the wooden bench and it lands very well on other side of the wooden bench and runs back to where it started. One of the trainers places a smaller bench above the half-high wooden bench and the horse runs towards it again and jumps over without disturbing the new bench standing there. The trainer who brought the smaller bench brings some hay for the horse and then the wooden bench is rolled away from the stage.
The horse's trainer jumps on the horse's back and someone behind the scenes starts a rhythmic pop song and the horse starts to move in time with the music and it almost looks like it is dancing. Michael sees a very violent movement at the horse's belly and this time even the trainer seems to notice because he looks very surprised and a little worried. The horse continues to move in time with the music and also wags its tail at regular intervals. Many in the audience start clapping to the music but not Michael because he is so focused on seeing if the Chestburster moves again.
Suddenly the horse loses its balance and falls onto the stage and the trainer almost falls off the horse but manages to stay on its back. The horse's trainer calms the horse down by talking quietly to it and it looks as if the horse is about to stand up again when a great tremor moves through the horse's body. Looking worried, the horse's trainer dismounts from the horse and walks over to its head, patting the horse's head gently. He speaks softly but the words are heard through the speakers.
- Molly, what's going on? Are you not feeling well?
It looks like the horse is making another attempt to get up but it just pulls its legs to itself and lies on its side on the stage with its legs splayed out and its belly facing the audience. Small twitches are constantly visible in the horse's loins. The horse's trainer looks at the lying horse and looks like he's thinking this is still part of the show.
- Well, Molly. I thought you were sick but I had forgotten. We have to sleep too.
The horse's trainer lies down on the stage floor so that he has the horse's leg on his back and then he pretends to snore. Part of the audience laughs nervously. They also thought the horse was unwell. The horse begins to shake as if it has epilepsy or seizures, but Michael can also see how the horse's stomach moves violently and he guesses that it is the Chestburster's violent movements in the stomach that make the horse's body shake. The horse's owner notices that the horse is shaking and he gets up and looks at the horse with pity.
- Oh no.
The horse neighs loudly a few times and Michael can see that its eyes are wide open. This is a new experience for the horse and it is probably scared. The horse stops shaking and snorts a few times and seeks eye contact with its trainer. The trainer squats down and pats the horse's head, but the hand soon moves down to the abdomen and stomach. Michael sees a big movement in the horse's belly and the trainer has his hand right at the belly when it happens and he backs away.
- What the hell happened? That...doesn't seem normal at all.
The horse's belly begins to bulge outwards just as if something from the inside is pressing against the belly all the time. The bulge goes away after a few seconds but it comes back after a few seconds and it keeps getting stronger. The trainer backs away from the horse, looking shocked. Some children and other younger people are heard talking to their parents.
- Is the horse giving birth?
The parents don't know what to believe but they answer anyway
- It doesn't look like that. This is something else but I don't know what it is.
The activity in the horse's stomach increases every second and the bulging and movements become stronger and stronger. Michael can see that the horse's belly is now bulging wildly and it almost looks like live worms are crawling in it the few times it doesn't bulge. A thump begins to be heard every time the bends are seen and the sound propagates through the wooden floor of the stage. The trainer seems disoriented and stands looking at the horse. The coach realizes that the crowd is sitting right behind him and he turns to face them.
- This does not belong to the show. I think we have a big problem. I don't really know what...
An extremely strong bulge is visible on the horse's stomach and suddenly there is a huge explosion of blood and guts from the horse's stomach and something foreign comes out of the stomach and lands on the stage behind the trainer. The back of the trainer's shirt gets completely covered by all the blood and other loose contents that squirt out from the horse's open belly. What comes out of the horse's belly looks like a smaller Alien monster but it is quadrupedal and has an even more elongated head and it extends its long inner mouth and makes a loud scream. There is a lot of blood pouring from the Alien monster's head and some of the horse's intestines are stuck on top of its head, but when the Alien monster raises its head, the intestines land on the stage floor with a loud thud. No one in the audience says anything. The blood from the horse's belly flows down from the stage and onto the ground where the audience sits.
