A/N: okay, last chapter. Be sure to check out the epilogue that should
already be posted after this, where everything will be wrapped up and you
get to see deleted scenes (featuring the reoccurring talking human ANMC)
and a look at a possible sequel.
Aya dropped to her knees when she was released by Eve. She looked around for help. Jerome was apparently dead and Logan keeps having fits of painful spasms.
Aya reached for one of Logan's guns but was sent backwards by an energy blast from her the young Eve. It sent her back but Aya was surprised at how little it actually harmed her. Aya realized at that moment Eve had not evolved at all. She was channeling energy from Mitochondria Eve, and was strictly under mind control, just what she did to Jerome. Kidnapping Eve had nothing to do with restoring her powers. It was to lure Aya into a death trap.
"I have waited for this moment for a long time." Mitochondria Eve lifted Aya up by her neck and began strangling her. "I now will become the ultimate life form on this planet, only to be succeeded by my son."
Aya felt the life draining out of her. She was cut off from oxygen and was losing her grip on reality. She remembered her last fight with Mitochondria Eve. She had a strong weapon then. Also, she knew that the Ultimate Being would return, and the only known way to stop him was to plant Aya's mitochondria into its system. If she were to die, there would be no stopping the Earth's takeover. Aya would give anything for a single bullet with her mitochondria inside. All she had was a pistol with one useless clip.
Aya, using her last ounces of strength clenched her hand around Mitochondria Eve's wrist. She lifted her pistol out of its holster and fired a single bullet through her hand, and into Eve.
Aya was released, gasping for air. Mitochondria Eve held her wound. "You bitch!" She wailed in pain and fell to the ground.
Aya stayed thereon her knees, still trying to catch her breath. She was suddenly clutched around the waist. Eve was got on her knees beside Aya and hugged her. Mitochondria Eve rose from the ground, but her appearance had drastically altered. She was no longer Mitochondria Eve anymore; she was Melissa Pearce. Aya's rebellious mitochondria eliminated had let Melissa return to her original human form.
Melissa and Aya stared at each other. "Where am I?" Melissa questioned.
"Nowhere," Aya replied. "We're leaving." Aya got up and faced Melissa with Eve still clinging to her.
"How? This place is surrounded by creatures." Melissa informed.
"How did you know that?"
"I'm not sure. I think I just sense it."
"Logan?" Eve spoke for the first time.
Aya looked over to the end of the corridor. Logan was still conscious but in a lot of pain. She ran over to him and helped him to his feet. "Are you okay?"
"No," he replied and vomited on the floor.
Melissa handed Aya an assault rifle that was on the floor. She then put Logan's arm around her shoulders to help him stay upright.
"Is he gonna be okay?" Eve asked Aya.
"I think so," Aya tried to comfort her.
The four made their way through the door, leading to the hall containing the service ladder. Aya walked up to the monitor and saw that every level was cramped with creatures. Even the two corridors in front of them were crowded, the right with 3 times as many creatures as the left.
"Is there any escape?" Melissa questioned.
"Uh," Aya hesitated. "If we can get through one of these corridors there is an emergency exit at the other end. But if we go into one, the open doors will allow even more creatures to come at us from the opposite corridor. Besides, there are too many creatures in the left one to begin with. We're trapped."
At this moment the door behind them opened, frightening the small group. Jerome came in crawling, dragging a chain gun with him. Using all of his remaining strength he made himself stand and walk to the monitor. Aya quickly tried to block Jerome's line of sight towards Melissa, afraid he would strike.
Jerome reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. He laid them on the monitor as he finished looking and struggled through the door on the right, into the corridor with many more creatures. Nobody attempted to stop him.
The loud firing of the chain gun was heard. Aya picked up the keys to the monitor. It was a large collection of keys but most importantly there were the keys to his truck. A peculiar thing about the keys was the golden center ring. Aya discovered it to be the wedding band she had seen in her dream. She had witnessed Jerome's wedding.
"Look," Logan spat out as he pointed to the monitor.
The creatures from the left corridor were being drawn to the right by the loud commotion. "Let's move," Aya ordered. She grabbed Eve's hand and opened the door.
Unfortunately the creatures left in the corridor were the ones that couldn't get through the low doorways. However, they were still gazing through the doors to witness the scene.
The four reached the end of the corridor without confrontation. Aya hit the button to open the door. It didn't open. She hit it again with the same result. Jerome's firing stopped.
A giant mutant alligator caught sight of them and charged. Aya fired the assault rifle at it but the recoil caused her wounded hand immense pain and she dropped the gun. The creature struck its tail at Aya. Aya dodged it but instead the tail hit Eve, sending Eve away from Aya. The alligator creature lunged towards Eve. Aya instinctively dived on the creatures back to keep it from getting Eve.
