Chapter 08
On the ferry at Gröna Lund's southern entrance
Michael and Sven have gone down to the lower floor again and Sven is talking to some of the survivors. Sven was almost in shock when the Alien monster left the ferry but he feels better and can make good decisions. The captain has come down from his cabin and is met by the carnage. He has no idea what has happened but Sven and some of the surviving people tell him what has happened. Sven shows the hole in the fat woman's stomach where the chestburster exploded. Michael doesn't seem to want to talk to anyone but Sven doesn't think he seems shocked but just wants to be alone for a while.
Michael goes out onto the deck where the people are getting on the ferry and there is no one getting on the ferry right now. Michael stands and looks towards Gröna lund. In the meantime, the captain and Sven and some of the survivors help to wipe away all the blood and move the bodies to a cellar that is under the lower floor. The captain contacts the police and the ambulance and they intend to send a team to collect the dead people when the ferry returns to Skeppsholmen. The captain stops the recording from the surveillance cameras and sends the footage to the police.
A police officer sits at a computer and receives the file. The police fast forward to the time when the chestburster was born from the fat woman and the police understand that this is really happening and he contacts several colleagues and discusses what to do. A police patrol is on its way to Gröna Lund and they have sharp weapons with them. The police who got the film from the ferry send a short clip of the adult alien monster to the police patrol that is heading towards Gröna Lund so they know what they are dealing with. Some of the officers in the police patrol have seen the Alien movies and recognize the monster.
Another police officer contacts the owners of Gröna lund and requests that they empty the amusement park as soon as possible. The owners seem a bit hesitant at first but promise to do their best. It is not popular to close Gröna lund.
Michael sees that some people are approaching the ferry but they do not seem to be from Gröna lund and Michael guesses that they have been to Skansen. The people board the ferry and the captain goes up to his cabin and it's not long before the metal entry folds in and the engines start. A few seconds after the engines have started, loud screams of fear are heard from Gröna lund, and these do not sound like happy screams. The loud screams from Gröna lund are quickly increased and Michael is sure that the Alien monster has started to attack and kill the visitors and Michael feels his penis getting very stiff and he tries to push it down so that no one will see his penis through the shorts. The penis eventually relaxes and Michael enters the ferry again.
Sven also hears the people's screams through the half-open door and he also understands what is happening at Gröna lund and he feels very sorry for those who lose their lives. The ferry begins to leave the dock and the screams from inside Gröna lund continue as the ferry begins its journey towards Skeppsholmen. Sven sees that Michael enters the ferry again and greets him. Both Michael and Sven suddenly hear a message from Gröna Lund:
"Please evacuate the amusement park. A serious problem has arisen and for your safety you must leave the park immediately. There is no panic so take it easy but evacuate the park as quickly and smoothly as possible. We are sorry for what happened".
Sven thinks they could have said the message in a different way. Even if it is said that it is not panic, it cannot be interpreted in any other way than that it is panic and then people can injure themselves when they try to get out of there. Admittedly, it is perhaps panic because the Alien monster is probably killing the visitors, but the choice of words could have been different. Michael thinks the same thing when he hears the message. No then, It's not panic at all, it just sounds like that on the message. Both Sven and Michael wonder when the police patrol will come. They can kill the monster and all will be well again. Well, almost everything.
Michael and Sven sit down next to each other on an empty bench and they sit quietly for a while and think about what they have seen and heard. Finally, Michael begins to speak.
- That fat woman, She must have found an Alien egg in Brunkebergstunneln and been attacked by a Facehugger. It must have injected its eggs into her and then that Chestburster was born from her stomach but they are usually born from the chest but well, it must have been that way.
Sven nods quietly. He thinks Michael is absolutely right. But then Sven frowns. How can Michael know about the Alien creatures? Sven is absolutely sure that neither the staff nor Michael's parents had allowed him to watch those movies. Sven thinks that a friend may have told Michael about the Alien creatures.
But that doesn't explain that Michael seemed to know this was going to happen. When Sven thinks back to today's events, he realizes that Michael knew what was going to happen even before they got on the ferry because he was looking so intently at the woman. Sven suddenly thinks that Michael saw the slime in her hair and understood what had happened to her. Sven decides to find out how much Michael knows about the Alien creatures, but he understands that he has to ask the questions in a way that makes Michael not suspicious of the questions.
- Yes, that sounds like a reasonable theory. But where did the egg come from then? Surely it can't just suddenly be there in Brunkebergstunneln.
Michael giggles at Sven's question.
