Red Xenomorph: Ascensions

A Weyland mission to an uncharted planet in outer-space yields a terrifying 'adventure' requiring captains/soldiers to execute with due prayer.

A sci-fi horror fanfic inspired by the iconic Alien franchise which looks at alien-horror through the lens of species-detention. 

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Weyland company was planning a new initiative called TED and it would send a crew of space-explorers to Planet Origae to investigate the detection of an alien-intelligence communication signal, an event of terrific media proportions on humbled Earth.

The Weyland space-ship Nostradamus landed on the uncharted planet Origae and the crew-members began trekking around and transmitting photos by computer back to Earth, and the landing was smooth/successful.

The captains of the Nostradamus mission, as it's known today, are Amlan and Marcus, both excellent pilots as well as marksmen, and they'd been responsible for the commissioning of special hand-cannon flame-throwers as the chosen weapons-of-execution.

AMLAN: We've sent back numerous photos of the terrain and atmosphere of Origae in various light-conditions.

MARCUS: This is certainly a lush planet which requires much exploration really!

The 10-member crew of the Nostradamus had 1 diplomat and 2 science-officers (doctors!) and the remaining members, including the co-captains (Amlan/Marcus) are all soldiers ready to kill in the event that the alien-intelligence communication-signal detected by Weyland company back on Earth is a death-trap meant to 'lure' in humans into some cannibal attack. The Nostradamus crew discovered an immense underground tunnel system in an area of this planet Origae and began exploring with due-diligence.

AMLAN: We're confident that despite one member's mental ailment, we're all ready for this exploration-mission.

MARCUS: These tunnels are dingy and eerie, but you men are armed with flames and commissioned to execute!

Now, these handy-dandy Weyland commissioned flame-throwers are the latest in human-civilization weaponry, capable of emitting a powerful and long-lasting line of fire/flames at any moving target and at an adequate distance, which is why the co-captains of this unusual Origae mission (Amlan/Marcus) are confident the Earth-training in the use of these flame-throwers afforded all the soldier-crew the quick-intention/capability to burn a hostile target on command and when needed. These flame-thrower 'hand-cannons' are straight out of video-games really.

When the Nostradamus crew exploring those eerie/dingy underground tunnels on Origae found a region containing what seemed to be multiple/numerous 'alien egg pods' ready to burst and release a small infant alien-lifeform, one crew-member attempted to touch one of these 'egg-pods' and unwittingly released a multi-limbed spider-like 'face-hugger' creature which irreversibly latched onto the poor soul's/human's face and laid a 'seed' in his abdomen which later burst (10 minutes!) and released a small insect-dragon like 'alien being' which scurried quickly out-of-sight, shocking all and killing the poor crew-member instantly, a terrible incident/record.

The fully-grown alien was named the Red Xenomorph (RX) by the Nostradamus crew and Weyland eventually. The adult 'red alien' is a larger-than-man sized insect-dragon shaped intelligent/cunning creature with elongated head and claws and metal-sharp teeth and a reptilian tail and moves at great running-speeds and can climb walls and hang on ceiling-tops. It also emits a terrifying acidic/corrosive saliva which is also volatile/reactive and induces a small but destructive mini-explosion upon contact with any exterior surface/body. The RX-alien is pure evil.

AMLAN: We're going to use the flame-throwers to move two-by-two across the maze-tunnels and lure it to a flame-pit.

MARCUS: Once it's burning completely, we'll douse it with ice-cold water to 'shock' its covering external skin/bones!

CREW-MEMBER: This plan will only work if we outrun this 'b***h' in efficient two-by-two pairings and not screw up, man.

CREW-MEMBER: Our co-captains seem shrewd/valiant, so let's just stick to this damned plan and go back home, ok?

One crew-member, a female soldier (Eliza), was instantly killed by the terrifying RX-alien and was recorded in Weyland annals as a 'terrific' diplomat of human heroics/salvation!

The team of the Nostradamus ran in those tunnels for 2 hours, evading and distracting the 'b***h' (RX-alien) with divide-and-unite running and flame-throwing until it was finally lured to an area where it could be burned completely by Amlan/Marcus and then doused with ice-cold water to shock its external skin before it was then fired upon again with the flame-thrower until it turned to ashes!

WEYLAND: This 'adventure' has revealed a certain 'flair' for the exotic and human excellence, despite the sad casualties.
AMLAN/MARCUS: We did our duty and destroyed the alien, but we consider this universal failure in scientific curiosity!

Now that the Red Xenomorph (RX) alien is dead and ash, we have to ask the question back home on Earth, as Weyland markets a new line of 'exciting' Alien-combat simulation video-games for Christmas shoppers across the USA, "Did the Nostradamus mission to Planet Origae reveal the sad/dark truth that alien-life in our known universe is undoubtedly...distancing?"

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