Chapter 2 Escape!

As the Reaper Leviathan swam towards them, Amythyst stated to get frightened and wrapped her arms around Richard saying "What the hell do we do now? He's that same bastard that damaged my pod when I first landed!" Seeing the fear in Amythyst's eyes Richard sighed and said "well gettin' worked up about it ain't gonna help us now is it? Calm down and we will think of something... Ah I know do you still have that stasis rifle you used to freeze me? Maybe we can use it to freeze him?" looking around Amythyst saw the Stasis rifle floating in the ocean and nodded to which Richard said calmly, "Grab my Seaglide and swim towards the rifle, I will distract 'big Boris' over there while you make a break for it, you do realise though it means that we have to abandon that habitat and find somewhere to build a new one right? But don't worry about that now just get that bloody rifle and shoot Mr big over there." after hearing Richard's idea Amythyst went to ask what would happen to him but stopped when she saw him concentrating on the Leviathan and she said quietly "You stupid dumbass what am I gonna do if you get eaten huh? I don't want to be alone on this planet as long as you have, please just stay alive so we can get better acquainted you dummy." she then did as Richard said as he baited the Reaper Leviathan saying "hey you! Big ugly! Yeah you I'm talkin' to you, hah you think you are so strong well, I am about to whoop your ass! Come at me fathead! Lemme use you as a trophy!" he then pulled out his survival knife and charged head first into the Leviathan's mouth getting himself eaten whole to which he said "Phew you stink worse on the inside! Goddamn it I hope this wasn't a mistake." as she watched him getting eaten Amythyst screamed out in despair at the concept of being the only survivor left and lost her temper to which she grabbed the stasis rifle and charged right at the Reaper Leviathan and screamed "Chew on this you bastard!" with that she shot the Reaper in the face with the stasis rifle and pulled out her knife as she began to hack at the belly of the Reaper Leviathan in an effort to cut Richard out of its stomach while at the same time Richard was cutting his way out from the inside, after a few minutes of hacking and slashing from both Richard and Amythyst, the Reaper Leviathan roared as its stomach split open from the inside spilling a large amount of blood, entrails and Richard out of its body, before it began to convulse and then it died as Richard swam out of its belly saying "Well shit, with the amount of goo that has spilled out of this guy it will only be a matter of time until this place is surrounded by very hungry predators and we become the orderves before the main banquet, so I propose we split from here before we get surrounded by a lot of beasts am I right?" after he finished his sentence Amythyst so overcome with rage and sadness swam right up to Richard and slapped him so hard on the face she sent him flying back in the water to which he said "What the Fuck Amythyst? Why did you..." before he could finish his tirade Amythyst interrupted and screamed at him "You stupid fucking asshole I thought you'd died and left me alone! What is your fucking obsession with fighting and violence anyway don't you know that isn't the answer? I swear if you do some stupid shit like this again I will not rescue your foolish ass nor will I mourn your death, in fact I would never forgive you if you die on me!"

Seeing Amythyst scream at him in rage Richard went to scream back but stopped when he saw her crying before she threw her arms around him and held him close as she sobbed into his chest to which he went to comfort her but hesitated briefly before finally giving her a hug and said "I never realised how much this affected you but why? Why are you so bent out of shape out of something so minor like this?" to which Amythyst looked at him through teary eyes and said "Don't you get it yet? This isn't something minor you moron, you could have been Reaper chow then who would I talk to? The CPU of the habitat? My PDA? Or even the local fuckin' fish? No way, that is not something minor. ever since my ship entered this backwards galaxy I have been alone I mean, I had a relationship with someone on board the sunbeam once, but he was a jealous and obsessive prick, even if I stood next to my best and closest friend Zacchary Briar he'd stare at me and him before shouting his mouth off at us and threatening Zack's life, this was why I split up with him and that was three years ago. Now look what happens, two years later I find that my ship has received a distress signal from your ship and decides to rescue your sorry asses but gets shot down out of the fucking sky and what happens? During the planetfall of my ship and it's hull failure my jealous ex murders my close friend right in front of my eyes and attacks me before we get to the life pods, hence why I have these horrible cuts and scars all over my body. Then as my ship explodes he dies and gets away with what he had done and what happened to me? I survive in my Life pod with the harsh and visceral memories of my best friend getting killed in front of me, slaughtered like a wild animal while I was unable to do anything about it due to my injuries, then as my lifepod falls through the atmosphere of this planet, I get knocked unconscious by a loose fucking panel and nearly cooked by a fire in my pod interior and once again I find myself alone and on the fucking bed in a stranger's unknown base, do you know what that feels like? I don't want to be alone anymore, this is why I haven't killed you yet and yes I would kill you if the situation depended upon it but it doesn't, right now we need each other to survive so of course I am going to get very upset when you do stupid fuckin' things like going toe to toe with a Reaper Leviathan and getting your arrogant and backwards ass eaten!"