- I have no theory as to how the egg got there, but it must have been laid by the Alien queen. Maybe her warriors helped place the egg there.
- The alien queen? Which warriors?
- Well, the Alien queen you know. She is huge and looks like the usual Alien monsters but has a head that is elongated and looks like a crown. The alien queen is so big that she requires a very large space. She can´t really fit in a living room, you know. She lays the eggs with her long ovipositor. Those warriors, are her soldiers who protect her because she can't escape when she has her huge ovipositor and egg sac. She can certainly loosen it, but she probably doesn't want to unless she has to. She is a really badass mother when she lays her eggs. The hens would have been very jealous if they saw how often the Alien queen lays her eggs.
- It sounds like you are impressed by her.
- She's gigantic, even if you're not that close to her. If you stand close to her, she is huge. It is clear that it is impressive with such a large monster. I thought Ripley acted stupid at the end when she set fire to all the eggs. The whole place would explode anyway.
- Ripley?
- Don't you know anything? She is the hero of the Alien movies and the only reason she found the Alien queen was because she was looking for that girl.
- Yes, yes, okay. I see what you mean now.
- The reason why the Alien queen's warriors place the eggs is of course that it will be full of eggs otherwise considering that she lays so many eggs in a short time. They almost squirt out of her ovipositor.
- I guess you're right.
- Speaking of something completely different. Would you like to visit Lars' café when we get back?
- I can't answer that yet. We'll see how the situation looks when we get to Skeppsholmen.
- Okay, absolutely. I just wanted a big cinnamon roll and that good apple tea.
- Mmm. We'll see.
Michael falls silent and gets up and looks out the window while Sven begins to think about what has just been said. Sven really can't understand how Michael can start thinking about coffee now after everything terrible that has happened but there are other things that are more worrying. Sven realizes that Michael must have seen some of the Alien movies and that worries him the most considering Michael's special ability.
Suddenly, Sven understands everything. Michael must have wanted the Alien monsters to exist for real. It explains how can could know that a chestburster would be born from the fat woman. However, Sven guesses that MIchael did not want it to happen to this particular woman and he probably cannot influence it if he is nearby when it happens. Considering how Michael reacted when the fat woman complained about her stomach hurting, this was not part of his plan. The thought that what has happened is Michael's fault scares Sven. What exactly has Michael wished for? What wording has he used? Sven wishes he knew the answer to that.
Sven finally realizes that Michael must have wanted the Alien Queen to exist for real as well. Sven suspects that Michael has already met her considering how well he describes what she looks like and can also describe how huge she is when you get close to her. Sven thinks about where the Alien queen can live without being discovered and also have room for all the eggs, and he comes up with the answer after a short while. The alien queen must live in that underground tunnel under Stockholm that Sven himself told about and Sven guesses that Michael already had these plans when they last met. Sven understands exactly why Michael asked how high the tunnel was because he wanted to know if the Alien queen could fit there but he couldn't mention if she could fit there. Sven feels guilty that this has happened. If he didn't tell about the underground tunnel, Michael would have had a harder time deciding where the Alien Queen would live. The entrance to the tunnel is quite close to where Michael lives so he doesn't have to be on the road for so long when he greets the Alien queen. Sven thinks quietly.
Michael, what the hell have you done? Why did you want the Alien Queen to exist in reality? How many times have you visited her?
Sven doesn't quite know how to deal with the knowledge that Michael has wished for the Alien queen to exist for real. Ideally, he would like to scream and hit Michael and demand an answer as to why he wanted this, but Sven knows that he would have committed a crime in that case. Sven hopes that Michael is not happy with what has happened and understands that it was an extremely stupid wish. Sven intends to discuss with Michael why he wanted the Alien queen to exist for real, but he is not going to ask the question now. It is better to talk about it when they are alone because Michael is easily distracted by other things when it is serious talk. Sven would like to see MIchael's facial expression when he answers and it is easier to see if he is sitting in front of Michael. The facial expression can tell so much more than what the voice says. Sven knows that Michael is used to lying but he can't lie as well to Sven and the staff because they know him so well.
Sven suddenly remembers that there must be an entrance to the underground tunnel in Brunkebergstunneln and it becomes obvious how the egg got to Brunkebergstunneln. It must be as Michael thinks. The Alien queen's warriors have climbed into the Brunkeberg tunnel and placed the egg there or the Alien queen has received human help. Sven doesn't even want to think about that last theory. He hopes and believes that Michael is not so stupid and mean that he has placed the egg there. If he has done so, he has committed several offences.
