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Chapter 5: It Shouldn't Be

Ella shook her head as she and Duke wheeled the table that held Goat into the other room. Ella quickly moved into the other room where Samantha was already checking whatever the hell the thing was that the others had brought in. "What is this thing?" Ella asked and Samantha shook her head.

"I don't know, but let's see what we can find out," Samantha said and Ella nodded as she went to pull on gloves. Samantha put her hands over hers and Ella looked up at her. "Not this time, Ella. Could you work on the downloads? I've got three others and the first one to finish." Ella nodded her head and went over to the computer. She began to download when she heard Samantha's whisper. "Shit," the woman said and Ella looked over at her. "Duke," Samantha said and Ella raised an eyebrow. "Hold this open," Samantha said and at that point Ella didn't care anymore as Samantha was referring to the creature's mouth. "Don't be a wuss," Samantha said and Ella stifled a laugh and Duke shot her a glare before he smirked at Samantha and did as she asked. Ella went back to work while Samantha fished her flashlight out of the creature.

"Little tension between you and Reaper?" Duke asked and Ella looked back at the pair to see Duke looking at Samantha.

"We just went our separate ways," Samantha said as she pulled the flashlight out and walked around the table. "Why does a talented student throw it all away and join the RRTS?"

"So, what was he like before?" Duke asked and Ella sighed and put her attention back on the task at hand. She thought of what John was like before he joined RRTS, and the last time she had ever saw him in person.


"Why are you doing this John?" Samantha asked as John packed his bag. "You're throwing away a future that would promise you more then the one you're jumping into!" Ella stood in the background as she watched the only people in the world that she cared about fight back and forth. She had had enough of it when she was little and now she was going to have to choose again, and she knew that it didn't matter if she chose a side or not, she was going to lose.

"Science isn't my calling, Sam," he said as he closed up his bag. "I want this," he said firmly as he turned around and looked at her square in the eye. "Why can't you understand that?" he asked her. Samantha shook her head and walked from the room brushing past Ella in anger. Ella sighed and looked at John. John met her gaze and quickly looked away.

"John," she said in an almost whisper and walked over to him. "Why areyou doing this?" John looked at her and shook his head. "You can tell me John," she took his hand and looked up at him. He sighed and pulled her close. She closed her eyes and embraced him tightly.

"Ella, you and Sam won't understand," he said heatedly into her dark hair. "I . . . I can't explain it, but you have to know that care about you both so much." Ella sighed and squeezed him a little tighter. They had graduated from college not long ago, and now he was going off to join RRTS and Samantha and her . . . well they were offered a position. One of training and one exactly in their field and she didn't know how to tell him. "Sam's going up to Olduvai and no matter what I say to her, she's going." Ella opened her eyes and pulled back from him. She didn't have to say anything. The second his eyes met hers he knew. She knew he knew. "You're going," he said as he let go of her. She lowered her arms from him and nodded.

"I've been offered a position and . . . and I've accepted it," she finished in a whisper. The warmth from his face vanished and he glared at her. She felt so cold suddenly and she wrapped her arms around herself. John grabbed his bag and stormed from the room and he never once looked back.


Ella sighed as the computer beeped and she replaced a disc. That was the last time she had seen him until hours earlier, and she hoped that whatever was happening that he would make it, she couldn't bare to lose him, not again. Suddenly, there was a power surge and Ella's downloads stopped.

"Great, now what?" she asked herself in a whisper and looked to Sam. She didn't see Duke anywhere so she stood. "What's going on?" she asked and Samantha shook her head.

"Stay here, I'm going to see if I can find Duke," Samantha said. Ella nodded and stood by the computer as Samantha disappeared through the nanowall, she just hoped they both would come back soon.


Reaper stood in the atrium with the others as they waited for Mac. Soon, Mac joined them and they waited for their orders. "We're going back into the airlock," Sarge said.

"We're not calling in backup?" Portman asked as he adjusted his com. Sarge glared at Portman like he was stupid and shook his head.

