Fic rec - Killing Elvis
Title: Killing Elvis
Author: David Hines
Fandom: Alien
Rating: R (for violence)
Pairing: gen fic
Warnings: discussion of taxidermy, dissection, experimentation on a living creature, canon-typical violence
Other notes: original characters, dark comedy, epistolary fic, social media, inter-office politics, incredibly tense fics
Length: 8k
Summary:
Dr. Liu,
Got your final report yesterday on Project LV-426. I'm amazed. Great work all around. It's been forwarded to the Chair, our friends at the Pentagon, the Defense Appropriations Committee, and DARPA. The acid-resistant armor is something that should really catch their eye.
We're expecting some big grant money from this.
Burke
Burke,
Did you read even the executive summary of my report? There are some interesting biomaterials that we could work with, but I stressed, multiple times, that this creature is far too dangerous to even consider using in military research projects. It's aggressive, stupid, vicious, aggressive, impossible to train, and did I mention aggressive?
. . .their limbs work on hydraulic principles and operate under pressure, which is why they splurt like a popped water balloon when they get hit in those Marine camera feeds we saw. A slight wound to a limb takes them right the hell out of commission, and now your troops have to deal with an insanely aggressive and stupid xenomorphic K-9 unit that oh by the way IS BLEEDING ACID.
My thoughts:
( My thoughts: )