The others were gathered around outside the ship, conversing among themselves. I walked up next to Paris and looked around, wiping the sweat from my brow. In the distance waves from the heat could be seen in every direction. It felt like the heat was getting stronger and it was making me mood worse. We stood there for a few moments before Johns and Fry came from out the ship.

"What is going on Mr. Johns?" Imam asked.

"Someone needs to go down there and see if Zeke is still alive," he answered. Paris scoffed and shook his head, "that's impossible none of us are small enough to go down there."

"Then use the kids," Johns said with a shrug. Imam immediately pulled his boys closer, and Shazza did the same to Jack.

"That's crazy! You can't send them down there!" Shazza yelled. "Then your husband is stuck down there if he's still alive," Johns snapped at her causing Shazza to stop talking.

"Fuck it," I said causing everyone to turn towards me, "I'll go down there, nothing better to do, right?"

"Perfect," Fry said, and I narrowed my eyes at her. "I don't remember asking for your input on the matter," I said causing the smile on her face to disappear. I smirked at her and started moving towards the hole.

I knelt and tied my tan boots tighter; I saw someone walk up next to me and stood to see Imam. "We found some rope to tie around your waist, if something happens we can pull you back."

I nodded in gratitude and tied it around my waist, I jumped down into the pit and squinted into the darkness. I could hear something moving along in the tunnel, but it wasn't an immediate threat involving proximity.

"Be careful Arista," Jack said, and I nodded with a smirk before taking a deep breath. I knelt, and army crawled further into the tunnel. I only had to crawl a few feet though before the tunnel ended and revealed a large, dark cave.

Moving further into the cave the ceiling had indents, and I knew that I was now underneath the massive pillars that looked like large ant hills. Streaks of light were coming in through the roof and there some small posts on the ground. Behind one I saw Zeke, or rather his bloody foot still in his boot.

I wasn't surprised though, just one look at the blood around the hole was evident enough!

Something ran in front of me, and I stopped walking and unstrapped my knives and twirled them in my hand. They made a soft 'chink' noise as they cut through the air, the sound a testament to their sharpness. My eyes scanned the area as I tried to find the creature that had flashed in front of me.

'I don't fuck with this shit," I thought to myself with a frown. This whole thing was some bullshit, granted I did offer, but it was only for those kids. I might not like kids, but that doesn't mean I just let them be offered up as bait. I knew for a fact that something was down here and that I had a much higher chance of getting out of the situation than one of the little ones.

A clicking sound came from behind me, and I twirled around and cut with my knife, slashing at some kind of…flying creature. My eyes widened as I saw it flying away before getting hit by its tail sending me flying and into a pillar.

My head hit the pillar, and I bit my lip to keep in my scream and attracting more of those things. However, I think that was too late as I heard more clicking and some screeching starting to emerge. The walls seemed to start moving, and it made me realize that these things were on the walls, running around.

I slowly took off my shades and immediately my vision changed. There were two in front of me, the energy coming off them was immense. I could see the outline of them and the whole cave, their bodies pulsed with blue and purple energy. I could see their head, similar to the one of the hammerhead shark on Earth. Their wings were folded slightly as they used the ends, tipped with claws to walk with as well as their hind legs. The floor of the cave pulsed with the movement of their movements and from the force of the pulses there must be thousands of these killers.

I was dragged out of my analysis as one of them took a step closer and swayed side to side. I growled in response and moved in the same swaying motion. I wasn't going to die without a fight.

It was tense for a few moments before it lunged at me and I ran towards it before moving to the side and kicking off the wall to flip over it. Just as I passed over it, I grabbed one side of its head and reached under, cutting its throat. It immediately crashed down to the ground, and as we landed, I landed on its neck, snapping it with the force of my boots. Hearing the other screech and the flap of wings I jumped up and flipped causing it to fly underneath me and crash into a wall. It screamed in anger and turned towards me, but before it could do anything, I slit its throat and backed away.

As their blood ran out of their wounds, their energy went from neon blue and purple to a black and gray coloring letting me know they were dead.

