I picked up my radio and asked, "Is there anyone else out there?" No response. I leaned back in my chair and sighed. Shit, I thought, I barely got out of there with my life, and I'm still far from safety.

Altman… He was probably the only one who could've known this would happen, but that was before I was born. My ship was cruising through space, and I could see the Earth through one of my monitors. I hope none of those things got inside this ship, or I'm screwed. I didn't have any weapons or guns with me anyway. I stood up and turned around scanning what I could see for any sounds or movement. Nothing. Oh well. If there's something in here, it can come to me first.

"Shit! Agh! I'm here!" a man appeared on my screen yelling. His sudden yelling scared me, but I quick answered back and said, "Oh thank God I'm not the only one out here!"

He came back on screen and said, "Yeah, I feel the same way. I'm Isaac. Who are you?"

"Hi, Isaac. Thank you for responding, I thought I was a goner. I'm Marisa." I took a couple of deep breaths to try and calm myself down a little bit. Isaac looked just about as spooked as I did.

"Have you heard anyone else out here? We can't be the only two survivors from this whole damn planet…" He looked like he had calmed down a bit.

"No, I have-"I was getting a signal from another ship. "Hold on, I got a signal from someone." It sounded like a woman was trying to get a hold of me.

"Come in ship 5196! I received your ships signal! I know you're out there, don't lose me!" I took a look behind my chair again to make sure I was still alone. I was. I looked back to my monitors and saw that two more ships were trying to reach me.

I said to everyone, "Anyone who's out there respond!" I waited a second and the three ships responded.

The woman answered first and said, "This is Alice. I'm the only one on board this ship." Looks like another lone survivor. I thought.

The second ship that came up was a man. His signal on his ship wasn't so good, and he said, "I- I'm Mi- Michael." I got a tear in my eye. I had just lost my brother today, and his name was Michael. I also noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt. In fact, he wasn't wearing anything.

"Michael, why don't you have any clothes on? Um, actually I'll wait to ask that question." I waited for the last ship to answer, and it was another man.

"Hello, my name is Nolan Stross, but you can just call me Stross. I'm with another woman named Daina."

I put out a video call to everyone and said, "Hi everyone, my name is Marisa." Everyone answered with greetings, and then it got quiet. Isaac was the first to break the silence by saying, "So everyone, how did you escape this hell-hole?"

Stross answered and said, "Hey how about we go around and tell our stories about this after we know where we are going." The man had a point there. Even though I was no longer completely alone, I still had a strange feeling there was something on my ship.

I got out of my seat and walked to the back. Hmm, since this is now my ship, I can freely look around in closets for any gear. I opened a huge closet-like door and looked inside. This happened to be a ship that had belonged to someone rich, so sure enough, there was an advanced suit! And all for me! Even at a time like this, this is a dream come true! I looked inside a little suitcase and found a plasma cutter. What the hell would I ever use this thing for? Oh well, I might as well keep it just in case I get attacked. I walked quickly back to the front to put on the suit.

"Hey guys! Look what I found in the back of my ship! A brand-new advanced suit RIG!" I made sure that they could see it.

Michael said, "So Marisa, we've talked, and we have decided to go to Aegis 7. Also, call me Mike."

"Ok Mike, but isn't Aegis 7 just a little colony?" I answered.

Stross answered back and said, "Yes, it's just a little colony, but we are going there in hopes that none of these monsters are there." I looked down and realized I had only put on half my suit so far. I slid my arms into their places, and now, I felt ready for battle.

"You look pretty damn good in that suit. I'm jealous." Isaac said with a smile. I grinned as I sat back down in my chair.

"So Isaac, who are you? What do you do?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

"Well," he said, "I'm an engineer and I work for the CEC. I was at work when all hell broke loose. I got on the nearest ship, barely missing getting my arm sliced off by one of those fuckers." I cringed in my seat because I had just seen that happen to countless people.

"Isaac," I looked at the screen sadly, "did you… Lose anyone?"

"No, I didn't. Her name's Nicole. She's my girlfriend. She's stationed on the USG Ishimura, and I pray that she's safe."

Mike interrupted and said, "So are we gonna shockpoint out any time soon?"

Daina said "We will as soon as you put some clothes on Mike! Besides, why are you not wearing any clothes?"

He looked down and laughed, "Oh yeah! Kinda forgot, you know, at a time like this! But I was taking a shower when they got to my house. I had a towel somewhere, but, it looks like it's gone now." Everyone was laughing at him, including me.

Daina said, "Oh sure! You lost it huh?"

Mike laughed and said, "I did! I swear that is exactly what happened!"

Stross said, "Ok, how about we talk about this on the way to Aegis 7, ok guys?"

"Alright everyone get ready to shockpoint out," Isaac said. I found the button for shockpoint and said, "If everyone's ready we are shocking out in 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Shocking out." I lurched forward in my seat as we were now going much faster through space.

"Ok, now that that's settled, we can talk," I said, "Alice, how did you end up out here?"

"Well," she replied, "I was hanging out with my friend Toby when he heard screaming. We thought nothing of it, until I saw outside the window. Since my parents owned a ship, we ran to the backyard, but, he got caught, and I escaped." I could see that she was pretty upset. Toby must have meant a lot to her.

"I'm so sorry Alice," Stross said to her.

"It's ok, it's not your fault Stross." She said back.

"So what's your story, Stross?" I asked, leaning back in my seat and getting comfortable.

He said, "I'm a scientist, and tomorrow I was supposed to be sent to the USG O'Bannon, but I guess that's not going to happen now." He put his head in his hands and sighed. "I was working in the lab when the alarms went off and everyone started panicking. I didn't know what to do so I just ran. I happened to run into Daina, who was visiting the building today. We got here safely, but it's Alexis I'm worried about. She was my wife." He started to shake, then he walked away. I felt sorry for him. In fact, I felt sorry for everyone. Nobody deserved for this to happen to them.

"So what about you Marisa?" Isaac asked.

I sighed and answered, "Well, it started out as a normal day, and I was out hoverskating. I was pretty far from my house when I started hearing screaming. My brother Michael popped up on my RIG Link, and told me to get to the nearest ship, or die. I got my ass in gear and went into a rich neighborhood. I saw a nice big ship, and went over to it. It was locked so I turned to leave when I saw the owners running out of their house while being chased by one of those bastards. The thing won the fight, lucky for me, so I took his RIG and got in. while I was flying away, my brother came back on my RIG Link, and I saw him get slaughtered."

I started crying again. He had so much to live for.

"Hey it's ok, it's ok. It's not like you could've done anything to help." Isaac said.

"I know," I answered, "but that's why it's not ok." I was watching my monitors as we zoomed through space. Only a couple of more hours until we get to Aeigs 7…

Thanks for reading my story! This is only the first of many parts I'm going to write! Tell me what you thought about it, and how I could make it better! Thanks! :D