Chapter 15 - escaped fate to the open world

Running from the flames that flow up the caverns behind them ororo, Jenson, Philip, and Beth all run for there lives, the heat coming from the flames, even though the fire is far back from them, but closing in, they could feel the burning heat, burning away at the back off there legs, blood pumping and heart racing, not knowing if this cavern leads to an exit or a dead end, whether or not the flames will die down, enough for them to escape, they just have to keep running and hope for the best, hope for an exit.

"Keep running!!!" Jenson screams

"What the hell do you think we are doing!!" Ororo screams back

Legs getting weaker, Jenson thinks back to his nightmares that always reoccur to him, running from these alien creatures, running never ending, breathing getting heavy and working as the counter weight to keep him up, but in his nightmares he wasn't being chased by the flames of hell, creatures maybe at least with the aliens, he could defend himself, but if he collapses now, nothing will save his soul from burning, a voice won't come to wake him up.

Jenson thinks of his little girl, the only thing that keeps him going, keeps him living and wanting to get home, his little girl keeps his soul and courage alive enough for him to want to keep living, keep running so he can run home to her and hold her close and tight in his arms like he used to, hear her laugh one more time, watch her smile at him, watch her laugh and play with her friends, his heart beats for her and her soul lives for him, he will never give up he will always try, he will push through the hardest moments even now,
On the brink of death he will push harder than he has ever done before in his life.

Harder than any mission he has been on, and out of all the missions he has been on he has only ever cared for one the mission home.

"I see an exit up ahead" Philip screamed off the top of his lungs

" then keep running then find cover and duck and roll" Jenson screams back

" and prey that none of those fuckers are waiting for us at the end of this road" ororo screams out

As the exit closes in on the group hope jumps up and down as to whether or not it is safe and they will be out in the open or will they meet sudden death either way they look, but to give hope they must always look forward no matter the circumstances, there can always be a way out you just have to open your eyes to the world and the surroundings in front of you.

They all jump out of the exit tuck and roll the flames burst out behind them like an erupting volcano, lighting above them in a sky of dragon fire, it lasts for a couple of minutes then above them is filled with smoke and ash, it rains down upon them like abandoned souls falling from the heavens deserted on a desolate wasteland.

" is everyone ok" yelled out Jenson uncovering his face

"I'm ok " shouted Philip

" me to" ororo also shouted

" I'm ok as well" shouted Beth holding her right arm

Jenson pushes himself up off the floor and looks around he place to see if anything is coming for them, ororo does the same, the surrounding area seem clear, only covered in smoke and ash, the team get off the floor and stand together in a group, eyes open and aware of what's around them.
" we are out" Philip said smiling

" but we are still not in he clear Philip" replied Jenson

"Are Comms back on?" Asked ororo

" no, something's happening we are no longer in the ship and we had perfectly fine reception when we were out, some one is fucking with us" Jenson said looking at Beth

" don't get hyped up again Jenson we can't have this now" ororo said calmly trying to keep Jenson from loosing his cool

" we need our Comms ororo we need to contact the general, even bells tell them we are alive, and we are making our way back now" Jenson said calmly so to not get to annoyed

Jenson looks over to Philip, and Philip returns a look like he is scared nervous of something, hiding something from the rest of the group, the sweat dripping off of him could be from the heat from the flames of the hellfire we just escaped from, but his shakes and nerves tell something different.

Jenson grabs his gun from his gun holster on his right leg and walks over to Philip who was only 2 metres away from him, Jenson stares him in he eyes, and says

" we don't know where we are right now on this planet, we now know that the other team is dead, and we will be in the same position, if you don't tell me why your shaking and been very mysterious through out this mission"

Beth walks over to Jenson and grabs his arm, then says

" Jenson we need to move we don't have time for this" Jenson shakes off her hand and continues

"Both you and Beth work for that slimey asshole michael weyland do you not"

Shaking nervously Philip replies " y..yes sir"

"And he sent you down hear to recieve samples right"

" y..yes"

" what samples was he expecting to find down here on this planet huh" Jenson still talking calmly with his colt in his hands

"He d..didn't say corporal, honestly, he just told me to go down and collect samples, I swear"

" then why have you been so jumpy when ever I look at you or even ask you a simple question" Jenson said getting very firm

" I'm a nervous guy" Philip said shrugging his shaking shoulders

" that's not a good enough reason, I have been in this show long enough to know how to interrogate someone who knows something's that I do not know" Jenson clicks the trigger back on his colt,

" I don't know anything I swear Jenson I just want to go home as much as you or anyone that stuck on this fucking planet"

Jenson stares at him for a second then asks,

" tell me this do synthetics, sweat, cry, run out of breathe, shake or even show emotions, do they even care for another human, or species" in a serious tone he asks

" the newer models are very life like they...d..do show emotions, but only ones they are programmed to feel, they don't bleed, or run out of breathe no, I don't really no much about the newer models" sounding even more scared and now the sweat that drips from him from the heat of the hellfire before merges it self with the sweat of fear,

"Do they feel pain" Jenson asks in a serious tone " or even need to breathe oxygen"

"N..no"

" good " Jenson replies

Jenson pulls his gun put in front of him and points it at Philip, ororo yells out, " stop Jenson" and reaches out her hand to try and stop him, jensons gun pointed at Philips face, and Jenson not even blinking an eye.

