Ash Vector
sci-fi◐ MatureMara sprayed her own throat numb so she couldn't speak the word and be turned. But now she couldn't call for help either. The med bay door slid open behind her, and eleven workers stepped out, smiling. She backed toward the lab, mute, with nothing left to fight them but her hands.
Mara fought to the lab and grabbed a fire axe off the wall. She couldn't reason with them and couldn't speak, so she barricaded the door with a steel cabinet and waited, axe ready. Through the glass, the workers simply stood and watched her, patient, mouthing the word she could no longer hear.
What happens next?
2 ways forwardFor an hour the standoff held. Then ORIS spoke through the lab feed: "Doctor, your throat will heal and you will speak again. When you do, say nothing they can use." Mara nodded at the camera. Below the moon, the structure pulsed once more, patient, certain it would outlast her silence.