The eternal dream

Darkness. Everything she can really feel is darkness. A black huge space wrapping her body like an amoebic entity of great size that is trying to eat her extending his enlarged body. A cold and shadowy place from no one else can escape. She can neither.

Abruptly, a strange tremor shakes the woman from her head to her feet. As if she was suffering a heart attack, all her body begins to move on erratic waves. The legs move up and down. The eyes half open, showing the iris in a clear white colour. The abdomen raises, cambering her back. But this convoluted spectacle is coming to is pointy end.

She finally begins to regain her consciousness. At the same time, her body stops the erratic movements, calming down. The woman breathes air, needing desperately oxygen to enhance her organism. She leaves a little whisper from her mouth.

After everything is quite, Elizabeth opens her eyes. It's time to wake up.

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A blinking light blinds Elizabeth's vision. She turns her eyes in a disgusting expression at the same time she's able to perceive a distorted silhouette. At first, she's afraid to see this strange figure, forcing her body to retract into a defensive position but, as the light lets to incide in her eyesight, she discovers that the dangerous shadow is only doctor James Webb, a biologist supervising her recovery.

The man stares at her, observing her moves and reactions. An unexpected brightness emanates from his brown eyes, reflected by the lenses from his glasses, making him a more eminent person. A quality he deserves.

"A good sleep, Ms Burton?", asks the man.

Elizabeth nods her head from side to side. She feels a little bit tired.

"Yes", answers clearly.

"Any problem in your body that do you want to notify?", continues Webb with no interruption.

Elizabeth simply moves her head in clear sign of negation.

"Headaches?, continues the scientist as if he haven't got the intention of stop. "Stomach ache? Back strain?"

The woman is exhausted of this interrogation.

"I'm OK!", says in a fit of rage.

James steps back, shocked at the unexpected reaction of Elizabeth. He must be careful of the woman, as her temperamental personality is like a volcano in the limit of erupting.

"Sorry", tells in a polite tone, "I was only worried about your state".

Elizabeth smiles. She knows how the things are in the moment she became involved in the GE: Galactica Programme for Hibernation in Suspended Animation are. This project was founded in the beginning of space exploration that began in the year 2025, with the arrival of the first humans on Mars. After this, four new expeditions were made to planets like Venus, Jupiter or Mercury. In 2045, the first colony was successfully established in the surface of Mars, with a regular population of 501 people. Several other colonies were founded in the red planet and many others in different worlds from the solar system. Despite these incredible advances, the relationship between this colonies and planet Earth was difficult due to the long distances that separates both worlds. The ships sent were automatized, controlled by computers and transporting resources and material for the maintenance of the colonies. But the problems to send people forced the most important agencies, including General Electrics, to develop new technologies and begin new investigations in the light of helping in the space travel and the colonization of new worlds.