Back again, even if you didn't need that. Enjoy chapter two.
I woke up in a pitch-dark room, with a pounding headache and my heart racing. I instinctively reached for my forearm to activate my power suit's external lighting, only to find that my armor had been removed. I blindly groped the area around me, trying to get a grasp on my situation. What I found didn't help me any; I was in a cubical room, roughly 6 foot by 6 foot by 6 foot. There didn't seem to be any sort of door, and the air had a gentle earthy smell. The ground, walls, and ceiling all felt like some sort of stone, rough to my probing fingers. They also felt incredibly cool, and if I weren't covered by my modified zero suit, I would undoubtedly be shivering. Lucky me, I sprung for the thermal upgrade.
As I continued feeling my way around, I gradually slowed my heart rate, and began to focus my other senses. A strange sound soon came to my attention, a soft noise, almost calming. It was coming from the wall behind me. I turned, and felt the wall once more. It felt slightly cooler than the other walls, and if I left my hand still, I could feel movement on the other side. Without hesitation, I took a step back from the wall, and launched myself feet first into- or rather, through it. As the stone crumbled, I quickly realized what the sound I had heard was.
I was underwater, and before I was all the way out of the room, I was forced back in by the rush of the new inflow. I quickly got my bearings, and rose to the top. I managed a few gulps of air before the room was completely flooded, and the water stopped moving. I needed to get out of there, now.
Moving swiftly through the new hole, I looked around as quickly as I could, trying to see light. I was in a long hallway, roughly 20 meters in either direction from my cell. Both ends had sharp turns at the end. A sliver of light shone around one of the turns, and without thinking I began swimming towards it, as fast as I could. My lungs began to burn as I approached the light, and finally, I reached the end of the hall and rounded a corner to be confronted with the source.
A standard power door, glowing a faint blue. Ordinarily, this would be no trouble, but in order to open one, you had to hit it with some force, the easiest way being simply to shoot it. I threw myself against it, beginning to panic. The door stood firm, seemingly mocking me with its friendly blue hue. I swam back a bit, and planted my arms on either side of the narrow hallway. I began kicking the door furiously, but the water slowed me down enough that my blows did not have the needed power. I was beginning to lose consciousness as I finally gave up, and threw myself against the door one last time. Just as blackness began to take me in it's arms, I noticed a small box on the wall, with a palm print symbol covering it's surface. Slamming my palm down on it with as much force as I could muster, I heard the quiet woosh of the door opening. The water rushed into the now open room, and I floated along with it, powerless to stop myself. Finally, the flow calmed down, and I laid on my back, soaking wet, gasping quietly for air in a brightly lit room. As I reigned in my thoughts and emotions, I looked at the doorway I had just come through. It was still open, and a steady flow of water ran over the floor and into a grated opening just inside the doorway.
I looked around the rest of the room, but as I saw what I was looking at, I froze. The room was large, big enough to fit my ship and still have room to move freely. The walls were covered in displays, with countless technical information on them. But that wasn't what caught my eye. In the center of the room was a tank filled with a viscous green liquid, and through the murky substance I could make out a figure. Next to the tank was a pedastal with numerous readings on it, most of which looked like vital signs. I quickly approached the tank, and peered deep into the mire. My heart sank as I realized who was inside.
The person looked just like me.
So this seems pretty dramatic so far. Hope you guys enjoy, please do leave a review if you feel moved to! Next chapter should be out next week-ish, if not earlier. Or later. Either way.
CM out.