The Hybrid

Thomas' Past

Thomas was asleep in his mother's arms, holding onto her ribcage tightly. The Queen slowly rocked her son as he slept. She felt him squirm a little and tried to calm him down mentally, but she felt his mind panic more and more. Worried for her son, she gently probed his mind. What she saw not only scared her but angered her. In her son's mind, she saw horrible things such as Thomas' parents being shot by unknown people, Thomas as a baby being abducted by men in black outfits, people performing experiments on him and even once she saw him being strapped forcibly down and shocked. She watched in sheer horror as the men smiled, not caring how much the shocking hurt the young boy. She watched as one woman with brown hair in a ponytail slapped all the men round the head with a broken pipe. The woman unstrapped Thomas and hurried him to another room. She then saw through his mind at the very time her children had attacked the facility and brought him into the family. She was furious at how people could show such blatant disregard for the safety and wellbeing of a child. She wanted so badly to screech but she didn't want to hurt her son. She felt him shuffling and looked at him as he woke up

"Mommy?", he asked and the Queen nuzzled his head. He touched her crest and hugged her giant head

"I'm here little one. Is something wrong?", she asked

"I had a nightmare about back at that place", Thomas replied whimpering. The Queen crooned and nuzzled his head gently.

"I could feel your mind in panic and fear", she replied. Thomas burst into tears and hugged his mother, crying into her chest

"Mommy, I'm scared", he said and the Queen held him close, crooning to calm him down. Thomas slowly stopped crying and rested his head against her arm. A young Xenomorph walked up to the two and nuzzled her little brother.

"Is he ok?", she asked the Queen

"He had a nightmare. But he is slowly calming down", the Queen replied and Thomas soon went back to sleep.

"I just hope the poor guy doesn't suffer again. He's so cute and very friendly. And so innocent. People don't care for their own kind the way we do", the young Xenomorph said stroking her brother's hair, making him smile. She turned to leave but Thomas grabbed her tail.

"Please stay big sister", he begged. The Xenomorph curled up to her little brother, holding him close to her as the Queen curled her tail around her children.

"No matter who or what dares to harm this place, they will not get near Thomas", the Queen declared and the Xenomorph nodded

"I would rather die than let anything harm him", she said. Thomas curled up in his sister's embrace, holding onto her tail. He wanted nothing more to have a loving family and he had one, no matter how different they were to him.