Cold slime covered my body, it's constant shifting making my skin feel like melting wax. Light suddenly greeted me as the frosted windows on the door slid open. My cold, naked body climbed out of the tube and looked around the stasis bay.
The stasis pods were all situated in one room with four on either side with a row of benches sitting in front of them. On either side of the room four lockers stood with two on either side of the door.
I was the second person to awake, the other one being George. He glanced over at me before quickly turning his head. He had wet, straggly hair and was about to go in one of the showers. I grabbed a towel and followed suit.
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I quickly put on a jumpsuit before going up to the bridge. George was already there.
"Want something to eat?" He asked casually.
"Sure," I replied as I strapped myself in.
He threw a bar of food over at me. As I caught the slow moving object I noticed him looking at me. I raised my eyebrows at him.
"What?!"
"Why do you keep looking at me?" I asked him quietly.
He quickly turned around to keep working on his food. Out of the window there was a quick flash as some gas passed our ship.
Ryan came into the room, glanced at us both before electing to sit on my table with his food.
"Mornin' Miller," he nodded at George "George."
I turned to George. "How long until we arrive?"
He checked the computer. "'bout an hour."
He shrugged at me and walked out of the room.
Ryan walked up behind me. "What's your problem with him?" he asked me confidently.
I turned to him and pointed at him. "Mind yer' own fuckin' business," I told him before walking out.
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Afterglow
Science FictionAt the end of the universe all is not well. Food is scarce and there are very few habitable locations left in the known universe. The last remenants of humanity live aboard UTOPIA STATIONS, their last hope. When Lieutenant Miller is tasked to discov...
