The Beast

The Beast - Part 6

"Ready?" Pin asked with his hand on a module next to the door.

He wasn't waiting for an answer and a second later the door swung open. Before him he saw four rows of 2 insectoids each. They were 4 foot tall and had thin limbs and his translator didn't cover whatever they were speaking. Each one was carrying a long rifle relative to their body height.

Gabriel was figuring out what to do when these insects opened fire on him. The tiny projectiles they shot bounced off his armor but he felt on dig into his elbow where the armor had joints. Pin and Chip fired around the corner of the door and a few deafening seconds later all the pirates splattered on the floor not one even moving anymore.

"Great Meatshield dummy," Chip punched him in the shoulder. "Now go and take the ship, I'll hold the door."

Gabriel had never seen anybody die in real life. He knew his elbow was supposed to hurt but he felt nothing in his arm. In fact, he felt nothing at all not the bruises from the bullets hitting his armor, not the blood dripping through the steel plates, he didn't even feel remorse or guilt about participating in a mass murder? He didn't know what to feel anymore so he started walking. He thought the bodies below him would trigger something but they didn't. He was numb and his mind empty. So he kept walking, until he started to feel something but it wasn't sorrow or pain or even disgust. It was rage, rage about being abducted and forced to fight for his life. So he kept walking, the rage building up inside him with every step he took until every fiber of his body was consumed and when he crossed a corner and saw a dozen pirates on their way to back up the first group he unleashed the anger built up inside him.

Unable to control himself anymore he unleashed a roar and charged into the group. Caught off guard by what was running at them, they forgot to shoot at him until he was almost amongst their ranks but it wouldn't have changed anything.

When he reached them he didn't know what to do but neither did he care so he started punching, stomping and ripping everything that moved. And it worked, everytime he hit an alien his fist would go way deeper into it than imaginable and the thin limbs would tear when he got a hold of anybody. Still suppressed by the frenzy he was in, he continued once the last insect stopped moving. He was running around the corridors of a ship he didn't knew jumping on anybody that he met. He reached a closed door and instead of calming down he sped up using his bodyweight to ram through the door. It worked, but at a price, he hit his head when he impact the door and was dizzy when standing back up, the door on the floor under him. He looked around the room and noticed it resembled the same bridge on which he just talked with Aina. In the middle was another insect with a shiny helmet on, it reached for its gun and fired at Gabriel. He approached the Captain, bullets bouncing off him, wrapping his fist around its head, he crushed it just like Tibi showed him he could . The body hit the floor. Gabriel dropped the remains of helmet and head and turned around.

The dizziness was getting worse he could barely stand anymore but unwilling to stop he shook his head and started walking towards the door when suddenly he had to vomit. He ripped his helmet off and fell to his knees where he started to vomit. There was no food, just stomach acid; it reminded him of where he was. On an alien ship. His elbow hurt and so did all the places he got shot at, the dizziness was back and stronger. His vision was starting to give in. He felt like shit and rolled on his back before fading into unconsciousness.