Lost In Space

A True Cosmic Horror

"GUYS!" Kim yelled out, "GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE!"

I looked out the window at the nebula, except it was a false nebula. Once you got a good look, you'd see the huminod like shape, it's skull but not its size. No, for like the universe itself, you cannot see all of it.

Shapes and colours of that nature should not exist for it goes against God, that demonic creature that lurks in the shadows of space, in between the stars. It moves nebula clusters, eats galaxies, it is all powerful but not all seeing.
I know it can't see us, we aren't worth the hunt. It's travelling for its prey, or from its predator. Both a bad.

"Okay Mary! " I shouted, "Let's get the fuck out of here!"

Hastily, we both ran out the command room. I led the way knowing the way in which we've come from. The overhead lights flickered revealing claw marks that dug through several inches of thick reinforced titanium. Where are the bodies, where's the blood?

We turned a corner to the wide and fancy corridor with the plants and trees. But the thing was there. I couldn't see it, but I knew in the pitch darkness, in the absence of light, it was there.

Mary didn't, or maybe she did but was too slow to stop. Either case, a long dark arm, with extravagant claws and a cold grip pulled her in the shadows. The only thing remaining of her, was the screams. Something which the creature soon imitated. It was mocking me.

It stared at me.

With deep red eyes, this evil horror caught me paralyzed.
Under the darkness and vastness of space, my heart couldn't keep up its pace.

Terror took the air away, as the beast was about to strike. I couldn't even sway, I was going to end up like Mike; in the wide open jaws of this alien, an alien possessing the stench of an eternity in Hell.

I blinked, I just turned the corner to the abyss, Mary was just behind me. I held my arm out stopping her. I do not know what I had, but if it was a vision or a predetermined density... No I can't let it happen again.

I grabbed a hold of my Type-88 Rail Gun and aimed it into the void, Mary just stood terrified.

We stood their in silence, absolute silence. I could hear my organs moving, my blood pumping, and the scraping of my eyes as it looked around.

I could feel the cold breath ahead of me, it was there, waiting to pounch. But not this time. This time, I'm the beast that will strike. I will not end up like Mike.

This evil horror with deep red eyes, will no longer keep me paralyzed. I am going to shoot this son of a bitch in its wide open jaws, to leave it to rot in its funk for 40 thousand years before it would return to its home, before it will return to the pits of Hell.

I fired the rail gun, the crack it made in the absolute silence hurt my very soul. The unholy shrieks echoed throughout the ship, I fired again. And again. And again.

I moved in forward expecting Mary to be behind me. But her screams as she she was taken away sunk my heart. I fired at the creature as its long and sharp claws dragged her away from her jaws.
It disappeared into the shadows of the ship. I still fired, the shots ripping the metal and plastic of the ship in a million pieces.

I chased after it. Down the stairs, through the corridors. In the rooms. Down the pipes and up the vents.

I followed it to an unknown dimly lit room, it was cornered and trapped. I had it by the balls.

Mary was no where in sight. I aimed my gun at it, but it spoke; not in some alien language and voice, not in some crooked tone, but in her voice, Mary's voice.

"Why are you doing this?" It spoke.

"Why are you doing this?" She spoke.

My gun was facing the same hallway, but this time, I could feel nothing. I still fired a shot into the abyss, but the only noise after was metal shattering.

"I-I'll explain after, let's go."

We ran to our escape pod, I still noticed the claw marks on the walls and ceilings, it did not comfort me.

Nevertheless, we entered the escape pod without a worry, and launched into the EUSSKR.

Mark was there to meet us with a relief. Kim was in the control room increasing the ships speed and direction.

We saw the cosmic entity move past as it faded into invisibility, who knows what that creature was in the cosmos. And who knows what the creature was in that ship. I need to look into what's happening, we are so close the boundary of an infinite universe.

Mary spoke, "Okay Swindon, what were you doing?"

"I had a vision of a monster attacking us, then we were in the same hallway when I had an other vision. This this I chased the monster, then you snapped me out of it." I hastily replied. I always hated it when people wouldn't cut to the chase.

"Okay what the Hell?!" Mark exclaimed.

"I-I'll," I breathed heavily, "I'll explain that bit later. First of all," I placed down the wepons on the table, "We brought you wepons."

Kim excitedly walked over to them, "These are sick. I never held them before!"

"And second..."