The Horrors Below

Chapter 22: Overwhelming Fear

     Sammy continued down the hallway, "Stitch,"
     "Yes?"
     "What do I  need to repair the rover?"
     "There are 4 redundant regulators, all of which are solely responsible for making sure that the computer get's proper energy, unfortunately though, all of them are fried, along with the computer."
     "And the implications of this are?"
     Stitcher hesitated, "Um, I think that you...You may need to...Come to terms with something, something unsavory..."
     Sammy stopped walking, "What do you mean?"
     It seemed like minutes until Stitcher rallied the courage to speak, "You may have to accept that...You may very well die here," her voice was choked with something that was reminiscent of emotion or pain...

     Sammy wiped a tear from her cheek, she had been curled up in the rover for an hour, crying, "All because I was careless‽ My life...So fragile..."
     Finally, Stitcher spoke, "You need to get up and try! You can't give up now, okay! I know it's difficult to look death in the eye, but you need to be brave! if you stop now, you die, but you do have a chance!"
     Sammy sat up and cupped her face in her hands, "I...I know, but I need to get a handle on myself first, okay‽"
     "I agree, if you take a brave stride like I advise you to, you must deal with your emotions first."
     Sammy opened her eyes and looked up to the stars, the ones which she had looked to when she was faced with something she could scarcely handle, and reached out into the dark, black, bowels of her memory to remember something that, up until now, she had just wanted to forget.