Day 1, August 15th 2090:
It was a normal beautiful day in New York city, in other words it was raining with yet another one of its famous lightning storms. However, despite this the people moved about the city like it was a ordinary day for them. In fact it was just that. Upon the streets people road their neon lit bycicles and drove their yellow cabs. Some ever drove their own cars or road on the many metro trains or buses to get about the city. The place lived up to its name as the city that never sleeps. In the center of it though on Manhattan island stood a tall building. On this building in its center was the giant W with a Y in behind it, symbolizing Wayland Yutani. A huge conglomerate that has control of most of the worlds products. They produced all kinds of products, such as jewelry, cosmetics, augmentations, guns, tools, or just about anything they could get their hands into. This was widely excepted, not just in America ,but all around the world. They even have military contracts as well. There was one thing that the world did not know though. They explored space ,which is no surprise to anyone, for one purpose only and that was in the search for alien life. They simply hid this truth the perfect lie that they were building better perfect worlds. The building in the center of New York just so happened to be one of the many places on earth which held beneath it a large lab. Within this lab contained a Alien species know as Xenomorphs. A alien species that is revered by scientists as the perfect living organism. However, today that all went to hell as Nine and her kinsmen broke out from their cells and freed their Queen. As the people above went through their everyday lives, those below were fighting for their lives and losing. The Queen and her kinsmen escaped the lab and into the underground labyrinth of subway systems and sewers. It was here that the alien queen built her nest. It was here, where her hive would begin to grow.

Meanwhile,.......

Erika sat at bar stool within the recreation building of the military base right on the edge of Brooklyn. She was enjoying a cold beer and a delicious pink marshmallow covered brownie dotted with coconut. She was sitting their waiting for orders to come. She let out a huge sigh and looked to her right to see two messengers from the Major's office. "Ma'am, the Major requests your audience in his office." They said to her. She smirked and got up from her stool. He was either going to flirt with me or perhaps we will finally have a mission. Either or was quite welcoming. The day was getting quite bored without something to draw away its attention.

She made way for the office by first following the two messengers out. The recreation building was pretty huge. It had pool tables, every game console invented, a bar, and several other things to get the soldiers out of their barracks and moving. She found her self outside and in the rain, her hair getting wet as well as her tank top. She hardly cared seeing as its cold touch always seemed to soothe her. She hopped in the back of their jeep and waited for them to take her to main building. It did not take long before she heard the engine erupt with life as it vibrated and hummed. They then quickly pulled away from the recreation building. It took about five minutes for them to reach the main building. Other things were going on around them ,but she paid it no mind. Until she entered the front doors and looked behind her to see that marines were mobilizing. She then began to wonder what was going on. It was like they were preparing for a invasion. She waited for the messengers to close the doors and once more begin to lead her towards her destination. When she reached it and entered the office she saw, that she was not the only one who had been summoned. Lieutenants from every regiment Miles controlled was here. Miles nodded to her and as soon as the door closed he began.

"Okay, now that your all here, listen carefully... As of now we are fighting for our survival." He said. He then pressed the button on the comm at his desk. "Repeat all that you said to me General..." The General explained everything they needed to hear. The invasion she thought we were going to fight against already happened. All thanks to Wayland Yutani and there idiot scientists. They brought with them a alien life form that they all took training to fight. What they were actually called was unknown but for now they were known as Xenomorphs. They had escaped the labs below Manhattan and will soon be a dangerous brood if not stopped. The military was tasked in doing so ,but first she was tasked with aiding in a long scaled evacuation. From what she understood it had already begun. The citizens were only being told that a deadly contagion hit the island and they all needed evacuated. The bridges were all being monitors and every soldier given scanners. These were not ordinary scanners however. They did not read like guns or metallic objects. Instead what they picked up was lifeforms with cold signatures. Any civilians found with a life form within them was to be taken and dealt with. She did not like it but it was a better fate then what would come when the thing inside them bursts out of their chests. Once the evacuations was done and all was cleared from the island. The military was going to level it with a tactical missile to kill the infestation. She did not know if it would actually work or not but that was not her concern. Getting innocent people out and alive was. When Miles cleared them to dismiss she remained.

"Where will you be Miles?" She asked him now that they were alone. Miles gave her a grin and stood up straight. "Don't worry I will be going with your team on a building to building search to make sure everyone gets out." He said. She nodded thinking it was best. At least he would be close by to her and she would not have to worry about him not getting out in time. The blast would not be big enough to hit the base ,but still it would be better safe then sorry. She returned his smile with one of her own and then proceeded to leave. "I will get outfitted then." She said.

Their first building to search was a apartment building on mains street closest to the Brooklyn bridge. Once she got to the armory she went to her specific locker and put in the needed pass code. Once she heard the satisfying sound of the locker unlocking itself she pulled the door open. She first put on her Kevlar and her other equipment including some extra stems. When Xenos are involved it doesn't hurt to have a few extra. Once she was already she took out her assault rifle and placed a clip in it and several others into their respected slots as well as extra pistol ammo. She sighed as she began to understand what was going on. It was pretty heavy to finally be given a mission, but the mission was on the home front and that was scary. Countless lives could be lost if they did not succeed.

