Chapter 16
Mariatorget (Around the same time Michael retrieves the last eggs in the Alien queen's hive)
Since it is Friday morning and a holiday for most people, there are many people in motion at Mariatorget and some are walking purposefully and some others are walking around aimlessly looking into the store windows and at all the people who are in motion on the street.
A few of the people who move purposefully stand in a corner just outside Mariatorget's largest grocery store and await the others who are also to gather at the specified location. They will not visit the shop but intend to move on as all six people are gathered. So far, there are only three of them at the corner.
These three people are part of a gang that deals with Urban Exploration and they, together with the other three, are to investigate an underground tunnel that has been closed and barred for many years but is now suddenly fully open and they are all eager to go there as soon as possible but they are waiting for their remaining three companions. The leader of the gang hasn't arrived yet and they have agreed to wait until everyone is gathered.
The three people are called Ola, Matilda and Eva and the three they are waiting for are Magnus, Birgitta and Alice. It is Alice who is the leader of the whole gang and she lives farthest from everyone in the gang, but she has a new car and she usually drives very fast when she is going somewhere. All three people have roomy rucksacks on their backs and they bring, among other things, sharp flashlights with fresh batteries and many extra batteries. They also bring plastic gloves and hand sanitizer so they don't ingest bacteria if they happen to touch an object in the tunnel. Ola also has film equipment with him so he can film what they see in the tunnel and it is usually he who films their adventures.
Matilda and Eva are calm but Ola stands and stomps on the spot while he does not walk back and forth between a distance of a few centimeters and he repeatedly looks at his watch. Actually, Ola wanted to investigate the tunnel already the previous day when he saw that it was open and he was close to going down himself, but after calling the others in the gang, it was decided that they should investigate the tunnel today instead. The others didn't have time yesterday and none of them thought that Ola should go alone, even though he, like the others, is an adult. There are always risks for an urban explorer so it's better if there are several in a group so they can help each other if something happens.
Magnus and Birgitta come walking down the street and they wave to the other three who are already at the place where they are supposed to meet. Ola smiles when he sees Birgitta because he is secretly in love with her. But it's not that secret because the others know he's in love with her but they've never talked about it. Birgitta soon stands close to Ola and smiles at him. Eva shows her new unkempt T-Shirt to Magnus and he thinks it's nice and fits well in the context when they're going down the tunnel. A noisy raggar car drives by on the road and Magnus thinks it's cool and he also knows the person driving the raggar car. Magnus thinks it would have been cool if Alice drove a raggar car, but she doesn't like them because she thinks they make way too much noise.
Alice comes driving in her new car and she parks it near where the others are standing and she smoothly jumps out of the car and greets the other five people who are waiting for her. Alice pays for the parking ticket and walks up to the gang and she smiles with her whole mouth. When Alice arrives at the gang, she takes out her list where she has written down what the others should bring with them and she checks that they have their equipment with them. Alice nods and looks at the others.
- Are you ready to explore this tunnel?
- YES.
Everyone shouts yes at the same time and Alice smiles and she thinks this gang is so lovely. They are so spontaneous and always happy even if it rains and things go wrong. The whole gang starts walking towards the tunnel and Alice goes first. Then Ola and Birgitta come and after that Matilda and Eva while Magnus goes very last. Magnus is the one who makes the least fuss and just joins in. However, Magnus often brings coffee for the others, and that is still the case today. Magnus has bought several cinnamon buns at the cafe next to his apartment building. The people in the gang talk about slightly different things. Ola tries to teach Birgitta how the video camera works while Matilda tells Eva how fantastic Erikdalsbadet is. Matilda wants Eva to visit the water park, but Eva doesn't like water parks after a nasty accident. Alice says that she was supposed to visit Gröna lund the previous day but that other things got in the way, which was lucky considering what happened at Gröna lund.
The gang approaches the tunnel and the tension rises. They can see that it's shining down there and that's positive because hopefully they won't have to use the flashlights. The light can of course go out at any time, but right now it's on. The gang begins to descend towards the opening of the tunnel.
The underground tunnel
When the whole gang is down in the tunnel they see a cyclist coming from a side road a little further into the tunnel and the road in question goes to the left and the person riding the bike has a big wooden cart on the bike and it looks heavy and it's dripping lots of clear slime from the sides and back of the wooden cart. The gang realizes they are not alone in finding this tunnel and it doesn't surprise them. They hope that the cyclist has not done any damage in the tunnel. Not to harm what you are investigating is an important rule when doing Urban Exploration, but unfortunately there are people who don't care about that rule.
