Planet guardians were nearby. This time it was just one ship with one of them. He was in patrol. They have recently received a signal that they haven't heard long before, so they decided to check.
It was probably an interference. They have long since lost contact with the moons where they developed a weapon of mass destruction. It was abandoned after great disaster and it wasn't clear how they tracked signal from one of those long-lost ships.
The sight that was in from of the pilot was horrible. The city is completely destroyed. Residents massacred. Air full of black liquid particles.
"How…?"
His heart started to beat fast. Almost losing breath, like someone stabbed him with knife in his chest. Then he saw one of their ships crashed nearby.
"What happened here?" He thought while losing his balance out of shock. He knelt down to catch his breath. He has to react fast before whole planet become infected, if not already.
He quickly released the black particle neutralizer into the air. He read the amount of it in the air. It rapidly shrunk and came to zero. It will take another few hours to completely neutralize it.
Quickly, he set down his ship near the crashed one, put on his protective suit and went to patrol. He was heading down to the crashed ship. Traces of falling were still fresh.
Main computer was still working, but it was damaged a bit. Black liquid infected the ship too. Still, he tried to load the last recording of main computer. He only managed to see a brief image of the two humans like beings in the ship.
He went to search the ship. Nothing could be heard inside. He searched most of it, but he didn't enter the medical room. Hardly that anyone would be there, but still, he decided to look.
The scene in front of him caught him surprised. ''Human. How did they come here?" He watched with fear and got closer.
Human female, judging by the body. She had a head injury. Blood was covering her face. Her clothes had been soaked with it.
He was paralyzed with anger and shock. "Is this a miserable human being, which had to be destroyed long ago, guilty for this destruction?" He thought.
"They were inclined to that." He looked at the creature on the table in disbelief. Then come closer.
Elizabeth felt someone nearby. She tried to raise her head, open her eyes, but she could not. It's as if her body doesn't listen. She didn't understand what was going on. Is she dreaming or something happened on her way to the city. She is sure she saw it before it all disappeared.
Someone put hand on her forehead.
He watched her while holding his hand on her forehead, trying to project her thoughts into his mind. She was still alive, but life was leaving her. Hardly she could do this, at least not in this state. He thought.
She was still warm. He closed his eyes and tried to concentrate on her thoughts. First he felt great fear and anxiety. Strong feeling of powerlessness and loneliness. Her body so weak.
Her body remembered, their energy. Energy of their creators. Like a memory, buried deep inside her bones. Her body connected with its source fast, and began to heal.
He felt her presence as though she had entered into his mind. Then, he noticed images. Memories. Her whole life was going in front of his eyes. He felt her sorrow. Anger in him started to fade. "How fragile they are, so alone ..." He thought.
He looked at her and caressed her forehead. He wiped off blood from her face. Started to feel sorry for her. He closed his eyes again. New scene in front of him. Her discovery. Search for them. Longing to testify her fathers faith. Trip to their military base.
A cold feeling started to form in him. Humans, one of their surviving members, they all dead. Humans have also been infected. Artificial being. It infected this woman and her partner.
He saw what happened to the last survivor of that mission. She let it kill him. She didn't want to save him. She ran away with the artificial deformation of life. Question she brought with her: Why?
Fast, he moved away his hand. He felt as if his palm was burned.
She started to move and opened her eyes, but she couldn't see yet. She felt stronger, but still not enough to get up and walk. She felt there was someone beside her. Someone known. Like that feeling when lying in one of those hibernation capsules. Like someone watching over her. Life keeper. Or Bringer of Death?
She quickly came to herself. But she was still weak, hardly managed to get up. The scene in front of her froze her.
It was one of them, Engineer. So they did succeed. Where is she? Where's David?
She had terrible headache . She touched her forehead with her fingers and looked at them. They were covered with blood. Quickly she came off the table. What will he do to her?
She didn't remembered what had happened and why David wasn't with her. Did they destroy him, like on that moon?
He was just looking at her. Still in shock and disbelief of what he saw. Anger rising more and more in him. He walked toward her and tried to grab her. But she got away from him. Somehow she found the strength to run. But he quickly caught her.
"Will it all repeat again?" She thought. This time she didn't have anything to protect herself. She closed her eyes waiting for his blow. But it didn't came.
He caught her neck firmly and lifted her. ''Abomination? Where is it? "He asked her, looking at her face and then lowered her down.
She touched her neck and coughed hard trying to catch the air that had disappeared from her lungs. She understood only part of what he said. She assumed what he was asking, so she told him. "I didn't come alone. Android was with me. We came to meet you. '' She hoped at least something she said correct.
Surprised that she could speak their language, he showed her the record he had taken out of the ship's computer and pointed to the other being. "You came to find out why we decided to destroy you. You have your answer here. Because you're a cold-blooded killers! ''
She didn't understand well? "What killers? "She asked. She did not know what he is was talking about. Does he know what she did on that moon? Then she began to remember that something had struck her head when they went to the city. Has anything happened there? She thought something had happened to the ship.
