AVP Rift War 8

"For instance," Ca'toll continued, "what if I hadn't done proper reconnaissance, and came upon this Ovomorph without warning?"

She glanced quickly at them, noting with approval that all were paying close attention, then refocused on the Ovomorph.

"And what if..." She dragged out the sentence, then was pleased when the top of the Ovomorph shuddered and fissures appeared. Her timing was perfect.

The petals folded back until they were fully opened. The facehugger exploded from the top of the Ovomorph and launched straight for her face. Despite its terrifying speed, Ca'toll's gloved hand shot out and snatched it in mid-air. Outside the quarantine area the unblooded jerked involuntarily. More than one gasped. The spider-like creature thrashed wildly in her grip, and even though she was helmeted, she kept it well away from her face.

"What if this had been a hyperfertile egg?" she continued calmly.

"In that case, the Ovomorph might have
released multiple facehuggers, and my situation would become immediately dire."-pg.101 chpt.12

She took off her helmet. There was a smaller keypad on the wall below the one that controlled the entrance. Opening it, she rapidly keyed in a code, then paused.

"Look away even for an instant, and you'll miss it."

She hit the final number. The lid of the smaller cube suddenly flipped open.The facehugger's response was instantaneous-it hurtled toward the animal so quickly, it was only a blur.-pg.104 chpt.12