Getting My Thoughts Out

4 AM Story

     The ticking of the clock roared in Kaitlin's ears along with white noise. Her small office illuminated by a soft red glow which brought an eerie aura upon the room. Only minutes ago the controls on her monitor went haywire and a scuttling noise could be heard before the power went out.

     The soft glow only assured the brunette that she indeed was not going to die lost in the continuum of space. Panic had quickly rose in her chest and left her immoble. Every imaginable thought of what could have happened to the ship ran through her head only broken by a soft knock on her door.

     "Kaitlin? Are you in there?" The muffled voice of her colleague called out. Finally freed from the trance she hastily replied. "Yeah one second," she opened the door to reveal a short man with dyed beach blonde hair. "Yoongi? Do you know what happened? I was just thinking that maybe it was just a connection problem but it also might be some asteroids but I'm not really sure it might also be-" she quickly stopped talking when she noticed the annoyed expression on the man's face which she got often from him. "Sorry, anyways why are you here?"

     Yoongi simply nodded his head toward the control room and walked to the door leaving Kaitlin to scurry over. Millions of questions ran through her head but were wisely left unsaid due to past mistakes.

     The control room was already ocuppied by the three other crew members when the two arrived. Immediately, Kaitlin took the place next to a dark skinned woman who had slanted eyes and hair worn in a sleek ponytail. The latter sent her a simple smile which left her heart beating a mile a minute.

     Yoongi rolled his eyes and confronted the dark skinned beauty. "So, LeAnne, got any news about the situation?" His Korean accent slipped in, revealing his nervousness over his calm exterior.

     From the back Ubdula, a lanky man with tan skin and dark, almond shaped eyes, responded to the question, "At the moment, we only know that there is an unknown, external creature in the ship. We tried to track it but that only left us in this situation."

     "Lemme see the panel," he pushed through the crew, "no one's going out if there's something that can cut our electricty on board." While Yoongi was checking on the panel the other four discussed amongst themselves.