I quickly hissed at Steel Claw.

Steel Claw! Get up, now!

I'm sorry, Blade Tail... I can't...

Listen to me! You have to get up! You swore you will fight till your last breath! You musn't die, not now! Not when I just found you!

I'm too weak...

Steel Claw looked up to me. I could see that he was going through so much pain, as he breathed loudly, loosing blood very quickly.

I'm not going to let you die!

Quickly, I grabbed Steel Claws limp body in my arms.

Right at that moment, the nuclear weapon slammed against the ground! There was a bright flash, brighter than a million suns, and when that died out, I saw huge plumes of smoke rising from a smothered mix of fires, dust and debris, which were thrown in all directions- including mine...

A huge mushroom cloud rose to the sky, towering above the hellish inferno. Finally, there was a very, very loud bang, and it disorientated my hearing.

Hang in there Steel Claw! There's a nearby cave, it might save us!

I began dragging his body across the ground, towards the cave, which was about fifty meters away from us.

The fires are raging towards us, Blade Tail... leave me here...

No! I won't! We are the last ones, we must survive!

Blade Tail, we are a lost cause... our species are already doomed, we might as well end the misery here.

Still dragging his body away, I replied:

No! We must not give up and die, dammit! We must fight, no matter WHAT life throws at us. We will not die, do you hear me! WE WILL NOT GIVE UP!

Steel Claw weakly snorted, as the inferno came crashing closer and closer.

We're almost there! Stay alive, We're almost there!

Just as the huge fires reached us, I threw Steel Claw into the dark cave, then jumped in myself. I pounced the the side of the entrance to the cave, still with Steel Claw, so the raging explosion wouldn't get us.

Realising that we had not been killed, I steadily began to breathe, and started making strange laughing noises, revealing how joyful I was. Xenomorphs barely ever emitted such noises.

Steel Claw! We're alive! We made it!

Stay tuned, guys! There will be more to come!