End Of The Beginning

Chapter 14 - Backup

Emily was looking for her friends. She entered the lab and began looking through each room. She started by going to the room that kept the extraterrestrial's body.

In the room, two bodies were lying on the floor. It was Vince and David. She ran towards them. Despite her best efforts, she failed to find a pulse or heartbeat on them. She was completely devastated. As she looked around, she saw no one else.

Her ears were filled with the screams of soldiers somewhere close by. Upon leaving the room, she screamed. " DAANNNNNN "

She tried couple more times. Screaming her friend's name as loud as she can. She saw someone running towards her, a soldier.

" What are you doing here ? you can't be here. Come with me. " said the soldier, she saw the fear in his eyes

" What's happening, where is everyone ? " She asked him

" Come with me " he took her to a room. " Stay here ".

" Emily, come here. " She heard a familiar voice. She looked to that direction and saw Albert. He was hiding behind a desk. She went there and saw Diya and Dan in her lap.

" What happened ? Is she alright ? " She asked Albert

" She is okay, she has a chest wound and a broken arm, but she will live. " said Albert

" What's going on ? What are they shooting at ? " Emily asked Albert

" Dan found something, we opened a portal " Albert replied

" What portal ? What are you talking about ? " Emily didn't understand anything.

Albert explained how they used the alien device to open a portal.

" It was quiet for a few minutes, but suddenly we saw something in the portal walking towards us. It looked exactly like the alien. At first, I thought it was struggling to breathe as it stepped out of the portal. It screamed when it saw the body on the table. Then... " his voice cracked.

" In an instant, it grabbed David and snapped his neck. It then caught Dan, which prompted Vince to activate the alarm. He took the alien device. When it saw that, it threw Dan to the ground and went after Vince. After that, we escaped with Dan. Then the soldiers came here. I don't know what happened to Vince. " Albert continued

" He is no more.... " her eyes filled with tears

" Oh..." Albert closed his eyes with disappointment.

" What are we going to do now ? " asked Diya

" They told us to stay here until they contain it. " Said Albert

" Can they ? " Emily asked

" Honestly I don't know. " Albert replied

" We experimented on it, we know that bullets can't hurt that thing. So how could they contain it ? " Diya asked them

" Wait..... Listen.. " said Albert

Emily and Diya try to listen, but they couldn't hear anything.

" What are you listening to ? " Diya looked at Albert

" Nothing, absolutely nothing... The guns stopped. " Albert replied

Other than the sound of the alarm they couldn't hear anything else. Gun shots, screams, everything ended.

" What do you think happened ? " Asked Emily