Xenodergs (ENG)

Chapter 1. Ship Failure?

No one was awake on the board. Everybody was kept alive, in deep sleep, by the onboard computer, Mom. Even Gill to keep the rest of the crew from feeling so monitored. Although everyone knew Gill was an android.

The crew consisted of 5 people without Gill. Most of them were jailed prisoners, except for Sophie Mars, the captain, who took this route for the extra money since she still had to travel with prisoners.

Apart from her Oliver Harriston was on board with her, was sentenced to life imprisonment for bank robbery and killing all hostages. Daniel Robinson, one of the biggest assassins. The number of known victims is 175, but he said he did not count after 500. Originally sentenced to death, Weyland knew he would come in handy for the company. Jaxxon Fright, the brain behind the recently overthrown green crystal drug farm. He always came up with plans. They failed by one of the members, who told everything in the hope of wealth. They haven't seen him since. Jaxxon said that nobody will see him in one piece. Jaxxon was originally sentenced to 50 years but was doubled for bad behaviour. The last crew member is Able Butt. Because of his name, he was bullied as a child. He endured this until he was 20, when he hid explosives in his former and current schools. He broke into their radio where he just said, "I'm Able Butt, laugh at me now!" and then, he blew them up. No one survived the explosions. With the press of a button, 1245 teachers and students lost their lives. There was no evidence against him, none was not found for a while. He was hiding from the police. He lived from theft, robbery. He spent his time killing his old familiars. He failed by making a mistake once. He chose the wrong place to kill Chona Cage, a camera captured it all. As he laughed in front of her, as he turned the knife inside her and whispered something in her ear, it was something like "Now laugh at me Cage!". Because the poor girl said, "We were just kids!", before she finally collapsed onto the ground, forever. Like Daniel, he was sentenced to death, but Weyland rescued him too.

As they passed by the Planet LV-621, Mom awoke the crew. The crew, tormented by the months-long road, climbed out of their sleeping cabs, and when they fully recovered, they looked at where they were.

Sophie: - Mom! Why did you wake us up?

Mom: - Danger! Fault in left gear! Forced landing must be made!

Gill: - Leave Sophie, I'll take it from here. It's going to be shaky.

With that, Gill took Sophie's seat at the steering wheel. He waited for everyone to take their seat, then he began to descent.

When they landed, they couldn't believe their own eyes: everything was untouched.

Gill: - According to the instruments, there is suitable air for the human body. While I'm repairing the gear, if you think that way, please look around on the planet. All I ask of you is not to be lost. It would not be good for the company's reputation.

Daniel: - Yeah, because the company is really interested in what happened with some prisoners and with a pretty lady.

Jaxxon: - Shut up Daniel!

Daniel: - Take care of your mouth, you little worm! I've killed smarter guys, than you, with my bare hands. They thought they could evade me... Well, they were wrong!

Sophie: - Are you done with the hassle? Fine, so what now? Who votes to look around and who to stay here?

No response was received when a huge roar pierced the ship. A large shadow appeared on the glass. His master was in front of the ship, sniffing it.

Oliver: - If I'm not wrong, this is a dragon. A western dragon to be exact.

Able: - Oh god, he will start again!