From Outer Space

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

''What the hell is going on here?'' Roy yells out as soon as he enters the communication room and hears all kinds of alarm bells ringing loudly.

''Losing pressure on Brody Caveneigh's suit, sir.'' Somebody calls out.

''Oxygen levels quickly dropping, sir!'' Another person shouts.

''Camila Cabello is alone in the space ship, sir, and Brody is unconscious.'' Rory says to his boss when he arrives at his desk.

''What the hell happened?'' Roy says loudly, grabbing one of the headsets to be able to communicate with Camila, while following her movements through the webcams on the big screen.

''Brody got stuck Roy, I have to go get him!'' Camila says loudly, opening the door to the space with the hatch and reaching for her suit.

''The hell you're going out there Camila. Stay where you are!'' Roy commands, and Camila turns to look at one of the camera's.

''Are you fucking kidding me Roy?'' she says loudly.

''Camila, there's a chance the hatch won't open anymore if there's nobody inside the station to open it manually. If there's even the slightest fault in the system right now that won't make it open automatically, you will both be stuck out there.'' Roy says quickly, his mind running wild with possible solutions, but so far, none of them seem good enough.

''Roy if I don't go out there now, Brody might die.'' Camila says clearly.

Roy takes a deep breath and nods, his eyes switching frantically between the camera that shows Camila, and the one that show's Brody's motionless body. Then Camila's attention turns from the camera towards the meters at the side, which show the oxygen level quickly dropping.

''Fuck.'' She mutters, moving herself around so that she's able to slide herself in the lower part of her space suit.

''Camila..'' Roy trails off sternly, but Camila shakes her head.

''Roy, listen. Brody is out there, knocked-out, with is foot stuck between bars that might break his leg if I don't so something. There's oxygen still streaming out of the filters. If I don't go out, Brody will at least break his leg or die because his suit is losing pressure to keep him alive. And I will die eventually if I don't fix the oxygen leak, right now.'' She says, checking her ear piece and pulling the top part of her suit on.

She fastens the belts around her body, presses various buttons to detox the suit and let her helmet fill with oxygen, while throwing one last glance at the meters, which are still dropping quickly.

''Camila, if you go out there on your own, you might both die. And there will be nobody that can save you anymore!'' Roy yells, and Camila turns her attention back to the camera for a moment, before pulling herself towards the hatch.

''I can't leave him there. I have to get him inside and fix the leak. You want him to die out there Roy?'' she yells out, and she can hear the frustration in Roy's sigh.

''Of course not Camila. But if I have to choose... I'd rather have one dead astronaut instead of two!'' he calls out, making the people around him stop their work for a short moment to look at him, before the various alarm bells pull their attention back to their work.

''Right. And I'm going to make sure nobody dies tonight.'' She answers stubbornly. Sure, her and Brody had a rocky past, and they might be on slightly better terms now that they've talked everything out, but she still can't leave him there on his own.