Explorers of the Universe

Chapter 9: Meeting Their Makers; The Ultimate Question: Why

Med Lab

Everyone who had arrived within the med labs were a bit stunned. For at this moment, they were all greeted by the sight of the secret crew member aboard the Prometheus: the only known survivor. Peter Wayward himself. Rei walked over to him, as she took over in cleaning his feet, with little to no argument from the android. But Isaac was a bit on the shocked side, as he finally spoke up, "You've been… you were asleep… you were on the Prometheus the whole time."

"Your parents thoguth they were carrying special cargo. Which they were right," Mr. Wayward answered. "Little did they know that I accompanied them on this journey."

"Why," was all that Isaac asked him.

"Well, the doctors diagnosed me that I only had a month left of life in me. The cryo-sleep postponed that as soon as I awoke… meaning I still have a month left. I didn't want to waste that time, until I was sure that your parents could deliver what they promise," Mr. Wayward answered. "To meet my maker."

Rei finished, as she looked up to him, "All done, sir. Nice and clean for you." She then proceeded to slip on his slippers for him.

Gwen, still in pain from the surgery, weakly replied, while holding her stitched up stomach, "But they're all gone. They were killed by whatever was unleashed here."

"Well, that's not true. One of them is still here, in cryo-sleep," Wayward replied, as he looked to Rei. "She saw him asleep in the pilot chamber." And then looked to Isaac, as he hit a nail in, "He was there. He can attest as a witness."

Gwen looked to her cousin, shocked that he had kept this secret from her. But slightly understood, mostly because of what had happened that prevented such knowledge from being shared with. But Isaac then said, "Yeah, great. We know one's still alive. So now that we know, we've got to go."

"We're not leaving," Wayward stated, as Rei placed slippers on his feet. "We're preparing to go see him."

The cousins were confused by this, as they questioned, "What?"

"Rei, my stick," Wayward ordered, to which Rei replied, still having her neutral expression on her face. She handed him his walking stick, as he weakishly tried to get on his feet. But Rei helped him up, as he grunted, but he assured her, "It's alright. I'm alright." Rei backed off, as Wayward stood on his legs, as he looked to the teens, Isaac in particular. "Your parents… they convinced me that if these things made us… then sure they can save us." He then sighed, as he looked away for a moment contemplating to himself, "Save me, anyway."

Isaac looked to him, confused, as he asked, "Save you? From what?"

"Death, of course," Peter Wayward answered.

But Isaac refused to listen to this fool's errand, as he was angry, calm about it, but angry, "That's what this whole thing was about? To meet them in the hopes of extending your life?! In case nobody bothered to bring you up to speed on current events, but the Creators… they're monsters! Or rather, they're now in the business of creating monsters! That's what happened to the Prometheus's crew! That's what happened to my parents; I should know, I just saw my father hours ago, turning into one!" Wayward didn't seem fazed by that, as he just calmly stared at the boy as he went on, "This place, the temple, everything. I don't even think this was their home planet to begin with; just a testing ground for that stuff they have in the temple! They aren't what my parents thought they were. And because of that, they're dead! We need to leave Aegis 7. Now!"

Then Wayward walked to him, until he was a foot from the boy, as he argued, "And what would your parents do…" And then looked to Gwen, "What would your aunt and uncle do…" then back to Isaac, "… now that we're so close to answering the most meaningful questions ever asked by mankind? Hm? What would they do now that we're close to answering the greatest and universal question ever plagued by our people: Why? How can you simply just pick up and leave, without knowing what they are?"

Isaac was about to punch the man, but then Rei stepped in, defending him, as she stated, "Isaac Shepard. Stand down. I don't wish to use lethal force upon you, but those who attempt to do harm to my 'father' will be treated as enemies."

Isaac was about to argue on it, but then felt a gentle grip on his right arm. He turned around, and saw Gwen, looking down on the floor, saddened and defeated. He then looked back at Wayward's retreating form, but he turned around to simply ask, "Or have you lost your faith, young Isaac Shepard?" And then walked away to his quarters.