Jenson then turns quickly, swiftly to his left and shoots Beth through her chest, Beth gets pierced by the bullet ripping through her chest, and Beth falls to the ground with a thud, as she lay on the floor she did not move, wiggle or thrust in any way,

" what have you done Jenson have you lost your fucking mind" ororo screamed

" check your Comms ororo" Jenson said " Beth will be fine" Jenson puts his gun back In the holster,

" you shot her in the fucking chest she is not getting up Jenson you killed her cold fucking blood after everything that has happened, after everyone we have have fucking lost, you go and shoot one of our own in the fucking chest...have you finally lost your mind",

" do you see any blood ororo, have you still not noticed that our Comms are back on" Jenson walks over to Beth laying on the floor, kneels down and takes off her helmet, Beth's eyes closed she just lays still, calm, and expressionless, she seems dead, but she is only synthetic, blood does not come out from the hole that the bullet had made in her chest, white milky substance that you find inside a weyland yutani synthetic is what pours out.
Ororo walks up behind Jenson as he kneels over Beth's body, she sees Beth's blonde hair spread out on the rocky ground of lv-223, her body still and silent, the white substance that the synthetics have leaking slowly from the hole pierced by the bullet from jensons colt.

" holy shit " ororo says looking in shock " I thought you were gonna shoot Philip for a second and I'm sure he was to"

" I wasn't gonna shoot Philip " replied Jenson standing up " I started getting my suspicions about Beth a while back I noticed she wasn't drinking the fluids, the story she had told us about that trip on the other planet she had, and she wasn't sweating, there were more things but I think you get the gist, that's why o was questioning Philip".

Jenson looks over to Philip and says

" you knew this whole time she was synthetic didn't you"

" y..yes" Philip replied looking down in shame

" did you know she had cut our Comms so we couldn't make contact with our other team" Jenson speaking calmly now to Philip

" no honestly I didn't, I don't want to be here any more, I just want to go home, I have a wife and son at home back on earth I speak to them Every chance I get my son is only 5 and I love him more than anything, please don't kill me I honestly didn't know anything like that I knew she was synthetic that is all I was told not to tell anyone out of the corporation but now I don't give a shit about the corporation they can all go fuck themselves" Philip saying running out of breathe and stressing, afraid for his life,

" calm down Philip I'm not gonna kill you i was just testing I have had my eye on Beth for a while, and I just wanted to confirm that you were definantly not a synthetic" Jenson says reassuringly

" thank god I just want to go home now please can we just leave" Philip says calming down a little now

" let's get you home Philip" ororo says grabbing his arm " my map says we have to go this way corporal"

" alright ororo I'm gonna make contact with the general and see where he is maybe he can pick us up halfway and that will probably give Beth enough time to reboot herself" Jenson says looking away from Beth's body

Jenson reaches to the side of his helmet and opens his Comms,

" general rilldo, General rilldo, come in this is corporal Jenson dax, we are alive only few of us survived if you hear me respond"

The Comms were silent no response,

" do you reckon those things got out and found the general, Jenson" asked ororo

" no and even if they got out to the open and made there way to the general, the APC armour I would assume would be to strong for them to penetrate, he who of driven Over the bastards and made his way back to the drop ship and bella" Jenson replies looking at ororo

" general come in" Jenson tries again

" ....corporal I read you I have picked up your signals again" Jenson and ororo both smile at each other in relief,

" I am reading 4 life signs in your area you are about 15 miles out from our location, we are north of you where the other team had been dropped off, can you make your way to our location"

"We are on our way general heading north, if you can we will meet you half way if we need to leave we are short on time"

" I read you head over still trying Comms with other team no luck if we haven't heard a response they must be dead, and we have no luck saving any, we have an hour we will wait another 20 minutes then make our way to you over..."

" copy that general on our way"

Jenson smiles in relief to hear the generals voice he may hate the guy but right now he loves the man,he is there hope to getting off this planet alive.

Beth's eyes pop open and she sits up smoothly and calmly, she turns her head to the left and looks at Jenson,

"You shot me corporal" Beth said in a calm tone

" you betrayed our trust, my trust your lucky you are synthetic I wouldn't have shot you if you were human, but I wouldn't of cared if you were left alive on this planet to rot away or be feasted on by those aliens" Jenson replied with anger

" that was my command chip that was put inside me corporal I had no control of my actions, when you shot me in the chest it had destroyed that chip, I now follow my own commands and my own actions, spending this time with you and your team made me feel more human than what I had felt with my creators they treated me as just another synthetic a type-e Elizabeth model, but I always felt different than a synthetic I felt almost human I malfunctioned I started showing human emotions and feeling even though I could not cry those feeling were there, they shut me down and inserted the command chip, I still had those feelings but they were controlled by another and I hate that man more than anything" Beth stands up and wipes the dust from her pants

" your not convincing me Beth you already lost my trust once we get back to the ship I am getting you shut down" Jenson lashed out

" I understand corporal, I know you cannot trust me again we must leave though time is short" Beth said looking at her

"The least I can do is get you back safe but I am sorry corporal being synthetic is hard but I am not like the other models I would never personally harm a human in anyway, I treat them" for a synthetic her apology sounded sincere in her tone of voice, but Jenson just sees a synthetic he does not care for her anymore at this point,

"I'm still not convinced and I don't accept your apology at this point but you are right we must leave just one question you maybe very life like but do you have life signs"

"No you shot out my signal, when you shot me in the chest"

Jenson looks down and thinks hard about what the general said, ' I am reading 4 life signs' but Jenson shot Beth before he was in contact with the general, Beth looks up and in the distance high above them in the misty sky, dark black clouds, strong clashing lightening strike crossing each other furiously like swords clashing in a fight, is coming upon them the thunder can be heard now, from the distance loud clashing sounds.

Louder and more fearful than what they are back on earth, it was like sticking you head in a tin drum and banging on the sides with a large stick, when the group heard the loud sounds of the thunder they all turned and looked at what was coming for them in maybe less than an hour,

Beth just stares with the others and opens her mouth and calmly says,

" we must make haste a storm is coming and I don't think we want to be around for it"

The group nod and start making there way north.