callisto, an alien from a far away planet, is trapped in a museum of alien artefacts. a man with no name and only a job title finds her and invites her to join him and his companion through space and time.
invasions happen, strange visits and many m...
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BACK UP IN the base, callisto looked down at the com in her hand, her breathing at a stilled, unbelieving of what she'd heard. rose stood behind her, hand pressed to her mouth as tears welled in her eyes. zach took the com from callisto, apologising gently.
rose placed a hand on callisto's arm as the woman turned around. the young human fell into callisto's chest, sniffling quietly as she felt her friend hug her tightly, biting back tears. ida said the doctor was gone. and while he could still be alive, he wouldn't be for very long with the lack of oxygen they had.
she'd never see him again.
"ida, there's no way of reaching you. no cable, no backup. you're ten miles down... we can't get there." zach told the woman, full of regret.
"you should see this place, zach. it's beautiful." ida whispered. "well, i wanted to discover things and here i am."
"we've gotta abandon the base. i'm declaring this mission unsafe. all we can do is make sure no one ever comes here again." zach explained.
"but we'll never find out what it was." ida said, her teariness audible in her voice.
"well, maybe that's best." zach mused.
"yeah." ida replied, but everyone knew she was desperate to figure it out.
zach paused and then sighed, raising the com once more, "officer scott—"
"it's alright." ida cut him off and zach lowered the com, closing his eyes. "just go. good luck."
"and you." zach bid, static heard on the com before he placed it back onto its holder. "danny, toby, close down the feed-links, get the retrotopes online, then get to the rocket, strap yourselves in, we're leaving."
"i'm not going." rose stated firmly and zach turned back to her with wide eyes.
"rose, there's space for you. for both of you." zach replied.
"no, i'm gonna wait for the doctor. just like he'd wait for me. callisto might go." rose mumbled.
"i'm not leaving you on your own." callisto stated firmly, swallowing the dryness in her throat, the backs of her eyes burning with tears she wouldn't let fall. "and i want to wait, too."
"i'm sorry, but he's dead." zach apologised.
"you don't know him." rose shook her head, her voice shaking. "'cause he's not. i'm telling you he's- he's not. and even if he was, how could i leave him? all on his own, all the way down there. no, i'm- i'm gonna stay."
