AVP: The Intruder

Chapter 9

The sound of a crash come from outside and it sent the entire Hive into turmoil.

"Silence!" Mother howled. We fell silent, the Predaliens and warriors sprinting to Mothers chamber. She sent some drones and runners to see what had happned. When I saw what had landed on the planet, I almost turned tail and ran. We backed away, the entire Hive falling silent as they glimpsed what had landed. A plank lowered and a yautja came out. He clicked and activated the plasma cannon on his shoulder.

"Fall back immidiatly and hide! We will draw them in and separate them as they come!" I turned and stepped back into the shadows. Hissing in anger, I realized this was the moment. We were fighting for pride and survival now. Mother kept us surrounding her. We listened as the Yautja made their way into the Hive. I had an almost deja vu moment of the humans. I quickly, silently swarmed up into a vent with Jaken to watch their progress.

"They have just entered. There are 3 Youngblood's. This should be an easy kill." I told Mother. Upon hearing that, she sent the rest of the Hive away from her. We only needed to protect her that fiercely if it was an elder. I flicked my tail, sending Jaken one way. We separated at a vent and I raised my tail. Drawing my lips back I bared my teeth and hissed fiercely, Jaken echoing my hiss second for second. The Yautja spun around, plasma canons instantly activated and wrist blades fully extended. One drew his spear. I spun and alerted Mother that they had been warned. More xenomorphs slid out of the shadows. We separated into two groups, drones and warriors, with three Predaliens in each and several runners. Ribhead was arching her back growling. I paced impatiently. My group headed back to the main chamber, while the others went to the smaller part of the Hive. Suddenly, a screech rang out. I spun around. A Yautja had grabbed a Xenomorphs tail and pulled it down. I'm not even going to bother saying who, as you should know who the only Xenomorph that could pull this off. The room erupted into pandoimum. We rained down on the Yautja, hissing and screeching. I clawed the side of one and shrieked in terror as it grabbed me and threw me into the wall. A roar split the air as Ale'con and the other Predaliens charged in, all two hundred pounds of muscle and claws and teeth. Ale'con howled and crashed into the lead Yautja. Roaring in fury, the Yautja turned and punched him, Ale'con then wrapped his tail around it's legs and it fell. Jumping on top, he opened his inner mouth, and then was suddenly crashing into the wall. I lunged at the second Yautja as he stood over Ale'con. Hissing in anger, I stabbed my tail through him and snarled as I felt it rip through him. He stiffened as I turned my tail and brought him to eye level. I reared up so we were the same height. Snarling, I bared my inner mouth and finished what Ale'con started. I shook him off and turned to the others. Six, and several drones had finished off one of the other Yautja, while the third was in the process of being demolished by Gillian. Not a single Xenomorph lay dead. I howled in triumph, the entire Hive raising its voice in a roar of pure triumph. Mother's voice cut our caterwauling short.

"Fastclaw, Six, Ale'con and Sharphand. Go to the ship they landed. Report anything dangerous. I know you can't read their language, but do your best." she said. We raced out of the Hive, excitement racing through me. I only hoped they left the plank down. Stalking forward, I sniffed the material caustously. We crept aboard, me shuddering as I felt the smooth, unnatural floor. Ale'con slipped away immidiatly and I headed down a long hall. Their were several entrences. Six sniffed a door, growling in annoyance. He located a thing on the wall, and smashed it with his tail. The door opened and he headed inside. I purred, Six was an old pro when it came to this. I did it as well on mine and it opened.

"Nothing here!" called Sharphand, who was in a room that smelled terrible. It had chunks of who know what in clear round objects. He sniffed it, recoiling at the stench. I explored mine. It had an assortment of maps in it with little dots and lines on it. Their was a flat thing raised up on the floor in the corner, it was covered in the Yautjas scent. I growled. Ale'con stepped in.

"I have located the controls." he said. We turned and I followed him to the control room, Six crawling out of a vent in the wall with the ease of a natural. I snorted and nudged him.

"Told ya they would come in handy." I purred. He growled and cuffed my head playfully. We reached a room with a bunch of bright flashing buttons and controls. I sniffed one and curled my lip.

"So what do we do, smash it and hope nothing blows up?" asked Sharphand. Ale'con shook his head. We explored the room. Six called us over.

"Here," called Six. We bounded over. It was a bunch of dots and lines connecting other larger dots. I cocked my head.

"And this is what..?" asked Sharphand. Six sighed.

"Its a map, the humans used them to figure out where to go, there were several in the lab." he explained. I nodded. That made sense. Ale'con took the map and then, turning to the panel, smashed and cut any freestanding wires he found. The ship shook, and we all tensed, waiting to run. But then, it quieted down and a low hum died down to silence. Ale'con bared his teeth and we left. Racing out of the ship, I was nervous as the ship once again started to shake. I hissed in slight panic and increased my speed, until I was pelting through the ship at top speed. Jaken barely kept pace with me, legs pumping. We had left Six, Sharphand and Ale'con in the dust. They were still barreling out of the hall. Finally, I burst out of the ship and kept running. Jaken was flying next to me. I slewed to a halt and spun around. There was no sign of Ale'con and the others. The ship was noticeably shaking and smoke was starting to form on it.

"Ale'con! Get a move on!" I shrieked.

"We're coming!" I heard him yell. I felt Six's terror as he ran, two legs moving like a blur and arms pumping.

"It's gonna blow!" roared Jaken. Finally, they burst out and came racing towards us. Just as we turned to head into the forest, the ship shook the ground and a wave of fire and heat blasted over us as it exploded. The blast was so intense, it knocked us off our feet. I squalled in panic as I was sent flying. I crashed into a tree and everything went black.