The Purple Xenomorph

Chapter 24.

The language they spoke was unknown to me, yet I understood it perfectly. One of them ran towards a large button encased in glass upon the wall, the others ran away. The creature smashed the glass and pushed the button, a loud alarm blaring as red lights started flashing. Fuck! So much for stealth. The animal was about to run out of the room when I blocked their path, grabbing it by the throat and staring into its eyes. I could see true terror in them, as if it would be their very last moment alive.

"Where is Je'Trya?" I clicked.

It screamed in fear and shut its eyes, looking away. I take a quick smell of the creature, it's a female. She didn't seem to understand what I was saying, I growled in anger and frustration. I bring her closer to my face, pointing to Je'Tryas necklace around my neck.

"Je'Trya! Yautja! Where is he?!" I snarl.

Clicks were heard from the entrance to the room, I turn my head to see the very same beings from the gates. These must be the humans, I have THEIR DNA within me? Strange. Green lasers from their firearms were focused on me, aiming right at my chest. With an angry growl, I hold the female in front of me and bring my bladed tail to her throat. Primarily the razor sharp tip to her tender skin, the men slowly lowered their weapons as I bared my teeth.

"This isn't one of ours..." One of the humans said.

'One of ours?' What the hell did that mean? Do they have other Xenomorphs here? I shook my head and hissed at them, looking around for any type of escape. There was an entryway to a vent in the ceiling 10 feet away, that is my way out. The human in my grip was crying hysterically as I lowered my tail, then throwing her at the armed humans. They yelled out in surprise as the woman flew towards them, landing on them all and taking them to the floor.

I darted to the open vent in the ceiling, launching myself into it. I heard loud bangs as I pulled my long tail into the duct and began running on all fours out of there, they must have thought to shoot at me. They had decided to do that much too late as I sprinted through the vents, the scent of Je'Trya getting closer and the alarms becoming faint. There were muffled voices coming from another ventilation duct to my left, my curiosity was overwhelming and I followed the sounds. The alarms had ceased fortunately.

Slowing to a stop at the vent, I peered through the grate and looked down into a room with a desk, filing cabinets, and a human sitting an office chair. A beaker filled with a dark red powder and a Petri dish filled with a strange blue liquid sat upon his desk, along with several folders labelled "Project Redrum" stuffed with papers. The human was completely oblivious to my presence as he was writing something down in a book, when the door opened that is.

"Doctor Groves! We have a problem!" Another female came rushing in.

"Which Xenomorph escaped?" The man, Doctor Groves, asked.

"None...this specimen is completely new."

The human perked with interest.

"Oh? Do tell."

"From what I've heard i-it's colored purple, has a Yautja like muscle structure, human like skin, armor fused into its skin a-and it wears Yautja clothing...it's highly intelligent sir, it held another scientist hostage and escaped into the ventilation system. It could be anywhere!" The human trembled.

Dr Groves chuckled as he stood from his seat, approaching the young scientist.

"Inform the men to subdue this serpent and bring it to the labs for examination. Let us visit our most promising specimen."

"Y-Yes sir." Both the scientists left the room.

Most Promising Specimen. What could that mean? I could sense the females fear, but the man... something was very wrong with him. He is someone I must avoid, he is twisted and troubled within the head. Looking back at the folders and red metallic powder in the beaker, I exit the vent as quietly as I could while landing in the floor. I don't know why the folders intrigue me, but I feel as if the information within them important. I grab the folders of Project Redrum and tuck them under my arm.

I'm compelled to follow after the scientists, but Je'Tryas scent is faint in this room. I jump back into the vents and follow the Yautjas scent back the way I had come. Perhaps these papers will shed some light on what these humans are doing at this complex. The scent of Je'Trya was becoming stronger as I was hopefully approaching his holding cell, but many other smells began to mask his. Chemicals, very strong chemicals at that. Stopping over top another vent opening, I dropped into the new room. The sight of this room was enough to make my heart sink into my stomach.

There were large cylinders filled with the same strange blue liquid in the previous room,  decent amount of them were inhabited by amalgamations of what I can assume is a poorly cloned Yautja. They were lined up in order from the worst to the best, only the 'best's cylinder was smashed. That must have belonged to the clone whom I was birthed from. I growled angrily at the sight of these mutations, where is the original?

There was one door leading out of this room, I approach the door and it automatically slides upwards. But instead of an exit, it opened into an empty room with a large window looking into a huge brightly lit white room. A control panel took up the space beneath the window, several colorful buttons lit up upon it. I enter the room and go to the large window, seeing a mirror on the opposing wall. I look down into the chamber, gasping in shock at what was in the center.

An almost naked, very sick and malnourished Yautja lay strapped down to a table. He was stripped of his armor except his pelvic armor. His skin was so pale it was almost white, his dreadlocks a dark red and his eyes the color of amber. His black markings stood out from his very pale skin, his strength was nowhere to be seen as he weakly struggled against his restraints.

Je'Trya...What have these horrid humans done to you? It's as if he hasn't eaten in weeks, if not months. I growled in anger and went to slam my fist against the glass when a voice came over speakers.

"Specimen 635, you've been our strongest test subject. But unfortunately...You be outlived your usefulness." It waas the man Doctor Groves.

A panel in the floor disappeared as a whirring sound occurred within the chamber, I looked to see what it was. A pedestal rose from under the floor, atop of it was a closed ovomorph. Je'Trya saw the egg, his eyes widening and his mandibles flaring in anger. He struggled as hard as he could, but alas he was still very weak. The parasitical egg flaps opened slowly, the legs of a facehugger emerging. No, not just a facehugger, a ROYAL facehugger. I placed my gloved hand on the glass as the large facehugger emerged from the egg.

"Perhaps what will come out of you will be much more promising." The evil man chuckled.

I roared in anger, smashing the window and jumping into the room. I could hear some surprised gasps over the speaker systems as I landed, I dropped the Project Redrum folders and charged to be the weak Yautjas protection. The Royal Facehugger screeched and launched at me, I used my bladed tail and impaled it through the spine, killing it instantly. I grabbed the parasite off my tail and throwing it to the ground.

"Congratulations, you're being rescued by a Xenomorph. Please don't resist."

I rush to Je'Tryas aid and begin releasing his restraints.