While she prepared upon the streets of the island military humvees were already patrolling with loud speakers tell the people to evacuate immediately. A deadly virus has hit the island.....

"Fer christ sakes Elyana get up I gotta get ta work an' yer 'bout later for yers!" Kiley says shaking her older sister. They were both due in for work and Elyana's car was the only one that worked at the moment.

The oldest lets out a low tortured moan," I don' have to be there until 10 Ki," Elyana turns over covering her head with the blanket. Kiley lets out a sigh of frustration.

"I swear yer worse then pa when it comes ta time," She says shaking her head, that got Elyana's attention.

"What do you mean?" Elyana said removing the blanket from her head.

"It's 9:25 Ely," Kiley says before she watched her sister eyes widen.

"WHAT!?" Elyana yelled getting up and running out of her room of their two bedroom apartment. Kiley let's out a soft sigh ,shaking her head, muttering about how lazy her sister tends to be no matter how much older she is. Kiley walks out of the room and heads for the door but stops once she sees what's on TV.

"'deadly contagion hit the Manhattan island an' evacuation is underway?' Wha' kinda horse shit is tha'?" Kiley mutter's crossing her arms as the lady on the screen come's up on the television in front of the bridges. Kiley took a closer look and saw that it was a bridge not far from the run down apartment that she and her sister live in.

"What you lookin' at baby sister?" Elyana's voice asks causing Kiley to jump and look at her sister who was watching the New's while pulling up her hair. She had her classic blue button up where on the left part of her chest said 'Walmart" then underneath was Elyana's name tag and khakis on, finally bringing it all together with her black Tennis shoe's.

Elyana squinted looking at thee subtitles,"'Deadly Contagion?' Well that's unfortunate," Elyana said grabbing the remote and turning the TV off," Let's go," She says walking towards the door and walking out with a quiet Kiley coming after her and closing the door behind her.
The girl's rush down the broken and creaky metal stairs running to get to their ran down Volts Wagon van that their aunt gave them. Stopping at the drivers side Kiley smirks at the scowling Elyana.

"Key's please big sis?" She says catching the keys that were thrown at her.

"Damn brat," Elyana says slipping into the van making Kiley laugh getting into the van and starting it up before driving it out of the parking lot of their hom

-Day 1, August 15th 2090, 9:30 a.m-

Erika was about to slam her locker door closed when she saw a picture of her brother on it. She stared at it for a couple seconds pressing her finger on it and sliding her finger down its cold surface. She gave a silent prayer, praying for her brother to protect her. She then closed her locker and saw Miles on the other side. He was out of the classy suit and into his combat gear. Much the same like hers except he had a pink tank top underneath and wore a necklace she gave him just recently. It was that of a silver cross, the sight of it caused her to smile as she touched it. She then gave a rough pat on his chest. "Let's get moving sir,.." She said as she began to leave the armory. He followed close behind. When they reached outside and into the beautiful rainy weather of New York city. She saw her team already ready for action. Three humvees, a armored transport, and one truck. These were assembled to help evacuate civilians who couldn't do so quickly. She walked up and looked at her men, this is what they were trained for. Now they will be able to do the job assigned to them. "You have all been debriefed already, so you likely know what we know. Get into your respected vehicles, we will be going to the closest apartment to the Brooklyn bridge first. I will be taking point in the first vehicle so don't worry about getting lost" She said with a smirk. She then saluted her men and waited for them to return it. They all then piled into their vehicles and waited for her to take lead. She looked to Mile who was beside her. She then raised a hand up for him to clasp into his. "Let's do this."

She let go and proceeded to the first vehicle which was the armored transport. She sat towards the exit and waited for Miles to enter it before closing it up. She then hit the wall of the vehicle with the bottom of her fist. "Alright get moving!" She ordered and she felt the engine of the vehicle kick in and the whole frame began to vibrate. With a few loud sounds the vehicle began to move forward. It did not take long before their convoy exited the base and proceeded across the Brooklyn bridge. They were not the only ones either, many more platoons were set out to do the same mission, each one going to a different location. She looked outside a view port and could already see people crossing over it. She sighed as she looked at each one of them. "It's a shame,.... to these people all they know is some deadly virus hit the city. If only they understood the truth of it. Perhaps it's best they don't know. I would likely panic if I found out a infestation of great magnitude was occurring beneath my feet if I were them." She said and turned around seeing Miles looking at her. "What?.."

"You and your heart,... your right though, if told the truth a large scale panic would occur. A virus is more or less expected to occur with all the fighting going on across the ocean. A Xenomorph Infestation on the other hand would cause chaos. Let's just get these people out as quick as we can. If this goes perfectly they will never have to face the horror." He said. She nodded and sat back. The cold interior of the vehicle pressing against her back. She blew some of her bangs up away from her face. She was a little nervous ,but who wouldn't be in a time like this? They then cleared the bridge and she looked out the view point once more. She spotted the apartment in question and people were exiting the apartment already ,but there was no telling how many who stayed behind. Their vehicle pulled up into the parking lot taking up a few parking spaces. She pulled a lever and pressed a button and the back door slammed down upon the pavement and she climbed out. The rain once more hitting her. She looked to the people who where just leaving. Two girls inside a Volts wagon. She had no clue those were even still being made. Once all her men where out she gave a quick gesture and they moved to the building. Each one going through a different entrance. She then picked one her self and head towards it.

