Nightmare's Weapon Chapter 4 · 10:45pm Oct 20th, 2014
I'm working on it fella's. My other story has priority but I will update here first. Life has been pulling me away form the computer. Oh, and the hundreds of read later stories XD I'm still here and still kicking. Here's a tid bit. Catch ya on the flip side. Req out~
Chapter 4
*Static*
“New Horizons this is Control, over?”
“We read you loud and clear Control, over.”
“Weather is good, flight path is good, all monitors are green. What’s your status over?”
“Pre-flight checks out, all systems green, over.”
“New Horizons you are clear for atmosphere exfil. Countdown at 30 and falling, over.”
“Solid copy Control, ready to rock, over.”
“Good luck and godspeed. Control out.”
Adam listened carefully through the radio, trying to make sense of everything he had just heard. He was strapped in a rather uncomfortable seat, wearing a strange digital uniform that seemed to be airtight as his head was engulfed in a helmet. He could see a timer in the lower left hand of his visor counting down from 20 seconds. He looked left and right, seeing more people dressed similarly sitting on either side of him. He felt someone tap on his shoulder.
“Hey Adam, you alright?”
Adam didn’t know who the man next to him was and attempted to voice his very thoughts. He was surprised when he heard his voice as it was saying something else other than he had intended.
“Ah, this is nothing. You remember the time we dropped from the Sky Falcon? They had AA all over the place. That was more intense than this.”
“10 seconds…”
“Yeah, I remember you screaming like a little girl!”
“Oh, shut it James!”
This ‘James’ sported a grin as he nodded and looked forward again. “Reckon we’re going to find anything out there?”
Adam was still attempting to catch up to everything they were saying. From what he could make out the man named ‘James’ was a friend. He felt his vocal cords tense as he began to speak again. “What? You mean aliens? Psh, it’s all dust and rock out there.”
“3 seconds…”
The ship began to vibrate as the engines spun up, causing Adam to unwillingly clench up. Adam felt his gut move as the ship picked up momentum, the VTOL thrusters firing madly to lift the behemoth off the ground. James stared straight ahead as he responded, “I can’t help but feel that something big is going to happen.”
Adam, while holding down his lunch, rolled his eyes. “We’re going farther in space than anyone has ever been to before. This is a big thing.” James just shook his head.
“I got a bad feeling.”
“You always do.”
Adam wanted to look around more and ask James more questions but he felt the ship and people around him slipping away. He watched the picture flash out of existence. The darkness was his only company as he attempted to piece together what he had just seen. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a low roaring echoing in the blackness. A distant light caught his attention, the flashing beam racing closer. The roar suddenly became deafening as the light turned into flames and rushed past him. He found himself in the ship again, hanging on to a piece of yellow cargo netting. His arms burned with fatigue as the ship shuddered heavily, flames shooting past everywhere. He heard screaming and explosions, the ship whining louder and louder. A chunk of the wall ripped away, revealing a black sky. His fears of being sucked into space were overridden when he realized that they were crash landing within the atmosphere of… somewhere. His dream halted when the ship crashed heavily, thrusting him into the land of the living.