Alice picks up an older map that should show roughly where the side roads in the tunnel go and she sees that the person who cycled seems to come from HornsTull if he hasn't cycled all the way to Långholmen but it looks like it's not possible to cycle all the way to Långholmen. Alice knows that there has been a liquor hiding place between HornsTull and Långholmen and she wonders if the cyclist has found the hiding place and taken the liquor with him in the wooden cart. That could explain the slime dripping from the wooden cart.
Alice can see that there is a side road to the right as well and it seems to go towards, among other things, Slussen and up but also down towards Skanstull and the area there. But it looks closed at Danvikstull and she thinks about whether the gang should investigate the left or the right road and she turns to the others.
- We will of course investigate the tunnel itself, but of course you are interested in investigating these two side roads as well. Which one should we examine first?
The others in the gang start to discuss with each other which side road they want to go and it is clear that most want to go left where the cyclist came cycling. Alice is not very surprised because she herself became a little curious about where the cyclist had been and also what he had in his wooden cart. So it is decided that the whole gang should investigate the left side road in the tunnel. As they get closer to the side road, Alice sees that there are many traces of the bike in the ground and the reason she can see it is because of all the slime that landed on the ground. The wheel tracks seem to have gone through the slime several times. Eva thinks it's unpleasant with all the slime on the ground and she grimaces but says nothing. The others in the gang also see the slime but it makes them curious as to where it comes from. Ola bends down and picks up some of the slime in his hand and feels it.
- Wow so cool. This almost feels like movie slime. I've used that in some short film I've made. It is completely harmless and can be used many times. Do you want to feel it?
Most of the gang think it looks disgusting when Ola feels it and none of them want to feel the slime so they shake their heads. Ola takes out a napkin and wipes his hand. He and the others can feel that it is significantly warmer in this part of the tunnel and that the heat seems to be coming from the left side road. Magnus has a large gun-like thermometer and he takes it out and compares the heat from the left side road and the tunnel they came in from.
- Hmm. It seems to be 22 degrees in the tunnel itself but there is 36 degree heat coming from this tunnel. There must be something there that heats it up quite a bit and I wonder what it could be.
Birgitta laughs and smiles at the others in the gang
- It must be someone's home combustion device or it is some nuclear reactor.
The others in the gang laugh at the comment and smile back. Birgitta has a very good sense of humor. Alice looks at Bigitta and the others.
- Did you know that there has been a secret liquor hiding place in this part of the tunnel? It existed in the 1950s and was located somewhere between HornsTull and Långholmen. This was when the tunnel was open to the public. The tunnel was closed in 1965 and has been closed until now.
Matilda raises her eyebrows. She has heard about this but didn't realize it was about this tunnel. But on the other hand, she knows something else about the area and she clears her throat to get attention.
- I didn't know about that, but I do know that there is a very old heating plant at HornsTull. It might be leaking water so the heat is coming from there.
Ola looks at the slime on the ground and points to it.
- But that on the ground is not water. It looks like movie slime as I pointed out earlier. It is usually used mostly as monster dribble.
The others look at the slime and mutter quietly to each other but Alice takes the lead and claps both hands to get everybody´s attention.
- Well, this is very interesting so let's go into this side road and examine it closely. Ola, do you have your video camera ready? I have a feeling this could be very interesting. You feel it in your whole body.
Ola takes out his video camera from the backpack and holds it in his hand, nodding cheerfully at Alice. The whole gang starts to enter the tunnel and the high heat that meets them makes Matilda take off her extra shirt and put it in her backpack. The tunnel is very narrow at the beginning but the further they get in the more it widens and soon it is wider than the actual tunnel they came from. Some of the lights on the ceiling go out for a few seconds and then shine just as brightly again and the gang thinks the lights are about to break so it's a good thing they have good flashlights with them. The whole gang feels that it smells different in this tunnel. There is a faint scent reminiscent of burning wood but also semen and something unidentifiable.
Ola sees some transparent secretion on the wall and ceiling and it looks very moist. Ola feels the secretion and it is completely dry and does not stick to the skin. Ola thinks he recognizes the secretion from some movie, but he can't think of which one. Ola picks up the video camera and films the transparent secretion and the picture is mostly good but sometimes there are cross lines across the whole picture. The others in the gang also see the transparent secretion and they wonder what it is. Ola stops filming and tries to pull off some of the secretion, but it is stuck and cannot be removed from either the wall or the ceiling. Ola looks at the others in the gang.
