He is disappointed to land on a planet he has already seen. It's not even a planet, only a construction of metal and light.
Moonbase.
He leaves her as soon as they land. She heads one way, so he heads off in the other direction. He is not interested in talk.
He wanders, not lost, but not intending to be found. This metal world is still so strange, so alien. It is nearly silent, aside from the click and whirr of the machines around him. It is as close to peace as he's felt in some time.
Boring.
Where are the great hulking metal constructs that once attacked them? The seraphs come to announce the death of man? Where is the excitement?
A scream shatters the peace. And then another, and another. A string of violent outbursts, pent up frustration and despair working its way out into the open.
He finds Maria by the computer, in the research lab. She is glaring at the screen intently, and doesn't acknowledge his presence behind her. He considers, for a moment, killing her, one blow to end her pathetic life forever… But then he would be stuck here.
So he watches, and he waits.
"There must be more!" Maria yells at the screen, but it yields no answers. It stays blank, silent, uncaring. There is no love in a machine.
Albel watches as Maria takes out her gun and shoots a hole in the screen, then another into the console, and another and another and another… Gunshots ring out like screams in the air until there is nothing left but smoke.
And then, when there is nothing, they leave.
He hopes the next planet is sunny.