The ferry is now out on the open sea again and Gröna lund is no longer visible from any window but Skeppsholmen is starting to be seen in the rear windows but no one on the ferry is looking in them. The people who came from Skansen and go by ferry notice that everyone is very quiet and depressed, but they don't know the reason for that. None of the survivors want to talk about what happened but they still remember how terrified they were when the chestburster was born from the woman and it started attacking the people who died. But they also come to mind when the chestburster grew into an adult Alien and attacked even more people. All the survivors have seen the Alien movies so they know what kind of monster it was that killed several people on the ferry. They are aware that they did not try to harm the Alien monster because its blood would corrode the metal bottom of the ferry and they would drown.
Sven picks up his mobile phone and opens Aftonbladet to see if there is anything about what has happened at Gröna lund. It doesn't say anything yet, but on the other hand it says that several people have been attacked at T-Centralen and that both the police and an ambulance are on the scene. It does not say specifically what the people have been attacked by, but Sven immediately suspects that it is another Alien monster. Sven is aware that there is an entrance from the underground tunnel in T-Centralen and that it is quite possible that an Alien egg has been placed in T-Centralen. Sven also sees a small notice that several people have been attacked at a restaurant near Slussen, and when he reads the small notice, he gets the idea that it is another Alien monster. Sven is starting to get worried.
How many Alien eggs have been placed? Imagine if there are a lot of them. Then there will be big problems.
Sven thinks about whether he should tell Michael what has happened at the T-Centralen and the restaurant but thinks it is better to talk about it when they are alone. Sven puts his mobile phone back in his pocket and walks up to MIchael and the two stand looking at the gray sea. Michael glances at Sven and smiles whimsically.
- Would you like to jump in and swim in this water? The water must be deep here but I know you're a good swimmer.
Sven smiles back.
- No, it is far too far out to sea for me to feel safe and secure. If it had been closer to Gröna lund or Skeppsholmen, I might have done it, but not voluntarily. This water is not as warm as the one on the beaches. I know you don't like cold bath water.
- No ew. The water must be at least 22 degrees if I'm going to jump in and swim. Thats how it is.
- You do know that I have bathed in zero-degree water when I was abroad? It was really special.
- I wouldn't have done it even if I got a thousand kroner.
- But a million then?
- Hmm. In that case, I might have considered the matter. Not because I have little money but still. A million kroner wouldn't have hurt if you say so.
- No, not really.
The ferry continues forward through the sea and it gets closer and closer to Skeppsholmen. Both Michael and Sven see some flashing lights from the dock and they understand that the ambulance and the police are already there. Some of the other passengers start to walk towards the entrance on the side facing Skeppsholmen, but Sven and Michael remain at the window for a little while longer. Finally the ferry enters the quay and Michael and Sven also go out through the exit and soon they are on Skeppsholmen again.
Skeppsholmen
Sven sees that there are several body bags on the quay and some of them appear to be filled with people. There is a lot of dried blood in some areas on the ground by the dock and Sven guesses that some Alien monster has been here after he and Michael went on the ferry. Sven feels great discomfort when he thinks about the poor people who have been killed by the Alien monsters. Michael also sees the dried blood and can guess what has happened here. He suspects that one of the Alien monsters comes from the egg he left at Slussen.
Michael and Sven pass the bench they sat on while waiting for the ferry and there is a lot of blood around the bench but the blood seems to have spurted straight ahead instead of flowing out and Michael guesses that whoever sat on the bench after them has gave birth to a chestburster. The blood spatter on the ground testifies that this is what has happened. Sven draws the same conclusion when he looks at the blood picture and how it has sprayed straight forward from the middle of the bench.
Sven and Michael go to Sven's parked car and they sit in it. Sven starts the engine and they drive off. After a while, the car approaches Slussen and both Sven and Michael see two full-grown Alien monsters. The alien monsters are standing outside a restaurant called Vamos Amigos and it almost looks like they are dancing with each other. One Alien monster moves towards the first and the other moves towards the first and they spin around for a while holding each other's arms but then they move away from each other again. The alien monsters make loud and shrill pig-like squeals as they move and both Michael and Sven can hear their shrill pig-like squeals through the rolled up windows. Michael can't help but laugh at the Alien monsters and what they do.
- Look so cute. They dance with each other.
