Flesh Wounds

Chapter Fourteen "Escape"

Nick Pov

"No time to waste. What is it?" I ask watching over my shoulder for any perusing baddies.

5000 leans on the turret and looks back at me, "We found some transmissions. Humanity is having one final extraction plan."

"The Asźod ship yards," Sparky adds as he steers with one hand and keeps the other incredibly still, "We can all get out of this place."

"Not all of us," I correct, which makes everyone go quiet for the rest of the ride.

...

??????? Pov

Standing in front of me facing the opposite direction, there she was. 

"Yang. You know that neither of us will go there."

She doesn't turn to me, "You keep alive. A moment at a time."

"I. Wait since when did you listen to Foo Fighters?"

"Wake the fuck up, Michael. What is wrong with you?" She asked turning to me, "Are you really going to make your friends carry you through this shit?" 

I flinch from her last comment, "I can't even have a touching moment in my own dream? Oh that's fucking rich."

"You won't even tell your own teammates that you're leaving because you don't want to have to bear the suspense."

"You'd never act like this," I sit down in the warm glow of the atmosphere, "Why have I only been having nightmares recently?"

"Because," I didn't look up at her, but I know she stood in front of me, "You're too blind to see anything else."

"Does my semi-conscience ever fucking say anything nice about me?" I look up at Yang, all of a sudden she's now holding one of the beam rifles she had before we made it down.

"Who do you think shot you?" She asked, smiling, aiming straight for my forehead, then..

Darkness, familiar but it seems. 

"Too familiar at this point?" Standing in front of me, Sandman.

"Yeah and this shit gets old," I added crossing my arms.

"Then someone else?" And as if the scene just changed.

A winter scene. Quiet, as snow falls from the pitch black sky, only lit by a full moon.

"Its over here come look!" I hear a incredibly familiar voice as a beam of light comes running around a pair of trees and into the snow covered clearing.

"Wait up for me I can't see without a flashlight genius!" Wait. I know this.

"It's right here..." 

"Right here, its right here," The first kid said pointing his light at the snow, "Do you see it?"

"I almost tripped out in the dark slow down next time," The other kid came into the light and looked down at the other kids interest.

"What is that?"

"Seriously? They never did teach you much back at 111?" I can still feel the heat of his breath as he sighed, "Never heard of a deer before?"

"No.. I barely know any of the animals."

"Well that right there is a deer skeleton, you know what a skeleton is eh?"

"Well, duh. They're inside everyone's body."

I watch this scene in my head, "Next is the-"