- Whatever it is, it's firmly stuck. It cannot be removed.
Eva looks a little amused and worried.
- I wouldn't have pulled that if I were you. Do you even know what that is?
- No, do you?
Eva shakes her head and looks at the secretion and she feels some discomfort from looking at it. Ola goes on alone and finds more secretions and it seems as if there is always more and more secretions the deeper into the tunnel he goes. Ola goes back to the others in the gang and looks at them.
- It becomes more and more secretion the deeper we get. Should we go back?
The others in the gang seem to be discussing with each other and some of them look worried but it is still decided that they will continue in the tunnel. Magnus jokes with Ola.
- If it's stuck so tightly, maybe we should try to bring some secretions and use it to fix my villa.
Ola laughs lightly because he knows how big problems Magnus has had with his villa lately. The whole gang starts to go further in the tunnel and they feel that it is getting warmer but also more humid and the smell is also getting stronger. Magnus tells a joke to Eva, but she doesn't understand the point of the joke at first, but once she does, she starts laughing and the sound echoes in the tunnel. Alice looks at her map and follows roughly where they are. The ceiling above the gang is full of clear secretions and some of it hangs so low that they have to duck their heads to keep it out of their hair, except for Ola who doesn't care. The transparent secretion doesn't stick to his hair or face though.
The gang comes to a fork in the road and there are two different ways they can go and the whole gang stands and debates which one to go. The cycle track continues in one direction but not the other and most of the gang want to follow the cycle track as they believe it is safe. Someone has been here and the person they saw riding a bike didn't look hurt or scared. Therefore, there shouldn't be anything dangerous here even if the transparent secretion now also follows the entire ground they walk on. Alice can see that the road they are walking on leads to HornsTull while the other leads to Långholmen, but there seemed to be some obstacle on that road, so that also makes Alice choose this road instead. If the map is correct, they should be near Högatidsparken. Alice hasn't been there since she was a small child.
This time it's suddenly Birgitta who goes first and Alice is more in the middle of the group, but it doesn't matter much to her. The transparent secretion crackles and squeaks slightly as the whole gang walks over it but it doesn't get stuck under their shoes. It is now so hot in the tunnel that everyone is sweating profusely and everyone in the gang takes out their water bottles and drinks plenty of water. The air seems to stand still in this part of the tunnel and it almost feels like a heavy grip on the throat and body. Everyone in the gang finds this place uncomfortable and they start debating whether to go back to the main road instead. But Ola goes a little further into the tunnel and finds an entrance to a place and fresh air seems to come from there at regular intervals and also several wheel tracks lead into the entrance. Ola calls out to the others in the gang and they walk up to the entrance. The whole gang decides they can explore what's behind the entrance but then they want to go back to the big tunnel they entered in the first place. Birgitta moves and walks up to Ola and they enter through the entrance and the others in the gang follow close behind. Ola finds it incredibly nice when fresh air hits his face.
Alien queen's hive
Ola sees that there is transparent secretions just everywhere and he thinks he sees a huge dark shape far in front of him but he can't see what it is because the light is much worse here and there almost seems to be some kind of thick fog here as well. Alice looks at her map and compares where they've gone and she clears her throat to get the others' attention.
- If the map is correct, we are in the middle of Högatidsparken right now. The old heating plant is right next to the park, so the heat must come from there. Probably boiling water is leaking somewhere so we have to be careful not to get it on us.
Birgitta looks around and looks confused.
- But what kind of place is this? It's totally weird. What is that thing?
Birgitta points to something and most of the others in the gang look at what she points to and they also wonder what it is. Birgitta has found one of the Alien eggs but she has never seen the films and it is only Ola and Alice in the gang who have seen the films. But Ola looks the other way and Eva obscures Alice's view so she can't see the egg very well. Ola stands and looks to the left and he can see fast movements nearby but the thick fog that comes sweeping in at regular intervals makes it difficult for him to see what those moving look like and how close they are. Ola moves a bit and thumps straight into something warm and soft and he turns his head and looks at what he thumped into and he is very surprised when he sees an Alien egg. The egg looks like the eggs in the movies and it is covered with a thick layer of slime. Ola looks at the egg and laughs nervously
Suddenly, something grabs Ola and whoever grabs him is enormously strong and he is pulled backwards very quickly. Ola is so surprised that he doesn't say anything and soon he is standing next to a thick wall. Ola hears a sound like when someone vomits and a whitish goo starts to run down his body and he looks up and sees a full-grown Alien monster above him and it seems to vomit something whitish. The whitish goo sizzles faintly when it reaches Ola's skin and he loses consciousness. None of the others in the gang have noticed that Ola is missing and they haven't noticed the vomiting sound either. Eva moves and now stands almost where Ola stood a few seconds ago. Eva thinks that the egg that Birgitta is pointing at is unpleasant, but then she notices that there is a similar egg right next to her and she starts to get worried. This doesn't feel good at all.