Michael is very surprised that it is not a Chestburster that came out of the horse. This creature looks almost like an adult Alien, although it is significantly smaller and walks on all fours instead of upright. Michael concludes that the Chestburster has taken in enough nutrition that it has continued to grow before birth but is not yet fully grown. Michael also guesses that the monster is four-legged because it comes from a four-legged host.
There is another explosion of blood and guts and another Alien monster comes onto the scene but it is even smaller than the monster that came out of the horse. This new monster is also quadrupedal and it makes a loud screeching sound when it comes to the first monster. Michael understands that this new monster must come from the gray seal but the gray seal is not visible because the reclining horse hides the gray seal. Michael thinks it's strange that the gray seal never made a sound but maybe it was never scared or in pain. It could also be the case that the gray seal has died for some reason, but Michael doesn't think so.
The two Alien monsters look at the horse's trainer and he turns to see what has happened and the two monsters immediately go to attack and they shoot out their inner mouths and grab the trainer's soft flesh. The inner mouth of the monster born from the horse penetrates the trainer's stomach and grabs the soft and sloppy intestines and drags them out onto the stage floor and swallows them. The second monster that was born from the gray seal does not reach all the way to the stomach but instead to the legs and the inner mouth pulls the skin off the bone exposing the bones but also the flesh that is under the skin. The inner mouth shoots out again and pulls chunks of flesh from the trainer's legs while the other monster pulls out more intestines and other stomach contents. The blood flows on stage and mixes with the trainer's stomach contents and other things.
Some in the audience get up violently and leave the area while the others stay and watch what is happening. It seems they are paralyzed and don't know what to do. The trainer's body falls to the stage floor and the two monsters pull the body to them and continue to eat the meat. Soon there is no flesh left on the trainer's body and the two monsters seem to be looking down on the audience but choose to go further backstage and out to the back. There are loud screams of terror when the clown and the others belonging to the circus catch sight of the two Alien monsters.
Michael is at first surprised that the two Alien monsters didn't jump down to the audience and start eating them, but then he understands. The two monsters could somehow sense that there are several in the audience who have Chestbursters within them waiting to be born and therefore chose not to attack anyone in the audience. Michael realizes that maybe it's not just the Alien queen and her warriors who are smart, but also the younger Alien monsters as well as the full-grown ones. The chestbursters, on the other hand, don't seem as smart because they are still so young.
Several people in the audience start talking to each other and wondering what they should do now. Several of them still have popcorn left and the two monsters have left the stage so there doesn't seem to be any danger at this point. Michael can see that none of the Facehuggers victims have left the area and he smiles to himself. Most people think that everything will be reasonably normal again, but oh how wrong they are. The person who promised to stream the show on Youtube is still filming but he's only filming the audience right now and Michael resists the urge to wave at the camera. Michael both wants and does not want to appear on film. It is very complicated.
The younger girl who started the show comes on stage and she looks very sad. As soon as she comes on stage, many people in the audience start asking lots of things.
What kind of monster came out of the horse's belly and where did the other one come from? Are the monsters left behind the scenes? If not, are there any injuries? Will the show go on? Are we in the audience in danger? Has anyone called the police and the ambulance?
The younger girl who started the show picks up her microphone and tries to answer the questions and her voice is shaky and she almost breaks down in tears several times as she answers the questions.
- I don't know what kind of monster it was that came out of the horse, but I thought it looked like an Alien monster. You adults probably know what it is. The other monster came from our gray seal Knubbe. The monsters are no longer behind the scenes. They have left the Kungsträdgården. I don't know where they are now. Some of our workers were injured and need treatment. An ambulance is on its way to them. The show will not go on. We can't take it and don't want to have fun after this incident. Our beloved horse Molly died and it makes me so terribly sad. May she rest in peace. We have spoken with our organizer and there will soon be a concert with the hip-hop artist Roffet. The organizer believes that no one is in danger. But first before the concert, I want to hold a minute of silence for Molly, our beloved horse.
