Entering hell

You leave into the inky blackness, the wind blowing hard across your body; wailing at the interruption. White specks float across your vision. Yasmin follows you out.

"A-ozu billahi mena shaitaan Arrajeem" Yasmin says.

"What?" You ask.

"Oh, nothing, it's just crazy out here," she says.

You grab your plasma rifle, holding it tight. The creature you saw earlier might still be out here; you both push forward, each worried with trepidation. You pull along the ship, skirting the edge of the crater.

"You don't think we will see any more of those creatures right?" Yasmin asks.

"I don't know, it looked like it could be curious, but worst case scenario it was scouting us out," you tell her after you say it you realize she probably didn't ask wanting to know the real answer.

"The communication antenna should be up ahead," you say looking up at a small yet powerful dish.

"I'll go up, you watch out for anything," you tell her, "ready Haruka?"

"Uh, yeah, waiting for a signal," she says quickly.

You begin to climb up, pushing the layers of snow off the side. Your limbs start to ache; reaching the top, you take a second to take your breath.

"You OK?" you hear Yasmin ask.

"Yeah, just fine," you tell her panting.

You rub your hand across the hull, looking for the manual override; rubbing it off you find the yellow and black box built into the side of the ship. You stain to open it, the door is frozen shut. Taking your rifle, you fire into the air. Letting the warmth of the weapon melt the door.

"Aaron! Are you OK?" Yasmin asks.

"Yeah I'm just unfreezing something," you say, forcing the box open.

Inside is a single control, turning the handle the dish starts to shake. You continue to turn it; eventually, you hear the ice crack as the machine begins to slowly move.

"Anything yet?" you ask Haruka.

"No," she says.

"Wait, stop," Haruka says, "I got something."

"It's good, get back here," she says.

"We're in the middle of nowhere," you bemoan.

She moves next to you, looking out onto the same view you are.

"Wha-" she says, falling to the floor.

You calm yourself down, at least you all made it off the Arc; now you have to find a way back to everyone. They will probably come for you eventually, knowing these pods they release a strong distress signal. However worst comes to worst you will need to trek across the frozen landscape and up the mountains towards the day side, you don't even really know if there is anything on the other side.

"Well, how much supplies do we have?"