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As Adam left the blazing warmth of the fires, the coldness of the sea reclaimed the rooms as they washed away the ashes. But through the scattering of the ashes in that intoxicated air, the men turned their light back for one last look to see a multitude of lights looking back at them!
With pale skins and sharpened claws, as long gated jaws opened with bright yellow fangs, did the men realize that the monster in the dark, don't like the warmth of the sun! As both sides stared at each other, the men knew that the moment they broke eyes, did they have to run! As the men back away, the pale skins inched forward while calling in low growls, as their claws dinged against the metal walls, while others splashed against the flooded floors.
[Sir what do we do? Run or shoot?] said a man as he kept backing away in fear
[...]
[Sir!]
[Both] yelled Adam as he fired first into the mass of monsters!
With the trigger set, the monster roared with a charge! As men fled through darkened hallways and slippery floors, an unfortunate soul got impaled in the side! As others flashed their light, they saw an ink black tail that vibrated like a piston, through the metal walls! As the man screamed and fired randomly in the air, as his blood ran out his mouth while his organs escaped through the lower half!
As his blood spurted and rained, the pale skins ran and devoured the man! As the others turned to leave, they heard a terrifying roar that outshine the monsters, just behind the walls! But as the onslaught frenzy brought about by the man's death, the pale skin lusted after the other man's flesh. Though thankfully the tight corridors didn't allow the multitude of monsters to swarm the men, giving them just enough breathing space to make their way to the exit!
As the men opened the heavy door, water rushed into the surprise of the men! But as the men held each other, the water blew back the maddening monster, just enough for the men to slam the door behind them! Squeezing out the claws of a monster that managed to climb the slippery steps. They breathe a sigh of relief only to hear something crawling around above their heads! Concerned, the men shine their light in every direction, only to be met with total silence.
[where are we?] ask Adam to one of the two remaining members of his team
[where...where…] replied a member shakenly
[calm down! Take a breather... Now tell me… where are we?] asked Adam as he stared into the eye of a man who was on the verge of a panic attack
[where… in the cargo hold! It's just next to the cafeteria and the infirmary] replied the man in a much calmer demeanor
[Good! Then we can meet up with the others!] thought Adam only to be devastated later as he tried to use his comms, for he only heard more static
As Adam was busy on the comms, the men looked around the box crates that littered the cargo bay. As the men inspect each one, one of them turned to the other and asked:
[what were in these crates again?]
[your best guess is as good as mine, but from what I heard about the war was that the goblins came to steal food…] replied the man
[Food? HA! Why food! Did they not store enough for winter?]replied the other man
[BANG!]
As the men were busy laughing at the goblins in some sorry attempt to lift the mood, they suddenly heard a Bang erupt from one of the crates, worried the men grab floating pips or driftwood from the watery floors and threw it at the crate, trying to see if anything would happen! To their surprise the crate didn't budge or make a sound.
Looking at each other, one of the men tipped the crate over while the other was ready to fire at a moment's notice. With a splash the contents of the crate spilled onto the wet floor, revealing small crustaceans and soggy grains. Confused, the men looked at each other as they suddenly heard a crunching sound! Like that of something chewing bones! With question marks above their heads the men shine their lights everywhere but could not find the source of the sound. Annoyed, one of the men lowered his light to shine into the water below his feet.
But the second that light touched the tint of the water surface, fog erupted from below! Blind and burning, the man screamed, as elder looking goblins rose from the water! With baggy-soaked skin and sharp talons, the goblin roared as fog spurred from the sea mountains on their backs! As their ghostly white hairs danced in the wind, they rushed and grabbed the man pulling him under while his companion was lost in a sea of fog!
While calling out to his friend, Adam rushed to grab him by the arm and made a mad dash through the cargo bay as many more goblins rose from the waters in pursuit! But as they ran deeper in, they noticed the water was rising to meet their waist! As they climbed onto a giant shipping crate, they soon came to realize that the way out would be to dive to the bottom of a pitch-black pool of muddy waters!
