Waking: Alarms
A drabble of 100 words
By December21st
Elizabeth woke. Alarms were sounding loudly. Never a good sign. She and John both reached for radios in unison while quickly donning uniforms. The panicked guard in the gate room was using phrases like "incoming wormhole" and "battle cruiser" in the same sentence. She tried to calm him, to get some idea of what was happening. As they rushed to the control room, an explosion thundered overhead, causing the lights to dim. Zelenka got on the radio, calmly discussing concerns of "shield integrity" and "variable explosive penetration." (What did that even mean?) It was going to be a long night.