AVP Retribution

By Peter Stevens

An alien hunter vows to get revenge on the humans that killed his father. Taking his grandfathers ship and loading it with deadly alien larvae he brings the beasts to Earth.
After dropping the insect like aliens near a remote town the hunter prepares for the ultimate hunt to prove his worth in battle. With aliens on one side and predators on the other the town must fight to survive at all costs.
A satellite tracking facility reports to its bosses, the newly formed Weyland/Yutani corporation, an unusual object in space. Tracked to the small town of Maddison Heights Weyland/Yutani send their best agent with an army to try and capture the hunter and steal its technology.
The war begins.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Stevens
• Release date: Oct 8, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466037427

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AVP Retribution

Peter Stevens

AVP Retribution

Peter Stevens

Copyright 2007 Peter Stevens

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All characters in this book are fiction and any resemblance to any person, either living, or deceased is purely coincidence.

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[More Aliens, more predators, more humans than ever before in one massive AVP war. Following on from AVP Requiem and joining the Weyland/Yutani corporation that leads us to the alien series. This story connects all of the Predator, AVP and Alien series together in one mighty war]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many thanks go to my family first for believing in me and encouraging me to finish the story. Thanks to Sian for the cover design and ideas. Thanks also to my son Nicholas for lending me money in times of need. Also thanks to my youngest daughter for helping me with ideas and situations used in the book. Your help and support is greatly appreciated.

Prologue

Twin stars shine brightly in the blackness of space, the first similar to our sun in size but a much brighter bluish/white and considerably older. The second, smaller, duller in colour than its brother, dark blue, but still as hot as it drifts along on its journey around the galaxy. An orange and red planet orbits the twin stars in the not too hot, not too cold, zone where its able to support life. This planet used to have a moon but not anymore, now it has a ring of asteroids where at some time in the planets past some unknown disaster tore the moon apart. The spinning planet below spread the moons debris around it to form the ring. Electricity flashes and sparks silently in space as an arrow shaped ship becomes visible. The huge ship heads towards the alien planet enters the atmosphere of this strange world. There is no heat discharge or friction as the strange ship slides gently into the unknown gasses that support life here.

The huge alien craft races over an emerald ocean underneath an orange and yellow sky towards a shining alien city. The ships shape changes as huge rams drive the two outer arms of the craft open out to form a trident. It slows as it crosses over the city then turns left, lowers the final thousand feet, and settles gently onto a landing gantry that opens and expands to fit the ship’s new three pronged configuration. The engine noise dies as it settles to the ground and a huge door slides up. Bright light shines through from behind the door.

Shapes begin emerging from the light as a dozen tall alien figures appear one by one in a storm of lightning and electricity. As they leave the ship, dreadlocks swinging behind them, carrying their trophies but without their weapons, or masks. They are each greeted by smaller versions of themselves, their sons, eager to hear of the hunts and see the trophies. The reunited families chatter and laugh on the gantry for a minute then they disappear into separate elevators and are gone. A lone predator child is left standing on the gantry, eager for news of his father who followed this ship to earth. He starts toward the ship but an elder, the clan clan-leader, appears as a flash of electrical sparks and lightning in front of the boy as he turns off the invisibility shield that hides them in battle. His blue grey dreadlocks and cloak the sign that he is the leader, bravest and eldest, of this clan. The boy bows his head and makes quiet clicking growling sounds that are the language spoken by these beings.

In his guttural, clicking and growling the elder tells the boy that his father was killed dishonourably during a battle on the distant planet called Earth. The elder predator pulls out a small, bronze coloured, hexagonal device and activates it. Four small arms extend out from the central body of the device and light up as a holographic image of the boy’s father appears, made from red lasers, without his bio mask and facing an alien/predator hybrid in battle. The image changes to show a wider angle of the scene as a small ship appears. The small ship speeds towards the two warriors at speed but from fifteen thousand feet above them. Another small point of light leaves the small ship and falls towards the fighters below as the ship that released it turned and headed back. The smaller point of light falls towards the town centre below until it hits and bursts into a storm of light and chaos. A mushroom cloud forms and extends upward and outward as the elder predator turns off the holographic projector. Putting the device away the elder looks at the youngling while clicking his sorrow.

The boy was silent for a moment then bowed again. He muttered his thanks to the clan leader for bringing him this news about his father then quietly turns around and leaves for an elevator. Satisfied that the boy had gone back home, the elder predator turns and heads back into his ship. The ships huge door closing behind him as he activates his invisibility cloak and disappeared.

The boy rode the elevator down a level then he stopped it. He left the elevator and went towards a smaller, single person ship that was waiting on a smaller gantry in front of him. He entered the ship, went to the pilot seat and strapped himself in. Without a pause he pressed a series of buttons, he was angry the coward humans had used a bomb as his father was killing bugs.

