The Path Darkens
That night I had nightmares of the day my parents were executed in the name of progression. It felt like I was there watching it all happen again. I tried to save them but I couldn't move. It felt like the weight of the world was holding me down. I screamed at the sick bastards prodding them with their instruments. It was as if they couldn't hear me. Even if they could they wouldn't have cared. The guards had the most disgusting grins on their face. How could any sane person find this entertaining. My fathers head slowly turned towards me and the most god awful blood curdling scream escaped his lungs.
I woke up in a cold sweat, shaking. I could feel the anger and hatred for those responsible filling my body. It felt alarmingly natural, as if I was born to have these thoughts. I couldn't shake the feeling, I felt as if I did not want to. Almost as if I were to give up the feeling I would be letting my parents die. They deserved better. It was in that moment I understood what I must do. I must put a stop to the genocide my people were experiencing, but how? I am only one person, there is no way that I could save my people alone.
I was still lying in bed when my thought were interrupted by the sound of an alarm. I jumped out of bed and quickly went to my ships control panel. I was unable to get the system to come online. I looked out the window and saw a mysterious saucer shaped ship firing upon my vessel. I hurry and warped down to the planet only to be followed. Had the apex followed me? Were they back to finish what they had started? I ran for the closest cluster of trees. The ship started focusing their fire at me. Photon beams ripped through the leaves, flying past my head. I had to think quickly, but what could I possibly do against the ship. They sent drones out of the hull and they began closing in on me. I looked back to asses my situation, then next thing I knew I was falling.
My fall was stopped by something hard. I looked up to see what had happened. In my rush to escape I ran right off of a cliff. How could I have been so stupid? I was now trapped on a ledge with no way down. I could see the aircrafts circling the area looking for me. Before I could come up with a plan, a drone appeared right in front of me. It was now or never...
I jumped for the drones cockpit. My head hit hard against steel, and my vision got blurry. I was able to come back to my senses just in time as I was rolling over the side of it. I managed to secure a grip on the wing. The craft tilted form the weight, giving me access to another handhold. I began climbing up the ship until I reached the cockpit. I grabbed the release handle and yanked on it with all my strength. It wouldn't budge, I could feel the anger boiling up inside me again. I swung at the glass dome with all my force. I could hear it crack. That was all that I needed. with the airlock compromised I was able to finally open the release handle.
The cockpit flung open. I quickly wrapped my hands around the pilots neck and began squeezing the life out of him. I took control of the vessel and headed towards the main ship. Guns blazing I tore into its hull. The ship began losing elevation. I turned around and began firing again. The ship nose dived into the ground. Debris and fire lit up the area catching the surrounding forest on fire. I saw an oddly shaped sphere sticking out of the ground where the ship had crashed. It had a shine to it that illuminated the immediate area. I landed the drone and went to investigate.
As I got closer I realized what the object was. It was the ships power supply, it looked to be fully intact still. I excavated it from the ground and put it in my bag. I quickly escaped into a neighboring cave that seemed safe from the blaze that was forming right outside of it. Every part of my body was aching from the effort of taking down the enemy. I sat down resting my head in my hands and drifted off.
I awoke, my body still feeling stiff with pain. I needed to get back to my ship before night fall. I began my journey out of the cave. I stepped out into the opening of the cave. The surrounding forest was in ashes. I couldn't believe that I had caused all of this. I didn't cause all of this! It was whoever attacked me in that ships fault. I buried my guilt inside to deal with later, and made my way out into the open trying to get a signal back to my ship. Finally after getting away from the smoke that still hung in the air I picked up a signal. I beamed back onto my ship, and placed my pack onto the table. I carefully lifted the core out and held it in my hands, almost getting lost in amazement. Maybe I could somehow use this in my ship...