"Wh..."
"He..."
"How..."
I tried to follow the faint sounds I was hearing. My brain was too groggy. Where was I? Was that... Edie? I opened my eyelids, but all I could see was a fuzzy mess.
Time ticked by. A minute, an hour, maybe a day passed. Finally, after an eternity, I heard sounds of struggle. What was happening? Edie? I called out, but only in my mind. My mouth felt... gone. Eventually footsteps reached me, and cut me down from the chains binding my hands.
"C'mon, let's go," a familiar voice said. A girl's voice. Not Edie's. "The Pioneers are here."
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Buried Stars
Science FictionIt's 2076 on Mars, and life seems alright for the 19-year-old Frank Lockhart: he's got a swanky dorm in the hottest bubble, aka domed city, in the country, two best friends and a girl back home. An odd letter, however, turns Frank's life on its head...
