"And who are you?" I jolt at the unknown voice coming from behind me. "Whoa, sorry; didn't mean to scare you like that." It's a boy; maybe a few years older than me.
His tone doesn't sound threatening, so I relax my posture. "Ah no, don't worry; you just surprised me a little," I laugh awkwardly.
"Oh, good. So what's your name again?"
"Um, I don't know-"
"You don't know your name?" he cuts in.
"I- yeah, nobody ever gave me one." I feel quite embarrassed by this.
"Okay, but people have to call you something, right?"
Nope, as far as I remember, I've always been nameless. "Well, I haven't been here for long, so nobody calls me anything yet," I don't feel like telling him the whole story.
"Huh, that at least explains why I didn't recognize you earlier; you're a new recruit."
"Yeah, they brought me in on Monday, so I've been here for barely 4 days."
It hasn't been the most pleasant experience so far; I'm alone most of the time, with the majority of superiors not being too fond of me.
"And how do you like it?"
"Um, it's okay I guess," I lie, and he saw it.
"Is it? You don't seem too convincing," he proceeds to tease me.
"Ah, fine, it's pretty awful, but definitely better than what it was outside," I trail off at the end; a sad look in my eyes.
"Oh right, sorry. Um- we still need to make you a name though."
"I'm not a very creative person-"
"But I am." This guy definitely has some ego. "What's your soldier ID?"
"Uhh, A-007." A series of letters that's gonna haunt me for a long time; I suspect.
"Oh, you're in 'A' division; nice. I'm also there." That's strangely relieving for some reason. "Anyway, from now on, I'll call you Seven."
Seven? I mean, I don't have any objections; it sounds a lot better than anything I could come up with. "Oh, that sounds cool."
"Yup, so nice to meet you Seven. I'm Uriah, or Uri for friends," he extends his hand forward for a shake, but when I try to reach it, I can't seem to be able to. It's like the reality has shifted-
"Seven!" I snap my eyes open, and see that gold haired creature hovering over me.
"Wha- I'm awake!"
"Yeah, you are now-" they look at me at me annoyed, "-but you have no idea how long it took you."
"Well, if you had jump cope, I would never have to pass out in the first place-"
"Oh I'm gonna shove that jump shit up your- never mind," they glance away from me.
I straighten up my posture - to look at least a bit more professional - and proceed to gather more information about our trip; "where did the jump take us?"
"Eh," they seem a little afraid of giving me an answer to that, "have a look for yourself."
They open the map on the screen in front of us, and then swiftly look away. I understand why, as what I see makes me anything but calm. "Asher, where the fuck are we?" I ask, trying to sound calm.
"Uh well, somewhere in sector D-"
"Indeed; literally in the middle of nowhere!" I exhale in disbelief. "What kind of coordinates have you entered for it to spew us out at the most remote location possible?!"
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Seven
Science FictionSeven - a state of the art space soldier - wakes up in an unfamiliar place; clueless on how he got there. Soon, he meets his mysterious abductor, and together, they set off on an adventure of their lives. What has only started as Seven's attempt to...