the passageway connects into the rear of the lifeboat. it is an extremely simple, stripped-down vehicle; even the metal struts and beams-are exposed. a single hypersleep freezer takes up a fair amount of floor space. it is an escape-craft, nothing more.
his point-of-view as he quickly scans the lifeboat, reveals that it is
he comes in on the run, hurls the catbox and bag toward the front, and does a dive over the back of the control chair. he is no sooner in the seat than he hits the "launch" button.
roby is frantically strapping himself in, as the lifeboat accelerates away from the mother ship.
roby finishes strapping himself in, then he reaches and grabs the catbox. the cat is yowling. roby hugs the box to his chest and hunches his head down over it.
the shockwave hits the escape craft, jolting it and rattling everything inside. then all is quiet.
roby's expression is mournful as he watches the final obliteration of his ship and friends.
the creature waddles over to where the pressurized catbox sits. it bends down and peers inside. the cat yowls louder.
the creature picks the catbox up in its tentacles and shakes it to see if there is anything inside. the cat moans.
the creature throws the catbox down. it clangs, and bounces. the thing picks it up again and hammers it against the wall. then it jams it into a crevice in the wall.
the creature turns. it faces the locker, peers at him.
the creature rises, but just in time to catch the steel shaft right
looking for any salvation, roby grabs the hatch control lever and yanks it.
where the tentacle is caught in the hatch, it is wounded, and is starting to foam with acid, eating away at the metal.
roby hurries to the rear hatch and looks out after the thing.