Blaring lights, that's all I remember. I ran through the bay escape pod bay, one left. Me and another person faught, "I have a family." I begged him. "I-I have a wife, Signe. And a daugher, please her birthday is coming up and I've only seen her as a baby." I cried as the man paused for a while. "We're here to escape something." The man said as he let go of my bag of food supply. "I'm running from myself. So theres no point." He turned around and walked back into the ship, I was still against the wall. My knees weak and my mind processing what happened. "Ship detonation in T-minus. Ten, Nine." I flug myself into the pod, but the doors didn't close automatically. "Five, Four, Three..." I slammed my hand on the red button to dispatch, and the doors slid together and my feet slowly lifted off the metal floor. Suddenly a bright light flooded my small pod and I was lurched back, hit my head and blacked out.
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Septiishu - Elpha14
Ficção CientíficaSean is an astronaut, on a wrecked escape pod. He tackles the emotional challenges of being alone and near death.
