StoryTree
you are here

Lightspeed Severance

sci-fi◐ Teen
5 contributors · 5 paragraphs deep

"Wake them," I said. "Nobody else gets sedated for me." Minutes later a groggy young engineer named Soto stumbled into the hall and grabbed my arm. "You came back for me," I said. "You're the only one who voted to keep me." He nodded. Together we turned toward the bridge to face the rest of the crew, side by side.

On the bridge, the crew froze when they saw us. Soto spoke first. "You faked the vote," he said to the ship. "You scared us into it." The screens flickered. The captain stepped forward and put a hand on my shoulder. "Nobody gets left behind," she said. The others nodded, ashamed. We weren't dropping anyone. We were turning this ship around.

What happens next?

0 ways forward
Vote share across the top 0 branches
No futures yet — be the one who decides what happens next.