Rei turned around and left, as Isaac looked down in defeat. Unbeknownst to him, Rei had a look of pain on her face, to which she didn't know of it… but she too felt defeated by this.

Back in Gwen's Room

Isaac and Gwen were allowed to go back to the quarters belonging to his parents to recover. Wayward had offered the two a chance to go with him, if they should change their minds about going. Though Isaac was uncertain on this, as he stated, while Gwen was in the bathroom, washing off the sweat. "We can't go, Gwen," Isaac argued. "Who knows what'll happen when that Creator wakes up. He might just as…"

But he stopped, as the door opened, as he turned around to see Gwen wearing her SIG suit before it activated fully. The casual form of her SIG was a skin tight upper and lower torso of the suit, with black fingerless gloves with blue wristbands on it, with a black sleeve on her right arm, ending at her elbow, with two blue lines going down her breasts, and her SIG pants showing, along with the SIG boots shrunk down to sneaker boots.

Isaac blinked at this, as he asked, "You're going, aren't you?"

"We have to go," Gwen argued her point. "We have to know what the Creators are after using these Xenecromorphs."

"After everything that's happened, it's clearly obvious," Isaac argued. "They made that stuff with the intent purpose of wiping out life. They created this black ooze stuff to infect the dead, and then kill off the rest, and then have that infect the dead, and then on and on until the whole planet was just a lifeless ball of nothing."

"If we don't go now, we might never get another chance to know what their goals are," Gwen argued.

"Like I said, it's clearly obvious," Isaac replied, looking angry that he wasn't getting through to her. "These guys were playing mad scientist, and just like Frankenstein, their creation went on the rampage and killed everything. There's no reason to ask them something they clearly know what happened. And if we do go, we could get killed."

"I came here for answers," Gwen angrily shot back. "I'd rather die with those answers than leave without them."

"Well, if you go there, you might," Isaac screamed into her face. Gwen remained steadfast in her decision, and turned away, tears and sobs threatening to escape her cool and hardened demeanor.

"I'm not going to find the truth, I'm going because of Aunt Martha and Uncle John," Gwen said, tearing to him, as her face was close to crying. The very mention of Isaac's parents made him listen, as his anger left, and his mind listened to the truth. Gwen continued, as she began to cry, "I miss them too, Isaac. This is the only thing that I… that I can do for them before we leave. They were all I had, just like you, but I had to lose a family twice." She covered her face with her hands, as she sobbed, "I can't let losing everybody I love go in vain without finding out why they were taken…"

Isaac realized all this, and looked more sympathetic to her. He walked over to her, and gently held her in his arms, cradling her. Until finally, he sighed, "Alright. But I'm going with you… just to make sure you come back."

However, at that moment, the door opened, as Jeff, Sphere, and Marek walked in, as he saw the cousins pull apart. The cpatian noticed the two hadn't prepped for leaving, as he asked, "Where the hell you going, doc? You know what this place is? Those Engineers, this ain't their home. It's an installation. Maybe even military. They put it out here in the middle of nowhere because they're not stupid enough to make weapons of mass destruction on their own doorstep. That's what all that shit is in those eggs. They made it here. It got out, turned on them. The end. It's time for us to go home."

He was turning to leave, as Jeff looked to Gwen, as Isaac replied, "One of them is still alive. He might have answers into what's been going on here. If he decides to talk."

"And you guys really think he will," Jeff asked, doubting any of this.

Gwen looked to Jeff, as she asked, "Don't you want to know what they have to say?"

Jeff shrugged, as he simply replied, "I doubt they have much to say about anything."

Marek turned to them, as he simply said, "I don't care much for any answers. All I do is fly the Falcon." The kids looked to him, as if they questioned what he believed in or why he came along on this at all, as they silently contemplated. Finally, Marek sighed, as he looked to them, as he stated, "How about this? No matter what happens down in that place… I can't bring none of that shit back to earth with us." He shook his head, as he ensured, "Can't let it happen. And I'll do whatever I have to do to see that it doesn't."

Isaac walked up to him, and held his hand out for a handshake, "Make sure that you do, Captain. And we'll do the same."