Melissa was on her knees trying to get Logan, who had fallen unconscious, to wake up. The door in front of her suddenly opened up. A golem soldier stood in the doorway. The golem swiftly moved past Melissa and picked up the assault rifle.
Kyle fired at the creature the moment it managed to toss Aya off its back. He aimed for the creatures bottom side, where it's skin wasn't like armor. He also circled it to get over to Eve. His ammo ran out at the same time the creature fell to its death. Kyle took a deep breath and removed his mask in order to show himself to Eve.
Eve wrapped her arms around him and gave him a tight hug. She let go and the two began heading towards the open door where Aya, Melissa, and Logan were waiting for them. The two of them didn't see it coming. A gigantic purple centipede swiftly moved towards the two. In one strike it put Kyle's upper torso in its mouth. Eve grabbed his left ankle and tried to pull him out. The resistance she added allowed the creature's sharp teeth to rip Kyle's upper body away from the lower body. The centipede swallowed the torso as Eve stared, still clutching the ankle.
Aya ran up and removed Eve's grip from the leg and carried her out of the room. The four of them climbed the emergency escape staircase as fast as they could. Logan was still unconscious, and his heart had begun to beat very loud and very fast.
They pushed open a steel door at the top and found themselves at the edge of the small town. Suddenly Logan began a seizure. Aya and Melissa held him down, not sure what else there was to do. Logan stopped and both Aya and Melissa got under Logan's shoulders, opposite of each other. They quickly trekked into the town, searching for Jerome's truck. Aya spotted Jerome's truck, and they raced over to it.
Logan was heaved into the truck bed and Aya got in with him. She handed Melissa the keys and she got into the driver's seat, with Eve next to her.
The ground violently shook. Aya stared in fright at a 2-story building. The building then smashed down. In its rubble a giant, ugly creature stood. It had a mechanical flamethrower implanted in its mouth. "Move it," Aya yelled. Melissa frantically shuffled through the keys until she finally found the right one. She started the engine and floored the gas pedal, escaping a huge flame that was directed at them.
The creature followed, at an amazing pace due to its long footsteps. The truck reached 90 m/h and gained a steady lead among the beast. They broke into the open meadow, where the entire squad of marines was waiting for the creature. Melissa drove a far distance from the marines and stopped.
The creature erupted into the meadow, greeted by an onslaught of bullets. It released a gigantic stream of flames, hitting ¾ of the soldiers. Some of the soldiers collapsed, others were running frantically, still ignited on fire, then finally collapsing. A marine ran up to the creature carrying a rocket launcher. He fired it and it hit the beast directly. The flammable fuel within the beast ignited and created a huge explosion. Any man near was killed or severely burnt.
A medical jeep rushed up to the truck. "Do you have any injured?" one of the two medics asked.
"Yes, Logan has been poisoned." Aya pointed to Logan, who was sweating and having slight convulsions. "What about all those men who are burnt?"
"We've been informed that you people are first priority." Then second medic informed. "We have others who will take care of them."
Logan was hoisted on a stretcher, and was being rolled to the back of the jeep. He had been hooked up to an IV and a heart monitor. He awakened and looked up at Aya who was following him. "I know I don't say it enough," he hesitated, "but I lo...." The heart monitor flat-lined as he was hoisted into the back of the jeep. A medic was frantically giving him CPR as Logan was taken out of sight.
Aya peered at the destruction as she stepped outside of the tent. Her hand had a fresh bandage and she was slightly under the influence of painkillers. She had just finished arguing with a leading officer about Melissa. They wanted to arrest her and Aya had spent an hour convincing them not to.
Aya stared at the bodies, still being carried away. The squad was diminished from nearly a 100 to 14 men. Back up had been called for to secure the area. Aya then noticed someone leaning up against a cage. It was Pierce.
She approached him and saw that Pierce looked very pleased with himself. In the cage was a sedated human ANMC. "Where in the hell did you get that?" Aya stared at the creature.
"Me and a volunteer went in after the barrier went down. This little guy walked up to us and actually talked. I think he's a new breed they were working on. It even has the ability to regenerate. It was shot 3 times after it bit the volunteer, yet it has fully recovered."
Aya stared in at the creature. It suddenly woke and gazed up at Aya. "Hi guy-sh."
"I don't believe it," Aya whispered.
"I'll have to do some tests to prove my theory but this guy will help us learn new ways to fight against these incidents."
"Tests? Guy-sh, I don't like tests. Make me think hard. That hurts." The creature protested. "It hurts like this guy." The creature banged its head up against the cage. "Ha ha, I'm a rhino, guy-sh."
