Hellison and Her Marine Team Hellison burned out the engines of the transports flying back to base. With all but 1 of her marines dead and 12 civilians gone, she decided to call for a early pick up. The closest ship was 5 weeks away at best speed. Until the ship arrived, Hellison ordered everyone to stay inside the base and wait for rescue. She had one of the transports repaired and began to fly search and rescue missions over the island hoping to find other survivors. She continued this routine for 3 weeks with no sign of any of her team members or the creatures. She was flying on her 9th pass with Dr. Platt when they got a broken message from the base. The message was very garbled and hard to make out. Hellison turned the transport for home and flew a full speed trying to reestablish contact. They were 10kms out when they saw a smoke cloud over where the base is. As the approached, they noticed that all the lights were dark and the 2nd transport was a burning wreck. Hellison circled the base several times but saw no sign of anything unusual outside of the burning transport and the lights. The women landed and Hellison grabbed her rifle and gave Platt a sidearm and then they disembarked the transport. The women headed into the base and strait to the communications room. When they arrived, the found a man sitting at the table with his head laying on it with his arms dangling at his sides. As Hellison lowered the light on her rifle toward the floor, she could see a small pool of blood under his chair. Platt moved up to the body and gently tried to lift him up to see who it was when his head dropped off and landed on floor rolling under the table. Both women jumped as the head fell off and rolled away. Platt reached for it and saw it was Dr. Morfied, the base atmospheric expert. Hellison checked the radio and saw that the back of it was ripped out and the circuits crushed on the floor. The women left the room and continued the search. The next room they entered was the marine barracks. The door had been ripped off the hinges and pushed in. They entered and found 2 bodies laying on the floor with their throats ripped open and their was only small amounts blood on the floor. …but everything was about to change