Sven doesn't think this is cute or funny at all. Admittedly, the Alien monsters are not harming anyone right now, but Sven thinks of the two involuntary poor people who have given birth to these monsters. They certainly wouldn't have been amused by this. The two Alien monsters move and they get closer to Sven's car and he has to stop so he doesn't hit them. The car tire will break if the blood of the Alien monsters lands on the car tire and Sven absolutely does not want that to happen. The alien monster that is the longest raises its tail so that it almost sticks up in the air and it backs towards the other monster as if to sit on it. The second monster reacts with lightning speed and pushes the first monster away but raises its tail as high as the first after a moment. The two Alien monsters start to go around each other and the big monster's tail scrapes against Sven's car twice. When it happens the second time, the whole car rocks and Sven thinks about whether he should perhaps reverse the car. Michael sits quietly and watches the two Alien monsters.
These two Alien monsters have slightly different heads. Their elongated heads are more grooved on the sides and don't look as slimy as the Alien monster that was on the ferry to Gröna Lund. Sven also notices that these Alien monsters have slightly different heads compared to what he saw on the ferry. Michael notices that not much drool is flowing from the jaws of these Alien monsters. The drool that flowed from the adult Alien monster on the ferry was almost like a waterfall, but from these two monsters, it drips more than flows. The drool also looks a little thicker. Michael thinks these two monsters look like the ones in the movie Aliens.
The two Alien monsters have stopped screaming and hiss instead. Their hissing is very loud and can be heard inside the car. Michael thinks it seems like the Alien monsters like each other. He thought they were arguing at first but it doesn't seem that way anymore. However, it seems that they are wary of each other. The longest Alien monster starts to back towards the smaller one again and now it seems that the smaller one thinks this is okay. The longest Alien monster is finally right behind the smaller monster and the longest Alien monster begins to lower its spine-like tail and it quickly approaches the butt of the smaller monster. Both Michael and Sven watch as the longest Alien monster thrusts its tail into the smaller monster's ass and begins to shake. The long tail continues to penetrate the smaller monster's ass and Michael wonders how far in it can go. But in the end it seems to stop and the longest Alien monster's tremors increase. Michael looks wide-eyed at the two monsters. After all, they are mating. Michael laughs.
- We never got to see that in the movies. Just a thought, they can't have their own young, so I wonder why they mate.
Sven doesn't have a good answer to that question and he also thinks it's strange that they mate. The smaller monster thrusts its long tail into the big monster's ass and begins to shake as well. Sven is almost disgusted by watching the two Alien monsters mate. It looks very obscene when they stick their tails in each other's asses. The two Alien monsters start to spin around as they continue to shake and they go down from the sidewalk and out into the street where the cars are driving. Several motorists driving next to Sven's car have to stop because otherwise they would have run into the two monsters. Some of the motorists honk at the monsters but they continue to shake and spin around. The two Alien monsters quickly increase their shaking and almost reach a crescendo as they continue to spin around. Sven smells a strong smell through the air intakes and it is both sweet and sour at the same time. Sven guesses that the smell comes from the two Alien monsters. The longest Alien monster thumps right into Sven's car and there is a big crack in the window by the driver's seat. Sven clears his throat and looks at Michael.
- We should probably drive on before something else worse happens.
Michael grins at Sven.
- I would have liked to see more of this, but you're probably right. Safety comes first. By the way, I think they mate because they think it's nice. Just like we humans can do sometimes.
Sven nods quietly and begins to drive. Michael thinks it looks like some light gray liquid is starting to flow from the smaller Alien monster's butt, but since the car is moving, he's not sure if he's seeing right. They still can't have any kids. It is only through the Alien queen and her eggs that new Alien monsters can be created. After a while, Sven's car starts approaching Michael's place and Michael realizes that he wants to buy a bun or something for himself and Sven.
- Sven. Can you stop here at the supermarket. I'll just go in and buy us some buns and we can have coffee at my apartment. I have instant coffee at home.
- Okay. I just have to park the car first.
Sven parks his car in the parking lot and Michael goes into the supermarket looking for something good. Michael finds a large package of lemon muffins and buys it. When Michael has gotten back into the car, he shows Sven what he has bought.
- I chose these lemon muffins. They remind me so much of my grandmother.
- They are very good, so you made a good choice.
Sven drives towards Michael's residence and parks in the guest parking lot. It's been a while since Sven was in Michael's apartment and he wonders if it looks as tidy as usual. Michael has always kept his apartments very clean and nice. Michael and Sven take the elevator to the fourth floor where Michael's accommodation is.
