Chapter 5: Attempted Escape
David ran out of the tram running at full speed towards the escape shuttles. He rounded the corner and ran in to the door that was locked.
"No" he whispered to himself
In the background a dull thump thump thump resonated as the shuttles where fired into space. He ran to the emergency phone. He hoped to reach the bridge and tell them that the shuttles were launching. He picked up the phone and held it to his ear. There was no sound at all. He checked the phone for damage but there was none. That meant the communications grid for the entire ship was down. One last thump was heard then nothing. The last of the pods had been launched. Taking with it any chance of getting off this ship.
I am so dead
Foots steps echoed down the corridor. He slumped against the door hopeless. The source of the footsteps ran into view. It was on of the crewmembers. He walked up to David and whispered, "Cut off their limbs." He handed David a plasma cutter and then collapsed the bloody tear down his back now visible.
Their limbs are their only weakness... and numbers is only one of their advantages