Chapter Eight – Unexpected.
As the ice continued to melt, a man inside one of the alcoves slowly began to move.
He clenched his right fist tightly as he began to feel the heat rising through his veins.
His blue bloodthirsty eyes snapped open; unable to move his head he scanned what he could of the vicinity. But all he could see was the ice, entombing him.
Mustering as much strength as he could, he rammed his fist into it, smashing himself free.
He then leapt out and looked around.
He could see the reason why the tunnel wasn't as dark as it should've been and why his alcove had melted more than the others.
His was posted directly under the heating valve connected to the piping system and along both sides of the walls lights were posted all along the top, which meant, for them to be activated 'he looked up' the place above him must be in use.
Showing his mutilated teeth he grinned and began to search for a way out by following the lights.
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As he followed them, he could 'just' see the other people trapped inside their alcoves and hissed. "Sticking prison, I'll make them pay for the years of torment they've put us through. Soon brothers you shall be free."
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Above ground oblivious to what was happening underneath them, the team sat round near the fire. Jackets lay on the floor drying under the heat.
Until Elizabeth felt better, they'd all agreed to stay awake and keep each other company.
Despite John's disproval, that she had ignored him about bringing anything with her, Teyla revealed the Tylenol she had tucked away, but on the brighter side of things he was grateful and Teyla could see it in his eyes.
Teyla gave one to Elizabeth to help relieve the headache she still had.
John could see Elizabeth was looking a lot livelier as she was laughing at Rodney's imitation of a pig.
Not surprisingly Teyla and Ronon couldn't see the logic behind the game but that didn't stop them from laughing at Rodney's expense.
Rodney had decided to keep the night rolling, by playing 'Guess the Movie' and seeing as he wasn't allowed to speak whilst making a fool of himself he had to imitate it, he'd already given away the other clues he could.
He nearly jumped out of his skin when the sound of lightning struck the dome and he ended up sprawled on the ground having been on all fours. "What the…"
John got up of his feet and ran to the doors and pulled them open, a blizzard raged across the horizon, lightning struck again in the far distance illuminating the snowy peeks in the far distance. The others had joined him. "This is all we need, if it's like this in the morning lord knows how long we'll be stuck here," he turned to face Rodney, "Oh, and I'm guessing the movie was supposed to be Babe."
"You guessed right, which means it's your turn next," he grinned playfully.
Elizabeth raised an eyebrow in Rodney's direction; she'd expected him to go for the Sci-Fi approach.
John closed the doors and they moved back to the fire.
Before John could even start his turn, a loud whistling noise penetrated the air. Making everyone cover up their ears.
Pieces of metal on one of the four tables started rattling as though something underneath them was trying to get out. John moved over for a closer look, indicating for everyone to stay put.
He was just about to lift up one of the slaps of metal, when a black sphere the size of a 'tennis ball' sprung out of hiding and hovered above him. John eyed it suspiciously, that was until the whistle intensified to a shriek and it flew across the air until it hovered just underneath the drill head.
Suddenly the noise stopped and the sphere fell to the ground shortly followed by a loud explosion.
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