"Is that the army?" Elyana said watching as the trucks came by.

"Wha' else did ya expect?" Kiley said," We live right where the "Deadly contagion' is," Kiley said putting up air quotes.

"Ya don't think it a contagion," Elyana asked as Kiley pulled over and pointed at the men and woman getting out of the trucks.

"Look at 'em, They're armed ta the tooth wit' weapons Ely," The two sisters look at eachother while Kiley continues," If it was jus' a "Deadly Contagion" they would have all tha'," Kiley says," It's a buncha bullshit that they want us ta think,"

Elyana looks back and watch them for a second," Ya might be right baby sister but I don' think that it's anythin' that bad. Maybe its just a precaution ," Elyana says looking back Kiley who was studying the situation going on in their run down apartments.

"All I know is that ya are not ridin' the subway tonight," Kiley said putting the Van into gear.

"You are bein' ridiculous there's nothin' wrong," Elyana says leaning back as Kiley started to drive to the walmart not to far from the apartments.

"My Ridiculousness jus' might save yer life one day Ely jus' wait," Kiley said before being punched in the arm," Ow! Drivin' 'ere!"

Elyana glared at Kiley before looking out the window and sighed as the radio came on. Just as they where singing an old song by Tim McGraw when it was interrupted just as they come to a stop sign not to far from Walmart.

"This just in announcement has been made-" Kiley slammed the radio off making Elyana jump five feet in the air.

"Dumbasses alla 'em," Kiley grumbles turning into the parking lot of walmart. Elyana puts a hand on Kiley's shoulder trying to comfort her obviously worried sister.

"It'll be okay," Elyana says as Kiley pulls to the front of the walmart. Elyana kisses the top of Kiley's head before getting out and walking to the doors feeling Kiley's eyes on her.

Kiley watched her sister leave before pulling out her Idroid and pressing in a number and putting the phone to her ear," Hey boss Imma be 'lil late. Yeah I'll be there aroun' 12, Thanks Hoss," Kiley says hanging up and speeding out of the lot and driving back to her apartment.

Erika looked over as she heard the sounds of the vehicle kick in. She watched them for just a second before going inside. She then felt anger rising up as they went the opposite way of the bridge. "Damn it those stupid idiots!." She barked out. Some of the soldiers stopped in their tracks and looked directly to get. "If only those idiots knew what crawled beneath their feet and what would happen to this island during midnight." She then turned and saw them staring at her. She then pointed at three of her Marines. "You three come with me,... You two Miles. The rest of you continue the mission. I will join you when I can." She then moved to a humvee and climbed in. She waited for the others to get inside and then put it and reverse and then proceeded after the two girls.

Six looked on and watched with three of kin the whole scene unfold safe within a sewer drain. After it had seen enough it scurried off.

Erika found the trail stopping at what would seem like a Walmart. A city wide alert is going on about a contagion and these idiots decide to go to work. She pulled the military vehicle into the parking lot and saw the Volts Wagon. She then Floored it until the Jeep stopped right in front of the vehicle putting a few good black marks into the pavement. She then exited as well as her men. swinging her rifle out from behind her and aimed at the driver Kiley. "Get out of the car now!.."She barked.

Miles nodded and took a marine with him. "I will retrieve the other one." He informed Erika and moved from a walking position into a running position towards the Walmart entrance.

For Elyana it would almost like a normal day, except the store was empty. No one seemed to be inside the store. Except for the Manager. He was in the back pre occupied with packing up some important things from his desk. Suddenly he heard a sound. A clacking noise of something crawling along the floor. He stopped to take a look outside his office. First he looked left, there was nothing there. Then right, his heart nearly jumped up into his throat as he saw it. It was huge. Big and dark skinned with a long head. It had a carving on it's forehead. It was the number eight. Crawling along its backside to its right shoulder was a tannish spider like creature. Eight grabbed it and pulled it off as walked towards the manager. This thing was like something out of a science fiction movie. He stumbled backwards and on to the floor as he tried to get away. Eight then grabbed his left leg and pulled him forward. Once he was close by Eight moved the facehugger towards his mouth. The manager screamed as it did so. Finally the facehugger was latched on to the man's face. It's legs wrapped around his face and its tail tightening around his neck. He squirmed for just a bit and then stopped. Eight then lifted the man up and placed him on her shoulder. She then took one glance around and began to move away. Towards the way it came.

Kiley opened the door with her hands up," A'ight," She said getting out looking at the woman"No need ta point a damn gun," She says stepping out
"I'm alone," she says to the man as he went around her van before looking at the woman completely unfazed at the gun pointed at her but anger burned in her eyes. It took everything in Kiley not to rip the damn thing out of her hand shoot the Marine," What the hell is goin' on? An' don' give me non o' tha' "Contagion" Bullshit," Kiley says staring the woman down.