"The Ark is sealed," he said firmly. "Nothing gets back until everything on this planet is dead. We're going in hot." Reaper nodded and made sure his clip was loaded and checked his equipment.

"You're serious?" Portman asked and everyone looked at him.

"Pick up your weapon, Portman," Reaper said.

"Come on, Portman, move out," Destroyer said.

"Didn't y'all see how that thing greased Goat?" Portman asked. "We don't know what we're dealing with here." Reaper glanced at Sarge who looked from him back to Portman. "It's SOP to call in reinforcements when a situation-"

"We are the reinforcements," Sarge said firmly and Portman shut his mouth but shook his head. Sarge walked over to him and looked at him closely. "Now you shoulder your fucking weapon, soldier." Sarge challenged Portman with his eyes and the blonde man sighed and shouldered his weapon.

"All UAC personnel evacuated to Earth," the computer's voice said over the intercom. Sarge nodded and the men moved out. As they walked, Reaper found himself thinking of Sam and Ella and hoping that they were safe in the infirmary with Duke.


Ella felt a knot in her stomach when Samantha hadn't come back yet. She'd only been gone a few minutes, but she was still worried. Suddenly, the nanowall materialized and Samantha appeared but she kept the wall open and was looking out into the corridor. "Sam?" she asked and Samantha put up her hand for her to stay back. Ella stopped walking over and just looked at her curiously. Sam suddenly screamed and Ella jumped back when she heard growling coming in from the corridor then what sounded like Duke grunting. She wanted to go over and help, but she felt frozen.

Gun shots rang out and Ella jumped once again her hands shaking. Of course she hadn't been frightened like that when she went out into the corridors on her own, only because she was looking for someone that she knew would protect her and at that moment he was on the other side of the lab.

"Come on!" Samantha screamed and Ella still couldn't move. Duke was yelling and suddenly came through the nanowall.

"Close it!" he screamed and as Samantha hit the button one of the creatures became frozen inside the nanowall. Duke pulled Samantha down to the floor as something shot out from the creature's mouth and Ella jumped back before she rushed over to them "And that's why I don't do nanowalls," Duke said quietly and she kneeled down next to the pair.

"What the hell just happened?" she asked as she helped Samantha stand. Duke got to his feet and winced as he moved his shoulder. Samantha shook her head and Ella's eyes remained glued on the creature in the nanowall. "Oh god," she said quietly and looked to Samantha who sighed heavily and shook her head once more.


"Pinky, we're entering the archeological dig," Sarge said over his com as he, Mac, and Reaper walked into the dig site. They moved about and Reaper went on while Mac watched the exit. He moved through the sight and saw the various tools used in the dig with Sarge not far behind. Growling was heard and stones fell at Reapers right and he slowly moved over to where the noise came from. As John neared a window he could hear the echoes of the day he lost his parents echo around him. The crash sounded all too real as he looked out a window. "Is this where it happened?" Sarge asked from behind him and Reaper sighed.

"Did you find the door?" Reaper asked changing the subject quickly. Ella was right, his past shouldn't haunt him but it did, even after all those years passed it still haunted him. Reaper closed the window and sighed once more.

"John?" Sarge asked through the com and Reaper moved quickly to where Sarge had gone and found two dead scientists laying in front of the door. "Clay," Sarge said as he read one name tag. "Thurman," he said as he lifted the other off the floor. "Look at them," Sarge said as they surveyed the scene. "They weren't trying to stop something from getting in. Something stopped them from getting out."

"Mac, stand by," Reaper said over his com while he and Sarge stood near the scientists. "Destroyer, report."

"We've reached the north airlock," Destroyer's voice said over the com. "It's secure. Console indicates nothing's come in or out for 26 hours." Suddenly, Reaper and Sarge heard growling and then a loud thump.

"Mac?" Reaper asked quietly but they got no response. Sarge moved out first followed closely by Reaper.