Knowing that would be suicidal, the two ran among other crates making sure to never touch the water with their lights in fear more would come! But as they made it to the end of the bay, scared and lost, they saw an open ventilation shaft just above their heads! Thinking quickly, they pulled themselves up, as the zombie goblins reached out with popping boney bones!
Taking in yet another breather, Adam looks to his last man and spoke
[Whatever happens, don't leave my side this time! Got it!]
[Oh! You don't have to worry about that Adam, lessons learned! But if you could do me the favor of putting a bullet in my head, you know if the situation requires it… you know what I mean… right?] replied the man
[yes, I understand… I too wish for the same if… the situation calls for it. Now do you happen to know where this vent goes?] asked Adam
[...]
Not hearing a response, Adam slowly turned around to see to his horror an alien-like creature with his tail ram through the chest of the man! While its sharp teeth dug into the side of the man's throat! Seeing the man coughing out blood the alien reached over with its black claws with tints of fluorescent green spots throughout! As it held the man in its arms, the man tried to talk, but if so, much as a whisper left his lips, the alien would bite down a little harder!
Not being able to say a word, the man locked his eyes with Adam, telling him all he needed to know.
[sorry mate…] said Adam softly
The second he finished talking, Adam emptied a clip into the man and monster alike! Only for the monster to pull the man into the depth of the water below! As the alien fled into the water below using its amphibian extremities, Adam then thought to himself:
[Sorry Carlo… but at least I kept my promise… rest in peace…]
Now alone and lost in dark vents, Adam crawled his way through only to fall through a hole, landing on top of a table in the cafeteria! Looking around Adam saw an abundance of corpses throughout the room, fat and bloated to the extreme like they had gorged themselves on food. Being careful not to disturb the bodies, for he feared they might be a trap! What kind of trap he didn't know, and he wasn't curious enough to find out! But as he walked past the bloated bodies, he came across the dead bodies of three members of the red team!
With interest perplexed, Adam examined the bodies to find that they were either chopped up by a badly designed saw blade or were half dissolved by an acidic acid of some kind... Like they were eaten by something. But not wanting to stick around and find out what it was, Adam made a beeline for the door when he heard something crash onto the same table, he himself just landed on, but a moment ago!
Having a pretty good idea of what it was, Adam didn't bother to look back and quickly slammed the door behind him making sure to lock it as best he could, for no sooner as he did that. The alien rammed into the door! A dent causing hit that made Adam reel back in gladness he didn't turn around to see what it was. As the alien hissed behind the door, Adam continued to run down the dark passageway until he saw a big fat green rock that stood in his way!
Annoyed that a big rock was blocking his way, he attempted to push it to see if he could somehow squeeze by. Unfortunately, it was an impossible feat, for the rock was too damn heavy! Pissed off, Adam punches the rock just out of frustration as memories of his teammate flash by. After calming himself down, while giving the rock a few good punches to finish venting, did he failed to notice the two small bitsy little eyes at the top of the rock!
As the "rock" began to shake softly, Adam just stood there trying to figure out where to go next, as his radio finally picked up a signal! Realizing it was one of the boarding teams, he patches them through to hear:
[This is Baldwin to all teams, if you're hearing this stay away from the cafeteria! I repeat! Stay away from the cafeteria! Monstrosity inside! I repeat monstrosity inside! Don't go in no matter what!] said Baldwin
[monstrosity inside?] thought Adam to himself as he looked up from his radio to see two glaring eyes!
As Adam put away his radio, he stared into those glowing hot eyes, as the monster opened its giant jaw to show off its intimidating teeth to yarn! As Adam backed away, he realized this wasn't a rock! But a giant ass hobgoblin or at least that's what Adam thought it resembled! Seeing "food" so close to it, the monster shouted with a voice of a thousand cries!
Knowing he wasn't equipped to fight something like this, Adam didn't even bother to waste a shot! Instead, he turned and bolted in another direction! But as he made a sharp turn, to hide among crew quarters! The giant behemoth was anything but slow! With each giant stomp the ground stirred, with each stomp the water bent, as shock waves reverberated throughout, Adam dared not move, even as the giant stopped by the crew quarters.