Elyana watched frozen as a large thing came out of her bosses office with her boss thrown over its shoulder. Hiding behind the counter she watched it carefully scared out of her wits and feeling like she was gonna puke. Then she thought of something her phone! Pulling out her Idroid she set it on silent before typing a quick sentences to her sister.

SOS! Help!

She presses send and prays Kiley gets it.

Erika's features changed to that of anger as the woman barked out her questions. She wanted to slap the woman hard across the face ,but held the urge to do so. "An evacuation that is what's going on. Trust me you don't want to know what's going on. If you did you wouldn't be ignoring a damn city wide alert." She snapped back. She cursed underneath her breathe as she saw Miles going within the store. "You best hope your friend didn't run into one of those things, that we are trying to protect you against." She then with her augmented hands reached forward and grabbed the collar of Kiley's shirt and pulled her a long. "I seriously don't need this bullshit right now..." She mumbled mostly to herself.

Miles ran in through the Walmart finding out that the place was empty. He kept at his pace moving towards the back where most Walmart employees go to sign in for work. When he did he saw the cowering Elyana and moved to her. As he did so he spotted the Xenomorph and raised up his rifle and took aim. Once he had a good shot he took it. The burst of his rifle broke the silence as the rounds nailed eight in the shoulder dropping him and the manager to the ground. He kept shooting however until the Xenomorph stopped moving and then looked to Elyana. "That is why, when the city issues out a evacuation you follow it lady, because if you don't you wind up like your stupid boss." He said. He then moved up to her and picked her up off the floor.

Erika heard the shots and then stopped in her tracks. She then looked to Kiley. "You want to see whats going on? I will show you..." She said as she lead Kiley into the store. Usually they don't come out during the day but this fucking rainstorm probably made it dark enough for them. She then sighed. "Well great, this is a one hell of sign that we aint going to be able to get everyone out in time....." She said once more. When they go to Miles and Elyana. Erika Grabbed Kiley and then pulled her forward and with her head gestured to the black body on the floor of the Xenomorph lifeless. Its acidic blood burning a hole in the floor. "THAT, is whats happening. Now that you know, maybe you can come with us without a fucking attitude. By the way, you talk to me like that again and I will slap that pretty face of yours. I am trying to save lives here and don't need your fucking shit." She said. She then looked to her sister and then back to Kiley. "Had it not been for me or Miles getting here when we did, you would have just fed your sister to that thing. Hope your fucking happy." She then moved away and to the manager. The facehugger still on his face. She pulled out her pistol and aimed at it. She fired the pistol off twice. Once to kill the creature and the second to kill the manager.

"That will save him the unplesantries of the creature within him." She said and crouched down. She began to feel with her hand and instantly a holographic display popped up. She began to scan the belly and sure enough there was a tiny little creature within it. She put her gun to the man's belly and fired. This killed the Xenomorph within. She then rose up and turned around to face the others. "With that all done, let's get out of here shall we? " She said. Miles rose a brow up at her and sighed. He then looked around them and gestured with his rifle.

"You heard the lady, lets get the hell out of here before more of them show up." He said. He then glanced around once more and then back at the black corpse of the Xenomorph. "Where there is one of them, there is always more in the shadows." He added. Erika gave him a look and shook her head.
"Don't start with that shit Miles.." She said. She quickly began to look around as well. She then began to lead them out and towards the exit. She then noticed yet another one perched on top of one of the air ducts and she grimaced. She looked to the two farm girls. "Get to the humvee, me and Miles will keep their attention on us." She said. She took aim and began to fire at it. She then pressed the commlink on her shoulder. "This is Lieutenant Erika Brauns, The Xenos are already moving about on the surface." She said into it. The creature she fired at took some hits and tried to scurry away ,but Miles got it before it could escape.

"Well this beautiful day sure turned into a shit storm eh?" He said.

Kiley starred in shock at the monster but shake her head and grab her sister and ran out of the store. Elyana in hysterical and crying about her boss and the monsters, Kiley kept a straight face on heading towards the Humvee when she saw something black move about making her stop and cover her sisters mouth.

"Another one's behind the Volts," Kiley whispers backing her panicking sister away as the thing went towards the Humvee," Ugly ass motherfuckers," Kiley mutters.

"Ky we gotta-" Elyana began to say when the Xenos head snapped up," We got-" She began to shake along with Kiley who fight mode came on. Kiley grabbed her sister and waited for it to come a little closer.

"KILEY WHAT AR-" Elyana yells before she was pulled out of the way and pushed forward by running Kiley," Go!! Don' stop runnin'!" Kiley yells pushing her sister towards the Humvee. As they get to the Humvee they see a marine lying on the ground with the same thing that the manager had but beside him was a rifle. Kiley grabbed the rifle, turning the safety off, turning just in time to fire at the Xenos where she saw mile had shot the first one, sending it to the ground. Quickly Elyana slid into the Humvee as Kiley shot the thing and the marine not wanting him to suffer. Kiley grabbed most of his ammo and other weapons and brought it back into the Humvee with her sitting down next to shaking Elyana letting out a sigh.