Everyone in the audience is completely silent for a minute and the younger girl soon leaves the stage and goes backstage. Michael sees some black-clad workers walk onto the stage and pull away the horse's trainer as well as the two dead animals and Michael can see that the name Roffet is written on the back of their shirts. Several younger girls come running and stand in front of the stage and they comment on the blood and disgust on stage.
- But damn, how disgusting. What have they done here?
Some of the older people in the audience get up and leave the area but several younger girls come running from further into the park and take the free seats right away and the younger girls are giggling and laughing all the time and they already have their cell phones in their hands so they can take a picture of their idol. Meanwhile, several workers wipe down the stage and it's not long until all the blood and gore is gone, except for what has run down from the stage and is on the ground in front of the stage. Some worker goes around collecting chairs. They don't want the crowd to sit down and the crowd starts to stand up.
There comes a big wave of running younger girls and guys and they stand as close to the stage as they can. Michael can see that they seem to be past their teenage years anyway even if they are young. The rumor that Roffet's concert is about to start has spread very quickly and Michael wonders if the new people in the audience know what has happened on stage. Two guards come running and they ask those closest to the stage to back off and then they position themselves so that they have the stage behind them. Michael recognizes one of the guards and knows that she has been attacked by a facehugger and he thinks this could be very interesting. The big show hasn't started yet. Michael wishes Alco-Märta and Spirits-Anna were here too so he can see when their Chestbursters are born too but they are not here.
The workers go down from the stage and are replaced by some others who have DJ equipment with them and another microphone but no instruments. Michael guesses that the background music is in the DJ equipment and he thinks it's cheating. The hip-hop artist doesn't feel authentic when he doesn't have real instruments on stage. The cheers from the younger audience increase as they see the equipment being placed on stage and Michael finds their shouting incredibly annoying. Can't they keep quiet? If it weren't for the fact that Michael wants to see the Chestbursters being born from the humans' chests, he would have left the area in front of the stage because he doesn't like the music that's going to be played and he's bothered by the screaming crowd. But he remains in the knowledge that those who scream soon will have completely different reasons for screaming.
The hip-hop artist Roffet comes on stage and the cheering increases even more and it almost hurts Michael's ears from the noise. Roffet stands at his microphone and smiles at the audience.
- It was good that I could start my concert a little earlier. Let's start my little show. We start with the song "Summer heat". It fits well on a sunny day like this.
The song starts and Michael recognizes the song almost immediately. It's Mungo Jerry's "In the summertime" but with different lyrics and a different tempo, but it's heard that it's that song and Michael thinks it's even more cheating. This artist has taken a song and added a slightly different rhythm and text, and the younger ones might think it's an original, but it's not. Mungo Jerry did this song back in 1970 and many of the younger people in the audience weren't born then. It's a very loud bass and it presses against Michael's chest even though he's standing a good distance from the stage. Michael likes it when there is loud music at a concert but the bass is so hard that it feels uncomfortable.
The big Great Dane dog starts whining and it's a very high pitched sound that feels unpleasant in Michael's ears as well as the others in the audience. The fat female dog owner tries to quiet her dog but the whining gets louder and soon sounds like a high-pitched howl. The dog owner looks at her dog and she looks annoyed.
- Fluffy, quiet. I'm just going to listen to this song and then we can go.
Suddenly, the dog's whole body starts to shake as if it has epilepsy, but Michael can also hear a thick and dull thumping and it seems to come from inside the dog. The dog owner is of course both horrified and sad when it looks as if her dog has had an epileptic seizure and she tries to force the dog down so that it lies on the ground. Michael can see that the creature inside the dog is using tremendous force to get out of its host and finally the dog owner sees the strong movements from the dog's stomach and abdominal area and begins to understand that the same thing that happened to the horse on stage is now happening to her dog . The creature inside the dog makes such a big movement that the dog loses its footing and lands on its side on the ground. It is now even more visible how the creature really kicks the dog's stomach in its eagerness to get out into freedom. The dog owner backs away from his dog. She definitely doesn't want to stand near the dog as the creature explodes from the dog's stomach.
