Cass: Ok. This is my first attempt at writing an AVP fanfiction. I've always been obsessed with the Alien movies and I loved the predator movies as well. I waited with baited breath for an AVP type movie to come out. After reading 'The enemy of my enemy' and 'Is my friend' by Tashilover, I was inspired to write one! Please read and review!
Quick definitions and Pronunciations:
Aleris: Uh-ler-is
Hiram: Here-ahm
Xerxes: Zer-zes
Yautja: Predator word for a Predator
Ooman: Yautja word for Human
Pyode Amedha: 'Soft meat'; Referring to Humans
Kainde Amedha: 'Hard meat'; Referring to the Aliens
Chapter 1
It was nothing more than a dull day. It was High School, though, so one has come to expect it. But this was ridiculous.
Aleris sat in her US History class, trying desperately to listen to the little Chinese man teaching them about railroads or something. She quietly tapped her fingernails against the desk in an effort to stay awake. She kept her long brown hair in her face so he couldn't see her float between consciousness and unconsciousness.
She told herself to stay awake. If she fell asleep in this class again, she would be sent to the office and probably taken out of the class. This teacher hated her that much. She said her name over and over again in her head. God she hated her name. Aleris. So many people made fun of her for it. Her parents must have been on acid when they named her or were just plain stupid.
Finally! The teacher gave them the rest of the period to themselves.
Aleris quickly got up a snatched the only blue hall pass her teacher had. She quickly exited the noisy room and into the dead quiet hallway. Pausing just outside the door, she sighed sharply and took her time to walk down three doors to the drinking fountain.
A hand grabbed her arm and jerked her back. She turned, expecting a friend or teacher being funny with her. The people at her High School did that. Everyone knew her and everyone enjoyed yanking her chain. The one who had grabbed her was no such person.
A tall, scraggly man stood before her. Wearing all black and a black face mask, he startled Aleris. He looked like one of those guys that takes over a school to put themselves higher in fame so a celebrity will see them and fall in love with them. What is the name for that? Aleris did not believe that any man would be stupid enough to hold an entire school hostage.
Aleris tried to pull her arm away from the indistinguishable person. The man squeezed her arm tighter and pulled her close to him. With his free hand, he held a knife to her throat. He spoke in a low, demanding voice.
"Do as I say and you might live"
The man pulled her harshly further down the hallway. He threw her into an empty classroom and closed the door. Aleris tried to get the door open, but the man had done something to the lock, so it remained closed. She looked around the room she was now in.
A few desks and chairs thrown about in various ways. A book shelf was over turned and the books sprayed out from it. Aleris didn't like this sight too much. This was bad. Terrorists had taken over the school and ransacked this room and probably placed all the students that were here somewhere else. But why did they put her in here alone?
She glanced back to the door. She knew it was locked, so she wasn't even going to try and open it. That was her philosophy in life. If it doesn't work in the movies, then it sure as hell ain't going to work for you.
She walked over to the window just behind the teachers' desk. The window overlooked the student parking lot. Most of the cars were nice and new.
Aleris stared out the window. She saw students running out into the parking lot. It was only Third period. Her eyes shifted sharply down below her.
Black…things…were running after the students. Now, these students were running quite fast, but these black blurs were running faster than lightning. The students didn't stand a chance. They were picked off, one by one. Blood sprayed onto nearby cars every time one student was caught.
Aleris didn't care about this much. She was one of those outsider gothic people that suffered from Depression. Just nice enough to be cordial with people, but not enough to mean it. At the present time, she was enjoying the show.
Examining the black monsters chasing and killing the students, she arrived to the conclusion that they were an advanced form of wingless dragon that, until now, was in a dormant state under or near the school. Aleris laughed out loud. She was trying to keep her mind off her present situation.
She glanced over and saw something rather odd. The wall moved. It didn't move like it was her imagination. It was like water distorted the image of the wall. She cocked her head as she pondered this. That was before a figure presented itself to her.
It appeared in electric patches before coming together into one. It was a tall humanoid figure that was very muscular. The first thing that came to Aleris when she saw it was 'Seven foot Jamaican with a cool mask'.
She didn't move any, but her heart began to pound a little. What was that thing? Was it a mutated chameleon?
The Jamaican either didn't see Aleris or didn't care. He looked down at his wrist and flipped open something. Aleris figured it was a minicomputer, seeing it could cloak or something like it. Unless it WAS a chameleon. Then it was probably some cool wrist guard that made the Jamaican look smart or something.
Aleris looked back to the bodies of her fellow students. She couldn't help but chuckle. This was exactly how it was in the movies.