"Where-"

"I don' know jus' aimed an' fired," Kiley said before putting the safety back on the gun," But thank god I did ,huh?" She says smirking making Elyana laugh lightly

Erika and Miles slowly made their way out of the store. Erika turned to the humvee and saw the dead Xeno close by to the body of the marine. Both had their holes. She grimaced and clenched her fist around the stock of her assault rifle. Damn it,... She walked up to the marine and bent down grabbing his dog tags and yanking them off. She then placed them in a pouch at her side. She then noticed one of the sisters were armed but the other wasn't. She quickly removed her .45 auto pistol and reached in through the window. "Take this,... trust me you will need it." She said and leaned back out and then proceeded to enter the humvee. Her men following in behind. Those that were still alive anyways. When Miles entered the car beside her ,she turned and looked to him. She sighed and then looked forward. The anger building back up again. "How do they expect us to save everyone in this damned city.... those things are going to be everywhere. A tactical strike won't be enough. They will have to nuke this entire damn city at this rate." She said. She then moved the stick into reverse and backed up and then moved the stick forward once more. She then pulled forward and they zoomed off. She lost a marine today... because two girls wanted to go to work still. He was just one marine though, and they were two. Was this fight going to always be like this. Save a few and then lose some as well.

Miles turned around in his seat looking to the two girls. He then sighed and looked to Erika and then back at them. He then relaxed and looked up at the ceiling of the vehicle. "All the training I had to fight those things.... I sure the hell did not expect that. Those things are even more uglier in person and more hella' bat shit insane." He said. "Totally boycotting Wayland Yutani products from now on...." He added.

For awhile there was silence until the radio broke up with military chatter. "...evacuation impossible.... Xenos everywhere.... abandon the island..... strike inbound." Was heard and Erika looked to it and then back forward and swore once more under her breathe. "I hope its enough to kill every one last of them." She then grabbed the comlink on her shoulder and clicked on. "Alright, abandon your mission and evacuate now... a missile strike is inbound." She said. There was no response though. This brought a very bad feeling in her gut. As they drove down the road nearing the brooklyn bridge. She wanted to look to the apartment but she knew she would not like it. She could already hear the gun fire and as they closer she could hear the screams on the radio.

They made it onto the bridge and she floored it even more. She did not know the blast radius but she wanted to be far enough from it that they didn't get hit by it.

Kiley kept quiet listening holding the rifle while her sister starred in shock at the pistol. Kiley bumped her sisters shoulder when they were getting closer to their apartment making Elyana look at her," Looks like I was right," Kiley said softly trying to make a joke and lighten her sister up.
Elyana let out a smile and tried to look back but was stopped but Kiley again when the apartments were just passing them and was really greatful when they started to speed up,"Listen ta me Elyana if somethin' like tha' happens ya cant freeze up,"

"I'm sorry. That was-" Elyanna started before trailing off shaking. Kiley watched their apartment disappear behind them she look at Erika greatful that her sister didn't have to see the horror that their apartment had turn into. Listening to the conversation that Erika had with whoever was on the other end of the radio.

"Know that won' stop them right?" Kiley said to them. Making Elyana snap her head up at her her eyes wide," Ya're goin' ta jus' make 'em angry,"

-Day 1, August 15th 2090, -

Erika's head lifted up and to the rear view mirror as she heard Kiley speak about the missile not being enough. She looked back forward. "Agreed,... a missile strike will most certainly be enough. It will kill all the ones on the surface yeah, but this city has so many tunnels and subways that the blast will leave those still underneath unharmed. This city is already lost,... they would have to nuke the city twice in order to even get hopes of defeating them. Even then the chances are slim. All it takes is for just one of them to escape or survive and the infestation will start all over again." She said. She drove around the vehicles stuck on the bridge and looked back towards the other girl. "Don't worry,... the Xenos are not that scary or tough. Alone they are weak and easy to dispatch. They are a problem when they are in a group..... Maybe it is best you left the apartment and I ran after you." She said glancing at the radio which was now static. "I could be sharing the same fate as my men. I just hope the things killed them and not do to them what they did to that man in the store." She continued. She leaned back trying to relax just a little. She then looked to the river that ran underneath the bridge. "Not even destroying the bridges will stop them, did you know they can pretty much adapt to any environment and are excellent swimmers?" She added. It was almost hopeless,... until she grabbed hold of the locket around her neck. She once more did a silent prayer to her brother. Once they cleared the bridge she didn't stop. They would keep going until she was certain they were beyond the blast radius. There were blockades here and there but no military vehicles yet.

As they began to reach the outskirts that's when the military camps and outposts began to pop up. They pulled up to one that was simply a checkpoint. She stopped and the soldier on duty went up to the window. He noticed her rank and gave a salute. She rolled down the window and looked behind them and to the soldier. "When's the strike coming?" She asked. The soldier checked his watch and then looked back to her.
"Ten minutes ma'am, can we inspect everyone before we let you pass?" He answered. She nodded and looked behind her. "We are stepping out the vehicle for only a few seconds. All of us are. They will do just a routine check of the stomach with a scanner. Seeing as none of you got one of those facehuggers on you, the can should pass so don't worry." She said. She then opened the door causing the soldier to step back.

