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Back at the safe zone, the 3 survivors waited patiently for Clyde to return. But for some reason, he wasn’t showing up. They had left the transmitter room several minutes ago, and they had expected to have met the others waiting for them. Now it had been a full 10 minutes waiting for him.

“I can’t stand this any longer” McReady said, snatching the walkie talkie off the now somewhat destroyed table. Pressing the button to communicate, McReady spoke into the microphone sharpy.

“Clyde! Clyde! For fucks sake Clyde, where are you?!” he said angrily into the microphone. No response. He spoke again. “Clyde, talk to me you son of a bitch! Where are you, you, Ben and Kim!” No response. He threw the microphone onto the cold, icy carpet. “He ain’t responding” he growled.

“We can see that” Childs said. Kate, looking back and forth at McReady and the walkie talkie, spoke out.

“Maybe they got lost, or sidetracked? She suggested.

“Don’t be ridiculous” McReady said unhappily. “They had one job, contact the rescue team. They’ve done that, they should have be here by now!”

“Perhaps they encountered that thing” Childs suggested. This idea sent chills down everyone’s backs, but McReady shook that idea away.

“We gave Ben and Kim the necessary weapons to defend themselves from that thing! They know how to use them!” he argued.

“But they have never encountered anything like this before. We have experience, they don’t.” Child's responded sharply.

“However they know very well what to do if they see the damn thing! Shoot it!” McReady responded angrily.

Childs and McReady began arguing, with Katie trying to intervene. Suddenly, McReady swung a fist at Childs, but Childs dodged it. And just when the situation began to get aggressively physical, a vice came from the walkie talkie.

“You...”

Everyone froze on the spot. The 3 survivors stared at the walkie talkie. Kate, being the closest to the walkie talkie, slowly walked over to it and grabbed it, holding it to her mouth. “W-who's there?” she said anxiously.

Silent filled the room for a while. Then, the voice came back.

“You….responsible for…..wreckage” it said.

The voice was cold and chilling. It had a raspy and low tone to it, with every word sounding evil, yet smart. [AUTHORS NOTE: Imagine the voice of Abathur from Starcraft 2].

“W-what have you done with Clyde!” Kate yelled

“Assimilation of specimen in progress…..vocal cords being used for communication” it said.

Kates heart skipped a beat. Her hands began to tremble, almost dropping the walkie talkie. Her eyes began to get watery. “You...You..You bastard!” She yelled furiously.

“We remember you. You burned us with no fear.” it said, its voice still emotionless and cold.

McReady moved Kate aside, taking the walkie talkie and speaking into it.

“What are you?” he asked firmly yet cautiously.

It took a while until the unknown voice talked back. “We are collective group of living organisms. Evolved on a distant planet for millions of years, perfecting ourselves. Learnt how to manipulate DNA strands and stem cells from foreign creatures, learning to override theirs and take control of host’s body.”

“If you're so perfect, then why do you keep fucking dying?” Childs said in a mocking tone.

“New specimens difficult to adapt to, control over cells difficult to maintain. Unforeseen weaknesses created, but corrected in new hosts.” it responded, it's simple voice still emotionless and cold.

The three survivors looked at each other, their expressions displaying concern and worry. THey knew they all had the same question in their mind, but none of them dared to ask it. Finally, Kate took the walkie talkie from McReady and asked the ultimate question:

“What do you want?”

The creature took its time to respond, but when it did, it made itself clear.

“Want to return home.”

Home? What home? Could this, this, this THING! Could this thing have a concept of homesickness, was it simply misunderstood all this time?

Before Kate could ask again, the thing continued talking.

“We were from a distant planet, evolved to perfection and assimilated most lifeforms on planet. Dominant species known as xel'triads saw us as threat, eliminated all lifeforms on planet, including themselves. Attempts unsuccessful, we survived but were few in numbers. Deceased bodies could not be assimilated, was stranded on planet. Decades later, zoological expedition arrived, taking assimilated specimens. Spacecraft was hijacked, but passengers managed to eliminate all assimilated lifeforms but one. Spacecraft intentionally crash landed with intentions of eliminating us, attempt unsuccessful, we escaped but were trapped in ice for thousands of years.”

