The Thing: from the Depths of Hell (7 page)

It was
fascinated by their complete unawareness of it, and its killing
spree of the people that had witnessed it come down through the
roof like a demon apparition, and it had attacked them swiftly, not
considering it any further.

Some had even
confronted it, not thinking anything could be deadly on the
spacecraft, and it had instantly viscously attacked them, and moved
their bodies away, discovering how powerless they were without
their weapons, technology, and science.

It dragged
their bodies away into dark places, leaving trails of blood, and
parts of bodies dropping off everywhere, without it seeing the
mistake, as its mind and body were carrying out altering processes
to achieve its goal, and which were needed far more for its
survival, and it had hidden them away out of view, where they would
not be found for a long time.

While altering
itself at one point it was able to examine some of the computer
files stored there in detail, and searched for what the humans
would avoid the most, and found many of their monsters and
supernatural beings, and it stored the information to use, and
searched for anything that it could use to kill the humans that it
had not known about.

After
searching information on warfare and weapons it soon realized it
was in danger again, and its work was only beginning, and that it
would have plenty of time for that after its escape, and that it
would have to leave the region as fast as it could.

There
were pieces of information received by it from distant places that
further startled it, and that they were preparing to attack,
and
it considered if
they would leave and hurtle
away from
the
surrounding
abyss
,
and
barn world.

It would be
beat it if they left, as it never had the outer entity, and on its
own it would nothing.

Many people
nearby were starting to believe their worse nightmare could be
close at hand, and planned to defend themselves, and it eventually
left seeking to hide, and get ready and plan its attack, to fight
for its survival.

It lurked in
the shadows of the dark corridors, seeking out almost anyone to
attack and kill that attempted to confront it.

The thing
slowly turned into their worst nightmare, and attacked and killed
just about anything that it encountered, and showed no limitations
or mercy.

Chapter 14

Worst Nightmare

The
opinions of the media and passengers of it soon turned to
it being the most awful
deadliest nightmare
from the deepest depths of
space, or hell itself, which lurked in the shadows of the dark
corridors, seeking out any living thing anywhere at anytime to
kill.

The thing
turned into a nightmare killer that had attacked and killed just
about anything that it had encountered.

It seemed to
most people that it had only one motive and that was to kill
everybody aboard.

The GX1
had been prepared to leave at one stage, and
hurtle
away from the deadly place
into
the
surrounding
abyss
,
when they had decided against it, and had
announced to everyone aboard that they would leave when the alien
monster, of an unknown identity, was killed or captured, and no
longer loose and attacking passengers everywhere, and they warned
people more and more that they had to remain in public areas, and
have the weapons they had been given ready to use, and to avoid
looking for confrontations with it, as it was still avoiding
populated regions.

The thing had
turned to killing and maiming everyone that it came across that was
not attached to groups of people, without reported cause or
provocation, and it was believed that it had been avoiding being
killed by avoiding groups.

Many people
were starting to believe their worse nightmare might be close at
hand, and the total annihilation of everyone aboard would occur,
and many stories appeared, even connected to many weird
superstitions and religious convictions.

All the
vehicles and
astronauts
were banned from leaving the
ship, and people were not even allowed in the region outside the
spacecraft inside the energy shield,
and everyone everywhere was put on alert, ready
for action, for attacks from outside the spacecraft, surrounding
space, as well as the interior attacks, as they
expeditiously rushed to
try to confirm what they were up against, with
them checking everything.

It had avoided
their every attempt at being captured, and had clearly gone to
great lengths, after the occurrence in the bar and the events that
had taken place after it.

When the
military arrived at the region of the library, prepared for battle,
investigating everything and sending back detailed accounts and
recordings of what they found, they still did not realize what they
were up against, and began an investigation.

Chapter 15

The
Investigation

After the
military had finished their surveillances and proven that the alien
had left the region, the space police began their investigation of
the deaths in the library, which they wanted a full investigation
of to find anything that they could give them, since they were
fully experienced with detection systems, and had the newest
equipment and detection methods that had been used on alien
civilizations.

More than a
hundred of the space police from all over the spacecraft crammed
into the region below the library where the alien had come through
the roof, and examined everything, and mainly for anything it had
left behind.

Kruger entered
with Major Ripley, looking about him, and the damage that it had
done, and the trails of blood, and the body of a librarian on a
robotic stretcher, being removed from there. He recognized her as
it approached him, and he saw she had died fast, and had not even
had time to react to the horror of the situation.

It was an
absolute savage now, and had used untainted force to kill, and he
wondered why. Why had it turned to such savagery?

He also saw
people sitting in seats further in the library, being comforted,
who had missed the attack by being further in the library, and
perhaps beyond its hearing.

At one area
where there was a body, clearly hidden like an animal hides its
food, he saw some computer book cards were further out from their
drawers, and was sure that that it had either moved them by bumping
into it or by examining them, and he was sure that it was latter,
as they looked like they had been individually pulled out, as there
would be far more signs indicating something had hit the bookshelf,
and he walked over and examined them.