The dog's stomach and abdomen explode in a large shower of blood and guts and a smaller Alien monster jumps out of the dog's stomach. The alien monster makes a very loud scream as it comes out of the dog's stomach. It's as if it welcomes this new world with a cry of joy. The alien monster is four-legged and is smaller than the one that came from the horse, but is still bigger than the monster that came from the gray seal. The alien monster's head is less wide at the sides but it is more elongated. Michael notices that the Alien monster has no growths on its back, it is completely flat. Michael can also see that the end of the Alien monster's tail is shaped differently compared to the Alien monsters born from humans. The alien monster seems to be looking at the dog owner but does not attack her but chooses another person standing nearby. The alien monster is very fast and it doesn't take long until only an empty and bloody skeleton remains of its victim. The alien monster quickly jumps to the next victim and begins to tear large chunks of flesh from the victim's body. The people standing near the person being attacked immediately leave the area, but they do not warn the other unsuspecting people of the danger in their midst.
The dog owner looks shocked but suddenly she grimaces in pain and holds her hand to her chest and staggers backwards. The dog owner accidentally pushes another visitor who is standing behind her and the visitor seems to get annoyed because the fat woman is pushing him. Michael walks further and he can hear the dog owner talking and he hears every word despite the loud music.
- Help me. There is something strange in my chest. I felt something move just now. Please call an ambulance.
The man looks at the fat woman and shakes his head. He doesn't want to be drawn into this. The woman begins to sob and she again holds her hand to her chest. The woman turns and sees Michael and it seems she recognizes him and she removes her hand from her chest and starts walking towards Michael. Michael remains where he is. Michael watches as the Chestburster makes an extremely powerful move in the woman's chest and she almost loses her balance but continues to move forward after a few seconds. The chestburster makes another powerful movement and the woman's whole body is jerked back and the woman's chest expands very much. It takes a few seconds but then the Chestburster again makes a powerful movement and this time it succeeds in making a hole in the skin because the woman's shirt quickly becomes bloody at the chest. The chestburster probably only needs to make one more vigorous movement and it will be born.
Michael looks at the woman and he sees in her eyes that she is in pain and that she wants help. But Michael can't help the woman. The chestburster makes an even more powerful movement and it is so powerful that the woman staggers backwards and falls to the ground with a thud. The chestburster jumps out of the woman's chest in a huge explosion of blood and body parts just before the woman's body lands on the ground. Michael thinks that the Chestburster has a terrible power when it ejects from the chest when it is born. The chestburster lets out a loud screech as it leaves the woman's chest and jumps onto the rocky ground. The chestburster chooses to turn around and attacks the man who didn't want to help the fat woman.
Meanwhile, something starts to happen with the Alien monster that came out of the dog. Its skin appears to split open in several places and several minor popping sounds are heard and the skin comes off completely, exposing a new skin that looks almost the same but is darker. The whole Alien monster starts to grow and when it is fully grown it is as tall as a St. Bernhard's dog. The alien monster quickly runs towards some half-aged people and it's not long before Michael hears their screams and sees blood spurt from their bodies as the monster attacks them.
Michael turns around and starts thinking about who was attacked after the dog and its owner and he soon remembers that it was the blonde who wanted a friend to buy her a drink and he looks for her in the crowd. Michael wants to see when the Chestburster is born from her chest because he thought she was so rude to whoever she called. Michael can't see the woman anywhere and he decides to move and walk further into the crowd. Michael remembers that she was wearing a light green cardigan so he looks for someone dressed like that.
