Chapter:7
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When they woke up Mark first he taught her how to use the helmet and the guns and explosives when she asked as she was a solider and need the comfort of a gun by your side. Mark and Holly then dragged the hunter corpse back and set about getting the armour off and this guy had a plasma gun which was rare.
The hunters preferred to take down their prey single handedly which had saved Mark many times. He had killed 7 by hand and 4 with rife or explosions. He was really short compared to them and used it to his advantage.
They drug the corpse outside and buried it and the wrist devise which acted as a tracking beacon of the hunter to know where one another is. Jesse had become something of a celebrity in the predator ranks as he was extremely hard to track and he had killed at least 12 of them. He was considers the best prey on this planet beside the hard meats.
You only found him by accident, never on purposes. Right now Mark and Holly were setting up trip wires connected to mines. And they even put a few mines all over the place just for fun. But Mark and Holly made a map of what was where other wise they would blow themselves up.
Mark asked Holly at night when they were eating "Holly are your people adverse to hurting people"? She nodded and said " yes we are a peaceful race and averse to harming anyone". He said " ok don't mind me just going over a plan I have to get a ship off this rock". She looked interested and said " what is it"? He said " well basify we go crazy with the explosives and wire a few strategic points of the colony then bluff our way though have the detonator and say that I have laced this entire place with explosives and that I want a ship off this planet".
Holly said " its reckless but seems to be the best one to go with ". Mark grinned and said "of course its reckless I am a guerrilla remember hit and run tactics that's me". She said " you know that would be funny if it wasn't true". He said "well you try being your own company for 4 years".
He tone went from happy to sad "you get all whacked out the loneliness, stress of constantly being on high tension to keep alive, and starving through the endless winters, the pain of loosing your loved ones, and constantly afraid you are gonna die tomorrow, but the biggest is the loneliness, no man be he boy or solider can stand those sorts of things for long, you soon go mad".
Holly decided to stay silent and let him get it all off. She put a hand on his shoulder and said " you know what I am over 300 years old and have seen many things, but what you do here takes the cake, I am amazed that you did all this, not only have you survived but turned yourself into a solider, you have managed to set all this up and more, the more I see the more you amazes me".
He nodded and said " thanks I appreciate that". After a few days they both sat there and holly informed him that the ship really should of gotten by there now and not a few weeks away. Mark said that going for plan B would be a good ideas. They both agreed and walked to the colony.
Nothing popped up this time and they arrived in a days travel. Mark knew that their was a hole on the left wall of the colony only big enough for them to crawl through. Once in Mark and Holly waited unlit night in a sewage pipe.
Once night fell they began to go about putting bombs about the place. But it failed when the nearby patrol discoverer the bombs and set off the alarm. Mark set the ones that were armed to detonate. There was explosions everywhere and the place was in confusion as the colonialist and soldiers went about in confusion as they tried to get out.
The two were able to make a break for it and made their way into a building to hid for a bit unlit the confusion died down a bit. They found cages of Xenomorphs. Hundreds of them. Mark broke the silence they had been manifesting " I need to let those poor creatures out, no one deserves to be caged up".
Holly said " are you mad you will get us killed". Mark smiled and fiddled around with the computer terminal until it realised them all. Holly looked like he was mad and said " you just sighed our death warrants, are you crazy ".
Mark said " commander listen that vent up there if you follow it straight it will take you to the hanger there is a long haul ship in there and I have turned on its engines". The screeching got closer and closer and they got up into the vents and down into the hanger and went over to the drop ship.
Holly walked in and got to the command deck. She then activated all the computers and sensors. But as the screens turned on it showed Mark getting shot in the arm by a marine. He stumbled and then shot the marine and more came out.
He shot a few more then engaged them in combat. He sliced the first with a knife and drew his machete and stuck it in his neck. He then drew another knife and stabbed the next in the chest. The next he took his pistol out of his holster and shot him with it. Holly screamed " Mark get on this ship now".
The ships loudspeakers put it on and then an xenomorph came out of the door way and Mark said " sorry commander it was always to be like this". She screamed "get in now". Mark ran flat stick instead at the xeno and put all his force into holding it back he said " commander go, people like me don't get second chances".
He was then picked up and he was smiling as he was thrown against a wall. Holly finally began to take off and close the outer hatch. He looked at peace and saluted as the ship finally took off our of the hanger.
He watched her go and said " good luck Holly". The Xeno came right up to him drooling all over him and wondering why this human was not afraid. Mark said "please make it quick". The last thought of Mark was "at last I can see my family again".
The End or is it?
A sequel will be published soon called " The One Eyed Man"