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Aaron POV:
[What's going on?] questioned Aaron to himself as he woke up from his cheap Inn bed.
Confused and nervous, Aaron opened the thin window, to the mix sight of smoke and iron blood that soaked the air, while screams were more than deafening! For they were blood-curdling! Women and children mixed with men's roars were unlike anything Aaron had ever experienced! Even the alien roars seemed nicer to his ears…
Panicking, Araon rushed to his gun, only to hear the sound of a gyrocopter shrieking out of the sky! Explosion after explosion shook his little inn and disturbed his nerves! But as his nerves reach their highest point, he walks onto the inn balcony! There, he watches the inn doors suddenly burst down! With black creatures of horror! Quick and agile they quickly killed the humans in their way!
But not one to keep watching, Aaron took his rifle and tried to save who he could… with shot after shot either getting a headshot or a heart hit! But as the aliens fell to his marksmanship, he didn't know… how could he have known… that with each headshot, their heads would explode in a brilliant rain of acid gore! For the people he tried to save, were instead showered in it!
The faces the people made as they burned and melted, would go on to haunt Aaron for years to come… even though the last alien to fall didn't get a chance to hurt anyone, Aaron still felt the guilt as he looked into a room filled with human bodies that were but a second ago conversing about their hopes, while they drank away their nerves and nightmares.
But while he dwelled on his guilt, other brave men, with more stoic mindsets, picked up the busted-down doors and quickly grabbed what they could to seal the way shut! With the way in closed, one of the mercenaries dressed in a mockery of a townsmen and went up to Aaron and said:
[thank you for saving our ass their kid!! You know for a young buck, you sure as hell got one hell of an aim their bud!]
But as the man spoke, Aaron didn't hear him... To him, his ears were only filled with the sound of static and annoying ringing sound. Confused the man was about to touch Araon when another man said:
[OH, leave the brat alone! And come here, Bart!]
[what is it? Oliver? Can't you see I'm trying to…] replied Bart
[Bart!] yelled back Oliver suddenly, causing Bart to abruptly shut his mouth mid-sentence
With Oliver's sudden outburst, Bart looked to the floor to see blood coming from an older-looking man. Confused at what going on, Aaron took the time to get a good look at the old man and recognized him as the burly man who criticized him early this morning!
[Arthur…the wound…its…] said Oliver with a grimace
[I know… I don't have long left…well not that I did even before those things ambushed the inn… sigh, cough… look just gather who you can and escape while you can! This city is done for anyway…] replied Arthur as he pressed against the hole in his chest.
[Damit all! What is that stupid pirate Lord doing? And will someone go get our weapons!] yelled Oliver
[sigh, Oliver it's not his fault… we all knew the risk when we took this job!] replied Arthur dreary
[I know it's just…] replied Oliver
[it's okay Oliver, just let our leader speak…] replied Bart hiding his emotions
With the chorus quiet Arthur mustered what strength he had left to say:
[listen, my friends… it has been great hunting with you all here and in the past… cough… it's just that my card has been pulled… it's my time… and I accept that… just leave me with my guns and escape!]
But While Arthur talked, Aaron and the rest could hear banging on the Inn doors again! The aliens were trying to get in! Hissing and roars made the men shudder, as Arthur continued:
[The barricade won't hold for long! Leave me and get going! I'll buy you what time I can!]
But the men just looked at each other and forced laughed and said:
[but sir where would we go? There's nowhere to escape and even if there was… you have always been our father…] replied Bart as he put his hand on Arthur's shoulder
[Father…huh…cough… I guess that is true… you boys were always searching for a home… cough, but what father would want their kids to die with him? Now stop this nonsense and escape! That's an order! I'm sure that pirate 'lord' has an escape plan…] replied Arthur as the banging continued to get louder by the second
But the men continued to laugh, as they picked different defensive positions.
[what are you guys doing…] said Arthur
[our jobs…] replied Oliver with tears
But as this drama unfolded in front of Aaron, Aaron said under his breath:
[I wish I could have died like this with my family… I should have never gone to visit my friend in Bredale that day…]
But overhearing Aaron's whims, Bart turned to him and punched him in the face!