Michael has almost passed the great sea of people when he catches sight of the blonde woman and he can see that she looks tormented. Michael sees that something is trying to push its way out of the woman's chest and it is distended more than normal. The blonde woman also watches as her chest is stretched out and she looks very scared. There are several people standing near the blonde woman but they don't notice what is happening, they are focused on the performer on stage. An even stronger movement is seen on the woman's chest and she seems to be completely out of breath and Michael can hear her gasping for air. A little blood flows from the woman's mouth. There are some loud crunching sounds from the woman's chest and Michael guesses that the Chestburster is eating parts of the hard ribcage. The woman looks confusedly at her chest and stomach and she does not understand what is happening. The chestburster makes another powerful move and explodes from the woman's chest in a large shower of blood and loose body parts. Michael has no idea what kind of body parts are coming out with the blood, but on the other hand, it doesn't matter. The chestburster lets out a loud scream and opens its jaw wide open. The metallic teeth glisten in the sunlight and Michael can see that they are very sharp.
The chestburster jumps out of the woman's chest and lands on the back of one of the humans and it begins to tear into the human's back, pulling out several chunks of flesh using its inner mouth. The person being attacked screams because it hurts and the others nearby try to pull the chestburster off his back but the chestburster bites one of the people in the face and pulls off part of the person's mouth and nose. Michael thinks it looks brutal, but he still can't help but smile at what he sees. Michael looks lovingly at the Chestburster.
Eat and grow big my friend.
Michael stands and watches as the chestburster continues to eat at the human's face but moves on to try and find the next facehugger victim. It was that woman who had a blanket and a thermos of coffee with her and she also had a small wooden basket in which she had the thermos of coffee and some buns. Michael remembers that she was wearing a pink colored dress but there are many women in the audience wearing it so Michael has to look more closely at the women to find the right person. Michael likes to keep moving and not stand in the same place all the time. The music from the stage fades but Michael can see that the artist is still standing up there and he doesn't seem to be concerned in any way. In the sudden silence, Michael hears some women standing nearby saying something interesting and he walks up to them.
- Oh my God. Did you see the movement in her chest? That can't be normal.
Michael looks at the women standing close to each other and it is not long before he spots the woman with the coffee thermos and the blanket and she still has her wooden basket in one hand and she looks both confused and surprised. The woman is facing away from the stage and appears to be talking to one of the other women. Michael steps forward a little so he can see the woman better. Michael hears that the ladies talk about everyday things and sometimes the woman answers a question. From the answers she gives, Michael gets the impression that she is quite lonely and only has these ladies as her real friends.
There is a cracking and crunching sound from the woman's chest and she looks scared again and puts one hand to her chest. The other women also hear the sound and they immediately become alert and look serious. One of the women is just about to say something when an extremely strong movement is seen from the woman's chest and it stretches out a lot. A new strong movement is seen a few seconds later and it is so strong that the woman staggers backwards and lands on the hard ground behind her. The woman's body begins to move in violent convulsions and she hits her head on the ground several times. It almost looks like invisible threads are tearing at her body but Michael knows it's just the Chestburster moving in her chest. Some of the other women lean over the lying woman to try to help her. The woman's chest is pushed up and there is a small explosion of blood and the nearest women get the blood on their faces because they have their faces close to her chest. The two women don't get hysterical, but they understand that this is very serious.
It rumbles and thumps from within the woman's chest as her body undergoes several major convulsions. One of the two women bends down and holds the woman's head so it doesn't hit the ground every time she convulses. The chestburster explodes out of the woman's chest in a larger shower of blood and body parts and it's almost like a horror figure emerging from a scare box. The chestburster screams out its birth cry and at the same time the music from the stage starts again and Michael guesses that the Hip-Hop artist has not seen what just happened. The harsh bass tones begin to vibrate in Michael's chest and he wonders if it might speed up the births of the other Chestburters. The chestburster jumps out of the woman's chest and part of her lung goes with it and lands on the ground. The woman bent over the female victim starts to get up but she is far too slow and the Chestburster jumps onto her body and begins to eat at her stomach. The woman desperately tries to knock the Chestburster off her body but it feasts on her flesh and the glistening intestines begin to spill out of her stomach. The other women quickly back away when they see what is happening. They have understood that they can become victims of this monster if they are too close.