"Mac?" Sarge asked but still nothing. "Mac, Mac you copy? Talk to me. Talk to me, Mac." Sarge rounded the last corner and saw Mac's headless body laying on the ground. "Shit," he said as he moved closer with Reaper right behind. Reaper stood at the ready and they both heard growling close by. Reaper looked ahead and saw a large creature move and he began firing. "We're in pursuit. Moving fast out of the dig," Sarge said quickly over his com.

"It's getting away!" Reaper yelled.

"Pinky what do you see?" Sarge asked.

"It's big. Very big," Pinky said over the com. "Moving fast towards the lab complex." Reaper and Sarge moved carefully and quickly through the corridors.

"Clear," Reaper said as he checked a corner. Sarge came around and they both saw blood everywhere.

"It's back in the lab," Sarge said. They entered the chamber and back into the lab.

"Clear!" Reaper shouted as he checked the left side. Sarge moved in and checked the right.

"Clear!" he shouted and sighed as he lowered his weapon. "Damn, it's fast." The others joined them and Sarge brought them in. "All around defense, men."

"Did you get it?" Kid asked. Sarge shook his head.

"Pinky?" Sarge asked.

"Yes Sarge?" Pinky asked.

"Anything gets through that door use an ST grenade. It cannot get back to Earth," Sarge said sternly.

"He pops an ST in there, he's gonna blow the Ark," Portman said.

"Reaper, Kid, pairs, cover formation," Sarge said completely ignoring Portman. "Sweep the corridors. Go." Reaper and Kid moved out. "Destroyer, you and Portman stay here. Shut the airlock. Maintain a perimeter."

"He blows the Ark, how the hell are we supposed to get the fuck home?" Portman asked. Sarge looked at him and glared.

"Portman, shut the fucking door."

"Where you going?" Destroyer asked as Portman moved to close the door.

"I'm going to the armory. I think we're gonna need something with a little bit more kick," Sarge said before he moved out.


Ella returned to the downloading, but she couldn't help but look at the creature frozen in the wall. Whatever the thing was, she didn't like it and how the hell it got into the station she hadn't the slightest idea. What she had theorized earlier, she figured she had to be wrong. They weren't ready for that stage of testing and she knew that Dr. Carmack knew that, so he wouldn't have tested it out yet. She had given him all her reports and findings and he knew that they were years and years away from testing humans, and why would he test it on his own team? Her thoughts were jumbled and she ignored everything before she moved back to working on the computer.

The lights flickered and Ella looked at Duke and Samantha and winced when Samantha was pulling out the organs, only she gasped when she saw Goat standing on the other side of the window. "Uh, guys?" she asked and pointed behind them. The others turned around and Duke brought up his gun.

"What the fuck?" he asked before Goat suddenly started pounding his head against the glass. As he hit it one last time and slid down the window Ella ran over to the window. Duke put his hand out to hold her back until he looked. He lowered his hand and Ella looked down at the man that was supposed to already be dead.

It all clicked then. Dr. Carmack sending her away to do reports, the Ark activation earlier that week, Dr. Carmack's request for all of her and Hilary's findings, and finally the activation of the holding cell the day before. She shook her head and put her hands on the glass.

"Goat knew he was turning," Samantha said and Ella sighed as she rested her head against the glass. "This thing didn't butcher Willits," Samantha said as she walked over to the table with the creature. "It is Willits."

"What?" Duke asked and Ella closed her eyes as tears fell from them.

"This wasn't supposed to happen," she whispered and both Duke and Samantha looked at her. "They weren't supposed to do human testing, ever!" she shouted as she pushed herself up from the glass. "It wasn't even close to being ready!" Samantha frowned but Ella just shook her head and ran into the storage room of the infirmary where she closed the door and slid down the other side and rested her forehead on her knees. "This wasn't supposed to happen," she whispered as the tears fell from her eyes and she locked herself away from the others. She helped in creating those monsters. It was partly her fault that Goat and her colleagues were dead, and she didn't know if she could live with herself.