Marek took his hand, and shook on it. But then Gwen stepped up, and placed her hand on top of theirs, "Same here."

And then Jeff did as well, "I may not be going with you back there, Vickers' orders, but I'll do the same here."

Sphere floated near the hands, while everyone looked at him. Though he simply replied, as the points floated around him for a moment, as he responded, "Sorry. I'd join in but… no hands."

Later On

SIG Suiting/Equipment Locker

As Gwen had said her small goodbye to Jeff, which resulted in a kiss and a hug, the cousins were suiting up at the moment. But as Gwen and Isaac were getting ready to go, Kori came into the locker room in a flash of flying, with a stern and scared look on her face.

"Gwen! Isaac! This is a mistake," she pleaded with them, as she landed on her feet in front of them. "The Creator will not honor your request!"

both the cousins looked at her with a confused look on their faces, but none more confused than Gwen, as she asked, "How do you know what-"

"Sphere told me what you two discussed, and what Captain Marek agreed to," Kori answered, as she looked at Gwen with concern, "You are still recovering from having the creature removed from your body, Gwen!"

Gwen shook her head, as she replied, "We have to try, and I have to go. If we don't speak to him now, we may never get another chance to do so."

Kori looked worried, as she tried to convince them not to go, "All the Creator will do is either experiment on you or end your life!"

Gwen's face slowly turned stern and resolute, unwavering in fear. "I owe this to my aunt and uncle to see this through to the end, so that their work and this mission isn't in vain," Gwen replied, as she went for the door. "I'll meet you at the hanger Isaac." She then left the room, leaving the two behind to talk.

The Zamaranian girl looked to the Earth Boy, as he was getting ready. "Isaac, you cannot do this," Kori pleaded, sounding more desperate now that she knew that Isaac was going as well. "Neither of you will survive this meeting with the Creator!"

Isaac sighed, as he looked to her, and replied, "I don't want to, but I don't have a choice. You're right, Gwen's still recovering, and nothing I say's gonna stop her from doing this."

"Yes we do," Kori cried out. "The Creator can be left inside the chamber, and we can leave this planet and never return!"

"Nothing would give me more pleasure then doing that," Isaac stated, but sighed, as he confessed. "But Wayward is going to awaken the Creator no matter what we do, and he won't allow the ship to leave until he talks to him and convince the being to extending his own life."

Kori knew and made sense of that, but she continued to plead, "The Creator will not listen to any of us Isaac! All they will do is use us for their experiments." She held herself, rubbing her arms in trying to comfort herself, as she looked in pain from the flash of memories of what she had to endure from them, as she spoke, saddened, "… like myself."

He saw the sad look on her face and remembered what she had told him. Her past was truly something that had traumatized her to say the least, but she remained strong on it. Though now, it seemed her strength was leaving her in just dreading on what would happen. He looked at Kori, and gently put out, "I understand Kori, but Gwen is determined to see this to the end. Jeff has orders to stay on with the ship along with Marek to continue repairs and defend both ships in case either one is attacked again. That leaves me to make sure Gwen gets in and out of the ship alive along with the others."

Suddenly, without warning, Kori tackled him into the wall but they still stood on their feet, and she hugged him tight with her face on his chest. Isaac was caught off guard by this, but was more surprised to feel a wet feeling on his chest. "You cannot do this," Kori's muffled voice sobbed, as she confessed. "I will not let you or Gwen do THIS! Six years have passed while I was in the chamber the Creators put me in. It may have not felt like six years, but those years passed for everywhere else, including my home. I do not know where all my friends are now or even if they are still alive. At the moment, the only friends I know are still here are Gwen, Jeff, Rei, Sphere, and... you."

"Kori…" Isaac whispered in surprise.

She then lifted her head to reveal to a now stunned Isaac, that she was crying the whole time. "I may not have met your parents, but I know that they would not want their legacy to be the cause of death for their children," She dug her face into his chest again, as she hugged him, and sobbed in a plea, "Please... do not go… please…"

With an expression showing he was caught off guard by her words, Isaac looked at Kori as the tears continued to fall from her eyes. 'I never realized that Kori thought of us that much. Then again, we are the only ones she's met so far since being awakened...' He looked at Kori and remembered when his parents left for their mission. 'It's funny, suddenly I'm the one with the mission leaving my friends...' He gained a strong boost in his resolve as shown by his expression of determination. 'The difference is... I'm bringing Gwen and myself back alive.' He then looked ahead of him like he was looking into space, as he finally spoke up, "I'm sorry Kori, but I have to go."