Very strong arms grab hold of Eva and whoever it is that has her in their grip, she is quickly pulled against a wall and Eva is so caught off guard that she only makes a low whimpering sound as she is pulled back against the wall. Eva hears a disgusting vomiting sound and some whitish goo starts to run down her face and body and she almost starts to vomit herself because she is so disgusted by what is happening. Eva has no idea where the whitish goo comes from, but she certainly doesn't want it on her body. Eva looks to the right and sees some giant insect-like monster that has a head that resembles a king's crown, and she can also see that the monster has a giant vibrating egg sac. Eva has time to think that this creature is an egglayer before she loses consciousness.
Magnus walks up to the egg that Birgitta points to and studies it carefully. This is definitely worth filming and he calls out to Ola
- Ola, can you come here and film this. This is very interesting.
But Ola neither answers nor walks over to the egg, but Magnus doesn't think much of it, but takes out his mobile phone and takes several photos of the egg. Resisting the temptation to touch the egg, Magnus walks over to Alice and shows her the photographs he just took. Alice looks amused at first but suddenly turns serious and looks a little scared. Matilda has moved and is now standing almost where Ola and Eva stood before and she sees that there is another egg right near where she is standing and she points to the egg and starts talking.
- There is also a...
Strong arms grab Matilda and she almost loses her balance and falls to the ground with the strong arms constantly pulling her backwards and she tries to get out of their grip but they are far too strong and she calls out for help.
- Help me. It's something that pulls me back.
Magnus looks up and sees Matilda being quickly pulled backwards by something and he runs towards her but almost slips in the slime on the ground but manages to regain his balance. Matilda is now standing against a wall and some whitish goo starts running down her hair and over her face and she looks up and sees a monster above her and it seems to vomit the whitish goo. The monster has a banana-shaped head and Matilda has never seen anything like it before. Magnus grabs Matilda but a similar monster comes from the side and pushes Magnus against the wall and he stands right next to Matilda. The monster jumps up above Magnus and also begins to vomit the whitish goo. Matilda has lost consciousness and Magnus can feel the whitish ooze burn on his skin.
Birgitta is still standing and pointing at the egg and now that it's just her and Alice left Alice can see the egg very well and when she looks around she can also see many more eggs but also the Alien Queen. Alice stares at the Alien queen and all the eggs and can't believe her eyes but then she understands. They are in the Alien queen's hive and it really isn't good. Birgitta has also caught sight of the Alien queen and she points to the big monster.
- What's that?
Alice can see that there are several smaller Alien monsters moving nearby and she understands that they are the Alien queen's warriors. Alice understands that she and Birgitta have to get out of here as fast as possible if they want to survive but Alice can also see her friends and they are covered in a congealing whitish mass similar to the one they saw in the tunnel on the way here and she realizes that neither she nor Birgitta can abandon their friends in this way. Alice decides to try to free her friends and she looks very determined but she still answers Birgitta's question.
- That is a monster that should really only exist in the world of the film, but unfortunately she and them exist in reality. That big one at the far end is an Alien queen and the smaller monsters are her sort of soldiers protecting her. Like in a beehive. These monsters are in the Alien movies.
Birgitta looks serious.
- What should we do?
- We will try to save our friends and get out of here as quickly as possible. Then I call the military and they can destroy the Alien queen and the eggs. This is a dangerous species that no one wants to live with. We have to fight them but unfortunately they have strong acid as blood so we have to be careful so it doesnt splash on us.
Birgitta seems to like Alice's idea and she smiles widely.
- Good. We'll show them girl power.
Alice stands and thinks about how they will be able to fight the monsters in a good way. The Alien monster's bodies are certainly resistant to punches and kicks, but then she comes to mind in Aliens when the heroine Ripley stood face to face with the Alien queen and later destroyed her entire hive. Among other things, Ripley used a flamethrower. Alice doesn't have a flamethrower, but she does have a gas lighter in her backpack and it is possible to get a fairly large flame from it. It is not certain that Alice can scare the Alien Queen with the fire but it is worth a try. Alice opens her backpack and picks up the gas lighter and it seems that Birgitta understands what she is thinking.
