Solar Warden

Consequences Part 26

They went to the door as group this time. Then Ryan and Caine walked to the corridor and signaled the others to advance. Arriving there Newman started the first drone. It moved silently to the bigger hall and checked the rooms there. No one was to see. But there were terminals or computers and other technical devices they could not identify. The drone went to the opposite corridor. There were two doors left and right at the middle of it. At the end was a wall of another corridor leading left and right.

Ryan and Caine advanced to the opposite corridor. The second drone was following them, then passed and moved to the doors to investigate. There was a panel on the right side of each door.

"Could be a lift," Newman guessed while checking the sensor readings of the second drone. Then he went back to control the first one and moved it to the right corridor part.

Ryan followed the drone feed on his transparent helm display. The drone went around the next corner to the left and there were more doors and a hall at the end.

With the other drone Samuel went to the left. There was also a corner leading in the same direction as on the right side. It looked quite similar.

Both drones went to the hall. The right one was first. It was as big as the hall below the tower. Opposite and at the front there were bigger doors. The doors all there were not rectangular formed. They looked more like a trapeze with curved part at the top. The huge door was in the middle, to its opposite there was the same door type. Also two normal sized doors were on the sides of the hall.

Ryan moved forward to the probable lift doors. He tried to activate the panel. Nothing happened. After two minutes of trying both panels, he moved on to the right corridor. Caine followed. The second drone went back to observe the corridor with the possible lift.

Ryan moved to the next door around the corner. It had a similar panel. He tried to interact but also nothing happened. After waiting a minute, he moved to the next door and made the same procedure. There were two doors to the right and one to the left. They seemed to be centered in the corridor.

The first drone investigated the panel of the bigger door which led further away. As the drone went very close the door opened slowly.

Ryan was close by and Caine immediately moved to the left side to cover. The drone went in there.

It was a hangar. In there was one of the triangular ships and a bigger disc like one. In the middle was an alien standing. Unarmed. The drone flew around and checked the area. There were further doors to the side. The entrances of the two ships were open.

Ryan stepped into the hangar. His weapon was lowered.

The alien was a Gray. Naked but bigger than the one they knew. About one point eight meter. The face looked grim.

"Hello, I'm Major Ryan we come in peace," Ryan said and slowly walked forward.

Caine waited in his cover position. There was a noise behind him.

"Welcome to Eden Major Ryan," the alien replied while the drone was nearby following the conversation.

Caine turned to look back.

All of a sudden the contact to the first drone was lost.

"What happened?" Owens was asking who also followed the feed.

"Signal lost. Archer send the second one." Newman ordered.

Archer used the manual control and took the left corridor. He strafed around the corner.

There it was!

An over two-meter-high reptilian creature. Bread and strong with a head similar to a turtle. The rest more gorilla like with reptilian skin. Naked but armed with a rifle like weapon. The weapon was bigger than a standard rifle fitting for the creature's size. It was now targeting at the drone.