The cards held
large amounts of details about investigations of paranormal, weird
creatures, demons, the occult, mythology ...

Major Ripley
walked over, and examined them, looking more interested than he had
ever seen him. He seemed to like things occurring.

“
It is
hard for me to believe that Dan was behind this!” he stated. “Even
though I originally thought he was something strange, when he
arrived out there! It gives me the creeps thinking of that
now!”

“
You
right!” Kruger muttered, mainly to himself. “It’s a horribly
thought thinking what it could have done!”

“
Well,
what do you think he was up to here? He seems to have done crazy,
and savage ...”

“
It
killed them brutally, and then dragged them into hidden
areas.”

“
Perhaps
scared that he would be caught in the act, with all the bodies
around him, and so hideously killed, and that he might be killed
for it.”

“
Which
indicates that it can be killed, and was in danger of being
killed.”

Kruger
considered if it was true, and if it was just the alien being up
against something that it had not seen before.

If it
descended at this void, then it would not know of the outer
universe, and would never have seen anything like them, their
technology, capacity, and would not be sure what it was up
against.

“
Which
is clear!” Major Ripley replied. “I wondered what he was up to
here?”

“
It may
have taken a look at this occult stuff!”

“
What
would that be for? Unless he turned into a psycho, and was affected
by it!”

“
No! It
was fighting for its life, and to escape ...”

“
You’re
probably right.”

“
It took
the form of Dan, which makes it capable of altering itself to human
form ... And could be capable of far more!”

“
Great!
Meaning it could copy anyone aboard – and get rid of the original
person – and the next time miss out all its mistakes. And it could
even copy the president, if it got good enough!”

“
Or even
an animal, if it wanted to go into hiding ... It’s in great danger,
and it may not have full control of itself! Look at the mess it
made! Which could be due to the state it is in at the
moment?”

“
Such as
someone’s pet cat!”

“
It may
want to hide out until it can get out of here.”

“
It may
be able multiply itself on one of our worlds!”

“
Yes!
They will have to destroy the thing! Perhaps they can find a way of
detecting it. Or we could come up with some way of recognizing
it.”

“
Good
one, Kruger. There has to be a difference in it
somewhere.”

Chapter 16

The Paranormal
Scientists

There was
something not right about the alien that Kruger could not grasp,
and he again went back to the library, and wondered why it had been
interested in the occult books.

He had an
interest in investigating paranormal activity, as well as aliens,
and though he had never properly proven the existence of anything
of that nature he still investigated everything of that nature.
Could this thing be from beyond this realm of space, and some form
supernatural being?

On the ship he
knew all the scientists, and knew two who had the field of
investigating the paranormal, and who were there to investigate
anything in that region for a paranormal association, and he had
known them for years, and had accompanied them on a few of their
investigations.

They were very
accurate in their investigations, and checked everything, searching
for the proof they had always dreamed of coming across, and never
took anything for without reflection, and had built up the most
advanced research paranormal establishment that there was,
containing the most highly advanced equipment that there was
available, which they had aboard.

They were
there to investigate what other scientists could not, and do it to
a far greater degree than before.

He sometimes
wondered if they would eventually find something that had gone
undetected by everyone else, with their detection methods and
equipment, which he had not heard of being available anywhere
else.

At their
research laboratory, he entered staggered, as they had advanced far
further than he had even imagined, and the place was packed solid
with ever form of equipment possible.

They had to be
at the pinnacle of their profession!

It was
sometimes like an experiment to them to see what would happen if
they pushed beyond the boundaries of natural science, and out it to
the supernatural.

The paranormal
research equipment was everywhere all over it, and the two
scientists and all their assistants were speedily monitoring
everything, which confused Kruger when his normal scientist
opinions surfaced, and he wondered what there was to monitor
there.

The dark sky
through a porthole in the spacecraft showed it was located at the
edge of the spacecraft, and showed the abyss of billions of light
years of blackness.

This region of
the spacecraft now looked silent and lifeless place to him. The
area was virtually an empty zone, which they liked for their
work.

Many regions
aboard were empty though. The immense miles of corridors were by
far greater room than was needed, and it was there either for
looks, and showing the immense power of the craft, and the GSO, or
it was needed in the future for some unknown mission.

“
How are
you, Kruger!” Mitchel, the older of the two scientists, asked,
dragging himself away from his work, after suddenly realizing
something, and that Kruger’s visit was more, and it was far more
than what they were doing.

“
Great!
Seen the media?”

“
Everyone has! And you! You’re famous!”

Bryan, the
second of the two scientists, marched over after seeing them talk,
and patted him on the back.

Kruger
recalled again why they liked him so much, and it was more him
being a leading scientist on aliens than anything.

Kruger
examined their assistants and equipment carefully, placed evenly
apart. He estimated the temperature there and outside, and wondered
if it was colder at the edge of the craft.

“
What is
this stuff for?” he asked them, for something to say, and to see if
he could find out something about their work, unless they wished to
conceal it.