I watched our previous home turn into nothing more than a dot. We were moving fast since we didn't want them to find us, but I doubt they had cared that much. I had never flown in a Wraith before, and I was surprised by its comfort. The seats were even leather. I had also assumed that the ride in such a small vessel would be rather rough, but that was not the case. I could barely even tell we were moving.

The escape from the ship was very intense, and at sometimes… almost fun. But still… I was very relieved that it was all over with. Sergeant Harrow and I weren't talking much, probably because we had too much on our minds. Perhaps sitting in this little ship, staring at the stars was boring… but I really needed boring. I started to wonder how much longer we would be flying. I was rather hungry, and very thirsty… not to mention I really had to take a piss.

"Turns out there actually is a planet named Arnada, and it's nearby. The terrain is similar to that of Earth's, and the air is good ol' natural oxygen. I think there is Terran life form there as well," it was like Sergeant Harrow had read my mind.

"Arnada… isn't that the place that Razavar said we would go?"

"Yup."

"Hmmm… I was thinking he had just made it up."

"But what if we had decided to check for a planet named Arnada… we would have known he was lying, and obviously wouldn't have let them in the ship. I have no doubt in my mind that Razavar is very smart…. He's just such a fucking asshole!"

"That's Zerg for ya," I replied.

"Yeah."

"How long before we reach Arnada?"

"It should be about a half an hour."

Two hours later, we arrived at out destination.

"Sit tight, Kin… we're about to fly through the planet's atmosphere… it can be a rough ride…"

Sure enough, it was. I dug my hands in the seat's arms, and held my body down. My teeth were clenched; my eyes were closed. The shaking was very harsh. No matter how hard I tried to sit still, I kept on banging backing back and forth on the walls. My head even whacked the roof a couple of times. Finally the ship stopped shaking, but the next feeling wasn't so nice either.

My ass was no longer touching the seat, and the seatbelt was the only thing keeping me from sticking to the roof. I didn't need to be told what was going on, but I still asked.
"Sergeant… what's going on…?"

"Don't worry… everything will be ok… but I need you to do one thing for me."

"Yeah… what's that?"

"Do you see that big red button to your left?"

"Uh huh," I said with uncertainty.

"Press it," he ordered

"What does it do?"

"It's the ejection button."

I sat motionless for a couple of seconds… but only for a couple of seconds. After what had just happened to us, this seemed like nothing. I pounded the button hard, and the window of the ship detached. Five seconds after that, our seats were sent hurtling upwards. My heart skipped a beat, and I couldn't breath for about ten seconds. I closed my eyes for the whole process, which seem to last forever, but was really only about thirty seconds. The parachutes came out automatically, and our decent really slowed down. Finally I was at peace again… even if I was a few hundred thousand feet up in the sky.

* * *

I looked behind me and saw Sergeant Harrow only about thirty feet away. I was relieved that he made it as well.

"You ok!?" he yelled over to me.

"I guess so! Are you!?"

"I'm fine! Sorry about that, that usually doesn't happen!"

"It's ok!" I responded, even though it was far from ok, "at least we're alive!"

"Yeah! This'll make on hell of a story to tell to our future children, eh?!" he grinned.

"Sure will!" I smiled back at him.

It took about an hour before we touched ground, but I didn't mind. The view up there was like nothing I had ever seen before. When we touched ground we realized how hot it was.

"Man it's hot out here!" I commented.

"Kin… you don't have to yell anymore… and yes it is hot out here."

"Haven't had summer for four years now… it's almost kind of nice."

"As long as we can find some water."

The terrain was mostly sandy, with the occasional patch of grass. There were few trees in the area, and most of them looked pretty dead. Up ahead of us, about two hundred feet, he spotted a small lake. We looked at each other with excitement, then ran our asses off towards it.

The lake was crystal clear, and drinking that water was as good as sex. Some of the trees had fruit on them as well, which we took pleasure in eating. Once we were refreshed, we agreed that we couldn't stay here too long. We set out in one random direction, in search for civilization.

* * *

After not too much walking, we ran into our crashed Wraith. Pieces were scattered for hundreds of yards in every direction. There was a deep crater where it had landed, and the huge chunk of Wraith found in there was still burning. We looked at each other, wide-eyed.

"I'm sure glad we ejected," I commented.

"Yeah…. Why do you think Razavar chose us to live?" that comment had kind of come out of nowhere.