"Where is he?" He said.
''I do not know.''
Again he grabbed her neck. "Did you cast the black death to the city or that deformation?" He asked.
She was watching him in shock, she understood that. ''Why would anyone cast it?''
"Put on a protective suit, you're coming with me," he told her and pointed on his helmet.
Elizabeth went for it in fear. She thought of running away while she is still alive, but he would kill her by now if he wanted, so he probably isn't going to harm her. She came to find answers, she wouldn't get scared now.
She found her suit in a one room. He looked at her while she was dressing her suits on. She felt ashamed, as if she is standing in front of her god, without clothes. He did not show signs of embarrassment, but looked impatient. His anger written all over his face.
What happened outside? Chills went through her body. She was afraid of what he had told her. They're dead. All of them. They killed them.
Still under the influence of everything, he grabbed her hand and dragged her into his ship. He pushed her into a room and went out. Room was closing with his fingerprint.
She was in fear of what he'll do to her. She still didn't know for sure what happened and about what murder he was talking about. Something happened when they came. Did David do something? She thought he had changed. She has to see what he's talking about. Is it true what he said. That everything was destroyed.
She was alone again. Left. Freaked out and lost in thought. She lost all those she wanted to meet so much. She hoped to find comfort here.
David seems to have played with her all the time just to gain her trust. To help him fix himself. Now she understood. He wouldn't have survived if he didn't do that. If she didn't trust him. And then he has done the same thing as she. But she just wanted to defend herself. She would never harm anyone for no reason. And then again she would look for another solution.
He will never forgive her. Her God. Creators. No penance will be enough for what she has done unintentionally. It would be better if she didn't go here. They did not deserve to meet their creators again. Not till they as civilization finally grow up and find peace.
She cried out in pain, trying to calm down anger of innocent lives forever lost. Her mind began to darken. She was lying on the floor and loudly screaming. Scenes began to appear in front of her, her loved ones, her family, the house she lived in, her discoveries, the people who died. They started approaching her, accusing her of being a killer.
She covered her eyes, but it did not diminish voices. They were getting louder. Then, she remembered the cross she had brought with her. Her faith always helped somehow. She took the cross and began to pray. Father has taught her that long time ago. He often used to spend his time in prayer. Maybe that helped her to survive all this. But what's next? She prayed for those who died. On that moon and here. In fact for all those who became their victims.
After leaving Elizabeth, pilot went to the control room. He switched on the computer with a flute. Main power coming to life. His hands caught the green sphere. Hologram of the city started to float in front of him. But nobody was there. No one to be seen.
He went to examine the situation by himself. When he finds out what happened, he will tell the elders and take the woman to their court to decide what to do with her. The entire colony was destroyed. She will probably get a death sentence.
"We should have destroy them long time ago," he thought. If only they succeeded on their mission. We are paying the debt of our failure now. He walked toward the city with a determined step.
David was hiding in a villa and waited. Patiently. He will first make Ellisabeth a mother, then their creator will serve as a host to her children. Finally, he'll release their creation into their own home. And then he'll return home, to finished what they started.
Someone was approached the city. It was one of the human creators. He stood and looked around for long. He was petrified. Time seems to have slowed down. His eyes crossing from one side to another, watching the bodies squeezed in agony. He almost stopped breathing. In front of his eyes, it all seemed to fade.
''How can someone do so much harm to someone he has never met? ''
His hands trembled. Heat rolling through his body. He removed his helmet from his head. If he dies with them, it doesn't matter anymore. He did not defend them.
He needed time to come to himself. He went to the nearby buildings.
David watched his fast step to the city hall. He entered the main building and stayed for a while before he went out. He looked around and fell to his knees. Tears appeared on marble face. Black eyes glowing out of pain.
'' The one who done this will pay with his life! But that's not enough for this evil.''
Heavy stone as if pressed his body. He heard the sound of his own breathing. Time seemed to stop. Everything like going in slow motion. He hardly got to his feet and went back to his ship.
Storm clouds drifted in the distance. Small drops, like tears, began to fall on his protective suit. He let his face be soaked with it. He didn't have enough tears to cry their pain.
Thunders roamed in the distance. ''Innocent blood is seeking for vengeance. But they will not get it."He thought with sorrow. He didn't arrive in time. If he reacted sooner, they would stop it. It's too late now.
Rain had already begun to fall hard as he reached the ship. Wind started to blow wildly. Like it wants to erase the horror that has happened.
He entered the ship. Chilling still passing through his body. How can someone bring so many deaths? Human race must have never existed. They were their biggest mistake. Seeders on death. So long they hoped they would change over time. They would grow up.
The ship walls started to fill with the soft voice, song. He thought he was going crazy. Who would sing here. Here was only death now. There was no room for something so beautiful, like a song.
But the voice was getting stronger. Woman voice, motherly. Gentle. Singing in an unknown language.
He followed the voice to its source. He had already forgotten that there was a human being in the ship with him. Pain was too strong.
He opened the door and found her lying on the floor, tearful.