A/N this chapter, in my opinion, is the most exciting so far. There's a, uh, fun twist at the end for you, so enjoy! :,)

       The point is, you are alive when they start to eat you.

Those words echoed endlessly through Graice's head as she and her friends Rollan, Meilin, Conor, Abeke, and Shane walked through the dimly-lit corridor.

They had volunteered to search for any other SAMBers that were still wandering around. Most of the remaining had taken cover in a secret bunker for safety against the unleashed book villains outside, though many wanted to leave and fight.

Glancing around her, the animal shapeshifter huffed nervously.

You are alive when they start to eat you...

Even though that bone-chilling quote was from its movie, the novel Jurassic Park had been found laying open in the library, signaling that its "villains" were unleashed. Graice suspected that some of which must be velociraptors.

But raptors.

Raptors.

Sure there could be a Tyrannosaurus, and maybe a (she shivered at the thought) a Dilophosaurus, but a pack of velociraptors. The Big One was bound to be leading her pack on a hunt for lost SAMBers wandering aimlessly through the SAMB. An attack by a raptor was almost always guaranteed fatal.

"Are you okay?" asked a voice from nearby. She turned to see Shane watching her. "To be honest, no." she admitted. Shane gave her a grim smile, "Aren't we all?"

"Hey guys! Do any of you know what kind of, uh, spider is?" Graice was about to turn to respond to Conor's question when there was the sound of scampering claws from her left. 

She whirled and reached for her lightsaber as her companions moved into defensive positions.

"Raptors?" hissed Meilin. "I don't now..." Graice whispered back. More scampering movements sounded through the corridor, and then there was silence.

Briggan growled, and Uraza snarled.

Transforming her legs into a raptor's, Graice perked her ears and strained to hear more. "What did you say you saw again, Conor?"

"It looks like a- wait. It's coming towards me. Is that a— does it have a tail? It's really strange-looking."

A tail? The shapeshifter wondered. What kind of spider had a tail? Shaking her head, she glanced up again at the darkness of the hallway. There was danger in the air, and it was definitely a much more deadly danger than that of raptors.

     "Well it really isn't creeping me out at the moment, that's for sure." Rollan retorted, earning himself groans from the others.

"Just... leave it alone." Graice told him subconsciously as she continued to study the strange noises. "Graice. Seriously, come here and look at it," Abeke responded, "I don't know what book it could be from, but it certainly doesn't look very threatening."

Nodding, she turned to inspect the odd creature.

At the sight of it she froze.

"Conor," she began as she watched the boy try to poke it with his axe, "That's no spider."

A/N prepare yourself.... >:3

       With a blood-curdling squeal, the facehugger lunged for Conor's face.

        The xenomorphs had arrived.