Seeking Salvation

To Give More Than Self

"We can't leave," Vincent whispered and Lilika looked at him as the two beings stared at each other down; waiting for the other one to make a move. "We can help."

"Open the gun shop." Lilika whispered back with urgency, "Then try to get her some type of gun- anything. I'll keep grabbing stuff." She said and backed up as the black creatures in front of them stood up to their full, terrifying height and began snarling at the bioped that had approached them all.

"She can't take stuff-" Vincent tried to say but his sister shut him down, "She can only accept things that are given to her... If you yell something like, 'I give this to you', I'm sure she'll be ok-" Then, past the mass of black, they saw the beginning. The bioped arched his back and let out a roar of inhuman comparison before charging forward and Lilika yelled while the White-haired woman crouched and met the bioped's charge. The White Woman grabbed the bioped's legs and used his momentum and weight against him as she flipped him over her back and jumped out of the way of a fatal swipe of those talon-like blades that bit air and her bodysuit but not skin. A retaliatory strike was done as the White Woman put distance between herself and the bioped as the brother and sister began to panic.

Vincent ran across the floor to the gun store and dropped his arms full of ill-gained goods in the process and began to work on picking the lock, as the two beings fought and the black creatures jumped in on the action. One black creature would attack, then back off to let another one attack, then another attack-and-back-off then an attack from the white-haired woman. The Bioped was out-numbered and the white-haired woman was always keeping herself between the bioped and them- Vincent and Lilika. Lilika had vanished and reappeared to skid next to Vincent to give him cover with her duffle bag gone, while the fight ensued. It was going well- until the bioped let out another roar and tossed one of the xenomorphs over the railing to the first floor of the mall. That one crashed into several metal and tile decorations and laid motionless.

The bioped caught another xenomorph and tossed it into the metal-lined-glass windows of a store's display case, and tossed another xenomorph over the railing that overlooked a beautiful fountain. Well, it was beautiful until a Xenomorph crashed into it and impaled itself on the top of the fountain. That one stopped moving as well, and then the bioped caught sight of Vincent and Lilika as the lock clicked open a fraction of a second too late. The air crackled with fire and electricity as the two siblings looked back at the Bioped. They stiffened in wide-eyed fear as the creature began to walk towards them. "NO!" The white-haired woman shouted and flickered into view as she jumped on the creature's back like a wild cat and locked her hands under its jaw while she pulled backward, causing the creature to stumble back. The bioped grabbed at her ankle but she dodged it, dropping down to the floor and narrowly missing another swipe of metal talons. As the bioped moved to turn towards her, one of the black creatures slammed into the bioped and slammed him into the windows of another store before going after the creature while the White woman shakily regained her footing. Vincent pushed open the door and pulled Likia into the store. Lilika kept an eye on the fighting as Vincent looked around the shop and scrambled to get something together as the bioped killed the black creature on top of him and tossed it aside. That seemed like two dead as the last xenomorph regrouped with the White-haired woman who stood ready for another round while the creature growled, chirped, and snarled at her, and she returned with her series of growls and snarls.

The bioped pointed to her and hissed something as Lilika picked up a stand in the store and used it to smash the glass to a gun case. As Vincent laid his hands on a pump-action shotgun, his sister grabbed matching buck shots and the White Woman's sleek companion snarled and moved to flank her right side with its long tail searching around her back and slamming against the floor to her left. A show of intimidation and ferocity that bought Vincent several precious seconds to load the shotgun. The black creature lurched forward as Vincent took the weapon off the safety and went towards the fray, "HEY." Vincent yelled and the White Woman turned towards him to look at him, "I, Vincent, give this gift to you." He yelled before he tossed the gun towards the White Woman and she watched it soar towards her. The Bioped was wrestling with the black creature and she reached out gracefully and caught it- as if God himself had planned it. She looked back at Vincent in confusion, "Aim the end part and pull the trigger." He yelled frantically as the bioped tossed the black creature over another railing and rose to its full height and the White Woman turned away from Vincent.