Outside to the rear of the smaller ship the engines stir to life. A series of gears and hydraulics engage to lift the gantry up above the floor. Four smaller claws on either side of the craft released and the ship lifted effortlessly in the sky and headed out over the city towards his home.

He would take this ship if he could but this ship is small and won’t get him to Earth for five more years. As he nears his home he spots the ship he will use, similar to his fathers ship this one belonged to his fathers father, his grandfather.

It had the old kind of engine that created a wormhole big enough for one ship; he could be there in just over two days. If he owned one of the new quantum ships like the clan ship he’d been at he would be there in a day. Seeing the ship and his home on the ocean side of the alien city the young hunter turns this small slow personal transport to land near the craft he wants. Now he needs to get some of the face grabbing, spider like impregnator aliens to spread panic on this his first full blown hunt alone. One of his friends could, and probably would, provide some of them he thought. Leaving the small ship the young hunter entered his home where he put on his mask, belt, spear, net gun and plasma caster. Taking them out to his grand father’s ship and stowing the items in allocated holders he went back for his disc, shuriken, spear gun, spare spear, sword and some laser mines. He went back in a third time for a medical kit and energy cells before calling a friend on his home communicator for a favour.

Now the ship was ready he took some food, water, air, and other necessary items and loaded them onto the larger ship. He made sure he had all of the items and supplies he’d need and walked over to the pilot’s chair. This time to prove his courage and honour and most of all to get revenge on the humans that had killed his father from a distance. Cowards he said softly, he would make them pay all right he thought as he lifted off.

The ship lifted off effortlessly and he headed towards the distant mountains. After flying over the peaks he turned the ship sharply around to land in a clearing in the canyon behind the mountains. Another ship similar to his appeared in a shower of electricity and lightning as another young hunter strode down the ramp of his ship. His friend was pushing a cart with four small flasks carrying one of the alien face huggers in each. Stowing the flasks inside the escape pod the young hunter closed up his doors, started the engines and took off heading straight up. As his ship climbed up and out of the atmosphere it shimmered and vanished before starting the long voyage to earth.

Two miles from the mountain landing site the clan ship appeared in a flash of lightning and electricity. The ship hovered two thousand feet above a strange yellow and purple forest before turning towards the canyon. It ship closed its distance to the canyon and hovered for a minute then turned the headed up following the smaller ships path.

Chapter 1

Maddison Heights, 110 miles South East of Olympia, Washington State

Population 823

The TV on the wall in Wills’ bar was playing a news report from the west coast, Weyland industries share price dropped dramatically after the death of it founder, CEO Charles Weyland, threatening thousands of job losses. Japanese company the Yutani Corporation have made an offer of one hundred and thirty million dollars and a merger to help the ailing company. A man sitting at the bar asked the barman to change the channel as he sipped his beer. The only other people in this small bar were a young couple in the corner booth who laughed and prodded each other playfully. A middle aged couple sat at a table talking quietly, and two locals playing pool.

The couple sitting at the table opposite the TV were talking about the news. It’s all a rip off; I told you someone would get rich during this so called credit crunch and Andrews is the one doing it, the short fifty’s balding man says.

Stop moaning Roy, replied the plump forty nine year old brunette woman sitting with him, It doesn’t affect us anymore and your job is secure now that Weyland has been bought out. I don’t really know why you are moaning or what you’re worried about?

Come on Dawn, house prices are falling but the cost of living is going up, it doesn’t add up. Look at the Yutani Corporation they are giving away millions to own a now worthless company. If Charles Weyland were still alive Yutani wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near to our research on what is left of Razorback point. Our new boss Andrews Lets them in with a sixty five million dollar deal and I bet they’re going to try to throw us all out. There is something there not telling us about this so called merger, it’s not right.

Like I said, now the Yutani corporation is merging your job is safe at Weyland. Roy was about to speak again but his wife held her hand up no more, drink up and let us enjoy what is left of this holiday without you moaning about some Japanese woman becoming your boss.

We wouldn’t be here now if I hadn’t been ordered to take the time off but okay I won’t mention it again, said Roy as he finished his drink. He winked at his wife and said Consider the matter closed, do you want another drink or shall we have an early night under the stars instead?

You want to sleep on the porch tonight? Dawn smiled punching him playfully on the arm then said An early night sounds fun, come on then I’ll race you to the cabin.

Dawn finished her drink and they both get up to leave, turning back towards the bar Roy said goodnight Will and waved to the barman, See you tomorrow evening.

Yeah have fun you two, sweet dreams replied the barman as he continued his conversation with the man at the bar.

