Project Zactomorph: an alien and predator story

Part 14: Info

I grunt and groan as i'm shoved right back into my room. I turn around and look towards lock as he suddenly closes and locks the door. I sigh and shake my head. Looking around, i start to think of this room more as a cell then a bedroom.

[Meanwhile, somewhere in the ducts of the station]

Can't stay still, must keep moving. If you stop they find you. Must escape. If I stay I die. Must find an escape pod, have to hide. 

Zarra thinks as she runs through the air ducts of the space station. Trying to find a place deep in the mechanisms to hide. For some reason she finds these ducts comfortable, almost familiar. She assumes it's due to the doctors experiments. Those experiments, endless tests, studies, everything. So much pain, so much suffering, she needs to escape if she ever wishes to live in freedom again. It seems so long ago that she was normal, joining the corps and hunting aliens. Capturing and killing them. She regrets volunteering for the Zactomorph project. She's regretted it for years. Ever since her skin turned a midnight black and a tail began to grow from her back. It all seems like a nightmare she can never escape. But just maybe, maybe she can use someone, someone she knows, someone she can trust, someone who wants out as well.

[Somewhere deep in the station]

The creature knows it must find it's quarry before the humans do. Except it seems the humans have already failed at keeping it secure. Since it's serpent vision tells it that it's already on the move. But the creature cannot risk getting caught. All the commotion upstairs has stirred the humans, and now the creature must hide. For how long? The creature hopes not long, for it only wishes to catch it's quarry and leave, but if it must, it will take it by force. 

[Back with Jason in his room]

Pacing my room is really boring, like really boring. I place my hands on my hips as I try to think of a way to talk myself out of this. I try to think of maybe someway to convince that It was an accident, but i can't see anyway. I shake my head and sigh as i do. Maybe they'll kick me out and i'll be able to go home. That thought makes me happy for a moment. But the idea of just quitting and giving up makes me madder at myself then i already was. 

I hear a hiss from behind me and look towards my door. Seeing Blackwoods, i see that he doesn't look happy. A stone cold, straight stare in his eyes, causing a gulp from me before i say "yes?" wondering what he wants. "Come on Jason, we need to talk" i hear him say and see him move for me to walk with him. 

I follow and walk beside him, wondering where we're going. "It's time I tell you what exactly is going on." he says without looking at me. I remember that everyone has been speaking of a mission since i got here. I feel almost relieved as he speaks, but also worried and scared. "The reason to why they're keeping you here Jason, and why they want you is because you were down there, remember?" he says looking down at me. I look up at him, remembering my friends being slaughtered, making me wince and close my eyes for a second "...yes" i say with a weak voice. "I'm sorry, i didn't mean to" he says stopping and turning towards me. I hold my hands up and say "no no it's fine please continue" i say swallowing my pain. He nods and continues walking "They need you for something Jason" He says without looking at me again "For?" i ask in response. He looks down at me and says in a serious tone "They need you as a guide Jason" I stop and look up at him "Guide? What do you mean?" I ask, worried that he means what i think he does. "They need you to guide you through the facility down below" I gasp, and gulp as he speaks, looking down for a second, the very thought of going beck down there terrifies me "w-what?" he sighs and says "now i know you-" i cut him off as i say "no" quietly. He sighs again and says "Jason you don't-" i cut him off again "understand? Understand?!" i say letting my voice get loud "i don't understand that Weyland is a greedy bastard who can't learn from his mistakes?!" I say throwing my arms up out of frustration, i swear i hear a bang up above us as i do "This is why i joined the marines! Not Weyland!" i yell and storm off from blackwoods. "jason!" i hear him and hear his boots coming after me.

[Back in the ducts] 

Zarra continues to run through the ducts. But stops as she hears something. "there he is" she says to herself as she takes off towards her friends voice. She quickly takes a few turns and heads down a few vents. She stops as she sees her friend through a grate, looking down she sees him through his arms up "This is why i joined the marines! Not Weyland!" She hears him say, obviously upset. Seeing him head down a corridor, she sees a large Bot go after him, saying his name, she follows.

To Be Continued....