Alien - Series Fan Fiction ❯ Fates Changed ❯ Hicks Siblings ( Chapter 1 )

Fates Changed

I don't own the Alien franchise… if I did Newt and Hicks would still be alive throughout the chronicle!

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A/N: Hello! Welcome to my first Aliens fic! Please have mercy on my noob skills with this one… It is a semi-alternate Aliens remake… Hudson and Vasquez survive, the fate of Aliens 3 is changed… along with Aliens 4… but perhaps there won't even be one? Maybe there will be… an author can't tell all her secrets after all!

 

Rated R for: Violence, Language, and A mild to moderate adult theme

 

Parings: Hicks/Ripley

 

This starts out shortly after Ripley managed to drive the APC into the complex and rescue the soldiers. Gorman hit his head and was knocked out and Hicks took command, agreeing with Ripley to destroy the facility from space. They head out and await the drop ship.

 

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Chapter 1: Hicks Siblings

 

“Alright, set him down here.” Hicks ordered as the survivors from the alien ambush placed their unconscious lieutenant on the floor. Hicks reached into his bag and dropped a flare. They were all stressed over what happened and stayed silent, the deaths of their friends weighing heavily on them. Suddenly they heard what sounded like a drop ship take off. Hudson immediately became distraught,

 

“THEY'RE LEAVING WITHOUT US!!” He said frantically, Hicks pulled him toward him to get his attention, Hudson's eyes were wide and his face pale, Hicks felt bad for him but had to keep him in check, they couldn't afford to have hysterics, they all head to keep cool even if the situation seemed impossible.

 

“Hey Hudson… HUDSON!” He caught his attention, “I JUST radioed it in; that couldn't have been our drop ship ok? Relax…” Hudson nodded numbly and they walked toward the noise they heard, their rifles drawn and ready for danger. Out of the nightmarish landscape walked a single soldier. A woman, she was decked out in the normal USCM gear but had a strange looking weapon strapped to her back. Hicks knew what it was and he knew who she was… Hicks could have recognized her a mile away and he ordered them to hold fire. The soldier walked to them and a grin formed on her lips. She saluted Hicks who quickly saluted back. Hicks had a worried-surprised look. “Alex?!” He questioned, worried to have her in this hell, she grinned at him, she had been wanting to see him for months.

 

“Nice to see you big brother, I knew I had the right colony.” The younger Hicks said, still grinning, her smile dropped at the pale and fear stricken look on her brother's face. He gently grabbed her arms and stared straight into her eyes, almost transmitting his fear into her, suddenly she felt like she made a mistake accepting her mission.

 

“Alex… this is NOT a good time, not a good time to visit… why are you here?” He asked, she frowned and shook her head,

 

“I came here on a mission to help you guys on your own mission… the company thought it'd be a good idea to send another good soldier… pretty pointless sending one but I jumped to the chance to come once I knew you where here… I'm sorry if I upset you.” She said sincerely, Hicks shook his head and was about to reply when they heard another drop ship. They watched it fly close but all at once to their horror the drop ship veered off and flew into a rock formation, tearing itself apart and blowing up. The ship and parts of the ship flew at them and they all ducked. Hicks instinctively covered Ripley and Newt and Alex flattened herself as much as she could but was unable to stop a chunk of ship from scraping her shoulder as it flew by her.

 

When the last explosion sounded they slowly got up to look around. Hicks pulled scarps of metal away from Gorman, he began to make sure he was okay but was distracted by Hudson's bout of hysterics, “Well that's GREAT… That's just fucking great man, now what the fuck are we suppose to do?! That's some real pretty shit now man!!” He cried in distress, Hicks had enough of this and grabbed his armor, pulling him to his face roughly,

 

“You finished?” He stated more then asked, taking on the role of commanding officer to the fullest. Hicks looked around and saw Newt talking to Ripley; he turned to look for his sister and saw her struggling to get up, he and Vasquez rushed to her side, helping her up,

 

“Alex? What are you doing here??” Vasquez asked her old friend. Alex and Vasquez met a long time ago when they first went into boot camp, they started out as enemies but after saving each others asses from dangerous situations and surviving the worst of their training together they became good friends. Alex smiled at her weakly, trying her best to ignore the pain to look tough in front of her and her big brother,

 

“I uh, came to save your asses… I guess I was a little too late…” she said and held on to her friend and brother as they lifted her up, Hudson complained once again and Burke chimed in a less then helpful response, Ripley turned to the others, she walked up to the Hicks siblings. She was surprised how alike the two looked. Alex was about eight inches shorter and it was noticeable by how he towered her. Her hair was short and highlighted strawberry blonde. Alex had pretty much the same physique Vasquez had but not as tanned. Ripley smiled the best she could given the situation at Alex,

 

“It's truly nice to meet you. My name is Ripley. I'm sorry we haven't met in better conditions, I would have loved to meet your brother's family but right now we all need to get inside fast. We are in a lot of trouble, we'll explain later, please.” She said in a hurry, motioning for them to head back to the facility, Alex nodded in understanding, knowing something bad was going on so they all went inside.

 

They went back inside, there weapons drawn and their eyes darting every couple of second. Alex could sense the tension and dread around them and had a million questions but kept quiet. Once they finally reached the command center they began sealing the shutters. Hudson and Vasquez were ordered to retrieve what they could from the APC, Hudson looked less then willing to go back but Hicks insisted and they cautiously went. Alex leaned against a console as she watched them. Ripley seemed to find something fascinating with the opposite wall and Hicks had his head in his hands.

 

“Wha happened?” Alex ventured to ask, they turned their attention to her,

 

“It… was an… ambush.” Hicks struggled to explain without it sounding too far fetched, Alex waited for him to continue but they couldn't as Vasquez and Hudson rushed back in with what they could salvage. Vasquez turned to Alex and noticed her trying to hide a pained expression. She grabbed a med kit and went to help her friend. “That's a nasty cut `Lex, what happened?” her brother asked,

 

“Nothing really, a scratch from a piece of…drop ship… It's nothing-OW!” Alex cried as alcohol was poured on her wound, she hissed and glared at an amused Vasquez.

 

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A/N: What'd you think? I know you have no sympathy for Alex right now but give her a chance! She's the sister of the beloved Corporal Dwayne Hicks after all! Please read and REVIEW! ^_^

 

BTW, here's a useless bit of info for ya!!

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Alex's Profile:

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Name: Alexandra Hicks

Gender: Female

Age: 19

Species: Human

Race: Caucasian

Height: 5'7

Weight: 190

Hair Color: Dirty Blond

Eye Color: Green

Association: United Space Colonial Marines

Rank: Private First Class

Relatives: Brother - Dwayne Hicks, Father - Eric Hicks, Mother - Anna Hicks

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Dwayne's Profile:

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Name: Dwayne Hicks

Gender: Male

Age: 25

Species: Human

Race: Caucasian

Height: 6'2

Weight: 225

Hair Color: Light Brown/Dirty Blond

Eye Color: Green

Association: United Space Colonial Marines

Rank: Corporal

Relatives: Sister - Alexandra Hicks, Father - Eric Hicks, Mother - Anna Hicks

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Ripley's Profile:

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Name: Ellen Ripley

Gender: Female

Age: (Making her 28 in this fic…)

Species: Human

Race: Caucasian

Height: 5'9

Weight: 180

Hair Color: Brown

Eye Color: Brown

Association: N/A

Rank: Lieutenant

Relatives: Deceased Daughter Amy