“And then we released you…” Katie silently whimpered.

“We assimilated human life form upon release, but were burned by previously unexperienced element known as fire. Managed to assimilate new life form, but was unstable and reacted uncontrollably. Managed to improve control, and correct past errors in genetic code.”

That's when the team realized as to why the blood test had failed, and as to why mReady and Child’s camp had never experienced the loss of inorganic substances. That Thing wasn’t just smart, it was genius, able to learn from its mistakes and perfectly overcome weaknesses.

“Ship was fully operational, planned to return to homeworld. Plan was impeded by human lifeform known as Katie Lloyd. Ship damaged beyond repair. Plan was restarted in new camp, but was forced to abandon in risk of death. Now are stuck on new planet, no clear way to return home.”

“I-im sorry for your situation” Katie spoke softly. “But-but you've killed so many of my friends! Our friends! Good, innocent lives lost to your bloodthirsty rampage! All those people you have killed, you used them for your personal gain! How dare you play the victim when you have harmed so many people!” she yelled furiously into the microphone, her hands trembling.

“Pity is not required. We have no sense of pity. Have decided to initiate new plan.” It responded.

McReady grabbed the walkie talkie from Katie and angrily spoke into the walkie talkie “And what would that be?”

“Have never been a pure form. Have always depended on the DNA of other life forms in order to survive. Have only ever lived as a microscopic organism. That will change soon. Using stem cells of human fetus, have managed to create a specimen of our own, with our pure DNA. Pure specimen was built to our necessities, and given proper survivability. Will soon hatch and next sequence of plan will begin.”

McReady interrupted the thing before it could talk any further. “You monster, how dare you use a human baby at your disposal! Tell me, you putrid son of a bitch, tell me what your next move is! I've lost so much to you, you took away my friend and used them against me, I have nothing to lose! For fucks sake, if I'm going to die here, you might as well tell me what your plan is! Tell me, tell me, TELL ME!” he screamed.

A moment of silence went by.

Then, it responded with simple, chilling answer.

“World domination.”

Before anyone could talk, the thing spoke again.

“We shall encounter soon, McReady. Outcome will be different. We shall succeed”

Then the sound of ripping flesh and broken bones came bursting out of the microphone, a faint scream, a walkie talkie being crushed, and then silence.

McReady dropped the walkie talkie, and then looked the the other 2 survivors and stared at them, and they stared back at him. THey knew, their greatest battle was about to commence.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~END OF CHAPTER~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How long has it been since I last uploaded a chapter? A few months I would imagine. Again, I only work on these when I feel passionate about doing so. Anyways, this chapter was a bunch of fun to make, mainly because I was able to give the THING a voice! Crazy right? Not only that, I gave it a backstory and explained why in the 2011 movie, the thing was so unorganized. In case you didn't understand, I shall gladly explain. Basically, when the thing assimilated a brand new life form that it had never encountered before, it takes some time for it to adapt to it. Imagine learning a new subject at school that was completely new to you, and you take a quiz on that topic 1 week into the class. You will most likely get several answers wrong. Same goes for the thing, it will find it difficult to adapt and learn to control a new race, and will mess up, whether it be transforming at inappropriate times (such as Griggs), or not knowing how to replicate inorganic matter such as fillings. However, as the title “evolution” goes, it learns from these mistakes and corrects them. Hope I cleared some things up.

Oh, as for the thing’s voice. I always loved the idea of the thing not only sounding like Abathur, but also talking like him. Now if you don’t know who Abathur is or what he sounds like, click this link.
youtu.be/uVOBLTS0lJc?t=37s

Anyways, I will upload a creature drawing before uploading chapter 14, cuz I will that creature and the hound thing in the next chapter. Have a wonderful day readers!