-The epilogue is next, read it now-
Aya dropped to her knees when she was released by Eve. She looked around for help. Jerome was apparently dead and Logan keeps having fits of painful spasms.
Aya reached for one of Logan's guns but was sent backwards by an energy blast from her the young Eve. It sent her back but Aya was surprised at how little it actually harmed her. Aya realized at that moment Eve had not evolved at all. She was channeling energy from Mitochondria Eve, and was strictly under mind control, just what she did to Jerome. Kidnapping Eve had nothing to do with restoring her powers. It was to lure Aya into a death trap.
"I have waited for this moment for a long time." Mitochondria Eve lifted Aya up by her neck and began strangling her. "I now will become the ultimate life form on this planet, only to be succeeded by my son."
Aya felt the life draining out of her. She was cut off from oxygen and was losing her grip on reality. She remembered her last fight with Mitochondria Eve. She had a strong weapon then. Also, she knew that the Ultimate Being would return, and the only known way to stop him was to plant Aya's mitochondria into its system. If she were to die, there would be no stopping the Earth's takeover. Aya would give anything for a single bullet with her mitochondria inside. All she had was a pistol with one useless clip.
Aya, using her last ounces of strength clenched her hand around Mitochondria Eve's wrist. She lifted her pistol out of its holster and fired a single bullet through her hand, and into Eve.
Aya was released, gasping for air. Mitochondria Eve held her wound. "You bitch!" She wailed in pain and fell to the ground.
Aya stayed thereon her knees, still trying to catch her breath. She was suddenly clutched around the waist. Eve was got on her knees beside Aya and hugged her. Mitochondria Eve rose from the ground, but her appearance had drastically altered. She was no longer Mitochondria Eve anymore; she was Melissa Pearce. Aya's rebellious mitochondria eliminated had let Melissa return to her original human form.
Melissa and Aya stared at each other. "Where am I?" Melissa questioned.
"Nowhere," Aya replied. "We're leaving." Aya got up and faced Melissa with Eve still clinging to her.
"How? This place is surrounded by creatures." Melissa informed.
"How did you know that?"
"I'm not sure. I think I just sense it."
"Logan?" Eve spoke for the first time.
Aya looked over to the end of the corridor. Logan was still conscious but in a lot of pain. She ran over to him and helped him to his feet. "Are you okay?"
"No," he replied and vomited on the floor.
Melissa handed Aya an assault rifle that was on the floor. She then put Logan's arm around her shoulders to help him stay upright.
"Is he gonna be okay?" Eve asked Aya.
"I think so," Aya tried to comfort her.
The four made their way through the door, leading to the hall containing the service ladder. Aya walked up to the monitor and saw that every level was cramped with creatures. Even the two corridors in front of them were crowded, the right with 3 times as many creatures as the left.
"Is there any escape?" Melissa questioned.
"Uh," Aya hesitated. "If we can get through one of these corridors there is an emergency exit at the other end. But if we go into one, the open doors will allow even more creatures to come at us from the opposite corridor. Besides, there are too many creatures in the left one to begin with. We're trapped."
At this moment the door behind them opened, frightening the small group. Jerome came in crawling, dragging a chain gun with him. Using all of his remaining strength he made himself stand and walk to the monitor. Aya quickly tried to block Jerome's line of sight towards Melissa, afraid he would strike.
Jerome reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. He laid them on the monitor as he finished looking and struggled through the door on the right, into the corridor with many more creatures. Nobody attempted to stop him.
The loud firing of the chain gun was heard. Aya picked up the keys to the monitor. It was a large collection of keys but most importantly there were the keys to his truck. A peculiar thing about the keys was the golden center ring. Aya discovered it to be the wedding band she had seen in her dream. She had witnessed Jerome's wedding.
"Look," Logan spat out as he pointed to the monitor.
The creatures from the left corridor were being drawn to the right by the loud commotion. "Let's move," Aya ordered. She grabbed Eve's hand and opened the door.
Unfortunately the creatures left in the corridor were the ones that couldn't get through the low doorways. However, they were still gazing through the doors to witness the scene.
The four reached the end of the corridor without confrontation. Aya hit the button to open the door. It didn't open. She hit it again with the same result. Jerome's firing stopped.
A giant mutant alligator caught sight of them and charged. Aya fired the assault rifle at it but the recoil caused her wounded hand immense pain and she dropped the gun. The creature struck its tail at Aya. Aya dodged it but instead the tail hit Eve, sending Eve away from Aya. The alligator creature lunged towards Eve. Aya instinctively dived on the creatures back to keep it from getting Eve.