"Lost my whole damn team back there..... well not all of them but nearly all of them." She said as she saw her remaining few as well as Miles. The soldier grimaced.
"Apologies ma'am, heard it was bad. Didn't think it was that bad." He replied. She sighed and smirked.
"You know my team trained for like eight years for this kind of battle. Those simulations sure underestimated the threat those things provided." She said. The man pulled up the scanner and she lifted her kevlar and her tank top slightly to give a accurate scan. It took only a few seconds before the green light blinked on it. He went from her to Miles and did the same. Once more the green light went on and then off. Each remaining marine cleared the test and it was finally Kiley's and her sisters.
"I could use a snow ball right now...." She said. Causing a smirk to rise from Mile's features.

Kiley went first raising her shirt slightly letting the man scan her," T'is is really weird," She said watching the scanner.

The Solider backs away from Kiley clearing her before going to Elyanna. Kiley walks over to Erika and Miles," Look I jus' wanted ta say thank ya for savin' my sister an' I from those damn thangs," She says shifting a bit before looking at Erika," An' I'm sorry fer actn' like a bitch," KIley said shifting again," If ya need anythang from either me or Elyana Jus' ask we owe ya tha' much fer the shit we caused," Kiley said looking like she was struggling to say it.

Elyana came over laughing," Did I hear right? Did Kiley Hendson apologize?" Elyanna says smirking at her younger sister.

"Shut the hell up woman before I hit you wit' my boot!" Kiley grumbles elbowing her making Elyana laugh.

Erika rose a brow at Kiley and couldn't help but smile hearing the way she talked to her sister. Erika placed a hand on Kiley's shoulder. "Apology excepted, and it is Erika, this here is Miles. He is off limits." She said as her other hand patted him on the shoulder. The soldier nodded to her as a sign that they were in the all clear. Today was a tough day for her and these two girls. To have the greatest killing machines living underneath your feet is a terrifying aspect. She then took note of what they were wearing and then figured if these girls are to survive they will need to be very well equipped. She made a quick gesture for everyone to get back in the humvee and then did so herself.

"Well ladies, I am down a couple platoons of Marines. For now you two will act as their replacement. First things first is to get you out of those work clothes and into something a bit more comfortable and to get you much more better equipped as well..... Actually first thing we are doing is stopping by my chambers and picking up some treats." She said.

. Outside she was happy and showing it pretty well. On the inside she was upset that she went there and only came out with two girls and only two of her Marines survived. It was depressing to see that she had trained so hard for this only to find out she was still weak and unprepared. She decided that in their sacrifice she would protect Kiley and Elyana with her life. If she couldn't even protect these two then what hope would there be in this world.

The hummvee kicked in once more and drove forward. Soon the missile will hit and turn Manhattan into a scene from a fallout game. However, she was going to reward herself and her company. They deserved to enjoy something while there was a moments peace.

Elyana chatted happily at a not listening Kiley. Kiley's mind was somewhere else, thinking about all the what if's. What if the Xenos are here? What if they get through the defences and get her sister? What if they come after her? Well she wouldn't really mind as long as Elyana, Erika, Miles, and everyone else was okay she'd be fine sacrificing herself. It's scary though, thinking these monsters could be anywhere and everyone is trying to act like everything is alright. Okay not everyone, but still.

"Ky? Are ya alright?" Elyana says touching her sisters shoulder making Kiley jump gasping.

"Christ! Ely!," Kiley says laughing holding her where her heart was while Elyana chuckles.

"Well don' space out when ever I'm talkin' ta ya," Elyana says sticking her tongue out at her sister who smirks and grabs it with her fingers making Elyana yelp and scratch at her sister hand begging her to let go.

"Sorry can't understand stupid Elyana might wanna talk smarter," Kiley says.

"Erika welp me!" Elyana begs trying to pull her sisters hand off while pulling her own tongue. Kiley smirks shaking her head.

. Erika raised her shoulders smiling. "Sorry, I am driving at the moment. Would like to help but I need to keep both hands on the steering wheel." She then looked to Miles who was in a cheery mood as well.
. Miles then turned around in his seat. "Hey think of it as training. If you can manage to get her fingers off your tongue then perhaps you might just be able to keep some of those Xenos off of you." He added. The humvee pulled into the military compound and Erika directed it towards the barracks. She, unlike some of her Marines had her own room to herself. Maritz of being a lieutenant I suppose. "Hope you girls like Snowballs. I got like a stockpile of them in my place." She said.

. "Yeah and while you girls mingle I will go get more equipment for us." Miles added. Suddenly the jeep stopped. Erika was looking outside the jeep towards the walls of the compound. In a sitting position was a girl. fourteen by the looks of her. Short black hair and dark velvet eyes. The girl was oriental and wore some kind of school uniform. She looked like the most depressing thing in the world.

. Erika then turned the steering wheel and drove towards her and then turned the wheel again. Just so the jeep was close and in speaking distance. Miles looked over and saw the girl and sighed. He opened the door and walked over to her.