Michael decides to go ahead and try to find the four girls who were giggling and playing around on the big blanket in the green area and he tries to remember where he last saw them. They may have left the area, but Michael guesses that they like this kind of music and are still somewhere near the stage. Michael pushes his way through the sea of audience while simultaneously looking at the people who are standing still but also those who are dancing to the music. Suddenly, Michael sees the four girls and they are quite close to the stage and they have found some friends that they are social with. Michael accidentally pushes a person who is filming the concert and he hears the person snarling at him.
- But be careful. I'm filming. Can't you see I'm filming?
Michael can see that the man has a mobile phone in his hand and that he seems to be filming the concert and Michael thinks it is so silly that the man is filming the concert. Michael's mind begins to spin and he suddenly begins to smile.
Filming. Of course! That I didn't think of it before.
Michael smiles even more as he takes his cell phone out of his pocket. He also intends to film, but not the concert, but when the remaining Chestbursters are born and these four girls are the next victims. Michael can see that there are many in the audience who have their mobile phones up and filming the concert. It probably won't show much if he points his mobile phone at the four girls. They don't look like teenagers so it's not illegal to film them. Michael walks forward so that he is closer to the four girls. They don't seem to notice him but talk and laugh at something their friends say.
Michael has his cell phone ready in his hand but he hasn't started filming yet. The girl standing furthest away suddenly clutches her chest and looks tormented. Michael raises his mobile phone slightly and starts filming the four girls. Two of the girls who are more in the middle also put their hands over their breasts and Michael can see that they also look tormented. Some of the girls' friends look questioningly at the two girls who look tormented. The very last girl who was attacked by a facehugger suddenly vomits and it is only red blood that she vomits. The friends closest to her look shocked and talk loudly.
- Oh shit! That doesn't look good.
The very last girl who just threw up quickly gets paler and paler in the face and she starts to wobble and the friends who are closest grab her and hold her so she won't fall to the ground. Michael thinks it looks like the very last girl is passing out but it could also be that the Chestburster in her chest has damaged some major blood vessel so she is starting to die from blood loss. A chestburster explodes from the chest of the girl standing furthest away, but only MIchael sees when it happens and he zooms in on the chestburster so that it is visible on the entire film frame. That's how good the sharpness of the mobile phone's camera is. The wet blood on the Chestburster's head and its sharp metal teeth really shine in the bright sunlight and Michael can't tear his eyes away from the Chestburster even if he wants to. The chestburster jumps out of the girl's chest and lands on the ground, quickly crawling away from the stage and towards the groves where Michael placed several eggs.
Michael pauses the recording and looks at the two girls who are standing almost in the middle and they are fully focused on the girl who vomited blood. Michael can't see any movement from the chest of either the two girls in the middle or the one who vomited blood. But he knows that there is a Chestburster each in the three girls' chests and that they will soon be born. Nature always wins and cannot be fooled. Michael thinks it's funny that none of the girls have realized that the girl who vomited blood is dead but it's obvious to MIchael that she's already dead.
Suddenly, large amounts of blood begin to spurt out of the mouth of the girl who vomited blood and Michael can see that something is pushed up through the mouth while it continues to spurt blood. Michael is at first confused but finally understands what is happening.
The chestburster is being born through the girl's mouth. That is special to say the least.
The chestburster continues to push up from the girl's mouth in a disgusting motion and soon its head is fully visible. Michael starts filming again and the chestburster continues to push up through the girl's mouth and it looks almost morbid. The other girls let go of their dead friend and let her body fall to the ground with a loud thud. The chestburster leaves the girl's mouth completely just as the body hits the ground and it crawls its way across the ground and approaches Michael. Michael remains and looks at the chestburster. It looks like it's heading straight for him and he almost gets a little worried, but when the Chestburster is only inches from Michael, it turns its direction.
The girls are no longer happy and giggling but are standing there crying and looking very sad and they are looking at their dead friend lying there on the ground. The girls also notice that the girl who stood at the far end is also dead and that increases their crying. Michael pauses the recording and holds the mobile phone in such a way that it is not obvious that he is filming the girls. Michael looks at the girls and he knows that there are now only two Chestbursters left to be born right now and he is looking forward to seeing that happen.
