//------------------------------// // Gash the Xenomorph // Story: Alien: Twilight MIA // by TwiRaptor //------------------------------// Twilight looked to the floor and let out a long sigh before looking up at her friends with a smile, the evacuation station was almost in their grasp, however, one thing needed to be known before anything else. Twilight moved her eyes to look at Sunset Shimmer, it was just revealed she knew the whole story and now they were going too as well. It had been a long day and they might as well know where Gash came from now that he was dead. "Alright, if your all ready. I can begin" Sunset sighed and took out her gun looking into the metal reflection of herself, "Gash..., Xeno-RAPT97, was a test" Sunset started with that. " Nopony knows where it originally came from but we have our stories of the threat" Sunset glared over for a brief moment. "It was because of Gash that we were aware of the Xenomorphs. We received a signal but couldn't locate the source from what I remember" Sunset stood up and began to pace as she spoke. Twilight and White listened intently, I guess everypony needed a good story. "Why did they hope it was Xenomorphs?" Twilight asked quickly, she immediately thought it was because Weyland was a cruel team that just really wanted money and the weapon. She wanted to make sure before moving forward. "Well up to this point, Weyland was having a huge drop in confidence. Every call was just a broken engine or someponys ship ran out of fuel. Xenomorphs began to be like a myth and were nearly forgotten by most troops. Once they arrived to the stress call they found the ship was so small and it was probably just another one of those calls. Until they got inside and the crew had something, something special" Sunset smiled and rubbed her hooves together remembering how when she heard this story the stallion who told it was so happy about this part. "They handed over a creature they had found in the vent. It was a facehugger, it would be the one to plant Xenomorph 97xex, or Gash as we know him now" White stood up and yawned with a nods as the story continued. "So they were handed over a facehugger in hopes they had better use for it?" White coughed and shook his head, "Yeah of course a common civilian would hand over a unidentified bug to a higher force, go on" Sunset narrowed her eyes and smiled again when she looked over too Twilight, too keep her happy. "Gash was brought to Equestria for further testing but that was just for planting, we needed to get somepony that nopony would miss for Gash to grow inside" Sunset giggled and that giggle then turned into a stress filled groan. "Apparently they found that pony laying around next to some garbage cans on the side of the road. She was alone and clearly homeless" Sunset cleared her throat and continued. "After the facehugger was placed on this mares face the crew quickly transported the mare to the space station, the station was for Weyland Yutani only and it was the perfect station too keep a Xenomorph. The bursting however came before they arrived, luckily for them they were able to catch the chestburster before it could eat the kitty they had on board and grow. Containing the specimen they brought it to station.They kept it a chestburster as long as they could, they knew that a full grown Xeno was trouble" Twilight frowned and Sunset stared at her before addressing the alicorn. "You remember those marks you saw on his neck? Those were from the station, not Valuntas or Fortwaid but the one he was sent too to grow up" Twilight looked up and her eyes widened. "What were they from?" Twilight asked quickly and stood up walking over now face to face with Sunset, "How did Gash get those markings!?" Twilight swished her tail and narrowed her eyes. She seemed angry, Sunset frowned and stopped talking, Twilight wasn't doing good. "Can this wait! Twilight we need to get you off this station! The Queen is getting to your head, your feeling feelings you don't need to feel, lets get off this station now...." twilight shook her head and placed her hoof on the chest of the alicorn pressing down hard. "Twilight....please, this story can wait for another time. Your well being is more important than a story of a creature, a monster, its an alien Twilight" Twilight removed her hoof and her ears pinned back and she now looked really sad. "Please just finish the story...I need to know how Gash got on Valuntas Station" "Twilight we need to go!" Sunset quickly shot words back not wanting to waste any more time, every second they stood around talking to one another was another second the creature inside Twilight could grow. "PLEASE!!!" Twilight stomped her hoof and stared into Sunset eyes in hopes eye contact would persuade Sunset. "Please?" "Okay fine! I will make this quick okay!?" sunset then continued after making a angry grunt from her gut. "Gash had a series of injections to see if poisons could kill a Xenomorph. They all failed, they used the injection areas to do multiple test like electric shock being shot into the neck from there. Everything to see if they could die easier than a million bullets into the body. Nothing worked but fire and loud noises got it going. Scared of fire, like every animal, who would have guessed. AT this time Gash was a full grown Drone Xenomorph" Twilight raised a brow and Sunset picked up on it. "It is a loyal servant for the Queen, but essentially represents the lowliest class of Xenomorph, comparable to a worker ant. Drones construct Xenomorph Hives, using a resin-like secretion that they produce, and collect hosts for impregnation. Drones are easily identified by their smooth head carapaces, among the smoothest of all Xenomorphs" Twilight was about to open her mouth to speak but was stopped. "Yes, there are more kinds of Xenomorphs but all we need to know is Gash, Gash was a drone. Drones are relatively bigger than most Xenomorphs besides the Queen making it more brute and is capable of taking out an entire crew all on its own because of its size" Sunset cleared her throat again and looked to her last remaining friends, "It wasn't an accident, they thought they had it under control. They were going to ship Gash back to Equestria as a weapon against Griffins but they needed to make a stop first...for fuel.....Valuntas Station. IT was there that a mistake was made that allowed Gash to escape, quickly killing the passengers of the small Weyland Craft Gash broke out and the ship, that wasn't docked drifted off. Xenomorphs are incredible and are able to move about in space in order to make it to an area of live to kill. Gash wasn't far and managed to latch onto the outside of Valuntas Station and is believed to have broken in through and outside ventilation entrance, or maybe even an airlock while a worker was exiting. That part is unclear...." Sunset sniffled and shook a tear off her face. "Gash, Xenomorph 97xex was suppose to be tested on how well it could kill and even if Weyland didn't get what they wanted on Equestria, Valuntas supplied them with all they need and thats why they showed up to capture Gash...Which is why they wont stop til they have one again" Twilight leaned in and a tear fell as she finally knew, she finally knew the truth, "twilight, I'm sorry..." Twilights eyes widened and her body shot back as a loud crunch came from her chest, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~!!!!" Twilight fell to the ground and began to scream, the Queen was getting close to ready, they needed to move....they needed to move now. "HELP ME!!!"