[A/N]
Chapter overdose!
Went away for a couple of hours to a place without WiFi, and decided to write a bit. So, here you go! Multiple chapters at once.
Reviews are greatly appreciated, and enjoy the chapter
The pair were in the satellite, hovering above the great big white patch known as the North Pole. Well, one was upside down, but that's not the point.
"Is this it?"
"Yes."
"I can't see it, though."
"It's probably buried under layers of ice, and besides, we're in space."
"Yeah, I noticed." The girl was still hanging upside down, still astonished at the fact she could even do that.
"Actually, how are we going to get down?"
"How long can you hold your breath?"
"What? What is that supposed to-"
The test subject was cut off by the android suddenly opening the hatch at the bottom of the satellite. She found herself being sucked out of it at breakneck speed.
'How long can you hold your breath?'. She held her breath, as the android vaguely announced a second ago. She looked back at the satellite she was just shot out of.
It was getting smaller and smaller, and the Earth's surface was getting closer and closer. Again, she wasn't afraid of heights, but this?
The girl looked up at the android above her. Unsurprisingly, she was calm, as though she was just jumping off a fence. She reminded herself to stay calm too, in order to prevent herself from hyperventilating, which wouldn't be ideal in a situation like this.
When they finally re-entered the atmosphere, after what seemed like forever, an extremely loud sound could be heard, like someone firing a middle-age cannon right next to her ear.
The android, again, didn't seem to care all that much.
Speaking of which, the AI lowered herself down to where the test subject was, and started saying something. After noticing that, in fact, she could not hear her, she showed her her arm, grimacing.
On the arm, a little calculator-like screen popped out.
BRACE YOURSELF.
The ground was getting real close now, and if it wasn't for her long-fall boots, she would still be upside down, which, again, wouldn't be quite ideal.
She closed her eyes, and waited until she landed.
And everything went black.
She opened up her eyes. Everything was a bit fuzzy. She blinked a few times, which seemed to help. There was something right above, something… white. It was sparking, that was for sure.
It was cold. Very, very, cold.
She slowly sat up. This seemed… familiar. There were layers, upon layers of machine parts, and metal. Discarded technological constructions. Fire, in some places.
She helped herself to her feet, and looked around her. The same sight, everywhere she looked. Nothing but metal. But there was, something else. A faint, yellow light.
She stepped towards it, hesitantly. She shuddered when she did. Why was it so cold? There was a fire not more than a few feet away from her, so why was she cold?
The distant yellow light flickered, completely in sync with a voice. There was a female voice, seemingly coming from above her.
"Almost there…."
She looked above her. Nothing. What was that voice? It was… strangely familiar, but, from where? She just couldn't place it.
She shuddered again. It was still, cold, unethically cold. Despite the fire, that-
The fire seemed to have come closer. And it continued, to move closer. Ever. So. Slowly. She found herself unable to move, despite however much she wished to.
The small flame reached closer, and closer, but surprisingly, not at all warm. No difference in temperature at all, really.
And then… something hit her. Flat on her forehead, a small spark, presumably from the fire. At the pain, she shuddered again, heavily this time.
What was this? What could it be, and-
The girl opened her eyes.
For real, this time.
She blinked a couple of times, before realising where she was. The North Pole. The most random place to suddenly wake up. It all came back to her now; being beamed up into space, travelling across the Earth in a satellite, and suddenly being dropped off at their destination.
Then she realised something else. From her right, sparks came flying toward her. Some landed on her cheek, which was more than a bit annoying.
The test subject quickly stood up, trying to focus on the source of the electrical sparks.
"Oh. You've woken up."
It was the android, her right arm transformed into… something. Whatever it was, it was probably the thing generating all those little sparks.
"Hold on, where…?"
They seemed to be trapped in a sort of ravine- like hole. How did they get here? When they were falling towards here, it seemed as though the surface was completely flat, so… what happened?
"Remember the drop?"
"Obviously. Thanks for warning me, by the way."
"Couldn't resist not to. Anyway, we fell all the way from space. A crater formed beneath us when we landed."
Silence.
"Actually, why am I not dying of radiation yet?"
"We never dropped bombs on the poles. There was no human life there, anyway."
"Well, if anything, we're the first bomb to have come here, creating a giant crater like this."
"Fortunately."
"How do you mean, 'fortunately'? We're trapped here, remember? That ship must be miles from here!"
"See for yourself." The android responded, pointing at the ice-wall in front of her.
The girl approached it, and looked carefully at… whatever she was seeing.
Through the thick walls of ice, something else was to be seen. Something big, something gray. Big, white letters were printed on the side of it.
The Borealis.
[A/N]
The dream. I know. It's a bit weird, so I might end up changing it, or throwing it out all together. We'll see.
Onto the next chapter, then!