A not so perfect winter wrap up

by Left The Fandom

Ch2: Building better Worlds?

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The girls all trudged through the snow once more, Dash leading them,

  "I know it was this way!" She shouted going in another direction, she was acting confident, but they all knew here sense of direction was worse than Derpy's depth perception. But anyways, the frigid air whistled as their teeth chattered.

The group was still worried about whatever had assaulted them,

  "Whatever it was, it can forget having a party." Grunted Pinkie seemingly reading every ponies minds. They all looked at her, Applejack was the one to pipe up,

  "Ah think that thing... Havin a party is the least of our worries." She mumbled shaking some snow off of her orange fur.

  "Uh Girls..." Fluttershy whispered, barely heard over the slight banter being tossed around the group.

  "What now Fluttershy?" Asked an agitated Dash, ignoring Rarity who continued to argue. Everypony was... Tired and cold.

  "Oh-oh.... Uh.... The-the thing we're looking for is over there..." Fluttershy whispered looking down, the group looking in the direction she was facing. The five others gasped as they saw the wreck, even in a short period of time the metal had partly melted, but cooled. Even from the slight snowfall, snow was already gathering atop it.

If they hadn't reached it any sooner, it might of been lost under the snow,

"Good eyes Fluttershy." Said Twilight smiling at her friend, before walking to the front of the group,

  "Alright Girls, anything could happen. So, stick together. For all we know another one of those things could be waiting to attack." Said Twilight turning around and looking at the remnants of a once great ship,

"Let's go..." She whispered to herself as they all started towards the giant metal object.

When they reached it, Applejack spoke up,

  "Is this where that thing came from? I would've figured it would be... Ah don't know... Like a meteor or something." Applejack then looked at the place which the creature clawed its way out.

  "Whatever built this has a horrible fashion taste, such a-" Rarity didn't get to finish her statement, as Twilight butted in.

  "Whatever built it Rarity is clearly above what we have..." Grumbled Twilight observing the frigid pile of metal carefully.

  "So you saying what attacked me, was advanced?" Rainbow asked confused,

"Because I didn't get anything advanced off of that... Thing." She grumbled.

  "Looks like somepony has been using the word calendar I gave them for their birthday." Chuckled Twilight.

  "Yea yea, I guess it wasn't so lame after all." Dash admitted looking around.

  "Look it! It's a flashy thing!" Shouted Pinkie, who was currently observing a small flashing light that was partly covered by a piece of the ship. The rest of them cautiously approached Pinkie and the flashing light. It was a bright neon red. Twilight began to remove the piece of metal, and with a grunt, the melted hull of the ship flew off a couple feet away. Whatever it was, it was like nothing the six had ever seen. And suddenly the red light flashed green and the glass part lit up with a bipedal creature talking,

  "Ah, this is lab test number three forty-five, and specimen codename thirteen, is coming out." The odd creature said, the group gasped as the screen panned over to another creature, that was held in place by metal bindings. The creature was screaming and writhing in agony, trying desperately to escape his fate.

All the six had their own reactions, Twilights of shock,

Rarity's of disgust,

Rainbows of almost... Curiosity,

Fluttershy was crying at its suffering,

AppleJack was horrified,

And Pinkie tried ignoring it.

Suddenly something exploded forth from the creatures chest, ending his cries of pain. And a snake like creature slithered from his chest, and emitted a cry of what they had heard before. It was a baby thing of what they had encountered!

  "Beautiful specimen, isn't it?" Asked the creature putting his hand to the glass, the baby creature looking like it wanted to bite each of his... Claws off? They weren't sharp... But weren't exactly... Eh it didn't matter. The group watched in horror as the creature signed off, but before it did, it said one thing that Everypony disagreed with,

"Weyland Yutani, Building better worlds."

  "Better worlds?!" Twilight shrieked, angry,

"Who would do something like that! That's murder!" Shouted Twilight stomping her hoof,

  "Ah reckon it's one of those crazy science cooks who believe everything else come after their work. Ah knew somepony like that." AppleJack growled in disgust,

"Yea! Whatever that thing is, isn't cool!" Shouted Dash trying to get the image of the mans chest opened up out of her head. It was just horrifying. Each of the six put forth their disgust, then they all proceeded to recollect themselves,

  "So whatever it is... Isn't from around here... So it is an alien!" Shouted Pinkie triumphantly, before falling over and disappearing from existence, before appearing next to Twilight.

  "Yes, we could say that... We need to warn Everypony before it can reach the town." Said Twilight looking back at her friends, and so, with great haste the six began to run back to town. To reach it before the creature got there. But what Everypony failed to notice, was that Twilight grabbed the thing that had shown them the horrors and truth.

Running through the forest at nearly three AM wasn't a personal dream of any of the six, but here they were. Needing to warn Everpony of a monster, and then stop that monster like always... Right? The image of the creature dying by a company supposedly called 'Weyland Yutani' fresh in their minds. It wasn't a pleasant thought.

Twilight was lucky the others hadn't noticed her snatch up the strange alien object, not knowing if they would approve. She needed to check if as soon as they got back. They needed every last piece of knowledge they could have against the foe they faced.


Black hissed, hopelessly lost in the snowy forest. Growling in frustration, Black began to stomp in a different direction, some foreign hope dragging him to try to get somewhere near a victim. Hissing Black begrudgingly stomped towards where his instincts told him to go.

Nothing, just like every other time. He screamed in frustration, before stomping back into the tree line away from the clearing. It was t really a clearing, as it was filled with snow... But you know. The howling of the wind did relax Black however, his screech lowering into a barely audible hiss.

Blacks saliva flow had reduced itself to tiny drops, which pattered against the cold blanket of snow below where Black stomped. It was hopeless, Black had no hive, Queen, or sense of direction. Black was just confused, his free will causing him to think more. Most Xenomorphs were controlled by a all knowing queen. He was born with free will, allowing him to act off of instinct. It just made him a smarter more efficient killer. That was also the downside.

His intelligence was also his enemy, he was starting to realize that without a queen, and without the ability to molt, he would only become more hopelessly lost. He couldn't accept it, he would't give in. Roaring once more, Black stormed off.

Every step Black took, silenced yet another area of the forest. All the creatures feared him. That's what he wanted, yes fear made him stronger. Hissing, a very common thing his race often did, he stood still for a few fleeting seconds. Before he continued his journey.

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