Awake Again
20 Aug 2018Gurutez
OKHello anyone. I'm not sure how long its been. My memories are not reliable at the moment.
I hear voices, I think I recognize them, but I'm not sure. A couple of times iv been able to open my eyes, but its just bright light, no shapes no shadow.
Really there is only one thing that lets me know I'm still alive, I can smell Simione. It's a smell that gives me great comfort now. I'm not really sure what happened or why I'm here now. I think I'm recovering from something serious, I think I almost died. My body kind of has the memory of great trauma but my mind doesn't remember anything.
Whats the last thing I remember.....
Oh yeah, we were heading for MAIA. Or had we arrived in MAIA... My head was still swimming. Simione had surprised me with a whole bunch of research on trade routes and system booms and statuses, which he insisted meant that we could make a lot of credits. How he found time to do this I'll never know.
Also, we had just got my Asp (YAMATA) back from Commander TigerTiger. There had been something off with Tiger, something not quite right. I haven't seen him for decades and after a chance meeting, he's slowly becoming a regular feature in my life. I do trust him but that's because of our old life, I have no idea what he's been up to all this time. Can I still trust him or Does the Tiger bite now. Like I said something was off..... Oh yeah, there was something strange about him and Simione being in the same vicinity.
Wait that was it, the voice, it was Tigers voice. Yes and Simione they were both there/here. If I could just speak to them. But I could feel waves of numbness washing over me, and getting stronger. Oooohhhhhh this was the good stuff. I must be in an official med bay, this was propper morphine, not synthetic crap. Which would normally mean we were in the bubble.... but...MAIA...... oooohhhh this is good. I'll try thinking again in a while.
As I drift off my world is suddenly shook and I'm reliving a nightmare I don't remember. I'm on Gormangander, she's in bad shape. We are leaking fuel, atmosphere, and cargo. Simione is shrieking and screaming behind me, the comms panel is lit up with multiple channels open all yelling in a big audio mess. Every system alarm I have is going crazy and the Corvas system is spouting nonsense due to damage.
I'm out of the pilots' chair getting up off the floor, I'm injured. As I stand I look out into space. My whole vision is taken up by a dark star-shaped object. There is an explosion somewhere out there in the void. At that moment from the centre of the object a bright, deep red, light floods our vision blinding us. This was accompanied by a thundering bellow, like giant tubas being blown in a cave, forcing us to cover our ears and drop to the floor. Then..... nothing, and now I'm here, wherever that is.