As soon as the words escaped your mouth, and the proof of how not crazy you were, you felt arms snatch you and you were sitting in someone's lap. You looked to see it was Billy who had grabbed you and he held you tightly to him. 

"Let go of her!" You felt like they shouldn't be worried about you being held by him but, the fact that you were almost turned into a human shish kebab with zero warning. 

"He's not a threat! The fact I almost got turned into a HUMAN SHISH KEBAB should be your main concern!" You knew Billy wasn't going to let you go and you weren't worried about the guards you were worried about being stabbed, Pyramid Head losing his shit because he was shaking and WHERE were the brothers?

"What the hell is that noise?" It quieted as all of you looked up towards where the guards were looking. It was silent until a loud piercing screech broke through the air scaring half of you to death.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS IT?!" The loud man shot a few rounds into the vents before his gun was snatched and then they started going towards the patients.

"MOVE! EVERYONE MOVE NOW!" With only resistance from Pyramid Head and Billy since he didn't want to let you go they managed to move everyone from the opened vents listening to the fighting that was going on. You felt what was going on based on the screeches and slams. Just as quickly as it started, it ended, leaving a deafening silence listening to the shaky breaths of the guards and hearing your heartbeat in your ears from anticipation. 

"...Is it over?" That sounded like Susie and you were desperate to reassure her so you maneuvered your way to her grabbing her hand and leaning your head on her shoulder briefly. You strained your ears for any queue but, heard nothing except right at the edge of the vent, still shrouded in darkness, the steady drip followed by a sizzle. You were intrigued and made your way to the front to see that the dripping substance was green and burned a hole in the table as soon as it touched. Where did acid come from-

"IS THAT A HEAD!?" You were startled out of your thoughts looking up to see the one that attacked you was nothing but a head. Axon was holding the head, and while staring at you dropped it to the floor disappearing with a soft tip tap of nails against metal. It was silent, a feeling of fear and dread permeating the air. You let go of Susie's hand and made your way to the front towards the head since no one was bold enough to grab it. 

"Are you insane?! Don't touch that!" You looked up at Lawrence's friend Pierre who was horrified and disgusted as you bent down and picked up the head. You looked at it being careful not to let its blood on you. "What is wrong with you? You're just as crazy as everyone else in here!" He sounded hysterical. 

"I think you should go and take a breather. Eat, shower, smoke, and sleep however you want." You glanced at him, turning to everyone else and taking a deep breath. "This is a xenomorph. There are two more-" You didn't get a chance to finish as everyone started talking over one another. You ignored them and went to the kitchen with the head watching the kitchen staff scatter. Twisted gratification made you smirk as the nast lunch lady cowered in the corner pressing a button that wasn't working. It looked like the wires were cut to call for help. There were empty pans on the stove that were burning from being on the fire. You grabbed one to cauterize the head so it wouldn't bleed anymore, grabbed a construction bag, and threw both the head and pan in there. You tied it tightly, doubled it so it wouldn't break, and brought it back out where they finally stopped yelling. 

"Where'd you put it?" You glanced at Lawrence noticing he was more scaroused than disgusted. You weren't going to think too hard about that. You gestured to the bag you were holding. 

"I am going to throw it out. I was saying before that there are two more but, they are friendly. Yes, I know them and BEFORE-" You glared at Pierre who was about to interrupt you but Lawrence hit his stomach. "You try to say anything, I know the implications of what I'm saying and asking. The other two xenomorphs have been here for a couple of years and I just found out about them over a month ago. They are brothers who will keep to themselves and the only reason you found out about them is because the hostile tried killing me. They're attached so as long as no harm comes to me, they will not harm anyone." You looked around specifically at the guards who looked like they didn't know how to feel.

"I think you should get fired." That caused an uproar and your friends/patients protested forcing the guards to detain them. Pyramid Head really looked like he was going to break out of his chains so you went in his general direction only to be stopped by the guards.

"I think you've caused enough problems." That pissed you off and you felt your face twist up.

"Problems?! I haven't caused shit, I've been the most helpful and you know it. He's about to break out of his fucking chains if you don't let me get to him now." You were focused on Pyramid and it seemed none of the guards noticed how the 20-plus chains he had on were vibrating. Those chains were going to break. 

"Oh please toots. He is not-" Pyramid stood up and with a growl, he pulled his arms apart shattering all of the chains, and metal pieces scattered across the floor. The guard who was interrupted looked at him jaw dropped. "FUCK THIS!" He pushed you to the side and high-tailed it out of there along with a few other guards. It's not like you didn't warn them. You stood perfectly still as Pyramid grabbed you with one hand and held you tightly with you sitting on his arm, not his shoulder his arm. 

"WILL YOU ALL LISTEN TO ME NOW!" You shouldn't have had to yell, you didn't like to yell, it hurt your throat and chest but you got everyone's attention in the room. "Good, I'm glad you're all listening to me. Look, I hate yelling, I don't like this at all. There is no rhyme or reason why I should get fired. I've made so much progress with them, it's unfathomable and unless you want all hell to break loose in here I highly suggest you leave my job alone. I could handle this, an event like this will likely not happen again. Everyone is high-strung and would benefit from having the day off. I am in no way, shape, or form trying to call the shots, I don't have that level of authority nor will I ever have that level but, I suggest we all take a break today and start over tomorrow. Everything will be discussed and answered tomorrow. Please." You really hoped they would take heed to your warning disguised as a suggestion. A lot happened today.

"I think she is right." Thankfully, Randall vouched for you making you smile gratefully at him. He would always have your side even if he didn't understand fully. "A lot has happened, we are all on the edge and this is no good for the progress made for the patients. We do not want to thwart all of her hard work. Let's move them to their rooms for the rest of the day. She will be in charge of bringing their lunches and dinners. Everyone has the rest of the day off while I'll go and get our maintenance team." It took a minute for everything to get going but, Pyramid was not letting you go so you watched as the remaining guards got the now complacent patients out one by one. 

"Come on Pyra, let's take you to your room." You didn't try to move from him, instead leaning on him and he seemed to like that as he slowly walked, having to lower you so you don't hit your head above the doors. Once he got to his room at his own pace that was when he put you down, entered his room, and closed the door behind him with a slam. You looked through the window to watch him for a few seconds before heading to your room. You knew a lot of shit was going to happen tomorrow and you were going to have a headache but, you'll worry about that later. You had two aliens to talk to before going on food duty.

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