In the midst of a desert, the only things in my field of vision are a spaceship, numerous crates of equipment, 4 crew members gathered in one location, the other crew member using his laptop while sitting on one of the crates, and the dead soldiers I just shot.
The 5 convicts look at me in awe as they just witnessed a murder.
"Fucking hell Tommy, this dude actually had the balls to do it."
"I would have done it if you didn't talk me out of it Almain"
The two convicts whisper to each other.
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY one of the convicts yell.
"Calm down Tony," Tommy takes a seat on a crate.
Tony lashes out again "DUDE WHY WE-"
Annoyed, I myself try to calm him down, "Listen dude.... we need as much ammo as possible, don't feel bad for these people they were sending us to our deaths.
"Its a space explorat-" As Tony tries to reason I cut him off mid sentence
"Don't be a idiot this is no exploration mission were not fucking kids going to explore a haunted house, they are sending us into outer space to fucking die on a random planet, this is a death mission, they don't give a fuck about us."
"Hey couldn't we just run away?" The guy on his laptop mumbles
True.... Almain mumbles
Tommy interrupts "Run where though? were in the middle of the desert.... and even if we did run it would take weeks if not days for them to catch us."
As Tony's eyes turn red he grabs his hair and starts pacing back and forth in a state of panic. "Man what the fuck is wrong with you! Now when we get back, they are just going to lock us up again, I cant spend another day in that jail cell man."
"If we don't have enough supplies there wont be any coming back, tighten the fuck up." I try to reason but he retorts, "DUDE WE HAVE NOTHING TO COME BACK TO WERE GOING TO ROT IN THAT CELL FOR-"
As, I pull for my Glock.
Bang*
As I shoot him in the head, I respond "Guys... don't be like this guy"
"This guy is a fucking pussy, A group is only as strong as its weakest link, If I ever start to act like this guy please do not hesitate to blow my brains out."
"Because behavior like this will only get us killed."
Tommy slightly nods his head in slight shock but with respect for what I just did.
As another convict nervously says "We need to survive, I have to survive I have a daughter back home man."
"What's your name man."
As I(Pete) step closer to him to shake his hand I put the gun on safety and tuck it into my belt, foolish but the only way to gain their trust.
"Jimmy Brown but you can just call me Jim."
"Okay Jim, this is going to be a completely new experience, were going to need to trust each other to survive were the aliens on these planets were going to, god forbids if there's any life in space, but we have our best chance working together.
"If we don't work together we all will end up like that guy." As I point at the dead body still bleeding out.
"I like this guy he's smart, he reminds me of my military commander 6 years ago" Tommy chuckles
"A little too smart don't u think Tommy?" Almain shows his concern.
As I wonder if this is actually worth it, I contemplate who I am, I hate this but if I want to survive this I cant half ass it I'm actually going to have to try'
"I'm not here to act like I'm your fathers or boost my own ego to be the "leader" of this group, but I want you all to listen to what I have to say for a moment."
"I had a plan to kill you all right here, Why do you think that is?"
"Less people, less mouths to feed, more ammo for yourself" Tommy says confidently, "I had the same plan as well."
As Pete tosses Tommy the gun, "see that's a smart guy right there. "
As Tommy catches the gun he checks it out "Glock 19 huh."
"Technically I was the one who gave him the plan-" Almain tries to speak but gets interrupted
I continue my speech "Were on a death mission, I was planning to do this all by myself but that's stupid."
"The concept of being alone in space even for a loner like me is fucking horrific."
"We need as many people as possible. Were not doing this for them, the world sucks who cares about them, Were doing this for us."
"And your daughter" Tommy whispers to Jim as he taps him on the shoulder he winks.
"I know its hard to trust a man that just killed 4 people the second their backs were turned don't ignore the context to that."
"No one cares about who you are or what you did, we need each other if were going to survive this."
"If that means changing who you are then change, that's what I did. I lived my life like a floating cloud never cared half assed everything but its about fucking time, When a real man is under a tough situation he adapts and overcomes."
I agree tommy raises his hand, Me too Almain gestures, "your a good leader" Jim says,
'How are we going to trust a guy that wanted to kill us literal hours ago?'
'I don't know man but everyone's agreeing so Ill just go with it'.
"Your right" Fredrick(the guy around the computer) nervously states