"Kai Lang. Are you paying attention?" An irritated voice broke me out of my trance.
"Huh?" Was the only response I could give. It was clearly the wrong response to give, because suddenly an object was thrown at my head, it hit me dead center in the forehead with enough force to cause me to reel back and fall off the bench. This comedic display at my own AGONIZING PAIN caused the people around me to break out into laughter of varying degrees.
My eyes slowly scanned the room, metal walls surrounded us on all sites. Benches rested at an incline among stairs. In the back of the room was a massive screen and someone in full-armor, who didn't look too pleased. Though, it was hard to tell since they wore their helmet.
In addition to said angry person, who likely threw the... I have no idea, at me. There were groups of people wearing jumpsuits like mine. The Rift-Rats Mercenary Company. I remember this. This is when we were going over the strategies for how we were gonna deal with the pirate blockade over the planet.
Did I fall asleep?
"No."
The memories started coming back. The crash, the march, the corpses. The THING. And finally... the explosion.
The memory of looking down at my own corpse flashed into my mind again. And then, the contents of my stomach emptied out onto the floor.
"Oh come on!"
"Gross!"
"So it WAS you who ate my sandwich!"
"Is he sick?"
"Out of the way, someone get him to sickbay right now!"
What happened next was a blur, I remember being held down and a sedative administered into my veins, the room started spinning, voices faded away, and all the lights went out.
"Still alive. Went back. How?"
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A Call From Across The Universe (ONC Entry)
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