1 Space Mental

When this flight is over, I would better call home, to hear if the children havent demolished the house. I said while sitting at my console, flight data all around me , out the window nothing but the endless emptiness.

This flight to Alpha Centauri is pretty heavy for me, the crew is asleep and I am the only one awake, the end shift is the worst, if you have the start shift you are just like most of the crew planning everything and making sure you don't fliy in the sun , middle of transit.

As long as I am not beginning to hear or see anything because of this loneliness,last time I could even see my mother flying against the window in witches' clothes, although she was only missed her broomstick and cat. Now after being awake for 8 hours I have earned some rest, so I close my eyes and float away. Hopefully I wake up and the flight is over.

An alarm goes off in the cockpit, the roar and flicker knocks me straight out of my trance, hopefully its just an incoming transmission, then I will be rid of it in a few seconds and I can sit back in my lazy chair to continue thinking of home,

As I walk into the cockpit and about to push that damn button, the alarm turns itself off.

Strang I think to myself, this should not normally happen, someone hasto always check what causes the alarm, you never know if we just ran into a meteor and are crashing ... And why does this light flicker, Wait that means theres an incoming message, and it's addressed to me, is it from Sandra or ... ..?

Unknown, probably spam ? No, that is not possible, who would be so desperate to send spam? let's listen ... The video starts with screeching and snow, eventually I can see a shape in it, a feminine shape that i known well, …..Sandra and she's shouting but because of the screeching static I hear nothing of it What he ... with..mi… .m… done !, hi… .. is ... t… ..me… the..ze… !, I… wi… my..m… back !,

What does she mean by this, I will call her to ask whats going on? While I push her number I see a shadow in the corner of my eye, turning to the shadow to see it better, I feel a sharp pain in the back of my head, then ... a silence, nothing but a void and a feeling of floating as if I was lying in water.

A voice was heard, silent but clear as if there was glass between me and the voice.

Shit who sent that message ? Was it his wife ? how could she have gained access ? I don't know, another voice said a little further away : we have to do everything all over again, the whole experiment is fucked, the doctors work undone in 5 seconds ! No matter plug him back in, close the connection and start over again.

With those words I am back behind my console, tired but ready, awakened by that stupid alarm, always that screeching and deafening sound, anyway 3 days working and my flight is over,then 3 months in a freezer and finally back in the arms from my Sandra ...