The Xenomorph

+Sneak Peek+

*some scene in a later chapter*

Unable to progress any further through all the foliage surrounding us, I lowered myself down onto a thick root of an individual tree, sighing in relief when stretching my legs out.

Xabe slowed down into a stop, noticing the lack of my presence straight away, and turning his oblong shaped head in my direction. Tittering sounds were heard when he returned to me, long strides ensuring he was of more power than I.

I observed as he bobbed down in front of me, tilting his head as he observed me in return. The details I was left with were abundant, again striking the question if he and his kin are able to see everything like a human can even with no immediate sign of eyes or sockets where their eyes should've been. And also the question if they still have a sense of smell albeit no visible nose or anything alike.

Looking down to where his hands were planted firmly on the ground, I noticed again that instead of the usual number of fingers a human would've had, he had six; the usual thumb, index and our usual middle finger were placed together to duplicate strength I'd imagine, same thing with the third and fourth fingers, and then the fifth unusual one was on its own.

Although his claws were exceptionally sharp, they weren't too long.

The skin was still difficult to describe. It was shell-like. An exoskeleton, if you will. But there was still the texture it portrayed. It looked to be some kind of hardened secretion, but with light muscle able to be seen by the naked eye.

His tail was a weapon ready to be used, no doubt. It was rather long and as flexible as a cat's with the sharpest of blades right on the end. To say it didn't frighten me would be the biggest lie. When something catches Xabe's attention, the alien's tail would automatically sway from one side to the next, and throughout, he stays dead quiet. Waiting.

Waiting until he knew there was or wasn't something to deal with.

The alien creature was a lot unlike that of a human. But he was still sentient, which gives him mentality, a proper thinking process, and of course, feelings; of pain, anger, and sadness. What I feel.

Yet all I can think about over and over, are the horrifying images that flash across my mind each and every time I look into Xabier's stare. He probably - and most likely - had no idea I would think about his... birth.

Every time I looked at his face, I would see the pained expressions on dead faces as his kin burst out of a person's chest. A mother's panicked cries to help the dad as he thrashed against her hold on the concrete floor. A sister's begs to make the pain stop shortly after her father had succumbed to death's embrace. A mother's screams of pain and terror. A brother's frightened-of-death face as I tried to calm him down, tried to stop him from choking on nothing but air. All I had tried to do to no avail as I watched one of those 'Xenomorphs' just pop out and slither away once again.

Shouting at him to wake and get up was such a dumb attempt, only to confirm that he was dead.

I felt the steady stream of tears leave wet trails on my face when I put my head down, unable to further inspect the foreign creature's bodily structure.

Faint, curious clicks and slight movements were heard. A light nudge to my already lowered head was felt also, but I made no act to acknowledge him in my time of mourning and loss.

A soft hiss and further pushing was made to grab my attention. I couldn't handle his presence at the moment so I turned my back on him. He growled now, and I knew he was getting irritated. Instead of the previous gentle nudges, however, Xabier headbutted me harshly in the back, causing the air to leave my lungs and throw me from my seat onto my hands and knees.

Now he's struck a chord and something snapped. I screamed in frustration.

I stood and whirled to him, still bobbed down low. "Stop it you ugly fucking alien! I need time to myself for a few minutes- at least one minute to properly comprehend the fact that the whole family is dead! And probably a lot more people than the ones we saw earlier all because of you, and your stupid parasitic kind."

As I heaved my chest, he showed nothing. How was he supposed to anyway? He didn't have things to show if he was smiling sadistically, savouring in my pain and suffering; sad that he's upset me; or angry with my reaction.

Finally, Xabier rose onto his feet, low rumbling buzz emanating from his chest. But when he began walking to me, it was too late.

I took two steps from him, turned in the opposite direction and walked away.

It seemed as though he'd gotten my message on my needed space because I didn't hear his following footsteps.

Well, either that or he'd finally given up on me.

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So, uh.. hello *cringe wave*. If thou shalt stumble upon this story because of an ongoing story that I do own called 'Per Favore', I want to say something in complete honesty. No ifs or buts.

Okay, firstly, since the last time I uploaded a chapter for Per Favore, I went downhill with all of school and barely scraped past Year 10 and into Year 11 and ever since the start of this year, an unbelievable grip of procrastination and unwillingness has latched onto my being. It has also really affected my performance in school academically and I've had 2 very recent emotional breakdowns - one of which being just a few hours ago - because I haven't been motivated enough to do almost any coursework and I am failing 2 subjects. Not completely failed but almost there and I'm worried. I don't even study for tests until the very last minute, it pisses me off. I'm very unorganised at the moment.

Secondly, this wonderful videogame that is Titanfall 2 became a huge obsession of mine after the last update of PF and woo boy, it's one heck of a game, that one. My favourite Titan Class is Ronin and his new cosmetic version (Ronin Prime) is coming out tomorrow overseas but I'm guessing Wednesday here in Australia. I'm very excited. Fangirling. His new sword too, oh my- MMM! Okay. So yeah, if you like playing fps games and multiplayer, or even just a 5 hours worth of single player campaign, I highly recommend playing it. If you're wondering, Ronin Prime is the one on the right in the picture :3

Thirdly, I'm just so so so so sorry, I'm failing at life in general and my older brothers are just not cooperating properly and that's making me upset as well, my mum has hated me this whole day for currently failing two dang subjects, and I've considered making myself disappear. But I can't do that because it's not like myself to think this way. I've started to deteriorate mentally this year and it's not going to stop any time soon.

I'm so sorry but don't expect an official chapter for this story or Per Favore for another while. I hope I can do some serious work for these things within the next few weeks.

And please, review this sneak peek, tell me anything you're curious about, let me know if I need to work on things so far. I'm guessing you already know by the title of this book that it's based on the Alien universe. Such a beautiful thing the new movie, Covenant, was. I personally loved it but I thought it was overall a rushed production and the ending is good but it made me cautious and iffy about a particular character haha, you'll know what I'm talking about if you're a fan :D

If you made it this far, you're awesome and I'm sorry. This A/N is about as long as the sneak peek itself.

Show us any and all love, it's appreciated every single time!

Ily<3

~Daniela