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Light Shining Amongst The Darkness Chapter 2

"I don't care what you wanted from us. There must have been a way to get it peacefully," argued Tom. "You didn't even try to talk to us before the attack."

"This was never a negotiation," said the Overlord, uncompromising.

"That's why we'll never stop fighting you," said Tom, determinedly.

Annoyed, calling the bluff he sensed, the Overlord said "We have no patience for empty bravado."

"So those are our alternatives. Live as prisoners or die," asked Tom, sarcastically.

"Why would you expect better from us than you do from yourselves," said the Overlord, somewhat perplexed by this human's strange defiance.

Softly, Tom reasoned "Because I look around this ship at the technology that brought you from another world and I want to believe that only an advanced species could have achieved so much. But I would be wrong."

Severely running out of patience, motioning at Tom, the Overlord stated "You will lead your people to the neutral zone."

Because of the link they shared Karen copied the Overlord's movements as she spotted him. Even the Skitter positioned the electronic staff in its hands so it was held threateningly at Tom's back.

Steadfast, shaking his head in refusal, Tom said "No."

"Then the choice has been made," said the Overlord, turning its back to Tom.

"I would be careful about drawing too many lessons from the past," cautioned Tom.

In amusement, the Overlord said "And why is that?"

"Because our history has yet to be written," reminded Tom.

To prove as much Tom then struck without any sort of warning. The element of surprise allowed Tom to obtain the weapon from the Skitter's hands. He then used it on the Overlord before the creature had a chance to defend himself. The room was filled with the Overlord's agonized screams combined with Karen's. The Skitter quickly recovered reclaiming its weapon. In the process the Skitter sent Tom flinging through the air slamming him into a wall. Tom landed on his side groaning from the impact lying on his back. The Skitter stood over the fallen human growling. It made certain Tom wouldn't try anything else while its Master was down.

At a signal from the now standing Overlord, the Skitter roughly stood Tom back up.

"We shall see if you change your mind. Release him," ordered the Overlord.

The Skitter then began to drag Tom out, but he wasn't finished yet.

"Wait if you really want to prove you're telling the truth then let me take the baby," said Tom.

"We have no infants here. Such young members of your kind are of no use to us. So why would we keep them," scoffed the Overlord, dismissively. "We eliminate any we come across."

"That's a damn lie," shouted Tom, struggling against the Skitter's hold, pointing accusingly at him. "I saw the child with my own eyes. I may have been out of it for a while in that freaking cage, but I know a baby when I see one and this exact Skitter is the one who took her away."

The Skitter screeched savagely backhanding Tom. It's a miracle he stayed on his feet after that.

"There are no infants here," repeated the Overlord. "If there were I would know."

"Maybe one of your army slipped something passed you," spat Tom.

"Get him out of my sight," commanded the Overlord.

This time Tom couldn't stop the Skitter leaving a pondering Overlord in their wake.

The ship had been directed to land on an open field. As soon as the ramp was lowered Tom was shoved out staggering onto the grass and dirt. He stumbled away trying to regain his bearings and figure out where he actually was.

Behind him, Tom heard a barrage of voices. He turned around finding a small crowd of fellow humans exiting the shit like he did.

Making a beeline for the one in front, Tom said "Tom Mason, 2nd Mass. I didn't know they had anybody else."

Smiling, the dark-haired woman said "Neither did I. Bonnie Garcia, Vermont Militia. Bastards wanted me to lead them to my guys, talk them into buying this sanctuary bull."

"That's why they took us to finish what they started," said Tom Mason, reaching that conclusion.

At that moment the ramp on the ship retracted and the vessel began to lift off the ground. A sinking dropped into the pit of Tom's stomach as he watched it fly off with whirring from the engines filling the air around them.

"This isn't right," he whispered, incredibly suspicious.

Tom's instincts were right on the mark.

In the ship's place now stood the Skitter with the red eye and a Mech charging up its weapon systems.

"Oh my god," breathed Bonnie, fearfully.

The Overlord was never going to let them go. It had been just messing with them.

"Everybody run! Don't give it a target," yelled Tom, grabbing Bonnie's arm and running across the field.

"Run!"

The others followed their example, but in truth,, they stood no chance. One by one the Mech executed the fleeing humans. They were slaughtered mercilessly as their screams trailed after Tom. All were eliminated until only Tom and Bonnie remained. That didn't last for very long.

More shots rang out and Bonnie gasped as she was hit from behind. She collapsed dead leaving Tom standing there stunned. He stared wide-eyed at the Mech as he saw it cock its gun preparing to fire again.

Tom expected to be killed next, but to his surprise, that's not what occurred. Tom seemed to have an intense stare-down with the Skitter with the red eye. Strange enough the Skitter did not give the order. Instead, the Skitter walked away the charged-up Mech obediently following it. This left Tom alone with corpses scattered in the perimeter that encircled him.

Tom's heart was thudding hard in his chest as he stood there in disbelief. The Skitter was letting him live. Why?

Tom wasn't going to stick around here for the Skitter to change its mind. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him out of there. He had to find the 2nd Mass.

Authors Note:

Uh oh. This spells trouble for Red Eye.I hope you all like this one! I certainly did while writing it for your vast enjoyment! ;D

For those of you just starting out with my stuff there are other works on my profile that may catch your interest. I highly recommend you take a look as soon as the opportunity presents itself to you. Who knows, you may be pleasantly surprised by what you discover.

Stay safe everyone. Especially with all of these crazy natural disasters occurring a lot lately due to global warming and climate change everywhere for sure. I swear it's like they're getting worse and worse all the time and it's like officials are simply just ignoring it or pretending it doesn't exist entirely just to go on with their daily lives. Especially those in multi-million dollar companies that rely on certain elements of our planet that we rely on to naturally keep us safe instead of adapting and finding new safer ways to keep in business. There are so many options out there where they can adapt, but they just refuse to see it because all they care about is money. Climate change is altering so much faster than anyone can really keep track of.

So, in light of all this, it is important to live life to the fullest as much as anyone can.

I know I am. ;) See you guys next time.