The couple leave the bar arm in arm and walk past the last few houses of the small town then down a country lane towards a woodland area to the left and a cabin and lake to the right. The night air still and crisp as frost begins to form on the cabin roof and in patches on the grass. The sounds of night animals and insects are the only sounds as the couple walk towards the cabin near the shore of the lake. Stars shine brightly in the night sky and as Dawn looks up she sees a flash of fire and says Shooting star, make a wish.

Looking up Roy sees the final flash of the shooting star as it crashes and burns through the atmosphere. Heading east to west he shrugs as they enter their cabin for the night. The couple don’t hear the object as it crashes into a hillside a few miles down the road from their cabin.

20:40pm four miles from Maddison Heights

A gentle breeze blew in the peaceful night air as a newly formed crater sent tendrils of smoke into the night sky. A small cylindrical metallic object battered, burned and scarred lay in the ruined hillside. The quiet of the wilderness broken as sounds of movement came from within the object. At first scratching clicking and then hissing sounds as the metal casing melted from within. The acrid smoke poured into the night sky to disperse in the breeze.

An opening formed in the top of the burned and dented container. First one then two, three, four, then all eight long bony alien fingers crawl out of a smoking hole in the side of the object. A spiderlike alien creature emerges from the broken capsule and drops to the ground with its long whip like tail slithering behind it. A second then third, and fourth, alien climb slowly out of the crashed remains. One by one they drop to the floor and race silently away into the night.

21:30pm

Mm that was wonderful gasped Dawn after a twenty minute bout of lovemaking, lets come here again in the summer, I’d love to see it when it’s hot, full of flowers and life, during the summer.

Roy came here because of the quiet and the end of season hunting; tomorrow he was meeting with Abe Garner who’d agreed to take him out hunting. Yeah why not, after all it’s quiet, no worries or hassles and aren’t you glad we left our phones at home?

Dawn nodded Oh yes she smiled and reached for her dressing gown, Cigarette before bed? she asked and Roy nodded as she got up Outside though, we don’t want a fire in here now do we? reaching for her clothes she got up and headed to the bathroom two minutes, I just need to use the bathroom.

The air outside was cold and still, a slight frost had covered the ground in the cold cloudless night. The only sounds coming from night insects as Roy and Dawn leave the cabin and walk arm in arm towards a picnic table next to the woods to smoke their cigarette. A slight breeze moves only the smallest bushes, nothing else but the crickets made a sound.

You know they ordered me to take this holiday because of the takeover bid by Yutani said Roy as they sat down at one of the tables near the lake. They want a lot of us out of the way during the initial audit, taking two cigarettes out of the packet he passed one to Dawn and lit his one before handing her the lighter they don’t want me talking.

We agreed that you wasn’t going to mention it again while we are on holiday, anyway what are they hoping to find? asked Dawn now intrigued by her husband’s revelation Is it anything to do with that incident in Antarctica?

Of course it is, Lex was the only survivor of that and she is in hiding Roy took a long drag of his cigarette. She has some sort of alien technology and then there is that scar on her face. She won’t say how she got either the tech or the mark but she babbled something about aliens, he trailed off thinking that maybe he’d said too much already.

Alien technology, what does that mean? Dawn asked.

Ignoring his wife’s comments Roy frowned at the sudden silence and said, Listen. Not even the insects are making a noise. leaves and twigs crunched in the woods and Roy looked left towards the darkness of the trees what was that?

Probably an animal looking for its supper lets go back it’s turned creepy all of a sudden. Dawn looked frightened and kept looking at the trees come on Roy let’s go back now.

Just listen he said, the night noises of the woods were gone and it was now completely silent. Roy got up and walked towards the woods, another sound this time scurrying moving quickly to his right there is something out there. He took a final puff from the cigarette then flicked the butt into a puddle near the trees. Looking at his wife he motioned her to stay there and entered the tree line trying to peek into the darkness of the trees. A dog began barking in the distance making the only sound coming from the town they’d not long ago left. His eyes now adjusted to the gloom as another twig snapped in front of him. He started to turn back to his wife as a blur caught his attention in front again. He didn’t have time to react as he saw a hand shape flying towards him. It grabbed him with long bony fingers that reached around the sides of his head. A foul smell filled his nostrils as the creature settled over his face. He felt it wrapping a long snakelike tail around his neck which tightened almost cutting off his air. He could feel something like a soft finger pushing into his mouth and down his throat as he passed into unconsciousness.

