Chapter 21. Looking Close

It was the female Alien fleet member. Jimmy pounced on her and held her against the floor. A horrifying scream escaped her lips, followed by a sob. “Don’t kill me,” she pleaded for her life.

“Who killed the Nostromo!” Jimmy yelled.

“I don’t know,” she gasped. “I just found three corpses of my kind at the cryo bays,” she managed to say between sobs.

“Jimmy, let her go. You are hurting her,” Becky spoke up, advocating for the injured fleet member.

Jimmy sneered, releasing his grip on her. “They came at us,” he said. “We needed to defend ourselves.” He dragged himself to his feet and moved away from her.

After a fit of coughing, she cast a burning gaze on Jimmy, “So you killed them and also the Nostromo, too?”

“No!” Becky cut in. “We just found the Nostromo like this. We didn’t kill him, and we didn’t know who opened the chambers…” Becky paused as she walked up to her. She stretched her hand toward her to help her up.

The fleet member emitted a