The Hybrid Squad

Chapter Four

Nick grasped the concealed laser pistol from his pocket, pressing the red button in the middle. He firmly grasped the gun in his hand, firing out at the vines coming out from the ground. Within moments, Nick was constricted by one of them. He goes completely ballistic, firing rounds out of his laser pistol like no tomorrow. It finally hit a vital part of the monster flower, it letting go of everyone it had held.

Nick, within milliseconds, leaps from the frigid concrete and aiming for the retreating flower. By the time he reached to claw it, the thing had left with no trace other than shock. The air was thick and it almost felt like they couldn't breathe. His entire body was trembling, his breath short and barely there.

Max looked at everyone sporadically, his eyes not knowing what to focus on. He hit the side of his head, his other hand trying to stay still.

"You've been through this bullshit before," Max said, continuing to hit himself. "You've seen worse, this is barely anything."

Shaun was on full alert, still in his attack position, his spiked tail poking out from the waist of his jeans. His body was stiff and almost seemed like it couldn't move.

Frisk sat in a dark corner, her entire body still. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. Tapping her fingers on the concrete, she looked around the room at everyone.

Everyone's mind was clouded with thoughts about the battle they just fought. When each person had finally cleared their head, they stood up in a rather slow manner. Frisk was the first to rise, as she calmed herself down the quickest, soon after it was Shaun, then Nick, and the last one was Max.

"Guys, we need to keep moving," Nick said after the deafening silence.

"Yeah, Bloodrayne and Ben are still hopefully ahead," Max replied.

The rest of the trip to the main exit was rather uncomfortably silent. Everyone kept to themselves in their own way.

After a minute of walking as a group, everyone had approached a second, and final door. It had the same detail as the previous one, same height, except for the fact that it was so frigid to the point of ice coming from the ground up to the top of it. The entire room felt below freezing around.

"Well, I guess they're ahead, I don't think they'll survive out there for long," Shaun said, crossing his arms and buttoning up his jacket.

"Dude, Bloodrayne can summon fire at will, I think they're going to be fine," Nick replied, brushing off dirt.

"Well, we got to get out of here, no matter what happens," Max said. He took out the blankets from his backpack, and gave it to everyone.

"Hey, thanks Max. I forgot that we had those," Frisk had finally spoke.

"Don't worry, it's no problem," Max replied.

Nick looked at Shaun and nodded his head at the door. The two guys walked up to the ten foot tall door, and with one swift kick, it swung open.

Snowflakes blissfully fell down onto the rough concrete ground in front of the group.

"What the hell?" Max said, reaching his hand out.

"Snow? Underground and in summer?" Nick added, his body slightly shaking. "Whatever, let's move on."

The group moved through the brisk, sharp cold, their bodies shivering. There were tall, slender pine trees surrounding them, a defined path with recent footsteps in front.

"Honestly, thank Bloodrayne for her planning, these blankets are probably the reason I'm alive right now." Lucas said, his body shivering to the point where it looked like he was having a seizure.

"Oh, and thanks Max for the advanced weaponry!" Max said, rolling his eyes.

"Yeah, and that definitely," Nick added.

"Well, I seriously hope that the two are up ahead, I don't know how long until we get hyperthermia," Max said.

The group had walked for a few minutes in silence, but it had felt like a thousand years. A branch had snapped from behind them, a sound of running footsteps from beside. All of the group had stopped in their tracks, Shaun looked around and then glared at Nick.

"Morphs up ahead," Shaun whispered.

The both of them back flipped, and within milliseconds, had converted into the Xenonorph form. An elongated glossy black head, a slender thin body, and feet that was always on the tips of its toes. They both were over eight feet tall, towering over Frisk and Max. Nick had signaled for the two to follow, and they did.

"Get your weapons ready," Nick said in a octave-chord, demonic like voice.

Max gave a look to Frisk, raising his eyebrow. The air around them was thick, it felt like the temperature had cranked up 30 degrees.

A loud, piercing screech emitted from the trees, a Xenomorph leaping out at Max. Before he could shoot, the two Hybrids had jumped the alien and taken it down by decapitation.

Five more Xenomorphs followed the first, and one by one, they were all taken down by the two hybrids.