The Thing Evolution Chapter 12- A Call for Help <------Chapter 12- Chapter 14------> The Thing Chapter 14- The Seige

The Thing 1982 (C) John Carpenter

Description

Back at the safe zone, the 3 survivors waited patiently for Clyde to return. But for some reason, he wasn’t showing up. They had left the transmitter room several minutes ago, and they had expected to have met the others waiting for them. Now it had been a full 10 minutes waiting for him.

“I can’t stand this any longer” McReady said, snatching the walkie talkie off the now somewhat destroyed table. Pressing the button to communicate, McReady spoke into the microphone sharpy.

“Clyde! Clyde! For fucks sake Clyde, where are you?!” he said angrily into the microphone. No response. He spoke again. “Clyde, talk to me you son of a bitch! Where are you, you, Ben and Kim!” No response. He threw the microphone onto the cold, icy carpet. “He ain’t responding” he growled.

“We can see that” Childs said. Kate, looking back and forth at McReady and the walkie talkie, spoke out.

“Maybe they got lost, or sidetracked? She suggested.

“Don’t be ridiculous” McReady said unhappily. “They had one job, contact the rescue team. They’ve done that, they should have be here by now!”

“Perhaps they encountered that thing” Childs suggested. This idea sent chills down everyone’s backs, but McReady shook that idea away.

“We gave Ben and Kim the necessary weapons to defend themselves from that thing! They know how to use them!” he argued.

“But they have never encountered anything like this before. We have experience, they don’t.” Child's responded sharply.

“However they know very well what to do if they see the damn thing! Shoot it!” McReady responded angrily.

Childs and McReady began arguing, with Katie trying to intervene. Suddenly, McReady swung a fist at Childs, but Childs dodged it. And just when the situation began to get aggressively physical, a vice came from the walkie talkie.

“You...”

Everyone froze on the spot. The 3 survivors stared at the walkie talkie. Kate, being the closest to the walkie talkie, slowly walked over to it and grabbed it, holding it to her mouth. “W-who's there?” she said anxiously.

Silent filled the room for a while. Then, the voice came back.

“You….responsible for…..wreckage” it said.

The voice was cold and chilling. It had a raspy and low tone to it, with every word sounding evil, yet smart. [AUTHORS NOTE: Imagine the voice of Abathur from Starcraft 2].

“W-what have you done with Clyde!” Kate yelled

“Assimilation of specimen in progress…..vocal cords being used for communication” it said.

Kates heart skipped a beat. Her hands began to tremble, almost dropping the walkie talkie. Her eyes began to get watery. “You...You..You bastard!” She yelled furiously.

“We remember you. You burned us with no fear.” it said, its voice still emotionless and cold.

McReady moved Kate aside, taking the walkie talkie and speaking into it.

“What are you?” he asked firmly yet cautiously.

It took a while until the unknown voice talked back. “We are collective group of living organisms. Evolved on a distant planet for millions of years, perfecting ourselves. Learnt how to manipulate DNA strands and stem cells from foreign creatures, learning to override theirs and take control of host’s body.”

“If you're so perfect, then why do you keep fucking dying?” Childs said in a mocking tone.

“New specimens difficult to adapt to, control over cells difficult to maintain. Unforeseen weaknesses created, but corrected in new hosts.” it responded, it's simple voice still emotionless and cold.

The three survivors looked at each other, their expressions displaying concern and worry. THey knew they all had the same question in their mind, but none of them dared to ask it. Finally, Kate took the walkie talkie from McReady and asked the ultimate question:

“What do you want?”

The creature took its time to respond, but when it did, it made itself clear.

“Want to return home.”

Home? What home? Could this, this, this THING! Could this thing have a concept of homesickness, was it simply misunderstood all this time?

Before Kate could ask again, the thing continued talking.

“We were from a distant planet, evolved to perfection and assimilated most lifeforms on planet. Dominant species known as xel'triads saw us as threat, eliminated all lifeforms on planet, including themselves. Attempts unsuccessful, we survived but were few in numbers. Deceased bodies could not be assimilated, was stranded on planet. Decades later, zoological expedition arrived, taking assimilated specimens. Spacecraft was hijacked, but passengers managed to eliminate all assimilated lifeforms but one. Spacecraft intentionally crash landed with intentions of eliminating us, attempt unsuccessful, we escaped but were trapped in ice for thousands of years.”

