Chapter 14: A Lovely Sunset
A lovely sunset. Just imagine the look of the pair and the sunset infront of it!
Chapter 14: A Lovely Sunset
Mercy sat next to Erik and said "Well, Erik. Both of us are the only survived from our family. Sad fact, but a true one." "Yeah... you're right. I love you, sis. I've always loved you like a brother who loves his bigger sister." - Erik answered smiling and hugging Mercy with one of his hands and with the other one he played with the water from the river. The other people were talking to each other and were preparing the places where they were going to sleep. Like survivors of the xeno-apocalypse, they had to stay together and try their best to help with something. Xenan returned with a boar on his shoulders and one rabbit. "Look, Xenan has returned!" - Mercy said and everyone looked at him and saw the boar and the rabbit. Three men ran to him and took the dead animals. "Nice catch!" - Erik said and started making a fireplace. "Hi Mercy! Was everything okay while I was go..." - Xenan was hugged thightly by Mercy and she said "I missed you! What's wrong?" - she asked, seeing that Xenan was looking at her with a look which she had never seen him do. "I love you..." - he said with a gentle voice that made Mercy blush. "I love you, too." "Hey, hey, hey! There's people watching you! There's a forest for these kind of things!" - Erik said and laughed. Mercy and Xenan gigled at that comment and went around the campfire. They watched the sunset and were feeling like hipnotised by it's beauty. "The sunsets on your planet are amazing." - Xenan said to Mercy, still looking at the sunset. "Yeah, I know. Speaking of it, what was on your planet?" - Mercy said and looked at Xenan. "Well, it wasn't as warm as here and there wasn't much light. It was dark and ugly, not like here. Here it's so beautiful and warm... just like you." - Xenan said and looked at Mercy then they kissed. "Heh... lovers. You can't understand them..." - Erik said to himself and smiled at their look.
Stanley was looking at the sunset and then another soldier came. "Hey Stan. How's your cheek?" - He said. "It is better. Why do you ask, Henry?" - Stanley replied calmly. "Just making sure that my best friend is okay. Chris is an ass - hole for punching you." - Henry said and looked at the sunset with his gun in his hands. "Well, you're right. Yet he didn't do it because he hates me or something. He did it because he wanted to look like a good soldier in our officer's eyes." "Hey guys, we have orders to make a camp here. How are you Stan?" - Another injured soldier came and looked at Stanley. "I am good, but the question is are you good?" "Well, I think that there won't be any infections or something like that but it hurts. Anyways, let's go!" - The soldier said and all of the three went down to the campfire and could see that there were already tents. "That night isn't going to be very pleasant..." - Stanley said to himself and went to eat some of the food.
Weyland was drinking coffee, as usual and was reading some report on the last experiment of the xenomorph. He almost choked when he saw that it has died. He was going to kill the one who was guilty for this. He furiously asked Hera if she knew something of it. "Do you know who is guilty for this!" "Y-Yes, I know." - She answered, fearing of the look of Weyland. "Then tell me woman, speak!" "I-I-It was Derek who was on charge that day." Weyland got out of the room and shut the door so strongly that it almost broke. He went into Derek's office with some combat drones and ordered them to shoot him. Derek fell on the ground, bleeding from all of his body and died quietly. Weyland then ordered the mess to be cleaned and sat on his chair with a serious look. "Jim, I think we will need a new scientist and a xenomorph. Would you find a scientist with good experience? Leave the xenomorph thing to the squad we sent down, on Earth." "Of course brother. I'll find you this person and I have a question. Why did you kill Derek? He was a cool guy." - Jim asked and looked at Weyland. "I killed him because I want the others to teach from the mistakes of others. That includes you, too. I wouldn't kill you, but I would punish you." - Weyland answered, looking at his brother with a serious look.
Xenan was sitting and thought about Seth and Jim. He was a bit saddened that they had to give their lives, so he and the humans to live. "Do you remember when I saw Seth for first time? At first I was looking on him like an enemy, but the very same day I met him, I realised that he was a friend." - Xenan said and looked at Mercy while they were eating. "Yeah, I noticed and I am sad about him. He saved my life and if he wasn't there, then I would be dead. He helped us a lot." - Mercy answered looking back at Xenan. "Seth was a cool guy and I miss him, too. I wish he was here right now. It would be much better." - Erik said before he started eating. "The loss of Seth was sad, but James... that hit me straight through the heart..." - Mercy said with tears already forming in her eyes. "Yeah, our bro was the best bro in the world." - Erik said quietly and continued eating the meat, as he was very hungry. Xenan hugged Mercy "Don't cry... I am here with you, right. James is here, too, but he is here." - he said, pointing at her heart. Mercy was hugging Xenan and said with a slight smile and tears falling down her face. "You're right."
End Of Chapter 14