- Fire of course. Most animals or monsters are afraid of fire.
Alice smiles superiorly.
- Right.
Alice starts the gas lighter and pushes the control up to maximum so that the flame is as big as possible and then she directs the fire at the nearest egg and then she stares defiantly at the Alien queen and her warriors. The egg crackles as the fire reaches its top but it doesn't open and the Alien queen who has just woken up makes a screeching sound but she doesn't hiss at her warriors. The alien queen can see that this intruder has firepower but it is very weak firepower and the scream was mostly because she is getting annoyed that this intruder is trying to scare her. The alien queen can see that her warriors have captured several other invaders and she tells her warriors that they can capture the remaining invaders as well. The alien queen thinks a few more warriors are needed in her hive and the invaders become excellent hosts. The alien queen has understood what Michael is doing with her eggs and she wants her warriors to place the eggs as well, but then more warriors are needed and she can get that now.
Alice looks at the Alien queen and her warriors and it looks like her plan seems to be working but in the meantime two warriors are sneaking up behind Alice and Birgitta and they are fast approaching. Neither Alice nor Birgitta has seen the two Alien warriors coming from behind. The heat from the fire causes the egg to finally open like a flower and Alice quickly steps aside and at the same time she feels how strong arms grab her body and she realizes that she has been ambushed. Strong arms also grab Birgitta's body and two Alien warriors begin to pull their hosts towards the wall where the other people are standing. When Birgitta and Alice stand against the wall, the two Alien warriors jump up on the wall above them and vomit whitish goo and it runs down over Alice and Birgitta's bodies. It sizzles on Alice and Birgitta's skin and they soon lose consciousness. The two Alien warriors jump down to the ground again when they see that the two intruders have lost consciousness. Several Alien warriors run up to the Alien queen's egg and carry each egg to the wall where the invaders are and they place the eggs right in front of the invaders.
The whitish goo that ended up on Ola has now dried and become the same type of secretion that was in the tunnel on the way to the Alien queen's hive, and it's holding him down so he can't escape. Ola's body is upright because the secretion is so strong that it prevents him from falling forward. The whitish goo that covers Eva, Matilda and Magnus has now also dried and become a thick secretion that is very strong and keeps their bodies still. The whitish goo that covers Alice and Birgitta has not had time to dry yet.
Ola starts to wake up and he moves uneasily at first and feels that he is stuck to something. Ola opens his eyes and looks around. He can't move his head much but he can see that he is standing almost like in a cocoon and the material holding him is similar to the secretion that was in the tunnel. There is an Alien egg right in front of Ola and he can sense a violent movement in the egg. Ola can hear a hissing breath nearby and he manages to turn his head to the right and catches sight of the Alien Queen. She looks just like in the movie Aliens and Ola can see most of her egg sac and ovipositor. Ola understands that he is in the Alien queen's hive and it would be very good if he could break free from this cocoon. Ola turns his head again and starts to press against the stiff material covering his body but it doesn't move even when he moves. Ola remembers that the last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was that an Alien warrior vomited some whitish goo over him and he understands how they do the secretion, but on the other hand, he doesn't know what the whitish goo consists of. Whatever it is made of, it will be very strong as it has solidified and become dry. Ola pushes hard against the secretion, but nothing happens.
Ola hears a sticky sound and sees the egg in front of him open up like a flower and he knows exactly what this egg contains. The egg contains a facehugger and even though Ola thought they were cool in the movie, he definitely doesn't think it should be fun to be attacked by one in real life. The facehugger explodes out of the egg and lands on Ola's face, knocking him unconscious again. The proboscis of the facehugger penetrates through Ola's mouth and it continues down the throat. When the proboscis is far enough down, it becomes stiff and the small black eggs shoot through the proboscis and the many eggs move purposefully towards the chest, but only one survives and develops into a Chestburter.
Eva wakes up and she wonders for a few seconds where she is but then she remembers that she is in the underground tunnel. Eva is stuck in a transparent material and it reminds her of some kind of cocoon. Eva presses hard against the transparent material but it is very tight against her body and cannot be removed. However, Eva can turn her head a little and she sees Ola standing in a similar cocoon and he has a nasty beast all over his face. The beast most resembles a large hand with eight fingers and it appears to breathe as it has two bighangs on its sides that fill with something and go limp at regular intervals. Eva calls out to Ola but he doesn't react. Eva turns her head and looks straight ahead and sees a large egg in front of her.