[Oliver and Arthur were right… you are a brat! Now! Get going! While we buy time with our blood!] said Bart
Getting off the floor, Aaron was livid and shouted:
[what was that for?]
[A brat like you will understand one day… but for now… continue to live… maybe then you'll understand…] replied Bart
As Bart turned from Aaron, Alien's hands tore through the weak spots of the barricade! With gunshots, acid blood, and hissing pains filled the air! As the shadows of their adversary could be seen climbing through the tapestry on the wall of the Inn! They could hear the roof being pulled away, which accompanied the sounds of shattering windows in the sweet rooms!
The weaker guests panicked as they ran into the basement to hide, while the stronger guests, who wanted to live, grabbed any furniture they could to fashion a weapon of any kind. While the guests who were in denial simply locked their room doors and prayed!
Realizing time was short and that the aliens could burst in at any moment, Aaron gave up arguing with the mercenary and asked while he looked around at the faces of crying women and children:
[How do I escape? Will I be able to take others with me?]
[others? Worry about yourself… first brat! Besides, do you even have the power to protect others? Sure, you got good aim but how much ammo do you even have… please! If luck is on your side… you alone might be able to escape and even that would be a miracle! The only way out is honestly…just the back door!] replied Bart
Hearing Bart's words, Aaron suddenly remembers that he left his satchel in his room!
[shit! My bag! It has all my bullets!]
[well then, you better hurry kid…] replied Bart as the barricade to the front began to shift.
With its shifting, all was quiet, so quiet… that one could only hear the sounds of the buzzing coming out of the lights… while the earth stopped shaking and the red carpets and the ruined rugs could finally settle… but through the burning of the electronics, and the pet robots covering their eyes with their little gears, it was then… that in the moment of Aaron reaching the handle on his room door, that barricade exploded!
With one crusher alien blow! Following her were dozens of normal aliens! which in turn played the distraction for the face-hugger to crawl through the nooks and crannies of the Inn! With gunfire and screams, the Inn was made a mess, as the guests ran like chickens from the face-hugger! The chandeliers and the light exploded from the fight, where men tried to club or stab the aliens!
Hearing the fighting Aaron knew he was running out of time! And so, in his panic, he quickly opened the door to his room! But the second he did… a face-hugger pounce for his face! It was so fast that Aaron didn't have time to react! But right when it was about to clamp down onto Araon's face, to his luck, a man suddenly yanked him back by the shirt!
As Aaron fell back the man punched the face-hugger with his pistol causing it to bleed and break a few legs as it hit the floor! But with a strong will, the face-hugger turned itself upright and forced its way towards Aaron! But this time as it jumped using the power in its tail like a spring, it was shot three times by the man pistol!
[disgusting creatures!] said the man
[who… who are you?] questioned Aaron
[Marvin…just Marvin…]
[okay Marvin, thank you for the save…] replied Aaron
[Kid, shut it and hurry up! we don't have time to talk right now!] yelled Marvin
[right] replied Aaron as he quickly grabbed his bag, but the second he did, he felt a breeze hit his hair… with a chill, Aaron subconsciously followed that breeze as he looked up to see in the corner of his room… a hole and a broken window!
[kid…hey kid! Snap out of it! We have to go!] yelled Marvin as he fired at an alien rushing up the stairs.
As Marvin killed the alien rushing at him, another reached for him from beneath the balcony! All Marvin could see was its shadow above him! And as the alien was inches away from wrapping his arm around Marvin, Aaron yelled:
[duck!] and fired his rifle!
The bullet hit the alien square in the head! Causing it to fall as its head exploded in a wondrous pool of acid! Seeing the alien fall, Marvin said:
[great shot! But the others… there is almost nothing stopping them now! Kid! we got to go!]
Agreeing with Marvin, the pair ran down the Inn upper hallways, to a scene of alien heads bursting through the roof! Their hissing and roars mixed in with the gunfire down below! As they passed room after room, they could hear people sobbing, while in others they could hear gunshots in many or in singles… and in others… they could hear screaming as they were being torn apart behind their locked doors!
