We'd been down there for, maybe,2 weeks

We'd been down there for, maybe,2 weeks. And, I was getting pretty sick of it. It was a stupid assignment, we were supposed to go down and protect some scientists, but, they weren't there. It was weird, there was no way the bugs coulda gotten in, we checked the whole building, top to bottom. No holes, nothing. And there were no bodies. If was, as if, they had just vanished. Well, of coarse SICON told us to stay there until we found something, and well, that was 2 weeks ago. No one knew how much longer we were going to have to stay there, but, we all knew that we were running out of food and water. We all felt bad for those scientists, the food they had to eat made MI food look like a 5 star meal. 

"Hey, Diz?"

"Yeah Higgins?"

"You gonna eat that chicken?"

"This is chicken? Yuck, you can have it"

I looked out the window, Pluto is such a depressing planet. I stared up at the stars for a few minutes, I guess being down here beats being up there, on those cramped starships. I don't know how long I looked up there, but, when I turned around, Higgins was gone.

He could at least told me he was going.

I got up and stretched.

I guess I should go find the others.

I grabbed what was left of my 'food' and tossed it as I left.

"Hey LT? Rico? Gossard?"

Nothing.

"Higgins? Doc? Carl?"

Still nothing.

Where is everybody?

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move. I pointed my gun in that direction. There was nothing there. The power went out.

"HELLO!?"

I was starting to panic, WHERE WERE THEY?

Come on Diz, keep it cool

I thought I saw something move again. It was hard to see with all the lights off. I reached up to turn on my light, but, felt nothing.

Oh my god! I left my helmet in the kitchen!

I turned the light on my gun on. It was'nt very bright, but, it would help me find my way back the kitchen. I could see the kitchen, about 5 yards ahead of me. Then, I heard something, far away. But not anything human. I ran to the kitchen and grabbed my helmet. Before I could put it on, something jump out and tackled me to the ground. I screamed.

My gun, where's my gun?!

I had dropped it when I was tackled! The thing was still on top of me. And I was still screaming, hopping someone would hear.

"SSSHHH, Dizzy, clam down, its me"

Rico?

"Rico?"

"Yeah, clam down, its okay"

"Ohhh, Rico!"

I grabbed him and hugged him like I've never hugged anyone before.

"Come on Diz, we gotta move"

He stood up and helped me up. I saw my guns light and grabbed it, then I located my helmet.

"Why didn't you have your light on?"

"I didn't know if you were a human or not, I didn't want you to see me"

"Good thinking, where's everyone else?"

"I don't know, Dizzy, I was walking the perimeter with Gos, and, they just, disappeared. There was no trace of them, and when I turned around, Gossard was gone too."

"Just like the scientists, they're just……… gone"