Eva sees when the egg opens like a big flower and she can see that it is full of slime and she thinks it is disgusting to look down into the open egg. Eva can see that there is something moving inside the egg and suddenly something explodes from the egg and Eva manages to see that it resembles the beast sitting on Ola's face and she stretches out one of her hands to prevent the beast from landing on her face but it does. Eva has time to feel that it is eating like acid on her skin before she loses consciousness. The facehugger inserts its proboscis into Eva's mouth and throat and soon begins to squirt out all the eggs.
Matilda wakes up slowly and she feels pleasantly warm and at first thinks that she is in her bed at home but then she feels the smells that she felt in the tunnel and wakes up properly and notices that she is standing in some kind of cocoon and that there is a large leathery egg right there in front of her. The egg looks exactly like the one she was looking at when she was pulled away by something strong. Matilda tries to break free from the cocoon but it is far too strong and she just sweats. Matilda senses a movement inside the egg and it suddenly opens like a big wide flower. Violent movements can be seen in the egg and large amounts of tough mucus spill out from the egg onto the ground. Matilda grimaces when she sees slime pouring out of the egg because it looks so unappetizing. The facehugger explodes out of the egg in a giant leap and its eight digits are fully extended and Matilda has time to think that this creature is going to land on her face and she really doesn't want this beast in her face. The Facehugger lands on Matilda's face and it begins to insert its proboscis into her mouth before Matilda has time to lose consciousness and she feels raped by the beast and vows to get revenge on the beast somehow. The facehugger continues to insert its proboscis through Matilda's throat and soon the eggs begin to squirt out under high pressure.
Magnus makes little noises and his body moves impatiently and after a short while he opens his eyes and stares straight at a large leathery egg standing in front of him. Magnus snorts when he sees the egg and calls out to the others in the gang but no one answers. There are slippery and sticky sounds around Magnus and he notices that he is standing in a cocoon-like thing and it resembles the secretion that Ola found in the tunnel on the way to this place. Suddenly, Magnus remembers that it was some whitish goo that started to flow on him and he realizes that it has now solidified and is now causing him to be stuck. Magnus presses his hands hard against the transparent mass that surrounds him, but it doesn't move a millimeter. The large egg opens like a flower and Magnus stares at it sourly. If he hadn't been stuck, he would have been able to walk away from the egg, but that's not possible now. A smaller beast explodes out of the egg and Magnus immediately sees that it will land on his face and he reflexively closes his eyes. The facehugger thrusts its proboscis into Magnus's mouth shortly after he loses consciousness. The long proboscis penetrates down through the neck and stops when it has reached a certain point. The proboscis swells and small black eggs start to shoot out from the proboscis and they move down towards Magnus's chest.
Birgitta murmurs quietly and suddenly opens her eyes and takes a deep breath. It feels as if she has not breathed for a long time and the brain feels affected. Birgitta suffers from severe sleep apnea and has a machine running at night when she sleeps so that she gets enough air, but she never has the machine with her when she is involved in urban exploration because it is not usually needed. Birgitta understands that she must have lost consciousness and then her breathing has not worked as it should. Birgitta sees a large leathery and slimy egg standing right in front of her and it looks like the egg she pointed to earlier except that this egg is slightly lighter in color. Birgitta notices that she is sort of standing in a cocoon like thing and she starts to press her arms and hands against the transparent mass that surrounds her but she soon notices that it is super solid and not moving at all. Birgitta makes an annoyed sound and pushes harder.
Birgitta hears a sticky sound and sees that the egg in front of her opens like a big flower and she can see that there is a lot of transparent slime in the egg but also something bright that moves at regular intervals and even though she thinks this is disgusting she still gets curious about what the light moving thing is. The facehugger explodes out of the egg and lands right on Birgitta's face, and it happens so quickly that she doesn't even have time to react to what's happening. The facehugger thrusts its proboscis through Birgitta's mouth and it continues to penetrate the mouth in a continuous motion and soon reaches the throat. When the proboscis gets down far enough, it swells and becomes stiff and soon hundreds of small black eggs shoot out through the proboscis and they keep moving down towards her chest.
Alice wakes up shortly after the facehugger has landed on Birgitta's face and she feels confused and wonders where she is, but soon she remembers everything. Alice can hear the Alien Queen's wheezing and realizes that she won't get out of here alive. Alice can see that there is a large Alien egg right in front of her and she knows exactly what it means. The alien queen has decided that she will be the host of a Chestburter and that doesn't make her particularly happy, but Alice still tries to look positively on what is happening. Alice notices that she is in a cocoon and she remembers that even Ripley had a hard time rescuing the little girl in Aliens from her cocoon and she realizes that it is futile to even try. Alice wonders if the cell phone works down here and she manages to get it out of her pocket and it looks like there is cell coverage down here. Alice thinks about who to call and thinks that her eldest son Oskar should know what has happened. Alice presses the button so she can call and the signals go through.