Dawn heard the commotion and stood up trying to see where Roy had gone. She walked around the table and heard a noise behind her like a scraping on the leaves. Looking back she spotted too late as another of the spiderlike creatures leapt at her. She tried to scream as it attached itself to her head as she fell over on to the grass unconscious. A third alien ran past the now comatose couple to head toward the small town beyond the picturesque scene of the lake and its holiday home. The dog continued to bark in the distance, getting closer, and the alien creature stopped for a moment to listen to the approaching animal. Creeping towards the cabin where Roy and Dawn were half an hour ago the alien coiled its tail up underneath its body. An Alsatian came running down the same lane the couple used barking at the unseen but sensed threat.

Using its tail to power it the creature launched itself out towards the approaching animal. With no time to react the dog was caught before he saw the beast and collapsed to the ground with the creature settling onto its face. As the creature wrapped its tail around the dog’s neck the sounds of the night returned slowly to the night.

At the same time a fourth alien had entered one of four caves on the eastern side of the town. It scuttled up the wall of the cave as it sensed an animal deeper inside. It crawled across the roof upside down heading toward the heat of its body and the scent of its prey. Passing a larger cavern and entering another smaller tunnel the alien headed deeper into the cave until it spotted a huge grizzly bear that was hibernating here. The alien approached quietly and leapt onto the face of the bear as it was asleep in the corner. Settling into position with its tail around the bears neck the spider like alien delivered its deadly egg. Insects began chirping and singing as the normal sounds returned to the night.

Weyland Industries, 21:30pm Columbus Ohio

The lift door opened and a Japanese business woman carrying an aluminium briefcase entered the hall leading to Mr Andrews’s office. She was fifty seven years old but her make up made her look at least ten years younger. Her pale face framed her bright red lips and striking green eyes as she looked around the corridor. Standing at five foot seven in her three inch heels she looked around then saw the secretary she needed to speak to.

She walked straight over to the desk by the double doors and said I am Sakura Yutani here to see Mr Marcus Andrews.

The secretary nodded to the woman and picked up her telephone, her name badge said Samantha Hastings. I have Miss Yutani here to see you sir she said to Mr Andrews on the other end. Andrews was now the chief C.E.O since the death of the companies founder Charles Weyland, she listened for a minute then replied Yes sir and set the phone back into its cradle, Mr Andrews will see you now she said to the waiting woman.

Miss Yutani walked over to the double doors leading into the inner meeting room as the doors open from inside and Marcus Andrews Steps out.

Miss Yutani, it’s a pleasure to meet you said Mr Andrews as he extended his hand. About five nine tall dressed in a white shirt, dark blue pinstripe trousers and a blue and silver tie. At fifty nine years old he wore his grey hair swept across as if to hide a receding hair line.

Shaking his hand Miss Yutani replied sarcastically Yes I’m sure it is, I’ve been eager to meet the person who has delayed this merger for the last three years she smiled thinly.

Would you like a coffee, tea, or a cold drink before we start? Andrews asks as is polite to do so.

Yes please I’d like a green tea if you have it, no sugar thank you.

Andrews turned to ask his secretary to get the drinks Sam a black coffee and a pot of green tea please.

Yes sir it’s on its way, Sam replied as Andrews motioned the Japanese woman into his office and closed the door behind them.

Andrews returned to his chair behind the huge oak desk and looked back at the Japanese woman as he sat down. Well now you have control of Weyland industries how do you propose to dismantle it? Andrews said sarcastically as he indicated she sit down. He was clearly not happy about this merger so soon after his boss’s death. He didn’t want the Yutani Corporation getting hold of the alien technology they already had. Mostly though he didn’t want someone else telling him what to do, especially a woman, he was now the boss of Weyland Industries. He didn’t want this meeting because he didn’t want to loose the company he loved.

Miss Yutani laughed, Dismantle it, whatever gave you that idea? she smiled again Yutani industries doesn’t want to dismantle this company, now that we have joined forces we will call the new company Weyland/Yutani, like I said it is a merger. She held up her hand as Andrews started to say something else, Hold on Mr Andrews we each have information or technology that we need to combine to enhance the human race. We will make a nice tidy profit and it would make us the biggest space and robotics company in the world, we need to share information we each have she paused for a second then added I’ll get right to the point, I’d like to meet one of your former employees, she reached into her briefcase and pulled out a folder. I need to speak to Miss Alexandra Woods; she was at the Razorback incident of 2004.

Razorback incident, I don’t recall that or a Miss Woods, I’m sure we…..

Razorback Ridge Whaling station on Bouvetoya Island, Antarctica she said sharply.

Ah yes, I’m sorry I should have known you’d have something on file about that. Mr Andrews looked embarrassed as he’d heard about Yutani’s spies, As to Lex Woods she disappeared a few months after the incident, we tried to debrief her but she kept talking about dinosaurs, no, it wasn’t dinosaurs, she said they were, Andrews looked at his computer screen and opened a file, "serpents, that’s what