Journey to Andromeda

The volcano starts to rumble, stopping Sedah dead in his tracks. The shit eating grin which was not seen by the crew behind him is no longer on his face. Sedah is now scared to the point of tears. He starts to tremble, whimpering, 'No longer possible.' He then looks up to the sky, shouting in a deep, loud, exasperated voice that no longer trills, 'Damn, you!!'

Parker, Dutra and Stevens look at each other appearing flustered. The ground shakes. Then, Parker grabs Sedah's arm from behind saying, 'Just what the hell is going on here? And this time, save the riddles!'

Sedah turns around with tears still in his eyes. His face appearing more human than alien. A shocked Parker immediately releases him and stands back as Sedah's form starts to lose solidity. Dutra and Stevens stand back appearing startled. They draw their guns, aiming them at Sedah as his silvery-green color washes out to red. He then bellows at the humans in a deep, loud, ominous, human voice; in perfect english, angrily saying, 'You are indeed the most ignorant of all Creation, for even a dog can sense danger! You're all in Hell and don't even know it! My time has ended!'

Sedah points towards the volcano's location saying, 'Behold! The Lake of Fire emerges!' He then lets out a roar of nervous laughter, charging at Parker at the same time. Dutra and Stevens shoot Sedah repeatedly, but the energy bolts just seem to be absorbed by his body. Sedah grabs arker, roaring at -where within the alien city. It is consumed as Sedah, who is hit by some of the flying flames, catches on fire. He screams in agony with a deep, loud, beast-like roar as a flash of white light blinds everyone. A great wind kicks up sand all around them. When the disturbance settles down, Sedah along with all evidence of alien culture is gone. Even the volcano is gone. A mountain is in its place. The sky is dark except for a small, intense light in the distance. It is the only source of Light.

Parker urgently orders, 'Let's get outta here!'

Parker, Dutra and Stevens, baffled and frightened by what's happened, quickly get up and run for their ship, seen glimmering in the distance.

As they go, Parker whips out his portable transceiver in an attempt to contact the ship. After turning it on, he shuts it off almost immediately for the static is so thick, any attempt at communicating would be futile. With the frightened three still running for their lives, Parker reholsters the transceiver onto his equipment belt and concentrates all his energy to his legs.