Teresagatan (Michael's residence) Zinkensdamm area
Michael opens the front door to the accommodation and lets Sven in. There is no staff in the office and they have not put up a note about who they are with. Sometimes they put up a note but not always. Sven follows Michael to his apartment and they go inside. Sven has not gone to the toilet while they have been on the ferry and he feels very needy.
- Michael, is it okay if I borrow your toilet?
- You know it's okay. You don't have to ask.
- I think it's fair to ask first.
- Okay, I'll put on water for tea and coffee in the meantime.
- Nice.
Sven goes into Michael's bathroom and closes the door and relieves himself. Sven smells a strange smell in the bathroom and it reminds him of how it smells in a potato cellar but also how it smells when wood is burning. Sven flushes the toilet and washes his fingers. Sven is just about to leave the bathroom when he sees Michael's pants. They are over the washing tub and they are quite nice, but Sven can see that there is something transparent smeared on them and Sven thinks it looks like lubricant. Sven first wonders why there is lubricant on Michael's pants but then he remembers that the Alien Queen's drool looked something like this. Some of the top drool seems to have dried but the bottoms of the pants are still wet from it.
Sven bends down and smells the trousers and notices that the strange smell in the bathroom is coming from them. Sven realizes that the drool must be a few hours old. Michael must have met the Alien queen today, probably only an hour or so before Sven picked Michael up. Sven wonders what Michael was doing when he met the Alien queen and he hopes that Michael didn't help her deposit any eggs. Sven wonders how far down the tunnel the Alien queen lives. Sven gently feels the moist drool on the pants and he is surprised by its texture. The drool doesn't feel like he thought it would. Sven can't help but feel dirty when he touches the Alien Queen's drool.
Sven washes his hands again and leaves the bathroom. Michael is out in the kitchen singing some song, but Sven has a hard time hearing which one it is. Sven goes into the kitchen and Michael has set out a coffee cup and a tea mug as well as lemon muffins. Sven sees that there are unwashed dishes in the sink and he guesses that Michael didn't have time to wash the dishes before he left.
Sven sits down in his usual place when he visits Michael. Michael pours the hot water into the coffee cup and into the tea mug and sits down and opens the pack of lemon muffins and hands it to Sven so he can have a muffin. Sven gratefully accepts a lemon muffin and sips his coffee. Sven puts the coffee cup down on the table and looks at Michael.
- So, what did you do before we met?
Michael shrugs.
- Ah, I was just cycling around a bit. After all, I was sick all weekend and the staff didn't want me to go out on Wednesday even though I was fine. By the way, I took the opportunity to greet a person when I was out cycling.
- Did you see that the entrance to the underground tunnel was open when you were out cycling?
- Hmm. Maybe it. What did you do before you came to me?
- I worked as usual putting up wallpaper in different apartments.
- Is it a fun job?
- I don't know if I think it's fun, but I get paid well for the job and that's the most important thing to me. Do you enjoy your job?
- I am employed by the municipality. The job itself is not that fun, but most of the co-workers are nice.
- Did you say hello to any of your workmates when you were out cycling?
- No, it was another person.
- I assume it was someone you knew.
- Of course. Otherwise I probably wouldn't have greeted the person. Speaking of something completely different. What happened on the ferry was so sick and crazy that I have a hard time believing it actually happened.
- I can absolutely agree with that. It was lucky that we went up on the upper floor.
- Yes, it could have ended badly considering how close she was to us. That monster burst out of her belly.
- Yes. I saw it.
Sven suddenly hears voices outside Michael's door and he guesses that it is Michael's staff. Sven looks at Michael.
- Are you going to tell them you're home now so they don't have to wonder where you are?
- I can absolutely do that.
Michael gets up from his chair and opens his front door. Niklas and Lydia are standing outside the door and they are helping one of the residents. Krister sees Michael and looks surprised.
- Already back? I thought you'd be gone for a while. Well, can I come in? I would like to talk to you.
Michael nods and Krister enters Michael's apartment. Sven gets up and greets Krister.
- Well, a sad thing happened on the ferry to Gröna lund, but it wasn't Michael's fault, but we thought it best to go back here.
Krister nods.
- Okay, then I understand.
Michael looks at Krister and he thinks that Krister looks serious.
- Krister, do you want some coffee?
Krister smiles a little.
- It's always good with a cup of coffee. Shall we sit in the kitchen? I need to talk to you.
Michael nods and both Michael, Sven and Krister each sit on a chair in the fine kitchen.
Disclaimer: Facehugger, Chestburster, Alien, Alien Warriors, Alien Queen Belongs to Disney/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
