Collision Course

[Nobody]

          "The shipment is late,again.No surprise there.Radio command and tell them their containers haven't been unloaded and aren't here.We need those escape pods from the Sulaco!"
The man who just spoke paced back and forth while listening to a comm channel.His office was messy,full of papers covering his desk.The walls had all sorts of items attached to his bulliten board.The chatter outside his office door was loud,sounded paniced too.His office door read,'Weyland Yutani CEO Chen Yutani'."Look,I don't want excuses,get it done!"
         "But sir,Sergeant Mattias said for us to wait here in case the shipment arrives late."The young officer replied back to the CEO.He had a definate Sweedish accent.A huge ship behind him with the name 'Betty' carved into it was spit shine clean.A prototype by the looks of it.A few klicks away were androids guarding a huge complex.There were plexi-glass-like material on the outside for people to peer inside.What was inside was the Mother.The Mother was hybernating,not knowing of her capture.her wild eggsac still producing eggs as if she were still in her home.The young officer ran over there to one of the androids."Be careful with this.You know what  small happens if we wake her up!"
       The androids looked confused."Yes sir.We will be more careful in moving the specimen onto the Nebel."Right next to the 'Betty' was an even larger ship,a more war-like design.It had a reinceforced hull along withcannons on the front with concussion missile launchers on the side wings.it was beautiful to the General who was prepping the fellow corporates beneath it.He admired this ship as if it were his wife.The young officer ran from the Mother to him in a simple sprint.
           "Sir,sergeant mattias isn't responding to his comm.Have you seen him today?Mr. Yutani wants to be put in contact."The young officer noticed the irritation in the General's face when he informed him that Mattias wasn't responding again.Bastard.Mattias always did this.He even got demoted once too.Had to work his way back up.
            "Very well.I'll send out a signal to his ship to see where he is"the general walked away to the inside of the Nebel.he walked up to the command bridge where a few Tech's were working.He pressed a button as he lit a cigar."Put me in contact with the U.S.C.S. Krayt."He took a few puffs off his cigar as the computer responded.
          "Very well,General Euwen."Mother announced to the cabin.A few techs looked up at the General smoking his cigar.How'd he get one?the one to the left wondered."The U.S.C.S. is no longer allowing any transmissions."
         The general stopped puffing his cigar."What?You mean,it's being denied?he looked a bit tense at this.He put down his cigar and tried a manual transmission.The Blue screen saying Access Denied popped up into his small screen.The general pounded the screen alittle.More techs looked up.
              The Krayt was floating effortlesly through space.Inside,strange cries were heard,along with the screams of something not human.Something alien.Inside,the lights flickered.In the command bridge,everything was destroyed. General Euwen's message came through.But nobody was there."Mattias,answer this f**king comm!"Nothing came.A door slid open,but the General had ended the transmission.A lone soldier ran in.behind him was a reptillian-like monster with a desire to kill.The soldier aimed at the alien creature.It hissed and used it's tail to trip the human.he screamed as the gun slid far from him.The alien pounced and pinned him to the floor.He couldn't move.The creature opened it's mouth to reveal a rod protruding from it,as it came out,the soldiers last thought were of his Family back on the Lunar colony.

[Nobody]

    General Euwen padded up to the ramp.He swiped his hand over an identification pad.It scanned his palm.Mother's voice suddenly greeted him.
    "General Patton Euwen, welcome to the Primary Operations Complex."The door slid down into the floor.Inside the humming of computers and random chatter were mixed as the General walked in.Now everybody was silent.
   He walked to the center,cigar still in his other hand."Put me on channel with Mr. Yutani,Miss Longera."A female technician looked up from her monitor, realising she had dosed off from monitoring the Queen's status all night.Every eye in the room was on her,including the Generals.She turned in her chair to face him.
    "Please,call me Jessie, sir."She  laughed a bit as she said it.The General's stark expression never changed.He just sighed and walked over to her monitor station.The other technicians started whispering.
    "Put me on channel with mr. Yutani, now". He had placed his hand on her shoulder, seemed to be gripping it as well. She could see the pissed emotion in his face, something was wrong.The fiery gleam he radiated comfirmed it as well.
   "Sorry, right  away sir!"She rung mr. Yutani....
   Mr. Yutani answered with excitedness."Yes, what is it, General Euwen?"Mr. Yutani clearly looked like a rich Japanese Businessman,all smirk and a neatly folded suit.But you could tell from his looks that he has been stressed.
   "How is your progress with the U.S.S.M.S. Sulaco?Have you heard contact from our operative, Burke?"General Euwen remembered that SOB.Smooth talker.Always out to please.To kiss the company's ass.Too bad they only met briefly.The General could have shown him how to actually get promoted.
    Mr. Yutani replied with a simple,"No" , and followed with a grin."But I doubt the Colonial Marines will see the benefit in this."



     The Krayt was nearing the Interdictor.The command bridge had authorized a red code on he main CPU. The letters 'Specimen Status:Offline'. The ship was quiet now, no more cries for help or gunfire as before. The space station immediately alerted the General.
     "General Euwen?"Asked a clerk as the General was walking out the door.What now?He wondered.
     "This is General Euwen, state our problem."
     "The Krayt is approaching the space station.There is no response to them."Now, the General had sweat beading off his face.
     "What?"He ran back to the monitor and pushed Jessie's char aside."Crew members of the Krayt, send your transponder codes now!"He waited for a resonse, but none came."Mattias! Answer me, now!" Nothing. "You are entering restricted space, respond!"He strode to the turbo lift."Miss Longera, monitor it!"
     The General punched in the codes and the turbo lift zipped him straight to command.He nearly ran to the bridge to see the Karyt. He had a sigh of relief, the ship was a small spec. Everyone in the bridge were watching him. "Time until impact?" He asked the nearest tech.
     "Exactly......" He was typing. "Fourty eight hours."
     "Oh shit!"