It answers on the other end and Alice tries to explain what has happened as quickly as she can and Oskar sounds confused and does not understand what she is talking about. Alice tells again about the open tunnel and about the Alien queen's hive and that she is stuck in a cocoon and has an Alien egg in front of her. It seems that Oskar understands what his mother is talking about, but he has a hard time believing what she says. Alice sees the Alien egg opening and rushes to say goodbye to her son and he suddenly sounds very sad when he answers her. The facehugger explodes out of the egg and lands on Alice's face and she drops the cell phone and it goes flying a bit across the slimy ground. The slime penetrates the cell phone and the call ends abruptly. The facehugger thrusts its proboscis through Alice's mouth and it soon reaches her neck but continues downwards. When the proboscis has come down far enough, it swells and becomes stiff, and after a few seconds, lots of small black eggs shoot out from the proboscis and down through Alice's neck. The small eggs move quickly down towards the chest.
Once the facehuggers have injected their eggs into their victims, they detach from their hosts' faces and run around on the ground in front of the eggs until they are dead and no longer moving. Ola wakes up again first of all, but this time it doesn't take long until all six people are awake. Ola's throat feels very sore and he immediately understands that the facehugger must have injected its eggs into his throat and that makes him angry. Could the Alien Queen not have found a better host than him? Magnus begins to speak.
- Now what? Should we just stand here and wait or what's the point? How do we get out of here?
Ola feels that he cannot lie to his friend but he tells him what will happen. Magnus is upset when he finds out the truth about what will happen. The others in the gang also hear what Ola is telling and Alice verifies that Ola is unfortunately right. In the end, Magnus snorts angrily at Ola.
- It was damn good that this cursed Alien queen wants us to birth her monsters. It really feels nice to us, or rather not. Also, how the hell can she be here when she's a fucking movie monster?
- I don't know Magnus, but I agree with you one hundred percent.
Six Alien warriors walk up to the six humans and they stand in front of them, appearing to study their hosts. Magnus points to the Alien warrior standing in front of him.
- Are these the Alien queen's soldiers?
- Yep, that's them.
- But why are they standing and looking at us? What do they want from us now?
- I do not know.
The alien warrior standing in front of Ola opens its big jaw and extends its entire inner mouth and it penetrates the inner mouth deep into Ola's mouth. Ola feels his own mouth being filled with some mushy mass and it continues to pour through his mouth and Ola is forced to swallow the warm porridge that he is being fed. The mushy porridge tastes quite sweet and doesn't have an unpleasant texture, but the fact that the Alien monster forces the porridge into Ola's mouth makes him feel disgusted by what is happening. You never saw this in the movies, Ola thinks quietly.
The alien warrior standing in front of Ola pulls out his inner mouth but still stands studying him. Ola feels his chest begin to feel heavier and heavier and he can feel something moving impatiently. Ola understands that the hot porridge makes the Chestburster grow very quickly and the only positive thing is that his life will soon end.
The alien warrior standing in front of Eva also penetrates her inner mouth and she feels her own mouth filling very quickly with something mushy and she doesn't want to swallow it but she can't spit it out of her mouth and more porrige just keeps coming in a continuous flow and filling her mouth. When the Alien warrior pulls the inner mouth out of Eva's mouth, she spits in contempt at the monster.
Matilda has always thought that the worst thing she has been through was when that rapist attacked her at the disco almost eight years ago, but what is happening to her now feels even worse. She is involuntarily fed something she doesn't know what it is and is forced to swallow it. When the Alien warriors pull away the inner mouth from Matilda, she almost sinks into the cocoon, but she can't sit down properly but half-stands in the cocoon.
Magnus tries to resist the Alien warrior and he presses his hands hard against the upper part of its face but it doesn't even reign. If Magnus had had his feet free, he would have kicked the monster hard, but his feet are stuck in the transparent material that is everywhere around Magnus. Magnus tries to bite the Alien warrior's inner mouth and he gets a good grip on it and sinks his teeth around it. The alien warrior makes a loud pig-like scream and stops pushing the porridge into Magnus's mouth but it starts again after a few seconds and this time so much porridge comes at once that it floods Magnus's mouth completely and even fills his nose. In the end, the Alien warrior pulls its inner mouth out of Magnus' mouth and he immediately begins to swear at the monster and threatens to kill it.