"Is everything alright?" He asked. The girl looked up at him. Her face stained with tears and blood. This shocked him a little and dropped himself to one knee. He the brought out his handkerchief and proceeded to while her face.
"There was so many of them.... Pa pa had his .44 but there was too many.... To protect me he used his own body to hide me. Right after they cut him open something fierce." She explained slowly. The tears coming back. "Once the things where gone he told me to get in the laundry elevator and take it down quietly and escape while I can." She the picked up from the ground beside her the .44. Her head slowly tilted to the right. "He gave this to me... To protect me as we said our final goodbyes. The last thing I saw was one of those things tails penetrating through his stomach.. " Miles was in shock at what he was hearing. "He managed to press the buttons and help me escape. Just before it took him." She looked back up to Miles. Her eyes sparkling with moisture. Miles slowly nodded and pulled her close to his chest and rubbed the back of her head and back with his hands. He then finished the embrace and released her. "Come with us, we will take care of you." He said. She nodded and he rose up to help her but she was spread pushing herself up. For a fourteen year old girl she sure was strong willed.

. He walked with her to the jeep and opened the back rear door. "Scoot over just a tiny bit so she can fit." He said and helped the girl in. Once she was in and he closed the door he walked towards the side where he sat and climbed in. Erika kept staring at the little girl. A casualty of a war best avoided if Wayland Yutani was never allowed to bring one of those things back.

. Erika turned around and they continued forward to her chambers. Erika had her mind full of thoughts. They would never be safe. Not here.... This was only a temporary resting spot before they would begin to once more fight for their lives. Erika had to use every nerve in body to suppress the desire to Break out in tears.

Kiley let's go of her sisters tongue and watched the scene unfold. Elyana gasping at the sight of the younger girl. As Miles came closer to the Humvee Kiley got a better look at the girl her heart broke.

"She looks like she's only 14 years old!" Elyana says.

4 years younger than me Kiley thinks to her self. Kiley scoots over for The girl when she came clambering in and without hesitation puts a comforting arm around the girl. Kiley smiles at her knowing what she went through was very traumatic," howdy, I'm Kiley," she says," what's yer name?"

The young girl looked over to Kiley. "Hotaru,... My name is Hotaru." She said. She was still a little shaken by what had happened to her. In one day she had lost everything. "If only father hadn't come to America when he did. I am here as a exchange student you see. Father had paid for everything I needed and even sent me money for other expenses." She said as she moved her hand up to clear her eyes of the moisture that had gathered. "He came all the way from Japan to celebrate my birthday. I turned 14 exactly today." She explained. She then looked away and out the window. She was tired of crying. Tired of feeling sorry for herself. What happened happened. She was no time warrior. She then looked to Kiley and forced a smile.

. "At least I am alive. Meaning his death was not in vain.... Right?"

. Erika couldn't believe what she was hearing. This fourteen year old girl had gone through the worst day imaginable. What they went through was nothing compared to the hell she escaped from. Her father gave his life to save her. The jeep turned a corner and drove but a few more feet until it stopped. Erika then turned around and looked to the little girl. "Do you have any sisters?" She asked. Hotaru looked to her and shook her head. Curious as to what the military lady was getting at.
"Would you like one?" Was the next question. Hotaru looked to the others and then returned to staring at Erika. "Yes, I would but why are...."

. "I lost the only kin to me in the middle east. During one of the uprisings. My brother was sent there ,but he was killed. Afterwards, I always wondered what it would be like to have a little sister." She paused for just a second. "How about from now one we will be sisters?" She asked. Hotaru looked from to the floor and then to the .44 in her hands and then back to Erika. "I would enjoy the idea of you being my older sister." She answered.

. Erika smiled and then exited out of the front of the jeep. She then opened the door beside Hotaru and reached in and helped her out. " In that case, how about we all be sisters." She said. Erika figure md it was best because right now all the four had was each other. Erika, then looked to Kiley and Elyana. "Come on, its not much but my place will be home for awhile." She said as she turned around and headed for the door with Hotaru beside her. She climbed up the stairs and once she got to the door she opened it. The room was decorated quite a bit. With some of the stuff you almost couldn't believe it belonged to a marine. There was pink sheets and black blankets. As well as a few Hatsune Miku posters. There was even a few figurines on shelves. She sat Hotaru on the bed and then went to her mini fridge that was neon pink.

. when she opened it she pulled out some coke bottles. They ice cold and she prepared to hand two of them to Elyana and Kiley as she handed one to Hotaru. Once they all took them she went to a shelf and from it plucked out a box of Hostess Snowballs. She then placed it on a desk and opened it revealing them.

. Miles watched the whole time and smiled. Once things seemed okay he left the four alone. From there he would proceed to the armory to get equipment for the three girls. He stopped suddenly and bent down to remove his back up weapon. It was a .32 calibur handgun. Small enough for a fourteen year old girl. He moved back inside and handed it to Hotaru. "The .44 is good but I think its kick will be too much for you. This however will be much better." He said. With that he once more proceeded to leave them.

Kiley guzzled the whole thing while Elyana tooks sips.

"Kiley," She whispers elbowing the younger woman.

"Wha-" She puts her hand up telling Elyana to hold on a minute before burping before finishing her sentence," A'ight whats up Ely?"