“And then we released you…” Katie silently whimpered.

“We assimilated human life form upon release, but were burned by previously unexperienced element known as fire. Managed to assimilate new life form, but was unstable and reacted uncontrollably. Managed to improve control, and correct past errors in genetic code.”

That's when the team realized as to why the blood test had failed, and as to why mReady and Child’s camp had never experienced the loss of inorganic substances. That Thing wasn’t just smart, it was genius, able to learn from its mistakes and perfectly overcome weaknesses.

“Ship was fully operational, planned to return to homeworld. Plan was impeded by human lifeform known as Katie Lloyd. Ship damaged beyond repair. Plan was restarted in new camp, but was forced to abandon in risk of death. Now are stuck on new planet, no clear way to return home.”

“I-im sorry for your situation” Katie spoke softly. “But-but you've killed so many of my friends! Our friends! Good, innocent lives lost to your bloodthirsty rampage! All those people you have killed, you used them for your personal gain! How dare you play the victim when you have harmed so many people!” she yelled furiously into the microphone, her hands trembling.

“Pity is not required. We have no sense of pity. Have decided to initiate new plan.” It responded.

McReady grabbed the walkie talkie from Katie and angrily spoke into the walkie talkie “And what would that be?”

“Have never been a pure form. Have always depended on the DNA of other life forms in order to survive. Have only ever lived as a microscopic organism. That will change soon. Using stem cells of human fetus, have managed to create a specimen of our own, with our pure DNA. Pure specimen was built to our necessities, and given proper survivability. Will soon hatch and next sequence of plan will begin.”

McReady interrupted the thing before it could talk any further. “You monster, how dare you use a human baby at your disposal! Tell me, you putrid son of a bitch, tell me what your next move is! I've lost so much to you, you took away my friend and used them against me, I have nothing to lose! For fucks sake, if I'm going to die here, you might as well tell me what your plan is! Tell me, tell me, TELL ME!” he screamed.

A moment of silence went by.

Then, it responded with simple, chilling answer.

“World domination.”

Before anyone could talk, the thing spoke again.

“We shall encounter soon, McReady. Outcome will be different. We shall succeed”

Then the sound of ripping flesh and broken bones came bursting out of the microphone, a faint scream, a walkie talkie being crushed, and then silence.

McReady dropped the walkie talkie, and then looked the the other 2 survivors and stared at them, and they stared back at him. THey knew, their greatest battle was about to commence.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~END OF CHAPTER~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How long has it been since I last uploaded a chapter? A few months I would imagine. Again, I only work on these when I feel passionate about doing so. Anyways, this chapter was a bunch of fun to make, mainly because I was able to give the THING a voice! Crazy right? Not only that, I gave it a backstory and explained why in the 2011 movie, the thing was so unorganized. In case you didn't understand, I shall gladly explain. Basically, when the thing assimilated a brand new life form that it had never encountered before, it takes some time for it to adapt to it. Imagine learning a new subject at school that was completely new to you, and you take a quiz on that topic 1 week into the class. You will most likely get several answers wrong. Same goes for the thing, it will find it difficult to adapt and learn to control a new race, and will mess up, whether it be transforming at inappropriate times (such as Griggs), or not knowing how to replicate inorganic matter such as fillings. However, as the title “evolution” goes, it learns from these mistakes and corrects them. Hope I cleared some things up.

Oh, as for the thing’s voice. I always loved the idea of the thing not only sounding like Abathur, but also talking like him. Now if you don’t know who Abathur is or what he sounds like, click this link.
youtu.be/uVOBLTS0lJc?t=37s

Anyways, I will upload a creature drawing before uploading chapter 14, cuz I will that creature and the hound thing in the next chapter. Have a wonderful day readers!

The Thing Evolution Chapter 12- A Call for Help <------Chapter 12- Chapter 14------> The Thing Chapter 14- The Seige

The Thing 1982 (C) John Carpenter