Edward lay on a small metal bed. The creature was still attached to his face. He wasn't dead. But he would be soon. No one knew the creature was implanting a creature of death.
The Collopria flew through the dead, dark vacuum known as space. It was set for Earth. But they would have to wait three weeks until they reached it. But by then, they would all be dead. And besides, the thing inside Edward wouldn't have to kill them.
Jennifer walked down the hallway with a man named Jonathan Parker. He was the captain of the massive ship.
"So when do you think we'll be at Earth. I really need to get this thing to the lab down there. It'll help us identify the organism that's on his face."
"It'll be about two and a half, maybe three weeks." The captain said, taking spitting out some tobacco. The man was large and burly.
"Can't this thing go any faster?" Jennifer said with disappointment.
"We are going our top speed. Now unless you're God himself, I suggest you move so I can go speak with one of my crew members." The man said, pushing her gently aside.
The crew member nicknamed Oil, for being covered in oil 24/7, was motioning to the med lab.
"The thing that was on the man's face, it's on the floor dead!" She said, her voice full of excitement and a tinge of dread.
The captain gave Jennifer a look and she ran with the captain. As they got there, Edward was sitting up on the metal bed. He looked fine, except for the marks on his face from the fingerlike legs of the creature. He was coughing loudly, but otherwise, nothing appeared wrong with him.
"Oh my God! Edward, how are you feeling?" Jennifer asked as she sat down beside him.
"Oh, I'm fine. That thing made my face hurt. Oh and can I get some food and water? I'm dying over here." He said rapidly.
The crew member named Slick went out and came back in a few minutes later with a tray of food and water.
"Here you go. And when you're done, just put it into that slot, and more food will come out." Slick said. The man was tall and skinny, with black hair, and red eyes.
Edward tore into the food and put it into the slot. More food came down. He did it three times before he was done.
"Wow, seems that thing made you want to eat like a cow." Timothy said laughing. Everyone else chimed in and they laughed and talked for about an hour. Then Jennifer noticed something. Michael was gone.
"Where's Michael?" Jennifer asked worriedly.
Everyone looked around. No one had seen him. Jennifer went with the captain to the control deck and turned on the mainframe cameras.
"Grandmother!" Jonathan called out to the large screen.
"Hello, Captain. May I be of service?" a voice from above said in a soothing voice.
"Locate Michael Karline of the USS Dellostrium."
"Locating, please excuse me Captain." The voice said to him.
"Michael Karline has not set foot on the USS Collapria. Systems show that he is still on the Dellostrium."
"Thank you Grandmother. Could you please log into the Dellostium's camera mainframe?" The captain said.
The large screen showed every room in the Dellostrium. The pair scanned the screen for Michael until Jennifer screamed. Jonathan took one look at the spot she was pointing to and retched. Michael was cocooned in some sort of goo against the wall. His chest had a gaping hole in it. And on the floor, lay the creature that had been on Edward's face.
"Come on, we have to get Edward! COME ON!" Jonathan yelled at her, dragging her along.
They ran down the hallway, dodging hanging overheads and almost missing the door for the med lab.
"Edward, come with us." Jennifer said.
"Why? What's wrong?" he asked suspiciously.
"That thing put a creature inside of you. And if you don't come with us, then it'll burst out of your chest." Jonathan said.
"Your ins…" Edward didn't finish.
He started screaming and freaking out. He gasped for air.
"Somebody get something between his teeth!" Oil screamed as a rose of blood bloomed on Edward's shirt.
Slick grabbed his left arm and Timothy grabbed his right. Jonathan was screaming into his walkie-talkie for more people to come into the med lab.
"KILL ME!" Edward screamed as the rose of blood grew bigger. Jonathan grabbed a spoon and pushed it between his teeth.
Then a horrible shriek pierced the air as a head ripped through Edward's chest and shirt. Blood flew all over the crew members.
Jonathan ran back. Jennifer and Oil screamed and Slick threw up. The creature snarled at them and then flew down the table before anyone could get it.
"What the heck was that?" Oil screamed.
Just before anyone answered her, a crew member named Glass came in.
"Sir, something's trying to get in from the Dellostium." He said.