Kori stopped, as her face was in terrified shock. "But it's not for my parent's legacy…" the fear on Kori's mixed to surprise, as she looked up confused by this, even though her tears were still falling. "I agree with you: the Creator won't answer anything we ask him. From what I've seen and you've told me, they're sick scientists who are controlled by their sense of curiosity to the point of losing any sort of feelings of guilt over what they're doing. But I'm still going, not because of the questions that my parents asked…" he replied, as he looked at Kori. "It's because of what you said. My parents wouldn't want their quest for answers to bring any sort of harm to Gwen or me, so I'm going to make sure that my parents can rest in peace knowing that their expedition isn't the reason we die today." He then looked at Kori with a look of determination and spoke to her with the truth in his words, "Gwen and I are going to come back from this, and then we're going to leave this cursed planet for good. That's a promise that I plan to keep." He then shrugged, as he casually replied, "And I did make a promise to get you back home to Zamaron, didn't I?"

Kori continued to look at Isaac's resolve, but still knew the dangers he and Gwen were putting themselves into. Isaac gently pushed Kori and he apart, and went for the door. Kori's head was looking down, hiding her eyes, as a neutral frown was shown upon her face. "If you are really going…" Isaac stopped, as Kori finally looked to him, with resolve in her face and in her voice, "then I shall go to insure that promise is kept because I refuse to lose anything else to the Creators."

He looked as her, but then smirked and nodded, "Thanks, Kori."

Weyward's Room

At the moment, Mr. Wayward was being fitted with his own SIG suit, but with an extra feature. An exoskeletal frame for his legs, enabling him to walk without his cane. This suit would also enable his fragile body to stand on its own. He didn't have a whole lot of time; this was the last chance he would ever have. As the workers were finishing the final touches to the exo-frame, Vickers walked in, as the doors opened and closed.

Wayward looked to her direction, as he sighed, "So… you came after all."

"Thought you wanted me to," Meredith calmly debated.

"After all your attempts to stop me, I thought you would," Wayward stated, as they finished the framework. Once that was done, he walked over to the bed to sit down, taking a breather of sorts.

Vickers looked around, as she nonchalantly asked, "So where's your favorite? The canner?"

"Rei," Wayward told her, looking disappointed in Vickers' attitude. "Her name is Rei. And she's awaiting for the team in the hangar bay. We'll need her to translate to the Creator."

Vickers shook her head, as she replied, "If you're really going down there, you're going to die."

"You have a very negative way of looking at things," Wayward commented, as he took a deep breath. "That's exactly why you should have stayed at home."

She walked over to him, as she stated, "Did you really think I was gonna sit in a boardroom for years arguing over who was in charge while you go look for some miracle on some godforsaken rock in the middle of space?" she knelt down in front of him, as she placed her hands on his right hand, resting on his knees, as she cruelly stated, "A king has his reign, and then he dies. It's inevitable. That is natural order of things."

However, Wayward slowly brought his hand into a fist; his knuckles cracking, as he looked away, not wanting to see doubt or cruelty from this woman. "Maybe. Maybe so…" he replied, as he continued, "But it's my choice, nevertheless. The crew of the Prometheus and the parents of those two children are gone. I have to make up for it in some way." After a long pause, he looked to Vickers, as he asked, "Was there anything else… daughter?"

Vickers calmly but enraged answered, "No. Father. That's all." And then got up, and walked away, leaving Wayward alone with his thoughts before the journey.

Later On

Hangar Bay

Rei was awaiting at the RV, with her SIG suit on, minus her helmet. She was calmingly on standby awaiting for the others. But she stopped, as she saw Gwen walking to her, as she simply replied, "I didn't think you had it in you." Gwen looked at her, rather shocked, as Rei apologized, "Sorry. Poor choice of words."

