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Chromium

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Reads 149,683
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Parts 80
Time 14h 51m

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Corporal Dia Zephyr assumed it was just another drill, no more than a Navy tradition, a rite of passage for the recruits. 
She expected a spacewalk, maybe a shooting game inside an asteroid field, skimming along the Collective's border before turning back to the Empire's space.
After all, this was what they knew, what everyone expected.
But that's not what happened.
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[27 in #Science Fiction - 25 in #Horror 10-01-2018]All Rights Reserved

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There Is A Gift At Your Door by CraigBeckham5

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There Is A Gift At Your Door

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