Seeing Amythyst grill him made Richard smile, it had been far too long since he had any human contact and even though she was having a go at him while threatening his life out of pure concern for his wellbeing, he felt happy once again and after Amythyst ranted at him for a while he held her tightly and said "I'm sorry Amythyst, it won't happen again and I will never leave you to fend for yourself, I will always do what I can to help you but there is one condition, Stop being a naggy old bag and loosen up ok?" After he said that Amythyst digged him in the ribs and said "I'll have you know Mr Richard Scepton that I am only two years younger than you, I'm 23 and you are 25 so the old bag is you, you get me handsome?" she then dried her eyes and gave him a playful kiss on the cheek to which he said "Well it looks like things are gonna change and y'know what, I'm gonna enjoy it." With that both Richard and Amythyst took hold of the Seaglide and surfaced for air before starting their search for a new place to build a home.

After swimming around for a few hours and frequently replacing the batteries of the Seaglide they finally found a spot in the grassy plateaus and began to build a new habitat, as they built it up they had multiple hull breaches to which Amythyst said "Okay I have to ask, what was your position on the Aurora because just like your old base, this one is structurally unsound; you need to reinforce the hull wherever you can even if it looks ugly." to which Richard said in an embarrassed tone "well embarrassingly enough I only managed to get to technician third class but hey at least I can build even though the habitat hull is weak," Looking at Richard, Amythyst rolled her eyes and sighed before saying in a fed up tone "Look, if we are to survive here under the water our habitat needs to be strong and secure, with the hull frequently breaching it is only a matter of time before the habitat caves in and we either get suffocated or crushed, so we need to make sure that doesn't happen and before you ask me anything, my rank is or rather it was first technician on board the Sunbeam so essentially I am your superior but don't worry, I'm not one to pull rank on anyone but I have to do it just this once to ensure our survival, so I am ordering you as a first technician, to reinforce our habitat in any way possible."
shortly after she told him to reinforce the hull Richard managed to increase the hull integrity of the habitat by 120% and they continued to build their new home, after several minutes of building their new home was built and they moved into the new habitat after they built a nuclear reactor to power the habitat from a reinforced room but it was unpowered so Richard said "Well, it looks like we have a power source but no fuel to power it so who is going out there to collect the fuel necessary to power up our base?" To which Amythyst said "Well since you have been on this planet longer than me it would be a prudent course of action to send you out for the fuel because you probably know all the best places to attain materials, hey maybe you can show me around the place? I'd like that.

After their discussion, both Richard and Amythyst went to leave the habitat to which Richard said "Oh wait, I need to do something before we leave, I need to access the Habitat CPU so I can register you as an authorised inhabitant of our habitat but to do that I need some of your biological data so it can be stored on file but is that okay with you Ms technician?" After Richard asked her the question Amythyst paused for a moment before smiling and saying
"I'm fine by that but I am kinda concerned at what you will find," confused at what Amythyst said Richard looked into her teal eyes and said in a puzzled tone "Amythyst, what are you talking about?" to which Amythyst said "Richard, I'm not human, I'm actually..." before she could finish her sentence Richard silenced her and said "no matter what you are we are still friends even though you nag me a lot so don't worry about it."

To be continued...