The Victor Cruise
Chapter 8: Counting On You
Eric, Kat and Jason all exited out into the dark and cold hallway. It was a bit spooky and erie but the rangers had gotten use to it and didn't think too much of it. Jason had strapped the grenade launcher onto his back and pulled out an extra handgun he had found in the armory. The three of them began walking down the hall, their foots clanking against the metal floor. They got half way down, and Kat noticed another pathway. Figure that they were lost anyways, they mind as well just go down it.
"Do you know where your going?" Jason whispered.
"No." Kat admitted honestly.
Eric sighed and noticed a door and went over it. He opened it up and walked inside and with luck, found a computer. The others followed and looked over his shoulder, wondering if he knew what he was doing. An image of the unknown ship appeared and Eric zoomed in on the engine. He tapped the screen and looked at us.
"We can blow this place up."
Kat groaned, "But."
She pressed a button the map moved up 4 floors to the fourth floor where they were.
"Were all the way up here. How do we get down there without being killed?"
Jason walked to the door, "We don't have a choice. The engine is our best bet to take this ship down."
Eric nodded, "He's right Kat. We don't have a damn choice."
Eric got up from the seat and the three of them made their way out into the hallway quickly towards the stairs.
Dustin and the gang were walking aimlessly around the ship, not sure what to do. The plan they set out to do had failed and now they had no way to get off the ship. They walked through the dark halls of second floor.
"This really sucks." Dustin groaned.
Kira sighed, "We failed. Does that mean we can't go home?" She asked.
Conner kept walking, he wasn't feeling so good. He strayed behind from the others looking at his arm. Apparently one of the damn spiders got him and it was hurting pretty badly. Having to save Kira, didn't give him time to defend himself. The rangers stopped and Conner bumped into Merrick. He looked up to see them gathered around.
"Why did we stop?" He asked.
Kira rolled her eyes, "We can't just wonder around. Im not going to get myself killed."
"Why don't we go to the space pods or the bridge and see Kendrix and Tori." Merrick suggested.
Dustin nodded, "Yeah that sounds good to me."
The others started to run down the hall towards the stairs, leaving Conner behind. He groaned, feeling a sharp pain in his chest. He looked down at his arm, it was turning all purple and yellow. He covered it with his shirt, shook himself a bit and ran after the others. He made his way up the stairs and toward the escape pods where the others were.
"Take your time will ya?" Kira snapped sarcastically.
Before anyone could say anything, a clash of metal was heard from above them. They looked up and noticed the vents, as it began to make clanking sounds. Suddenly the vent broke away from the wall and the rangers dove out of the way. Tori and Kendrix came crashing down.
"Ow." The two girls chorus.
Dustin and Merrick helped the girls up as they brushed themselves off.
"What the heck are you doing up there?" Conner asked.
"A snake got into the damn bridge." Kendrix explained.
"A snake?" Kira raised an eyebrow.
Merrick began backing away, pointing down the hallway, "They mean that thing..."
Eric kicked down a broken door and revealed a a dark hall way. This time though, there was a stench so bad, it practically made the rangers sick. They walked through and began hearing tapping sounds.
"Keep your eyes open." Jason whispered, moving his hand to the gun.
Kat clenched her gun closely as they made their way down. The tapping got louder as they turned the corner. Eric pushed the rangers back and put his back to the wall.
"There's something down there." He whispered.
He looked at them as they began to back away. He tilted his head, wondering where they were going. He turned back over and saw an alien right in his face. It's jaws open, saliva drooling down its face.
"Holy!"
He fell to the ground as the Alien hissed. Kat and Jason opened fired on the alien as Eric went for his shotgun and fired a few blast. The Alien jumped up on the ceiling and went into the hole of the ship. Kat helped Eric up.
"That was...easy?" She was a bit skeptic.
A small rumbling began, Eric could feel it in his feet. He pushed the rangers.
"Run!"
The three ran as fast as they could as the all bursted open and the alien jumped onto the spot they were once standing. It turned and started to chase them as they made their way down the stairs to the second floor. Two more floors to go. The rangers ran through a door, Eric turned around and saw a control panel for the door. He stopped, pulled out the device he found and hooked it up. Jason and Kat stopped running and turned around to see what he was doing. They ran back and began to fire at the alien, to hold him back.
"Come on Eric!" Jason begged.
He hooked up the wires and began hitting buttons on the device. It started searching for the code. The alien was hit by bullets, but it didn't seam to slow it down. Eric hit his fist on the device and the door activated sliding down. The alien slammed into the thick door and tried to break threw.
"That was a close one." Kat sighed.
"Let's go. The door wont hold long." Jason turned and started running.
The other rangers were all fleeing for their lives. No one but Joel really had a gun. They had been running for a while down the hall of the 3rd floor as the snake continued to chase them. Joel spun around occasionally to shoot at the snake but it the snake was fast. They turned the corner and into a room, closing the door behind them. They had gotten themselves stuck into another closet. Merrick tried to turn on the light but forgot that there was no power.
"This could get any worst." Dustin groaned.
Kira sighed, "I just want to get the hell out of here."
Kendrix leaned against the wall. She looked at the small red light in the corner. The emergency lights were still active. She then got an idea.
"Do you think Joel, that we can vert every emergency power to the doors. The ones that power the lights and some of the computers?" She asked.
"Crazy, but it might just work." He responded, "You'd need to get back to the bridge though."
"Then that's where were going."
Eric and the other two had made their way down to the bottom floor. It was strange how they didn't run into too much problems. They walked to the door of the engine room and noticed it was lock. Eric and Jason looked at each other and kicked up the door at once. They walked into the engine room, slime was everywhere. Large eggs were everywhere, slime was falling from the ceiling.
"We hit the mother load." Eric looked around.
"Oh gross."
Jason pulled out his grenade launcher, "Let's blow this place apart."
They took a few step forward and noticed a pile of slime in front of them. It began to move a bit. Kat took a step back and turned around.
"Uh guys."
Eric and Jason looked behind him and saw two aliens standing there. Eric turned back and noticed a large alien began to appear from the slime. Long tentacles came out from its body, slime oozing down its body. It was the mother.
"Were dead.." Eric whispered.
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End chapter