Xenophilia -- Grant -- Part 2
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This is part of a project to touch up and publish an older series of works I had done in the past, placing them on Literotica. There are quite a few parts, so they will seem repetitive as more are updated, and since they are not being completely revised, they will show their age. There will also be some questionable content, and due to said age, may not be presented in the most palatable manner, as much as I may have believed I did those years ago. Please keep this in mind.
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Grant loosed a series of angry grumbles as he pulled his way up the ladder, red faced and sweating profusely; it wasn't enough that the ladder shaft to the comm tower observation deck was at least 70 metres tall, but he had quite a lot of equipment weighing him down. Fortunately, the ladders were surrounded with a protective, semi-circular cage that had hatches at various intervals opening out onto grated platforms, for maintenance purposes or to access one of the several floors integrated into the comm tower. He could rest on them.
Furthermore, each of the two ladders came with integrated carabiners one could latch to their suit if they had a harness, to arrest anyone should they fall. He currently had it connected to his tactical vest, which he hoped wouldn't come undone in the event he did slip. Of course, if the elevators were working, he'd be at the observation deck by now... though, even if they were, after his experience in the elevator shafts, he was reticent to use those particular elevators, working or otherwise... they didn't seem as well designed as they should've been.
Of course, thinking about the elevator shafts invariably had him thinking about his 'encounter' with one of the aliens invading the colony... that is to say, him fucking the feminine creature with reckless abandon. It was something he now had no idea how to think about... he did it because he felt he was going to die, and that he may as well go out after one final fuck. And yet, the alien had not slain him, after it orgasmed once and he came inside of her twice... the second time in her mouth. Instead, he helped free it, and it in turn helped him escape the shaft.
Whereupon he gave her the slip thanks to a flashbang. He bolted, leaving her stunned but no doubt okay. He didn't want to hurt her, not after that, but he still had an objective to complete... even if he didn't call for a full-blown extermination force, perhaps he could at least find out the actual intention of these creatures before he made any decision as to whether they were deserving of death or not... he didn't want to have them slaughtered for no reason. He had to have more intel.
Though, he was seriously beginning to wonder if it would've been better staying behind to have his brains fucked out by that lustful thing than to be climbing tens of meters in full gear in a shaft that, compared to the rest of the bloody colony, felt hot and stuffy, almost like an oven.
'
This is some bullshit,'
he thought, though he dared not voice that, lest his Sergeant somehow hear him and chew him out for not sucking it up like a proper marine... Grant wondered how she was doing. How the rest of the squad were doing. Were they all dead? Or were they also getting the horny treatment? He did hope it was the latter, being arguably a better fate than the former. Of course, that wasn't his place to decide... he just had to get to the top of this tower, and get the information he needed, and contact the necessary people once he knew what he needed to know.
Soon enough, his climb was at an end, the door adjacent to the top platform leading into the observation deck. He slumped against the frame of the door, however, catching his breath after his rigorous climb, the marine somewhat foolishly leaning over to look down the ladder shaft, seeing how far he had climbed... it made him feel queasy, so he pulled back; heights weren't a bother to him, but just seeing the distance after so much effort didn't make him feel all that good. He stabilised his breathing as he caught his breath, soon able to stand again after some rest.
He mumbled to himself, before opening the door, shouldering his pulse rifle and sweeping it across the hall before him, scanning the ceiling and the roof. Again, he made his way cautiously through the corridors, taking the turns that would lead him to the observation deck. He came upon the elevators, splitting the corridor in two. It seemed like an odd architectural choice, but he wasn't there to complain... not that there was anyone to complain to.
He peered around the corner of the elevator block, finger ready to jump to the trigger at a moment's notice... before it wavered. He had a pause, and thought; what
would
he do if he encountered any more of those creatures? Would he shoot? At them, or near them? Or would he try to reason with them? What if she was just an outlier, or was lying, or any number of things... or if the rest of her kind would try and jump his bones without a second's hesitation. He wasn't sure, but he found his resolve wavering; he would make it to the comms tower observation deck if he could, but if he encountered more of those aliens, he wasn't sure he could bring himself to fight back. Whatever the case, he hoped he wouldn't encounter any of those creatures, for better or worse.
He slowly made his way past the Elevator block, through the corridors until he came to the door that led to the observation deck. He opened it easily enough, the sliding door hissing to either side as he entered. He was met with the dark, bleak landscape of the planet the colony was situated on, the tower jutting just above a semi-mountainous, jagged outcropping. He walked over to the windows, and looked down to see the main landing platforms below, nestled a bit below the buildings around it. He looked to his right, and saw the edge of the massive atmospheric processor that made the atmosphere breathable on the surface, and provided much of the clean air for the colony itself.
It was night on the planet (of which both night and day on the planet were quite long due to slow planetary rotation), but the processor and the nearby moon provided a reasonable amount of light, casting eerie shadows across the landscape thanks to the jagged rock formations that dotted the barren terrain. He didn't really know what to make of the world when he first arrived, though he didn't particularly care... now he was wondering if there was something they didn't know about before they came here.
And then he looked slightly right from the processor, and down until he saw a large, semi-conical building on the edges of the main colony... that he knew to be the Weyland-Yutani lab that had received quite the priority in construction. Which led him to believe that, perhaps they
did
know something before they built this place... why else would they spend so much on such a robust facility, and prioritise its construction over everything else non-essential? Suspicions were beginning to form in his mind, but he banished them; that wasn't what he was here for.
Grant turned away from the windows and made his way to an operator's console, swivelling the chair to sit down in it and spinning it back and pulling himself into the desk. From there, he leaned his rifle against the desk and began typing away; he was no computer wizard, but he knew how to operate a system enough to get the information he needed... just gotta tell it what you want to know.
He accessed the system easily enough, thanks to his clearance pass, being a marine, even if only a corporal. However, when he tried to access what security cameras that were still operating, he found himself denied. He gave the screen a bemused look, and tried again. No luck. Frowning, he tried to access any casualty reports that might've been filed before reports stopped coming in when everyone either ran or got snatched... again, he was denied. He tried systems statuses, and found no luck there. Distress beacons. Emergency Broadcasts. Calls for assistance. Status on security personnel... statuses on
regular
personnel. Armoury status, power levels, and finally, he tried to access the communications systems... and they too were locked out to him.
Grant slammed down his fists on the table. He could log into this computer easily enough... but everything else had been locked down. And there was no way it wasn't because of his clearance... it was as if someone with
higher