Melissa was on her knees trying to get Logan, who had fallen unconscious, to wake up. The door in front of her suddenly opened up. A golem soldier stood in the doorway. The golem swiftly moved past Melissa and picked up the assault rifle.
Kyle fired at the creature the moment it managed to toss Aya off its back. He aimed for the creatures bottom side, where it's skin wasn't like armor. He also circled it to get over to Eve. His ammo ran out at the same time the creature fell to its death. Kyle took a deep breath and removed his mask in order to show himself to Eve.
Eve wrapped her arms around him and gave him a tight hug. She let go and the two began heading towards the open door where Aya, Melissa, and Logan were waiting for them. The two of them didn't see it coming. A gigantic purple centipede swiftly moved towards the two. In one strike it put Kyle's upper torso in its mouth. Eve grabbed his left ankle and tried to pull him out. The resistance she added allowed the creature's sharp teeth to rip Kyle's upper body away from the lower body. The centipede swallowed the torso as Eve stared, still clutching the ankle.
Aya ran up and removed Eve's grip from the leg and carried her out of the room. The four of them climbed the emergency escape staircase as fast as they could. Logan was still unconscious, and his heart had begun to beat very loud and very fast.
They pushed open a steel door at the top and found themselves at the edge of the small town. Suddenly Logan began a seizure. Aya and Melissa held him down, not sure what else there was to do. Logan stopped and both Aya and Melissa got under Logan's shoulders, opposite of each other. They quickly trekked into the town, searching for Jerome's truck. Aya spotted Jerome's truck, and they raced over to it.
Logan was heaved into the truck bed and Aya got in with him. She handed Melissa the keys and she got into the driver's seat, with Eve next to her.
The ground violently shook. Aya stared in fright at a 2-story building. The building then smashed down. In its rubble a giant, ugly creature stood. It had a mechanical flamethrower implanted in its mouth. "Move it," Aya yelled. Melissa frantically shuffled through the keys until she finally found the right one. She started the engine and floored the gas pedal, escaping a huge flame that was directed at them.
The creature followed, at an amazing pace due to its long footsteps. The truck reached 90 m/h and gained a steady lead among the beast. They broke into the open meadow, where the entire squad of marines was waiting for the creature. Melissa drove a far distance from the marines and stopped.
The creature erupted into the meadow, greeted by an onslaught of bullets. It released a gigantic stream of flames, hitting ¾ of the soldiers. Some of the soldiers collapsed, others were running frantically, still ignited on fire, then finally collapsing. A marine ran up to the creature carrying a rocket launcher. He fired it and it hit the beast directly. The flammable fuel within the beast ignited and created a huge explosion. Any man near was killed or severely burnt.
A medical jeep rushed up to the truck. "Do you have any injured?" one of the two medics asked.
"Yes, Logan has been poisoned." Aya pointed to Logan, who was sweating and having slight convulsions. "What about all those men who are burnt?"
"We've been informed that you people are first priority." Then second medic informed. "We have others who will take care of them."
Logan was hoisted on a stretcher, and was being rolled to the back of the jeep. He had been hooked up to an IV and a heart monitor. He awakened and looked up at Aya who was following him. "I know I don't say it enough," he hesitated, "but I lo...." The heart monitor flat-lined as he was hoisted into the back of the jeep. A medic was frantically giving him CPR as Logan was taken out of sight.
Aya peered at the destruction as she stepped outside of the tent. Her hand had a fresh bandage and she was slightly under the influence of painkillers. She had just finished arguing with a leading officer about Melissa. They wanted to arrest her and Aya had spent an hour convincing them not to.
Aya stared at the bodies, still being carried away. The squad was diminished from nearly a 100 to 14 men. Back up had been called for to secure the area. Aya then noticed someone leaning up against a cage. It was Pierce.
She approached him and saw that Pierce looked very pleased with himself. In the cage was a sedated human ANMC. "Where in the hell did you get that?" Aya stared at the creature.
"Me and a volunteer went in after the barrier went down. This little guy walked up to us and actually talked. I think he's a new breed they were working on. It even has the ability to regenerate. It was shot 3 times after it bit the volunteer, yet it has fully recovered."
Aya stared in at the creature. It suddenly woke and gazed up at Aya. "Hi guy-sh."
"I don't believe it," Aya whispered.
"I'll have to do some tests to prove my theory but this guy will help us learn new ways to fight against these incidents."
"Tests? Guy-sh, I don't like tests. Make me think hard. That hurts." The creature protested. "It hurts like this guy." The creature banged its head up against the cage. "Ha ha, I'm a rhino, guy-sh."
-The epilogue is next, read it now-