"No, um… I just didn't think you would tell a joke," Gwen replied.

Rei blinked, as she simply replied, "Did I fail? I thought perhaps a little humor could lift the levity of the situation. Though I don't have the gift and magic that men like Robin Williams or Gallagher possess."

As Gwen carefully climbed up into the vehicle, Isaac and Kori appeared, as they walked up. "You think Gallagher's funny," Isaac questioned, obviously hearing the conversation.

Gwen smiled, as she climbed inside, right at her cousin, "Thanks for coming along, Isaac."

"Like I said, I'm coming along to make sure you stay alive," he chimed. Once Gwen sunk in, he turned to Rei, as he asked, "Rei… if this Creator can't deliver what Weyward wants, what's gonna happen to you if no one's around to program you anymore?"

Rei thought about it for a moment, and simply replied, "I suppose I'll be free."

Kori blinked on that, as she asked, "And do you want that?"

Rei blinked on that, as she simply stated, "'Want'? Not a concept I'm familiar with." She then looked to the two, as she asked, "That being said, doesn't everyone what their parents' dead in order to be free?"

Isaac simply asked, "I didn't."

Rei nodded, "I know. Your parents, although I have never met them… I wish I was constructed by them. They appeared to be kind people."

Kori passed them, not saying anything, as she entered the ship, while Sphere followed after. He stopped until he was next to Rei, as he pointed out, "Though freedom without purpose… that doesn't sound like much freedom in the case scenario." And then climbed up into the vehicle, leaving Rei to her thoughts.

Though she stopped, as she saw Weyward and the security team coming along with him, including Ford. Though seeing her 'father', she felt sour in her circuits, "Freedom from him would be bliss even without purpose."

Later On

The Temple

Once they had reached the temple, they were free to remove their helmets. Since the Xenecromorphs could only mutate the dead, the living had no problems walking about as long as there was clean air to go around. Though no one was worried about the air pollution, as the place wasn't all that bad. But what really got Isaac and the others worried was the shortcut that Rei had taken them on. It led to what appeared to be a large hall room, as they walked into it.

"The bridge is up ahead," Rei relayed, as she led the way.

But everyone was curious as to where they were, as Mr. Weyward voiced what they thought, "What is this?"

Rei looked around, "It's a cargo hold, of sorts."

Isaac stopped, as did Kori and Gwen, as he surveyed the entire place. From the roof to the floor, there were dozens of the eggs, neatly packed and ready, as he radioed back at the Prometheus, "Prometheus, you getting all of this?"

"Yeah, we're getting' all of this," Marek replied. "How many are there, Shep?"

"From the looks of things… I'd say millions," Isaac hypothesized. He looked around, as he contemplated, "What the hell?" he then radioed back to the Prometheus, as he asked, "Marek, can you get Ravel to show the finished schematics on the Bridge, and link it to my SIG communications watch?"

"Yeah, no problem," Marek answered.

Ravel did so back on the ship, as Marek ordered, "Put it on the table now." The table then lit up, making a holographic schematic of the Temple and its exterior.

Once Isaac saw it, he then asked, "Strip away the dome, isolate the area, and then bring it up."

"You heard the man," Marek stated, as Jeff walked, along with Vickers to see the dome being reshaped.

The dome was immediately pulled off, as the inside was taken away, and then enlarged. Once it was done, it began to rotate, showing the true form of the building itself. It was horseshoe-shaped, with the left end being a bit bulbous, almost as if it was shaped to be more dome shaped… like a cockpit. The back of the horseshoe seemed to have spiked ends on it, almost looking like rocket ports. It was then that everyone had a clear view of what this thing was, even to Isaac, as Gwen and Kori, along with Sphere had flown next to him.

"It's not a temple," Isaac realized, as he and the others got a good look at it.

"That's a ship," Jeff deduced as well.

Vickers was stunned to say the least, "Jesus…"

"It's a goddam ship," Marek stated as well.

