Just as we reached the silver elevator a loud, piercing shriek echoed off the walls of the cavern. I looked over my shoulder at the far end of the cavern, searching for any shape or sense of movement. I pressed the large green button, which signaled "Up." I waited, staring at my reflection in the shiny glass. I cursed quietly to myself, pressing the small round button again. I waited for a few more moments. Nothing happened. I presses it once more, almost smacking it.
"Hurry up!" I yelled, pressing it repeatedly.
"Come on, Luna. Calm down, Jesus." Dusty said, placing a hand on my shoulder to try and restrain me.
"Don't you fucking tell me to calm down!" I screamed as I pivoted on my heel to face him. I beat my fists into his chest. He grabbed both my wrists, flinging me backwards gently not the door of the glass elevator. "Will you just go and kill that stupid thing?" I whined, slumping down the smooth surface of the clear wall onto the ground, groaning quietly. "It's giving me a migraine just listening to that damn thing shriek."
"Got it." He said flatly, setting down the corpse beside him and trotted off into the darkness.
After a few minutes of waiting, I got bored with the idea and decided to go after him. I stood up slowly and then walking off in the direction he sped off in. The dim blue lights above me flickered, shutting off. I stopped, pulling a small black flashlight from my back pocket, switching it on. Brushing the hair out of my eyes, I skimmed the light over the ground, walls, and ceiling. As I waved the flashlight over the opening of a small cave, I saw a small ray of light. I squinted at the tiny spec, walking closer cautiously. I turned the corner at the mouth of the cave, looking in. The flashlight sprayed the cave in a blast of light. I crinkled my nose at a familiar smell of rotting meat. I gasped at what I had seen. Standing in the corner of the cave was a hulking human-like creature. A bright red exoskeleton encased it from top to bottom, although little of it showed, as it was garbed in the remnants of what appeared to be a hospital gown. It turned it's massive, quivering, head towards me, uttering a simultaneous score of sharp clicks. It ran towards me with inhuman swiftness with sharp and jerky movements like those of an insect. I whipped out my Glock with a trembling hand.I shut my eyes, aiming at the beast, and fired once. The bullet ran straight through it's hard shell, breaking off one of it's legs with a crunch. It screamed high and shrill, falling forwards face first. I kept firing rounds into the creature until it shuddered once and became still. I fell down to my knees, loosening my grip around the gun. Just then I heard a small ding, which showed that the elevator had finally reached me.
"Thank god." I said with a long sigh. I shakily stood up, walking to the elevator. Once I stood inside the see-throuhg glass chamber, I jabbed my finger into the top button four or five times. The elevator closed it's door and then sped up toward it's destination.