Michael hears a crashing and cracking sound and he focuses on the girls again. Michael picks up his mobile phone again and starts the recording and a second later two chestbursters explode from the two girls' chests and it happens exactly at the same time. Blood and loose body parts spray in all directions and the other girls' clothes get completely splattered with all the blood. Michael notices a strange thing. Both chestbursters have small arms at the side of their bodies. Michael has never seen that before and he wonders why they have the small arms. The two chestbursters get out of the two chests very quickly and start crawling around on the ground looking for prey and one of the girls standing nearby is attacked directly. The chestburster appears to be using its small arms to climb up the girl's body. Michael stops the recording on the mobile phone and leaves the girls to their fate. The rapper starts rapping again after a few seconds of silence and some of the people in the front jump happily to the beat of the song and Michael can see that the stage is almost rocking.
Michael thinks about who the next victim was and he figures out that it must be the woman who was eating ice cream over at the kiosk and the owner of the kiosk. Michael thought he saw the woman eating ice cream very close to the stage and she was then sitting approximately in the middle of the front row of chairs and Michael approaches the stage. They've arrived two more guards in front of the stage so there's four guards trying to make sure those in front of the stage behave properly and don't do anything stupid.
Michael sees the woman who was eating ice cream over at the kiosk and she is standing right next to Torgny and they seem to be talking to each other. Michael walks up to Torgny and the woman and greets them cheerfully. The music up on the stage quiets down and the rapper has a small interlude.
- Hello, folks. So happy that so many people could come and listen to the music. When I started rapping and making songs, I never thought that one day I would be standing here on stage at Kungsträdgården. The time since the release of my first song and record to now has gone so incredibly fast and I'm really happy to be able to stand here today and play my music for you. You mean so much to me, whether you've bought my records or not. I love you, my audience. So, now it's going to be a little sing-along. It will be the song "Ragga Bop" and you know the lyrics so sing along so it echoes all over town. Now we blow up the sound barrier, Stockholm.
The music begins to play and many in the audience begin to sing along to the song. Michael has never heard this song before but he thinks it's good except when the artist raps. Without the rap, this song would have been even better. The woman who was eating ice cream at the kiosk gives Torgny a big hug and he seems very surprised by it and looks incredibly confused. It looks like the woman wants to kiss Torgny but he pulls away and stands further away. The woman looks a little upset but looks up at the stage and starts to move her hands to the music and scream along with the chorus and Michael walks up and stands next to the woman. The woman doesn't seem to notice when Michael stands next to her.
The woman sings along with the song and she has a good voice but she has a big coughing fit and coughs violently several times but then continues to sing along with the song. The woman has a stronger coughing fit and this time she holds her chest and swears loudly. Michael sees that the woman swallows hard several times and he picks up his mobile phone and starts filming the woman. The woman starts to sing again but is again interrupted by a strong coughing fit and this time Michael sees how her chest expands a lot. The woman also seems to notice that her chest was stretched and she looks at her white shirt and she takes her hands down from the air and feels the shirt and she has a weird expression on her face as she feels her shirt. Neither of the two guards standing almost in front of the woman seem to have seen when the woman's chest were stretched. Michael recognizes one of the guards. The guard closest to MIchael was attacked by a facehugger shortly after Alco-Märta and Spirits-Anna had been attacked.
A Chestburster explodes from the woman's chest in a large shower of blood and loose body parts and Michael gets some of the blood on him because he is so close and he can see the cell phone camera lens getting covered in blood and he quickly wipes it off with a small napkin that he has in his pocket. The blood also splashes on the two guards standing nearby and they both jump back when they see what is happening. The Chestburster is still in the woman's chest and it looks like it is trying to break free of something that is preventing it from coming out properly but MIchael can't see what it is that is preventing the Chestburster from coming out of its female host. The woman's lifeless body falls heavily to the ground and she lands so that she is lying on her back and several of the audience standing behind her jump backwards in horror. They can also see the Chestburster very well. The rapper stops singing and stands looking at the dead woman and the Chestburster that is coming out through her chest and he looks sad but also a little scared. It seems like he doesn't quite know what to say.
