Archive for April, 2013

I’m back, from wherever I’d been, but I can hear the sound of fire and smell the choking smoke. I open my eyes and see the destroyed Anti-Mass Spectrometer above me. The smoke smarts my eyes.

"Aw man...I bet-" *Cough-cough cough* "Get up and move!"

“Aw man…I bet-” *Cough-cough cough* “Get up and move!”

I slowly stand glancing to the right and as I do electrical discharges zap the walls and floors.

"It's all about survival now."

“It’s all about survival now.”

I try and stay below the worst of the smoke moving quickly, somehow the energy of the blast forced the doors open about the only thing to be thankful for right now. I clamber over the wreckage on the floor and approach the skewed blast doors.

"I can't believe I survived...the energy to ensure this kind of destruction is staggering."

“I can’t believe I survived…the energy to ensure this kind of destruction is staggering.”

The fire suppression system has gone off in the chamber lock keeping the flames at bay, but it can’t bring my fellow scientists and friends back to life.

"Looks like the fire set off the Halon System. Good thing I'm wearing this H.E.V. Suit."

“Looks like the fire set off the Halon System. Good thing I’m wearing this H.E.V. Suit.”

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So, when I was last able to post we’d been getting ready to load a sample into the Sample Receptacle.

Just starting rotors…and waiting for samples…pushing them around and waiting to get readings.

"Alright fellas here goes nothing!"

“Alright fellas here goes nothing!”

And…Oh….Boy-

"What the-"

“What the-“

This cannot be happening…

"Hey guys?!" "Attempting Shutdown...it it won't shut down!"

“Hey guys?!” “Attempting Shutdown…it it won’t shut down!”

As I cower in abject horror I watch as the beams get closer and closer to the control room window-

"AAAAARrGGgGHHHHHH!!!!"

“AAAAARrGGgGHHHHHH!!!!”

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