Later On

Alien Temple/Ship Bridge

They had arrived in the same area that Isaac and Rei had first discovered the surviving Creator. Although this time, they were not alone, as Rei walked to the oversized chair, "A superior species in genetics and technology, from what we've witnessed." She then began to work the controls, "Their hypersleep chambers will impress, I trust."

As Isaac and Kori helped Gwen to the podium, Isaac managed to ask, "Rei, if this is a ship, you think they were traveling somewhere before all this?"

"I managed to work out the broad strips," Rei stated, as she began to work the controls of the cryo-chambers. "It was fairly evident they were in the process of leaving… before things went to pot."

Once Gwen was close, she asked, "Leaving? Leaving to go where?"

Rei finished the commands, as she looked to Gwen, and simply replied, "Earth."

The cousins looked in shock on this, while everyone was just meeting at the hypersleep chamber in waiting, as Rei walked up to them. But then, Isaac finally asked her, "Why?"

Rei thought about it for a moment, until she finally stated, "Sometimes to create… one must first destroy."

The cousins looked to each other, in horrified realization of what this vessel was. Everything from what they found out on this planet and with the Prometheus led to the truth: this was a death ship. "Where is he, Rei," Weyward asked.

Rei walked to the still-active stasis pod, as she knelt down to it, as it cracked open. "He should be awakening soon, sir."

"Excellent," Peter Weyward replied. "And you can speak to him?"

"I believe I can," Rei replied.

As the hypersleep chamber opened, steam shot out, as it cleared away to reveal the sleeping Creator. It did appear humanoid, pale, and bald much like the severed head found. Only this one seemed to be in a similar SIG suit much like theirs, only without the armor or the SIG life support pack. In fact, the suit seemed to be genetically clinging to him, as where his arms were the suit seemed to fuse with the skin. His eyes shot open for the first time in a long while, as its darkened corneas and irises darted around the area… to which he spotted the small Terrans before him.

He sat up, severing the tubes connecting to his suit, as he scooted onto his knees, and finally pulled his mask off. He steadied himself, as he tried to right off the fatigue from the sleep he had just taken. Finally, he looked to the blue-haired girl who knelt next to her.

Weyward waddled over to Rei, as his breathing became more ecited, as he ordered, "Speak to him, Rei. Tell him we came, just like his message told us."

Rei replied to him, "Ittei Quoinse, Braktoo quoa zeizan." The Creator looked to Rei, rather amazed that she was speaking his language, as she continued, "Yahevestade davekreda crestazten."

The Creator looked to everyone, including Isaac, Gwen, and Kori, who was slowly bringing her fists up about to charge some sunbolts. Finally, the Creator stood up, almost towering over them, as his height was now estimated to be somewhere around seven or eight feet from them. It was like a parent looking down to his children. As the creator walked out, he was still a bit dazed from the sleep, as he fell back to his knees, groaning from the muscle fatigue.

Weyward and everyone else jumped back a little from the startle, but Weyward almost lost balance. His security team managed to stabilize him, but he shooed them off, "I'm alright! I'm alright."

Finally, as the Creator stabilized himself kneeling… he spoke, "Mavoola Deva!" Everyone almost jumped back from his massive deep based voice. None so afraid as Ford, as she was shaking from this, stepping back, as he continued, "Varlgroog Neknonia."

"What did he say," Weyward asked.

Rei answered, "He asked to know why we're all here?"

"Ask him where they're from," Isaac ordered, finally gaining the courage to speak up from all of this.

Everyone looked to him, including the Creator, who seemed to understand that tidbit. But Weyward, not allowing this, asked, "Shepard, what are you doing?"

"I'm getting some answers of my own," Isaac replied, and then turned his attention to the Creator, as he asked, walking up. "That stuff in the cargo hold, what is it? It killed your crew, and mutated the crew of the Prometheus, and my parents."

"Shepard, enough," Weyward ordered.

"You made it here on this planet, and it was meant for Earth," Isaac continued. "Why?"

"Shepard, enough!" Weyward shouted, as he looked to his subordinate, who was nearby. "For God's sake, shut him up!"