Hiram looked down at his computer. Something had happened here and it was anything but good. The Kainde Amedha had somehow gotten to this planet. But that wasn't all. It was a little too convenient that the Kainde Amedha were here in this building. The students were perfect for the underlings to attack to and lay their eggs. Something was up and he knew it.
Hiram was busy trying to figure out just how many Kainde Amedha were here. Then he heard it. He heard a chuckle. He looked up and saw a one of the Oomans not 10 feet from him.
This was unexpected. Hiram was originally here for observing the Ooman specie. He was disappointed to find he would not be studying this specie, but making sure the specie was still there in the future to study. But right there in front of him was a Ooman. And it didn't even run away from him!
This Ooman was female. He could tell from the facial features and the shape of the body. Short in height compared to him, but that was normal for the specie. He cocked his head slightly when he realized that she was not afraid of him. Her heart pounding slightly faster than normal, but that was it.
His computer began beeping and he tore his gaze from her. It had calculated the number of kainde amedha. Seven hundred and fifty two…give or take a dozen. This was very bad for Hiram.
He was alone and help would not arrive for some time. About one Earth week.
Aleris heard some sort of angry or frustrated growl come from the mutated…Jamaican…Chameleon…Thing. She picked up the rolling teachers' chair and set it up right. She sat down and brought her feet onto the teachers' desk. There was a strong possibility that she was going to die here. And if she was going to die, she was going to be comfortable for it.
Hiram looked back to the Ooman female, who was now sitting with her feet up. She was looking at him, as if waiting for something. He relaxed and slowly walked over to her.
He didn't want to startle or scare her. He wanted so badly to study her, to touch her.
Aleris watched this thing carefully. She came to two conclusions. Either he was coming to kill her or rape her. Oh god, she hoped it was the first one.
A loud bang sounded through the silent room. Hiram shot his head over to the door. A Kainde Amedha was trying to get in. The scratching was distinct. The noise stopped as soon as it had started. Aleris got up from the chair and slowly walked over to the door.
Hiram watched her, observing her every move. The way her hips moved and how carefully she placed her feet. It was fascinating. Ooman females were so graceful.
Aleris looked out the window in the door, seeing what was out there. Nothing. Whatever was out there was gone now. Aleris began to walk back to the desk, but stopped halfway.
The Jamaican was looking at her. But not just looking. No. He was studying her.
"Do I look funny or something?" She asked in a somewhat smartass tone
Hiram was caught back by this a bit. Was she trying to communicate with him? Well, duh! He was the only other being in the room. He flipped open his computer again and typed something into it. Aleris watched him diligently.
Something very strange was going on and she hadn't a clue of what it was about. Black, mutated dragons killing her fellow students in just about the coolest way. Seven foot Jamaicans with masks and cool wrist guards popping out of the woodwork. She knew this was going to be one of those days.
She knew she should have faked sick and committed Hari Kari this morning, but NO! She just HAD to come to school today.
Damn those…whatever they were…things! Couldn't they have waited until after lunch to wreak havoc in the greater Spokane area? Man, was she hungry.
The scratching. It came back again. But not from the door, this time. It was above them. Hiram knew what it was. He could see the Kainde Amedha just over Aleris.
No way was he going to let it kill this Ooman. It's the first Ooman he'd seen that wasn't dead or dying. He lunged at Aleris. He pushed her down and covered her entire body with his own. A Kainde Amedha pounced down where Aleris was standing.
Hiram quickly recovered and stood up. He fully extended his wrist blade and went after the Alien. The Alien hit the blade back with its skeleton tail. It lunged at Hiram, but he drove the blade into the alien. It instantly began to smoke and melt. Hiram broke it off and pushed the alien into the wall.
The alien gave off a terrible scream and bounced off the wall after Hiram. The forced it hit with flung him onto the ground behind. The alien reached out and clawed at Hiram, leaving scratch marks on his mask and breast plate.
Aleris watched this and decided she needed to help. Grabbing an unused fire extinguisher, she carefully walked over. She hoped the alien wouldn't see her and try and attack her before she could think of something to do.
Hiram caught a glimpse of Aleris. He looked over and saw she was holding a bright red cylinder.
Why would she need that? Is she going to try and help him by hitting it over the head? Yeah, like THAT'LL work…
Hiram grabbed the aliens' hands, trying to flip it over so he could safely blow it away with his shoulder cannon. This was going to be one of those days for him.
Aleris figured the Jamaican would lose. She pulled out the hose of the extinguisher and pulled the clip out. The alien heard the click and shot a sharp look at her. Giving off a sharp scream it tried to go after her. Hiram wouldn't let it go and kept it above him. He still had no idea what the hell she was doing.