There is a cracking sound and a piece of metal comes out of the woman's shirt and lands almost directly on Michael's leg and once the object lands on the ground, Michael picks it up to see what it is. Michael soon sees that it's part of a bra strap and he doesn't understand why it came off. The chestburster is pushed up through the woman's chest and soon lands on the ground. Michael thinks that maybe the strong bra prevented the Chestburster from coming out of the woman's chest. The music on stage falls silent. The Chestburster crawls its way across the ground in search of food and it first approaches the guard closest to Michael but avoids her and crawls away from the scene. The rapper up on stage starts talking and his voice gets more and more unsteady with each word he says.
- Yo! What the hell is going on? That doesn't look normal. Damn, that monster looks like the little monster in the Alien movie and it comes out of the chest, just like in the movie. But it can't really exist, can it? It's called chestburster, I think.
Many in the audience begin to mumble and talk to each other about what just happened. Michael sees that several in the audience are nodding and he can see many scared faces among those closest to the stage. The person who promised to stream the show on Youtube takes down his video camera and hurriedly leaves the stage. Michael stops filming but he still has his cell phone in his hand and it is aimed at the guard who was attacked by a facehugger. More and more of the audience closest to the stage begin to hastily leave the stage, but some of those standing further back seem to be talking to each other and pointing at the crowd. Michael overhears the rapper talking to some of his aides.
- Shall we continue with the concert? It doesn't feel safe when things like this happen.
The rapper tries to make contact with the guard closest to him, but it doesn't seem like the male guard reacts, instead he stands and looks angrily in Michael's direction. Michael stands watching the female guard to see if the Chestburster makes any movement but it seems to be still so far. The rapper tries to make new contact with the guard who is closest and only now does the male guard react and he starts talking to the rapper but MIchael cannot hear what they are saying.
The female guard suddenly grimaces in pain and Michael can see in her eyes that she is tormented. The female guard standing next to her looks questioningly at her colleague. The two guards are talking softly to each other but MIchael can't hear what they are saying but both guards look serious. Michael wonders if the female guard understands that she has a Chestburster in her chest. Michael looks over at Torgny and he's still standing where he was before and he's talking to his child.
There is a cracking sound from the female guard's chest and her eyes become very scared. Michael understands that she now knows she has an uninvited guest in her chest. The female guard turns to her colleague and talks to her and this time MIchael can hear what she is saying.
- I also have an Alien creature inside my body. I felt it move exactly. What the hell am I supposed to do?
The guard's colleague doesn't have a good answer to that question and she looks sad because she understands that her colleague will die soon.
There are some rumbling and pounding sounds from inside the female guard's chest and Michael starts the recording and points the cell phone at the guard and waits for the Chestburster to be born. A few seconds later the guard's chest explodes in a large shower of blood and the Chestburster becomes fully visible and screams its birth cry. The chestburster is right in front of Michael and fills the entire image on the mobile phone screen. Blood pours out from the open chest and the guard's body begins to sway back and forth and the other female guard takes her body and gently places her on the ground. The Chestburster jumps out of the guard's chest and it lands right on MIchael's stomach and it stays there for a few seconds and Michael can't help but pat the Chestburster's head. The chestburster is hotter than MIchael is and he feels its warmth through his shirt and he smiles at the little monster and whispers to it.
- Eat and grow big my friend.
The chestburster makes a loud shrill scream and jumps to the person standing right next to Michael and it sinks its sharp metal teeth into the victim's body, tearing off skin and flesh as well. The blood from the victim splatters onto Michael's clothes and he knows he has to change his clothes before he gets home to the residence. Michael looks lovingly at the fully eating Chestburster. It is almost like his child.
PS: Roffet is a fictional artist and does not exist in reality. The songs are also made up, but Mungo Jerry's "In the summertime" is real and it's really good.
Disclaimer: Facehugger, Chestbuster, Alien, Alien Warriors, Alien Queen belong to Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.