Birgitta is so terrified of what is happening that she doesn't even try to resist as the Alien warrion in front of her feeds her the sticky porridge. Birgitta just wishes that this terror would end soon. The alien warrior finally pulls the inner mouth out of Birgitta's mouth and Birgitta thinks that the taste of the porridge is a bit like rice porridge but is sweeter.
A Chestburster suddenly explodes from Ola's chest in a very large explosion of blood and body parts. Meanwhile, an Alien warrior fills Alice's mouth with the sticky porridge and she swallows what she is fed. Alice knows that a Chestburster will be born from her chest whether she swallows this porridge or not. She cannot change fate in any way and she feels dejected.
Eva can feel something moving in her chest and it is constantly moving more and more violently. It almost feels like when an unborn fetus kicks in the stomach, but this happens in the chest instead, and Eva thinks it feels very uncomfortable. The chestburster that exploded from Ola's chest has begun to eat Ola's body but also the transparent secretion surrounding his dead body. There is a lot of nutrition in the secretion.
Matilda feels a strong movement in her chest and at the same time she sees a Chestburster explode from Eva's chest in a large explosion of blood and loose body parts. Matilda can see that the Chestburster immediately begins to eat the transparent secretion that is around Eva's dead body and she guesses that it contains a lot of nutrition.
Two Chestbursters explode from Matilda's and Magnus' chests at the exact same time and the blood sprays all the way to Birgitta and Alice and they know that they are the only ones left. Birgitta stands and murmurs quietly.
- Let it happen quickly. Let it happen quickly.
The two chestbursters that came out of Matilda's and Magnus' chests are eating the bodies of their hosts and Alice feels some sadness that none of the gang will be able to be laid neatly in a grave. There is only an empty skeleton left of Ola's body, but the backpack is still hanging on his body. The chestburster that came out of Ola's chest begins to grow rapidly and becomes a large Alien warrior. The old reddish-yellow skin that has come off the Chestburster is eaten by another Chestburster. After a while, the new Alien warrior walks up to the Alien queen and she looks lovingly at it.
Two Chestbursters explode from Birgitta's and Alice's chests almost simultaneously and the newborn chestbursters immediately start eating the transparent secretions surrounding Birgitta's and Alice's dead bodies. Then they eat most of Birgitta's and Alice's bodies.
The reddish-yellow skin on three of the Chestburts is starting to peel off, revealing a grey-black skin. Legs are formed and their heads become even more elongated and banana-like. The three monsters continue to grow and their brains develop at lightning speed and are filled with information. The already long and strong tail becomes even longer and ends with a spade-shaped end. The three Alien warriors get heavy chests and they contain a lot of blood.
Now almost all the Chestbursters have grown into adult Alien warriors and it is only the most recent Chestbursters that came from Alice and Birgitta who have not become fully grown yet. Some of the Alien warriors examine the victims' backpacks to see if there is any nutrition in them and the only thing that interests them is the batteries. Three of the newborn Alien warriors swallow the batteries they find in the backpacks. None of the other equipment in the backpacks means anything to the Alien queen's warriors. One of the Alien warriors accidentally turns on Ola's video camera and it continues to record what happens in the Alien queen's hive until the batteries run out and everything that has been recorded is erased. It drips tenacious drool on the camcorder's lens several times, but the picture is still good.
When the last two Chestbursters have become adult Alien warriors, all six of them run up to the Alien queen and look at her and they know they belong to her. The Alien Queen happily watches her new Alien warriors and she has a plan for them. They must help her and spread the eggs everywhere they can reach. The alien queen can see that the space is again quite full of eggs and she knows that there are several on their way through the egg sac and the ovipositor.
Alice's eldest son Oskar calls Alice's mobile phone again and again but keeps getting the answer that the number is not available at the moment. Oskar thinks about whether he should call his father and Alice's parents and explain what has happened, but he is unsure if they will believe what he says. Oskar stands for a long time looking at the phone number that goes to his father but decides not to call and puts on outer clothes and goes to the Kungsträdgården. A hip-hop artist will play there in a few hours and Oskar would like to see the concert. Oskar meets a friend near the green area at Kungsträdgården and they stop and talk to each other. The sun shines from a clear sky and it is a wonderful day.
Disclaimer: Facehugger, Chestbuster, Alien, Alien Warriors, Alien Queen belong to Disney/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
