It beats its smooth, bony crest against the ALON, making no more progress than the pulse rifle rounds of the marines.

Then gunfire rips the creature to shreds, coating the hull with a glut of yellow acid. Solid aluminum windows turn brown, then black as they begin to melt.

***

Becker scrambles backward as its skull splits like a melon, spilling even more fresh acid over the floor plates.

***

Alien: Into Charybdis, Chapter 28