Unreal: What did I do to Deserve This?
Two: This God-forsaken ship
I rolled over and wiped blood form my eyes with the sleeve of my torn shirt and pushed the bunk off me.
"What the hell?" I muttered to myself and walked out into the central area, I stooped to look at the guard Iverx had attacked; the blood had dried around the hole she had smashed in the back of his head.
"Haw long have I been out?" I asked to no one in particular.
I checked both levels nothing but bodies I did manage to take a Translator Unit from one of the bodies. I held it up to the notice board to check it was working.
"All prisoners must be locked up by 1900 hours every night."
It worked fine, yip; at least something was going my way. I hoped there was someone alive on this god-forsaken ship. I took the lift down to the execution level the prisoner slumped in the chair; it looked like he was dead.
I maid my way through deserted corridors to the bridge. The armoury had been cleared out of everything except some body armour, which was behind a force field. I couldn't find the deactivation code, and looked at the armour behind its protective field. "Damn!" I cursed, I didn't know why I wanted it, but I had a sneaking suspicion that I would need it later. I stretched tilting my head back to look at the ceiling a conduit ran form the wall to the force field there was a junction box half way along.
I pulled an empty crate over and stood on it to get to the junction box, I yanked the cover off baring the wires; I grabbed the wires and pulled. The force field flickered out of life and I pulled on the armour.
On the bridge I read the logs and found out that the ship had crashed into an unknown planate, almost two days ago now, the one log was about all I could extract from the computer without an access code.
After about an hour wandering aimlessly around the ship, trying to find an exit, any dam way out of this hellhole. I walked up to a door; it jammed a couple of inches open weapons fire came form the other side of the door, I tried to see under the door, but I couldn't see much more that feet.
The door finally slid open and I ran in to see Iverx, a wearied creature had her.
"Hey! Get off her you freak!" I yelled. The claws the size of my arm exploded out of her back. It dropped her to the floor and fled. "Iverx! Iverx!" I didn't want to see her die, and not like this. She was my friend.
"Take this." She said pushing the laser into my hand. "You'll need it, they came after the suns set."
"What! What came?" I asked.
"No time, you have to get out of here. They'll kill us all. There's a city on the other side of the mine, try and get there, they might be able to help you. Some of the others went, you might be able to catch up to them, or at least take the weapons form their dead bodies."
"Common, were going to get out of here." I tried to throw her arm over my shoulder.
"Leave me." She ordered.
"But."
"Leave!"
I dropped her arm.
"Give me a clean death. Pleas." She asked as started to leave.
I turned; she saw the look in my eye and nodded. I sighed and razed the laser. "Close your eyes." I said, she closed them, and I pulled the trigger. I suddenly felt faint. It was the blood loss probably. Tears rolled down my cheeks. She had been my only friend, my best friend.
I stumbled out the air lock, tears and spots obscuring my vision. I rolled over in the shadow of the giant ship. The grass was so soft, my eyes trailed to small kangaroo like creatures grazing on the bushes. The twin suns caressed my face, further away there were the body's of the other inmates, and guards, and near that a small house. I closed my eyes and drifted into unconsciousness. Again.
Two: This God-forsaken ship
I rolled over and wiped blood form my eyes with the sleeve of my torn shirt and pushed the bunk off me.
"What the hell?" I muttered to myself and walked out into the central area, I stooped to look at the guard Iverx had attacked; the blood had dried around the hole she had smashed in the back of his head.
"Haw long have I been out?" I asked to no one in particular.
I checked both levels nothing but bodies I did manage to take a Translator Unit from one of the bodies. I held it up to the notice board to check it was working.
"All prisoners must be locked up by 1900 hours every night."
It worked fine, yip; at least something was going my way. I hoped there was someone alive on this god-forsaken ship. I took the lift down to the execution level the prisoner slumped in the chair; it looked like he was dead.
I maid my way through deserted corridors to the bridge. The armoury had been cleared out of everything except some body armour, which was behind a force field. I couldn't find the deactivation code, and looked at the armour behind its protective field. "Damn!" I cursed, I didn't know why I wanted it, but I had a sneaking suspicion that I would need it later. I stretched tilting my head back to look at the ceiling a conduit ran form the wall to the force field there was a junction box half way along.
I pulled an empty crate over and stood on it to get to the junction box, I yanked the cover off baring the wires; I grabbed the wires and pulled. The force field flickered out of life and I pulled on the armour.
On the bridge I read the logs and found out that the ship had crashed into an unknown planate, almost two days ago now, the one log was about all I could extract from the computer without an access code.
After about an hour wandering aimlessly around the ship, trying to find an exit, any dam way out of this hellhole. I walked up to a door; it jammed a couple of inches open weapons fire came form the other side of the door, I tried to see under the door, but I couldn't see much more that feet.
The door finally slid open and I ran in to see Iverx, a wearied creature had her.
"Hey! Get off her you freak!" I yelled. The claws the size of my arm exploded out of her back. It dropped her to the floor and fled. "Iverx! Iverx!" I didn't want to see her die, and not like this. She was my friend.
"Take this." She said pushing the laser into my hand. "You'll need it, they came after the suns set."
"What! What came?" I asked.
"No time, you have to get out of here. They'll kill us all. There's a city on the other side of the mine, try and get there, they might be able to help you. Some of the others went, you might be able to catch up to them, or at least take the weapons form their dead bodies."
"Common, were going to get out of here." I tried to throw her arm over my shoulder.
"Leave me." She ordered.
"But."
"Leave!"
I dropped her arm.
"Give me a clean death. Pleas." She asked as started to leave.
I turned; she saw the look in my eye and nodded. I sighed and razed the laser. "Close your eyes." I said, she closed them, and I pulled the trigger. I suddenly felt faint. It was the blood loss probably. Tears rolled down my cheeks. She had been my only friend, my best friend.
I stumbled out the air lock, tears and spots obscuring my vision. I rolled over in the shadow of the giant ship. The grass was so soft, my eyes trailed to small kangaroo like creatures grazing on the bushes. The twin suns caressed my face, further away there were the body's of the other inmates, and guards, and near that a small house. I closed my eyes and drifted into unconsciousness. Again.
