Xenomorph, Emotion or Instinct

Chapter 2: A Chance Encounter

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In the middle of the night she was awoken by the noise of an alarm, she looked around as quickly as she could then for no apparent reason her restraints flipped open releasing her from the metal prison. She scurried out of her restraints and ran relentlessly around her chamber; the humans behind the glass started shouting incomprehensibly and running. Then she noticed her chamber's metal doors slid open and she ran for it, as she exited her 'hive' she immediately came under fire from combat androids. The loud of the guns firing sounded like a thunder storm rending her disorientated and lost in a maze of sound. A bit of natural defensive strategy took over and she dashed into one of the vents opposite the corridor side she was on. Once she escaped far enough into the vent she started to think about this increasingly scary situation. What happened? Why did my restraints come off? Who did this? What should I do?! She then started softly whimpering in the tunnel system of vents but thought I need to get out of here, I need to find him. Then she decided she must get out of here, not only for her own safety but for an ally she made in a human, she worried for him in case he had something to do with her escape.

On his way home from work Arran heard on the public tele-hologram stations that there was a breach of security at the Weyland Yutani biotech firm, a few miles outside of the colony. He worried about his xeno friend inside the firm but he knew he couldn't do anything but pray and hope she would be okay. When he reached his home, he noticed something rather odd. Above the big oak door of his two story house there had been a small bird house, however he could no longer see it. It had been knocked off the window sill and had smashed on the ground, instantly he felt worried in case of intruders or a possible thief break in and so in an angry manner he said "Whose there?! Hello! Show yourself!" To his shock a giant black slender creature emerged from his roof, it came down to his level and walked towards him. In terror he fell to the ground and just about fainted but the creature stopped, feeling upset at his fall. It was the xeno he looked after in the biotech firm, she brought herself around him and lifted him up trying to make her presence appear less threatening but he pushed against her solid chest and fell to the ground again.

What? How? Why? You got out, but that's impossible, the company doesn't let anything escape from the facility. He was terrified of what she might do so he crawled away and got to his feet, he then was horrified to see her back and tail bleeding. Her corrosive blood melting through the concrete of his driveway somewhat, hearing her whimpering as she was losing a quite substantial amount of blood he started to feel a tugging sensation at his chest. He had no idea what to make of the situation but he couldn't just let her die so he rushed to his door and opened the front of his house. Waving his hand in a 'come in' sort of gesture he signalled her into his home and she limped to the front of his house and went inside, he followed her closely and closed the front door.

Inside he turned on the lights to his living room and set down a chain of keys on the clear glass table in the centre of his room, he held her in his arms careful not to touch her wounds. Setting her down on the sofa he rushed upstairs to retrieve some bandages that he had been given by the company. They were thick, acid resistant cloth that the company had developed to use if a xenomorph had sufficiently deep wounds. He came back down and bandaged her up trying to seal every wound she had sustained at the hands of the company. Once he had finished he sat with her and just looked at her shiny, slender dome head, wondering what she was thinking. Leaning in towards him she rested her head across his lap and purred slowly, she felt quite light considering the size of her head and returning the favour Arran put his hands around her hoping this was a sign of affection and that he could share it with her.