I ran down the blood spatter hallways of the Phantom, jumping over bodies of dead or wounded crew members. Shots echoed down the hallway as Marines tried to repel the borders. I ducked as a pink shard came towards me. The shard hit the wall and detonated leaving a massive hole in the wall. I slowly got up thinking about what would have happened if it hit me. Gruesome images came to mind and a chill went down my spine. I slowly started to walk down the hallway again shaking my head clear of the images as I went.
Multiple explosions came from the hallway ahead of me as marines tried to retreat. Yells of pissed aliens reached my ears right as the marines rounded the corner.
"Keep the door open!" One of the marines yelled as he threw another grenade down the hallway.
"Motherfucker." Another gasped as he was hit in the shoulder by a green ball of hissing gas.
I ran towards them trying to keep the door from closing in front of them. Three of the marines dived through the closing gap while the injured one crawled toward the door. He never made it. Three creatures with sword like weapons appeared. They flipped marine onto his back and in unison stabbed him in the chest.
"Damn. We needed him he was our demolition expert." The first marine gasped as he tried to catch his breath.
"What were you going to destroy?" I asked as I smashed the control panel with the butt of my shotgun.
"We were going to the fusion core. The Captain ordered us to destroy is so none of these bastards can fly it back to their house.
"I was heading to the fusion core to do same thing. If you protect me I can detonate it for you." I said as I looked over a map of the ship.
"Deal, I'm John by the way and that is Jake and Mitch. Kyle was the one who was killed." John said as he picked up his Assault Rifle.
I started walking down the hallway heading towards the stairs. I reached the door as another round of explosions shook the ship. John was thrown on his ass and Mitch started laughing. John got up and picked up his rifle and followed me down the stairs cursing under his breath. I got to the end of the stairwell and wave for the marines to be quiet. I opened the door slowly and gasped at what I saw.
The hallway was filled with little alien creatures with tanks on their backs. The taller aliens seemed to be directing the others on where to go.
"John, how many grenades you have left?" I asked as I shut the door.
"I have six fragmentation grenades and three firebombs.
"Hand me three of those frags John." I said without turning around.
John tossed me the three grenades to me. I took the pins out and quickly threw them into the hallway.
Ten seconds later nothing had happened. I looked at John with a confused expression and he pointed at the timer he had in his hand.
"Why haven't the grenades gone off and what is that for?" I whispered as I looked through the window.
"Calm down it's a timer for the…" John stopped talking as three explosions ripped through the quiet.
I cocked my shotgun and broke down what remained of the door. A tall alien was pulling out its gun but my deer slug took of a chunk of it face. The marines took care of the rest of the aliens. I looked around the room and saw two soldiers in the corner of the room. I saw that they were missing part of their torsos.
"John did you know these guys?" I asked as he walked over to where I was standing.
"That's Pablo and Kane." He replied pointing at each body. "These guys were two of the best marines on this ship."
"That's too bad we could have used them." I muttered as I typed in the code to get through the doors that leads to the fusion chamber.
The doors sprang open revealing the three aliens that killed Kyle.
"I think it's time to go to hell you Fucknuggets!" John screamed as he hurled a firebomb at the three creatures.
The aliens were engulfed by flames as the bomb hit the floor. One of them stepped out of the flames; the air around him was shimmering. He was met by two deer slugs, 60 shredder rounds and a throwing knife. The alien went down wailing its horrible death wail. Mitch walked over and picked up the knife which was embedded it the chest of the alien. I grabbed a pistol from Jake and put a round in each of the creature's heads.
Here we are gentleman; this is the ship's fusion core."
"Holy Crap!" said Mitch "How are we going to blow this up."
It's really easy since I work down here. I said as I reached the control console. "you just have to type in the passcode.
"Self-Destruct of the Fusion Core in 10:00, 9:59, 9:58"
"We have to get to the escape pods!" yelled John as we made ran towards the exit.
"The nearest ones are one floor below us!" I yelled back at him.
John nodded and reached the stairs. He threw a bomb into the stairwell and waited till it detonated before he ran in guns blazing. John was waiting for us as we made our way down the scorched and bloodied steps.
"What took you guys so long?" he asked in a sarcastic tone.
"Not everyone enjoys run through fire killing enemies." I replied in a more sarcastic tone than him.
"Well you should try it sometime."
"Why don't you both shut the Hell up." Mitch said as he opened the door.
John and I both smiled at each other and followed Mitch through the door. One pod remained when we entered the pod room. Michael ran up to me a started to push me towards the pod.
"We have to get out of here." Michael said as he walked toward the pod .
"Hurry up and get in the pod we only have room for one more!" yelled the pilot
I looked at Michael and pushed him into the pod. I pressed the launch button before he could get up and stop me. I turned back to the group of Marines and smiled.
"Now what do we do?" asked Jake.
"Now we head back to my cabin." I said with a grin
"Why, what are we going to do there?" said John who had a confused look on his face.
"We are going for a ride."
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