Lost On Mercury (rated NC-17)

Chapter 4

Tyler came back into the cooling room and a few hours later, he and Tyranny fell asleep on the floor. It's been hours since they fell asleep and it was still hot outside. Tyranny slowly woke up and saw Tyler tossing and turning while sleeping. She got up and walked outside to see the sun beaming at her eyes.

God, the sun is so damn bright.... She thought. I said damn... God, I really am a hypocrite. And, it's still so hot outside. But, I think both of us have enough energy to continue our walk to the chambe... What's that? She noticed a small group of figures from afar walking towards her direction.

Are those.......people???! She thought in shock. She began to call out, "Hey! We're over here! Help us!"

"Mgh. Huh?" Tyler slowly woke up. He walked towards Tyranny and said, "What's going on? And, are those people??"

"Yeah! See, I told you we're gonna be fine!" Tyranny said happily.

"Okay, okay, you told me so." Tyler said, cracking a small smile. "Heeey! We're over here!" He began to call out. "Help u- Hey. Something's weird about those people."

"What do you mean?" Tyranny asked. "They're just people."

"No. Why would a group of people without helmets be running towards us like that?" Tyler asked. "And I can hear weird gurgling sounds. I think it's coming from them."

"You don't have a helmet on and you're breathing and talking." Tyranny pointed out.

"Yeah, but.... Something's not right about those guys coming towards us. Does the cooling room have any binoculars or something?"

"Yeah, it's in the closet. Why?" Tyranny asked. Tyler didn't answer and dashed towards the closet and pulled out a dusty set of binoculars. He stood next to Tyranny and looked through the binoculars. What he saw caused his skin to turn pale.

"Oh, no." He uttered fearfully.

"What is it?" Tyranny asked. "What's wrong?"

".............ZOMBIES!!!" Tyler screamed in fear. "OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD!!!" He dropped the binoculars and took of at the other direction, running as fast as he could. Tyranny picked up the binoculars and saw the figures.

"Oh, dear god, they're zombies!!" She cried, dropping the binoculars and running after Tyler. "Oh my god!! Oh my god!!"

As she caught up to Tyler, they both continued running from the faraway zombies chasing after them.

"What the fuck are ZOMBIES doing on this planet?!" Tyler shouted.

"I have no clue!" Tyranny cried. "There were never any zombies on this planet when I was last here! I don't even know why they're here!"

"We have to get to that damned chamber before those bastards catch us!!" Tyler cried. "And, I know, I shouldn't be cussing! Don't try to rub it in!"

"Look! A crater!" Tyranny pointed at the large, deep crater ahead of them. "We can jump in there and hide from them! Hurry!" They both jumped into the crater and crouched down while trembling.

"Shhh.." Tyranny shushed, as they both hid at the corner of the crater. They could hear the thundering stomps of the zombies growing louder.

"Oh, god. We're as good as dead." Tyler whispered in fear. Tyranny shushed him again and he quickly covered his trembling mouth. Then suddenly, the stomps quieted down.

"Are they gone?" Tyler asked.

"I think so." Tyranny quietly replied. "We should remain here for a few more minutes until we're..."

"RAAAAAUGH!!!" A completely disfigured looking man appeared from above the crater.

"I'm outta here!" Tyler shouted, climbing up the crater and running off. Tyranny did the same and ran off with the zombies chasing them further. Tyler and Tyranny ran as fast as they could while the zombies were closer towards them.