"I'm not sure," I responded, paying more attention to the remains of the Wraith than to him.

Sergeant Harrow stepped up close to me.
"Have you ever read minds, Kin? Perhaps it wasn't intentional… maybe you were just looking at someone, and you knew what they were thinking."

That was quite an awkward thing to ask, and it made me wonder where Sergeant Harrow was going with it. But the more that I thought about the question… I realized that he had a point. There had been lots of times where I had felt like I had read someone's mind. These occurrences had become more often as of late. I looked at him with a "what do you mean" kind of look.

"I'll take that as a yes," he continued, "Why do you think we let you become a ghost, Kin…? You never had lifetime training like the rest of the ghosts. It was your telepathy, Kin. We've always known about it, and apparently… so have the Zerg. That's why they let you live."

"Well what about you, Sergeant Harrow? Why did they let you-…" My telepathy was kicking in, and I knew the answer to that question before I even finished asking it. The answer gave me goose bumps, and sent a chill down my spine…. Sergeant Harrow was working for the Zerg, and was here to capture me and bring me back to Razavar.

"You son of a bitch!" I spat in his face, and then he quickly clasped a pair of handcuffs on me. He got a tight grip around my neck so I couldn't run away.

"Do you know how many people have telepathy, Kin? Roughly one in every billion people! Telepathy is very handy, and the Zerg can make great use of it. They're going to infest you, and then you'll be just like Razavar!"

"You fucker!"

"Call me what you will, I don't care. When the Zerg find someone with telepathy, they make sure to snatch him or her, and infest them. Don't look at this as a bad thing Kin, it's a good thing. You'll become a great Zerg leader! Look at Razavar, he's an infested Terran with telepathy. Maybe… just maybe you'll be really famous! Take the ever so famous Kerrigan for example! She was an infested Terran, also with telepathy. You see what I mean! This is great thing! I think somebody just needs to be a little more optimistic."

"Why didn't you capture me earlier, or stop me from escaping the jail!" I was struggling from his grip, but he was stronger than me.

"Simple… it would have been too dangerous. You're too important to have die. We had hoped you would never escape from jail, but Razavar always has a backup plan. I was his backup plan. I couldn't capture you in the ship, what with all those weapons, and I sure couldn't capture you in the Wraith! I mean come on, Zerg may be dumb, but they could still catch a couple of Terrans running around a ship like idiots. They were ordered not to kill you. It was all part of a plan… a plan to capture you. A plan created four years ago, when your buddy Dale talked you into joining the military. Yes, believe it or not, Dale was in on this too."

"Well then what the hell are you going to do with me!"

"It's only about four miles to where our old ship landed. They've been here for quite a while. You don't really think a little Wraith could outrun our ship do you!?"

"I swear to God I'm going to kill you!"

"Yeah, yeah… whatever! Let's get moving!"

I had to do something! I couldn't let him take me to Razavar! I wouldn't be infested and turned into a disgusting Zerg!

I kicked my right leg back, and made direct contact with his crotch. He let out a holler, and loosened his grip around my neck. I took advantage of this, and squirmed out of his arms. I turned around, and saw him holding his crotch and moaning. Before he had time to regain his strength, I whacked him in the face with my wrists. I had to swing my arms to together because of the handcuffs. But the handcuffs did make the impact much more painful, and cause Sergeant Harrow to stumble to the side. He tripped over his own feet, and fell down. But he wasn't so lucky, as he fell directly into the crater that our Wraith had caused. I heard a quick scream, then nothing. I walked over to the crater and peered over the edge. A piece of the Wraith was sticking through his stomach, and if that wasn't enough, he was also set a flame.

I couldn't handle looking at him for too long, so I turned away and began walking. I made sure not to walk in the direction that we were originally going though, since it most likely led to Razavar and his Zergs. I started to cry, and the sky turned gray and began to rain.

* * *

I wasn't sure whether or not I was still crying. The rain was heavy and coming down in sheets. It completely drenched me, and I couldn't decipher between my tears… and the rain. Either way, I was damn upset.

It was hard to accept the fact that your life was nothing more than lies. Everyone I knew, everything I did…

Lies! Lies! LIES!!!

I was walking at a snail's pace now. I still had not come across any civilization. Eventually my legs grew too weak to go on, and I collapsed. I fought to get back up, but it was useless. I would have to give in. My body needed the rest, and there was no fighting it. I shut my eyes and fell asleep in seconds.

To Be Continued...