'Time to get the fuck outta here' I thought before running towards one of the indents and jumping up, digging my knives into the side of the pillar. Lifting my feet up, I slowly started climbing. I could hear the sounds of more of those creatures below me as they began to come forwards. I began banging on the pillar trying to break it down, but it was stronger than I had anticipated.

'Shit,' I thought in a panic as I felt something yank at the rope that was still tied around my waist. Before I could cut it, I was yanked so far down I almost fell out the pillar. Screaming in frustration, I cut the rope and heard a thud as one of the creatures fell from the sudden lack of weight on the line.

Climbing back up I kept banging at the pillar and started screaming. "Jack! Shazza! Imam! I'm over here! For fucks sake, someone get over here!"

********Above ground*****

"I hope she's okay," Jack said causing Imam to look at her and smile. He opened his mouth to speak when all of a sudden, the rope began to move violently. Imam and Shazza quickly moved to grab it.

"What the hell is going on down there?" Shazza grunted in confusion as she and Imam tried to pull her back. Jack watched before noticing something; it sounded like a voice screaming.

"I hear something," she said before running over to one of the pillars to the right. Imam tied off the rope and ran after her, the others following after them.

As they approached a pillar, they could all hear Arista's voice coming from inside. "Quick, get her out!" Jack shouted, and Shazza took her pick out of her utility belt and swung at the pillar, breaking it. Immediately, Imam and Johns reached in grabbed Arista's hands. The others watched as they dragged her out.

"What the hell is on her?" Fry asked disgustedly. There was blue liquid covering her front, but on her head, there was an orange liquid coming from what seemed like a cut on her head.

She screamed and wiggled as they dragged her away from the hole. They all surrounded her asking her loads of questions, and she pushed them away with one hand, the other covering her eyes.

"My shades! Where are they?!" she screamed making them shut up. Johns looked around and found them broken in the dust. "They're broken," he said, and she cursed and knelt her head down on the ground.

"Did you find Zeke?" Shazza asked, but a part of her knew that he was gone. She just needed to hear it though.

"What was left of him," Arista grunted. She took a few moments to calm her breathing before continuing. "There are these things down there, whatever they are they got your husband. They are," she was cut off as all of a sudden the rope was pulled from underneath and she was dragged back towards the pillar.

"Grab her," yelled Shazza and Jack as Johns, Imam, and Fry raced to grab her legs. "Get it the fuck off me for fuck's sake!"

Arista blindly grabbed around and gripped onto Fry who was the closest to her. She leaned down and whispered to her, though to the others it looked like she was trying to get a better grip. "Payback bitch, if those things killed Zeke maybe they should get another snack out of you." Arista opened her eyes, and Fry froze in fear. That orange liquid was starting to come from her tear ducts and the corners of her eyes. However, Arista's eyes were like nothing she had ever seen before, but there was no denying the disgust, hatred, and anger within them. Arista yelled in anger and lurched forward pushing them all to the ground and whirled around cutting the rope, falling back.

Down below they could hear screeching coming from where Arista had just been in before it faded away. Fry scrambled away from Arista who had fallen next to her and back towards Imam and Johns who were starting to get up.

"Woah," Jack said looking at Arista, and everyone turned, and their eyes widened in shock. Arista's scarf had fallen off, and her hair was revealed. The blue light of the sun made her metallic hair shine even brighter; she wiped away the orange liquid away though they had a feeling it was her blood. More of her blood streamed from her eyes which they couldn't see as they were clamped shut to hide them from the sun though it wasn't doing much good.

"What the hell are you?" Johns asked in wonder though Arista heard something in his voice that made her uneasy and tense. It sounded almost like greed and desire, but she wasn't sure how to describe it entirely.

"None of your goddamn business," she growled before moving towards the ship, clutching her side. It was quiet for a minute before Jack ran after her and walked next to her, the others could see that she was asking her a million questions.

Fry walked up to Johns and said, "still think we can trust her?" Johns looked at her to see the smug smirk on her face before they toward towards the two walking away.