The Last Ship (18+)

Chapter Forty-Nine: The Fighting Battle

"Get your hands off me!" Luna struggled against the men who clung to her arms. She breathed heavily, tensing as she slammed hands against the men, "I told you, I would walk!" The blonde gasped as she was pushed forward in the small lab part of the ship.

Strong stood in there with his arms crossed to his chest. Professor Reed stood with Professor Jewel and Doctor Garrett. All quietly preparing their work. Luna shifted a bit, keeping herself in place as she glanced at Jewel, "All those things you said, about caring for me and the others? The innocent people on this ship?"

Professor Jewel glanced back at Luna. The woman no longer had the smile from before, and her grey eyes were cold, "It is my job, Luna. I don't think you understand what sort of find you were." Jewel walked over to her, "The Irinaut's could be taught so much." The woman gestured for Luna to walk over, "If we had something, someone who could help start, a queen, we could have our chance of returning home, and removing them from home. For good." Jewel had Luna sit down at the table, "Of course I care about you. You're our way home."

"We cannot control the infected Irinaut, but with you, we would be able to. If you could channel that control, well, we would already have a decent hive." Professor Reed pointed towards their home, "Now that we have a location, flooding them out would be no problem."

Luna sat, rather baffled by this woman's claim. Her eyes gave off that vibrant agitated glow. She shifted around a bit, "If I had never gotten the memory back, you were just going to weasel your way into them..you were using me this entire time." The walls around them began to crack. She looked at them, finding herself at a loss for words, "If you think I'm going to lead my people into a blood bath then you're really mistaken." Luna gripped the table. As she glanced at Garrett, the man was quiet, simply moving through, "Zio and Fex?"

Doctor Garrett walked in front of her, "Upon getting you, the two had both hidden in our pod. Unable to disrupt your hyper sleep, after I had gotten in my own pod, it seemed they had done the same, but in order to keep a close eye, I often wake up every few years. They were just a bonus. The Yetis had barely fit in the pods and had been placed in the animal lab. I had to heavily sedate, but at some point they woke up attached to the infected queen that lives here and ended up escaping." Doctor Garrett pointed down at his toes, "Which proves our hive theory. Given the proper training or the right amount of leeches-"

"Hollows."

"Excuse me?"

"They're called Hollows." Luna gave him a rather stubborn glare. More so just interrupting to shut the man up for a moment, "I'm not doing shit for any of you if it means killing any of them." Luna hugged her frame, looking down for a moment, "You won't have my children. I won't give anything to any of you." The blonde hugged herself, shifting as she looked around the room. The woman grinned a bit, smiling now as she lifted her head, "You won't get anything out of me."

Garrett grabbed her chin and lifted it, simply shaking his head no, "Until you have a proper cycle, we won't know your worth. Which is why we will have to attach another 'Hollow' to your head." The Doctor shook his head as he pulled back, "Once we have a female from you, we won't have to worry about what you want, will we?" Garrett shook his head before making her lay back on the table, Strong overtop of her to hold her shoulders down, and her legs braced down by Reed and Jewel as the Doctor walked over to grab a syringe, "You must understand, Luna. All of us want to go back home, but we need you to do so."

Luna was panicking now. Her legs kicked up, she screamed, and the golden glow on her face had gotten more vibrant. The veins in her hands and legs doing the same. As he came at her with the needle, she turned her head, suddenly gripping ahold of Strong's arms as a sudden pulse coursed through him. Electric waves danced up his arms, his body seizing as he fell back. Luna sat up, grabbing the needle and shoving it towards Garrett and into his jugular. Jewel had let out a scream, and Luna's legs were released.