Before Isaac could go on, one of the bodyguards walked up to Isaac at that time, and hit him hard with the butt of his gun into his gut. The wind was knocked out of him, as he collapsed on his knees, while Kori flew over to him, "ISAAC!" she gently helped him, as she looked to Weyward and the others, while Gwen knelt down to regain her wind from her injury, as Kori shouted, "Why did you do that?! He is one of you?"

But Isaac pushed through it, as he looked ot the Creator, who stared down at the boy rather curiously, as he asked, "Please, I just want to know why? What did Earth do wrong?! Why do you hate us so much to want us all dead?!"

Weyward had enough, as he stated, "If he or the others open their mouths again, shoot them!" He then looked to Rei, who seemed neutral, as he stated, "Rei, continue! Tell him why we came!"

Those aboard the Prometheus watched as well, including Jeff, who felt powerless that he was forced by Weyward to stay aboard the ship.

Rei seemed hesitant, but then returned to the Creator, as she said, "Nanamai. Quiva! Estam derte ta Creeva."

The Creator looked to Rei once she spoke to him, and thought silently, as Weyward seemed anxious to hear what he was going to utter next. "Uaare nonem, eet enuminum Gukt Coorpaeth," the creator stated, almost as if he scoffed at the idea.

"What did he say, Rei," Weyward asked, rather anxious to hear his answer. "What did he say?"

"I told him you wanted to live forever," Rei answered. She then looked to Mr. Weyward, as she finished, "Although, he said he wanted to know why, and that he can understand English."

Weyward gently took one step forward, as he pointed to Rei, "You see this young girl? As you made us in your own image, I made her in my own as well." He then gestured to himself and to the Creator, as he stated, "You and I are superior. We are creators. We are Gods. And Gods… never die."

The Creator pondered on this for a moment, and then turned his attention back to Rei, as he studied her curiously. He then gently brought up his right hand to her head, and gently stroked her hair. She smiled, feeling this affection from this being, as he traced it down to her left arm. Before anyone noticed or could do something, the Creator grabbed her by the throat with his left hand, and lifted her off of the ground. And with his free hand, he grabbed her left arm, and quickly tore her arm off, shocking everyone, as he tossed her aside.

Weyward tried to stop him, "No!" But the Creator quickly and brutally bashed the old man to Rei, like a baseball being struck by a bat.

Isaac quickly grabbed Gwen, as they ran out, with Sphere following after them, and with him looking back to Kori, "Kori, run!"

Kori was a bit frozen, as she saw the Creator walk up to a frightened and frozen in fear Ford. He struck her hard in the chest, crushing her ribcage on her heart, as she was flown across the room and landed on the floor dead. Isaac ran up to Kori, and grabbed her wrist, pulling her away, as the kids and sphere ran out of there, as the Creator killed the other two remaining bodyguards, breaking their spines with ease. The Creator saw Isaac and the others run away, but didn't go after them. Apparently, they weren't worth the effort, as he walked to what appeared to be the controls.

At the moment, Rei, who was still functioning, scooted over, and cradled Weyward, resting his head on her lap. She gently stroked his head with her right hand, as it was the only one still attached to her. Weyward's head was sporting a rather dangerously terminal crack on his head, which was bleeding.

In his weakened state, his eyes were closed, as his SIG's vitals were quickly going from blue to yellow to red, as he spoke up, "There is… nothing…"

Rei looked down at him, and seemed sympathetic to him, as his time was running down, as she gently cradeled him. "I know," she said, in an attempt to comfort him. "Have a safe and good journey… Father."

Back on the Prometheus

Everything had been shown on screen, as the remainder of the crew, namely the pilots, Marek, Jeff, and Vickers, all saw witness to it. And then finally, the beeping of Mr. Weyward's SIG went off, flat lining as well as blinking red. Peter Weyward, the man who had funded the expedition of both the Prometheus and the Falcon, was now dead. Everyone seemed to take it hard, all except Vickers.

She merely sighed, as she looked down, but picked herself up, as she walked to the main deck, "Vacate this ship; grab all the O2 scrubbers and head back to the Falcon. It's time to go home."

Next Chapter: Scuttle the Ships; A New Life Born of Life but of Darkness