(A/N:Well, it's very short, and I'm not very convinced myself. I thought I should give the story a Prologue, since it launches the whole Flashback perspective this story has. Maybe I should even change the title to N.I.C.O.L.E. I.S. D., since I think it's good. Last, but not least, I shall remind you readers that if you don't review, I won't be able to improve the story)
Prologue : N.I.C.O.L.E. I.S. D.
Boom! I heard a big explosion, and felt the whole ship shake. Did it mean Isaac had managed to get the singularity core? Right then, what I hear was the ship's AI.
"Engine power failure"
I ran for it. I exited my hiding spot, and ran to the Engine Room. The alarms were ringing and the ship was shaking, all in one, and it was somewhat difficult to stay on foot. I was running when I heard a loud roar – no doubt coming from one of those Brutes – and I thought it was somewhere behind me. I reached the door and as I opened it, I heard the roar again. I entered the room backwards, still looking for the necromorph, wherever it was, when I heard steps behind me. I turned around to see Isaac. Although I didn't show it, since the situation was very tense, I was very relieved to see him.
- Isaac! Over here! I've been trying to reach you but my comm was out! You got the singularity core... That's our ticket out of here. Get that core to the shuttle! Don't wait for me. - I saw Isaac pointing at something behind me, so I looked over my shoulder to see what he wanted, and it wasn't pretty.
The only thing I didn't want to happen, was happening right at my back. The Brute I heard before must had been following me, and it finally found me. I felt worse at that moment that I had ever felt... I was in front of a Brute, with no possible escape and it was about to charge me.
- Oh, fuck me. Aaarrgh! - I cried to encourage myself, while shooting blindly at it, even if I had been the one to tell Isaac to shoot them in the back...
As it finally launched itself at me, I understood that thing people said about your life passing before your eyes... The first punch sent me flying a short distance to the glass separating Isaac from me, which left me very dizzy. Right then, in that state where you're very near to pass out but you're not going to, as the Brute stood over me, I started remembering my whole life, from my childhood to how I became a Chief Security Officer, and over all, how I got to this situation, how the mission started...