Author: Haigen
Date Posted: 6/29/2007
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RE: Personal Bio Excerpt - Unknown Date
...the lights flickered and the subtle electric hum of the core rang in my ears as I winced. I leaned forward in my chair as I felt strength return to my body. I had been under for months and my body ached from motionlessness. Standing around me were faces that I'd never seen before. They stood silently as I gathered my bearings, leaning on the arm of the chair to stand.
The floor was littered with the lifeless bodies of faces that I did know. They were faces that I had trusted and loved at one point. Not even the slightest bit of sorrow befell me. I wandered around the room aimlessly as my saviors watched on without uttering a word.
I headed down the bulkhead towards my room. Reaching under my cot for a bag, I thought back to what had happened. Images flashed before me as feelings of anger, spite and heartbreak overcame me.
"Are you alright dear?"
The words washed over me as I turned to see a hand on my shoulder. I nodded and turned to face her, throwing my bag over my other arm.
"Yes, I'm fine."
We returned to the Operations Room to see that her crew had already vacated the craft. All that remained were the bodies of my former crew. As I ran my hand over the ship's plaque, I said my goodbye to what had been my home for so very long.
Moments later the echo of the core exploding shook me in my seat as we quickly made our way through the tunnel as we got farther from the wreckage that was once my hovercraft. I watched from the stern of the Blue Dreamer through a window as the fire got smaller and smaller.
Looking at my reflection in the glass, I moved my finger over the cold window and drew tears that I could not even squeeze out. Turning from the window, I looked down the dark corridor that led to a room filled with new faces and walked towards them, accepting what was and embracing what will be...
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