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outside into the blizzard. Leah ran after him. “What are you doing now?”
“Stay inside!”
“I’m sick of staying inside. Let me help you!”
“Do it!”
The wind and snow whipped fiercely at his exposed face. Josh was sure whatever he ran into back there would follow his trail eventually, if it was alive. He doubled back over his tracks to the tree line and set up his charges and flares. His gloves made him clumsy so he tore them off and worked nimbly with his fingers, planting four charges at different intervals.
Just then he thought he heard a voice or a noise carrying on the wind and peered against the stinging snow and into the shadowy forest. It was dark with only traces of waning sunlight that created shifting phantoms amongst the dropping snow that played with his eyes, but he wasn’t so sure they were mere illusions.
He grabbed the gloves and ran back to the shuttle. Totally and utterly exhausted, Josh collapsed to the ground once he closed the door behind him. As he put aside his rifle, Leah stared at him from across the way with her arms folded. “What was that all about?”
Josh eyeballed the interior of the shuttle. It was covered evenly with thermal wrap.
“You’re welcome,” Leah snarled. She wore sweatpants along with a blue short sleeve shirt she had procured from supply . Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail and she eyed him suspiciously. The incandescent light from the various emergency lanterns she had set up in the shuttle created sharp contrasts of white and black shadows on her.
He pointed weakly, “Get black tape from supply and cover that opening on the windows. We can’t have any light shining out of here.”
“First of all, you need to stop ordering me around. I’m not your slave. Second ...”
“Secon d is where you go do what I say. ”
Leah stomped into the supply room, grabbed the roll of black tape, and threw it at him. “You do it!”
Josh picked it up and bumped past Leah as he went to apply it to the small, exposed section of the shuttle window that hadn’t been completely buried under the earth when they landed. As he walked back, he stood inches away from her face and had the tape pulled tight between both hands as if he were going to apply it to her mouth.
His eyes were dilated, and Leah found herself staring at a wild, unpredictable animal. He could do whatever he wanted to her. There wasn’t anything she could do about it, and the sudden thought of being trapped here with Josh sent a cold shudder through her body. She couldn’t help but hold his stare and was certain he saw the fear in her eyes.
Josh relaxed his grip on the wrap and calmly walked away as if nothing happened. Leah breathed again, her eyes brimming with tears as she gripped her book.
He was standing next to her again, catching her off guard and she startled, her body sliding away from his. Josh held out a machine guns towards her “Here.”
She looked at him with continued recalcitrance. “I don’t want that!”
A distant, rumbling explosion blasted through the blustery storm outside. The metal handles on the lanterns rattled.
"What was that?"
"Just take the gun!” Josh ordered.
“No! You need to tell me what the hell is going on, right now!”
Josh ran to the compression door and pushed it open just enough to peer out to where the explosion took place. Small fires licked around the base of the trees and black smoke drifted against the slanting snow.
The magnesium flare floated high in the sky, illuminating the trees and the snow below in a brilliant white light. A dark figure appeared as it ran through the snow towards the shuttle. He shut the door and turned to Leah. "It’s coming. All you do is point and shoot. You can’t miss, got it?"
"I'm not shooting anything," she said, crossing her arms.
Josh had
“Stay inside!”
“I’m sick of staying inside. Let me help you!”
“Do it!”
The wind and snow whipped fiercely at his exposed face. Josh was sure whatever he ran into back there would follow his trail eventually, if it was alive. He doubled back over his tracks to the tree line and set up his charges and flares. His gloves made him clumsy so he tore them off and worked nimbly with his fingers, planting four charges at different intervals.
Just then he thought he heard a voice or a noise carrying on the wind and peered against the stinging snow and into the shadowy forest. It was dark with only traces of waning sunlight that created shifting phantoms amongst the dropping snow that played with his eyes, but he wasn’t so sure they were mere illusions.
He grabbed the gloves and ran back to the shuttle. Totally and utterly exhausted, Josh collapsed to the ground once he closed the door behind him. As he put aside his rifle, Leah stared at him from across the way with her arms folded. “What was that all about?”
Josh eyeballed the interior of the shuttle. It was covered evenly with thermal wrap.
“You’re welcome,” Leah snarled. She wore sweatpants along with a blue short sleeve shirt she had procured from supply . Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail and she eyed him suspiciously. The incandescent light from the various emergency lanterns she had set up in the shuttle created sharp contrasts of white and black shadows on her.
He pointed weakly, “Get black tape from supply and cover that opening on the windows. We can’t have any light shining out of here.”
“First of all, you need to stop ordering me around. I’m not your slave. Second ...”
“Secon d is where you go do what I say. ”
Leah stomped into the supply room, grabbed the roll of black tape, and threw it at him. “You do it!”
Josh picked it up and bumped past Leah as he went to apply it to the small, exposed section of the shuttle window that hadn’t been completely buried under the earth when they landed. As he walked back, he stood inches away from her face and had the tape pulled tight between both hands as if he were going to apply it to her mouth.
His eyes were dilated, and Leah found herself staring at a wild, unpredictable animal. He could do whatever he wanted to her. There wasn’t anything she could do about it, and the sudden thought of being trapped here with Josh sent a cold shudder through her body. She couldn’t help but hold his stare and was certain he saw the fear in her eyes.
Josh relaxed his grip on the wrap and calmly walked away as if nothing happened. Leah breathed again, her eyes brimming with tears as she gripped her book.
He was standing next to her again, catching her off guard and she startled, her body sliding away from his. Josh held out a machine guns towards her “Here.”
She looked at him with continued recalcitrance. “I don’t want that!”
A distant, rumbling explosion blasted through the blustery storm outside. The metal handles on the lanterns rattled.
"What was that?"
"Just take the gun!” Josh ordered.
“No! You need to tell me what the hell is going on, right now!”
Josh ran to the compression door and pushed it open just enough to peer out to where the explosion took place. Small fires licked around the base of the trees and black smoke drifted against the slanting snow.
The magnesium flare floated high in the sky, illuminating the trees and the snow below in a brilliant white light. A dark figure appeared as it ran through the snow towards the shuttle. He shut the door and turned to Leah. "It’s coming. All you do is point and shoot. You can’t miss, got it?"
"I'm not shooting anything," she said, crossing her arms.
Josh had
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