As Sara lay sleeping she dreamed about her only love Jimmy. She smiled in as she remembered his face and his kindness. His kindness was the reason she fell in love with him in the first place. She was holding his hand in the darkness of their room they rented back on the space station Terrace confessing her love for him as they made love. She looked deep into his eyes but saw darkness. Then everything around her went black and she was running, running as fast as she could she didn't look to see what she was running from because she knew. There were dozens of Xenomorphs right behind her and the team. She could hear the shrieks from the Xeno's and the screams from her team mates as they were mercilessly torn apart by the blood thirsty monsters. She had tears in her eyes as she ran in fear for her life and the life oh her unborn child that she had just learned she was carrying. Her small light on her helmet dimly showed her where she was going but couldn't show her the ground so she never saw the face hugger that was running towards her until it was too late. It leaped into the air and caught hold of her face and started wrapping its tail around her throat.
She screamed and fell back into Jimmy's arms and was picked up. He ran with her in his arms as fast as they could out of the cave that they were in. The mouth of the cave was rigged to blow as soon as they were all out but a frightened Private detonated the explosives before they were all out sealing 3 men inside to be ripped apart. Jimmy laid Sara on the grass that was covering the field and he and 4 others grabbed the face hugger and unwrapped its tail from her throat and ripped the tube from her throat before it could lay its embryo and threw it as far as they could and shot it to hell and back. Jimmy held Sara in his arms as she coughed and hacked and she threw her arms around him. After a minute they received a transmission from one of the men that was trapped inside the cave. He had been able to hide in a small crevice in the rock and when the cave was sealed rocks were piled in front of the crevice. The crevice expanded several hundred meters and opened into a large room with a hole in the top. Jimmy, Sara and the others ran to the top of the hill and found the hole that the Marine was talking about. They threw a robe in and Jimmy repelled down to provide cover for the Marine that was left to die. He tied the rope around his waist and was hoisted to the surface. The rope was throne back down the hole but knotted on the way down and had to be pulled back up to be sorted out. As they were working on getting it all sorted out Jimmy suddenly yelled to them telling them to hurry that there were several Xeno's heading towards him. It all was in slow motion Sara threw herself to the ground and aimed her rifle into the hole as the others kept working on the rope and tossed it in. Jimmy ran as fast as he could to grab the rope but it seemed to take forever to Sara. But he finally grabbed the rope and started climbing as the others pulled. He was almost out of reach when a large Xeno grabbed his feet and pulled him downward. He held on with all his might and the others tugged as hard as they could. They played tug-a-war for several seconds until the Xeno pulled him lower and plunged his 2nd mouth into his back and through his spine and intestines. Sara screamed and started shooting at the Xeno and hit it in the head. It fell to the ground letting Jimmy go and he was hoister to the surface where Sara pulled him the rest of the way out of the hole and laid him on his back.
There was blood coming out of his mouth and he staring off into nothingness. He looked into Sara's eyes and with his dying breath he told Sara how much he loved her and wanted to spend his last moments in her arms. Sara held him close to her as he took his last breath and died. Sara let out a pain filled scream as tears fell from her eyes. She looked at the name on the soldiers name tag 'Dallas' and swore never to forgive him.
Sara's bunk
Sara shot out of her bed in a cold sweat. She could still feel Jimmy's arms around her like it was the day it happened. She looked around the room and the other girls wouldn't make eye contact. They had all heard about the mission that she lost Jimmy and knew she still had nightmares. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked to the rack she had set up for Ellis. The trophy was hung on the wall but Ellis was not in the rack but her helmet and armor was.
"Where's Ellis?" She asked.
"She is with Corporal Dallas ma'am." One of the women said.
"Do you know where they are?" Sara asked.
"Last I heard they were in the mess hall ma'am." The woman said.
"I guess I better go rescue Ellis from him." Sara said and walked out of the room with a Billy club in her belt.
She walked down the corridor and into the Mess hall. She found her targets right away. Ellis was dressed in a pare of standard issue pants and shirt and laughing about something Jack was probably lying about and Jack was laying on the charm thickly.
"Hey Jack what's up?" Sara said wedging herself and a chair between them.
"Oh hey Sara." Jack said with a grunt as he scooted aside. Not much just telling Ellis some jokes that's all.
Sara pulled the Billy club from her belt and set it on the table and Jack gave a nervous smile and laugh.
"I remember that club." He said as the lump on the back of his head started throbbing again as he remembered how she nearly cracked his head open after they got back from the mission that Jimmy was killed on.
"Yea you should." Sara said. "I tried mighty hard to crack your head in half."
"Sara I can't tell you sorry enough." Jack said. "I know you loved Jimmy. But he's gone."
"Shut up Jack I'm warning you." Sara said looking at him coldly.
Sara's tone told Ellis that she was serious and she reached
for her spear to be ready for anything.
"Sara I know your still hurt but taking it out on me isn't gonna bring Jimmy
back he's dead." Jack said.
Sara stood up and grabbed the club and swung it at Jack. But with lightning speed Ellis intervened by blocking the club with her spear.
"I don't know what happened between you two but in my clan we don't hold vendettas against each other only our enemy's." Ellis said.
She reached out and took the club from Sara and led her out of the mess hall that had become deafly quiet at the disturbance. As she looked back at Jack she had an apologetic look in her eyes. Ellis led Sara back to their room where the other girls looked in wonder at her when she led Sara in the room with her spear in her hand and extended. One of the girls pulled a knife sand stepped forward thinking Ellis was pulling something.
"It's ok Private." Sara said.
She turned around and took her club back and tossed herself on her rack and shoved her head in her pillow. Ellis knew what ever had happened between them was bad and needed to find out.
"What happened?" She asked.
"It's none of your business." Sara snapped.
"I think I may be able to help." Ellis said.
"How? You may be human but your nothing like one." Sara said.
This didn't faze Ellis and she just sat on the bed next to Sara.
"I lost everyone I ever loved when my starship crashed." Ellis said. "So I know emotional pain as well as physical pain."
Sara sat up and looked into Ellis's eyes as tears streamed out of her own.
"My boyfriend Jimmy was killed 3 weeks ago saving his life." Sara said.
"And your hold a vendetta towards him over that?" Ellis asked. "I was raised to believe that sacrificing ones self to save another is the highest honor you can get. You should be proud of him. He gave his life so that your friend could live. Even though you hold a vendetta against him you are still friends."
Ellis's words hit right into Sara's hart and she knew that she was right. Sara lowered her head and sobbed at the thought of how she had been treating Jack and it hurt to think about it.
"I'm sorry Ellis." Sara said. "Your right. It's just that I have nightmares about the day and every time I have one I can't stand to see Jack. He is my friend and now I'm sure he's hurting just as bad. It tore him apart knowing that the only man I loved was killed saving his life. But I know if the roles were reversed he would give his life for Jack any time."
Sara lay back on her bunk and looked at the pictures on the rack above her of her and Jimmy.
"I wanted to marry him." She said looking at Ellis. "You know what that is right?"
"Yes I do we have it as well." Ellis said. "I know that your race exchanges rings on their wedding night well we Yatuga exchange spears. This spear belonged to Ugluk. Even though we were completely separate species we still found love."
"What happened?" Sara asked.
"He went out on a hunting party and never returned." Ellis said. "I was told he died with great honor fighting off several Black skins. As the others boarded the ship and went back for him. He activated his self destruct device and took thousands with him."
"I'm sorry." Sara said.
"I'm not." Ellis said. "I hold my head high knowing he died with such honor."
A smile formed on Ellis's face as she told the story about her lovers' honorable death.
