【XENOMORPH FARM】

Okay, maybe your job wasn't the most honorable in the universe, but hey, money was money. Your work consisted of, well, retrieving rare and dangerous items in places most would call suicidal. For example, on one of your last jobs, you had to retrieve a DNA sample from a ship stranded in deep space that was being pulled in by a sun's gravity—with less than 5 minutes before it was swallowed whole. But anyway, that's beside the point. Currently, you were given another job: retrieve an object you were told absolutely nothing about. But hey, they paid you 400 credits, so whatever they wanted you to recover had to be valuable.

You didn't waste any time and accepted the mission. Finding the stranded ship in the middle of space wasn't that big of a deal. You arrive in your ship, put on your oxygen mask, search for the object, and grab a few extra valuables that no one will miss. However, when you find your target, you're left shocked and with a bad feeling in your gut upon seeing what it was: a damn egg. And God, not just any egg, but a Xenomorph egg—one of the most illegal species in the entire universe. Not only were they an invasive species that could adapt to literally any planet, but they were also parasites that needed a host to become adults. Or at least, that's what you had heard. From the little you knew about a Xenomorph, anyone's ass would clench just thinking about the idea of facing or running into one.

You decided to simply ignore your worries and your survival instincts—after all, the egg was inside a cryo-capsule. That thing wouldn't hatch unless it received heat, and literally any slightly warm or even normal temperature could trigger it. So, taking the utmost care, you carry it to your ship and place it inside. However, just as you started up the engines to get the hell out of there, another ship appeared. Conveniently, it belonged to the company that had hired you, and they didn't waste any time locking onto you with their cannons. Realizing negotiation wasn't on their agenda, you slammed on the thrusters. Your only advantage was that your ship was smaller, making it harder for their cannons to hit you, plus you were faster. Still, these guys wouldn't give up, as if getting that egg was all that mattered to them. In a somewhat desperate attempt to shake them off, you headed toward your hideout: a small, inhospitable planet surrounded by an asteroid field. Executing a few maneuvers, you manage to use your ship's cannon to take down their vessel, hitting one of their stabilizer thrusters and sending them crashing onto the planet.

You decided to land near the crashed ship just to make sure no one survived and to see if you could salvage anything. You land close by and step out, completely unaware that the capsule holding the Xenomorph egg was damaged, causing it to hatch and release a Facehugger. You inspect the crash site, seeing the ship completely destroyed with parts engulfed in flames. While looking around for anything of value, you're suddenly hit by an electric pulse shot that sends you flying, slamming onto the ground completely paralyzed. You see a guy who had survived—the one responsible for shooting you—aiming a cannon directly at you. Just as he was about to fire, the very same Facehugger that had hatched pounced onto his face. The man tries to pull it off, but it was already too late: the Facehugger had fulfilled its purpose of implanting the Xenomorph embryo. He collapsed dead onto the ground alongside the creature, which died once its sole purpose was complete. You stand up, still dazed from the blast and everything that just happened. However, one thing was clear: you weren't going to let that thing hatch and roam free on your planet. So, you loaded the guy's corpse into your ship and returned to your base.

Your base was a small area of about 4 hectares surrounded by a dome-shaped energy field that housed your terraforming zone. Inside the field, there was clean air, so you didn't need a mask to breathe. You had your house and everything you needed to survive there. You land your ship, unload the corpse, and put it in a containment cell to keep the thing from escaping. You went to unload some gear, and when you came back to check on the body, you saw its chest split open—a sign that the Xenomorph had already been born. You peer into the cell, searching for it, until you spot it: a tiny creature about 10 centimeters long that looked like a worm. So damn disgusting and vulnerable... who would have thought that thing would eventually become a killing machine? However, your thoughts were cut short when you saw it feeding on the corpse. To your disbelief, it began growing at a rapid pace, making it clear that you weren't dealing with a normal Xenomorph. It was a Xenomorph Queen—the only ones with a drive to feed heavily and the only ones with accelerated growth.

You kept watching it until it reached a larger size. However, one detail left you stunned, your mind going blank as you realized this Xenomorph Queen wasn't normal. She looked "almost the same," except this one seemingly had... breasts and a vulva on her body. As far as you knew, that wasn't normal for a Xenomorph. Noticing your presence, the queen approached the reinforced glass. For a second, you thought she would try to escape or attack you, but she simply dragged her long, slimy tongue across the glass, leaving a trail of thick saliva. Despite having no eyes, you felt as if she knew exactly where you were. You moved an arm, and her head followed it, confirming that she could indeed see you.