Chapter XII
Chloe hearing Rush’s words of the radio, got up and grabbed the radio out of Eli’s hands:
CHLOE ARMSTRONG (ON RADIO): Don’t worry, Colonel. I know what to do…
Chloe pushed Eli out of the way and ran towards the other room, the room with all the heavy defence security, the room with the Drone Control Server.
ELI WALLACE (ON RADIO): Chloe, noooooo!!!!
Greer turned around when he heard all the commotion just in time to see Chloe run out of the room where Eli was and head straight to the Control Room, he whispered:
MASTER SGT. GREER: Chloe…
She stopped, look at him:
CHLOE ARMSTRONG: There is no other way.
She smiled, turn her head looked at Eli and stared back at Greer, he knotted, fully understanding the meaning of her look, and dropped his weapon just in time to grab and hold Eli who had just came out of the side room and they both saw her ran at full speed in to the red room. She was almost at the console when the reddish light turned on, she screamed but didn’t stop. Eli was struggling with Greer trying to get free but it was in vain, Greer grabbed him good and he wasn’t letting go.
On the surface, Col. Young and Scott after hearing Chloe and Eli on the radio, looked at each other, dropped everything and ran towards the building the fastest they could. Chloe was in agonizing pain but she didn’t stop, she powered up the console and accessed the menus, meanwhile the light started to intensify and the pain started to get worst, but she didn’t stop. Eli was yelling at her to stop and get out of the room and he was yelling at Greer to let him go. Greer was determined to help Chloe.
Chloe dropped to her knees from the pain, but she didn’t stop, she navigated the many menus of the console until she found the right one. She yelled so loud that Col. Young and Scott heard her as they made their way down. Eli was crying and trying to break free from Greer with no effect. Chloe was still screaming when Col. Young and Scott got there, they entered the corridor to see Greer grabbing Eli, who was screaming and kicking, and the reddish light so bright it illuminated the entire floor. Scott quickly realized what was going on and started to run towards Chloe, Col. Young followed him. When they were almost near Greer and Eli, Chloe stopped screaming and all the lights in the building had gone out; they were in pitch black darkness.
Back on the ship, Rush was still seated in the Captain’s chair with Varro, Volker and Brody on the consoles, they we trying to manoeuvre Destiny out of the Drone’s path they could hardly keep their eyes open because of all the sparks flying out of Destiny’s systems. The Drone attack had seriously diminished Destiny abilities. The move they were trying to complete was simply a 90 degree turn to avoid one of the Command Ship firing solution but by the time they had completed the turn there were the other two right in front of them.
DR. VOLKER: Oh god, this is it.
As soon as Volker spoke everyone looked out of the windows and saw that there was no escape possible, they were in a direct line of fire with no debris as cover and they knew that Destiny couldn’t survive a direct hit let alone two.
VARRO: Gentleman, it was a privilege…
VARRO (ON RADIO): TJ, I… I…
