The Day I Didn't Die

(Chapter 18, Hye) Heven or hell on mars?

Hye's POV

I sit up in my bed and wait for them to leave. I walk around and try to find something to use to use to listen to whatever they're saying. I don't want to actually go to the garden, but I can't find anything. I run over to the computer and find something to use. I come across "Cameras" and open it up. The interface shows six camera angles, me, the kitchen, three airlocks, and the garden. I click on the garden and turn up the volume.
"I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE HAD A CHOICE EVEN IF I WAS AWAKE! WHATEVER THE H*** YOU WANTED TO SAY TO ME YOU CAN SAY TO NATHAN! HE'S THE COMMANDER!" Naomi screams. What are they talking about?
"BUT IF YOU SAVED US THEN THEN SEOK AND ISEUL WOULD STILL BE ALIVE!" Kwang screams back, "mueos-ideun, ttong eolgul" he mutters, that means "whatever, poop face" in English, walking to the computer. I try to see what he's typing but he covered the screen. I mute the feed and bring up emails. They're talking about the intercept...

WHY THE F*** DID YOU DO NOTHING! YOU KILLED SEOK AND ISEUL AND MIGHT HAVE KILLED ALL OF US TOO!-Hye

You should be resting, I'm actually a doctor you know, go back to bed, it's going to be okay.-Evans Nathan

DOCTOR?!?!?!?! MORE LIKE A WITCH DOCTOR!!!!!!!! WHY THE F*** DID YOU LET ISUEL AND SEOK DIE!!!!!!!!-Hye

I look over at the camera window and wait, my heart pumping at the speed of light. A while later they get a message from Nathan.

Go get Hye and tell her to shut up and go to bed-Evans Nathan

I close the windows and run to the bed.
     "What the h*** Hye?!" Naomi yells walking through the door. I slowly sit down on the bed and grab the blanket. I got caught...
     "He killed Iseul and Seok, I'm not taking his orders! He's just going to try to kill me too!" I cry hiding my face.
     "What do you mean?" Naomi asks slightly startled.
     "He didn't save us" I whimper.
     "He couldn't have known" she reassures unreassuringly. I sit on the bed and breathe heavily. I can start to feel my coma set in again. I lean against the bed as my head throbs. I place my hand on my forehead and wince.
     "Would you like some water? Do you think you could eat something solid too?" She asks getting up, I didn't even notice that she sat down next to me.
"Yeah" I mumble curling up into a ball. She gets up and walks to the kitchen area. She comes back holding a cup of water and a plate of savory pie. My mouth waters as I inhale the smell of homemade pie. I close my eyes and try to picture sitting on my bed at home, May making a veggie pie, but it doesn't work.
     "This really smells that good?" Naomi jokes dramatically sniffing the air. I just shrug and take the food. I gulp down all of my water and start eating the scrumptious pie.
     "Want a refill?" Naomi asks taking the cup.
"Yes please" I reply with my mouth full of food. She laughs a little then smiles more after a second.
     "The only thing better would be if we were on Earth" Naomi smiles going back over to the kitchen. I close my eyes and rest, this is probably second-best-case-scenario. I'm going to be okay...
     "Hye?" Naomi asks sitting next to me with the glass of water.
     "Yeah" I mumble, gently taking the water. It's perfectly clear, I haven't had such clean water since 2062, however long ago that was.
"What's the date?" I ask drinking my water.
     "2064, May 27th" she replies
     "Two and a third years..." I mumble. It's been that long?
     "So, how old are you?" She asks moving a strand of curly hair out of her face.
     "I'm... Um... E-eighteen" I mumble in disbelief, I knew it had been a long time, but not THAT long...
     "What happened?" She asks simply, "by the way, I'm thirty-seven." She continues
     "North Korea invaded..." I answer hoping that she won't ask anything else. She looks at me solemnly and scootches closer.
     "We're going to be okay, we have the smartest people on Earth trying everything they can to get us to safety, whether that's back on Earth or in Ares 1.2." She soothes softly. I nod and lay down. This is heaven on Mars. Or at least compared to what situation I was in a while ago. She puts the glass on the side of the bed and takes a deep breath. Starting to hum some notes.
     "Now, when the garden awaits the return of spring. Now when silence is deep and blue" she sings sweetly as I close my eyes. She continues singing as she carries me over to another bed that reminds me of a hospital.
     "I'm just scanning you again to make sure you didn't worsen your concussion." She whispers as I fall asleep, probably back to the dream I had for the last day or so, or maybe another memory.

February 23rd, 2056

I was sitting in the car driving to my my house with May when it happened. A huge wall of of North Korean soldiers were speeding towards us. I took a sharp U turn and accelerated as fast as my ancient car could manage, May tightly gripped the armrest in fear. We both knew how dangerous this could be. A bullet shattered the rear windshield so I swerved to the left. and drove behind an old barn. More bullets hit the car but none of them got to the front. I slammed the breaks as the car hurtled towards the barn. I braked just in time to not smash into the barn. We quickly got out and hid in the barn. It was quite simple, just a hay filled warehouse with some wooden debris. We took out a random haystack and hid in the opening created by that, then we moved it in front of the hideout. The chilly air sliced clean through the hay, making our breath visible. They searched the barn and we kept quiet, fearing the consequences of being found. It felt like hours until May said that we could leave, looking out of a small hole. We carefully crawled out of the crevice and started towards the car. It was immediately visible that the car was useless. I sighed and looked around. There was one room I missed, a chipped white door that led to a cellar room. I carefully opened it to find a rebel meeting place.
     "Hello?" I whispered queasily.
     "Yes?" A voice replied. It wasn't just anyone, he was the head of rebel operations. The same rebel group I was born into. I looked at May and she immediately understood that this was serious but also going to survive. That was just the start of the end.

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I'm really excited to post the next chapter but I can't because that I wouldn't have enough chapters to keep publishing at this rate. Also, I had FOUR tests today! I had English ctd's, a science quiz, a math test and a computer test!