My attempt at being evil. I had to break it up, it was just too easy to thicken the tension.
Please continue the reviews, especially the good ones.
The bridge was silent.
For several minutes there were no organic noises; there was only the quiet beeping of the computer as the program it had been told to perform reached its end. At the precise time, the air circulation system reversed and restored environmental conditions back to their normal setting. Silence was replaced by the soft hissing of atmosphere.
While air was pumped back into the room, the computer noted that there was a faint lifesign. However, there was no protocol for such an instance, so nothing was done.
It was filed away should that piece of data be required later.
The computer continued with normal operating procedures, waiting until it was told to do otherwise.
Meanwhile, the lifesign grew stronger.