Lights flickered and explosions shook the outside, while fire reached to the heavens as smoke blocked the air… as aliens went from room to room, or jumped from one guest to another, Marvin pushed Aaron past it all! For they could not save everyone… it was then that the pair made it to the fire escape! But as they got there, the aliens were waiting for them!
[we got three bastards heading towards us!] yelled Marvin as he readies his pistol!
[I can see that!] replied Aaron as he got down on one knee and got in his position.
Seeing their prey come so willingly to them, two of the aliens charged by crawling along the walls, while the bravest one just charged down the middle! As Aaron looked down the sight of his beautiful antique rifle, the gas inside released with his trigger! While the gears tick as the bullet flies to the sternum of the middle alien!
As the bullet casing flings from its socket, the pair fired at the other two aliens! As the lights went out! And the metal vents above fell onto the hallway behind them! With its crash came out a horde of face-huggers!
As the pair fought, the alien charged, while it ignored the potshot of Marvin's handgun… its bleeding arms were but a simple annoyance to it… as it used them to block the bullets, but where that alien could block, the one facing the barrel of Aaron gun wasn't as lucky! Any shot from Aaron's gun could easily shoot through any normal drone exoskeleton!
As Aaron killed his second target, splattering its blood over the Inn tacky wallpaper... burning it and liting it on fire! But as Aaron fought, there was no time to help Marvin as his opponent clawed him in the leg and pinned him to the floor! His screams but music in the alien ears, as it grinned through its skin… Marvin used what strength he had to raise his handgun to shoot at its head point blank… but when he pulled the trigger…
[clank…] his gun was empty! And life flashed before his eyes!
As the sound of pacing face-huggers grew… the noise of sparks illuminated what they could, and fire distracted the hallways, causing the alien to momentary stop in its action as it feared fire more than anything! It was this second of weakness, that caused Aaron to turn his barrel and aim right at the side center of the alien…
With a boom and a hissing scream the alien fell dead, but as it fell, a face-hugger jumped at Marvin, when Aaron used the butt of his rifle to smack the creature away!
[now we're even!] said Aaron as he quickly helped Marvin up. The two then raced to the fire escape while being chased by a growing number of face-huggers and fire!
But with Marvin's injured leg treading blood, the two weren't going nearly fast enough… with hungry mouths at their heels, Aaron swapped out his rifle for Marvin's gun and reloaded it! With a spin, Aaron took a few successful potshots at the little hands that chased them!
[leave me! Just go!] yelled Marvin
[no! You still owe me! I'm not about to just leave you like the others…] replied Aaron
[fool! Just do it! I deserve this anyway! I…] replied Marvin but was interrupted shortly
[save it for later! Damnit!] replied Aaron as the pair made it to the fire escape!
[look I can't climb down fast enough…] replied Marvin
[I said shut up!] replied Aaron as he continued to fire at the face-hugger approaching them!
But there were too many… far too many… and when his gun made that clanking noise again for the final time…. They stared helplessly at the horde of monsters as they crawled towards them like a group army of ants! Fire be damned even has it burned a lot of them to blackish hell!
It was then… that the closet face-hugger leapt for its victory when it was shot from behind!
[what are you doing? Run!] screamed a voice, that dripped fresh blood as it carried a tail hole through its chest! With charring skin that leaned against the wall…
[Bart! Is that you!] called back Aaron
[shut it and go!] replied Bart
But seeing Aaron's expression, Bart knew Aaron was hesitant to leave…
[Idiot!] screamed Bart as he noticed the gas piping through the burnet walls!
With a smile and light chuckle, Bart shot those pipes! Causing an explosion that rattles the fire escape off its hinges and into the neighboring building!
[Bart!] called out Aaron as they slammed into the roof of the adjacent building.
[Tsk... stupid kid...] said Bart witha weary grin, as he could hear his name being called! While he lowered his gun, and let himself be swallowed up by face huggers that lost their prey, combined with the fire of the explosion!