Ely rolled her eyes at Kiley," Can ya be anymore lady lie?" She asks sarcastically.

"I can burp louder if ya like," Kiley said laughing at her sister as she started for the door,"Imma go on an' explore Erika I'll see ya later," Kiley says. walking out the door before anyone can say anything.

Elyana lets out a small sigh before looking at the remaining two in the room," Well, anyway," She looks at the little girl," Ya've met Kiley already Sug, my name's Elyana nice ta meet chya Hotaru,"

Kiley walks down the hallway looking around when she saw some Marines chatting," Did you hear that there are some of those Xenos here in the base?"

"Well rumor also has it that it's the queen,"

Kiley backed away a bit shocked," They're 'ere?" She whispered shocked

Miles heard the whole thing as well. He was on a different end of the hall way with a large container in his hands. He walked up and plopped it down. "Really?... There here in the base. Hurt to burst your little hearts like that ,but I just walked down from the armory and after that missile strike on manhattan island we wont be seeing anyone of them here... not for awhile. See what makes these things so dangerous compared to most animals is their super intelligent. They wouldn't send only a few and god hells know not their Queen. They would send thousands here." He said. This began to make them worried. "Yeah, those things do have scout species,... maybe they could have been spotted in the base. Scoping us out. What it would figure is we are too armed for a single one on one assault. They would take the Zu way. They will charge this base in numbers in one grand assault. Something you only see in holotapes to take out us." He then smirked and laughed.
"Why are you so calm?" One asked him.
"Because, I am a just as much as a god damn killing machine as them, I am a marine. Just like you two. We are trained much harder then those army fools and other outfits. You understand me? I would almost be honored if the Xeno's took us seriously and sent nearly half their hive here to destroy us. Perfect time to sneak out, locate their Queen and shoot her down and then the others will scatter." He said. He then bent down and lifted the container up. He then moved past them and saw Kiley. He looked back at them and then towards you.
"Don't worry about it, if by chance they are in the base and their not swarming us like they did our marines at your apartment. Then they are certainly up to something. I doubt their Queen is here though. Then again they are quite unpredictable from what I heard." He said. He then looked back to the two marines behind him and sighed. He almost frowned. "Those two,... they aint going to make it. They were probably told bullshit and started gossiping. They probably didn't even see them.... now you girls." He cleared his throat. "I am sorry, 'My' girls, you know you, Erika, Elyana, and now that little girl. You three actually facing them out there have more chances of surviving then those two. We seen them, we know what to expect and we know how fucking scary they are.... look at those two. They aint even shaking." He then held out his arm. You could see the hair sticking up. "I haven't stopped shaking sense that first encounter. I have never been this scared my whole life.... same goes to you." He said. He then gestured for her to follow with him. "I know exploring might be fun.... but not in this place. Not when there are people as idiotic as them two." He said. He then looked to see if she had indeed followed him.

...... Meanwhile at the room. Erika heard Kiley's little escape as the girl voiced it. She would be back, she had to. She was nervous about even letting her out. She just got back to base with only two survivors. Two,.... all her men were pretty much killed or taken. These two girls where all she had now. Due to their sacrifice she was not going to let Kiley or her sister Elyana die. Not after so much has happened now. She looked over at Hotaru to see how she was doing. The little girl had both the .44 and the .32 with her. The .44 was the last thing her father gave her before he was taken by those things. Hotaru had actually got her self a package of one of the snow balls and opened her bottle of coke and took a good gulp of the dark liquid. She almost coughed from almost drinking it to fast. "Went down the wrong tube...." She said. Erika thought it was kinda cute. She looked up at Elyana. "So,.. where you and your sister from anyways? I was born here in New York, my mother and father came from Germany. Luckily my father is else where doing his medical stuff and my mother is off being a marine somewhere else." She added. She then looked around and moved to the bed and sat down.

"I am from Tokyo,... my father is scientist and worked for one of the big research and development centers. My mother,... I don't quite remember my mother. She abandoned me and father for some great job offer she recieved here in America. I guess you can say I was one of those girls who where well taken care of by her father. Anything I needed or wanted I got." She then looked up at the walls and Vocaloid posters. "He even took me to one of those concerts by the way..." He said which made Erika look to her with a bit of envy. "You went to one?..." She asked.
"Yup, it was our last concert together." She said smiling. Despite some of the memories being sad. She actually enjoyed those memories the most. Erika could see it in her face. Hotaru then took a bite of one the snow ball and looked to Elyana. The little girl also wondered where Elyana came from.

Kiley followed after Miles her head slightly down casted a worried look on her face. True these things are fucking horrific and make the hogs in texas look like models from a run way but they are also dangerous and able to kill. Kill Kiley or her sister, which is something Kiley couldn't let happen or else, well she didn't know. Kiley looks at Miles and gives a small smile before looking at the container," Wha's that for boss?"

Elyana smiled," I'm from a small town farm down in Kentucky called Perryville," She says," Born and raised on the same farm as my pa," She says taking a snowball packet," Maybe when this all blows over I can take ya'll t'ere ta meet my pa," Elyana says smiling